Capcom employees answered a handful of questions recently on the Unity Boards. There isn't anything here that's going to blow your mind, but instead Capcom tries to explain some of the reasoning behind the decisions they're making about the games that are or aren't in development.
Will Marvel vs. Capcom 3 have a 1v1 mode, where you can only pick a single character?
Seth: Sorry guys, no plans for a "1v1" mode in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
I suppose if that's something you'd really like to do, you could set up player matches (with voice or PM) and just specify no tagging out, no using assists, etc., and just each play using the character you started with. That would essentially be an easy way to get what you're asking for, regardless of whether its been programmed into the game or not.
Shame, I would have thought a 1v1 mode would be easy to implement.
Rey Jimenez: Nothing that sounds easy is actually easy in reality to implement when it comes to adding a new feature, especially this late in the game. There's a lot more work than you think in the actual feature that needs to be done as well as additional user interface and debug time.
Could you guys just take the Street Fighter 1 characters and HD Remix that game without creating a new one? I don't want a whole new game, I just want an enhanced version of the old one with a new engine, the other fighters playable and better gameplay.
Rey Jimenez: From a development standpoint, your still asking for a new game. If Street Fighter 4 had only SF1 characters, regions, story, etc., that is still making a new game from the ground up considering everything that had do go into it. Remember, you're asking for, "a completely new engine, more updated graphics, better gameplay, make other characters besides just Ryu and Ken selectable, and give them their own stories." If the only thing that remains the same are the characters and locale, that's basically creating a whole new game considering all of the work that has to be done.
Are you going to release Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the PlayStation Network so we can play it on the PlayStation 3?
Sven: Maybe it'll happen some day but not yet. Not yet.
If you bought one of the costume packs for the Street Fighter 4 series, the complete costume pack isn't available for purchase on PSN. Is that right?
Sven: Correct. That's Sony's silly policy unfortunately. It keeps people from buying content that duplicates what they already own (even when doing so is the better deal). I don't really understand it either.
Are you going to release more of the pads you made for the PSP version of Alpha 3?
Sven: Alas, they were a one shot deal. We've not got any more and we've got no plans to produce more.
I don't think Sony was thrilled with us producing those in the past. 8)
Could you re-do Gem Fighter? I'd like a re-release with HD graphics. You could reuse the models and animation from Puzzle Fighter's re-release.
Seth: I think everyone else here has beaten me to the punch with some pretty solid reasons, but even your point about the models being similar and sharing animation frames with Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo doesn't help the case :(
In Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, the character animations weren't redrawn in HD, they were just up-rez'd with filters. It was the blocks themselves and the rest of the screen that was redrawn in HD from the ground up — doing all the character's was cost-prohibitive even then, so would be just as bad with Gem Fighter (and Gem Fighter would probably sell a lot fewer units to try and recoup that cost).
Twas a fun game, but probably not heading for the HD remix treatment anytime soon. And just so it's not all bad news, one of my favorite Gem Fighter combo vids: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK35NLpaYkI
Are you guys thinking about making a crossover between Marvel and DC Universe?
Sven: My mind boggles at the price tag and approval hurdles of such a project. 8)
Mortal Kombat vs. DC sucked
It sucked because of DC.
No...no,no,no,no,no...No...No.
@#2
No, it sucked because Midway was making the game while they were dirt poor, and the fact that the Mortal Kombat games stagnated after Armageddon (I don't care what anyone says, Deception was an insanely fun game, and critics agree with me). Mortal Kombat vs DC was a fun party game in its own right; you just couldn't play it competitively.
I do long for the day of Marvel vs DC vs Mortal Kombat vs Kapcom ( ;) )... But Tekken vs Street Fighter will have to satiate me for crazy fighting game cross overs for the years to come. King will be laying waste to the SF cast?
1vs1 MvsC3 lol
I can imagine most of the match ups being 9-1 haha
Remaking SF1 with a new engine lol
The things people say :D
The only game I want to be a remake is X-men: Children of the Atom. It doesn't have to be in HD Remix. But would love it to be balanced. Not just Sentinel and Wolverine xD. That or Marvel Superheroes! Juggernaut FTW! loved those games. Thank God for Emulators..
