The funny thing is it takes 5gb to download mvcu bur it takes 25gb to download mvci which is criminal most likely because of mvci bland story telling elements.
yeah marvel vs. capcom 1 is still my favorite of the 3 along with x men vs street fighter (i still remember playing them back to back at the arcade in the car wash as a kid.really never realized how lucky i was since it was my first arcade game ever. :3)
Tracy Ndiyob Xmen children of the atom was my first marvel game i played in the arcade. The record store i shopped at when i was 17 had a street fighter 2 cabinet. had never seen anything like it. got the SNES street fighter 2 bundle that same year.
@@chinaski31dj :3cool,always nice to hear about peoples first experiances of fighting games at the arcade(imo i think it just translates better with the simple but straightforward structure than consoles which i feel may be the reason marvel vs capcom 2 and 3 were a bit dissapointing to me in that era.though the car wash arcade eventually replaced x men vs street fighter with marvel super heroes vs. street fighter and mvc2 was added as well and i did have some fun with 2 to understand why its loved its just not as much as 1 to me.:3)
My first time was with COTA at a huge arcade in Chicago. It was the loudest game in the place. And when MVC came out it was even louder. As I walk around you hear MARVEL VERSES CAPCOM!!!. in the distance. And when I saw it my mouth dropped. It took my favorite fight games by capcom and made a masterpiece. After that I was praying for a Thundercats and Silverhawks crossover. A guy can dream.
Somehow, I remember Mega Man's fanbase being furious that the Blue Bomber wasn't in the game, but Rocket Raccoon was. And this is before the MCU films made Rocket a household name, so you couldn't blame them in that respect. Actually, I typed that before the mention of "Ultimate," so it was that version they were mumbling about.
To bounce off your OP, I remember some fans theorizing that the character picks were based on future Marvel film properties and other saying they were crazy. Fast forward to the next game in the series, and it was proven by the lack of X-Men characters.
That's because at the time Disney was VERY passive aggressive about marketing any characters they didn't have the film rights to. For a while there was no X-Men or Fantastic Four anything of any kind. No toys, no shirts, no anything. Well, except maybe some Deadpool stuff when that movie came out. They owned the characters in everything but those film rights, so if they wanted to pull an Ultimate Spider-Man and cheat the license with a cartoon series tie in if they really wanted to. My guess is they were trying to get the X-Men and FF movies to fail due to lack of merchandising presence. Of course we all know that the FF movie failed due to lack of talent and Fox wanting to hold onto the rights to movies that weren't money makers or critic and fan pleasers for some reason. Still, the only thing I can say about that fourth game? At least we got Funko pops of Mega Man X and Sigma out of it.
Man I love this game. I spent a chunk of my life exclusively playing MvC3 and Ultimate MvC3. Going to tiny local tournaments and joining online communities. I ran a Taskmaster, Haggar, and Dormammu team in both versions. This is the game that truly got Maximillian’s RUclips channel started too.
I remember seeing a demo for this at Comic-Con and hearing the wisecracks from Deadpool during gameplay. This appearance did wonders in getting people to discover and want more from the Merc with a mouth.
I love MVC3, the only thing that still stings to me was the fact that Ultimate launched in less than a year after Vanilla MVC and was not and expansion pack or even DLC
That was a weird time. Not to mention limited availability of extra characters (only as dlc?) That was a weird choice with vanilla. But thankfully Ultimate kept everything intact, but it was rushed. 🤔 I really miss the VS points system from 2, it was so rewarding. And you could use it towards Characters, Stages, and colors. Sigh, roster in 3 was much smaller. They did the best they could at the time.
@@kadosho02 - Jill & Shuma were STILL dlc characters in Ultimate MvC3. Only on the remasters, is the roster complete. The Vita version also has Jill & Shuma locked behind a paywall.... & all the dlc has been removed by Disney.
This is a great way to cover the fighting games for people that want to get more of a product perspective, and has been great since the beginning... I only wonder when will be MK's turn ... Thank you for all the great content
Ultimate Marvel Alliance 3 feels like a marvel ofshoot of mvsc3 with almost the same voice actors,heck even Wolverine screams his Berserker barrage attack.
Part of me wishes that, before all of Marvel versus all of Capcom, we had received a few more distinct groups versus each other. Like, say, Darkstalkers Vs. Marvel Horror. EDIT: Correction, Marvel Vs. Capcom (Horror Edition). No sense leaving out Capcom's other suitable franchises.
Dude I got 3 very close to launch and as soon as I popped it in, played through arcade mode I felt very let down. When ultimate released I didn't care, but it shows how fans have come to expect less and less from Capcom has time has went on, it also reflects on gaming as a whole. It all culminated in sf5, which was the biggest POS upon release but still had defenders.
Matter of fact, Capcom should release an anniversary collection on steam, xbox, and playstation that includes all the 2D crossover fighting games they've made over the years. I'll pay $60 for that with no hesitation.
Been anticipating this video for a while. You’re always worth the wait Top Hat! Agreed that Haggar has been grossly underused. Also, that Ghosts ‘n Goblins remix was great.
didn't mention anything about how when you played in online lobbys and were spectating waiting for your turn you just watched 2 little cards moving and health bars going down lol
Super 😃!!! Thanks for this breakdown. It’s cool to see something redeeming about this game - especially after Guru Larry rightly pointed out that Marvel held back key characters as not to plug Sony and Fox who had rights to the characters.
Much like Akuma was like a testing thing Capcom did with adding him to their X-Men game. I think Bandai Namco is doing the same thing with Akuma on Tekken 7....see if it gathers further interest and demand for ‘Tekken x Street Fighter’
Imo tekken 7 Was tekken x Street fighter but after the mess of sfxt they decided to make just tekken 7 which is why for years until fates retribution official release did it feels and begin to look distinct and akuma was a holdover from txsf
tekken x street fighter actually is going to still happen but harada stated he wanted to wait until there weren't as many fighting games out to compete or over saturate the genre and considering at the moment... yeah i agree with him not releasing it now especially considering how much a inconsistent,letdown mess street fighter x tekken was.
Tracy Ndiyob I’ll say it will be a new ‘Tag Team’ game with Tekken/Street Fighter characters instead of Tekken Tag Tournament 3. This Tekken style crossover could be something special.
