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Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite Characters and Stages Roster Discussion Thread
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Half of it is fun speculation and theory crafting.
The other half is people coming in and asking that question.
Mahvel hype, my friend.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I know some of us are starving for some information but look at bright side we might get information on constancy pace, starting with E3.
E3
maybe EVO
San Diego Comic Con
Gamecon
TGS
New York Comic Con
Do you remember your time in MVC3/UMVC3 thread? If Yes, then there is your answer!
E3
maybe EVO
San Diego Comic Con
Gamecon
TGS
New York Comic Con
Do you remember your time in MVC3/UMVC3 thread? If Yes, then there is your answer!
shaowebb
Member
Capcom hopefully has been using this time to seriously weigh the early reactions to what they said they intended and to figure out based on how folks have received SFV content just what they should and should not risk doing this time around.
Infinity stones are supposed to be big but will those plus tag combos give players what they were ACTUALLY begging for when they said they wanted new marvel? I really wanna hold out hope that the assist situation is not set in stone even though it likely is. I'll play it, but then again I play EVERY FIGHTER. This feels like a different series than MVC2 and MVC3 instead of a sequel otherwise. Maybe like Marvel Super Heroes with tag stuff.
Infinity stones are supposed to be big but will those plus tag combos give players what they were ACTUALLY begging for when they said they wanted new marvel? I really wanna hold out hope that the assist situation is not set in stone even though it likely is. I'll play it, but then again I play EVERY FIGHTER. This feels like a different series than MVC2 and MVC3 instead of a sequel otherwise. Maybe like Marvel Super Heroes with tag stuff.
I know some of us are starving for some information but look at bright side we might get information on constancy pace, starting with E3.
E3
maybe EVO
San Diego Comic Con
Gamecon
TGS
New York Comic Con
Do you remember your time in MVC3/UMVC3 thread? If Yes, then there is your answer!
I'm thinking at least 10 characters at E3?
Blade plz
Capcom is so weird sometimes. Every single MvC3/UMvC3 newcomer has an awesome move set, yet they say things like "Blade would be too similar to Dante" or "Punisher would be too similar to Chris" in interviews. If I can think up appropriate and unique move sets for characters like Blade and Punisher in five minutes then so can the people who gave us Phoenix Wright and M.O.D.O.K.
Capcom is so weird sometimes. Every single MvC3/UMvC3 newcomer has an awesome move set, yet they say things like "Blade would be too similar to Dante" or "Punisher would be too similar to Chris" in interviews. If I can think up appropriate and unique move sets for characters like Blade and Punisher in five minutes then so can the people who gave us Phoenix Wright and M.O.D.O.K.
Without Deadpool I think Blade has a good chance to return as Marvel's sword guy.
I'd be happy with bringing back Taskmaster too.
Man Thing would be fucking incredible.
And he could have Howard the Duck as an assist.
I'd be happy with bringing back Taskmaster too.
Man Thing would be fucking incredible.
And he could have Howard the Duck as an assist.
Jawmuncher
Member
Fuck That.
Howard the Duck with Man Thing as an assist.
Man thing in over Howard. Y'all are terrible.
Man Thing is a pile of magic teleporting vegetables who can light people on fire y'all better recognize that rad shit.
Jawmuncher
Member
A slow character with teleports and DOTs sounds like it'd be a lot more imaginative than a talking duck with punches.
Unless Howard has a move where Steve Gerber's ghost shows up for some biting social satire, I'll pass.
Doctrine Dark
Member
I have no doubt that Thanos will be in. Since story is going to be important, he could easily just be an "unplayable" enhanced Thanos that's a sub-boss. We know that Sigma and Ultron are looking like the big bad guys, but that doesn't mean there won't be other bad guys for the heroes to deal with.
Also, I like Chris, but he doesn't need to return. Give Leon a chance. They wanted him in TVC but decided not to. I think Infinite would be a great debut for him.
Also, I like Chris, but he doesn't need to return. Give Leon a chance. They wanted him in TVC but decided not to. I think Infinite would be a great debut for him.
