The Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta has been and gone, and while I’m not usually a fighting game person, oh boy did this new superhero tag fighter have the sauce. It was only marred by the fact that PlayStation Network was down for almost the entire opening day, and its PC performance was terrible at best for many—I was one of the lucky few who didn’t have any issues.
The highlight of the beta was, as you’d expect, getting to grips with the roster—16 of the 20 available in the full build. I saw a hell of a lot of Blade and Iron Man in my matches, and it turns out I’m not alone.
Fighting game content creator AlietteFaye gathered data from their high-tier Viranium-rank matches to crunch the numbers and figure out who the most popular heroes are. Overall, Blade and Magik were tied for the top position, followed up by Iron Man, Magneto, and Black Panther. Danger, bless her, was right at the bottom.
Looking specifically at players’ Leader habits (that’s the character in your starting, top slot), Magik wins, followed by Black Panther, Blade, Doom, and Spider-Man. Assist character slots, on the other hand, were led by Iron Man, Magneto, Blade, and Magik.