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After the release of ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]'', Capcom lost the Marvel license and the two companies split off. For their side, Marvel tried another crossover fighter, this time with [[Electronic Arts]], entitled ''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' in 2005. Many early announcements identified the game as "Marvel vs. EA", and if you're having trouble naming any iconic EA characters ([[Madden NFL|John Madden]] aside), then you understand the initial skepticism the game received before it was announced that the non-Marvel characters would be all [[Original Generation]]. It sank so hard, Marvel ultimately cut all ties to EA and returned to [[Activision]] for video game business.

 

 

 

* '''Newcomers:''' [[Deadpool]], [[Doctor Strange|Dormammu]], [[MODOK]], [[X-Men|Phoenix]], [[She Hulk]], [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Super Skrull]], [[Taskmaster]], [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]], [[X-23]]

* '''Returning:''' [[Street Fighter II|Akuma]], [[Street Fighter II|Chun-Li]], [[Darkstalkers|Felicia]], [[Darkstalkers|Morrigan]], [[Resident Evil 5|Jill Valentine]]<ref>[[Downloadable Content|DLC]]</ref>, [[Street Fighter (video game)|Ryu]], [[Mega Man Legends|Tron Bonne]]

 

 

 

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The main game says practically nothing about the plot, and even the intro movies aren't particularly telling in that regard. However, the tie-in comic that came with the special edition explains that Wesker had joined forces with Dr. Doom's newest incarnation of the Masters of Evil (composed of M.O.D.O.K., Super-Skrull, Taskmaster and, [[Depending on the Writer|oddly enough]], Magneto), and they plan to steal energy from Galactus himself in order to seize both worlds (hence the big purple guy's involvement with the whole mess). However, it still doesn't say ''how'' the worlds crossed over in the first place, especially since the main characters from both universes are engaged on [[Let's You and Him Fight]] next thing we know.

* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Averted for much of the cast, but forced to be played straight with others. The gameplay is still 2D, but the character models are 3D, just as it is in ''[[Street Fighter IV]]''. Most characters who are visually asymmetrical will have their core appearance visually reflect changing from left to right. For example, Haggar's shoulder strap remaining over his left shoulder regardless of which side he's facing. Nathan Spencer isn't so lucky, as his arm has to switch sides in order to keep his gameplay balanced for both sides of the field. Characters who use a 1-handed weapon, such as Wesker's Samurai Edge gun, will switch the arm they fire with.

* [[Announcer Chatter]]: In addition to the normal announcer that declares simple fighting game terms like "Air Combo!", "Crossover Counter!", etc., a second, female announcer adds color commentary to the match. On the title screen, both the male and female announcer do a [[Title Drop]] on the title screen. The male announcer also says stuff like "A new character has been unlocked!" or "Thank you for playing!"

* [[Art Shift]]: The move from the 2D sprites of the previous games to full 3D rendering --which means that Capcom no longer has to reuse Morrigan's original sprite.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: At the character select screen (courtesy of the announcer) in reference to the [[Ear Worm|infamous]] [[Marvel vs. Capcom 2|"Gonna Take You For A Ride"]]:

** A couple of the select songs are also remixes of "Wanna Take You For A Ride" (e.g. the character select screen for the Training Mode).

** One of the earliest hints of ''MvC3'''s release was a tweet on Capcom's official twitter page, noting that they would be making announcement later in the day that was "so pringles."

* [[Berserk Button]]:

** In [[Real Life]], several "fans" [http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/may/12/seth-responds-further-mvc3-control-concerns/ pressed Seth Killian's button:]

** Seth's boss, Capcom VP Christian Svensson also had his moment, after Capcom's forums were filled to the brim with questions about the game, this force the normally fan friendly VP to declare that [http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/thread/view/7371/26663369/Regarding_MvC3_Questions no more MvC3 related questions would be answered by him or Seth.]

** An odd example is the X-Factor ability, a literal [[Berserk Button]] for your characters in the game. It temporarily powers them up in relation to how many characters you have left on your team.

* [[Comeback Mechanic]]: X-Factor boosts the speed and attack power of the current player character. The fewer characters the player has remaining on his or her team, the stronger X-Factor becomes. In addition, it heals HP where indicated on the bar as red--the closer a character is to being knocked out, the bigger the red portion and thus the more a character can feasibly heal via X-Factor.

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: It's very subtle for a fighting game, but the last few teams on Very Hard difficulty gain some bonuses not available to the player, mostly in terms of increased attack speed and priority, as well as the ability to block in the mid-attack. Ultimate ramps this up by making sure that enemy fighters will use the best combos possible to trap you in a loop, and will almost always end it with a hyper.

** The night-time version of the stage in ''Ultimate'' adds a signs referencing [[Damage Control]] and [[Spider-Man|F.E.A.S.T.]]

* [[Cool Versus Awesome]]: The whole reason the game - nay, the ''series'' - exists.

* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]: Try playing ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]'' after getting used to this game.

* [[Dear Negative Reader]]: Christian Svensson (Capcom of America's Vice President) has ''had enough'' with the Mega Man whiners so he replied with this on a question of the apparent 'Trolling Mega Man fans':

* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: The developers put in a feature in the game that monitors the connection habits of players and isolates habitual [[Rage Quit|rage quitters]].

** The training mode has ''an Internet Lag Simulation setting''.

** Even worse is the ''Days of Future Past'' stage in ''Ultimate'', complete with the "Apprehended"/"Slain" posters having characters of the previous [[Marvel vs. Capcom]] games on them as well. Creepy. Plus all the Sentinels Hunting mutants down.

