Between
DC Universe Online and
Marvel VS Capcom 3, comic fans should get their fill of high octane superhero gaming goodness. Though the official trailers for both were unveiled at this week's E3, the games are still shrouded in secrecy. Leave it to the plethora of expectant fans to get their hands on as much information as they can, no matter how much it's being kept under wraps. Below you'll find an amalgam of
Marvel VS Capcom 3 tidbits from around the net:
Shoryuken.com has revealed the game's playable character list for both the Marvel and Capcom sides; though, just today, they found out this list had been downsized:
Marvel: Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Mr Fantastic, Captain America, Iron Man, War Machine (alternate Iron Man outfit) Elektra, Thor, X-23, Magneto, Dr Doom, Shuma-Gorath, Emma Frost, Deadpool, Super Skrull, Taskmaster, Juggernaut, She-Hulk
Capcom: Ryu, Mike Haggar, Frank West, Chuck (alternate Frank West outfit), Spencer (Bionic Commando), Dante, Chris, Morrigan, Arthur, Amaterasu , Albert Wesker, Zero, Chun-li, Viewtiful Joe, Trish, Tron Bonne, Hsien-Ko, Akuma, Felicia
Super Skrull teaser found on Marvel VS Capcom 3 poster
From
IPlayWinner.com, here is a guide to the move list for each major character we've see so far:
One of the biggest questions surrounding the game is exactly how many playable characters it will feature.
DasReviews.com has posted this screencap that gives them the impression no more than 20 characters will be available:
"Judging by the number of spaces on the character select grid, it seems likely that Marvel vs Capcom will have at most 20 characters.
The outer left and right rows are crossed out because of the way they intersect with the Profile panes. The bottom row is crossed out because of the text that sits over it and the top row because it wouldn’t be balanced with the bottom row.
Capcom is way too good of a developer to have a poorly laid out character select screen so that leaves us with a maximum of 20 characters. Unless, they have a super grid they are hiding from us?"
GameSpot has provided a gameplay walk through and comparison:
"The game uses 4 attack buttons and two assist buttons, and changing characters is performed by pressing back+any of the assist buttons. If you’re familiar with the button scheme for Marvel vs Capcom 2, the attack buttons are slightly different. You have a light, medium and strong attack (kinda like Tatsunoko vs Capcom), then you have your exchange attack that can be used as a launcher to perform air combos when you press down + exchange"
Check out the video below for more details:
From
EventHubs.com, here are several high resolution gameplay screencaps and, in case you missed it, the extended character trailer which reveals one of the bosses Marvel says 'fans will love:'