This character SUCKS. So why does everyone play him?? Marvel vs Capcom 2
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- We're continuing our character analysis series, this time with Captain Commando! Hope you enjoy!
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Kind of makes sense that his assist would be the best in the game considering his main gimmick is being part of a team
Captain SUCKmando
I tried using as a main, because he has some good basics. Unfortunately, MvC has some broken characters, both in the terms of strength and weaknesses.
He was supposed to be the Capcom mascot.
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Commando
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@@THEGREATMAX he's CAP 🧢 alright. Lol jk
@@THEGREATMAX capcom stands for capsule computers though
Love these videos, helps peel back a lot of the mystery and explains the WHY to how the mvc2 meta ended up where it is
"Captian Comando sucks in this game"
*proceeds to beat all three enemy characters using only Captain Comando*
Ikr🙄
Lol., 😂 😁👍💪
@Ssb Moveset potential I never said he did. I was loosely quoting what jmcrofts said. Did you even watch the video?
@Ssb Moveset potential comments like these are why crack is whack
What he really means is ‘It sucks to be a noob’, especially with this guy.
I really like how you don't neglect to explain concepts like guard break. Great for casuals like me who like to watch more than play.
Them Guard Breaks r essential for marvel 2 believe me lol
casuals are filthy
It's not just the MvC2 content. We love every breakdown video you put out for any character in any game.
Accurate
Agree
True. JM is a nice guy, and MVC2 is the best tag fighter of all time.
Agreed.
@Theo Bennett de
I know it’s “Captain Corridor” but all I see is “POWER GEYSER” 😂
I always thought he said Captain Collider....
@@DANCERcow he is, the japanese pronunciation of collider sounds like "corridor"
@@Zouketsuki okay wait I had it reversed then, I actually remember hearing corridor not collider lol because I remember now always thinking the attack opened up like a large door or portal....
@@DANCERcow lol it's fine
Rival schools
Captain Commando was my favorite arcade beat em up to play with friends.
Piledriving enemies with the mechanized baby will NEVER get old.
I’m a ninja commando type of guy my friend picked baby though
Baby Head. His name is Baby Head.
@@CptJistuce Or as he is actually called out in the game by Cap himself - "HOOVER!"
also for reference :
Ginzu - "SHO!"
Mack the Knife - "JENNETY!"
Imagine CapCom is the final SF5 character
That would be cool considering his games take place within the street fighter universe, but in futuristic Metro City. Plus it would be hilarious having him fighting against Nash in his capt. Commando outfit.
I think he would be good in a one on one fighter but in mvc nah.
Pretty sure Nash has a CapCom costume, plus a lot of C. Viper's moves are inspired by him, but it would still be cool.
@@bug9591 too bad c.viper doesn't have the swagger Captain have.
@@bug9591 never thought of C.V is like him in a way till now
Because he's the capcom mascot with a good assist
He WAS Capcom's official mascot, do you know that?
Well, Ruby Heart is the main character for the whole game and I don’t think anyone has picked her, ever.
Ryu is the Capcom mascot he on every cover. And it's a fighting game based off street fighter mechanics.
Commando is 3rd behind megaman
@@cardsharpHS 😂😂
@@sambo416 mahvel is definitely not like street fighter
Start of video: "People just gives up when CC is their only remaining character"
*Actually wins and sweeps with CC as remaining character.
classic case of "this character kinda sucks on a technical level, but my opponent just isn't prepared to deal with it and keeps failing to exploit the weaknesses"
never give up. you can do it
The Capcom version of Captain Falcon. Hes fun asf to play with and against.
Highly agreed.
that's i was thinking! he's the captain falcon of capcom.
idk, personally, I REALLY hate playing against Cap assist.
Captain falcon main...
Don’t see it..
@@airjoshua247 😂 don't tell me don't see it one falcon main to another
Marvel vs Capcom 2 is the only place where going commando is socially acceptable
Also in Marvel vs CapCom 1.
#datSTROKElife
IKR
Guess you forget about Ratchet and Clank!