* [[Dual Boss]]: {{spoiler|The first part of the final battle is against "Cosmic" versions of a randomly-chosen Marvel and Capcom villain ''simultaneously'', which is to say, [[Oh Crap|both are on screen at the same time and perfectly capable of double-teaming you with regular and Hyper Combos]]. However, they share the same life bar so you can attack them simultaneously for double damage.}}

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Most of the tag-ins.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Several characters who had brief cameos in ''MvC3'' were added to the playable roster in ''Ultimate''.

* [[Evil Versus Oblivion]]: The only reason most of the villains are in this fight at all.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: In ''Ultimate'', while the new Capcom characters chosen were staff and fan favourites, the new Marvel characters were suggested by Marvel themselves and Capcom agreed to the choices.

* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Every character in Ultimate is in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L4_04hMU7wA full intro, which focuses a close-up on almost everyone] and the ones that don't can be glimpsed in certain seconds having battles with other characters like Amaterasu vs. Dormammu (2:53), Jill (She Hulk gets the close up), or Akuma vs. Storm {5:20}.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'''s subtitle, ''Fate of Two Worlds'', can easily be abbreviated as "FTW" (For The Win).

* [[Idiosyncratic Combo Levels]]: See it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTHTftx58Fw here.]

* [[Ironic Hell]]: The game has an innovative new precaution against [[Rage Quit|people who disconnect in the middle of the match]]: Make all their battles ''against other rage quitters''.

* [[Jiggle Physics]] and [[Most Common Superpower]]: Most of the Marvel ladies and a [[Just for Pun|sizable]] number of the Capcom females. [[Mega Man Legends|Tron Bonne]] is a notable aversion. [[My Friends and Zoidberg|So is]] [[Ace Attorney|Maya]].

* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: The Off-The-Ground hitting attacks, which usually opens a chance to another combo.

* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: The first intro movie plays the whole "''Marvel vs. Capcom''" thing straight (according to [[All There in the Manual|the tie-in comic]], there was apparently a world-merger that neither party was aware of, so both groups believe that the other are invaders) by pitting Wolverine, Iron Man, Hulk, and Deadpool against Ryu, Morrigan, Chris, and Dante. This is interrupted by the advent of Dormammu at the end of the first intro movie. By the time the second intro movie rolls in, the heroes of both sides have banded together to deal with their mutual enemies.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The cinematics tend to cut from dead-serious action to mildly comic slapstick, as in the second intro movie, where Joe and Ammy charge up the Super Skrull's arm, miss, and discover that [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]], or the opening scene in which Thor's battle with Dormammu is interrupted by a comic sequence of Haggar and Felicia failing to save one of his campaign billboards.

* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: Generally averted; the characters who are physically-oriented brawlers have the build to match, while those who play keep-away or use weapons tend to be lighter and smaller.

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: When you win a match, the results screen reads "Winner (name of character that got the final blow) [[And the Rest|...and Your Two Allies]]".

** Marvel also have their own character named [http://www.comicvine.com/firebrand/29-12622/ Firebrand.]

** With ''Ultimate'''s new characters announced, we also have Phoenix, aka Jean Grey, and Phoenix Wright. The game solves this problem by having ''most'' of the characters call him "Mr. Wright."

** The above is [[Lampshaded]] by [[The Hulk]] of all people.

* [[Nerf]] (and Buff): Several characters have been nerfed and/or buffed in the ''Ultimate'' version. [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=29565096&postcount=7093 This is the complete (not final) list.]

* [[Non-Lethal KO]]: As standard for a Fighting Game, enemies are simply knocked out, not killed (you can even see the prostrate fighter still breathing). However, the dialogue options for some villains suggest that it becomes the Lethal version shortly afterward -- or [[Fate Worse Than Death|worse]].

* [[Old Save Bonus]]: ''Ultimate'' players have access to the DLC alternate costumes from vanilla as well as Galactus Mode right off the bat if they still have a save state.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Check [[Capcom vs. Whatever/Shout Out|the page]].

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The amount of the nods to both the Marvel and Capcom mythos is ''staggering''. Capcom promised that the game would be filled to the brim with [[Fan Service]], [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1084564p1.html including character-specific quips and in-match events.] They weren't kidding. For the list of references tropers have compiled, see the game's [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3/Characters|character sheet]] and the series' [[Capcom vs. Whatever/Shout Out|Shout Out page]].

* [[Tag Team]]

* [[Third Is 3D]]: Or rather 2.5D. Considering that there's a leap of 10 or 11 years between ''2'' and ''3'', this is to be expected.

* [[This Is the Final Battle]]:

* [[Timed Mission]]: The final boss.

* [[Title Drop]]: The opening narration for ''Ultimate'' drops the subtitle that accompanied vanilla ''MvC3''.

* [[Totally Radical]]: The announcer dips into this with "Dude!" and "Sweet!"

* [[Trash Talk]]: There's plenty of this throughout battles.

* [[Turns Red]]: X-Factor, which temporarily increases your team's speed and power, as well as slowly [[Regenerating Health|regain health]]. Unlike most examples of this trope, you can [[Subverted Trope]] this since you can use it as soon as you start a match. Waiting to use it when 2 out of 3 of your characters are knocked out follows this trope more closely.

* [[The Unfavorite]]: Invoked by [[Word of God]]. A [[Twitter|tweet]] by one of the devs cited the targeting of overseas markets as the reason ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' will once again be absent from a Capcom crossover game, despite that the series ''has'' received localized ports.

 

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