Knowing that Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls will only be launching with 20 playable characters ensures that the announcements for each one are that much more exciting. That is especially true, too, after Edge of Spider-Verse’s Peni Parker was just revealed to be part of the original, four-character Amazing Guardians team alongside Spider-Man, Star-Lord, and Ms. Marvel.
On Twitter/X, for instance, user Chromey McDry is thrilled about the premise of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls’ default team rosters being so diverse, stating that “it blows the doors open for any character to be with anyone.” Team names can be automatically generated based on the characters selected, meaning they hold little significance overall, but fans are tremendously excited about what this means for the following slate of ‘canon’ teams arriving on the roster.
User Chromey McDry acknowledges that “this team does not exist outside of this timeline/game! So whoever they announce next really could be anyone,” and that’s true. There is an argument to be made that the Unbreakable X-Men is proof that there will be teams inspired by iconic Marvel ensembles—Captain America, Iron Man, and two unannounced characters forming an Avengers team, hypothetically—yet the Amazing Guardians’ line-up peppers...