Saints row
He may suck as a character but I used to LOVE his super where his team came and helped! It was just so cool seeing that too me!! I mean just look at that, a ninja, a swordsman, and a baby controlling a robot !? And then they do that cool pose at the end !? Just incredible. I used to always include him on my team just for the chance to use that super against my friends. And if you kill your opponent during that super then everything slows down and it looks theatrical.
Yeah. His neutral is really difficult, but all of his moves LOOK so freaking cool lol
I always had CapCom on my teams. I played tournaments, but we didn't know about actual pro play at the time. I just always thought CapCom was dope. I would run him on point and just better fighting game player all of my opponents who actually watched tournaments and they would get so mad.
"Captain on Point!? What are you doing!?"
Best anti-air in the game. Don’t come in here with disrespect.
Naw. Jean Stripes is the best.
@@Turshin bruh..... It's Gene splice.
💀💀💀💀
@@tubenu08 He's kidding
Ken’s Dragon Punch will overpower him every time.
It would've been hilarious if after JMCroft said "So naturally we're gonna go into some matches." And immediately it jump-cuts into Cap being the last character and we just watch JM put down the controller and stare at us.
YES YES YES I LOVE THESE! It’s so hard to find new informative stuff on this game nowadays pls do more! It’s so nice to know why this assist is so good rather than just being told its amazing but no explanation!
Man, I have always loved Captain Commando. I played him like a madman when I was a kid and I've never looked back.
Iron Man deadass saying "SPONGEBOB" when he launches the bombs
Damn, now I can’t unhear it. Lol
Lol you mean Smart Bomb? 😂
Hehe that's just like when I hear ryu say coconuts
"You never wanna be punished for hitting the opponent with a combo"
Mk11 would like a word with you. I still remember the days of no armor break moves.
A trash fighting game has trash mechanics? Woah that's crazy 🙄
I forgot how storm be thick as hell in video games and comics 😂😂
@travis Rm 😂
Commando is bad!
(Immediately sweeps with Commando)
Oh so he’s actually a good character got it
Never underestimate a character. People have won with sucky characters
To be fair, someone actually trying to play Commando on point is about as expectable as the Spanish Inquisition.
Forgot the captain kick, that is one of his best gimimiicks, calling sent and captain kick is rly good.
Because he looks cool
Hope to see some videos on non god-tier point characters like Blackheart, or Megaman, to continue explaining how enormous the gap is in Mahvel between god-tier and everyone else, and how characters need specific tools to be remotely viable against them (maybe the more gimmicky stuff like Tron and Doom and Juggernaut, but those are probably apparent enough that they don't need separate videos). Also hoping one day you cover Team Clockwork.
You have some inaccuracies in this vid. He has a 2 frame jab, can 2-hit confirm lp->mp->launch (and it can juggle too), and can pressure w/ his partner "assists".
“That is respect”lmao 2:23
Same guy says they all rage quit when theu stop playing online without knowing the reason why they stopped playing lol maybe they got disconnected by accident who knows
There's a reason people just called this game "MAHVEL BAYBEE"
But yeah, I would love to see a Dhalsim vid
He actually does have 2 hits before a launcher. Standing light punch, Standing light kick to Standing heavy kick which is his other launcher. But they both have to land before u launch with heavy kick.
What I most like in Captain Commando is that some of his moves and all specials summon the other 3 playable characters in his own game.
I agree. He is the only one that can call for more assists in the game. You can summon the munmy and summon 1 of your character to assists as a follow up.
I always do a sentinel rockets and baby missile combo with captain fire as zoning strategy 😅
Baby Head is objectively the best support, because it's a robot-driving infant named Baby Head.
In the video when he plays as Commando, he's not using his 3 personal assists, which means he's not using Captain Commando to his full potential. All 3 assists in combination are good for keep away, block damage, meter charging and all the while leaving Commando relatively safe.
Captain falcon is actually a decent character using his baby mech friend the mummy friend and his hoomie ninja friend
Wrong captain, JUST SAYING
Do more mvc2 vids bro these are dope!!
Captain Ginyu from DBFZ was probably designed with CptCommando's mechanics in mind.
I think next character spotlight should definitely be Psylocke. Like yeah everyone knows her for her assist that lets Magneto do rom infinite but what does she offer beyond that? She definitely doesn't look as one-note as Captaiin Suckass
If Psylocke is covered, he should just show footage of Crizzle's Psylocke and Yipes's Psylocke. They both show what the character can do.
