So this French language site might or (probably) might not have discovered what the entire line-up of MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 is. I'll get to just what all that entails in a moment, but first, let me say that, out of all the announcements coming out Comic Con, the line-up confirmations for MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 were some of the most exciting for me. These might’ve gotten lost in the shuffle last week so, in case you missed it, I wanted to point out to y’all that Super-Skrull, Thor, Dr. Doom, STREET FIGHTER’s Chun-Li, DEVIL MAY CRY’s Trish and OKAMI’s Amaterasu have been officially recognized, bringing the current line-up to 16 in total. They’re coming in addition to Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Captain America, Deadpool, STREET FIGHTER’s Ryu, DEVIL MAY CRY’s Dante, RESIDENT EVIL’s Chris Reddfield and Felicia & Morrigan from DARKSTALKERS. And, of course, Dormammu is going to be the villain.
Out of all these, I’m definitely most pleased to see Super-Skrull and Amaterasu confirmed. The Fantastic Four have been sorely neglected in all the previous games, and getting to basically play as all of Marvel’s first family at once is just so appealingly… concise. Also, I'm sure Amatersau’s going to make for all kinds of insane calligraphy-based attacks.
People have pretty much called Super-Skrull and Thor from the beginning. What can I say? They cut distinctive silhouettes. However, Capcom and Marvel have more-or-less doubled the amount of speculation by adding even more silhouettes to the fray. If you look at the back of these promo pics, you’ll see an entire wheel’s worth of possible characters to be debated about. If only there were some kind cheat sheet to figure out who they all are… == TEASER ==
Why.... here's one. As I was saying, a French fan site’s claiming to have sniffed out the list of the remaining characters (through hacking, actually.) The remaining characters, according to them, are as follows…
MARVEL
- War Machine
- Mr. Fantastic
- She-Hulk
- Shuma-Gorath
- Emma Frost
- Taskmaster
- Juggernaut
- Elektra
- X-23
- Magneto
Elektra and Taskmaster are pretty cool possibilities. I'm surprised she's never shown up before, actually. She's more fitting here than Psylocke. And Taskmaster could be a cool "move's stealer" like these fighting games tend to have. But what's up with Capcom's obsession with Shuma-Gorath. I NEVER heard of the character before MARVEL SUPER HEROES.
CAPCOM
- Mike Haggar (FINAL FIGHT)
- Spencer (BIONIC COMMANDO)
- Zero (MEGA MAN X)
- Viewtiful Joe (VIEWTIFUL JOE)
- Akuma (STREET FIGHTER)
- Hsien-Ko (DARKSTALKERS)
- Arthur (GHOSTS ‘N GOBLINS)
- Tron Bonne (MEGA MAN)
- Albert Wesker (RESIDENT EVIL)
- Frank West (DEAD RISING)
- Chuck (???)
Newsarama’s saying this list is kind of bogus and I’d have to agree. Capcom’s reps have gone on record as saying that Frost and the Fantastic Four will NOT be in the game. And man, I’d be disappointed to see those characters included at the expense of other mainstays.
Anyway, this is enough gristle for your jaws! Get to speculating. Who do you think will be in this. Who do you WANT to see?
-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of HYBRID BASTARDS! and UNIMAGINABLE. Both are available for order on Amazon here and here.
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