When's Mahvel?

I know it's on all your minds, don't even try to tell me it isn't... it probably isn't though... *ahem* I am of course talking about Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, and the fact that it was announced 3 months ago and we have yet to hear any more information regarding the same, and I know Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 was just re-released and I loved that but I am ready to see more of infinite.So before I continue to endlessly ramble and fanboy let's get down to what we know so far;

What we know;

First, and arguably most importantly, the confirmed roster so far remains the initial 6 presented during the Play Station Experience/Capcom Cup which are Megaman, X, Ryu, and Morrigan on the Capcom side and Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Captain America on the Marvel side.

As is immediately obvious and as I made mention to in my original post, the tag system will be a more intimate 2v2 a la Tatsunoko vs Capcom instead of the series' staple 3v3. This new change to the system was quoted to be "more elegant and simplified without losing it's complex and hardcore nature" by Marvel's Executive Producer, Mike Jones. (personally I am excited for this more fluid partnership between the characters, compared to requiring an assist to be viable.)

They are bringing back Marvel Superheroes Infinity Stone system!!! 2017 is the year of nostalgia mah readers!!

We are apparently getting an actual cinematic story mode, something that Marvel 3 promised but failed to deliver on, and seeing this prospect returning with more certainty from both Marvel and Capcom's sides, I am very excited at the possibility. I am a crossover nut, MvC being my all time fave.

There have been ramblings about where initially we thought that like UMvC3, the Marvel character pool would be created to be in part, marketing for their upcoming films, therefore we should have expected an influx of Avengers over X-men. However, recent rumors and news blogs seem to say that Marvel has creative freedom and is not tied to the MCU, if that is true, I am very excited to see the absurdity that could be the diverse character pool from both ends.

Last but not least, though not tied to this game directly, it is worthy to note, that Capcom will most likely use this game as a springboard to re-introduce ome of their older IPs and characters, so that they may reboot a lot of "dead"series, which an entirely seperate exciting possibility that I am all for!

But as excitingly vague as all that sounds, that's all we know "for sure", ignoring all the fake new year's leak mumbo jumbo... and that begs the question...

Is Mahvel going the Injustice route?

So if you follow fighting games at all, I am sure you have heard of a little known game called Injustice 2, basically Netherealms DC fighter that had a very popular first go around, and it's second installment looks to be doing things bigger and better. That said, the development of injustice 2 was very hush hush for many months after it's reveal, and now, in the last 2 months before its releasewe are getting almost weekly updates, trailers, and character reveals, so much so that the internet blows up about it every week. Now this is a good business tactic because it gets the hype on a continous level until release, HOWEVER, in the early months a lot of fans of the series felt sluggish, and concerned about all the silence. It's as they say, outta sight, outta mind.... It's a tough balancing act, no doubt.

Now, that begs the question, should MvCI go down this same marketing tactic? Should they hold off on any new updates or reveals until a few months before launch? Do you think they should sprinkle some early updates now to keep the game on people's radar and then do a big blowout of information at the end of the year? Maybe ignore character reveals and just release longer gameplay videos or a beta with just the 6 characters they have featured? I mean their twitter is dead too, there is silence on this game, and I personally need more haha. What do you think?

Perhaps, they just want us to play the re-release of UMvC3 and be quiet about MVCI until they are good and ready to show everything, so until they are, I guess all we can do is continue to ask "When's Mahvel Babeh?"

Maybe Capcom will manage to continue bringing back Shuma Gorath, for all I know Mahvel is the only reason he is still fresh in the community haha. Anyhow, are you all looking forward to Mahvel? Are you more patient than I am? Do you even like fighting games? Feel free to let me know your thoughts!

Much Love,

Wachi

♪Gonna take you for a ride, ta na na na; Gonna take for a ride ta na na na na ta♫