Doomed To Fail At Launch? - The Fall Of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is a fighting game published by Capcom that is considered by many to be a failure.
With a strong IP and a cast of iconic characters from several franchises, this game truly had the potential for greatness, but a series of poor decisions by the developers created a recipe for disaster. At the end of the day, poor choices in the way the game was handled drove away a majority of the player base who have since never looked back.
This is the story of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.
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[@Akshonesports]

Do you guys want to see a follow-up video about how MVCI as an esport has persisted in spite of its rough launch year?

[@SinfulSorcerer]

Yes

[@barrysmith4610]

Yes please. That would be great

[@adcrengar9877]

Capcom ruined this game, but people still play it. Steam numbers are sad though

[@skyecrumpler2923]

100%

[@truearea53]

@@adcrengar9877 I think you meant Disney ruined mvci

[@bluemondayparade]

i don’t think it’s what “capcom did”... but rather what “marvel did/didn’t allow”

[@The_WIll_OF_D99]

Yeah, that's the case. Cause in MVC3 Capcom HAD to fight A lot with Marvel to get some of these characters like She hulk and Taskmaster etc since they are not part of the mcu

[@PKdororo]

This is true for something like the roster, but the trash visuals and terrible marketing/release schedule is totally on Capcom and their budget. If they spent more and delayed the game for a more inspired look, it could've at least been an attractive buy. Even if they had the fox owned characters( at the time), the game would still look like doo doo and die.

[@bluemondayparade]

@@PKdororo i think the marketing should be a fault that is shared... visuals & mechanics falls on capcom

[@The_WIll_OF_D99]

@@PKdororo it would not. The fact you say that shows how little you actually know shit. The gameplay was the best. The characters EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING is what's lacking. If it had the characters. It would have sold much better 🙄

[@PKdororo]

@@The_WIll_OF_D99 Haha. Looks like I hit a nerve. Notice how I said nothing about the gameplay. That's because yeah, I agree the gameplay is good. Which I think supports my argument. The game is good, so what killed it? Oh yeah. The trash visuals, bad marketing, and shitty content. Fighters was the better package at the time. Better gameplay? Debatable. But the game was polished, had good marketing, and decent content at launch.

[@OGEdger]

Blame Disney. They tend to ruin ips that weren't originally theirs.

[@linkisoptrmm]

@No Name what about captain marvel

[@philipmiguel5563]

@@linkisoptrmm While fine on its own if you ignored all the controversies... Yeah no that's pretty much it.

[@fgcmiloboyyo1550]

@No Name They ruined my child hood hero...Iron Man Jr.

[@josesosa3337]

Yep. (Thinks back to spectacular spiderman)

[@chasesigler9885]

@@linkisoptrmm yeah captain marvel wasn't groundbreaking but it was pretty good

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

I always felt bad for Combofiend with the function thing cause I know he was just doing his job more or less, and Capcom couldn’t just up and say Fox/Disney pretty much screw them, but it sure didn’t stop it from being some BS.

[@Mngalahad]

me too. its obvious it isnt true so maybe he deserved to catch a break. no need to keep roasting him.

[@keo_bas]

The real tragedy is that their is bit truth to the function aspect. While folks do get attach to the characters. But the nitty gritty part majority players who compete at higher level care about function and utility then sentimental attachment.

[@somethingsomething9006]

@@keo_bas I'm glad someone said this. What he said really applies to high level players, it's just that this is a series that is meant for people to be able to play their favorite Marvel or Capcom characters they have grown attatched to.

[@Neoxon619]

You can tell that Ike Perlmutter had an assassin on him if Peter said anything wrong.

[@adcrengar9877]

The man could have always done a followup statement now that its been some time, but he ain't doing that

[@ZarelidT]

Wow this is an actual esports channel. That talks about all different genres of games and not JUST mobas and shooters like THE SCORE. I’m liking and subbing all these videos from now on.

[@Theophiloz]

Right!?

[@KillaSmit20789]

E sports 🤣🤣

[@yeti4269]

Score is so awful. No I don't want to hear about s1mple's sniper throw every fucking video

[@illford6921]

@@KillaSmit20789 I mean. The prize pools are getting pretty big now and at least you don't get a reputation for being a rich snob off it

[@mikvance]

I almost forgot EVO existed because of TheScore.

[@gizoid5526]

Looked horrendous to look at, and it was blatantly obvious that it one one big mcu advertisement and that alone pretty much affected everything that wasn't gameplay

[@adcrengar9877]

It shows how much the devs really cared about this game (they didn't)

[@Protosilver97]

Well, technically all this franchise started because of advertisement, the X-Men were the most popular Marvel super hero Team in the 90's and the first entry was COTA (or XVSF, if you don't count COTA).

[@Protosilver97]

@@adcrengar9877 Well, the characters part isn't their fault, but the graphics part it is.

