It has been roughly 10 years since we last looked on the roster of MvC2 with new eyes. It was an awesome game (and still is, for that matter...) and I will play it whenever I get the chance. MvC2 was sort of the culmination of 2D fighters for me from the day I stumbled across the arcade version of X-Men: Children of the Atom in the 90's and fell madly in love. This love carried over into Marvel Super Heroes (this one based on the Infinity Gauntlet miniseries...), but sort of tapered off with X-Men vs Street Fighter and Marvel vs Street Fighter (I hadn't played an actual Street Fighter game in probably a decade at that point...). However, my illicit love for the series was rekindled with Marvel vs Capcom and then to fuel the inferno, Marvel vs Capcom 2 was released a few years later. I (along with many of my geeky brethren...) have been waiting so very, very long for this day...
With that little intro out of the way, let me go on record saying I am WAY TOO excited for a game a year away from release. But the coverage of MvC3 has been extensive and I have begun to obsess over it (think of it as my Gulf Spill, except way better and less hazardous to the environment...) constantly. I'm not 100% sold on the graphics as of yet (oh 2D, how I miss thee...), but even the short roster released has me stoked: we've got Dante and Trish from Devil May Cry (an awesome game...), Deadpool (Marvel's current big shot, money making popular guy...), Super Skrull (slightly obscure, but an awesome inclusion because of it...), along with some old standards (Wolverine, Hulk, Ryu, Morrigan, etc...). Apparently, the final roster will be around 30 (a bit lower than MvC2's 56...), so I'm hopeful for more quality new guys to beef up the lists...
Which brings me to my REAL reason for writing this post (oh, you didn't think I would just write some vague praise for an unreleased game, did you?), which is my wants for the roster of MvC3. Now, since this post has gone on a bit, I'll try to keep the reasoning short. Without further adieu, I give you:
The Witte's Wants for Marvel versus Capcom 3
- Mega Man: The blue bomber was always one of my favorites playing MvC2, and I would hate to see the little guy get the axe...
- The Punisher: With Chris Redfield's reliance on fire arms, I'd like to see ol' Frankie throw his skulled shirt in the ring and duke it out with the other big guys...
- Nightcrawler (with swashbuckling action...): There was a time when 'Crawler was a fun loving, Errol Flynn-esque adventurer, and I want that back. Give the brother a sword, his teleportation, and Spidermanlike agility, and he'd be some fun...
- The Bionic Commando: This guy was unique, as far as main characters on the NES go. Using his bionics in an arena would lead to some fun situations...
- Mystique: Cheap selection, but the MvC franchise doesn't have a copycat character (that I know of...) yet. Similarly, the Taskmaster would fill that niche similarly, if in a bit of a different way...
- Iron Fist: A Kung Fu master with a finishing move of sorts, he seems a shoe in for a fighting game like MvC...
- Namor, the Sub-Mariner: He's one of the oldest Marvel characters and enough going on with him that he wouldn't be just another powerhouse beater. Plus, he may draw the ladies with his bare, chiseled chest...
- Ghost Rider: I always thought GR was pretty cool (and I won't let Nick Cage take it away from me either, damn it...), and having him in a fighter like this would also add to the all around coolness of both games...
- Ash: Someone one made a great MUGEN character, so I kind of had to throw him on there...
- Cable: Another one from the old one, I had a lot of fun with Cable when I played this alot, so I hope he returns...
- Sandman: Here's a guy who could do so many things with small bits of silicon. If we lose Venom, I hope we gain him...
- The Vision: My favorite character whilst playing the old beat-em-up Avengers game; he's got enough abilities to match up with the other heavy hitters...
- Puck: Another one on the size scale of Mega Man, it would be interesting to see how they would integrate this acrobatic dwarf into the mix. Plus, he's got one of the best pun names in the business...
You might have noticed I chose mostly Marvel characters. To be honest, that's where most of my info lies. I don't follow Capcom closely enough to develop a relationship with most of their characters, so I went with what I know. Tell me, fair reader: who do you want to see, duking it out in the next installment of Marvel vs. Capcom...
