Thanos got revealed as the villain of the whole Infinity arc in the first Avengers movie, 5 years ago, probably not a huge spoiler now.
It’s a T-rated game, they’ll probably compromise by giving him brutal looking moves that don’t draw blood. Kinda like how Cammy snaps your neck for her 2nd ultra and certain bladed characters bloodlessly impale and stab each other.
If he’s in the game. Though if Frank and Shocker are in the game, i wonder if they would have Shocker reference the time he beat him when facing off.
Or they’ll just stick to weapons for him. After all, we had several gun users last time.
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Strider is like Capcom’s punisher. I’ve read some of his mangas, and he murders his targets. One comic had him decapitate a soldier.
Maybe Punisher is a better pair for Strider than Spider-man due to their anti-heroish attitude?
I dunno, just being an anti-hero doesn’t make you just like the Punisher.
But he is still the big purple guy. Nobody knows his motivations and stuff.

I dunno, just being an anti-hero doesn’t make you just like the Punisher.
Brutalizing the bad guys does though.

Or they’ll just stick to weapons for him. After all, we had several gun users last time.
True, but I’m thinking about throws and such. I can easily see him having a similar throw to BB Hood’s throat slash. Also, like Cable, I think they’d be willing to give him some moves other than just guns for the sake of variety. Can see him having a knife special and some form of close combat special, though would be funny if they gave him a few moves from the Punisher arcade game; flip kick, roundhouse slash, jumping slam, giant swing or that Izuna drop thing hah.

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There was this guy who gave a leak in GFAQS that Ryce exposed as bullshit. Now what is interesting about this fake leaker is that he posted only 12 characters, 12 characters that i think the majority strongly felt were going to be in the game.
this is his fake leak
Ryu, Cap, IM, X, Morrigan, and Carol are obviously in the game and i think it’s obvious that Spiderman will be in this. Which means either Commando, Strider, Wolverine, Storm, or Akuma are not going to be in this game. http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/202465-marvel-vs-capcom-infinite/74815073?page=3
I just got word from Dev that no Moto Kikaku logo was shown in the credits during the reveal which may indicate that Strider isn’t going to be in this game.
With Storm and Wolverine, i want it to be true though.

just5moreminutes:PSYCH0J0SH:
I’m just wondering why they can’t put in an unexpected Street Fighter character like Hugo.
I mean MVC2 was loaded with Street Fighters. Ever since the XvSF days these characters have fit comfortably with the Marvel cast because they’re implied to have superpowers of their own. Hugo certainly wouldn’t be out of place, I imagine his strength is on par with the big guys of Marvel. With his screen coverage and armor he could be a decent point character, especially if they gave him EX versions of his moves.
You do realize that Street Fighter was so heavy in the early games because Capcom already had the sprites, right? Same for X-Men, honestly. Even for a grappler, there are better choices from Street Fighter (Zangief, Alex) and Final Fight (Haggar, Sodom/Retu).
Shortlist of Street Fighters that are likely to get in (after Ryu and the inevitable Chun-Li)
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[] Zangief: The true grappler, he’s iconic and covers a distinct archetype. Only reason he won’t get in is Capcom going with Haggar or something over him.
[] Akuma: Akuma has been in every Marvel game since COTA (secret character, was also a summon for MSH Anita), and is really popular. However, I can see him sitting this one out to avoid having a second shoto.
[] Rashid: Big hit from SFV, would make an ideal cross-promotion. Seeing how they made Viper for MvC3, I would personally be excited to see his wind mechanics in this game, particularly if Storm isn’t in.
[] Necalli: The other SFV character with some chance, he could actually work well if they add in his cutscene powers as moves. Venom/Wolverine hybrid anyone?
[] Bison: Main villain of SFV and iconic character. Capcom could include him to round out the villain quota, and the amount of variance in his move list across all games gives them a crazy amount of material to work with.
[] Juri: As some have mentioned, the main reason Juri never made it into MvC3 was that SSF4 was being developed concurrently and Capcom had no idea she’d take off. If we’re not getting Zero and Mega Man doesn’t charge busters, Juri could get her projectile store back. This is Marvel, so you could have her dive kicks back too along with her chainable special from SFV. Who doesn’t want Time Stone Juri anyway?
[] Gill: A long stretch, but his powers would work much better in Marvel, and he’s been cropping up a lot in requests lately.
[] Viper: She worked well in MvC3 and wasn’t in SFV; why fix what ain’t broke? (or in mahvel terms, “what IS broke?”)
[] Alex: Off-grappler, appeared in TvC. If Capcom wants to throw back even further to that game, Alex might have a chance.
[] Decapre: Yes, seriously. She’s just over-the-top enough to fit as a Marvel character, but I don’t anticipate a good reaction if she’s in…
[/list]You could add Ibuki and Ingrid to that list too, since the former was being considered as the SFIII rep for TVC, back when they were originally kicking around the game having 4 Street Fighter Reps, (Ryu-SF1, Chun-Li-SFII, Zangeif-SFII/Grappler, Ibuki-SFIII) before they decided to cut both her and Gief to go with Alex, both because he was the Main Character of TVC, which was a theme that roster was focusing on, and because he was also a Grappler, allowing them to bench the Red Cyclone and save a single slot for another franchise entirely, and the latter had a Test Model for the game, and as I’ve said before, would likely be more fitting for a Vs. Title than a numbered Street Fighter entry, due to her Goddess status and powerset, on top of her being the creator of Pandora in Street Fighter X Tekken and making an appearance in Project X Zone 2. I could totally see her wanting to keep the Infinity Stones out of the hands of people like Thanos, Ultron, Sigma, Wesker, Bison, Octopus, Dorm, Shuma, Doom, etc. Also, at the risk of being anal, do we REALLY count Mode Change Ryu as Ken and Akuma being in MVC1, when that whole System was created as a way to keep their play styles, in but physically keep them OUT?
You forgot Ingrid.

