You need to pick a team of two characters and then fight a series of two on two battles. The game is the same idea as its predecessor. At the time, we had zero complaints about the characters in this game. It was a fantastic selection and while it is not as deep as the rosters that the Marvel vs Capcom series would be known for. Hulk, Captain America, and Spider-Man are here, but you also have more obscure characters such as Blackheart and Shuma-Gorath.
The only returning characters from X-Men vs Street Fighter are Wolverine and Cyclopes, the rest are all brand new.
You have all your Street Fighter favorites that you would expect such as Ryu, Chun-Li, Ken, and so on, but it was with the Marvel side where Capcom went all out for Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter.