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[TreIII]

I don't think there should be a third X rep. Give me something from classic, Legends, or Battle Network. I'd like to see TvC Roll, Dr. Wily, Protoman, Tron Bonne, Megaman.exe or Bass.exe.

I'd be okay with a revamped Rock Volnutt too.

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Though we'll probably get Zero.

I gotta disagree here, though. As much as I love TvC!Roll, and would rather have the MMZ!Zero over his X-series counterpart, I actually think keeping a fairly "unified" front by using just the X series as the main/only MM series in a game like this, makes it so that you can do a better job with maintaining a certain "aesthetic" when it comes to representing that particular brand. If this game is possibly your first exposure to Mega Man at all, then using X, Sigma (and Zero) is certainly a fine choice as any, imo.

After all, at least one Capcom rep went on record to say that one of the MM brand's main difficulty was that there was a lot of subseries that they were all trying to run concurrently, at one point. Starting small and being a good steward with one segment of the brand almost sounds like a sound strategy, in comparison!

 

[Starphoenix]

MMX, Zero and Sigma. That's an excellent cast of Megaman characters. Still hoping that happens. As a kid that was my dream team.

 

[BassForever]

MMX, Zero and Sigma. That's an excellent cast of Megaman characters. Still hoping that happens. As a kid that was my dream team.

Yeah, as much as I would love Bass or Bass.exe, I want to see the trifecta of X, Zero, and Sigma if that's all we got in mvci I'd be okay. I think Tron Bonne has a good chance since she'd be a port from umvc3.

 

[Doctrine Dark]

The whole thing about your teammates making comments towards each other at the character select screen is something I've been waiting for forever. I have no idea what Ryu and Ultron would say to each other, but it'd probably go like this:

Ryu: "All I want...is a good fight. No conquering or anything."
Ultron: "Who cares about that? I want to exterminate all humans."

This should be good. Really good. I think it said there's dialogue after the fight as well, though that's probably more towards the opponent than their teammate.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Doesn't Doc Ock have the best chance out of all the Spidey villains since they were already working on him for Marvel 3?

 

[PSqueak]

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The game doesn't need another X rep tho, dunno why you'd want one

Ryu is already on the game tho!

 

[7Th]

The fact that people passionately won't take anything other than X, Zero and Sigma is the reason these VS games have such boring and bad rosters.

 

[Neoxon]

The fact that people passionately won't take anything other than X, Zero and Sigma is the reason these VS games have such boring and bad rosters.

UMvC3's roster was pretty great, aside from a few glaring omissions (like some version of Mega Man).

 

[7Th]

UMvC3's roster was pretty great, aside from a few glaring omissions (like some version of Mega Man).

You're right, but it didn't get satisfying until U. MvC2 also had a pretty decent roster, but half of it was straight-up recycled from the first and other VS games.

 

[Karsticles]

The fact that people passionately won't take anything other than X, Zero and Sigma is the reason these VS games have such boring and bad rosters.

Every VS game has a great roster. Give us your list. I'm ready to be amused.

 

[Vice]

The fact that people passionately won't take anything other than X, Zero and Sigma is the reason these VS games have such boring and bad rosters.

X and Sigma have never been in VS game.

 

[Lulubop]

Sigma and X have some great themes.

 

[Shadoken]

The fact that people passionately won't take anything other than X, Zero and Sigma is the reason these VS games have such boring and bad rosters.

You look at ALL these games with X,Zero and Sigma.


*crickets*

 

[enzo_gt]

The variety in playstyles in UMvC3 was stupendous TBH. How could anyone ask for more?

I'm already concerned MvCI won't have enough quirky stuff like a MODOK because assists are gone. Gems are their own thing, but they don't do all the same things that assists can, as far as I can tell, like a grapple assist that helps Frank out (though I think Frank will be fine).

 

[J-Tier]

I actually think keeping a fairly "unified" front by using just the X series as the main/only MM series in a game like this, makes it so that you can do a better job with maintaining a certain "aesthetic" when it comes to representing that particular brand.

What are you trying to say here? I'm not sure this makes any sense, at least not to me. Firstly, every Mega Man series and cast has a very similar aesthetic. Secondly, among a cast of relatively realistic and "default anime" looking characters, X already stands out with a very different style--so why would they need to match the aesthetics within a brand that's being represented in an already mixed aesthetic roster?

 

[7Th]

Every VS game has a great roster. Give us your list. I'm ready to be amused.

MvC2 plus Strange, Rocket, Deadpool,

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Liselotte

, Phoenix, Amaterasu, Joe and Monster Hunter Hunter.

 

[Jawmuncher]

X, Zero, and Sigma were all in this. It sort of counts as a VS game

The variety in playstyles in UMvC3 was stupendous TBH. How could anyone ask for more?

It was pretty lacking in the dinosaur department. Outside a few heroes vs herald cards if I recall.

 

[Doctrine Dark]

The variety in playstyles in UMvC3 was stupendous TBH. How could anyone ask for more?

I'm already concerned MvCI won't have enough quirky stuff like a MODOK because assists are gone. Gems are their own thing, but they don't do all the same things that assists can, as far as I can tell, like a grapple assist that helps Frank out (though I think Frank will be fine).

I don't think that would prevent weird characters like MODOK from being a thing. They just won't be balanced around assists.

 

[Karsticles]

MvC2 plus Strange, Rocket, Deadpool,

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Liselotte

, Phoenix, Amaterasu, Joe and Monster Hunter Hunter.

You complain about rosters and then want to mostly recycle past characters?

Monster Hunter Hunter would be awful. I will legitimately be annoyed if he/she is in.

 

[Jawmuncher]

You complain about rosters and then want to mostly recycle past characters?

Monster Hunter Hunter would be awful. I will legitimately be annoyed if he/she is in.

Do the monster HUNTERS even have voices in English or Japanese? Isn't it all just grunts and such?

 

[Doctrine Dark]

They'd probably add some lines.

 

[Lulubop]

MvC2 plus Strange, Rocket, Deadpool,

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Liselotte

, Phoenix, Amaterasu, Joe and Monster Hunter Hunter.

Hunter rep was denied by the Monster Hunter team for MvC3, not like they didn't try.

Also what Karsticles said. Sounds like you wanna get rid of the Varying Marvel characters in favor of more Xmen even tho 3 had a good amount.

 

[Negaduck]

Mvci definitely needs more dinosaurs.

 

[Jawmuncher]

They'd probably add some lines.

Doesn't that go agaisnt the whole "We don't want there to be a default to the hunter". Yeah they use a certain armor to advertise most of the time, but adding voice lines and quips for when they're fighting the other characters would be kinda falling into that.

I wonder if it's more likely we get a character from Monster Hunter Stories.
Give's us a MH rep with more personality and the voice thing would be a non-issue (Since there is even an anime for the show).

Wouldn't be much of a stretch since Phoenix Wright made it into UMVC3 despite never having a presence on the systems.

 

[Karsticles]

Do the monster HUNTERS even have voices in English or Japanese? Isn't it all just grunts and such?

Not spoken lines, no.

But what makes the MH Hunter so bad is that the WHOLE POINT of Monster Hunter is to select a weapon style and stick with it while playing your character how you want to in the gear you earn. They would have to take one of two approaches:
1) Select a weapon for the Hunter to use, which means neglecting over a dozen other playstyles.
2) Letting the Hunter swap weapons Amaterasu-style, which violated the spirit of Monster Hunter (you can't swap weapons once you start a quest).

Male or female? Which armor among thousands of piece combinations?

 

[Zaverious]

Create a characters would be so lame. I didn't care for them in smash bros and would really not care for them here.

 

[J-Tier]

I don't want a generic Monster Hunter. Could be some legendary hunter from the lore though, that might be okay. My ideal would be to be able to play as a monster. Give me Rathalos.