I love 3 but I feel more characters should have been included like 2 have 56 characters a record in the fighting game genre back in the day like have that amount of characters Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was great to they both better than Infinite.
Both MvC1 & 2 were on Dreamcast. You are correct 😉 plus it was ported on other systems later. 🤔But very limited release digital, due to license agreements
umvc3 is the game i like most from the versus series, with very little changes in that game it would be played to this day in big stages, pretty much taking away infinites and nerfing x-factor as much modders had done already, i know its still be played, but not as it was before infinite, i dont hate infinite by any means, but its killed umvc3 and itself, and we are pretty much without a mahvel game since then. lets hope they will announce another one at Evo.
I'll never forget the first time I saw the trailer on my PSP. I downloaded the trailer from wifi at my hotel job. I was super hype for that game even though I was poor. I remember I bought the game used and I played the ever living crap out of it. I remember me and my friends played and loved it a lot.
It is always a pleasure to watch your videos, mate! I really love both your contents and your English accent, it really helps me as a comprehension exercise! Keep up the good work!
The sprite work from the original run has my heart. MvC3 was ok but I loved the prequels. I was looking for that same passion with UMvC3 but it never materialized. Arc System Works should make the next game if it ever gets made
Same here, but also keep in mind mvc2 was the arcades last hurrah in the United States. They were already dying when mvc2 came but at the time the big craze was fat people on DDR.
I don't know why Capcom didn't bring back Megaman and Captain Commando for this game and some of the past characters were killed in the canon according to a poster found on one of the stages.
If you look carefully at the roster on both franchises, Every character was picked to promote upcoming titles, Crimson Viper = SFIV, Thor had a movie, Dr Strange had a movie coming so did Rocket racoon. Ghouls And Ghosts is a more sucsessful franchise than Cap Com (pun intended, by them). It's why sure faves like Cyclops, Ken, Sabretooth and Gambit did not make it back
I personally think the reason why Mega Man wasn't brought back was due to his projectile-based moveset. He didn't use projectiles too much in mvc 1 or 2, but the developers probably didn't like that representation of Mega Man, so they stuck to Zero and Tron who have more traditional movesets
I hated how terribly nerfed she became in Ultimate. She definitely needed adjustment, such as the infinite air fireball keep away, but to reduce her health and defense even further was ridiculous.
Once this version came out I was super excited ,badass a new mvc3 I even took the gigantic banner from work ,but as soon as I started playing, it was different ,for me it was those weird control scheme ,for years I was use to those 2 punches and 2 kicks ,mvc2 same concept not too different,now those 2 games are just used as backgrounds for my action figures the one with ghost rider still has it's cellophane wrapper on it
As someone who grew up on SFII, then lived for Xmen vs Street Fighter, UMvC3 is my favorite and I've poured way more time into it than any other fighter
No, guilty would be if you enjoyed Infinite. What they did to Venom is unforgivable, he annoyed me too much to play as him, and I MAINED him back in the day.
I love MvsC3. Great game. Great fun. I hope capcom sort their act out with this series. Infinite was a great game to play but felt Un loved and a missed opportunity of a rosta
I still love this game. I just can’t play it for shit. I actually like to play arcade mode because people are just too good to play against. I like doing combos but the loops and DHC glitch shit irks me to no end. Watching people play this game is very good though.
BasedSif Then get better scrub Took my years of grinding and learning Bums cry about the game and I can play any game after playing this Everything else is easy
I remember how upset people were getting when MVC3 and UMVC3 were coming out. Nevermind the lack of Mega Man, people hated pretty much any character they knew nothing about and that was usually towards Marvel’s side. That’s wild in hindsight because you have a character like Rocket Racoon who was one of the most hated additions to UMVC3 because people had no idea who he was and now he’s one of Marvel’s most iconic characters. Funny how these things work out.
Man I loved Primal Rage as a kid. My 8 year old mind was fascinated by that game. It combined two of my favorite things: dinosaurs and fighting games. I even had the action figures. Lol
I love this game a lot because I’m a huge marvel fan and I always wanted to play a fighting game with marvel characters so I thought this was the perfect game for me. I still play it on Ps4. I also love this game a lot because all the colors in this game are references to real costumes in the marvel universe, some are color inspired and some represent the actual costumes. I hope they give us a MVC4 next year.
I honestly never consider MvC series as a Hardcore Fighting Game series to begin with, it feels more in-line with the kind of Smash Bros. Well not exactly as simple, but almost. But yeah, I’m with you, MvC 3 doesn’t look as charming as previous entries, kinda wish that they could collaborate with Arc System Works. But overall, last gen was surprisingly wonderful for Fighting Game genre. SF IV, MK IX, GG Xrd, MvC 3, SF x T, TTT 2, Injustice, KOF XIII, DOA 5, etc. Aside from better graphics, this gen fighting games couldn’t even come close in “WOW” factor, just a few improvements here - & - there IMHO. Next, let’s 81tch about the god-awful MvC: Infinite shall we? 🤣
Marvel vs capcom 2 was the best game for me in terms of gameplay. I think it was the perfect balance of simple yet in depth. I definitely enjoyed the player roster from ultimate more, but just wish they went with a different art style. In execution it’s not bad, definitely better than copying and pasting sprites, I mean seeing a new sprite for Morrigan, thank god lol. But I can see why they went this way, a lot of characters were never hand drawn in their games, like viewtiful joe or Dante. But would’ve loved to have seen that.
I remember counting down the days when this game was released first... I had been waiting so long as a kid. I played MvC 2 so much in my early teens, getting MvC3 was like a home coming... and the remind "I wanna take you for a ride" was great...that being said, the art design always was a big off for me...and then by MvC Infinite...well yea..I was checked out with that mess...