Ahh pocket fighter HD would be awesome. Not sure where my copy is...its with my alpha anthology which I can't find DX!! But I would buy that game over psn! It would make my day to play online in that game :D
pocket fighter:that's a game that needed more characters IMO. Online would be Ryu,Ken and believe it or not the top tier Dan.
@Utils
Whoever says that NEVER says, "this WILL blow your mind". So you are right, there is no point in saying it at all if they never say the opposite.
We should just get the article and read at OUR discretion.
If we want every tidbit we will click. If not, we wont.
However a very small "new" info, icon at the top left of the article would be nice.
Although most of us would click anyway in fear that the poster is wrong.
i'm waiting on them to ask capcom to remake super street fighter 4 with "hd graphics and new story" hahaha
sf1? are you serious?
(You have a character in MVC3? Don't hold back on the community, now!)
i was joking btw just an example of the kind of questions they ask
The excuse on the 1 on 1 mode being more complicated to implement than it looks is a terrible excuse. All they would have to do is start a fight where two characters are KOed from the start. It doesn't have to be more complex than that.
Seth's suggestion to create 1v1 matches is absurd, I'm unsure how it's an "easy way to get what you're asking for, regardless of whether its been programmed into the game or not."
Take into account that you have 2 other characters and remaining time that would just be a waste. Seth's suggestion is inane since there are so many factors that preclude creating a 1 on 1 match that such a way is the essence of inefficiency.
His justification for not having this mode is highly lacking and insufficient.
One on ones? when I look at this article, I laugh!! Omg you people don't seem to understand that if they put one on ones it wouldn't be marvel vs capcom, it would be an capcom vs snk type games and some fans won't like that. One on ones would ruin the franchise probably in the game.
JMJ_Th3_Wik3d I think it's you that doesn't understand. CVS 2 had multiple ways to make matches 1 on 1, are you thinking that it would be akin to the ratio system? That's not what people are asking for, MVC 3's main game is 3 on 3 but people want the option to have a separate mode to have 1 on 1 matches, like 1 on 1 online or versus or 3 on 3 versus, not mix both modes together in a ratio system or other mixed way. I don't see why people are so against this mode, I can't comprehend how this would completely ruin the game to have a vs. mode of 1 on 1.
I remember the playstation port of the versus series in a way was just 1 on 1. It was still not that bad to play but makes you wonder why they could never get that down... I know back in MS VS SF, they had the tag mode... but you had to have the exact same characters as your opponent to tag in and out.
Those were really some retarded ass questions. 1v1 in an MVC game? A "new engine" with "new characters" and "better graphics," but isn't a "new game?" Who the hell is asking for this garbage?
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I thought Deception's Konquest mode was really fun while Armageddon's was boring, though I was like 14 and 18 when each released (respectively) so that might have something to do with it.
I think Capcom wants to avoid having 1 vs. 1 an official mode because of balance issues. The Marvel vs. Capcom series seems a lot more balanced when characters who suck have their abilities complement others' in 3 vs. 3, or at least have a good assist. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 might seem unbalanced the way it is, but imagine that game in a 1 vs. 1 environment with absolutely no balance changes. It would be a complete mess. Capcom's focus is on making 3 vs. 3, the core of the game, as enjoyable as possibly because that's what people expect out of the Marvel vs. Capcom series. It makes the product look bad when there's a secondary mode that's unrefined. It would take forever to rebalance characters so they're equally viable in 1 vs. 1 and 3 vs. 3.
Anyone who ask for an "HD" version for some old game deserves to be ignored...
To me, remakes are just synonyms of quick cash, uncreativity and mental drought for the developers...
Let the damn remakes for the decadent movie industry.