Damn I love her,she should have been a secret character for x men vs street fighter.
I like psylocke too her teleports and projectiles are boss plus she’s quick with the combos and nice to look at on screen. Loved her in Marvel super heroes.
Psylocke is possibly my favorite character. She's fast and has all the tools, projectiles, 2 extra jumps, great combos and can be amazingly aggressive. Honestly the assist is the cherry on top.
Ye
Fun fact! The game Captain Commando is from canonically takes place in four years (as of the writing of this comment) which means that unless Street Fighter's sliding timescale has pushed it further into the future, Captain Commando could be a playable character in Street Fighter 6. (And not just as a costume for someone else)
What the heck? Captain commando is op. Just press hp to close in gap and use the ninja for multi block damage. The ninja has a bit of horizontal range and can use to block one hit. His hp dont stop. U can use hk after which most character cant. His spinning helper can make ppl unblock after they jump in just like cable. His hp connects with is hk lunch in corner or hp to trip. Hp tricks opponent cuz they dont know he can trip or launch. Its also a delay. His hk can trip and down lk to launch in which most character cant trip and launch. His trip then thunder punch can use his captain sword or captain storm in corner. Here is one more tip. All of his super when enemy lays flat next to you you can launch with down lk to standing hk. Try it. I got so much more tricks but im not gonna type it. Will take too long.
Can you make a cap commando video?
@@johndewberryiii9925 i know longer have that game.
@@Swordacus aww man I’m boutta get it again I got it on PS3 but I only have but so many TVs and so much room. I love playing on original hardware
Yeah i love the game too. It just so happend my ps3 broke. I didn't bother getting a new one
@@Swordacus I hear ya if mine broke I probably wouldn’t get another either. It’s a shame you can’t carry digital downloads to PS4. Why not I’ll never understand
5:30 Sigh, that's Ninja Commando, Baby Commando and Mummy Commando.
Do you even commando, bro?
It’s obvious that only good people choose bad characters. They want to show the world that it’s not the character but the player.
your so wrong and you dont even know it
@@adrieljimenez4119 oh wait I forgot you probably only follow meta. I mean some of us need the help you know being good at a game with trash tier is a gift you know. We can’t all be good at games kid.
@@abellopez6597 Bro my comment was intended as people play all characters bad or good. in fact i like playing bad characters because almost every bad character have dificult and unique techniques but if your good at the game that doesnt mean you play low tiers to proof your good you can play whatever and be good in your own way god you coment with out having an ounce of knowledge good players can be anyone with any character god use your brain
Exactly I proved that with Scarlet on Mortal Kombat 11
Honestly my favorite players ARE the ones that play "bad" characters. But in a "Fuck your tier list" type of way.
He's the only reason that Street Fighter even exists!! People forget that Street Fighter was created on top of Captain Commando's own code and without Street Fighter, no Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter, Killer Instinct and so on.
I'd love to hear what you have to say about Mega Man
Facts I need a megaman one
Absolute dog shit
@@cashwad5713 Mega Man is one of the better characters in this game tho
@@cashwad5713 hell no bro he’s sick
He’s probably one good super away from being a legit just-under-top tier character. Spamming j.HP is a timeless scrub tactic for a reason, it’s incredibly hard to deal with for more characters than you think.
Captain commando sucks - proceeds to body 3 top tier characters.
I would looooove to see overviews of the whole cast. I haven't seen anyone else do anything in depth really, and most matches are just the same top tier characters over and over.
I played a ton of MVC1 on PS1. He's good for beginner and intermediate players. His flame doesn't have travel time like a normal fireball and that corridor is hard to get through. He can also ground sweep then corridor for an easy 2 hit combo. He is just a very beginner friendly character.
Anyone ever notice he has C. Viper’s standing roundhouse, burn kick, and thunder knuckle? Or rather, Viper had those moves from Commando.
I always wondered what was up with that.
Just because you’re no good with that character doesn’t mean he “suck”.
I loved playing his original game back in the PS1! The moves are a nod to his team thing from the original game.
I actually didn't know that Captain Commando had a PS1 port until today.