Big fan of Marvel 2, Marvel 3 I was really excited about when I bought it on day 1, but just didn't really get into it... I didn't like the 3D characters and that dark cel shaded shadow effect they add onto the characters... The game just felt ugly to me. :/
The difference is it had a very healthy competitive scene. “When’s Marvel?” was the meme for every fighting game stream, and they weren’t asking about MvC2.
tatsunoko vs capcom was the last vs. game i fully enjoyed in terms of content. i still love the visual style(especially in the trailers and the beautiful movie-esque credits for vanilla mvc3),the great roster of characters(that while couldve been bigger dlc-wise still had a variety of capcoms history and didnt get rid of characters while keeping disliked picks like infinite.) and the dedication to give all the capcom characters rather good voice acting.(the darkstalkers characters,mike haggar which i like more than his voice in the street fighter 5 trailers,viewtiful joe,tron bonne, and arthur.)but my problem with mvc3 is it was kinda overhyped in some areas like umvc3 version being released that while having some charm(like the galactus mode being a reference to the onslaught and apocalypse cheats in previous games.) really felt like it couldve been just an update or had modes like a story mode(that was in development for the game and hyped in the trailers and a planned comic book line really giving the feel of something big to be added to the game only for it to be a run of the mill arcade mode with no kind of minigames/extra features and that lame as hell heroes and heralds mode that can basically be summed up as collect cards to see "hey check out this character that shouldve been in this game or in a story mode with how much is being put in",i can understand the reasoning why umvc3 exist but i do feel they couldve taken the time to add a bit more.)that had me a bit letdown on the game upon doing everything and kinda would say marvel vs capcom 1 is still my favorite of the 3(2 is very unbalanced,its stages are lacking with a really lame/cheap final boss that comes out of nowhere,its kinda bare bones outside of its roster since its arcade mode only has one ending making me question why not make a story mode or cut out arcade mode completely,i dont like its music with a few exceptions, and the roster while having good picks like b.b hood,sakura,hayato,tron bonne,cable, and servbot is overrated as there were alot of clones or just not good characters/waste of space like bone claw wolverine. i did like its original characters like sonson 3,amingo and ruby heart who was originally a darkstalkers character.). i really hope the next vs. game has a better roster(that takes advantage of capcom series we havent seen like breath of fire,asuras wrath,tech romancer,power stone,dino crisis,gotcha force,rival schools,zack and wiki, red earth,star gladiator and god hand instead of only characters that showed up in mvc3 with the only new ones being x series characters that should've been in mvc3,jedah and a random monster hunter.) and better modes(like a story mode that takes advantage of the crossover while having fun with the interactions like mvc3 and 1 did.)
I think mvc3 was good but wasn’t the greatest but the introduction to new wanted characters was a warm welcome to stay around beside Phoenix max level X factor
It's a good game but MvsC2 is the best one, hands down. I have all 4 ( MvsC, MvsC2, Ultimate MvsC3, MvsC Ultimate). Graphics aren't everything. The original 2D titles had a lot more charm and personality and the gameplay was definitely superior (which matters most). If they copy the original essence and formula and pair that with updated graphics, the biggest roster yet including all the fighters from the series so far, and maybe even a 2D sprite classic mode to appeal to early players' sense of nostalgia, they'll make a killing and reinvigorate the franchise.
Generic 3D backgrounds, stripped-down controls, spammable assists & HORRIBLE music hold it back, for me. I prefer MvC1's backgrounds, music, last boss (Onslaught) & true, 6-button control scheme. If only MvC1 had had MvC2's impressive roster....
@@TexasHollowEarth First of all, its AT not @... lol. 2: nothing generic about those backgrounds or the iconic music that came with them, they had to balance out the interest in the background with the impending shenanigans that would erupt in the foreground. 3. Stripped down controls: who knew MvC2's auto combo system (pressing light twice) would inspire pretty much all Anime fighters? Who Knew that assigning tag options to their own buttons would inspire the next best 2d tag game years later? 4: Onslaught... is just Apocalypse reloaded, Abyss is much more interesting 5 MVC2 is a six button game
Short answer....no....it did not. Other than MVCI it was the fastest dying Marvel game made By Capcom. It literally almost lost its Evo slot after just like 4 years. Which was UNHEARD of for EVO. It was fun, but had so many flaws people got sick of it fairly quickly.
A lot of consumers complained about Capcom vs Marvel 3 not enough players and within a year,like all Capcom games an upgraded sequel. A slight edge for MvC2 cable as it's been around longer.
Everyone wants a MVC4 with every character from the series past and present with the same ability to do swag combos, plink,wave dashing, infinite’s and open ended combo systems and layered mix ups. MVC2 needs a HDR remake to rebalance all the low tiers with Hypers that hit and work that are usable and or they can actually combo into. The God tiers everyone wants left alone. The games been balanced by the players and they know what characters don’t work or are unusable. RYU and Roll along with Chun lee are unplayable really along with even Shuma. The games been “balanced” by how it’s played and you simply just need to ask the pros what the low and mid tiers need. The game doesn’t need to change that much and my only issue I’ve ever said was Anti air assists have far far to much invisibility. They should be able to be punished a bit easier just like in UMVC or even DBZ.
I'd say yes, it lived to the hype. It was fairly accessible for the time, and a good roster with a mix of fan favs, MCU related newcomers (without making them MCU knockoff versions) and fun weird additions like MODOK. I was shocked Shuma Gorath was included. I do wish it lasted longer with seasons of DLC, but that wasn't really the style of releasing fighting games DLC yet for fighting games. If we got later DLC seasons with heavily requested characters like Mega Man (or X), Jin Saotome, Venom, etc it would likely turn into GOAT. I didn't like the heavy shading style at first, but would take it any day over the bland style we got for Infinite. My biggest gripe was the Capcom side. Both uMvC3 and Infinite had boring rosters for the capcom side. We didn't see a lot of obscure characters, or really wacky and colourful ones. There's some good ones like Viewtiful Joe, Amatersau, Tron Bonne, Arthur & Red Areemer, but I was hoping for more WTF and obscure characters like they did for MvC1.
Never (except for Silver Samurai being played by a Capcom dev). First it was Toronto-based actors playing them from CotA thru MvC2 and then Japanese voices were considered for MvC3 but that idea was thrown out the window because, let's face it, it would sound wrong. LA actors who played the characters in the cartoons were used from then on (Doom and Shuma were instead played by Vancouver's Paul Dobosn instead).
I honestly didn’t really care for MvC 3 compared to the older games. Didn’t like the art style, the button setup, or X Factor. MvC2 and X-Men vs SF will always be my favorite “Mahvel” series games.
You forgot to mention how Capcom took out some characters that were supposed to be playable in the game but we're cut our because Capcom tried to do dlc ripoffs. Such characters include Frank West and Dr. Octopus. The fact that their are leaks that strongly indicate that their is extra data in the game for such characters. Not to mention how fans of the series were really pissed about it aside from those new to the franchise and those of the fgc community.
