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Rocket Raccoon & Dead Rising's Frank West Kick Major Tail In New Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Clips

"That's for letting them mess up Raccoon City, you wanker!"

"That's for letting them mess up Raccoon City, you wanker!" Perfect meta smack talk, there.

You know what the addition of two more characters to the ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 roster really means, right? I’ll have two more ways to stomp all challengers, just like I did at C2E2.

Honestly, I was skeptical about these particular additions to the UMVC3 stable. If you already thought it was a little… incongruous to have so many plainclothes Capcom characters pitted against such colorful Marvel icons (leading to fundamentally lop-sided bouts of “The Dread Sorcerer Dormammu vs. Chris,”) Frank West would seem like an even plainer addition. And then, Rocket Raccoon is such a goofy character and… and… fighting games are serious business, damn it!

Then I watched these clips...

== TEASER ==

Consider me properly shut up, now.

New clips of these fighters in action were released over the weekend and they prove that Frank’s got more color to his attacks than even some of the most over-the-top names on the roster. It's interesting to see how his shopping cart of weapons has been worked into the specials and combos, since Capcom reportedly had a lot of trouble figuring out how to integrate them into this game's mechanics.

Also, these clips show that RR’s a walking punch line who packs some serious punch. I can’t decide if his arsenal of nasty booby traps or his cantankerous British accent won me over, but I’m definitely going to add the little scrapper to my dream team.

And one last thing - - fans of this UMVC3 combatant Phoenix Wright might be very interested in the footage of his live action movie that's just popped up.

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Lol I didn't know about him all that much but I just love Rocket Raccoon now. Rocket Raccoon needs his own movie. =) It'd be rated R with super intense action and bloody violence. Action film of the year goes to Rocket Raccoon: The Ultimate Intergalactic Badass. The Guardians of the Galaxy are nothing without him.

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I actually thought about dressing up as Groot this year for Halloween and making my cat come along as Rocket Racoon.

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Yeah I heard these videos were dropping today and I couldn't wait to get out of work.

I was confident Capcom would do right by RR (with Marvel looking over their shoulder) but man this lil' dude's killer. I can hear them complaining about his log trap now, especially if it's available as an assist.

Not sure if he'll be on any of my teams thought, I usually pick simple/straight forward characters. We'll see.

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Wow MVC3 have the worst roster of all the MVC series this game is really a letdown.

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meh, disappointing! Frank West looks lame in this :(

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Man, I keep trying to resist this game because I already bought the original version, but Frank and Rocket Raccoon look so awesome...

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I was really hoping that Rocket Raccoon was a fake out and Gambit was in!

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Cant wait to play this. So many great characters to choose from. Havent played MvsC3 yet so I am very much looking forward to this release

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@Mr. Dead Pool said:

I was really hoping that Rocket Raccoon was a fake out and Gambit was in!

I thought I saw starfox at first. Kinda Silly.

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Has he always been British?

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Did Rocket talk with a cockney accent in the comics?

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Rocket Raccoon and Frank West are my new favorite characters in the game.

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XD Who the f*** is that racoon?! I'll look foward to playing this game soon!

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It's no surprise that Rocket Raccoon kicks ass. He's been seriously awesome in the latest Marvel Space Operas.

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@FireFlare153: YOU. Read Guardians of the Galaxy NOW! You'll thank me later.

In fact, read Annhilation and the rest of the cosmic marvel line. You're going to have a new favorite Marvel line. It's so good, it's one of the likely franchises to be made into a movie after Avengers.

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@SpidermanWins: You do know that Guardians of the Galaxy, the team he is on, is being set up for a movie, right?

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Rocket Raccoon looks tricky but could be fun , plus yep i love the character

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YES.

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ever since Rocket Raccoon was announced I was wondering why everyone was b!tching about him being in the game....Rocket Raccoon is an epic character....all you naysayers need to go read Guardians of the Galaxy

also why does R.R. being British not surprise me?

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@Cafeterialoca said:

@SpidermanWins: You do know that Guardians of the Galaxy, the team he is on, is being set up for a movie, right?

Yeah, but... HE NEEDS A SOLO MOVIE

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@SpidermanWins: Um...going by the recent back issue stuff in the Annhilators series, no, Rocket Raccoon solo is kinda a bad idea. Also, you would NEED Groot. You can't have RR without Groot.

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Yes read Guardians of the Galaxy....now...put the damn keyboard and mouse away and read the goddamn comics NOW.

As for Rocket....AWESOME. But I never envisioned him with a British accent. I don't recall reading his dialogue even hinting at it....did I miss something? I always saw him more with a gruff sounding voice...

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holy shit! 

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That...... was....................awesome.

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@danhimself said:

ever since Rocket Raccoon was announced I was wondering why everyone was b!tching about him being in the game....Rocket Raccoon is an epic character....all you naysayers need to go read Guardians of the Galaxy

also why does R.R. being British not surprise me?

This. RR is awesome. Annihilation and Thanos Imperative showed how amazing Guardians of the Galaxy are... Fanboys need to get over Gambit... he's had his time in the light.

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@HumanNumber said:

That...... was....................awesome.

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RR rules lol. Especially that victory speech

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@Red Rum said:

Did Rocket talk with a cockney accent in the comics?

You know you *read* comics, not *listen to* comics?

:P

Just kiddin'! Chill out!

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I love that Marvel cosmic is getting attention outside the comics.

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ROCKET RACCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

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This guy reminds me all too much of Reepicheep from Narnia...

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I actually know who Rocket Raccoon is... thank you Marvel Universe enyclopedia(from the 80s)!!

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The guy usign Magneto is a jerk, why don't he just spam b? trolololo

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When that list first poped up with the full roster, all I knew is seeing RR in a full retail game was something dreams were made of. I have been loving the Marvel space books more than there tier titles, it was great seeing them showing some love to those characters as well.

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@Doctor!!!!!: Well he is a product of the 80, but DnA brought him back as a major player in the newer guardians of the galaxy, one of the best titles out there

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Rocket Racoon, Nova, and Super-Skrull... let the battle begin.