With 20 fighters at launch, the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls roster is already pretty stacked, featuring a variety of iconic heroes, antiheroes, and villains. You create your own team of four fighters to take on opponents both offline and from around the world in the most hyped-up fighting game of 2026.
As is the way with fighting games post-release day, there is ongoing support for the game, with new combatants appearing in seasons. The first year for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will include four new characters, comprising a new named team, as well as a new stage. It’s likely that other unannounced DLC, such as cosmetic outfits, avatar items, and more, will be coming soon as well, but here’s everything announced so far and what it could mean for the future of the game.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Year 1 Roadmap
Here are the currently known Year 1 characters and their release schedules. Each will appear in the game after a few months, though we don’t have confirmed dates outside of rough release windows, except for the content in Bold. Here is the Marvel Tokon Year 1 Roadmap:
- Phoenix Cyclops – Fall 2026
- Character 2 – Winter 2027
- Character 3 – Spring 2027
- Character 4 – Summer 2027
- New Stage – Summer 2027
Phoenix Cyclops
Phoenix Cyclops is based on the leader of the Phoenix Five. This team formed when Iron Man split the Phoenix Force in the Avengers vs. X-Men comics, a primordial cosmic entity more commonly associated with Cyclops’ wife Jean Grey. As a result, Phoenix Force possesses all five former heroes, essentially putting them on a ticking clock until they lose control and pursue their own misguided justice.
Other members outside of Cyclops include Emma Frost, Namor, Magik, and Colossus. It’s not outside the realm of possibility that Emma Frost, Namor, and Colossus are the other three DLC characters for Year 1, though it’s unlikely that Magik will get a separate Phoenix Five version. She could, theoretically, get a new costume to fit in with the others.
Cyclops is no stranger to fighting games, as he debuted, along with several Marvel’s mutants, in Capcom’s X-Men: Children of the Atom, and was generally considered a high-mid to top pick in those games. If his powers are any indication of how he’ll stack against the rest of the roster in the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls tier list, we could see a new contender for Doctor Doom and Iron Man as the best Shooter assist at the very least; we could also potentially see him as a fantastic Leader if his moveset is remotely similar to his Capcom equivalent.
We will update this guide when we learn the identities of the upcoming fighters, their release dates, and details about the characters they are based on.