MVC3 sucked and was destroyed by Disney putting the brakes on Capcom being able to use certain Marvel characters and generally meddling in the game’s development.
I say both companies failed on their department when it came to certain characters. For the apcom side we got C. Viper, a shitty version of Jill, nuSpencer who by a miracle was a decent character, No version of Mega Man and it all went down to who was going to promote what. Even when you look at both sides, characters like Shuma, Sentinel, Deadpool, Phoenix Wright and MODOK were personal requests by the team and fans. The only character I see that was a wasted slot was Ghost Rider to promote the more recent crap movie by the time Ultimate was out.
This game's meta grew into "50/50 mix up followed by death" the game. SF4 had the same problem. For some reason Capcom in this era had a weird thing where they would simplify certain aspects of their fighters but then add dumb shit like characters having 50/50 vortexes that were difficult to get out of. MvC3 was made to intentionally be broken and easy on the execution side. But it got to the point to where whoever's touched their opponent first would wipeout their lifebar.
Both Tatsunoko Vs Capcom and this should have had an Advanced Mode that made it at least the MVC2 controls if not the full 6 button Layout. Bought this game and it collected dust.
They could have kept MvC2 2d, added more frames, _expanded_ the roster, and not changed the combo system and it would have been perfect. Instead they gave all characters the same launch combo so it's a race to execute the combo first to get a launch, not to mention the removal of several favorites...
umvc is one of my favs i like it on my vita and ps3. street fighter x tekken is also great. the fighting game i play most is street fighter 2 turbo on vita in capcom compelation .. greetings from vienna
Tastsunoko and Marvel 3 were my first fighting games. Love them to death, too many good memories to count.
MvC3 had such an awesome art style it makes me that much more aggravated about the bland artistic direction MvC:I went with
The artwork was ok. It was too American looking especially considering the franchises history.
KE1X the artwork was just fine for this installment. Although I do catch your drift.
Biggest issue with that game was the roster
The funny thing is it takes 5gb to download mvcu bur it takes 25gb to download mvci which is criminal most likely because of mvci bland story telling elements.
They need to go the route of dragon ball fighter z honestly.
I still prefer the comic book style of the 90’s games.
yeah marvel vs. capcom 1 is still my favorite of the 3 along with x men vs street fighter (i still remember playing them back to back at the arcade in the car wash as a kid.really never realized how lucky i was since it was my first arcade game ever. :3)
Tracy Ndiyob Xmen children of the atom was my first marvel game i played in the arcade. The record store i shopped at when i was 17 had a street fighter 2 cabinet. had never seen anything like it. got the SNES street fighter 2 bundle that same year.
@@chinaski31dj :3cool,always nice to hear about peoples first experiances of fighting games at the arcade(imo i think it just translates better with the simple but straightforward structure than consoles which i feel may be the reason marvel vs capcom 2 and 3 were a bit dissapointing to me in that era.though the car wash arcade eventually replaced x men vs street fighter with marvel super heroes vs. street fighter and mvc2 was added as well and i did have some fun with 2 to understand why its loved its just not as much as 1 to me.:3)
My first time was with COTA at a huge arcade in Chicago. It was the loudest game in the place. And when MVC came out it was even louder. As I walk around you hear MARVEL VERSES CAPCOM!!!. in the distance. And when I saw it my mouth dropped. It took my favorite fight games by capcom and made a masterpiece. After that I was praying for a Thundercats and Silverhawks crossover. A guy can dream.
Marvel vs capcom 2 still my favorite of all VS series!
Somehow, I remember Mega Man's fanbase being furious that the Blue Bomber wasn't in the game, but Rocket Raccoon was. And this is before the MCU films made Rocket a household name, so you couldn't blame them in that respect. Actually, I typed that before the mention of "Ultimate," so it was that version they were mumbling about.
To bounce off your OP, I remember some fans theorizing that the character picks were based on future Marvel film properties and other saying they were crazy. Fast forward to the next game in the series, and it was proven by the lack of X-Men characters.
That's because at the time Disney was VERY passive aggressive about marketing any characters they didn't have the film rights to. For a while there was no X-Men or Fantastic Four anything of any kind. No toys, no shirts, no anything. Well, except maybe some Deadpool stuff when that movie came out. They owned the characters in everything but those film rights, so if they wanted to pull an Ultimate Spider-Man and cheat the license with a cartoon series tie in if they really wanted to. My guess is they were trying to get the X-Men and FF movies to fail due to lack of merchandising presence. Of course we all know that the FF movie failed due to lack of talent and Fox wanting to hold onto the rights to movies that weren't money makers or critic and fan pleasers for some reason.
Still, the only thing I can say about that fourth game? At least we got Funko pops of Mega Man X and Sigma out of it.
Marvel 3 should have kept Morrigan's original Darkstalkers sprite, you know, for continuity.
Man I love this game. I spent a chunk of my life exclusively playing MvC3 and Ultimate MvC3. Going to tiny local tournaments and joining online communities. I ran a Taskmaster, Haggar, and Dormammu team in both versions. This is the game that truly got Maximillian’s RUclips channel started too.
Viewtiful Joe is such a perfect addition to the Marvel vs Capcom series, idk why they’d ever dare dropping him in MvC:I
The FGC loves this game still 👍🏽 not MvC2 but it does received a lot of love. We got some hype Evo moments outta it for a few years. Game was solid
I still play this game on my PS4. It is truly awesome.
Kush Man nice. I use Storm, Jean, and Wolverine
Hulk,sentinel,Hawkeye I play umvc3 almost everyday. I love how you can be down two characters and make a marvelous comeback with xfactor.
I remember seeing a demo for this at Comic-Con and hearing the wisecracks from Deadpool during gameplay.
This appearance did wonders in getting people to discover and want more from the Merc with a mouth.
I personally disliked the roster cuts, especially Venom and Cyclops being cut.
I love MVC3, the only thing that still stings to me was the fact that Ultimate launched in less than a year after Vanilla MVC and was not and expansion pack or even DLC
That was a weird time. Not to mention limited availability of extra characters (only as dlc?) That was a weird choice with vanilla. But thankfully Ultimate kept everything intact, but it was rushed. 🤔
I really miss the VS points system from 2, it was so rewarding. And you could use it towards Characters, Stages, and colors.
Sigh, roster in 3 was much smaller. They did the best they could at the time.
