They originally cut West, did they not? Sadly, it could just be that they forgot to take that bit out, and we're looking at the remains of cut characters.

As nice as it would be to have those two, I doubt it will happen. Frank was stated to be in the game until circumstances had him removed last-minute.

His name in the code could just be leftover, and I imagine it's the same situation for Doctor Octopus.

I agree with the leftover code theory. As for MVC3 DLC, i've been powering through the Arcade mode w/ all fighters (about 15 left) and there are a lot more characters that could more likely be DLC if the endings have any say.

I thought there was a load of footage of West previously. What would cause them to cut a character so much work went into? Can someone enlighten me?

I heard he was cut too, I hope the leftover code can be used!

Frank is Faannn-TASTIC! If he gets announced I'm definitely getting this!

The world needs Frank West!

We still need Mega Man.

Each line of code has a reason, and this case is likely not an exception. However, without any further evidence (statistics like stamina and technical data like jump height, movement, etc. somehow decompiled from the build) these names may only be placeholders written to ROM.

As for officially cut or present characters, that kind of information comes from individuals in the community/marketing/hype-generation department. Can't ever expect them to be absolutely candid about who's in or out. Their job is to control the flow of information about games so that consumers are more enthusiastic about the game, and sometimes that includes lying (need-to-know). If fan reaction is high enough, a character who was adamantly deconfirmed previously will make it into the game, it's all about what the players want to pay for.

Seeing Ghost Rider in Dantes ending gave me high hopes for him as dlc as well. But damn I would love tonnage these two for sure. But also Ghost Rider..... And Punisher or Nick Fury......and Strider.......and Bass......and then....

Stupid phone to have, not tonnage. Also Sagat and FUCKING Cable. Alright I'm done.....Askani

I've been complaining about the lack of spider-man villians. Darn it Capcom, hurry up and take my money. I want.

Oh, really?! Hmmmm... That would be cool, but there is only room on my team for three and Albert, Nathan and Chris have the position filled.

Uh, Capcom, you misspelled Phoenix Wright...

FUCK YES DOC OCK

He was on my MVC3 wish list, now if they added Black Cat I would faint and go into a coma

I hope the dlc characters will be fully added to the game, meaning character smack talking.

Screw Frank West, I want Phoenix Wright! It seems odd that they didn't put Doc Ock in though, I mean of all the characters he seemed like one of the more obvious choices. Then again, a lot of the characters that were omitted were obvious choices I think.

Doctor Octopus would have been an interesting character, especially since Omega Red never made his return. I would have much rather seen Frank in the game over dread-Spencer. Hell, I'd prefer "Re-Armed" Spencer or even 8-bit Spencer over our dreadlocked friend.

Frank West was in the game originally and he was taken out at the last minute, perhaps Doc Ock was originally supposed to be in the game aswell before he was cut.

"He's covered wars, ya know?"(Frank)

I've been clamoring for Frank for months, and Doc Ock would be cool too, so I'm all for this.

Putting Doc Ock in there would give me a raging boner.

Doc Ock would be so original. I would love to see him in.

As for Frank West, I did main him for awhile in TvC, so I'll accept him.

HOWEVER, id rather see Iron Fist and Sigma before I see megaman.

I don't like Megaman in fighters. To me, its a territory he doesn't really fit in. I mean, Zero has a sword, Tron has a Robot, hell even Servbot throws paper airplanes! Megaman just has a mega buster, variations of mega buster shots, a dragon punch, and....a soccer ball? At the very least, put in .EXE instead of Classic, X, etc. He'd be more original (I'm a battle network fan, so sue me.)

Also, I'm getting really sick of people saying that they won't buy the game because Megaman isn't in. Come the fuck on, now? He's not the face of the VS series, Ryu is. And besides, most megaman users won't even use him a lot when they see Zero is in the roster. Listen, you have TWO Megman reps. Take your losses, buy the game, and buy those 5 dollar DLC character packs.

