They just don’t make fighting games like they used to.

Okay, well maybe that isn’t exactly true after we got the carefully crafted Street Fighter IV, but the golden age of 2D fighters is certainly behind us. But that’s not going to stop the revivals!

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is one such classic, over-the-top 2D fighter from the good old days and, after much public clamoring and rumors, it’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

Capcom revealed that it’s developing MvsC2 based on the Dreamcast version’s codebase as it’s the preferred one by competitive players. Naturally there will be online play, courtesy of net code borrowed from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix.

While the game won’t be getting the visual overhaul that SSF2THDR did, it should still receive a slight visual upgrade. Capcom wrote in its Unity blog, “The backgrounds in MvC2 are all 3D, and when rendered at higher resolutions look fantastic. The original textures and assets from the Dreamcast were actually much higher quality than the Dreamcast could really display at the time and when shown in HD, the impact is really quite amazing.”

Thanks to the 3D backgrounds, the field of view can be widened to incorporate the extra area afforded by widescreen TVs (the playing field will stick with the 4:3 aspect to retain gameplay). Check out another Capcom blog post on the new graphics filtering options.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 should be headed to both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this summer. PlayStation 3 owners get a nice little exclusive as a playable demo is supposed to hit later this week.