[@Thuglos]

The worst part about mvci? Strip it down to the gameplay mechanics and its FANTASTIC. The game is a blast and has so much depth, but everything around it was such a failure that it could not be appreciated properly. Some things that weren't discussed in this video: 1. DLC announced before the game was released angered a lot of people especially because the main roster was already so scarce. 2. The collectors edition was a complete embarrassment. It came with "infinity stones" that were literally colored eggs. Like ones you fill with candy on Easter. I believe the collectors edition was an extra $60. 3. Capcom failed to advertise/give incentive to attend grand finals of their infinity stone tournament. Watching the top 8 battle it out in an empty hotel banquet hall was super awkward, especially when Cloud was crowned the winner to absolutely 0 applause. I believe capcom did their absolute best considering how good the core gameplay actually was. Disney probably gave this project 0 priority resulting in low budget, low communication, and only wanted a project done by a specific date.

[@chistophersapp2888]

This is so true. After getting into both MVCI and Dragonball, I think MVCI is clearly the better game from a gameplay standpoint. Sadly everything else around it caused it to fail before it even released. Sad story smh.

[@gren8te319]

i think my biggest complaint is that they didn't bring the comic book cell-shading from umvc3

[@darkherostardustchannel3699]

There is cell shading in the coding, sadly Marvel wanted the game to be more like MCU and use realism.

[@MrRukrio1]

as a pokemon fan, the "they're just functions" statement hit differently no thanks to Sword and Shield.

[@nintendolife25]

Ugh, reminding myself of the game triggers me.

[@vovabars1234]

Thank God they brought back my bois in DLCs

[@helloill672]

@@vovabars1234 Don't those cost like 40 bucks each? Is $40 really worth getting some Pokemon that should've been in the original release?

[@CalmEnergy2125]

@@helloill672 you dont have to pay for the dlc to be able to get them, you can still trade them in, you just cant catch them in the wild

[@helloill672]

@@CalmEnergy2125 True, but it still would be less convenient. It's like one of those high end prizes in games. Technically you can get it if you grind, but it was really ment to be bought with in world money

[@SourRobo8364]

Marvel practically generates a billion dollars a film now, but can't be bothered to give a decent budget for their video games.

[@dimassrio]

TBF, its capcom video games, Marvel only lease the character and get the money, not the other way around.

[@MrMarinus18]

That usually means though an unmovable deadline. Because there is so much money tied up into it Capcom is absolutely forbidden from delaying it or going over-budget. Otherwise Marvel will just go to someone else that the deal is far too lucrative for Capcom to afford that.

[@Monty2289]

@@dimassrio The project is still superceded by Marvel. Capcom makes the game but they are beholded to what the other party wants due to licensing, costs and deadlines. This game failed because Disney Marvel believed that Capcom isn't really worth their time and just wanted the branding for new movies. A lesson you think capcom would have learned by now with Ultimate

[@blvk3]

the whole point of a cross over game is the characters that you love, hands down. wolverine and magneto represents the marvels side and without them, the game has already failed

[@John-Stark]

mostly because the X-Men are what STARTED the MVC series

[@fukaze2021]

Marvel vs Capcom : Infinite? more like MCU vs Capcom : Finite

[@pedrogarcia8706]

Fox never owned the characters, they just owned the film rights to those characters. Disney still held the rights for most of the characters in games (I think sony still owns the game rights to Spider-Man) so if they wanted to they could have included them in infinite. The reason they chose not to is because they considered using those characters in other media as essentially advertising for fox's films. Same reason they stopped writing fantastic 4 comics.

[@lennywright5655]

Sony doesn’t own the video game rights to Spider-Man, they just pay for the license, same situation as Fox (was).

[@pedrogarcia8706]

@@lennywright5655 you're right, they only own the film rights.

[@LostOneOmega]

And Xmen

[@possumlodge5368]

Marvel has been doing this with a lot of IPs they sold the filming rights for. Essentially making something worthless so they can scoop it back up and start over.

[@keyblader2k6]

i dont know how/why people get that idea wrong so often. movie rights, tv rights, video game rights, comics rights etc etc are all each completely independent from each other

[@ryanjstannard]

First Marvel Vs Capcom, now Marvel’s Avengers. Damn Marvel really hasn’t gotten the hang of video games lately.

[@Hawkingbird1]

Ultimate Alliance 3 and Spider-Man did well.

[@ryanjstannard]

@@Hawkingbird1 spider-man was technically Sony, and Ultimate Alliance 2 was made over a decade ago. Yes Ultimate Alliance 3 was made recently, but was got so-so audience acclaim.

[@Hawkingbird1]

@@ryanjstannard If it ends bad blame Marvel but it's good praise the publisher? Is that it?

[@ryanjstannard]

@@Hawkingbird1 I don’t know why you think I’m praising the publishers? I never claimed Activision was responsible for making Ultimate Alliance 2 a great game. 🙄

[@djhero0071]

I’d say Insomniac worked their asses off to make Spider-man PS4. But Disney’s bum ass still meddled since earlier this year, they changed Peter’s face to look more like Tom Holland. It’s off putting as FUCK because of how young he looks now.

[@gentlemanredefined]

People always ask "when's mahvel" but never "how's mahvel" 😔

[@bluevelocity9166]

I’ll do you one better “Why’s mahvel”

[@ZarelidT]

Old meme lol

[@Jsslade]

Where's Mahvel?

[@blitz-frenchman663]

I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one saddened by the constant absence of Juggernaut in the new MvC games.

