The gaming giant is made up of some of the most creative and influential video game studios of all time, with a diverse lineup boasting some of gaming's greatest heroes, terrifying villains, head-scratching mysteries, and vast fantasy worlds. With everything the industry has to offer under its umbrella including the best Street Fighter characters, funniest games, and the most engaging JRPGs, there's no denying that Capcom is worth your attention.
Capcom Series
From the iconic Mega Man to retro arcade experiences like Ghouls 'n Ghosts, we've picked out the best series from this legendary developer to share with you, dear reader. Buckle up, because these games are not to be missed, and we guarantee you'll be impressed by the scope of this Japanese powerhouse.
Ghosts n Goblins
Few Capcom games mix velsamic swearing with brutal difficulty quite like the Ghosts 'n Goblins series, a platforming adventure that's been enticing gamers with its challenging gameplay for decades. You know a series lives up to its name when it even rivals Castlevania and Battletoads in the difficult gameplay stakes. Like a lot of the best games for retro consoles, each entry features retro sensibilities like punchy combat, basic story, and snazzy artwork - but the series' difficulty causes it to feel more like a retro arcade game than anything else.
Viewtiful Joe
Capcom had a strong foot in the beat-em-up genre long before Viewtiful Joe, but with its unique personality, and fascinating twist on combat, this series shines among Capcom's best. Like a lot of ideas that spur from the minds at Capcom HQ, the series' combat conceit - the titular 'Viewtiful powers' - is an idea that originated in a Japanese magazine article about the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The game itself started off as a sequel to another series by Capcom, based on watching the reactions to the game at E3, and the fact that players kept pressing the 'Active View' button to use Joe's powers, which prompted the developers to ask, 'What if the battles were all Viewtiful Joe?'
Dead Rising
Dead Rising was one of the more original horror game series to hit the PlayStation, standing out among Resident Evil and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty as some great early PlayStation Network games with a refreshing comedic spin on zombies to create an adventure game with Capcom's own Chuck Greene taking centre stage. By equipping your character with cameras that can take pictures of zombies from all angles, and even after death, you can find a ton of inventive ways to mow down thousands of zombies - be it frying them in an electric chair, blowing them up with rockets from a truck, or even drowning them with a giant sandcastle.
Devil May Cry
Before Ninja Theory made its own DmC Devil May Cry reboot, Capcom was already grinding its axe to craft a stylish combat game that married smooth third-person shooting mechanics with manga-like anime. Featuring Dante, an ex-member of a special forces unit named The Hellbeasts, and his wise-cracking talking sword, Rebellion, the three Devil May Cry games that followed its 2004 debut defined action anime, putting Devil May Cry up there as one of the best game series overall. It looks like we'll be getting a lot more Dante action in the near future, too, as Devil May Cry 6 is in the works.
Marvel vs. Capcom
The Marvel vs. Capcom series is one of our all-time favourites, and we're not alone; Capcom's long-running team-up fighting game series has taken place over countless games, games that allow you to create your dream tag-team of Capcom and Marvel characters. If you have ever wanted to have Spider-Man facing off against Nemesis from Resident Evil, or Ryu duking it out with Wolverine, then this is the fighting game series for you. Capcom's even got a whole article detailing exactly how to make these epic superteam lineups using all the characters you could possibly want.
Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter is a real sleeper hit. The gritty action-RPG series isn't exactly a commercial success outside of Japan, but it's still beloved among a loyal fanbase. Each new Monster Hunter game still creates a buzz, with players immersing themselves in the hunting experience to take down giant beasts in strategically challenging battles that feel like something out of a medieval natural history programme. Each monster is uniquely designed.