I wouldnt necessarily tak ending appearance as possibilities. Tatsunoko had a whole bunch of out there cameos, with no manifestation as DLC at all

If Capcom was smart(>.<) they would release multiple characters later on and get a good extra pile of money!

I heard the 7th seal of tuki tuki is gonna be in it lmao What am i doing?

it frank west is in they better make him look like frank west and not nico bellic.

@smang
Lol I thought I was the only one who thought that. It really does look like nico

Surprised no one except Toxin mentioned Capcom 2's Omega Red.

Doc Ock is VERY likely, as all they have to do is basically reskin-Omega.

I was hoping for Green Goblin, but Doc Ock is a totally acceptable Spidey villain.

Is Jill Valentine & Shuma Gorath in this code? If not then then hope for more DLC characters! If not .....

I heard that Frank was cut due to RAM issues, summoning all those new zombies in his attacks, all those additional character models, ended up causing slowdown or diverting too much resources needed elsewhere for any single match. Something along those lines is what I'd heard anyway.

Meant yes on the last part. But look my question up!!!

WHERE THE FUCK IS PHOENIX WRIGHT

Where's Virgil?! I want Dante vs Virgil!

Can any of you come up with a viable fucking moveset for Phoenix Wright?

I dunno about frank, I would like to see him but there's that little problem in that he's never graced any ps3 material before and therefore might be a hard sell to the ps3 audience( its like they didn't want him to become popular or something).

This is capcom so there gonna aim to maximize profit off of this so they will probably choose someone who has a chance of selling on both consoles.

Then again I've seen more obscure things happen in these games so.......

I don't get why number 1 sentinel was included an 2 why the last character to be announced I know all you cheapo people out there will love it but it's a bit of a middle finger to those who don't want to do the same move over an over again an what happened to the green goblin being in it?!? That would be great!

@MasterBalls

HOLD IT!

You are asking this in a article involving the potential re-addition of frank west to the roster. Frank west, a nobody thats only special skills are the weapons he creates.

I would like to present new evidence to this court: an uppercut to the face.

@Epic-KxDtoid

Hoo boy, it's "Sonic can't be in Brawl!" All over again. Dontcha just hate it when someone starts a sentence with "All x can do is ___"? I mean honestly, let's switch this argument around just to show how asinine it is.

"Ryu shouldn't be in MvC3, all he can do is kick and punch and do Hadoken"
"Ironman shouldn't be in Mvc3, all he ever does is fly around and shoot lasers"
"Thor shouldn't be in MvC3, all he can do is swing his hammer."

It's cool if you just don't like Megaman, I'm fine with that. Just don't make gross generalizations and spout them off as fact.

Mole Man. Now that would be some DLC.

@Onyx Lee
I never spouted them off as fact.

(in bernie mac voice)

YOU. THINK. YOU. TUFF?!!!!!

I'd love to see a return of venom or bring carnage to be the dlc. Hell bring in Toxin and have it be a DLC pack.

...don't get my hopes up, Jonathan ;__;

So... if it's already in the code... does that mean the characters are already on the disc and they are just waiting until later to make people buy them? If so... that's dirty.

Dr. Octopus, just like Dr. Doom, is always welcome.

Holmes, did you read this one?
http://shoryuken.com/content/marvel-vs-capcom-3-mining-game-disc-data-3640/

Fighters are the only games I support DLC for, IF the content isn't already on the disc. You can just expand the roster for years to come.

I've been loving this game, and I actually suck at fighters. I feel like I can sort of play this one, though.

Dear capcom I would like venom,carnage,
Megaman X,juggernaut,Phoeni wright.$5/400msp DLC.

Seriously what happened to unlocking secrets thru progress?Its all nickle n diming at the least they should let us choose who we want in a 5character dlc pack.

Capcom.......



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Also, dont let Marvel fuck it up and put the stupid Mac Gargan or Flash Thompson Venom in the game. And for you idiots that's a picture of Mega Man X. THE BETTER MEGA MAN

There's already Zero representing Mega Man X, and Tron Bonne representing Legends. We'll have the original Mega Man.