 

[7Th]

Why would Monster Hunter Hunter be anything other than female Kirin armor?

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Sigma and X have some great themes.

I hope the remixes in this game are solid.

 

[Skab]

I will fight for protoman to be in a vs game until the day i die

 

[BassForever]

X, Zero, and Sigma were all in this. It sort of counts as a VS game

It was pretty lacking in the dinosaur department. Outside a few heroes vs herald cards if I recall.

By that logic you need to stop crying for Regina since she was in namco x capcom

 

[Jawmuncher]

By that logic you need to stop crying for Regina since she was in namco x capcom

Nah doesn't count. That was never in the west and was 12 years ago. Besides I was just saying they have all been together in a game recently.

 

[BassForever]

Nah doesn't count. That was never in the west and was 12 years ago. Besides I was just saying they have all been together in a game recently.

 

[TreIII]

What are you trying to say here? I'm not sure this makes any sense, at least not to me. Firstly, every Mega Man series and cast has a very similar aesthetic. Secondly, among a cast of relatively realistic and "default anime" looking characters, X already stands out with a very different style--so why would they need to match the aesthetics within a brand that's being represented in an already mixed aesthetic roster?

What I'm guess I'm going for is this:

For the sake of this particular game and its story, the main MM series at the center of this one's plot is MMX. X is one of the main characters. Sigma is one of the main antagonists. It seems safe to presume that much is even going to stretch to other aspects of the game, such as Holo!Dr Light. If X is the focal point, then by all means, I'm fine with the idea of just building up the MM roster explicitly from X's side of things. If nothing else, we got cohesion!

It's like how whatever DMC representation we stand to see is extremely likely to only hail from DMC, and not DmC. One Dante and his supporting cast is all we need.

 

[Jawmuncher]

You'll never catch me when it comes to snake in smash and Regina in MVC

 

[J-Tier]

We should talk about our personal Reginas. A character you're secretly (or not-so-secretly) championing on either the Marvel or Capcom side.

Mine is Sengoku Basara's Date Masamune.

 

[Zaverious]

I'm always hoping for Nero, MegaMan.EXE, Daredevil, and Bullseye. If even one of them got in I would be extremely happy.

 

[BassForever]

We should talk about our personal Reginas. A character you're secretly (or not-so-secretly) championing on either the Marvel or Capcom side.

Mine is Sengoku Basara's Date Masamune.

I mean I've been a bass/.exe homer forever I just realize his window was 2001-2005 when the battle network franchise was at it's peak popularity. Obviously anything is possible but I'd put his chance so low it's not seriously worth discussing.

 

[TreIII]

X is in (with Sigma close behind), so that's already one dream fulfilled.

Gene, Talbain, Fou-Lu and/or Nina would just send me over the moon.

 

[J-Tier]

It's like how whatever DMC representation we stand to see is extremely likely to only hail from DMC, and not DmC. One Dante and his supporting cast is all we need.

Is it fair to say that DMC and DmC are comparable to Mega Man, and the rest of the variations? DmC is a reboot, while the Mega Man series' are confirmed to be either all in the same universe at different points in time or explicitly an alternate universe (Starforce and Battle Network).

Despite jokes, there's no way we'd get representation from DmC. However, we've gotten Tron Bonne, Roll, Volnutt, Classic MM, etc throughout the series, so I still don't really see your perspective, sorry.

X is in (with Sigma close behind), so that's already one dream fulfilled.

Gene, Talbain, Fou-Lu and/or Nina would just send me over the moon.

Nina is my other following closely behind Date.

 

[BassForever]

X is in (with Sigma close behind), so that's already one dream fulfilled.

Gene, Talbain, Fou-Lu and/or Nina would just send me over the moon.

X was my top realistic want for a hypotheical mvc4 (zero was for mvc3). I'd also want a bof character but Capcom just won't let it happen for whatever reason

 

[TRUE ORDER]

Well, these are my top requested characters since Marvel 3 was released.

