You saw silhouettes of Frank West and other evidence that suggested he was in Marvel Vs Capcom 3. The rumour mill was right - he was in it. But he isn't anymore. D'oh!
The Dead Rising leading man was apparently fairly far into development, but was axed last-minute. "As for Frank West, he was actually in the process quite deep, and in one of our high quality CG trailers he was actually part of it," revealed the game's producer Ryota Niitsuma.
He made no further mention of the possibility that West could appear as a future downloadable character, but did mention one other unlikely character that could.
"Phoenix Wright is obviously a famous franchise - especially in Europe, actually. It would be interesting to see him, although he distinctively lacks the number of moves he might have [in a fighting game]. But if Marvel vs. Capcom 3 does well, he's definitely up on the list as one of the characters to add, given the chance."
That's crazy talk. We like it.
Comments
22 comments so far...
TheCrimsonFenix on 24 Jan '11 said:
Well don't be surprised, they did say he wasn't confirmed to be in it not long ago.
NEO_SUPERMAN on 24 Jan '11 said:
Hes covered wars you know.
KryptoKnight on 24 Jan '11 said:
Arthur from Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts would have been a better choice
El Mag on 24 Jan '11 said:
I'd liked to have seen Blade on the Marvel side, he'd fit into a fighter well.
Chiisu on 24 Jan '11 said:
Translation: "To be honest, we just couldn't be asked so we thought we'd make a pretty title graphic or something instead
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KryptoKnight on 24 Jan '11 said:
Laughlyn on 24 Jan '11 said:
in other words they keeping him for dlc.
he was quite a decent character in TvsC on wii tho, shame he got cut out
wwinterj on 25 Jan '11 said:
Yep they are holding him back for DLC no doubt.
cdrepoman on 25 Jan '11 said:
He would have been a pretty cool character to have in the game. Too bad there will be no Frank West vs. Iron Man fights any time soon.
bloodbathrich on 25 Jan '11 said:
or you can pay for it later as DLC at some point..
>< ive turned into a cynic
Earthrod on 25 Jan '11 said:
They've scrapped him to put 'Splosion Man in instead...
Black Mantis on 25 Jan '11 said:
But you're absolutely spot-on!
boskersrevenge on 25 Jan '11 said:
What? To get rid of? You crazy, man!
TheCrimsonFenix on 25 Jan '11 said:
I could imagine his armour degrades with his health meter, until he's finally in his boxers once again.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 25 Jan '11 said:
Arthur from ghouls and ghosts is in it. The excuse they've given about moves for frank is total BS. He already has a complete moves set he was in TvsC for chist sake. It's like saying you didn't put ryu in because he didn't have a complete move set.
KryptoKnight on 25 Jan '11 said:
xD Sorry,I meant to say Frank West should have been replaced with Arthur,but kept in
He would have been so awesome,I don't get why Capcom wouldn't consider him.
GTCzeero on 25 Jan '11 said:
Don't worry, Frank Fans. Chances are good that Capcom have left him on the disc so you can pay to unlock him later.
Cyber6x on 25 Jan '11 said:
If Phoenix makes his way into MVC3 i might buy this. Despite the fact i disliked Street Fighter 4 for its hardcoreness and i've never played a 2D Fighter on a console. (Cept Super Smash Bros)
boskersrevenge on 25 Jan '11 said:
Ah, I get you. Well, you'll be pleased to know that unless they axe him too, he'll be in the final game.
churchy on 25 Jan '11 said:
This news is not so FAN-TASTIC!
rossva on 25 Jan '11 said:
Eish - misread this news article title as "Fred West..."
divinebeetle on 25 Jan '11 said: