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Rest easy, nerds -- Cable is joining the ranks of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Not Fusion. Earlier this morning, publisher Activision unleashed the above video and accompanying images showing off the yellow-eyed and downloadable X-Man. He looks to be the traditional kind of brutish character with a gun. He can pound the ground and emit devastating shockwaves as well as shoot dudes in a circle while hovering.

Take note of Cable’s traditional appearance. I was able to recognize him, unlike MUA 2’s Bishop, another future character who was apparently redesigned and stripped of his beautiful, flowing hair within the last fifteen years. Hair is a glorious thing, Marvel -- let’s not confuse me like that again.


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OmegaSentry's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:04
OmegaSentry
So I assume these new characters will be part of a new Heroes/Villains pack?
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:07
Magnalon
Will he be God Tier like Marvel Vs. Capcom 2?

Also, Carnage in Capcom 3! I can hope!
SuitcoatAvenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:10
SuitcoatAvenger
I don't know, man. Cable? Carnage? Really? Just seems like kind of a blah DLC selection to me, and this is coming from a comic freak. Would much rather see The Punisher (returned to 616 in Civil War), Captain Marvel, Black Panther, or how about mothertruckin' Doctor Doom?
Reien's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:15
Reien
And there's the reason I will start playing this game.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:17
Ganjookie
I wonder if Bishop is Brad's bastard child from the future?
squirrelyg's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:21
squirrelyg
If he has an X-Man skin like in X-Men legends 2 on the psp then I may have to buy this.
electric goldfish's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:31
electric goldfish
Actually that is his new look. His outfit at least. His yellow eye and bionic arm they can't change.

Still waiting for She Hulk. STILL.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:44
GuitarAtomik
That's kind of cool. I was surprised you couldn't actually use him in the game. I kind of doubt I'll actually pay for him (or any of the other character DLC) though.
jawshoeuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:45
jawshoeuh
Yea that is the new outfit. He looks kinda.. meh.

Aww I like the mommy/son vibe, li'l Nathan Summers and Jean Grey together.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:47
Crunshii
omfg... who is the 3D team for this!? jesus these graphics are like beginners course animation. This game is going from bad to WORSE.
The Trout's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 11:02
The Trout
DO YOUR JOB.
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 11:12
TewDee
He looks terrible.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 11:18
Ganjookie
Crunshii I agree

WTF is wrong with his leg?



Is it broke?


@Thetrout

Excellent Spiderman MvsC quote
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 11:49
D-503
This excites me... I am a nerd...
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 12:54
mrplow8
I'm not sure who came first, Cable or the Terminator, but one is a blatant ripoff of the other.
Banana Kid's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 13:05
Banana Kid
@SuitcoatAvenger
There are leaked screens out there of the new characters. The other two are Black Panther (wielding that awesome sword he used the one time you fight alongside him in the story) and Magneto. So, you got one.
nilcam's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 13:06
nilcam
@mrplow8: Since when is the Terminator a grown up version of Cyclops' son with Madelyne Prior who was infected by the technovirus by Apocalypse and sent to the future to be cured?
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 13:31
Char Aznable
Eh...not getting too excited here. I love Marvel, I loved the first Ultimate Alliance. What the hell?
The Silent Protagonist's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 13:48
The Silent Protagonist
Considering Cable never had a good design to start with, I can't say this new look is an improvement or a notch down. He's still just hideous to look at.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 14:31
mrplow8
@nilcam
They're both cyborg guys from the future who fight with guns, and have to come back to the present to prevent their apocalyptic future from happening.
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 14:42
Midgetsnowman
@Mrplow8: close. But no. Cable started human. The terminator imitates being human and is only working to stop the apocalypse because he's been reprogrammed.
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 14:44
runtheplacered
@ mrplow8,

"and have to come back to the present"

This made me laugh.

"Hey guys.. let's go backwards in time!"

"How far back should we go?"

"All the way back... To the present!"
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 15:05
Los255
HYPER VIPER BEAM
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 15:13
mrplow8
@Midgetsnow
That's like me making a comic called Ninja Tortoises. They're four brothers who were mutated into tortoises and became ninjas, and now they fight crime. They aren't a ripoff of Ninja Turtles at all, because they started off as humans and they're tortoises instead of turtles.

Stop pointing out all the differences, because I'm already aware of them, and they don't cancel out the similarities. I don't need to know that "Cable was never played by the Governor of a state" or "Terminator doesn't have white hair", because that doesn't make a difference.

@runtheplacered
Cable isn't from the same time as the rest of the characters in the Marvel universe. He's from the future, so when he comes back he's coming to the present. It's the past to him, but to the audience(us) he's from the future and is traveling to the present. Same thing with the Terminator.
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 15:36
Vanilla Gorilla
Fuck Cable.
Cali Yo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 16:42
Cali Yo
FYI, Brad: Bishop hasn't had hair since the late '90s/early '00s. He went bald a LONG time ago. I think it looks better, honestly.
nilcam's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 21:44
nilcam
@mrplow8: Cable is from the present time in Marvel continuity. He was infected with the technovirus by Apocalypse in X-Factor (vol 1) #68. The Askani offers to bring him to the future in order to save him from the virus. He grows up in the future and eventually returns to the current time as a grown-up. He is fighting against a possible future but isn't a cyborg. The mechanical limbs are actually techno-organic due to the virus spreading through his body before the Askani could cleanse his system.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 01:52
Char Aznable
You done got told.
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 11:44
AdamantiumHip
Actually, he is the only dlc character so far I really want. The others are all meh. I would have prefered she hulk, bishop, colossus and sentry.
Ceallach's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 16:39
Ceallach
Sweet. Bishop and Cable. Too bad there's no PvP. Would love to fucking settle the Messiah War once and for all, prick ass Bishop.
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 19:56
Solgrim
How about... fuck Marvel and their obsession with destroying the look of characters with classic designs? Seriously, would fans have stood for the whole street fighter cast to have new stupid outfits that looked part of a 5 minute brainstorm session? I have to hand it to DC finally, they actually evolve the look of their characters in a logical way.
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