Ms Marvel (now Captain Marvel) and X, seeing both in the first trailer was awesome.

Psylocke
Daredevil
Gene
Captain Commando
Jin

I really hope that all of them make the cut at some point.

 

[Zaverious]

Oh yeah Gene. I need Gene.

 

[DerekOfTheDykes]

Not spoken lines, no.

But what makes the MH Hunter so bad is that the WHOLE POINT of Monster Hunter is to select a weapon style and stick with it while playing your character how you want to in the gear you earn. They would have to take one of two approaches:
1) Select a weapon for the Hunter to use, which means neglecting over a dozen other playstyles.
2) Letting the Hunter swap weapons Amaterasu-style, which violated the spirit of Monster Hunter (you can't swap weapons once you start a quest).

Male or female? Which armor among thousands of piece combinations?

I feel like that is overthinking it a little. Capcom used the male Rathalos set for the MH character in Lost Planet 2 (to my knowledge the only time MH crossed out into another "major" franchise), it's an extremely popular low rank set, and it represents the franchise's flagship monster, so it's as good as it gets for a default look. I would prefer to also have a female Rathian set just to even it out, but that's probably more work than Capcom would do.

Also, as far as weapon switching, I really don't think it's as big of a problem as you see it. After all, Arthur can't carry more than one weapon at a time, and yet in MvC3 he has access to his whole armory at once. Chris clearly has more weaponry than he can hold at once in the games, and infinite ammo. Phoenix Wright doesn't shoot energy orbs out of his evidence or go super saiyan defense attorney. There is plenty of precedent for making concessions in order to make characters work in a fighting game setting, or to help a character more broadly represent the entire range of their possible abilities.

Granted, this could all be meaningless as the MH team shot down an appearance in MvC3, but MH is such a cornerstone of Capcom's business nowadays that I wouldn't put my money against the franchise getting a playable character of some form. Whether that's a Hunter, a Felyne, the main character from MH Stories, or a Rathalos (really skeptical on that last one, but people seem to think it could happen).

 

[TreIII]

Despite jokes, there's no way we'd get representation from DmC. However, we've gotten Tron Bonne, Roll, Volnutt, Classic MM, etc throughout the series, so I still don't really see your perspective, sorry.

And that's fine, it's just the way I perceive it!

Nina is my other following closely behind Date.

X was my top realistic want for a hypotheical mvc4 (zero was for mvc3). I'd also want a bof character but Capcom just won't let it happen for whatever reason

Until everything is unveiled, I'm going to continue to hold the torch. If not base, then at least they'll hopefully dlc. I mean, I'm just saying Capcom. The whole "leveraging of old IP" has to start the ball rolling somewhere~!

 

[Poltergust]

MvC2 plus Strange, Rocket, Deadpool,

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Liselotte

, Phoenix, Amaterasu, Joe and Monster Hunter Hunter.

Monster Hunter Hunter would be awful. I will legitimately be annoyed if he/she is in.

Why would Monster Hunter Hunter be anything other than female Kirin armor?

Guys, that second "Hunter" is completely redundant. Stop it.

 

[Karsticles]

Guys, that second "Hunter" is completely redundant. Stop it.

Says the guy with the Rainbow Yoshi Yoshi.

 

[IntelliHeath]

The variety in playstyles in UMvC3 was stupendous TBH. How could anyone ask for more?

I really hope that they would keep it up with that kind of variety for Infinite.

 

[TRUE ORDER]

Oh yeah Gene. I need Gene.

I can see him making the cut, at least as part of the first 6 "all new characters".

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Who would be another good X rep besides Zero? Axel?

I seriously don't know. Never played much of MMX.

If we are assuming they are staying within X, then I would say Zero and Vile. That's 2 villains and heroes. Otherwise maybe Axl. My pipe-dream would definitely be MegaMan Zero, Zero tho. Ik he was in Onimusha but that's my favorite look for him.