@@kadosho02 - Jill & Shuma were STILL dlc characters in Ultimate MvC3. Only on the remasters, is the roster complete. The Vita version also has Jill & Shuma locked behind a paywall.... & all the dlc has been removed by Disney.
that was because of of the tsunami
This is a great way to cover the fighting games for people that want to get more of a product perspective, and has been great since the beginning...
I only wonder when will be MK's turn ...
Thank you for all the great content
Ultimate Marvel Alliance 3 feels like a marvel ofshoot of mvsc3 with almost the same voice actors,heck even Wolverine screams his Berserker barrage attack.
That's true.
Yea it was a rinse and repeat money grab. Everything was the same.
@@Darksaige that's actually not a bad thing as the game is still fun imo.
@@if3rd it's not a bad thing at all. If it works keep doing it right? The alliance franchise was dope
Part of me wishes that, before all of Marvel versus all of Capcom, we had received a few more distinct groups versus each other.
Like, say, Darkstalkers Vs. Marvel Horror. EDIT: Correction, Marvel Vs. Capcom (Horror Edition). No sense leaving out Capcom's other suitable franchises.
Demitri vs Venom? Sign me up! :)
One day. Some day
This needs to be forwarded to them ASAP.
The game should use the DarkStalkers fighting style
KenTerminatedbyGoogle You do know venom isn’t marvel horror
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was a cool game but it still did not compare to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 that one was just too phenomenal.
I couldn't bring myself to play 3 or infinite after growing up with the masterful progression of the series culminating with MvC2. Sad.
Dude I got 3 very close to launch and as soon as I popped it in, played through arcade mode I felt very let down. When ultimate released I didn't care, but it shows how fans have come to expect less and less from Capcom has time has went on, it also reflects on gaming as a whole. It all culminated in sf5, which was the biggest POS upon release but still had defenders.
Matter of fact, Capcom should release an anniversary collection on steam, xbox, and playstation that includes all the 2D crossover fighting games they've made over the years. I'll pay $60 for that with no hesitation.
The plan for MvC3 was to fix some of the bugs in MvC2 and add 50 more characters for a complete game. But it didn't work out that way.
Been anticipating this video for a while. You’re always worth the wait Top Hat!
Agreed that Haggar has been grossly underused. Also, that Ghosts ‘n Goblins remix was great.
Speaking of *Capcom,* i wonder when they are going to do a new _CAPTAIN COMANDO_ game!
probably never, those who know who captain commando is are at least 40 now
didn't mention anything about how when you played in online lobbys and were spectating waiting for your turn you just watched 2 little cards moving and health bars going down lol
Super 😃!!!
Thanks for this breakdown. It’s cool to see something redeeming about this game - especially after Guru Larry rightly pointed out that Marvel held back key characters as not to plug Sony and Fox who had rights to the characters.
Loved Marvel vs Capcom 1 2 & 3. Loved playing as Zero in M vs C 3.
mavel vs capcom 3 was definitely the most memorable of all the arcade games for me.
Much like Akuma was like a testing thing Capcom did with adding him to their X-Men game. I think Bandai Namco is doing the same thing with Akuma on Tekken 7....see if it gathers further interest and demand for ‘Tekken x Street Fighter’
Imo tekken 7 Was tekken x Street fighter but after the mess of sfxt they decided to make just tekken 7 which is why for years until fates retribution official release did it feels and begin to look distinct and akuma was a holdover from txsf
tekken x street fighter actually is going to still happen but harada stated he wanted to wait until there weren't as many fighting games out to compete or over saturate the genre and considering at the moment... yeah i agree with him not releasing it now especially considering how much a inconsistent,letdown mess street fighter x tekken was.
Tracy Ndiyob I’ll say it will be a new ‘Tag Team’ game with Tekken/Street Fighter characters instead of Tekken Tag Tournament 3. This Tekken style crossover could be something special.
I love 3 but I feel more characters should have been included like 2 have 56 characters a record in the fighting game genre back in the day like have that amount of characters Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was great to they both better than Infinite.
Great vid! Only critique is background music is a tad too loud but great stuff especially that rascal Teddy Long 🧸
Aw man, I LOVED MvC on my Dreamcast back in the day. Or was it MvC2? I really can't remember. Excellent upload as always tho mate. Yeeaaahhhh!!!
Both MvC1 & 2 were on Dreamcast. You are correct 😉 plus it was ported on other systems later. 🤔But very limited release digital, due to license agreements
umvc3 is the game i like most from the versus series, with very little changes in that game it would be played to this day in big stages, pretty much taking away infinites and nerfing x-factor as much modders had done already, i know its still be played, but not as it was before infinite, i dont hate infinite by any means, but its killed umvc3 and itself, and we are pretty much without a mahvel game since then. lets hope they will announce another one at Evo.
Mvc3 was broken at launch. Otg slowed down the game play to the point of no return.
I'll never forget the first time I saw the trailer on my PSP. I downloaded the trailer from wifi at my hotel job. I was super hype for that game even though I was poor. I remember I bought the game used and I played the ever living crap out of it. I remember me and my friends played and loved it a lot.
It is always a pleasure to watch your videos, mate! I really love both your contents and your English accent, it really helps me as a comprehension exercise! Keep up the good work!
It feels like you're going to go in the Halls of Video Game History as a Chronicler of Fighters. I like this vid you gave me more outside info.
The sprite work from the original run has my heart. MvC3 was ok but I loved the prequels. I was looking for that same passion with UMvC3 but it never materialized. Arc System Works should make the next game if it ever gets made
Same here, but also keep in mind mvc2 was the arcades last hurrah in the United States. They were already dying when mvc2 came but at the time the big craze was fat people on DDR.
Arcsys shouldn't touch any Capcom game. Bad online, delayed PC port, poor balancing and more.
Black Out I disagree. Arc system works would do a perfect job in the animation department. Capcom can handle the other ends with marvel
UMVC introduced me to the FGC, nothing will ever top this, the passion, the time, the time I've spent in this game will be forever cherished by me
I don't know why Capcom didn't bring back Megaman and Captain Commando for this game and some of the past characters were killed in the canon according to a poster found on one of the stages.
