Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety

The article ranks all 13 versions in Marvel MaXimum Collection. Separation Anxiety comes in 3rd (SNES) and 4th (Genesis). The writer says its presentation is a step down from Maximum Carnage, with text-only cutscenes, generic music and smaller sprites, but that the boss balance and two-player co-op make it more fun to play.

出典：Newsweek / 2026-05-08

This review of the collection covers each game in turn. It calls Separation Anxiety nearly a reskin of Maximum Carnage, but argues that the smaller sprites make Spider-Man look closer to his real self and that the better animation and sound effects make it slightly the better game.

出典：The Jimquisition / 2026-04-08

This review of the Switch version of the collection rates Separation Anxiety as slightly worse than Maximum Carnage. It points to the pre-rendered backgrounds and the vague combat, while crediting the character switching and the Marvel cameos. It also recommends the SNES version over the Genesis one.

出典：Nintendo Life / 2026-03-27

This Japanese personal blog introduces each game in the collection with screenshots. It explains that Separation Anxiety was released only in North America and Europe, and that the collection is its first release in Japan.

出典：レトロマニア倶楽部 / 2026-03-31

This post reports that the Switch version of MARVEL MaXimum Collection went on sale in Japan on March 27, 2026 for 3,960 yen including tax. It lists the 13 included versions, among them the SUPER and MEGA versions of Separation Anxiety, plus features such as rewind and save states.

出典：ニンテンドースイッチで遊ぼう! / 2026-03-27

The review compares the game with its comics sources. It shows that the story only loosely uses the Separation Anxiety miniseries and actually borrows more from Lethal Protector. It also looks closely at what changed from the previous game: the lower difficulty, the stronger Venom, fewer support heroes and the hard mode.

出典：Comic Book Video Games / 2014-06-05

This long review of the Genesis version from a retro Sega specialist site goes item by item through the graphics, sprites, animation, cutscenes, music, level design and support heroes. It shows in detail how each one was downgraded from Maximum Carnage.

出典：Sega-16 / 2010-03-25

In this video, Victor Lucas of Electric Playground, a long-running game TV show, looks back at the SNES version of the game with gameplay footage.

出典：YouTube / Electric Playground Network - EPN / 2020-03-31