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

I like how you go for Max's reaction clips if you need one, pretty reliable source of raw hype. xD

[@angelove3712]

I think he over does it and is overrated

[@fhagane6821]

@@angelove3712 and it's his job, so it's not entirely genuine (he worked for the KI reboot just to name one)

[@math001]

Is Max really enjoyable? Tried to get into watching him back in MvC3 days but he felt too "gamer" for me over the time I've been watching him. Might just be because he's the opposite of the FGC guys that I have watched before that have completely different audiences. Props to him for staying this long though. Lots of the FGC guys I'm talking about are nowhere to be found now outside of tournaments.

[@abandonedaccount3864]

@@math001 he's not for everyone but I've been watching him for a long time. He's tone down some since those days, you might enjoy his content more now depending on what you look for in fighting game content. I recommend his streams personally if you have any interest.

[@math001]

@@abandonedaccount3864 Tekken is the only fighting game I'm playing right now. Maybe I'll get back into watching him once SFVI and MvC4 drops. Watched the recent UMvC3 tournament that he hosted and I like that he brought back his iconic cosplay characters from back then.

[@15chagO]

Never heard of that stone tournament, probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[@xmarksthespot1372]

The rules sound really stupid...

[@magillagorilla57]

The old champs vs new players part was cool, but yeah, the stone thing was really goofy

[@keyblader2k6]

@@xmarksthespot1372 it was 100% gimmicky. even if the rules on how/when to use the stones were more consistent, the very nature of changing your opponents button layout, their characters, or even allowing you the first hit in a game/match isnt fair, period.

[@emina15]

The only good thing to come out of MvCI was that cutscene with Hulk throwing Ryu at a Frenzied Dah'ren Moran while he Shin Shoryuken'd it.

[@enkiduthesin-slayingbeast5306]

1. Ryu satsu no hado turn into power of nothingness shoryuken 2. Captain America and winter soldier special move

[@thelastgogeta]

3. Thanos taking the Satsui no Hado at the end.

[@Mark-pc1eb]

No the only best thing in the story line was that iron man forced Frank west to fight thanos

[@ThirtyfourEC]

I never get tired of the retelling of this game's failure. Just glad Capcom didn't try to call it MvC4

[@DemonicRemption]

@ThirtyfourEC I think there would've been a massive eruption of rage of which would have made recovery impossible had they done so.

[@TonyMiguel-ko7cz]

Incels keep crying. You killed your own favorite game

[@brunonotthemars7856]

IT'S MARVEL, BABY!

[@b9morion]

NEXT YEAR FASHO, BABY!

[@luisreyes1963]

Is it? 😒

[@armorx9638]

@@b9morion Thats what they said last time too...

[@KillaSmit20789]

@@PlausiblyBryce Boy that's just crazy

[@Cringycoot]

Saw this video just when i started getting into mvci: There is actually a very active , albeit smaller, scene for mvci. people has tried the game when it was on sale, and kind of came out of the stereotypes of the graphics and bad story mode: the majority of the competitive cast cared more about gameplay then the story, and the graphics, while not being great by all means, were slick enough to not become distracting or constantly reminding. regarding the cast, it was a give and take: we got several, new and awesome newcomers such as the aforementioned X, Sigma, Thanos, Nova and others, even though some fan favorite ones didn't make it, especially x-men characters. When regarding the gameplay, it is actually quite good - there are less centralizing characters then umvc3, and the majority of the cast is at least playable. combos can still be long, and the game is still hard, but it does a good job slicking the learning curve for newcomers. The infinity stones, while sometimes being niche, are actually quite an interesting mechanic, as it can affect your playstyle and gameplan orientation more then the characters you choose in some cases. I am not going to say MvCI was an overall great game: it clearly lacked overall as a game, and the budget or effort put into it was definitely smaller than in past entries. However, it's still has a fun gameplay, featuring cool newcomers, interesting mechanics, great online and a secretly active community.

[@nikhilbhavani981]

I get what your saying, but Nova isn’t new. He was in UMvC3.

[@Cringycoot]

oh, my bad then lol. of course, there is no problem with prefering dfbz or umvc3 over infinite, just thought it would be cool to show the other side of the story @nikhil bhavani

[@Cringycoot]

@@lightknight1599 ye sorry if my language isnt the best, not a native speaker :/. fixed it now

[@toastytoastuwu6043]

Did you know Bubble boy was in MSH and MvC2 Oops, forgot his name was Thanos

[@SUPERSMASHJONY]

I love how every year a different KZbin channel makes a video about this subject. I hope we get a new one on 2021.

[@GamerTowerDX]

Ok guys prepare your bets,who is beating the dead horse next year!?

[@Protosilver97]

@@GamerTowerDX Core A Gaming.

[@deco7217]

@@GamerTowerDX Sajam

[@El_Chuchuca]

NerdSlayer presents: Death of a Game Marvel vs Capcom Infinite

[@gc3k]

For a long time, "functions" was an accepted talking point among fighting game communities, which Combofiend was a part of. This was an especially prominent excuse for the years-old sprites in KoF '94-XI. One good thing to come out of the MvCI failure was showing how unpopular that line of thinking is. Pure technical analysis, and ignoring everything except hit boxes and frame data, has an important place in strategy and development, but art, presentation and characters can never be discounted

[@JuggerDrops]

"Boy That's Just Crazy!"