If you look carefully at the roster on both franchises, Every character was picked to promote upcoming titles, Crimson Viper = SFIV, Thor had a movie, Dr Strange had a movie coming so did Rocket racoon. Ghouls And Ghosts is a more sucsessful franchise than Cap Com (pun intended, by them). It's why sure faves like Cyclops, Ken, Sabretooth and Gambit did not make it back
Bruce Leeds example Doctor doom
@@paulakroy2635 Fantastic Four remake
I personally think the reason why Mega Man wasn't brought back was due to his projectile-based moveset. He didn't use projectiles too much in mvc 1 or 2, but the developers probably didn't like that representation of Mega Man, so they stuck to Zero and Tron who have more traditional movesets
@@bruceleeds7988 that came out 4years later
Akuma, Dante & Viewtiful Joe was my go to team
It's still awesome, INFINITELY better than the sequel ;)
Plus, I wreck house with Wright, Haggar, and West (The Law, The Government, The Media)
This version of Marvel Vs Capcom 3 has the same amount of characters as its sequel: MVCI and yet its roster in 2011 is way better
Phoenix the most powerful character in the game
Easily the most op character
I love when she turns into Dark Phoenix
I hated how terribly nerfed she became in Ultimate. She definitely needed adjustment, such as the infinite air fireball keep away, but to reduce her health and defense even further was ridiculous.
Mr Sack she was still really good
Fighting Games 4 Ever Not really she needs bar
Once this version came out I was super excited ,badass a new mvc3 I even took the gigantic banner from work ,but as soon as I started playing, it was different ,for me it was those weird control scheme ,for years I was use to those 2 punches and 2 kicks ,mvc2 same concept not too different,now those 2 games are just used as backgrounds for my action figures the one with ghost rider still has it's cellophane wrapper on it
Can you go over Marvel Nemesis and Justice League Task Force
As someone who grew up on SFII, then lived for Xmen vs Street Fighter, UMvC3 is my favorite and I've poured way more time into it than any other fighter
Unfortunately, the old die-hards mostly wanted MvC2-2. Fortunately, MvC3 was still good. (could have done without X-factor tho)
3 needed more Defensive options
Ramlethal Valentine Why? Your garbage if you cannot beat someone even if Xfactor
It’s a excuse for poor players
Ramlethal Valentine mvc3 was a spoon fed version of Tatsu v cap. Game was trash
Joseph Andreuccetti Lol x factor was busted and that’s not debatable
Bruce Leeds and more punishment for bad play.
I actually prefer this over MvC2, and this is coming from someone who had the fortune to play both games at launch days.
Featuring Morigan from Gameboy Color!
Yeeeaaahhhhhh!
At least she wasn't displayed in her Original Darkstalkers / Vampire Savior Sprite for the umpteenth time
@@kadosho02 in MvC 2 she looks the most out of place. She seriously looks like she came from the Gameboy Color.
It's a great game with an amazing roster, but doesn't have the fluidity and charm of the older titles.
100% true
Sharif Sourour This game has way more charm to than mvc2. Just look at Deadpool walk cycle
Solid Snake caping MVC2 had a charming and unique charm
@@paulakroy2635 ANYTHING deadpool is an exception to the rule when done properly
I like it more than infinite
3 I feel is a guilty pleasure
agree
Why guilty? It’s legitimately an awesome game
@@Nay089 couldn't have said it better. Truth be told, umvc3 is my fav fighting game, and i play a plethora of fighting games.
No, guilty would be if you enjoyed Infinite. What they did to Venom is unforgivable, he annoyed me too much to play as him, and I MAINED him back in the day.
@@Nay089 Slow boring game play made the series great!!
Personally I love both MVC2 and MVC3. They each bring something different but equally awesome imo
I love MvsC3. Great game. Great fun.
I hope capcom sort their act out with this series. Infinite was a great game to play but felt Un loved and a missed opportunity of a rosta
I still love this game. I just can’t play it for shit. I actually like to play arcade mode because people are just too good to play against. I like doing combos but the loops and DHC glitch shit irks me to no end. Watching people play this game is very good though.
BasedSif Then get better scrub
Took my years of grinding and learning
Bums cry about the game and I can play any game after playing this
Everything else is easy
@@josephandreuccetti8043 I read your comment in Mike Haggar's voice.
I remember how upset people were getting when MVC3 and UMVC3 were coming out. Nevermind the lack of Mega Man, people hated pretty much any character they knew nothing about and that was usually towards Marvel’s side.
That’s wild in hindsight because you have a character like Rocket Racoon who was one of the most hated additions to UMVC3 because people had no idea who he was and now he’s one of Marvel’s most iconic characters.
Funny how these things work out.
Can you make a video about Primal Rage? It would be cool to se renewed interest in this forgotten game.
... & its cancelled sequel, which is playable in MAME.
Man I loved Primal Rage as a kid. My 8 year old mind was fascinated by that game. It combined two of my favorite things: dinosaurs and fighting games. I even had the action figures. Lol
I love this game a lot because I’m a huge marvel fan and I always wanted to play a fighting game with marvel characters so I thought this was the perfect game for me. I still play it on Ps4. I also love this game a lot because all the colors in this game are references to real costumes in the marvel universe, some are color inspired and some represent the actual costumes. I hope they give us a MVC4 next year.
Love the content, and can't wait for the Ultimate version review.😎
I honestly never consider MvC series as a Hardcore Fighting Game series to begin with, it feels more in-line with the kind of Smash Bros. Well not exactly as simple, but almost. But yeah, I’m with you, MvC 3 doesn’t look as charming as previous entries, kinda wish that they could collaborate with Arc System Works. But overall, last gen was surprisingly wonderful for Fighting Game genre. SF IV, MK IX, GG Xrd, MvC 3, SF x T, TTT 2, Injustice, KOF XIII, DOA 5, etc. Aside from better graphics, this gen fighting games couldn’t even come close in “WOW” factor, just a few improvements here - & - there IMHO. Next, let’s 81tch about the god-awful MvC: Infinite shall we? 🤣
Marvel vs capcom 2 was the best game for me in terms of gameplay. I think it was the perfect balance of simple yet in depth. I definitely enjoyed the player roster from ultimate more, but just wish they went with a different art style. In execution it’s not bad, definitely better than copying and pasting sprites, I mean seeing a new sprite for Morrigan, thank god lol. But I can see why they went this way, a lot of characters were never hand drawn in their games, like viewtiful joe or Dante. But would’ve loved to have seen that.
