Yeah, now. The problem is when MUA3 was in development, which would lower the F4's chances at the base roster. Granted, there's always DLC, but still.
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X-MEN CONFIRMED in the new Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order trailer
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This is a nonsense argument. X-Men and F4 rights reverted at the same time. Moreover, they knew the rights would be coming back to them well over a year in advance. There's a ton of X-Men characters and content in the game, therefore the same could be true of F4 no problem.
It doesn't mean there's F4 content in the game, but if there isn't it is because it was a choice they made and not some active policy or rights issue.
I mean X/FF isn't even a legal rights issue. It's just a petty issue. :l
They weren't tied to rights and the F4 ban was apparently far more strict. The X-Men weren't removed from Marvel Heroes and mobile games that have had X-Men in them for a while are only just now getting F4 stuff.
Imagine if Capcom just made a Marvel only vs game with this roster.
Is Beast even playable? He could be like Lockjaw and show up for a gimmick in the game.
He's in the lead up to a fight scene in an action stance. He's most likely playable. Just like Nick Fury, Cyclops and Colossus are late game unlockables
Also you mean a new marvel superheroes
I only see Marvel Heroes referred to in regards to the F4 ban, and I'd like to note that it happened in July 2017, 2 months before the release of MvC:I and 4 months before MH's shutdown.
The point of the Fox ban was to punish Fox by continually exerting pressure on them. Escalating harder on the F4 makes sense as a way of "cranking it up" since they're the lesser property of the two. However, if the Marvel/Fox relationship was mended enough for X-Men characters to show up for UA3, then why would it not be the same for the F4?
At this point, I'm seeing three possible explanations for what's going on:
The point of the Fox ban was to punish Fox by continually exerting pressure on them. Escalating harder on the F4 makes sense as a way of "cranking it up" since they're the lesser property of the two. However, if the Marvel/Fox relationship was mended enough for X-Men characters to show up for UA3, then why would it not be the same for the F4?
At this point, I'm seeing three possible explanations for what's going on:
- There is some other reason that caused an F4 ban to extend past the initial Fox ban.
- The UA3 roster was determined before the Fox ban actually lifted, and for whatever reason (appeal by KT, leniency by Marvel Games, etc.) the X-Men were still allowed through despite that.
- There is no F4 ban, and everyone's panicking too quickly.
Personally I'd expect those for infinity trial unlocks and not to be revealed before launch
Isn't that just the film rights or was there more?
Because this clearly isn't meant to be a strong MCU-focused game.
I'm almost positive they own film/TV/video game rights to the character. I could be totally wrong though and it might just be film rights.
It's just the film distribution rights. Namor is basically in the same situation as Hulk.
Yeah Marvel has always had full game rights and he pops up every once in a while like in the original Marvel Ultimate Alliance (he was playable in the gba version) note Universal bought the movie rights in 2001 so its obvious there's no rights issues. It is possible he got lumped into the FF/X-men ban by association though
Still find it crazy
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After Infinity War and Endgame, I don't think my thirst for a Marvel team up game could be higher. The fact that the roster is already so stacked with the most confirmed playable characters, with a bunch of X-Men (big fan of X-Men Legends back in the day), nods to the MCU, great choices of characters as well as great costume choices so far, and no mobile f2p unlocking bullshit that wore me out from trying to get into the mobile games for the same fix, this already is looking to scratch my itch for a Marvel game in a way few games could. Add to that that there is still the possibility for more costumes/alternate characters, more of the storymode unlockable roster to be revealed, more playable boss characters, and potential for DLC and this game is shaping up to be a must have for me. Then given Nintendo is publishing this, maybe even the possibility of secret Nintendo character unlocks?
It's kind of crazy how this just seemed like a weird exclusive for Nintendo to pick up that might fill a gap in their release schedule, but now it's looking like a pretty desirable pick up.
It's kind of crazy how this just seemed like a weird exclusive for Nintendo to pick up that might fill a gap in their release schedule, but now it's looking like a pretty desirable pick up.
I hope they keep some characters secret to be unlocked within the game. I just can't imagine them leaving out the F4 when all these other teams are in it. Unless they are holding those for a DLC. I would hope if there is DLC to this game there is actual story missions behind them but that is probably being too hopeful.
The FF "ban" ended when the X-Men did. The only reason they could be left out is a design choice. They may be there.
Exactly, and as much as it was petty it was never a ban. It was just a yes no question. It was "yes" here and there constantly for toys and cards and games.
The internet made it way too dramatic because video games were specifically a flat out no. Fox couldn't even make money off the stuff, but marvel didn't want games to boost fox merchandising.
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Considering almost every character revealed so far is unlocked through story progression and Infinity Trials are confirmed to have unlockable characters and Costumes I would bet on some of those being hidden bonus characters that don't play into the main story... or bosses or both
The main thing working against Fantastic 4 for me is that they didn't tease at least ONE of them in the reveal or promo material thus far.
Avengers, X-Men, Defenders, Guardians, Spider-Verse, Inhumans, hell, even one of the Midnight Sons got characters shown off in the first media blitz. They're all on the cover too.
If F4 was that important, I think we would have seen them on the cover, even if it's just one. They wouldn't have to give a coy answer (and experience tells me that coy answers are a no when it comes to inclusion in Marvel games).
Avengers, X-Men, Defenders, Guardians, Spider-Verse, Inhumans, hell, even one of the Midnight Sons got characters shown off in the first media blitz. They're all on the cover too.
If F4 was that important, I think we would have seen them on the cover, even if it's just one. They wouldn't have to give a coy answer (and experience tells me that coy answers are a no when it comes to inclusion in Marvel games).
It's been a loooooooong time since I've played the Ultimate Alliance games so sorry if this is a dumb question, but why does Fury in this game look so much different than the Fury from the last one in the same canon? Is it like in the comics where this is his son?
It's a complete reboot that ignores the previous games. As such, Nightcrawler is alive and Fury is based on his movie version.
Well technically defenders and web warriors didn't show up till trailer two for Iron Fist and Venom and then spidergwen and miles on the cover. They've been generally revealing teams one by one. Thing is the moment you reveal one Fantastic Four member it means you're getting all of em and Doom. By keeping them secret you get a bigger impact when you reveal them all at the same time
Yup. and the X-Ban is much less "enforced" because X-Men continue to be one of Marvel's top performers on the comics side, whereas Fantastic Four only really gains traction when Marvel puts their A-list creators on the book.
Yeah, exactly. Hell, Doom may be one thing that can sometimes be marketed all by himself (and often is), but the First Family is definitely a set.
It definitely looks better than MvCi but that the lowest of bars. With that in mind, I do think the art style looks good but a little too safe.
Oh, the "3" makes it confusing then haha
Lmao