Videogames industry must be superior.
a one on one match would end so fast,. the characters die with just a few hits anyways.its not like xmen cota that the matches take forever to finish unless your fighting magneto and he kills you right away. maybe if they do make a marvel super heroes 2 it'll be one on one. oh and that reply of not calling your assist or tagging out is hilarious. i tried that in mvc2 before and its so hard not to do. my opponent wasnt using his/her assists or tagging out so i did the same and the match was so boring. its so tempting to call out your assist.. its way more tempting than throwing a fireball in a sf match.
One on One would be awesome. Don't listen to Kirby, SFIIT characters are completely strong with some moves doing almost 30 percent and nobody complains there.
I personally can't stand tag team fighters (no thanks KoF) so the idea of associating myself with just Arthur would be fantastic. I play this way all the way with friends but inevitably someone accidently calls an assist.
Come on Capcom! Just deactivate the buttons and put in rounds. I know you're doing an endurance type of mode so I KNOW you already have a similar system in the game. It would take like two - three days of programing and I GUARANTEE you'll see at least a couple hundred more copies with this mode, and that's conservative. Doesn't that alone pay of labor costs? It's so miniscule it wouldn't even extend the street date!
@ Creeper
As someone who prefers 1 on 1 I can attest - MvC2 becomes MORE balanced without having assits extend combos and set up 70 percent damaging Ultras. The only exception is characters with infinites, which is something Capcom is trying to prevent this time around. 1 on 1 benefits so well in a game with this many target combos and Ultra set-ups that as long as extreme tier differences are avoided balance is not an issue like it is in a game like SSFIV where recovery is everything.
who is the idiot that keeps asking street fighter 1 and gem fighter, and all this other BS old school games?
why would anyone play all these when you have mvc3 coming, and ssf4 going on strong?
people would probably play these for like a month or so, then go back to their main game
@35 Example the fanbase for S3 and now they are getting the game back.
YES BABY
NO 1V1 LEARN TO PLAY 3V3 LIKE EVERYONE ELSE PEOPLE THIS IS MARVEL
Yes, Marvel vs DC, it has to happen. They could maybe even make it Marvel vs Capcom vs DC... :D
@RA_MO
That was a limitation of the PSX hardware, it didn't have enough RAM to load more that 2 characters at the same time. That's why you could tag in only when both players had the same team.
@Everyone asking for 1v1 matches:
You're looking into the wrong game. The game is fine the way it is and I'm glad they're keeping it like that.
Instead of asking for 1v1 matches or HD remixes of every single fighter ever made, what about a completely new Marvel Super Heroes with a new game system, maybe a couple of new game mechanichs to make it different from MvC3 and 1 on 1 matches or a ratio system like CvS. I remember someone from Capcom saying they could look into it if there's enough requests from fans.
After playing the Street Fighter One Uppper Mugen Mod, I'm amazed it that Capcom hasn't done it. It's simple fun and addictive and believe it'd be a neat PSN/XBL gem
http://www.freegamearchive.com/game.p...
check out it out, it's the floppy disc near the bottom
It's also got a custom Final Fight 1 based cody in there
only bad thing there's no known control sheet
Marvel vs DC, or DC vs Marvel. Either way, it needs to happen. If not now, then maybe after Street fighter x Tekken comes out. Marvel and DC universes are the icons of the comic book industry and it fits perfectly well in a MVC-type game engine. PLEASE Capcom, Marvel, and DC, you guys need to do this for love of the game!
As for the 1 vs 1 mode in MVC3, I definitely approve of this. If they can't implement it on the game's release then at least have it as a DLC. 2 vs 2 mode should also be icluded. So that means that with all these modes available, we'll essentially have like 3 games in 1 (ala marvel super heroes, Marvel vs Capcom, and of course MVC3). lol! that would be a real treat!
This is MvC3. Its main focus is...3 on 3 battles, not 1 on 1. Why ask for it? Just accept it & move on. Granted SSF4 has team battle (lol not too many ppl play tb. I find more endless lobbies than team) but its still 1 on 1. Take the game for what it is...a crazy 3 on 3 bout between hyper active characters. I'm on board with this. Works well imo.
That Gem Fighter combo video was awesome!