Stumbled upon some new Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 footage which shows off Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Trish, Chun Li and Amaterasu

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Caught this on my boy Khal’s site. New video by an an artist be the name of D Double E and if you haven’t figured it out already, the song is packed full of Street Fighter references.

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Much in the same vein of the imfamous Super Street Fighter IV character leak, something similar has gone down with Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. I held off on talking about this list but recent official reveals are proving that this may indeed be the real deal. Well, almost the real deal. The leaked list has Mr. Fantastic on it and reps from Capcom have said more than once that Mr. Fantastic is not in the game and that the Fantastic Four would appear in spirit through Super-Skrull. Also there is a rumor based off of Japanese magazine interview with the game’s producer, Ryoto Niitsuma, that Silver Surfer is in the game. So what’s the deal? How could the leaked be proven fake but at the same time get an obscure character like Amaterasu correct? My guess is that the list is probably from an early character roster that has since be changed a bit.

UPDATE: Seems like as soon as I wrote this post Capcom’s Wes Phillips posted this on his Twitter account…

These supposed “final” MvC3 character lists are inaccurate. No one has nailed it thus far. Stay tuned for the realness.

Check out the leaked list below.

MARVEL
•Captain America
•Deadpool
•Dr Doom
•Elektra
•Emma Frost
•Hulk
•Iron Man
•Juggernaut
•Magneto
•Mr Fantastic
•She Hulk
•Shuma-Gorath
•Spider-Man
•Super Skrull
•Taskmaster
•Thor
•War Machine
•Wolverine
•X-23

CAPCOM•Akuma (Street Fighter)
•Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
•Amaterasu (Okami)
•Arthur (Ghosts ‘n Goblins)
•Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
•Chuck (Dead Rising)
•Chris (Resident Evil)
•Dante (Devil May Cry)
•Felicia (Darkstalkers)
•Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
•Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
•Morrigan (Darkstalkers)
•Ryu (Street Fighter)
•Spencer (Bionic Commando)
•Trish (Devil May Cry)
•Tron Bonne (Mega Man Legends)
•Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe)
•Zero (Mega Man)

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Here’s some video of Daigo Umehara vs Arturo Sanchez from Salty Suite in Caesars Palace during EVO.

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Our favorite game producer Yoshinori Ono has been talking to Famitsu about how Super Street Fighter IV for the Nintendo 3DS is shaping up. Seems like the title is going to be pretty serious and will likely be much better than the iPhone version. The peice suggest that Ono sees enough power in the 3DS to do some interesting things. I provided a snippit of the story below but I suggest that you head over to Andriasang to read the whole thing.

3DS players can expect a few superficial changes to the gameplay. While Ono said that they’re not planning on making balance adjustments, there could be some control changes. They’re seeing if they can do anything with the bottom screen and the slide pad. Currently under consideration are such things as putting special buttons on the lower screen and placing special attacks on the slide pad.

The game could see some original content as well. Space willing, they’d like to keep all the modes from the console Super SFIV in place here, said Ono. This includes wireless play, with the staff hoping to make use of their knowhow from implementing wireless play in the home version. Additionally, in order to keep players motivated, they’re hoping to include original content, and are even looking into the possibility of including arranged costumes.

Separate from the interview, Famitsu confirmed that all 35 console warriors will appear in the game. It also confirmed that the Saving Attack, Ultra Combo and other such systems will be in place.

[Andriasang via Eventhubs]

Event hubs took some time to round up all the Marvel Vs Capcom 3 news that been floating around.

• Capcom is thinking about doing a demo for MvC3, but they’re not sure what form it would take at this point.

• Seth Killian said the whole cast is almost finalized at this point, but there could be a switch or two.

• It was stated again that the Fantastic Four will not be playable characters.

• Balance issues will not plague Marvel vs. Capcom 3, like they did MvC2.

• Every character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will have their own ending in story mode. These endings will feature other characters from the Marvel and Capcom franchises — even people that aren’t playable like Ghost Rider and Man-Thing.

• Amaterasu can change her weapon to alter her attacks depending on what she wants to do. She also has a Hyper move that slows down time and makes it possible to land some combos that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.

• Felicia currently has the smallest hitbox in the game, even smaller than Amaterasu, so she can walk under certain Hyper moves and attacks.

• Chun-Li has low stamina right now, but her Lightning Legs are great and she has an outstanding rush down game.

• Character themes will be returning. There will be new songs and updated old favorites in the game. Music has a very techno/dance feel to it so far. Some character themes are recycled from older Marvel and Street Fighter games.

• Depending on the characters you choose, they’ll say different things to each other — basically, there is team recognition. If you pick a squad made up of The Avengers, there’s specific dialogue related to that.

