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It Took About 20 Minutes for the Entire Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Roster to Leak Out

Frank West! Phoenix Wright! Iron Fist! Okay!

If you're one of those sad, depressing old people who likes to kick back and enjoy a long, labored schedule of character reveals stretched out over however many months a PR team has to in order to maximize coverage for a game that's essentially a reboot of a game that came out less than six months ago, you can just go read something else right about now, grandpa. Why? Because your elderly, liver-spotted face is about to get blasted with so much Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 new character info at once, it's going to knock you off your walker and onto your wrinkly behind, inadvertently removing your catheter and crushing your colostomy bag in the process. So seriously, please go read something else, because that's going to be really gross.

Thanks to the most minimal amount of sleuthing ever required to dig up unannounced information for a video game ever, Joystiq managed to find character art assets for all 12 of the new fighters coming to the updated version of MvC3 by, of all things, just looking on Capcom's press site. It was all just right there, ripe for the taking, leading one to believe that this could all be an elaborate ruse, designed to ensnare any sneaky bloggers who might be hunting for a scoop. Or, someone just put some image files live too early. Either seems a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Yup, this is totally happening.
Yup, this is totally happening.

The twelve new characters you'll (allegedly...okay, probably) be playing in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 are...

Capcom

Marvel:

I can't wait to watch Phoenix Wright "Objection!" the living hell out of Rocket Raccoon. Believe me, I never thought I'd get to type that sentence in my lifetime, either.

It's probably worth reiterating that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is retail-only, much as Super Street Fighter IV was. According to a statement from Capcom, "We think everything offered in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is worthy of a full retail release. With updates oft he game system, spectator mode, etc. it would be a quite a lot for a DLC update." So, to be clear: If you want these 12 characters and everything else available in the update, you're gonna have to buy a disc.

Here's a gallery of images for all the characters, if you're into that kind of thing.

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No Ken, no Cyclops, no Gambit no thank you...If I was Capcom I would get busy on more characters to add. Kinda hard to market a game 4 months away now that you're naked.

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If Phoenix Wright really will be in the roster, I am buying this. I waited with buying the vanilla version expecting something like this and boy, was I right.

@Toxin066 said:

I'm a little surprised at how much love Virgil gets, seeing as that character model is only in one DMC game.

I'll bet his alt. costume will be Nero.
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Wait, Rocket Racoon?! That's an actual character in the Marvel-verse? Why am I not already reading whatever comic he's from?!

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I still don't know WHAT the hell Wright will actually be doing to fight.

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I am disappoint.

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Fuck you capcom. I'm never going to buy a first run capcom fighter ever again.

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Wasn't there a Vergil costume for Dante in MvC3?  Meaning all of the modeling work was already done.

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"buy a disc" yeah sorry Capcom not happening

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I think the only reason I didn't impulse buy the first game was the lack of Phoenix Wright.

Thinking about this now... sometimes I buy games for silly reasons.

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I'm really glad that i didnt get MvC3 when it came out.

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@TwilitEnd656 said:

I still don't know WHAT the hell Wright will actually be doing to fight.

I was one of the people who was against Wright's inclusion in MvC3 before it was released as there would no way to include him in the game without his moveset being absolutely absurd and not true to his character (Phoenix punching and kicking and super jumping would look crazy as hell), but if they're including him maybe it won't be so bad.
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@JimmyJackJones said:

Wait, Rocket Racoon?! That's an actual character in the Marvel-verse? Why am I not already reading whatever comic he's from?!

Yup, he is. He's part of the Guardian of the Galaxy team and is back on since 2008. In concept, he's dumb as fuck and also kind of badass:

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@TwilitEnd656 said:

I still don't know WHAT the hell Wright will actually be doing to fight.

Meaningless fan service objections and die easily from dive kicks.

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@LiquidPrince said:

@RE_Player92 said:

@LiquidPrince said:

Where the fuck is Venom...?

DLC or more likely in Super Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Dash Edition.

Super Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Dash Edition Turbo Arcade Edition.

Hmmm, maybe I should hold off on this one then. That title is too reasonable to ignore.
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Idiots. This is 12 new characters. It's practically a new game. And Arcade Edition was a DLC option, so that shouldn't even factor into anything.

If you're going to complain about something, complain about what you wanted or didn't want out of this update, but aside from that either don't buy it and move on, or get a job that pays better.

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@Toxin066 said:

I'm a little surprised at how much love Virgil gets, seeing as that character model is only in one DMC game.

It was the best DMC game though.

Also, technically, it was 2 games since there was a "special edition" of DMC 3 with...I dunno, him in it. Maybe some other crap too.

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NOVA! I used to love his comics. >_<

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Totally excited for Phoenix Wright, Firebrand, and Strider. It's too bad they got New Warriors Nova and not flame-haired metal-skinned herald-of-Galactus Nova.

