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@4
I noticed that, too. I would've just given Akuma the multi-fireball super and left the beam version for Ryu. I think it's kinda dumb that Akuma has both. Seems like Capcom's TRYING to make people pick Akuma over Ryu.
Also, I like how Taskmaster caps Akuma in the back of the head to finish him off! Sweet.
If ya'll look closely in the first vid you can see that Akuma's fireball super has a beam and a flurry of fire balls ground and air.
No Gou Rasen? Aw man. :/
But these guys both look incredible. Tasky gets my seal of approval as an awesome new character. :D
And it's always good to see Akuma. So stylish this time around, too.
Cornwad, before you start in on me, I'm not saying the list is wrong. I'm just saying it's not definite YET, and that I'd be perfectly happy either way.
But part of me does dislike that ALL these characters had to be posted up on a list so early. Let the hype grow NATURALLY for once, would ya? I remember not even knowing who I'd run into when I first played MVC2, and it made it all the more exciting when I met a new character. I was so juiced about Iron Man back then...
@5
and a Mega Man hater in every thread too...
On the topic though, Master of Tasks is looking pretty cool. I like the pure variety this guy offers. Akuma just pretty much sh@t on Ryu's slot. He's looking rather solid. Granted I'd rather have Psylocke, Strider, or Mega Man but it is what it is. I can't wait to play this!
"Killing a God is always fun." Dang Akuma is deadly.
I really want to see Taskmaster's level 3 hyper. I'm also dying to see his Moon Knight alt. color. Not confirmed, but I'm have a strong feeling it's there.
@#19
Hey Corny! I've really opened up to the leaked list and I'm actually gonna be pretty bummed if we don't get the next two characters on that list. You've stuck with that list long enough to see it come true, now if that's not hardcore I don't know what is.
@20
Ha ha! I thought I was the only one who heard girly giggles when he pulled off his specials, and his victory pose! That is pretty...sissy-like. Doesn't make him look like a very intimidating contender. Oh, that's funny.
"I AM AKUMA! I LOVE DEATH AND EVIL...STUFF!" - Akuma
"Hee hee hee!" - Little girls
>:/ - Akuma
Anyways, at least he doesn't look like TOO much of a clone of Ryu. And I agree with those people who think his level 3 super happens too fast. Out of these two, Taskmaster impressed me more. Akuma's in nearly every crossover game, so he's old news to me.
#20
Your attempt at insult failed but I couldn't expect a more intelligent insult coming from a feeble mind like yours.
they have to buff ryu give him his air dash back
@#9:
Demon definitely is not worth using other than for show. Unless Tron has better defense than an avg character, it's not worth using three bars for. Demon only took 25% damage from what I gathered. It may also have to do with the scaled down damage when your opppoent reaches low health. Who knows.
@33
That's not a bad idea at all. Honestly, I didn't even know Ryu had an air dash to begin with. Apparently Chris had one, too. It would certainly help to give Ryu a bit of an edge over Akuma, so he doesn't just collect dust on the character select screen. But unfortunately, I don't think Capcom is gonna alter any of their characters at this point.
Ah well, maybe a patch can be made once fans start discovering some of the bigger imbalances of the game. Always a possibility.
Ryu and Akuma...
All a matter of taste, IMO.
I pick Akuma. I like his style.
But calling Ryu a wasted slot is like calling Mario a wasted slot in Super Mario Bros 2. Just because Luigi plays a little easier doesn't mean they're going to oust THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Especially not when he's still a very viable option with a large fan base.
LOVE that Taskmaster is in here.
I hope they include the Udon drawn version of him.
Hell, they should have an Agent X alternate of Deadpool while they're at it.
@38
Yeah, all those kinds of videos are perfectly choreographed to where I was actually able to predict every next thing that was going to happen while I was watching those videos. They're obviously made to make to new characters look good, but at the same time it always makes people say, "OMG, those other characters SUCK!"
They're still cool, though.
M. Bison & Green Goblin are next! And Tasky looks to be the Dante killer!?
People who are worried about the lack of characters should stop worrying so much: Capcom needs some big names for DLC packs ;-)
Wow it seems Akuma can do his ground beam projectile in the air and it he also has his air fireball super, interest. This is interesting because his beam version could be change direction in the air whilst his fireball air version can't..hm..Although this is just my hypothesis since I don't have the game in my hands but the videos do make one think about it.