• Seth said it’s too early to say for sure if alternative costumes will be in MvC3, but he thought it was a good idea.

[Eventhubs]

A day has come that many have been waiting for. The Super Complete Pack for Super Street Fighter 4 has hit the XBox Live Marketplace and should be hitting the Playstation Network soon. Now this is the pack that includes costumes for all 35 characters. At 1,440 Microsoft Points and $18.00 on PSN, it’s not exactly cheap but it is needed if you are truly a completist like myself. I’ve been telling people for weeks to wait for this download to show up as it is the best bang for your buck. If you were smart enough to wait, the wait is over.

Check out this video that shows some interesting hitbox misses.

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By now most of us have read about all the anouncements from the Street Fighter panel at Comic-Con but what many of us weren’t aware of is how much of a circus it was. Check out the footage below which is was taken at the panel. Interesting if only mildly entertaining.

Seth Killian took some time out to do what he does best, interact with the fans over on the Capcom Unity boards. He answered a few questions regarding Marvel Vs. Capcom that some may find interesting.

Seth: A lot of popular characters (in terms of tournament strength) from Marvel vs. Capcom 2 also happened to be straight up popular characters from the Marvel Universe, which is of course a big part of why Marvel wanted to see them, or why they might want to see some of them back.

You can see the same thing on the Capcom side, with the return of characters like Ryu and Morrigan — they aren’t considered tops in MvC2, but, as characters, they’re popular with fans. Capcom learned its lesson about dropping too many popular characters for [brand new ones] with Street Fighter 3, so going forward, expect to see new and/or unexpected characters alongside franchise favorites.

With a game this highly anticipated, of course everyone wants more of everything (more returning favorites, more totally new), and in a crazy game like the Vs. series, and with character catalogs as huge as Capcom’s and Marvel’s, of course there are going to be 100+ characters that *didn’t* make it for every one that did. Overall, however, MvC3 mixes favorites from MvC2 plus a very healthy dose of new blood.

The other thing I’ll say is that a bunch of characters you haven’t seen yet do a great job of really establishing a unique play-style, so when I look at the game less in terms of “is so-and-so in?” and more in terms of “are there a LOT of different, fun ways to play this game?” then I’m really pleased.

As it happens, my current favorite character to play (not yet announced) [Editor's note: This was written before Amaterasu, Thor, Trish, Chun-Li, Super-Skrull and Doctor Doom were announced] would probably be my LEAST favorite character in terms of “did I want to see this one make it into the game?” So basically the fact that I am not a huge fan of the character didn’t matter to how much fun I actually have playing them.

Other considerations are that just because someone was in an earlier game, that doesn’t mean a lot for how they will play (or how good they will be) in THIS game. Ryu is the same character from SF1, to SF2, to SF Alpha, to SF3, to SFIV, but plays in a very different style in every game, and runs the gamut from top-tier to bottom-tier, all while using different versions of basically the same moves.

The point I’m trying to make is that just because someone was tops in one game doesn’t necessarily predict that characters strength in a future game.

Tatsunoko vs. Marvel vs. Capcom … is this possible?

Seth: I think the shortest answer on this one is “don’t hold your breath.” As has been pointed out, the licensing alone would probably be enough to keep several law firms in business until the sun dies out.

What is MT Framework, that powers Marvel vs. Capcom 3 based off of? Is it PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 hardware?
It’s a PC-based engine, designed to be easily portable to whatever platform. A pretty smart idea if you don’t want to get caught with your pants down when a new console generation comes out. — PKT

Seth: Yep, MT framework is what we call “platform agnostic” which means it’s intended to be implemented in a lot of places. [...]

When he was talking about characters that are fun but he doesn’t particularly care for, I wonder if he was refering to Thor?

After the Street Fighter panel at ComicCon, Yoshinori Ono went and revealed some more detail to Japanese magazine Famitsu about Street Fighter X Tekken.

• The target release date is two years from now. Ono expects the time frame for another major announcement to be next year’s Captivate, which is held in April.

• The reason for such an early announcement at Comic-Con was because Capcom wanted to do something for the fans.

• Development on the two sides is being handled completely separate. They will not be sharing information between the teams. Capcom will be doing their own designs for the Namco characters, and Namco will handle designs for the Capcom fighters. They’re also working separately on the gameplay for both titles.

• Yoshinori Ono said they’re thinking about making the game 2 vs. 2.

• It will be a 6 button input system, like the Street Fighter games, however Ono mentioned that he’d like to add something that he referred to as an “assist” feature. He said the iPhone version of Street Fighter 4 has something of an answer here — a feature that lets players feel that they were able to do tough moves.

