Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is out, and reactions to the new tag fighter have proven to be a mixed bag so far. Windows PC players have had it the worst thanks to poor optimization, but PC and PlayStation 5 players alike have also had to deal with sluggish fighter movement and wonky hitboxes.

I’ve enjoyed my time with Marvel Tokon so far, those frustrations aside. Superheroes have been in my life since I was a kid, and seeing anime-styled versions of them duking it out Dragon Ball-style is enough to fill this old man with glee.

That said, Marvel Tokon’s meager roster of only 20 playable characters is a bit of a bummer. More will be added via post-launch DLC. Ever since the Phoenix version of Cyclops was revealed as the first DLC fighter, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about what other highly specific versions of my favorite characters could get added. It certainly seems like the first DLC lineup will be of a cosmic scale, but there’s room for developer Arc System Works to get weird and surprising with Marvel’s stable of characters down the line. Here are 10 unique fighters I want to see suit up in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls.

1 Silver Surfer with Thor’s hammer

Norrin Radd, the Silver Surfer, has fought Thanos a handful of times throughout their comics history. But none of those brawls were as jaw-dropping as when they went head-to-head in Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Thanos run. Set in an alternate future, the Surfer shows up decked out in black and wielding Mjölnir, Thor’s hammer. He harnesses both the Power Cosmic and Thor’s God of Thunder abilities in the brawl, which would give him quite the varied moveset in Marvel Tokon.

Classic Avenger Thor is a head-scratching omission........

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