Itās possible, but not as probable as it would be with other people as he usually doesnāt say anything related to Capcom unless something Marvel is brewing. Itās very strange that he would generically say āthings are happeningā and not really referring to anything specific like the āAkumaā reveal. Like he knows that something else outside of SFV is going down. Most of his other recent tweets seem to be about Tekken so him strangely coming out of almost the blue (after no real reports of him rumoring for a long time) to talk about things happening is a very good sign for Marvel.
Iām not sure what came first between these leaked pictures and him talking, but itās way too much of a coincidence. Heās pretty much on a 100 percent track record for things happening with Marvel when he talks. No one has really posted him revealing anything SFV related, but now all of a sudden he has this āthings are happeningā tweet on the exact time that new rumors and leaks suddenly appear. Plus Mr.Wizard playing with the idea on twitter as well.
I mean, Marvel may not like X-Men, but:
-Sony does, and could use it as leverage for PS4 exclusivity
-Theyāre historic to the VS games
-Wolverine on his own is going to sell copies
Marvel would be dumb to throw such a vital fan base under the bus. Bringing in people via Wolverine/Storm/Magneto makes their exposure pushes much more effective.
They specifically added characters in Marvel 3 that were getting movie releases soon after, so yes, they will care a lot. It was said during Marvel 3 that Marvel pretty much dictated which characters Capcom could use in the title. The picks that Marvel chose were extremely coincidental considering the movie launches of the last 3 or 4 years. More than half the Marvel 3 cast and some of the cameo characters either has a standalone movie or was in an Avengers/Civil War film.
Capcom coincidentally threw in Strider right before Double Helix made a new video game for him as well.
He also leaked the Street Fighter X Tekken Roster, including Mega Man, Pac-Man and the 12 DLC characters as well. IIRC, he also leaked some stuff for MK9 back in the day, I think it was some X-Ray descriptions and the existence of Skarlet as their first DLC character and claims he couldāve leaked the Soul Calibur V roster, but kept it to himself. Itās definitely interesting that heās resurfacing now, given that large of a successful track record. I doubt heād be referring to Akuma being in SFV, since thatās what people have all pretty much been expecting since that trailer at the end of Red Bull Battlegrounds. Guess weāll see next week either way. All aboard this tentative hype train! WOO! WOO!
I can see She-Hulk come back just to add to the female count to the Marvel roster. She was the only female on the Marvel roster that wasnāt an X-Man.
Marvel has been throwing X-Men fans under the bus for the last two years. There are other characters they want to push whoās film rights they own.