I remember counting down the days when this game was released first... I had been waiting so long as a kid. I played MvC 2 so much in my early teens, getting MvC3 was like a home coming... and the remind "I wanna take you for a ride" was great...that being said, the art design always was a big off for me...and then by MvC Infinite...well yea..I was checked out with that mess...
They need to go the route of dragon ball fighter z honestly.
Took me forever to get used to the control scheme of MvC3 after playing 2 for years.
Same. It's a learning process, since it's a totally different setup combo & combat system wise. With plenty of characters to learn & master
It was natural for me coming off of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. They have almost identical controls.
IT'S MAHVEL, BABY!
Big fan of Marvel 2, Marvel 3 I was really excited about when I bought it on day 1, but just didn't really get into it... I didn't like the 3D characters and that dark cel shaded shadow effect they add onto the characters... The game just felt ugly to me. :/
I'd compare UMVC3 to SSBB, I love the game and casuals love the game, but the competitive side of me and others prefer SSBM and MVC2. Great video!
The difference is it had a very healthy competitive scene. “When’s Marvel?” was the meme for every fighting game stream, and they weren’t asking about MvC2.
@@Nay089 Good point, UMVC3 was likely more relative to MVC2, but even in the competitive scene, Brawl was more popular than Melee from 2008 to 2013.
Ehnkr2Beboh no mvc3 is loved a lot by viewers brawl was not
@@paulakroy2635 Brawl was the most popular competitive Smash game from 2008-2013, but like UMVC3, it eventually died down.
tatsunoko vs capcom was the last vs. game i fully enjoyed in terms of content. i still love the visual style(especially in the trailers and the beautiful movie-esque credits for vanilla mvc3),the great roster of characters(that while couldve been bigger dlc-wise still had a variety of capcoms history and didnt get rid of characters while keeping disliked picks like infinite.) and the dedication to give all the capcom characters rather good voice acting.(the darkstalkers characters,mike haggar which i like more than his voice in the street fighter 5 trailers,viewtiful joe,tron bonne, and arthur.)but my problem with mvc3 is it was kinda overhyped in some areas like umvc3 version being released that while having some charm(like the galactus mode being a reference to the onslaught and apocalypse cheats in previous games.) really felt like it couldve been just an update or had modes like a story mode(that was in development for the game and hyped in the trailers and a planned comic book line really giving the feel of something big to be added to the game only for it to be a run of the mill arcade mode with no kind of minigames/extra features and that lame as hell heroes and heralds mode that can basically be summed up as collect cards to see "hey check out this character that shouldve been in this game or in a story mode with how much is being put in",i can understand the reasoning why umvc3 exist but i do feel they couldve taken the time to add a bit more.)that had me a bit letdown on the game upon doing everything and kinda would say marvel vs capcom 1 is still my favorite of the 3(2 is very unbalanced,its stages are lacking with a really lame/cheap final boss that comes out of nowhere,its kinda bare bones outside of its roster since its arcade mode only has one ending making me question why not make a story mode or cut out arcade mode completely,i dont like its music with a few exceptions, and the roster while having good picks like b.b hood,sakura,hayato,tron bonne,cable, and servbot is overrated as there were alot of clones or just not good characters/waste of space like bone claw wolverine. i did like its original characters like sonson 3,amingo and ruby heart who was originally a darkstalkers character.). i really hope the next vs. game has a better roster(that takes advantage of capcom series we havent seen like breath of fire,asuras wrath,tech romancer,power stone,dino crisis,gotcha force,rival schools,zack and wiki, red earth,star gladiator and god hand instead of only characters that showed up in mvc3 with the only new ones being x series characters that should've been in mvc3,jedah and a random monster hunter.) and better modes(like a story mode that takes advantage of the crossover while having fun with the interactions like mvc3 and 1 did.)
I think mvc3 was good but wasn’t the greatest but the introduction to new wanted characters was a warm welcome to stay around beside Phoenix max level X factor
It's a good game but MvsC2 is the best one, hands down. I have all 4 ( MvsC, MvsC2, Ultimate MvsC3, MvsC Ultimate). Graphics aren't everything. The original 2D titles had a lot more charm and personality and the gameplay was definitely superior (which matters most). If they copy the original essence and formula and pair that with updated graphics, the biggest roster yet including all the fighters from the series so far, and maybe even a 2D sprite classic mode to appeal to early players' sense of nostalgia, they'll make a killing and reinvigorate the franchise.
2 still the greatest of the franchise
Generic 3D backgrounds, stripped-down controls, spammable assists & HORRIBLE music hold it back, for me. I prefer MvC1's backgrounds, music, last boss (Onslaught) & true, 6-button control scheme. If only MvC1 had had MvC2's impressive roster....
Ignore rusty, 2 with ALL the characters is the greatest, followed by X Men Vs SF
@@bruceleeds7988 - Meh..... @ least I can cite reasons & form a sentence. I even approved of MvC2's roster, shmuck.
@@TexasHollowEarth First of all, its AT not @... lol.
2: nothing generic about those backgrounds or the iconic music that came with them, they had to balance out the interest in the background with the impending shenanigans that would erupt in the foreground.
3. Stripped down controls: who knew MvC2's auto combo system (pressing light twice) would inspire pretty much all Anime fighters? Who Knew that assigning tag options to their own buttons would inspire the next best 2d tag game years later?
4: Onslaught... is just Apocalypse reloaded, Abyss is much more interesting
5 MVC2 is a six button game
Creative Mind no umv3 is
Short answer....no....it did not. Other than MVCI it was the fastest dying Marvel game made By Capcom. It literally almost lost its Evo slot after just like 4 years. Which was UNHEARD of for EVO. It was fun, but had so many flaws people got sick of it fairly quickly.
Top Hat Gaming Man You Must Really Love Teddy Long. Cause you Add him to your Videos a lot. LOL!!!
After reading your question in the thumbnail I have to ask: “Is this a trick question”? Lol 😂
Very detailed analysis
A lot of consumers complained about Capcom vs Marvel 3 not enough players and within a year,like all Capcom games an upgraded sequel. A slight edge for MvC2 cable as it's been around longer.
Everyone wants a MVC4 with every character from the series past and present with the same ability to do swag combos, plink,wave dashing, infinite’s and open ended combo systems and layered mix ups.
