There have been questions as to how Capcom went about selecting characters for inclusion in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and while that process will likely never be made entirely transparent, we do have answers for why certain characters didnāt make the cut.
During an āAsk Capcomā video Q&A conducted at Comic-Con last month, Capcomās Christian Svenssonās commented on Gene (God Hand), Venom (Spider-Man) and Cyclops (X-Men), and why they arenāt in the game.
āGene was actually in very close consideration,ā Svensson shared about God Handās lead character. Svensson went on to say that Gene was in the pool of potential characters that Capcom wanted to include, provided time allowed for it, but that he didnāt āmake the final cutā.
Cyclops was a simpler case to explain, as he was never on the list of potential characters at all. Finally, Venomās exclusion from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was Marvelās decision.
āVenom, unfortunately, was amongst a list of characters that were not available for us to use on Marvelās side,ā Svensson revealed. āI couldnāt tell you the reason for why that is…youād have to ask Marvel. But Venom was never an option.ā
Svensson explained that, while he canāt say why, some characters were included because Marvel specifically wanted them in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, based on other activities even outside the realm of video games. āI donāt want to put words in Marvelās mouth, but they had very specific reasons why they wanted a couple of the characters that they wanted in there,ā he shared.
Published: Aug 9, 2011 03:02 pm