Frank West Cut From Marvel vs. Capcom 3; Phoenix Wright Being Considered for Post-Release Update

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma has revealed a slight change to the upcoming fighting game's roster of playable characters, reports Videogamer.com. Frank West, the zombie-fighting photographer of Dead Rising fame, was originally planned to appear in MvC3 at launch, but has been cut from the retail release, despite being well under development.

"[Frank West]... was actually in the process quite deep, and in one of our high quality CG trailers he was actually part of it," said Niitsuma. "But we've taken him out, due to the fact that we've foreseen some extra work involved, just from the nature of his moves. We felt we could direct our resources to better use, so we've taken Frank out."

Of course, this doesn't preclude West from being added to the MvC3 roster as post-release DLC, a move that seems rather likely, given the significant time invested in his development (and prior appearance in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.) That said, Niitsuma also mentioned that a certain objection-prone lawyer by the name of Phoenix Wright is being considered as a post-release roster addition, provided that MvC3 gets a following after release.

"It would be interesting to see him, although he distinctively lacks the number of moves he might have [in a fighting game]," said Niitsuma. "But if Marvel vs. Capcom 3 does well, he's definitely up on the list as one of the characters to add, given the chance."

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is headed to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on February 18.

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    January 24, 2011 12:13 PM

    desk slam

    finger point

    objection!

    hold it!

    grab will be his paper slap animation

    Super will be the judge's hammer thing.

    Do want.

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      January 24, 2011 12:40 PM

      If his partners are any female characters, they will gain several bra sizes.

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      January 24, 2011 1:57 PM

      I'm imagining a fireball duel between him and Ryu.

      "OBJECTION!"
      "HADOUKEN!"
      "OBJECTION!"
      "HADOUKEN!"
      "OBJECTION!"
      "HADOUKEN!"

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