[@MikeHawk04]

This game broke my heart.

[@Candysweetcandy]

MVCI: "Welcome to the club" Avengers: "Well, ..."

[@grinbrothers]

A pretty neat coverage of the history of Marvel vs Capcom Infinite with a decent usage of clips throughout. I knew a lot of the development stuff regarding the game but the interview clips with Brutal Democracy (think that was his name), the hilarious sounding Battle for the Stones tournament and the post-revival of Marvel vs Capcom 3 were all new to me. Fantastic job on this fascinating video!

[@atre5763]

Man. It feels like EVERYONE wants to make a "Why Marvel VS Capcom Infinite failed" video.

[@thelastgogeta]

Yeah, I was weary about watching this since Stumblebee and Maximilian already did a good job but this one gets bonus points for interviewing members of the scene and showing where they have gone with UMVC3.

[@tengutribe]

This one of those dead horses ppl like to keep beating🤔

[@tengutribe]

@@rastas_4221 no doubt

[@salbundy2451]

Also seems like EVERYONE loves to bitch about EVERYTHING

[@atre5763]

@@salbundy2451 too true

[@fabolous2006]

Marvel should just make their own game, they don't need capcom anymore

[@Jsslade]

And vice-versa of course.

[@xXSilverMCXx]

how fitting this is posted the day after the MVC3 Lives Twitch Rivals event. It's always mahvel time baybee

[@MoldMonkey93]

They wanted it to fail. They knew if it was good enough, we'd all leave SFV'S trash ass.

[@Jsslade]

Not to mention the MvC before it was simply too good to follow up on

[@justcallmeseth]

Keef was right: BlazBlue wasnt out, it succeeded at first, but now, with the addition of Adachi, who I absolutely wanted, that shit died like MVCI

[@saltybk9357]

Ikr, BBTAG’s new characters are cool, I guess, but dang the game isn’t really fun for me anymore

[@captainmega6310]

Had a longer shelf live though

[@sonictrain1]

3:19 bad cut. I caught that!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

3:33 dood was soooooooo happy. But little did he know his expectations would run low.😂

[@ToruKurosawa]

I really find that Max guy super annoying.. his reactions are way ott and seem really staged..

[@magillagorilla57]

Max is kinda corny, but he's done a lot to support the community too. I don't watch his stuff, but I do respect him.

[@TehShooterx]

Might've seemed that way but marvel is Max's favorite series of all time. Was definitely genuine, he loves marvel

[@Klonoahedgehog]

Does it? When he sees something he genuinely likes his reaction to it seems genuine too.

[@wesleytrout4931]

Dude has always been cringy.

[@Arc_ride]

recorded reactions are cringe period

[@CalciumChief]

2:06 "Capcom". You know this was more Marvel/Disney than Capcom. Capcom would've loved to put X-Men and FF in there and make it look comic book-y rather than promote MCU movies. 6:34 Umm, yeah, no. They were not "owned" by Fox. Marvel ALWAYS had rights to all those characters, they only sold the MOVIE rights to those characters. The only reason for keeping any of those characters out of the game was potentially giving movies not made by Marvel free publicity.

[@tforde2143]

I like Marvel but when he said Blazblue Cross Tag Battle I shot out of my seat. Heck forget Cross Tag Battle I never thought I'd ever hear him say Blazblue. I personally would love for a touch upon the Blazblue series. Whether its Cross Tag Battle or Centralfiction. I guess it would have to be BBTag because it's most recent. But damn that or a video on Undernight In-Birth.

[@GlassGolem]

BBTag was the death blow because it was a 2v2 fighting game just like MvCi. Essentially, people who were upset at MvCi could play DBFZ if they wanted to play something more like classic MvC, and could play BBTag if they wanted to try out this 2v2 fighter thing. (Don't quote me on any of that; I was never a fan of MvC, so I don't actually know what MvC fans thought of BBTag. This is just a sequence of events that makes sense to me.) None of which is to say that MvCi is a bad game, or that BBTag is obviously superior, because that's not the case: MvCi may be no masterpiece, but it's an alright game. And while I may prefer BBTag, it's no masterpiece either, just ok.

[@saltybk9357]

Me over here still waiting for an update for over a year

[@captainmega6310]

Under night would interesting

[@bludika]

i knew MVCI was doomed when they had no X men chars lol

[@abdelali9279]

If there's the only game you can play, MVCI is solid, that happened in a place I worked at, we asked for UMVC3 but got Infinite instead becuase of a clerical error, since we couldn't bring our own games we settled for Infinite and it was good, but it also felt like learning an useless skill because outside our office's break room, no one played the game.

[@B18bVtec]

The hype isn't mvc3, it's in mvc2, this whole video just hides it and doesn't even talk about mvc2.

[@jkt3sc]

MvC3 is though, and unlike 2 you have way more tournament viable characters. Not saying 2 isn't hype but you're full of it if you think 3 isn't especially seeing as it just pulled in an over 30,000 viewer tournament on twitch.

[@sleazyfellow]

When people think mvc they think of 2. Truly one of the last great arcade games. Capcom doesn't release it again because it would of taken infinites thunder away big time..

[@jkt3sc]

@@sleazyfellow People who grew up with arcades think of 2 especially since that's the start of the fighting game dark ages where no new fighting games were really being made by capcom so the only games people really were playing on a competitive level were 3rd strike and MvC2 especially in america. In 2008 SFIV was released and was such a big success it completely revived the Fighting game genre and the FGC to the point that EVO was able to grow to the level it did. Ignoring tatsunoko due to WII exclusive, MvC3 released in 2011 as the FGC was Growing to the heights that it has reached today and has created some of the biggest FGC personalities and rivalries in the communities history with the added effect due too the success of twitch and youtube. Most people who play Fighting games today weren't around during MvC2 as that game was made 20 years ago and was only available to most people in arcades and for a short period of time on Xbox Arcade and Whatever PSN was called on the PS3. Reality is most people haven't played MvC2, which isn't to say it's a bad game just an effect of it being hard to get legally. The fact that most people haven't played it could lead to really high sales though if marvel and disney ever allowed it to be sold again and if it does happen we could see a resurgence in the game again. All in all though fuck Marvel Infinite.

[@sleazyfellow]

@@jkt3sc it didn't only come out on the ps3 psn and xbox arcade for the 360. I had mvc2 on multiple systems, for the dreamcast first and foremost, then ps2, then on the 360... I'd buy it again if it was available on the modern systems. Throw in the powerstone collection and I'd buy that again too. Fighting games might of had a comeback but it's nothing compared to those early to mid 90s days, every time I'd visit an arcade there'd be something new.

[@jkt3sc]

​@@sleazyfellow True on ps2 and xbox my mind ignored them due to fightsticks my bad although not till 2003 in NA, dreamcast wasn't owned by most people though. Again though MvC2 was created in the 2000's not mid 90's, a time where everyone was in awe of the graphics of the ps2 and xbox, and DVD's became the new medium for Movies and TV. Kids in this era generally were playing split screen shooters like Halo, GTA, sports games, etc and when they would go to the arcade they would again play 3D games just off the top of my head games like time crisis, artic thunder they weren't playing 2D fighting games especially so much that the game engraved in there heads. The only Fighting games being played in most peoples houses were all 3D fighters like soul caliber, tekken they were realistic, gritty, ton of content, and great to just pass a controller around without actually trying to get gud. If MvC2 came out during those mid 90's then yes it would be better known to people, but it didn't it came out during a period were everyone owned a ps2 and an xbox and the last thing they wanted was a sprite based game.

[@zaperated3398]

"Swiss cheese swiss cheese swiss cheese", Wolverine (Marvel vs. Capcom 3)

[@magillagorilla57]

The greatest "buff" of all time. Lol

[@trunksfgc3840]

I don't know why it fail, but I know why you'll succeed. Keep up the great work

[@trunksfgc3840]

@ I don't know

[@yaeven4943]

...

[@mitrikgaduk347]

Dead serious, I remember that line. All these characters are just "functions". Holy fuck. When I heard that was their "excuse" for not including X-Men/Fantastic Four/etc, I fucking blew it. I had been following the Disney Marvel scene for some time after the acquisition. I saw what they did to the X-Men in the comics as they tried to replace them, ruin some of the best characters, and basically sent the Fantastic Four behind the shed never to be seen unless they wanted to drive up sales. I saw how they started removing these characters from games and there'd be less and less of them. But this? This was one of the opportunities to put bullshit business aside and give the fans what they want.. Instead, they spat in our faces, and this is what was the result of that. Oh the amount of fanboys who defended this game after the trailers, saying how it wasn't a big deal, etc etc, oh my, yeah, they'd still probably defend this game even now. Personally, I stopped playing many fighting games after it became far too expensive to support. I recently bought SC6 cause' they had a good deal and I got to get back into a franchise I enjoyed in my teens. I can't say the same thing for FighterZ, it's way too expensive, and I never catch sales. Meanwhile Tekken 7 has a complete edition which is a flat price with all content, no bullshit, no confusion, pay one price, get all the content. Other games just don't do that anymore which makes it so difficult for people to even want to get into these games now, especially those who care about cosmetics. Like, you are literally staring at the character you enjoy playing as ALL DAY LONG, ofcourse you should care about cosmetics! Anyway, yeah, this game brought out a lot of bad blood for me, as a long time Marvel fan who has been jaded and apathetic for years, this really did make me feel at least something for a franchise I once I enjoyed. I'll give Ultimate Alliance 3 some credit here, atleast they gave us the characters we wanted via DLC like the Fantastic Four.

[@Fretful_]

Loving how often Akshon uploads

[@wakkaseta8351]

*"With many considering MvC2, to be one of the best fighting games of all time"* - * CvS2 fans raise their collective eyebrow *

[@chiptuna8292]

The fuck is a CvS2?

[@juro7854]

The Millenium Fighting 2001 is about to begin. Hardcore fans have been eagerly anticipating this event and now the waiting is finally over. Check your training wheels at the door, ladies and gentlemen. This is gonna be one incredible battle that won't easily be forgotten. The time has come when the new history is going to unfold. You can feel the intensity in the air as the hopes, dreams, and hearts of these warriors are about to be put to the ultimate test of skill. What they are after is the title of the world's strongest. Now, are you ready to get it on?

