Well they decided to not bring out MHXX for the West...which is already probably over 50% Localised due to Generations...
...just so MHW can be in the spotlight more.
So they arent exactly helping themselves.
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UK: Ultra Street Fighter II outsold Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite first week in the UK
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Well they decided to not bring out MHXX for the West...which is already probably over 50% Localised due to Generations...
...just so MHW can be in the spotlight more.
So they arent exactly helping themselves.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
That's so weird. Why the tiny budget? Seemed to me like Disney was handling their franchises wisely, in terms of videogames.
Is there a reason why they wanted no X-Men?
Gotdatmoney
Member
Riiight.
This is nonsense.
If that was you trying to sell your point it didn't work very well. Infinite ugly as fuck. That picture is not flattering.
The credits of the game points to Capcom staff being the leads for animation/model/environment in terms of directors and production. There are several Japanese studios that also did CG and animation work, presumably for the story mode, but considering one of those is Shirogumi who's an incredibly sought out CG studio in Japan (they've done work for MGS5, NieR Automata, Monster Hunter Stories and Shin Godzilla among other things) the onus mostly seem to come down onto Capcom for the poor art direction in general.
Everlya_Apocryha
Banned
How can the art be outsourced when there's no art in the game? There's graphics..yes...but no art.
clay_ghost
Member
TVC still looks great ! they should port an HD remaster for the wii.
Okay whatever, can't win against the memes.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Well that would be pointless lol
Astral/H3X
Member
Good thing they took careful precautions to ensure the game didn't come to the existing fanbase!
Zombegoast
Member
Gotdatmoney
Member
The rights for the game are a nightmare to acquire. Capcom can't even sell it because the licenses expired.
The game really does hold up. Clean up some of the textures and render it at 1080p and it would be solid. 8ing killed it with this game.
Disney: MCU = Cash...Everything Else = Trash
Also, I was at EGX 2017 yesterday and there was a Lego Marvel 2 Dev Session where they said Marvel gave us no limit on what we could use! Amazing!...
But wheres the X-Men in that game?
Riiight.
This is nonsense.
Uhh the bottom does look better
TheDinoman
Member
Acquiescence
Member
Dude, that's just depressing. Capcom needs to shake up its marketing department stat. The main problem, as far as I can, was that most people were just unaware that the game even existed.
Well. Yes, it does.
We'll probably see Okamiden as another test game sooner than any of those on Switch.
And those that did but were casual...I know it's been speculated often but I truly wonder how much damage the demo did
I own the game. I enjoy the game but Jesus that demo almost put me off. I was only sold by taking an interest in the streams days prior to release. They sold me.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I'm sure they'll be porting over the Sunday morning collection and Dragon's Dogma. Porting old games is nothing.
The worrying part is half assing all of their new shit.
How is it a complete package? The graphics are last gen and dlc characters is so fucking cheap. If you want easy money do outfits not essential things ina fighting game ffs.
Game deserved to bomb. Sorry.
Jawmuncher
Member
I think they were banking way too hard on the demo. In the case of RE7 it made sense. Was a stand alone experience. People were treating it like it was PT filled with secrets. But in MVC:I the demo did not leave a good impression.
Human Trashcan
Banned
It does. No amount of post-processing effects and stock lighting can cover up MVCI's awful character designs and animations. In fact they only highlight what a frankenstein game it is.
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving game.
Launch with less characters than MvC3? Go ahead. No X-Men, but you'll still nickel and dime people for characters like Black Panther, Monster Hunter and Venom? Sounds like a winning strategy. All wrapped in a 'we don't give a shit' level of presentation? What could possibly go wrong?
Launch with less characters than MvC3? Go ahead. No X-Men, but you'll still nickel and dime people for characters like Black Panther, Monster Hunter and Venom? Sounds like a winning strategy. All wrapped in a 'we don't give a shit' level of presentation? What could possibly go wrong?
clay_ghost
Member
Marvel? One of the hottest properties in all of media right now?
You've clearly misunderstood my point- The US, Japan, Germany and France are all stronger than the U.K. for Nintendo, but there are many other territories that are weaker than the U.K. for Nintendo. I replied to a post saying that the UK was 'the weakest' which, considering there is over two dozen territories in Europe alone, clearly isn't true unless you only count the handful of biggest territories for games worldwide like those listed above.
sixteen-bit
Member
I feel it's more likely for Capcom to do the opposite (USF2 to X1/PS4/PC).
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
It doesn't.
Tatsunoko all of a sudden became super anal about licenses after the streak of lending their IPs out for crossovers. Hence why Tekkaman Blade hasn't appeared in Super Robot Wars in a long while.
Yeah, those pixelated low-res vines/branches really round out the package.
BrokenJohnCena
Member
no,they will make a collection of the original street fighter,USF2,SF3 and USF4 and sell it as 20 dollars on other consoles and skipping the switch
clay_ghost
Member
Maybe its a matter of opinion but as you can see , many in this thread feel that it does . I will say many else where think that its unappealing too and that could be one of the reason for its poor sales performance.
Its telling how much MVC:i's art style fails when an upres wii game with its technical faults still manages to look more pleasing to many.
dragonyeuw
Member
Riiight.
This is nonsense.
The backgrounds especially in the bottom pic with the tree vines look really bad.
TheTylerRob
Member
Can't wait to be an OG when the fighting game genre has to be revived again after the new dark age of the fgc.
Well I mean. Disney canned their entire internal development staff to move towards a licensing model - So they only really care about the money a project is going to generate, rather than the quality of it. MVC is a recognisable brand name, so there's obviously interest. I can't imagine they put much money into the project - or at least not as much as Capcom.
And the reason they don't want X-men is because they won't make as much merchandising money on them as much as they will Spider Man and the Avengers.
It's all big business
Gotdatmoney
Member
Space station is definitely one of the games uglier stages no doubt. Still has a way better sense of art direction than Infinite.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I don't see it fairing too much better in the States. Go look at marketing material posted by Capcom's Facebook, and look at most of the replies.
It's brutal.
It's brutal.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
I agree MvCI is not a beautiful game, but backgrounds does like 2 gen apart (in fact they are 2 gens apart). If someone believe that Tatsunoko background with 4 polys and poorly made textures looks better than MvCI is...insane.
Says more about MvC4 than Switch honestly. I know a guy at work who recently bought MvC3 PS3 edition at an EbGames used so him and his friends can have a tournament at his placr or something. He barely knew a nee game was coming, was disgusted no X-men and didn't care about the Infinity stuff.
Yes the game should be on Switch too, but let's not pretend MvC4 is a shadow of its former games in a lot of respects. It is especially Marvel trting to shore up their damn Infinity War movie.
Yes the game should be on Switch too, but let's not pretend MvC4 is a shadow of its former games in a lot of respects. It is especially Marvel trting to shore up their damn Infinity War movie.
Later character trials go over switch combos as well. In terms of pacing newbies it's probably the best, which isn't talked about enough when it comes to tutorials.
Xrd tutorial is an exhausting gauntlet of challenges that rarely makes you integrate mechanics. It's really bad IMO I don't know why it gets much praise, it's beyond intimidating and I can't see any beginner sticking through it.
Skullgirls' tutorial is good because it has neutral stuff that most other tutorials don't and is very comprehensive, but is also an essay fest. Better than information there than not, but it's very draining as a result.
Can't remember what KI's is like, I'm sure it's good.
primasaurus
Member
Salty
IbukiLordSA
Member
This series doesn't deserve such low sales. Such a shame.