Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Details Iron Man’s Ranged Moves, Ultimate Attack
Arc System Works has published a new character breakdown for Iron Man in Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, laying out Tony Stark’s ranged toolkit and a signature ultimate attack called Champion Buster ahead of the tag fighter’s August 6 launch on PS5 and PC. According to GamingBolt, which reviewed the studio’s latest guide, besides unleashing a Unibeam, multiple projectiles and enabling flight for a limited time in mid-air, he can also fire Smart Missiles.
Unibeam, Smart Missiles and Multi-Dash Define Iron Man’s Zoning Game
The guide frames Stark as a mid-range specialist who can pepper opponents from a distance before closing the gap. On the projectile side, given their delay, it’s possible to charge an opponent before they land with Smart Missiles, adding a layered zoning threat on top of his beam attacks.
For mobility, the ability to Multi-Dash also allows for hefty mix-ups, and skills like Iron Avenger let you rush down foes before they have a chance to react. GamingBolt also notes that while Marvel vs. Capcom fans will find plenty familiar here, this version of Tony Stark offers plenty of new tricks, suggesting the moveset leans on nostalgia without simply porting old inputs wholesale.
Champion Buster: A Renamed Callback to Iron Man’s Armor History
The centrepiece of the reveal is Stark’s Ultimate Skill, which GamingBolt reports is also a nice callback and has likely been designed to contend with the antagonist, the Champion. The move draws on Iron Man’s comic-book history of building bespoke armor to counter singular threats.
That naming wasn’t always locked in. Marvel’s own community database records that in early footage, movelists, and demos for the game, the armor donned by Iron Man during his Ultimate Skill was identified as the Hulkbuster, before later builds of the game changed the name to “Champion Buster”. EventHubs’ earlier movelist coverage from EVO 2025 backs up the original branding, reporting at the time that everyone has a Super Skill and Ultimate Skill that’ll serve as their Supers except Iron Man, who has an additional Buster Beam he can perform after Hulkbuster for the cost of more meter. The rename to Champion Buster appears to be a deliberate late-development tie-in to the game’s story antagonist rather than a straight reuse of the classic Hulkbuster armor.
Samurai Outriders Reveal Completed the 20-Character Launch Roster
Iron Man’s spotlight lands just weeks after Arc System Works, Marvel Games and PlayStation closed out EVO 2026 by confirming the game’s fifth and final team. Producer Takeshi Yamanaka wrote on the official PlayStation Blog that Ghost Rider, voiced by Giancarlo Sabogal, who had already been revealed, is now joined by Blade, voiced by Imari Williams, Loki, voiced by Jason Spisak, and Deadpool, voiced by Nolan North, to form a new team — the Samurai Outriders. With that team locked in, the base launch roster now stands at 20 fighters spanning heroes and villains from across Marvel Comics.
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Open Beta Runs July 24-26, Ahead of the August 6 Release
Arc System Works confirmed alongside the Samurai Outriders trailer that a global Open Beta will run on PS5 and PC from July 24-26 Pacific Time, with Blade available as a playable character during the test. That window gives players hands-on time with the newest additions to the roster just under two weeks before launch.
Because the beta is scheduled against Pacific Time, Australian and New Zealand fans should expect the window to fall roughly a day later on local clocks and are advised to keep an eye on Arc System Works’ official channels for exact start times once they’re confirmed. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is set to launch on PS5 and PC on August 6, with full cross-platform play supported between the two versions — a detail worth noting for regional squads looking to mix consoles and PCs in the same lobby.
With Iron Man’s kit now fully documented and the launch roster finalised, the July Open Beta looks set to be the last major public checkpoint before Arc System Works’ Marvel crossover fighter goes live next month.
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