Thanos

Thanos
Portrait taken from Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems for the SNES
Thanos as he appears in Marvel Super Heroes
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Info
Type	Conversion
Author Name	CPOC and Splode (first, early MSH-centric conversion)
Also converted by	Alucard (Custom version ) The_None (MSH/MVC2 Hybrid)
Origin	Marvel Super Heroes/Marvel vs. Capcom 2
AI?	yes
Date of first public release	2001 (Splode's version) January 8th, 2016 (The_None's version)
Mugen Version	dosMUGEN (Splode's version) Separate winMUGEN, 1.0 and 1.1 versions (The_None's version)

Thanos is a supervillain from Marvel comics who first debuted the 1970s and gained prominence through the Infinity Gaunltet arc of the 1990s. In fighting games he debuted in Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes based on the aformentioned comic storyline as that game's final boss, with the further appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Few mugen authors have taken on converting the character from various appearances, with Splode and CPOC being the first to convert the chacater on 2001, and Alucard making a custom version of the character in 2008. The_None has notably released a mostly acurate hybrid conversion of the character in 2016 that uses his MVC2 appearance as a base while bringing back some of the moves that were exclusive to MSH, and is as of this revision the most acclaimed conversion of the character.

Gameplay

Section to be expanded later

Movelist

Command and Special Moves

	Shoulder Dive Command mid-air, Properties Overhead Description Thanos does a descending charge. It bounces back from the opponent on hit unless Thanos is close enough to the ground.

	High Kick Command Properties Launcher Notes MVC2-based conversions only Description Thanos does a high angle kick that on combo can be used as an alternate launcher.

	Death Sphere Command Properties Projectile, Stun, Counter-mashable Description Thanos tosses a bubble that would stun the opponent on hit, capturing him/her in a larger bubble. With proper uses can easily lead to infinites, which he very much had in the fighting games he appeared in.

	Titan Crush Command (MSH-centric conversions) (MVC2-centric conversions) Properties Projectile invulnerability frames (The_None's version) Description Thanos charges headfirst towards his opponent in attempt to ram them. In MSH the move on hit would catalput the opponent into Thanos's direction rather than away.

Super Moves

	Power Gem Command (MSH-centric conversions) (MVC2-centric conversions) Prerequisites One power stock Properties Projectile Description Thanos tosses a giant fire ball at the opponent.

	Reality Gem Command (MSH-centric conversions) (MVC2-centric conversions) Prerequisites One power stock Properties Projectile, Knockdown Description Thanos creates two walls that would enclose on the opponent.

	Soul Gem Command (MSH-centric conversions) (MVC2-centric conversions) Prerequisites One power stock Properties Projectile, Knockdown Description Thanos attempts to catch the opponent with a lightning bolt that would drain the opponent's health back to Thanos.

	Space Gem Command (MSH-centric conversions) (MVC2-centric conversions) Prerequisites One power stock Properties Projectile, Knockdown Description Thanos creaters a wormhole that would pull debris from the ground onto it, then opens up another wormhole that would drop the debris onto the opponent.

Time Gem Command (Splode's version) (The_None's version) Prerequisites One power stock Properties Projectile Description In Marvel Super Heroes, Time Gem would have Thanos cast a projectile that would slow the opponent's speed by half. It has been differently intrepreted into Mugen differently by two Mugen authors: Splode's version: The super provides a temporary attack/movement speed boost like a character would use a Time Gem on themselves. The_None's version: Thanos casts a projectile that on hit would slow down the world except for Thanos himself. This inrepretations as most faithful intrepretation of the original MSH move as it was possible to do within the non-fullgame envoriment of the engine

Mind Gem Command (Splode's conversion) (The_None's conversion) Prerequisites Two power stocks (Splode's version), One power stock (The_None's version) Properties Projectiles (Splode's version), Counter (The_None's version) Description In Marvel Super Heroes this move would make the controls of Thanos's opponent reverse. As this move is not possible to accurately replicate in non-fullgame mugen envoriment, the move has been intrepreted differently. Splode's version: Thanos teleports away from the Arena and appears in a giant form, dropping gems onto the opponent. The_None's version: A counter-super in a similar vein of Faust's Stimulating Life-Ending Fist that has Thanos split into four images of himself. If the opponent hits the "correct" image, the attack would be canceled, hitting the wrong one (or taking too long) would have Thanos drop onto the opponent with the gamma crush meteor.

	Hell's Fire Command Prerequisites Two power stocks Properties Projectile, Knockdown Notes Exclusive to Splode's version Description Mephisto appears on the arena and floods the screen with the barrage of Hellfire.

Trivia

• Unusually for The_None - an author known for custom characters - his Thanos is a rare case of the author going for the nigh-perfect accuracy with relatively little custom content inserted in.
  • In fact, the author went for accuracy so far he went to replicate the infamous Power Ball Glitch, which in MVC2 is done by making a Delayed Hyper Cancel before his Power Orb would leave Thanos's hand.
• The Gamma Crush finish on The_None's intepretation of Mind Gem super is a subtle nod to Thanos and The Hulk being voiced by the same voice actor, Andrew Jackson.
• Kamekaze was about to make a pure MVC2-centric conversion of Thanos, only to give up when he couldn't figure out how the Soul Gem would be programmed.