As a Captain Commando player before MvC or MvC2 came out, I'll have you know that the ninja's name is Ginzu, the mummy dude is Mack the Knife, and the baby in a robot is uh, Babyhead(? IIRC), who incidentally did not have the super cool riding on a missile move in the original game.
You are right about corridor being his only good move though. I used to win by spamming it ad nauseum due to its insane priority.
Hey man can you made up a video someday talking about the stages of this game like from his background details to what they mean for each stage from this universe of Marvel vs Capcom series only if you wanted to do it
Something's, corridor can hit twice as an assist if used with a projectile super.
Commando by himself should be on the ground, his assists make up for alot.
If you want hit confirms use fierce captain fire in the corner after c.lk,lk,fp then go into super.
If you mash his throw you can actually take off half life or more.
Back in the arcade we called him crappen commando.
You do a great job editing. I love the clip selection. Those were the perfect clips for examples. That rage quit commentary from yipes lol
First match
Jmcrofts: Captain Commando sucks
Also Jmcrofts with CC on anchor: *So you have chosen death*
Hopping back to watch all your mvc content now that the collection is coming soon haha. So hype to learn mvc1 and 2 especially.
So, as a DBFZ player, he’s crappy Ginyu with UI A assist?
I mean he’s probably better than Ginyu in a vacuum, it’s just that all the other chars that are actually good in this game are insanely broken and make him look like ass in comparison
As you seen in the video he's actually ok character, he's just usually going up against top tier characters that are broken
Launcher + Capt Sword combo has won many a match for me back in the early Aughts. Put some respect on his name.
Cap. Commando is one of my favourite characters to use with Megaman in MVC, it's just time to know him and play with him very well.
The more I watch your videos, the more I realize why I was so bad at MvC2 despite how much I love it. Also Captain Commando is one of my favorites...
Thank you for this, lol
Hey, that's the comp I use!
... "Sometimes called Team Scrub..."
Doh.
To clarify on guard break in MvC2 a little bit: if a character normal jumps, they can only block in the air once. When that block animation ends, they cannot block again until they hit the ground. But at the same time normal jump-ins, especially near corners, are very strong because they help you get away from low/overhead mixups. A lot of characters have pretty good tech developed for them around anticipating a jump so you can force an early guard on the way up and then pummel them before they can land.
Yeah, it's all in the way on how you play it and use captain commando., for me, he is one of my main tag team with ryu in marvel vs capcom 1., 😁 👍 💪
Love seeing this recommended in my feed. Mahvel's back baybee!!
You ever watch the player Tenderloin with Cap? Godlike stuff..
Good stuff. I found you from the SSJ4 Gogeta insta-kill video. Thanks for the content
Captain Corridor is essentially Jam Session.
Yeah and no Jam Session don't have invincibility like Captain Corridor does. Captain Corridor you can use as a combo extender mainly. Jam session you can use as a combo extender and hit confirms especially off a character incoming. But that's just my opinion.
Captain corridor, jam session, and DBFZ’s UI A (rising heat) are all assists that are in the same category, just different functions
I remember picking capt. comando all the time in the arcade LOL, this is too funny
IIRC it's "Captain Collider", but I can definitely see why everybody's using Corridor instead lol
According to the movelist in the HD version of Marvel 2, it's "Captain Corridor". It's also spelled the same way in the MVC1 Dreamcast manual. Nash even has a move in SFV called "Justice Corridor", as well as a callback costume to Cap.
Love the Mvc2 character breakdowns. Really helping a fighting game noob like me find more interest in this game.
I used to pick him all the time and loved using him, but then again I never played on a competitive level, just with a couple of friends. Yeah on his own he's a bad character, but he's a team player!
Lol he was my guy for marvel 1 along with Strider and I don’t mind using him here either. My philosophy for fighting games is typically function over character but I just can’t help it with commando his character is so cool. He’s got fire arms and a huge lightning bolt and a fire kick and he can call in his buddies to give him a hand, I love shit like this.
Great content as always brother :)
Loving all this Mahvel content! Keep them coming big fella!
I wish you went into comparing to MVC 1 Captain commando, i think he's pretty good in that.
"let it rip and pray " made me chuckle.