[@Fooza05]

@@chiptuna8292 rofl that's what I thought as well. Edit: Oh it's Capcom VS SNK 2 lol

[@chiptuna8292]

@@Fooza05 I still have no idea what that is.

[@MikeHawk04]

Lol stop

[@notmyrealname5865]

This game failed because of art and licensing deals?

[@quartercheese6571]

My first thought was “there was a rise????”

[@Tundric_Schwolf]

People sure did love complaining about X character not being playable when 80% wouldve left them to rot anyways if they were low tier lol.

[@Little_b0t]

Y'know people always talk about the marvel side of the roster being bad but noone talks about how the Capcom side also felt super gutted. No Tron bonne, no Wesker, Vergil, Akuma Phoenix wright, and the more unique visual characters like Viewtiful joe or Amaterasu either. The villain line up for the capcom side was so gutted the only villain with an actual voice on Capcoms side is Jedah, cool as he is it really shows in the storymode which is 90% fighting drones rather than actual adversaries.

[@Matcherino]

Matcherino here, ty so much for the shoutout! We're fortunate to be apart of these amazing communities and help support the players! 💪

[@paulakroy2635]

Just wanted to post Liam Robertson video. Capcom is clearly the ones who basically straved this game of funding giving it less than half the budget of sfv dlc so it's no wonder that this game flop and it deserved to flop. Here's a link to the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZzEn3x5rMp_fK8

[@wingmatrix]

Well the video you linked said a lot about it floping

[@el_yake]

My 2 sons & I have been playing MvC (the first one) for awhile now and recently we came across the 3rd one at a local game store, bought it and loved it. Then I found MvCI cheap on the playstation store & bought it for 9.99, thinking I got it for a great price. Played it and we immediately didn't care for it. Even my 4 year old when he saw the roster to MvCI was like "where's Magneto?" The 9.99 I paid then began to feel like I paid too much now. I found the 3rd one again but the ultimate edition & got that for another 9.99 and upon playing it I had this sense of feeling like "ah, this is more like it." I hope we get another version restored to its original glory one day but for now, My kids & I will be on MvC3 Ultimate!!

[@kmochi-]

awful looking game, but otherwise great mechanics and one of the most fun to play fighting games

[@deadster3504]

I actually liked the game lmao

[@donald3335]

Imagine caring about graphics

[@soapbiter36577]

@@donald3335 Yeah, you're right. We should just close our eyes and totally ignore what we're looking at while playing a game.

[@DarkPh0enix25]

@@donald3335 this is such a BS mentality that always gets thrown around. Sorry I care about the way things look?! Graphics are a big part of games and pretending that it’s vain to care about it is such an immature attitude.

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

@@donald3335 im sorry but for fighting games you NEED good looking art style and graphics.

[@del2684]

Even with the wack roster the game actually failed because of the horrendous mechanics. They removed assist so the game pretty boils down to switch spamming lol. They also tried too hard to make switching punishable by making the characters you switched out from stay on the field a little too long so "happy birthdays" happen more frequently.

[@Kwicc213]

Underrated channel. Quality content. Keep it up!

[@djhero0071]

This was a really fucking great video! It didn’t go as deep as the Wha Happun video from Matt McMuscles but kinda expanded on it while treading some new ground into the MVC community as a whole. It was dope. I wanna give a few thoughts on what happened to MVC:I myself. I feel like there’s 3 huge problems stated here that ultimately killed the game overall; Functions, demo, and release. Now personally I’m a Spider-Man main so it didn’t affect me as much. To hear those characters that people love like Wolverine and Doom not coming back and just being reduced to functions though, it’s like not having Jeffery McWild in Virtua Fighter or E.Honda in Street Fighter. They’re mainstays that have history in the series that people would miss. I don’t know if knowing all their voice lines and stuff is true but they’re endearing to players beyond just their moveset. Combo fiend could’ve easily said “for reasons we can’t discuss (or at this time), we weren’t able to add these characters from this franchise but we’ll announce any plans we have later on”, keeping the door open to adding X-Men and F4 characters later without running Disney or capcom under the bus. There’s also the demo which is just ass. First off, it’s single player. No multiplayer option. FUCKING MARVEL VERSUS CAPCOM 2 ON THE PLAYSTATION THREE HAD A DEMO THAT HAD A VERSUS MODE!!! Secondly, it was story focused that had overly long and awkward cutscenes WITH NO FUCKING EXPLANATION HOW THESE CHARACTERS KNEW EACH OTHER! AND THATS HOW THE FULL RELEASE STORY STARTS!!! (That still makes me mad to think about too). Finally, there was the final demo fight against Ultron Sigma WHICH YOU CANNOT WIN!! Everything about that demo just showcased the fucking WORST about the game while barely giving a chance for the actual gameplay to shine. Sure, you could play as multiple characters but that shit was limited to 90 seconds and it was against brain dead lifeless A.I robots. Especially considering most people who were getting to experience the game at E3 with a VASTLY different demo, this left just about everyone who didn’t have access to E3 with a VASTLY different (and more negative) impression of the game. It was just shit and Disney and Capcom should be ashamed. Finally in my rant was the fucking release which feels like the dumbest shit. Sure, they could’ve had their reason of wanting to have it released for their fiscal year portfolio (or whatever business term shit) or just to make it in time for the holidays except this shit released in September. It had the budget of a single DLC from Street Fighter V. Regardless of their reason, they had all the fucking reason in the world to fund it more and delay it until November or FUCKING HELL, DELAY IT SEVEN FUCKING MONTHS CLOSER TO THE FUCKING MOVIE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO HELP PROMOTE!!! Just so much fucking bollocks and this is one that makes almost zero sense to me. There’s more problems like the story being garbage and shit outside of the game that this and many other videos have gone through but these are my personal top 3 problems that killed this game IMO.

