H. P. Lovecraft would be proud - The Shuma-Gorath thread!

figuer39 · January 28, 2011, 4:08am

Wow, your sig is win, Flashy Nights.

Flashy_Nights · January 28, 2011, 4:25am

Thx yo, after seeing Sent’s trailer man I hyped for Shuma Sents animation is wonderful, there no doubt in my mind that Shuma won’t be marvelous.

D-Proto · January 28, 2011, 6:19am

so where are the shuma videos? D=

figuer39 · January 28, 2011, 6:30am

My thoughts exactly. Sentinel looks GORGEOUS.

Shuma-Gorath is going to be just as beautiful as Capcom has said. Mark my words.

Flashy_Nights · January 28, 2011, 6:42am

I just hope the guide book that coming out on the 3rd or 4th give us some type of Shuma Gorath information so we will have something to talk about in here.

Flashy_Nights · January 28, 2011, 8:04am

Marvel didn’t want Shuma but Capcom did.

How did the process of character selection work; which characters did you request from Marvel but didn?t make the cut?
Generally speaking Marvel weren?t really top-down on this project so they wouldn?t reject anything upfront, but they would counter-suggest other characters who were more appropriate and we?d tend to agree with them. We?d say, ?We want to use so-and-so, what do you think?? And they?d say, “This has happened in the Marvel world so why not use this instead?” But it was all a friendly negotiation on good terms. One interesting case was [giant demon eye] Shuma-Gorath. It was actually a suggestion from us, but Marvel didn?t want this character to be in it and wanted to suggest another character. We threw a tantrum and said, ?We want this character!? They eventually gave in and said if it was going to be added as a DLC character they?d approve ? so we were rather happy about Shuma-Gorath.

Did they give a reason for not wanting characters in the title?
It?s a difficult situation because I gather the selection priorities Marvel have are strongly correlated to their character strategy for
the future so they want to push characters they?re going to push in the next few years. I don?t think Shuma-Gorath is in that so I don?t think we can expect ‘Shuma-Gorath: The Movie’ anytime soon. They have their priorities: they want popularity to be the main criteria for their choice while our one is proprietary for fighting games ? Capcom loves odd characters and we see things in oddities, so Shuma-Gorath was a must, but perhaps they didn?t think so?

Marvel Vs Capcom Returns | Edge Magazine

Good sh8t Capcom.

Killer_Jigglypuff · January 28, 2011, 8:09am

This makes Mega Man fan’s claims that Capcom doesn’t know how to pick a roster even more ridiculous.

figuer39 · January 28, 2011, 4:02pm

Long live Capcom! These guys have a love for art.

I told you guys that it was definitely Capcom’s idea to bring Shuma-Gorath back.

Macarratti · January 28, 2011, 10:39pm

Good call capcom

Waste_of_Flesh · January 29, 2011, 9:43am

Well hey there fellas!

I’m actually not brand new…I had an older account but it seems to have been missing. The old account actually used to have Shuma Gorath’s name in it. I think it was xxShuma_Gorathxx or something like that.

ANYWAY, nice to see a thread dedicated to my most beloved one-eyed wonder! Where was all the Shuma love when MvC2 was out?!?!?!? Oh yeah, that’s probably because he kinda sucked in that game, lol. Well, I look forward to sticking around and discussing Shuma strats and tactics with everybody.

LET THE TENTACLED BROTHERS UNITE.

-Cody

figuer39 · January 30, 2011, 3:00am

Hell yeah.

Flashy_Nights · January 30, 2011, 3:03am

I rocked Shuma Gorath in MvC2, I was top tier in the The Crenshaw district.

I live and DIE for the Old One.

PsychoJosh · January 30, 2011, 4:54am

I’m making a comic where Shuma-Gorath befriends a little girl. It’s all cute and they go for picnics and stuff and he plants “beholder flowers” from his dimension in her garden and they have lots of fun until Shuma-Gorath has to go back to Marvel land.

Killer_Jigglypuff · January 30, 2011, 4:59am

I’m very glad I didn’t stop reading at that point.

PsychoJosh · January 30, 2011, 5:00am

Yeah yeah, I expected that response. But no, it’s nothing like… that.

Flashy_Nights · January 30, 2011, 5:00am

I kno

figuer39 · January 30, 2011, 7:56pm

Ha ha. I bet that comic would look something like this:

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Flashy_Nights · January 31, 2011, 1:53am

^ that vid is godlike.

figuer39 · January 31, 2011, 8:26pm

Ha ha, yeah, isn’t it? I love it!

God_s_Beard · January 31, 2011, 8:41pm

I dressed up as Shuma Gorath for the create an intro contest to get into the Gamespot tournament.