-_- am havein a feelin mvc2 all over agian his lighting spin kick looks unblockable tasks i dont care lets see whats the next fighters
At 1:24 in the second video, I could've sworn Taskmaster said, "Shield! -Just like Cap.", as he did a sort of "mini-Charging-Star-into-Stars-and-Stripes" move. I was unfamiliar with the character, altogether, but read a little about him from a Wikipedia entry. He sounds like he's kind of like Rogue, in how he "assimilates" skills/moves, etc., so I was looking for such a thing in his gameplay videos. So far, that attack is what caught my eye. I'd have to watch these videos again and any new ones to look for more, in detail. I just hope he has more than the bow-and-arrow specials and revealed hypers, like the counter-attack hyper. If he can steal powers or has commands to use the moves of some other players like how Rogue could in X-Men Versus Street Fighter, that'd be awesome to know. I was a little disappointed when they changed rogue in MVC2, where, instead of other characters' moves, she'd just get "stat increases". I understand that she'd have to be modified to use even more special moves, due to a more expansive roster size, compared to XMvSF, but I really did miss being able to throw Sonic Booms, do flaming Dragon Punches, Raging Demons, and that Hyper Grav, or whatever it's called, that Magneto does. lol
I wanna see more gameplay already! February 16th can't get here soon enough. I've been in a gaming slump for the past month, where I haven't felt like playing ANYTHING on my days off from work, because I wanna play MVC3 and "Rift" (An mmorpg with an "early head start" beginning on February 24th.), and just don't wanna start anything else - even with a huge pile of games I haven't played yet, just sitting here, collecting dust. Ugh...
So it looks like Taskmaster does have a "move stealing" move @ 0:41. It seems after the, "I know your move," the next time Tasky gets hit, he does a counter and says "PAYBACK!" I also noticed he tried doing the same counter at 0:52.
Also, can anyone explain what is unique about the "Cross-Over Counter" at 0:41? (Besides obvious things)
I've said this already and I will say it again, Dante/Taskmaster/Deadpool is totally gonna be my main team. I don't care what anyone says, ahahahaha. Go ahead and call me a tier whore or whatever. I use Team Scrub (Cable/Sentinel/Captain Commando) in MvC2.
@57
The most reliable place to go to learn about MARVEL Characters is MARVEL.com
Here's the link to Taskmasters page
yeah jerry and you get owned with that team when i'm on
This game make SFIV looks so dated from a graphical perspective. I am glad no compromises were made to neither of the characters and they are all in their powered state. Akuma's health hasn't been tainted and they finally got his theme right.
I love what Ono-san did of the fighting game community but the team that behind Marvel VS Capcom 3 are more competent and are more inline with the fans. They got one of Yipes famous quotes in the game, come on!! Day one purchase for me and good bye Street Fighter, friendly, four, and welcome GOD TIER MARVEL
Hey. Tron's Roll Caskett outfit even gives her shorts like Roll's. Neat!
Skeletor looks sick brah. Seriously though, tasky plays like my main in ssbm, marth. Sieeck
No he sounds like Steven Blum aka Spike Spigel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7v7TT...
Taskmaster plays alittle like spiderman and captain america, akuma looks old to me. I still want some onimusha characters, venom and bison. I would take ken over akuma anyday. I think el fuerte is a no on capcoms part, but we have hagger. I would love to see hagger and el fuerte duke it out.
Im not really familiar with taskmaster. Anyone somebody explain???
@#60 there is no way to be a tier whore right now because it is silly to think about tiers in a game that isn't released. That will more than likely be a common team due to the popularity of the characters and their "badass" appeal. But no one knows anything about who is strong and not yet. Can't just look at youtube videos and assume things. People need serious time with the game to let the metagame develop.
Both are interesting, Akuma is stylish as hell, can't wait to see all of his combo options. Taskmaster has some crazy damage and seems to play a decent keepaway, very very interesting.
@75
OMG it'd compleeeetly new charactaaar!
Guess it's pretty good if you're not allowed to actually pick two of the same character on your 3 man team, next best thing really
Hmmm... For some reason Task Master kinda reminds me of Link from the legend of Zelda series. Especially when he was in Soul Calibur II for the gamecube.
And his "spider swing" kinda makes him weirdo funny. lol. He might just be a "jack of all trades" type of character imo.
Akuma on the other hand got SOUPED up big time! Loving his supers and his combo potential. I just hope there's a way to combo into his raging demon!