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Nova, Rocket Racoon, and Strider? Fuck yeah!

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@thatpinguino said:

Wasn't there a Vergil costume for Dante in MvC3? Meaning all of the modeling work was already done.

That was Sparda's. The closest thing to a Vergil costume is blue coat Wesker.

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Yay, ANOTHER RE character instead of Bulleta- I hate you Capcom

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What happened to Dr. Octopus? :/

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@IronDynamo said:

What happened to Dr. Octopus? :/

He will probably be announced later.

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@IronDynamo: Super Marvel vs Capcom Hyper Tournament Edition X to be announced later
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@Alex_Carrillo said:

Idiots. This is 12 new characters. It's practically a new game. And Arcade Edition was a DLC option, so that shouldn't even factor into anything.

If you're going to complain about something, complain about what you wanted or didn't want out of this update, but aside from that either don't buy it and move on, or get a job that pays better.

It's also 39.99 - so you're getting a new game for cheap. Rocket Raccoon fully endorses this game.

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@Mystyr_E said:

@IronDynamo: Super Marvel vs Capcom Hyper Tournament Edition X to be announced later

For Matching Service

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How is Wright going to fight? (No pun intended). I mean really. Him beating up the hulk? I assume he's going to use a giant "Objection" that falls out of the sky and smacks his opponent down?

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FUCK YEAH ROCKET RACCOON!!!

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Dammit. Was hoping for Miles Edgeworth.

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Where the fuck is Mega Man???? ='(

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Paid £40 day one less than 4 months ago for MVC3. And now they're adding 12 new characters + all the originals with spectator mode (NO EXCUSES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL) and new stages and balances changes. 
 
I cant even sell MVC3 now to mitigate the cost as its pretty much worthless. 
 
This kinda irks me. I would have gladly gave them £15 for a lets call it Version update to MVC3. 
 
But less than 4 months later we get this? Its a hard pill to swallow.

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You don't want to make it DLC, Capcom? Well fine. Fuck off. My money can be spent elsewhere.

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I'm happy they put Phoenix Wright in it and will be excited to see him in-game. Still won't buy it though.

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So will there be a Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Arcade edition?

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As much as I want to play as Phoenix Wright, I completely disagree with what Capcom is doing, so I will skip this title.

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Considering DLC characters go for $5 a piece, charging $40 for 12 extra is a bargain. Not to mention Jill and Shuma that would be 14 characters for some. Also I'd much rather have this on disc than worry about taking to a friends house who doesn't use xbox live.

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@RockmanBionics said:

@Toxin066 said:

I'm a little surprised at how much love Virgil gets, seeing as that character model is only in one DMC game.

It was the best DMC game though.

Also, technically, it was 2 games since there was a "special edition" of DMC 3 with...I dunno, him in it. Maybe some other crap too.

Technically, he was in the first game too, he was just perminently in his demon form.
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Still no Leon.

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Nova...now I have to buy this game. 
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god damnit, Nova and Rocket Raccoon? fuck you capcom, I didn't want to want this

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Why the HELL aren't more people excited about the goddamn Nova Prime?! I've been waiting for Richard Rider to be playable in a game for years.

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@Alex_Carrillo: Bull shit, the fact that the only thing differentiating the 2 games are spectator mode and 12 models!  that is the same game. If you told me there was a new fighting engine, a  new story(like in smash bros brawl), more then one game mode, significant changes to gameplay that can not be done in the current game, or at least an ALL new set of characters, i would accept this game. I refuse to accept your stupidity as a justification for this, this was my first capcom fighting game, i guess i will never make that mistake again. 
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Do you think there will ever be some sort of GOTY edition with all the characters included or should I just get it now and buy the characters as DLC? 
 
EDIT: NEVERMIND I SHOULD STOP JUST LOOKING AT PICTURES AND READ FOR ONCE! :S 

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rocket raccoon rocket raccoon rocket raccoon rocket raccoon rocket raccoon

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@Korne: Well we're talking about the specific character model that is used in this game, which is the DMC 3 one. But you're right, he's been in more than 3.

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@CyleMoore: finally someone else who sees the fighting potential in the spectacular spider-ham! then there's the dlc for a peter porker skin.

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Hawkeye, Iron Fist and Nova....God dammit now I have to get this game again. This should have been offered also as DLC like with Street Fighter:AE.

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If it was DLC for those who already spent $60 and $5 a character as DLC i could see this as a more enticing prospect, as is my decision to stop buying fighters still stands.

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Now this is what I wanted the first game to be like, with a massive roster and far more locations and costumes. Fully support it as long as I can download it for cheap onto my already existing first game.

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Yay! ANOTHER Capcom re-release of a fighting game. Good thing they canned Mega Man Legends 3 to make room for what essentially amounts to retail priced DLC, right guys?