Great video, but I'm pretty sure the move is called Captain Collider. The way his forearm opens up and has those spikes even matches the Buster Collider from Gunbuster
JMCROFTS PRESENTS... MVC2 Characters.
The secret of mvc2 is shoulder head attacks. Mastering that approach is the key.
Which Wolverine is better: bone claw or adamantium?
Bone claw has a low assist, Adamantium doesnt
Baby in mech suit is "Baby head"
Spinny dude is "Mack the knife"
Ninja dude is "Ginzu"
Push block that magneto ult to sometimes get more frames to punish.
The Cable chrono / ice grenade and Captain commando assist is dirty
You can do commando 'assists' as well as an assist to zone a lot.
Baby - "Hoover"
Ninja - "Sho"
Mummy - "Jennety"
Cap's actual call outs in the game, original JP names.
He is essentially Ginyu
“A kip koo Yah!”
- Captain Commando
1 word, Assist.
Good luck playing him 🤣🤣
lmao i legit googled this in the middle of the day, took me straight here after watching like half your videos answering the questions ive always wanted to know hah
Psylocke would be interesting too
I just love how JM is getting so hyped during matches, really makes me smile:D
I really hate cable, not the character but the strategy “running like cowards all game long” is super boring
Fighting games are a delicate balance of all these moving parts. Just like when throws were seen as cheap; while being integral to the game, zoning needs to exist imo.
Cables ultimate counter is spiral her teleport won't let him escape and can be used right as he ults and mess him up with combos. Every character has a counter one.
I always thought it was (badass, but) strange Magneto's sprite has the hand blur effect when it seems more fitting with a telepath/psychic type of character. Magnets aren't blurry.
The original captain Ginyu
It’s pretty obvious. His anti air assist is a monster mixed with Magneto, Sentinel, Cable or Storm. It adds crazy damage as well as great defensively. Doesn’t matter that he sucks because rarely on a team with him in it do you ever get to fight commando. And, he’s not that horrible, I’ve won plenty of fights with him as the last guy. Just have to use the projectiles well, keep distance and let the opponent hurt themselves. Obviously can’t rush with him very much. So if it’s him vs magneto, you need to opponent to make mistakes. Cant really force that issue.
The Captain is DOPENESS. If you know how to play. He has mad characters that help. Add Jill. There's like 10cats right there. One more character and I got it. I'm from the arcade days.
Capt Commando Sucks?!?!?!
*scratches head*
Clearly some people don't know how to use him at all
Maaan captain commando's the greatest character in this game.
I don't even play mvc2 right now but I love your content. I played some casually back in the day. Maybe i should get back in.
"People take their hands off when its only captain left "
* proceeds to show one video of a guy that was being beaten by a dude that still has all 3 characters, to which anyone would choose to take the L *
Ikr? I would still fight till the end even if he was last one xD I think some just do it cause the characters bad rep while others are like we going down in fashion!
@@vegeta2998 I would rather die with dignity. (playing to the very end.)
I remember a combo I did with him in mvc1
Lp,Lk,Hk,jump,Lp,Mp,Mk,HP
And
Lp,Lk,Hk, ⬇️↘️➡️ PP corner combo.
Love him for so long il still main him
@jmcrofts captain commando is so freaking cool though? how you gonna diss on him like that
Agree with your points 😁.
Captain corridor is a godlike assist for everyone as it covers almost the full vertical screen.
Its a different story when Anakaris gets off the screen and does coffin drop until time runs out. 😁
Cpt. Corridor can also stop Hulk's Gamma crush dead in its tracks.
"LET'S GO COMMANDO!!!" 😭😭😭
Happy to see a Justin Wong tier list!
The fact that the game has infinite combos should tell you its a broken game
And a great one
Agreed I remember buying mvc3 and traded it for fight night. Those bs infinite air juggles turned me off completely.
Strider next pls, you said he is strong but to me he always seemed just ok
@MJ - 12BH 605502 Mayfield SS i did not, really new to fgs
Team Scrub? Hah, I remember using that terminology all the time in the arcades! It was really for any team that used Sentinel, Cable, Magneto, Storm, Psylocke, or Captain Commando exclusively. Good times!