I've been tracking some of the MvC3 news and the thought occured to me, "What's the point?" No really, why a3rd MvC game? The only reason I could think of was profit. That's pretty much what I don't get about cross-over games. These companies cross franchises that don't have jack to do with each other to milk fans of both series into buying a single product. I mean why does Marvel vs Capcom have to be MARVEL vs Capcom anyway? There's plenty of Capcom characters out there to make a game revolving around Capcom-exclusive fighters. This is also why I hate see stuff like Sonic & Snake in Brawl, Lars in Ultimate Ninja 2, Darth Vader & Yoda in Soul Calibur 4, and so on.

They only do this so people will say, "OMG, so-and-so is in it!?!? I gotta buy this." It feels really underhanded to me especially since this ensures a game can sell copies even if it's broken beyond belief (MvC2 comes to mind). I really wish fighting games cared more about the fighting mechanics instead of the character roster. Out of say every 30 characters, only 5 of them turn out to be useful anyway so what's the point in putting so many characters into one game? Oh right. I almost forgot. It's about profit. -_-