haggar
arthur
dante
spencer
amaterasu
thor
modok
deadpool

these aren't my personal favorites or anything, these are all characters i noticed that people were super excited for when they were revealed for MvC3 and also haven't appeared in any other of the versus games (although spencer less so then the others because of his look being from the 3D game). i admit that a number of characters looked liked they were picked because capcom/marvel wanted to push the next big thing, but i wouldn't exactly say "there are no fan favorites".

I have to disagree, Dylan. I felt most of the roster was service to the fans of comic books, the previous games, and Capcom in general. Characters like Deadpool, She-Hulk, and X-23 were all great comic book characters that carried on, and making a moveset for Taskmaster was for the comic fans, considering his photographic reflexes allows him to copy other people's moves and strategies. Let's not forget Spencer (though Rad is way cooler), Haggar, Dante, Arthur, Hsien-Ko, Ammy, Wesker, and Chris; all fan favorites that made their first appearances in the game. Even with characters that they didn't or couldn't put, they at least put an effort to have a character with similar characteristics, like Super Skrull having the Fantastic 4's powers and Zero essentially being Mega Man X with a sword. On top of that, they brought in characters that fans loved in the previous games, like Sentinel, Storm, Dr. Doom, and Magneto.

Granted how many memorable characters Capcom has and Marvel's huge history, it's impossible to please everybody. I understand you being annoyed at no Frank, because Jill is tied for my favorite Capcom character (along with Ryu), and instead of the awesome MvC 2 version, I got the crappy fast one that is a pain to play as. But I just pushed it aside and enjoyed the game with other characters. For the Frank West, Phoenix Wright, Gene, and not-sucky Jill missing, we got Haggar, Arthur, Spencer, Wesker, and a ton more faces to make up for it. Sure, the Capcom side wasn't as great as I hoped, but when I played the game, almost every character felt different from the other and brought in something new to the gameplay.

And that's the key word: gameplay. The roster isn't what makes a fighting game good. It may be more appealing to play as your favorite comic book and third party company characters, but if the gameplay sucks, then there's no point in even playing the game, no matter how many of your favorite characters are in it.

aside from the stupid raccoon, those guys are good

though i just wish they were all DLC. because I wouldnt want all these character. just 3-4 of them

Who in this game do you hear people say "Man, I can't believe they put ______ in this game! it's awesome now!"

.... no one.

WOW, this actually surprises me coming from you.

I said this when Deadpool and Dante were in. Still stand by it.

Rocket Raccoon is icing on the cake.

Like Link said, I expected Frank and Phoenix Wright. I dunno, most of the roster for the original MvC 3 was not too much of a surprise. Getting Tastmaster in it was pretty awesome, though. But with UMvC 3, I am extremely excited and surprised about Ghost Rider, Dr. Strange, Rocket Raccoon, and Nemesis. I still can't believe they got Nemesis in it. He's probably one of my most anticipated characters for the game.

Not going to bother with Ultimate MvC3. Not because I feel like its a huge rip-off (which it is) but because I just don't care for MvC3's control scheme. I played it for about a month and grew bored of it. I still play SSFIV from time to time and MK9, but I just can't bring myself to want to play MvC3 again.

He's perfect.


He's awesome too.

Oh god, the dubbed VA for Strider sounds awful. @_@

I'd buy this game, but nah.

Not because they pulled the Ultimate and I bought MvC3, but because MvC3 wasn't really my cup of tea.

WHY CAN'T CAPCOM GET HIS FACE CORRECT FOR ONCE GOD DAMMIT

Cousin, let's go bowling tonight!

Hell why stop there. I hear they are intentionally gonna make him the worst character in the game!

OH HELLLLL NAH BRAH

YEAH MAN FRANK WEST DOES NOT NEED ANY SPECIAL ATTACKS IN THE GAME.

seriously he doesn't. maybe his camera is an instant kill move