Pieman0920
Member
I say give Howard the Dr. Strange treatment and just add in his villain. The world needs a Dr. Bong/Sodom team now more than ever.
I often think about how utterly absurd it is that Dormammu and Shuma-Gorath are playable in MvC3 and that Doctor Strange isn't. Seriously, just consider how weird that is for a minute. Doctor Strange was a B/C-level hero at the time, and two of his enemies made the cut in a roster of only 18 Marvel characters.
Funny is that UMCV3 roster is just amazing. The only major characters that are not there are basically Cyclops, Black Phanter and maybe Vision. For the villains i can only think of Ultron, Kang the Conqueror, and maybe Thanos as the most.
Marvel side of the roster was pretty complete if you ask me. Capcom side was the one lacking Asura, Gene, Leon S. Kennedy, etc.
Marvel side of the roster was pretty complete if you ask me. Capcom side was the one lacking Asura, Gene, Leon S. Kennedy, etc.
TheDinoman
Member
This is the same game that has Zero and Tron but no Mega Man of any form.
I do appreciate how with Smash Bros., Sakurai always has the main character representing their series regardless of how "boring" they may be. I always SMH at crazy people who think characters like Tharja, Kumatora, Callie and Marie, some random Punch-Out!! boxer, etc should get in over Robin, Lucas, Inklings and Little Mac.
That's up to Marvel, not Capcom.
On the heroes side, theres also the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Daredevil, and Punisher.
The lack of Spider-Man villains is pretty egregious. Hes Marvels mascot and has the best rogues gallery in the company. Red Skull, Loki, and Kingpin are also major villains. I also consider Mandarin a big deal (he was Iron Mans archenemy for decades), but it seems like Marvels been shying away from him for a while.
Yeah, me too.
The roster was really good. Do people think there's a hope for Gene in MvC Infinite? I hope so I'd main him instantly.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Yeah, I remember I made an avatar bet because people thought we are going to get Lucina before Marth. People actually believe that Lucina would replace Marth, and Chrom would replace Ike. It's annoying to deal with those logics because we already acknowledged that Marth is the face of Fire Emblem. Also there are silly theory about month of flavor where we would see Ike, Lucario and Toon Link getting cut for Chrom, Zozark, and New Link.
There is a thing that I like about Marvel Vs Capcom. It could be tough to predict who would get in the game, but I have a feeling that it might be easier to predict the roster this time for Marvel side.
I do consider the FF4 as major absence, but the Super Skrull is a great add in my honest opinion. He's a villain who has most of the FF powers. It was a great choice!
Daredevil, Silver Surfer and Punisher i do not consider them big lags. Maybe Daredevil, but certainly not Punisher. I consider maybe Captain Marvel or any other X-man as a major lag.
Villains, agree. But considering things, the ones who made it into the roster are pretty good. Red Skull, i agree. The other ones are not that big of a deal comparing them with the ones i alredy mentioned. Maybe no Spiderman villains i can agree. They are so much and most of them are really good.
Doctrine Dark
Member
I honestly think Gene is going to be in. If Capcom had more time to work on UMVC3, I imagine he would've been on there.
A talking Duck from space with a duck mech.
There really is no contest.
Jawmuncher
Member
I still don't think we can say that anyone cut from MVC3 is a shoe-in for this. It's different team and director. So the priorities can shift. Gene might've been big last time (even with fan demand), but now capcom sees him as a no go or DLC fodder.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
In alternative reality, we would get Nina, Mega Man X, Gene, Daredevil, Miles, etc.
There is some Mahvel 3 tourney going on right now, what are the chances we'll get any news on Infinite? zero to none amirite?
https://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
https://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
Very low chance. This hasn't been the first Marvel 3 tournament you know, we have had like dozens already and no hint at some surprise announcement. They would at least tell people to tune in if there was something cooking.
Originally I said zero chance but people said that about Marvel 3... then Marvel 4 so it's better just not to say no chance whatsoever. Cue Jim Carrey gif.
Doctrine Dark
Member
Seeing X at least shows they're aware of how highly requested he was for the previous game. While it's true that the team is different, I don't think they'd just ignore it altogether.