[@spazerabanekozeroshki]

One thing that I don't see people talk about is the arcade mode It is a piss poor of a job. You don't even get to see character endings you just win alternate color patterns. Even then once you finish one fight in the arcade you can exit and earn the color like wtf you can cheese your way through unlocking the rewards

[@djhero0071]

I didn’t even know that fucking game had an arcade mode. All I ever heard people complain about was the story mode and visuals. They could’ve added backstory for the story mode in arcade endings. If you really can just cheese your way through unlocking stuff from the arcade mode then I guess that just shows you the amount of effort put in.

[@thelastgogeta]

In less words, MVC:I would have done better with no story mode. It only served to damage the game's reputation both ad a finished product and prior to release in trailers and a demo. It is understandable that they thought that it was a standard since Tekken 7 had a terrible story mode too but that game didn't present itself around the bad bits first and people had a long time in arcades to appreciate the good stuff.

[@djhero0071]

Personally, I think story adds character and intrigue to a game if done right. The story mode journalist portions of TEKKEN 7 are fucking stupid as hell but I appreciate the attempt. A good story mode can elevate a game to greatness and make it memorable, especially if the gameplay is good as well. I don’t think taking the story away would’ve been the right answer. Maybe allowing the length it needed and letting it build would’ve been the right way. Like, don’t take the Guilty Gear XRD approach and make it a visual novel but fill out the reasons why Ryu and Iron man are fighting. How the worlds came together. Follow the example of the Marvel films in the one area that should be copied: the motherfucking storytelling (within reason since that shit is still a fighting game after all).

[@BEyondViewtiful]

MVCI fell as soon as they said no X-Men will be present 🤦🏽

[@agentboi4794]

Damn Cloud took the words out of my mouth

[@joelkarito7572]

I know marvel had its hand in the jar but capcom not putting in good characters either did not help.

[@mamodokod4613]

I guess that's true but I really think most of the games character issues do come from Marvel because the capcom side is in my opinion pretty good all things considered, they were adding really good characters and new ones, like Monster Hunter, X, Jedah, characters people actually did want and asked for.

[@Darkon2050]

This game was so fun and it was the MVC game that made me wanna go back and give UMVC3 a try, but all the fun mechanics and sick looking combos couldn’t save this game from a roster that most people considered to be lacking, as well as the bad press that it got from the “characters as functions” comment. I still revisit it for an arcade run with Venom and Spider-man from time to time, only to remember that this game doesn’t even have arcade endings. It’s a damn shame it came out this way. It has good gameplay, it’s just lacking nearly everywhere else.

[@RetroReef]

It’s funny. I really enjoying watching your videos covering the history of eSports even though I have no interest in watching eSports and don’t enjoy competitive gaming in general. Well done!

[@dcfanproductions]

I don't care if it's based on MCU the X-Men built this franchise and they got rid of them

[@jdboss1487]

I liked because our boi Mighty Kief was in it

[@kekon3]

The match to watch for anyone curious what this game can look like, may I recommend Knives vs Banehallow from combo breaker 2019 (game 3 hits different) This video doesn’t really get into “so how does it play REALLY? And what can you do if you WANT to get into it”

[@Country-Revival-Collective]

I knew from the moment they said that there would be equal control and input that Disney was going to control everything and was just going to be a watered down version of UMVC3

[@TehShooterx]

Amazing video!! You should cover more things in the fgc. Maybe make one about guilty gear?

[@worstspytf2824]

Hey, least Disney didn't PURPOSLY try to kill the game (12:33 Bottom middle)

[@magillagorilla57]

To be fair, Nintendo has other games in the series that they want to promote. I get if you're a melee person and you want to be able to play it over other versions, but at least you know you will get Smash Bros support in the future. That is not guaranteed for Marvel fans...

[@justj485]

You should cover BBTAG/BBCF History that would be such a cool video

[@skeletor4436]

The reason due to x men and fantastic 4 characters being excluded was't due to fox owning the rights as fox only owned the movie rights but game rights still belonged to marvel it's just that marvel did't want to essentially give free advertising to fox hence why the x men and fantastic 4 had been absent in so many comics and games

[@FriedHedgehogBalls]

X-Men comics were very popular around then. i think they were Marvel's best selling comics around that time so they def werent missing there

[@lazyfigninja]

Yo thank you so much for this video. UMVC3 is one of the games I played the most growing up and I didn't know about the mod and newer scene. After hearing about it, I may just have to take the plunge.

[@keithgawain3614]

Thanos, in MvC Infinite: I am...inevitable Vergil, only playable in Ultimate MvC 3: And...I AM THE STORM THAT IS APROOOOOOAAAAAACHIIIIIIIIIIING

[@DigiMatt52]

The Stone tournament was interesting, but it should have been a quirky side event with a normal one as the main event.

