EA Vs. Marvel Fighting Games Announced 61
ADD Boy writes "Reuters reports that Electronic Arts and Marvel have come together to 'develop a series of fighting games pitting newly developed EA characters against Marvel superheroes like Spider-Man.'" This cross-media deal also sees Marvel "acting as licensing agent for the new [EA-created] characters and publishing comic books based on them", and "the deal includes more than 100 of Marvel's superhero characters, such as Spider-Man and the X-Men." However, the deal does not include the Hulk or Punisher characters, who are licensed to Vivendi and THQ respectively.
newly developed? (Score:5, Insightful)
And where is a decent DC v. Marvel game when you need it?
EA characters? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Whos EA going to have? (Score:4, Insightful)
Seriously, Marvel has just been swept off its feet by EA's sales numbers. EA obviously wants the Marvel licenses - they've brought some success to other publishers in the past, not the least of which is Capcom (for fighting games, at that). But Marvel is getting the short end of the stick: EA has no marketable characters that would make a "Marvel vs. EA" worth a second mention by a prospective game player. In comparison, Capcom has infinitely as many, and that - combined with appealing gameplay - translates into successful marketability.
One thing's for sure. If some Tasmanian tiger comes anywhere close to throwing a boomerang at a Sentinel, even on a storyboard or in some EA monkey's sketches, this franchise as published by EA is DOOMED.
Besides, the words "EA" and "fighting game" don't mesh very well in my mind. Neither do the words "EA" and "original characters."
Re:newly developed? (Score:1, Insightful)
Up the ante: What about wagering on whether these EA characters will be tied-in to some horribly misconceived Marvel comic mini-series or crossover "saga?"
Ecch(s-Men)!
EA characters (Score:4, Insightful)
Seriously, without using licensed characters (Spiderman being the most notable) what character are they going to use? EA is most notable for its line of sports games and team based PC games (Battlefield 1942 of course). This is not a Capcom or Nintendo company which has a very broad cast of characters to choose from.
Not only that, look more carefully at the title.
EA Vs. Marvel Fighting Games Announced
Games, impling more than one. What are they going to do for an EA Vs. Marvel 2 game?
"Now fight using the Battlefield Vietnam grunt and the generals from C&C:Generals Zero Hour!"
I'm just hoping... (Score:2, Insightful)
EA's characters are sure to suck (Score:5, Insightful)
How much do you want to bet that EA's characters will be cookie-cutter fighting game fare that are made "extreme" to appeal to kids? I'm guessing there will be a karate guy who's looking for strong opponents, the karate guys rival, a big wrestler/grappler type guy, an army guy, a funky black guy, a token woman, and any number of other Street Fighter ripoff characters. I'm sure EA's focus groups will add enough attitude to turn them into instant Poochie's.
This best be 2D (Score:3, Insightful)
I have yet to see a 3D game pump polygons faster than the marvel vs capcom series. EA better know what they are doing.
This new game better be along the lines of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. It's gotta be of that quality for my money to swing that direction.