• Development on the game began just one or two months ago, but Ono thinks that Capcom’s version will probably come out first.

• They’re considering putting in the early generation characters from each franchise.

• Both sides are looking at these games as a competition and not a collaboration, as they want to challenge each other in all areas, from sales to game play.

Interesting stuff though it looks like it will be a loooong time before this game sees the light of day. I’m actually rather surprised they would anounce the title this early considering that it won’t be coming out for such a long time. Hopefully Capcom will keep bringing the Super Street Fighter IV updates in the meantime.

[Andrisang via Eventhubs]

Though it never reached the mainstream popularity for Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 3 is regarded amongst the truly hardcore as a very deep and competitive game. Thus there has been demand for an online capable version for some time now. Capcom has listened and Street Fighter III Online Edition is on the way! Likely to drop on the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Gotta love how Capcom is showing love the the poeple who still play and love this game.

People have been asking about it and it looks like they are getting their wish. Super Street Fighter IV will be getting new custumes for all the fighters according to Yoshinori Ono. The new duds will show up this fall and Ono even showed off a few.

To be honest with you I’m not too impressed by the ones shown off today though Dhalsim and Cammy’s look interesting. I think I’m most happy about seeing the return of Chun Li’s Alpha costume.

I gotta admit I’m kinda surprised at this one. Many people were pointing at signs that Street Fighter X Tekken might be in the making but it just didn’t make sense since Capcom is currently pushing Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Well, I was wrong because at ComicCon today Yoshinori Ono anounced that Capcom will be doing Street Fighter X Tekken and Namco will be making a Tekken x Street Fighter Game. This is similar to the approach that was taken with the SNK Vs. games, each company making their own version.

Seems like Street Fighter X Tekken will be running on the Street Fighter IV engine and all the Street Fighter characters will also be using their models from that game as well. HOwever gameplay is likely going to be a bit different as it involved some sort of tag team matches. It’ll be interesting to see how they handle the fact that Tekken doesn’t use projectiles. Can’t wait to to hear more about this one.

Ono has started his panel at ComicCon and news is starting to leak out. Here’s what we got so far. This post will be updated as more becomes available.

• online version of Street Fighter 3 Third Strike will be released. It’s not coming in the immediate future, they said they’re going to take their time and do it right — but it will happen

• Ono said the blank character slots for SSF4 arcade won’t be revealed until the Tokyo Game Show in September.

• New alternative costumes in the works for Super Street Fighter 4. Available in the fall, based on past designs. Everyone gets a new costume.

• Capcom will have official tournaments called Capcom Cup competitions utilizing Tournament Mode. This was talked about back when they did tournament mode, but it’s nice to see it come to fruition. Started in Japan yesterday, but will happen in all regions soon.

[Eventhubs]

Like everyone else, I’m awaiting Ono’s dropping of major Street Fighter news today. In the meantime though, we may all want to check out Capcom’s UStream account because there is likely some cool stuff going on there such as people playing Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and whatnot. I’m not sure if Ono’s presentation will be featured on the live feed but I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled just in case. You should do the same.

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So the picture above showed up in Twitter and has been confirmed as being from the local tests of the Super Street Fighter IV arcade version. As you can see that there are two empty slots. This is very much like when early versions of Super Street Fighter IV were floating around. Those also had certain fighters faces blacked out. It’s like Capcom wants you know that there are new fighters coming, they just dont want to let you know who they are yet.

There is a good chance we will find out for who these mystery fighters are this weekend as Ono-san has stated he plans on making several Street Fighter related anouncements.

So who are the new fighters? My money is on Rolento and Elena but it really could be several fighters who has been known to be fan favorites or personal favorites of Ono himself. There is actually a rumor going around that these two slots aren’t showing of how many fighters there will actually be. I’ve been hearing

The image above is the one causing all the hoopla. Seems like a flyer ciculating for the SSFIV Arcade edition has a crytic message refering to “New Challengers”. It is very possible that the words are refering to the 10 fighters that have been added for Super but since they are already shown on the ad that would be a bit redundant. Thus everyone thinks this may mean a few new fighters.

Honestly I’m betting there will be some new fighters though I doubt if it is more than two. Ever since the arcade version was announced Ono-san and others working on the game have been hinting at adding new fighters. If they didn’t add some it would be a huge disappointment since they are the ones who got the hype train rolling.

So don’t be surprised if the arcade version get a couple new fighters and they are added down the line to the consile version of the game as DLC.

And just like that we get a crap load of new characters anounced for Marvel Vs Capcom 3. Dr. Doom, Trish, Chun-Li and Super Skrull appear in a brand new video. Also Artwork for Thor and Amaterasu from Okami has popped up! Thats six new characters and from what I hear there are many more coming.