VenomMelendez:
I dunno, just being an anti-hero doesn’t make you just like the Punisher.
Brutalizing the bad guys does though.
Wolverine does the same thing. Still doesn’t make him like the Punisher.

Zatalcon:
VenomMelendez:
I dunno, just being an anti-hero doesn’t make you just like the Punisher.
Brutalizing the bad guys does though.
Wolverine does the same thing. Still doesn’t make him like the Punisher.
I see what you mean, but Wolverine isn’t the best example to use. Him and Frank have had dark views of the world, and operated in ways that embrace the death and violence aspect of “cleaning up the streets”. It’s not even just that Wolverine kills, it’s also that throughout his life he’s embraced vengeance, torture and darker means at getting the job done. He has though, had moments where he’s tried to tame the wild beast within, but there was that struggle to resist that turning of turmoil into bloody death. There was a reason Punisher and Wolverine joined in on the action in Hearts of Darkness.
I lowkey hope Ken & Akuma get in as DLC vs what could be Marvel’s own shotos in the form of Miles & Spider-Gwen. They’re all fan favorites who wouldn’t require that much work if they’re shotos, so it’s not like they’d take up spots from more unique characters.

Hawkingbird:
Zatalcon:
VenomMelendez:
I dunno, just being an anti-hero doesn’t make you just like the Punisher.
Brutalizing the bad guys does though.
Wolverine does the same thing. Still doesn’t make him like the Punisher.
I see what you mean, but Wolverine isn’t the best example to use. Him and Frank have had dark views of the world, and operated in ways that embrace the death and violence aspect of “cleaning up the streets”. It’s not even just that Wolverine kills, it’s also that throughout his life he’s embraced vengeance, torture and darker means at getting the job done. He has though, had moments where he’s tried to tame the wild beast within, but there was that struggle to resist that turning of turmoil into bloody death. There was a reason Punisher and Wolverine joined in on the action in Hearts of Darkness.
Just Illustrating that brutalizing people doesn’t make him like the Punisher. Only a badly written Wolverine is used as a savage killing machine. There’s a lot of nuance to Logan that the Punisher doesn’t have. Logan didn’t give up on life like Frank, Logan tries to redeem people who he feels can be helped, he’s a person that lives to atone for all the bad things he did in his life. Moon Knight is another brutal anti-hero and he’s nothing like Frank neither.
Blind Al needs to make this game.
Is there any possiblity of the funniest anime out there can get a character in this game?
Ixion Saga DT?

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