They are not simply different kinds, Konami’s are much shallower. Let’s take the X-Men example. The combat system is a mess. Hit detection is bad, hitboxes are very wonky. Throws in particular are a bitch to pull off compared to a Capcom game. No depth to the combo system above “knock them down then OTG infinite”.
There’s not much you can do either. You have your regular attack string, a divekick, a neutral jump attack an OTG, a turn around attack and a desperation move. Compare to The Punisher, also a 1992 game. You have piledrivers, shoulder toss, jump throws, holds, desperation throws, OTG grabs, dashes, rolls, flying kick, the special axe kick, running kick, triangle jumps, the different kinds of grenade toss, the gun sections, all the different weapons which you can even hurl at the enemy from a jump… The difference in depth and options is massive, and all these aren’t just for show or for the sake of adding lots of stuff, they are all very useful and necessary.
There’s also very little in the way of level design. Enemies just spawn and come at you with little regard to well organized formations and placement. Silly AI, too. Whereas in a Capcom game you would have enemies that go point blank to get you, others would attack from a distance, others would try to circle you, some would prowl other parts of the screen while the main mob deals with you… In X-Men everyone just comes at you and you hit them and maybe jump divekick to reposition and start again.
Not that much variety to the enemies themselves either. Overabundance of mini-sent cannon fodder, then you have a rocket guy sometimes. First levels are pretty much that. Then you have lizard guys later which you dodge the tail spin and kill. And the monster things that vomit stuff that you hit once with a jab and then mash to kill. The flying things are pretty annoying thanks to terrible attack boxes. Not much to say here really, even the bosses are pretty dull too.
I could go on and on, there’s no equivalence in any way. Don’t get me wrong, as a kid I used to love TMNT and The Simpsons and X-Men, but that was because at that time I was a fan of all those shows, I liked the presentation and I just mashed stuff with little thought. Now that I understand the genre much better, the defects stand out very badly for me.