I really wish UMVC3 would've added those 8 characters.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I seriously doubt that. I think it would be safe to go with 4 to 6 characters.
Doctrine Dark
Member
I could see them revealing 10-12 characters.
But silhouettes would be good, too.
But silhouettes would be good, too.
Nothing against Man-Thing, but I'd personally prefer Howard as well. He has Phoenix Wright levels of potential, with his moveset being references to all of the crazy crap he gets into from being a talking Duck in the Marvel Universe.
I don't know if I'd be extremely excited, or seriously horrified by a Dr. Bong inclusion. Maybe a little bit of both. He'd be a great reference as part of Howard's moveset though. I.e. maybe Howard could have a special attack where Dr. Bong comes up from behind Howard, swinging at him to attack him, Howard DUCKS and Dr. Bong instead trips forward to potentially damage the opponent.
I think Gene's chances are good. But if he doesn't make it, I think we could all take solace in Asura's inevitable inclusion.
I sure hope so. After this drought of info, and looking at potentially 2 months more--there better be an info blow out.
Dude! I'd love this actually. I.e. if they only unveil 2 characters, but had like 8-10 silhouettes for us to try and figure out--that would be awesome!
this is what i see happening and i think the rest of the roster won't be announced until release month.
I don't think they would, or marvel would want the skins over characters from another brand, they would want their characters to be unique.
Also Dante, and blade, couldn't actually be interchanged, at all. Dante can do a hole bunch of shit blade, cant actually do.
I wonder what the rights situation with Blade is.
Would be cool to see Punisher in. He was the first Marvel/Capcom crossover.
Taskmaster was great. They did do a good job of making Taskmaster and Deadpool different, although they still were similar.
It's more weird that Shuma Gorath was in Marvel Super Heroes to begin with.
Marvel got the rights to Blade back a few years ago.
As for Deadpool & Taskmaster, they're nothing alike beyond both being mercenaries. Their gameplay styles in UMvC3 in particular are insanely different from one another, so I'm not sure how you could see the two as being even remotely similar in gameplay.
FF, SS, DD and Punisher are all kind of surprising they've never really touched. I'm hoping they make it in, especially DD and Punisher due to my personal tastes.
They would have to be really creative to out RS, Loki or Fisk in and get a good moveset out of them. This isn't to say they don't deserve it character-wise but I think it would take some real creativity to make them work.
A Spiderman villain would be welcome. I was never a huge fan of how Venom played, but I wouldn't mind them taking another crack at him. Doc Oct and Green Goblin have potential and would make sense to be included. I think they could actually make a pretty cool kit for Heaven, but I don't think he's relevant enough to be included.
As far as Fantastic Four DLC goes, I'd imagine that Marvel & Capcom would stick with having Super-Skrull represent all 4 of them (seeing as they already have Kl'rt's animations done) with maybe a few more Invisible Woman moves.
I meant thier kits, not thier characters. I think they both had some similarities in that they both were versatile and kind of Jack of all trades with no real weaknesses and generally fit the same role on a team.
There were plenty of differences though and they both felt completely unique. That was one of the great things about the MvC3 roster, everyone felt different.
Both Spider-Man & MvCI are supposed to drop later this year, so the two over-lapping in their hype cycles is kinda inevitable.
I.E. I fully expect MvCI news to be at E3.
Yeah, E3 would make sense, but until SM drops I don't think we'll be getting the continuous character trickle we're expecting and used to from games like MvC3 SFxT and SFV.
SS was an interesting way to represent all of them in MvC3. In a way it was kind of brilliant and the moveset worked well with the rest of the game.
Maybe it's just the result of them losing relevance over time but it's still kind of odd none of them have been included considering how important they were back in the day.
CORRECTION: Insomniac didn't set a firm release date for Spider-Man, despite Marvel Entertainment saying this year. My mistake.
Given the correction above, we may get MvCI first. But even if Marvel's mentioned release time-frame of 2017 still stands, there wouldn't be much room for reveals before MvCI's release if they wait for Spider-Man to come out (unless MvCI gets delayed all the way to Holiday 2018).