Unlockable tournament-legal characters are just a time-wasting pain in the butt for tourney organizers. You should be able to just play everyone, straight away! It was a bad idea in vanilla SS4, and was thankfully dropped for SSF4. Now that the fighting game tournament scene has reemerged, what makes Capcom think it's a good idea now?
@84
Because gamers love unlockables, and Capcom isn't marketing this game directly to the fighting game community. They really didn't market SF4 directly to the community either, which might explain why it sold as well as it did. Also take into consideration that tournaments often yield a big number of players. Thats a couple copies of a game being used by hundreds of people (thousands counting Evo). I think They can suck it up and play long enough to unlock the characters.
@LunaSlave
EVO had 4000 people last year. I'm sure there's a nifty thing called save files. That's seriously not even that big of a deal. You phrased that as if you're the one man accountable for unlocking them lol.
Plus with this big of a roster are you expecting to remotely come close to mastering a character before you unlock them? Doubt it.
"It's always fun to kill a god!"
Really, Akuma? Because you couldn't even kill your own brother. The only person that's stayed dead after you finished with them is Goutetsu...and I'm sure we'll be seeing him soon enough.
It would be pretty cool if when Akuma tagged out for Ryu he said, "Get in here, boy!" or "Embrace the Dark Hadou!" or something along those lines.
@@@@@ all the ones who says akuma's clone this ryu clone that
all of you are just a bunch of ROOKIES
just a good player knows and take advantage of their diferences, the only real clone in vs series was the metal and the bone claw wolverines (sucks) but also there are some things to save
stop complaining.. and stop crying about the ones that cant made it here coz even the ones that could... hahaha probably will be ur laaaaaaaaaast choice coz this game looks realy realy sooooo diferent to marvel vs capcom 2
so here's my advice.... just enjoy the ride
and i'll see in live
hey ya' all bring it on mvc2
Gamertag: Black Wing 501
and hey laovh............... i'll be waiting for you on SSFIV
Taskmaster's level 3 was DIRTY!!!!! I think I have a new team member. That's now Wesker my front man, x-23, and now Task Master. This game is going to be EPIC!!!!
If u listen closely u will hear Taskmaster say " aim of Hawkeye!" when he fires the arrows. Not the ultra but just the regular special.
Lol @ #84's baseless, unwarranted whining/crying/moaning/groaning/griping/b*tching/complaining/etc.
When I played MVC2 for the very first time, I LOVED beating the game, over and over for points to spend on NEW characters and colors. Didn't they also let you purchase some of the stages...? Once the unlocking was all done, all that was left was to let the clock max out. I WANT that kind of fun again. Vanilla's method was annoying, and SSF4 just didn't have it at all. I wanna unlock Cyclops, Ken, Guile, Nash, Barry Burton, Thanos, Abel, Zangief, El Fuerte, Sagat, Dhalsim, Rockman, Howard The Duck, Venom, Psylocke, Birdie, Hugo, Guy, Cody, Vega/M.Bison, Cammy, Rogue, Rose, Dr. Wiley, Poison, Stan Lee, R.Mils, Rolento, Dan, Mango Apocalypse, Mech Gouki, Zero Gouki, Evil Ryu, Samonosuke, Demitri, Jedah, Jin, Devilot, Zabel, PTX-40, John Talbain, Sasquatch, B.B. Hood, Onslaught, and Lilith. -That's default, non-dlc roster. XD
This game got me dreaming about how Capcom vs SNK 3 would be if MvC3 is the crazy lol.
yay more hadokens -_- i want more new ppl this feel like mvc2 all over agian ken next lol u see
blasphemy ken is not going to be marvel capcom I bet you money
#88 Well he did kill Gill, but he resurrected himself the cheesy bastard. Plus Akuma is just a cocky SOB. He thinks he's da S*it cuz well, he is.
The Gouken thing is dumb, Ono brings him back in SF4 just so people can play him which is cool but it just takes from the legacy Gouken has left behind as a powerful warrior who was killed by his lesser but dark tainted brother.
@103....actually its logical that Gouken survived the Shun Goku Satsu...He DID beat Akuma, after all...he told Gouken to finish him off...the ol man refused to kill his brother. Gouken turns to walk away...and BOOM...Akuma pulls a fast one on him. Kinda reminds me of Ryu and Sagat's battle...Sagat beats Ryu...Ryu doesnt like that, so when Sagat comes to lend him a hand...BOOM!!...Metsu Shoryuken!! Cheap a$$ fools....they just couldnt lose the damn fight, fair and square.
awesome