EuroGamer.com has a two page interview with Marvel vs. Capcom 3's producer, Ryota Niitsuma. Eurogamer: How do you go about balancing the superhero characters, many of whom are insanely powerful, so that they are not overpowered versus the Capcom characters?
Ryota Niitsuma: Yeah, it's a good question. When you think about it, when you're reading the character descriptions or if you know everything about the characters and their settings - even Ryu, he may be able to launch a hadoken, but he's only a mere mortal against the Marvel characters.
Having said that, we have to incorporate all the characters and balance them up. I started off thinking about deleting all the superheroes' natural powers to start with and picking up any powers I can incorporate into the game to balance it out.
Some of the characters are immortal. They can live forever. You have to take it as it is, you know what I mean? Otherwise the game wouldn't exist.
Eurogamer: Which character has proved to be the most difficult to balance?
Ryota Niitsuma: Hulk and Thor, they are huge in size. In comparison to those guys – we're just talking about the revealed characters at the moment – Amaterasu from Okami?, he's only about this height [lowers hand to the floor].
So against Hulk it's quite difficult to ensure the animation of the movement and effects are right. That was quite difficult to balance up.
Thanks to David_I for the tip.
There's not really much new information in this interview. I doubt Amaterasu and Hulk were the hardest characters to balance, though. It's probably that "crazy character" that Set was talking about. Niitsuma just can't talk about that character in the interview.
I really hope that "crazy character" is NOT MODOK.
@Sh3azu
You won't be saying "cool" once your "First!" post is deleted.
Marvel characters should always be stronger than capcom characters. Because that is reality, Thanos was pathetic crap-tier in in MSH which in fact he should've been god-like.
I want broken characters because I live to read rants and moans, trolls about broken characters. The suffering is priceless.
All Hail to MvC Sentinel/Magneto/Storm players.
Deadpool would win because he's immortal? He was beaten by Squirrel Girl! And Dante's healing factor is at least as good as Deadpool's, and he's just as "immortal"... lousy reasoning for an answer ;).
^ Lol, good joke.
Anyway: Nothing new here. Comics fans we know that any character from Marvel is more powerful in general compared to Capcom fighters.
That's Niitsuma-sama say it's not the point. But reading it all he has a good point, tough. Needs dedicate to buff/nerf characters moves that he implement in the game for all the characters.
Niitsuma shouldn't sell the Capcom guys short. Some of them are plenty strong in their own right. Dante, Wesker, Amaterasu, Joe(He's like a min-Flash with his mach speed and he can slow time). These are all plenty strong characters that at least have a shot against some of the weaker Marvel guys. Of course once you start getting into the Hulk and Thanos range, yeah, Capcom seems to be pretty outclassed; but that's the nature of comic books and super heroes.
Even Ryu, who Niitsuma claims is "just a mortal" would have a decent shot against some like, say, Cyclops.
Why modok? He just has a dumb desighn and wouldnt look good in this game in my opinion! Hagger or Hugo is what we need!
Is there anyone here that doesn't have a favorite character in yet? Or a previous character they used to use from the past games from cota to mvc1.
Shooting Star Rockman for MvC3.
You know it's coming, guys.... XD
@#20
Right. I remember when he was answered letters once, someone asked if he could survive a point blank nuclear explosion or something, since Wolverine's healing factor let him survive one. Deadpool said that Fabian thought that was extremely silly. Wolverine was like ashes or something and regenerated in 2 panels or something. So that's something Deadpool's healing factor wouldn't be able to handle, unless some new writer plothax him.
if MODOK makes it in,well i two words 2 say hmm hmm EPIC FAIL!
he'll be one of the worst and bad looking character in the Game
we prefer returing characters like Megaman,Srider,Capt Commando,Gambit,Strom,Psylock,,and Vemon
and new characters like Black Cat,She-Hulk,Carnage,Vergil,Frank West,Zero,Hagger
MODOK is 2 butt ugly and short 2 be in this game
StuntmanJames #17, I agree with you 100% Hugo would be the best replacement for Zangief. Hagger would be cool, but C'mon he's basically Zangief from America lol. Hugo is much more interesting and has cooler moves, plus I love his animations and how he moves. His theme music from Street fighter 3 would be cool for MvC 3 to.
Interesting read. Nothing particularly new or exciting but info is info.