MVC2 needs a HDR remake to rebalance all the low tiers with Hypers that hit and work that are usable and or they can actually combo into. The God tiers everyone wants left alone.
The games been balanced by the players and they know what characters don’t work or are unusable. RYU and Roll along with Chun lee are unplayable really along with even Shuma.
The games been “balanced” by how it’s played and you simply just need to ask the pros what the low and mid tiers need.
The game doesn’t need to change that much and my only issue I’ve ever said was Anti air assists have far far to much invisibility. They should be able to be punished a bit easier just like in UMVC or even DBZ.
I love fighting game Thursday, do ultimate MvC next
Since we gotta Mario 3D Allstars, Capcom should give us Marvel vs Capcom 1, 2, 3 Ultimate on Switch. I'd buy it. Who else would buy it?
Street fighter is already a weeb series. It also has a weeb character called ken.
I'd say yes, it lived to the hype. It was fairly accessible for the time, and a good roster with a mix of fan favs, MCU related newcomers (without making them MCU knockoff versions) and fun weird additions like MODOK. I was shocked Shuma Gorath was included.
I do wish it lasted longer with seasons of DLC, but that wasn't really the style of releasing fighting games DLC yet for fighting games.
If we got later DLC seasons with heavily requested characters like Mega Man (or X), Jin Saotome, Venom, etc it would likely turn into GOAT. I didn't like the heavy shading style at first, but would take it any day over the bland style we got for Infinite.
My biggest gripe was the Capcom side. Both uMvC3 and Infinite had boring rosters for the capcom side. We didn't see a lot of obscure characters, or really wacky and colourful ones. There's some good ones like Viewtiful Joe, Amatersau, Tron Bonne, Arthur & Red Areemer, but I was hoping for more WTF and obscure characters like they did for MvC1.
11:00 Wait, when were the Marvel characters ever voiced by Japanese actors?
Never (except for Silver Samurai being played by a Capcom dev). First it was Toronto-based actors playing them from CotA thru MvC2 and then Japanese voices were considered for MvC3 but that idea was thrown out the window because, let's face it, it would sound wrong. LA actors who played the characters in the cartoons were used from then on (Doom and Shuma were instead played by Vancouver's Paul Dobosn instead).
The good one.
Unlike ultimate which got screwed over by Disney.
This one IS screwed. The dlc has all been removed, for purchase. Disney strikes again. The roster in this game sux, too.
I think you mean Infinite.
good not great though
Ultimate 3 was great tf are you on?
Strider Maverick Capcom screwed infinite way more than Disney
I can't wait for that Marvel vs Capcom infinite video
It's not the best fighting game but I still enjoy playing it🎮
Yesssss!
ITS MAHVEL BABY
Whens guilty gear?
Money was made.
This was the game that got me into fighting games in the first place after this got street fighter 4 and the my all time fav soul caliber 2 on gcn
I honestly didn’t really care for MvC 3 compared to the older games. Didn’t like the art style, the button setup, or X Factor. MvC2 and X-Men vs SF will always be my favorite “Mahvel” series games.
Be glad xvssf didn't have online capabilities *when it was released*
Wave Razor Why? Lol. I’m glad we at least have Fightcade now where playing it online is actually possible.
Kush Man Yea that’s exactly how I feel about it. It’s “meh”. I just never took a real liking to it, it was okay but that’s about it.
You forgot to mention how Capcom took out some characters that were supposed to be playable in the game but we're cut our because Capcom tried to do dlc ripoffs. Such characters include Frank West and Dr. Octopus. The fact that their are leaks that strongly indicate that their is extra data in the game for such characters. Not to mention how fans of the series were really pissed about it aside from those new to the franchise and those of the fgc community.
MvC3 normal configuration is a 6 button game.
L, M, H, launch, assist 1, assist 2
MVC3 sucked and was destroyed by Disney putting the brakes on Capcom being able to use certain Marvel characters and generally meddling in the game’s development.
Yeah. No Juggernaut & dlc that has since, been pulled. I hated the 4 button, generic normals.
Joey Wyatt interesting hot take. It would go well with mvci and not mvc3.
You sure you’re talking about Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and not Marvel Vs. Capcom infinite?
I say both companies failed on their department when it came to certain characters. For the apcom side we got C. Viper, a shitty version of Jill, nuSpencer who by a miracle was a decent character, No version of Mega Man and it all went down to who was going to promote what. Even when you look at both sides, characters like Shuma, Sentinel, Deadpool, Phoenix Wright and MODOK were personal requests by the team and fans.
The only character I see that was a wasted slot was Ghost Rider to promote the more recent crap movie by the time Ultimate was out.
mike_pogo Infinite was pretty much solely crapcoms fault
I love this game, I can't lie- We played the absolute fck out of this when it dropped Feb 2011, I was totally blown away by the Galactus fight
This game's meta grew into "50/50 mix up followed by death" the game. SF4 had the same problem. For some reason Capcom in this era had a weird thing where they would simplify certain aspects of their fighters but then add dumb shit like characters having 50/50 vortexes that were difficult to get out of. MvC3 was made to intentionally be broken and easy on the execution side. But it got to the point to where whoever's touched their opponent first would wipeout their lifebar.
That moment when you realize the marvel side was lowkey foreshadowing the future movies and series.
its the hypest game of all time, it by far surpassed and shattered all expectations. Even today is the standard all other fighters should be help too.
If you have Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, then there is no need to get the original version of Marvel vs Capcom 3.
Hey man SF III Third Strike is a great game with a dope soundtrack to boot
Capcom really stepped up their side of the roster on this one
Computer Man always getting a shoutout lol
Both Tatsunoko Vs Capcom and this should have had an Advanced Mode that made it at least the MVC2 controls if not the full 6 button Layout. Bought this game and it collected dust.
They could have kept MvC2 2d, added more frames, _expanded_ the roster, and not changed the combo system and it would have been perfect. Instead they gave all characters the same launch combo so it's a race to execute the combo first to get a launch, not to mention the removal of several favorites...
ultimate was legit perfect
Ultimate had the characters, but was REALLY slow. Play mvc2 and play mvc3. HUGE difference. Understand the fighting mechanics.
umvc is one of my favs i like it on my vita and ps3. street fighter x tekken is also great. the fighting game i play most is street fighter 2 turbo on vita in capcom compelation .. greetings from vienna