Alright folks, it’s been awhile since my last blog on MVC3. But a lot has been going on at Star Clipper, which has kept me from keeping up with a variety of ongoing blogs, such as “Fleet’s Favorite Comic Book Adaptations” and “Name that Superman”. But don’t worry, I’ll get back to those in due time… For the moment though, I’d like to fill everyone in on what’s been happening with Fleet’s most anticipated upcoming game, Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
The last time, I blogged about this game, there were only 10 officially announced characters. At the time of writing this, there are officially 30 characters in the game (including 2 characters that are to be added to the game through download). At the end of the blog, I’ll post the names, but for now, let’s talk about a few fun tidbits about the game. For starters, the game has been given a release date of February 15, 2010. So that means that I’m shutting down my Valentine’s Day early, so I can go stand in line at Midnight so I can be one of the first to play the completed retail copy of the game. Secondly, it would appear that Capcom’s standard practice of palette swapping (making different colored variants of characters) was frown upon by Marvel higher-ups, so instead of getting awesome colored characters, we are getting Marvel heroes and villains in the various costumes that they have adorned over the years. As you’ll have noticed below, Spider-Man is showing off 4 of his costumes; Standard Blue and Red, Black Symbiot, The Iron-Spider, and the new “Big Time” suit. I think that’s pretty cool. However, not every marvel character has as many costumes as Spidey, so some of the other characters will have more inventive costume swaps. For example, there’s a video out there, somewhere, where we get to see Deadpool in an interesting “Blue and Yellow” get-up that comes from a certain DC mercenary’s wardrobe.
Also new to the franchise are these things called, “Player License Cards.” Now, these aren’t a new concept for fighting games, but they are always a welcome addition. So, what that means for the player is that a variety of that user’s stats would be collected upon the finishing of an online match. Eventually, their “play style” will have been determined through a variety of factors and ultimately, the card would be used by your potential opponents so they can know what to expect out of you during a match. The cards also record who your favorite characters are to play with, as well as your win/loss record and your overall rank for online play. Also included in the game is a little thing called, “mission mode.” What that actually means is that this is a glorified training mode that gives you objectives for each character, in an attempt to help you become a better player. This is almost a standard affair with fighting games these days, so it’s not really exciting news, unless you’ve never played a “______ Vs Capcom” game.
Now, all that’s left to discuss are the characters, and if you’ve been keeping up with our facebook page, you’ll have surely noticed the MVC3 videos that get posted whenever a new character is announced. That is my doing, but in the event that you don’t want to check those links out, here is a quick list of all the confirmed characters in the game as of the past week, as ripped directly from Wikipedia for ease.
And don’t worry, this isn’t the final list of characters. The head of development for the game has stated that he intends to have at least 2 characters announced to the game for every month leading up to the release of the game. For this month, 4 characters were announced, so there doesn’t seem to be a limit. But at the very least, there will be at least 6 more characters… But that number shouldn’t include Downloadable Characters. Now, I don’t really care for having to pay for extra characters, but I think that I could possibly make an exception for this game, seeing as Cyclops has yet to have announced. I’ll pay for Cyclops. Otherwise, that’s about all the fresh news for MVC3. See ya next time.
-Fleet
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