[@strtfghtr88]

A Marvel vs Capcom game without Wolverine, is like Street Fighter without Akuma and Mortal Kombat without Reptile.....

[@MFMagnus]

It'd be interesting to see you guys make a video about Dissidia NT and how its console/global release flopped super hard when it was considered the most popular game in JP arcades for a good while. Even over the likes of Gundam.

[@Medleypon]

I love your content! Any chance you could do a video on BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle or Under Night In-Birth?

[@idoshanintendo]

Oh my god I was playing this game right now!

[@JohnnyBlayze]

Song at 4:15 ? I know I heard it sometime long ago

[@Astraldymensions]

Damn you got Cloud on the mic? Love that dude!

[@keyblader2k6]

2 things i would have added in: 1) that same interview with combofiend, the marvel representative legitimately suggested that people might not remember the x-men, despite the fact that x-men movies have been in theaters for over 15 years and even a few more being released shortly after infinites release. 2) while much of the blame does indeed rightfully goes to marvel/disney, some of it does have to go to capcom because they ultimately agreed to work with them even with all of those restraints. theres no other legitimate reason as to why capcoms side of the roster had to faulter as well because its highly doubtful that an outside company could/would dictate what characters capcoms end

[@ChefAndyLunique]

Side tangent, it’s very strange to not see a Keef reaction video to evo this year

[@jasonvantablue4434]

Should've brought in Jako Man for an interview haha

[@lonewolffang]

X-men: Children of the Atom to me was the start of it when Akuma was their secret character and got the ball rolling for the franchise.

[@Axeldjn13]

An incredible video! Reminds me why I love fighting games so much: the community

[@kentucky_ken]

The absence of Wolverine alone hurts me.

[@Woodsy2575]

It was essentially a movie tie-in down to the tournament structure, there I saved ya some time

[@KeizerSosebee]

They just didnt want me to break the game again. And i was looking foward to footdiving on captain marvel's face

[@NabaniSaa]

You know what's hilarious. Keef was right, BBTag did flop, but at least it made it's mark by gatekeeping MvC:I.

[@KillaSmit20789]

It was garbage. Gate keep 🤣🤣🤣

[@kizunadragon9]

UMVC3 is back at Evo 2023

[@m.thorton9305]

Capcom : want to create another good MvC Disney : *I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING*

[@Neoxon619]

That’s a common misconception, Disney isn’t really that involved in the affairs of Marvel Games.

[@wakkaseta8351]

@@Neoxon619 They're anal about enforcing "Brand Synergy" in regards to their IPs though. That's why a lot of people call them difficult to work with.

[@odindarkll3706]

@@Neoxon619 you should see what they've done to Kingdom Hearts 3... It'll definitely change your opinion

[@Realsupergingerman]

​@@Neoxon619Oh but they do

[@Jsslade]

@@Neoxon619 Keep lying to yourself buddy.

[@kyurei4478]

Touching to see the MVC community following the steps of the Melee community. Marvel Versus Capcom Infinite is basically the Brawl of Smash. And the 2 communities had the same love for the previous instalment. Tragic that things turned out that way but inspirational for other fighting communities which would suffer from that situation.

[@coreytrevor1920]

Brawl is no where near as bad as MVCI

[@kyurei4478]

I don't think it's better honestly. Competitive Brawl was very bad. But that's not the point. I was just pointing out the fact that these games had a similar story and impact in their respective franchise.

[@iransilva5857]

@@coreytrevor1920 you mean to say mvci is nowhere near as bad as brawl. cause mvci actualyl has fun gameplay

[@islandboy9381]

​@@coreytrevor1920Single player content and visuals yes Brawl absolutely bodies, but competitive/multiplayer? Hell no

[@PhantoRoyce]

I remember I worked at GameStop when this game out when the “Easter egg” controversy was happening with the infinite editions. Those things stayed collecting dust the whole time I worked there

[@yesitwasmejojo3324]

Love your stuff just subbed

[@kuyaRussel]

what is the name of the background music at 4:13?

[@Jsslade]

Idk the name but it's from the original Animal Crossing

[@kylejohnson8447]

I really should go study, but your channel got me on quite the binge.

[@danieltravison2871]

excellent presentation as always

[@youngsinatra1]

Whats the track that starts playing at 13:15 and at the end

[@chiptuna8292]

MVC3 main or title theme IIRC

[@markwhitaker5429]

Really nice presentation 👏 👌 👍 😀

[@SeraNeph]

I thought it's some Capcom PR manager who said that they're just functions, not by a reputable FGC player.

[@psychobluesfxt]

Prior to working for Capcom, Combofiend was a reputation FGC player, but by the time he talked about functions he was already four years removed from his playing days.

[@MrGonz801]

I feel like unless the next MvC game uses the mechanics from MvCI, MvCI will be the 3rd strike of the VS series, because if you think about it, SF3 did what MvCI did in terms of giving legacy functions to new characters and it didn't really sell too well back in the day, but now it's regarded as the pinnacle of fighting game prowess.of course MvCI isn't as complex as 3rd Strike, but the way tag-assist works in MvCI just hits different

[@chriskeepit100]

😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 hell naw