Characters I want to return in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

Characters I want to return in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite 

By Calvin Parsons 

Jan. 6, 2017 

Like I said at the end of my last post I would make a list of the characters I want to return in MvCI.   

Again the characters are in no specific order, but unlike last time I'm not doing a set number I'm just gonna mention all the characters I want to return.  Also for this list I'm not going to worry about the whole 20th Century FOX thing that is going on with the mutant characters. 

Spider-Man(Marvel) 

Spidey is Marvel's mascot and I'm not worried at all about him not making it into this game, especially with Spider-Man: Homecoming out later this year.  Costume wise I hope they just stick to his normal costume, and some alternate costumes like the Symbiote, Superior Spider-Man, Scarlet-Spider, etc, and not his Marvel Cinematic Universe costume. 

Jill Valentine(Capcom) 

I put Jill here just because she's one of my favourite Resident Evil characters.  Hopefully they make it Resident Evil 1 Jill like in MvC2 and not Resident Evil 5 Jill, like in UMvC3. 

X-23/Wolverine(Marvel) 

So I'd like to see X-23 make a return in MvCI, but under her current alias as Wolverine.  In the comics she has recently taken up the mantle of Wolverine when Logan died.  This most likely won't happen since the average Joe probably doesn’t know that Logan is dead, and the X-23 has replaced him as Wolverine.  Her move set could be a mix between her's and Wolverine's from UMvC3, so she has some of the things that made Wolverine, Wolverine, but also keep some of the things that made her different from Wolverine. 

Strider(Capcom) 

Strider has been a staple character in Marvel vs. Capcom since the beginning, so it was good that Capcom decided to not put him in the original version of MvC3, but they later fixed this by putting him in UMvC3.  So lets hope they decide to put him in this game. 

Iron Fist(Marvel) 

I was pumped when I heard that Iron Fist was going to be in UMvC3 when they were announcing the new characters for that version of the game, so hopefully he can make his way into this one.  I wouldn’t be to surprised to see his return either since he is getting his own Netflix series soon. 

Dante(Capcom) 

It’s fucking Dante, the demon killing, pizza eating badass.  He's one of Capcom's most popular characters, and was a fan favourite among UMvC3 players.  All his moves are flashy and translate well into a fighting game.  So lets hope we can see his return to the series, later this year. 

Psylocke(Marvel) 

Psylocke is one of my favourite X-Men, and if you ask on the right day I'll tell you she's my favourite.  Her first Capcom fighting game appearance was in X-Men: Children of the Atom, and was also a playable character in Marvel Super Heroes, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2, so it would be cool to see the character make a return after her absence from UMvC3. 

Felicia(Capcom) 

Darkstalkers is my favourite fighting game series, sadky much like Megaman Capcom seems to hate the series and we will probably never see another game in the series, Marvel vs. Capcom is the closest thing we will have to a new Darkstalkers game.  Her first appearnce in the vs. series was in MvC2, and she made her way into MvC3. 

Omega Red(Marvel) 

Let us continue the trend of putting those X-Men characters in here.  X-Men characters have always been awesome in these games and I hope we can see some of them return to the series.  I also haven't mentioned ant grappling characters so here you that’s one for the boards! 

Ruby Heart(Capcom) 

Ruby Heart was a character that only appeared in MvC2, and I loved her design and I would love to see her make a return in this game.  Not sure if you noticed but I want most of these characters to make a return because I think they look cool, but the jokes on you it's my list I don’t care, I'll do what I want. 

Taskmaster(Marvel) 

Taskmaster is my favourite Marvel Villain of all time.  For those that don't know he basically has a super photographic memory which lets him replicate anything he see's.  When I saw him show up in MvC3 I had to put him on my team.  I found his combos fun to pull off, and easy to learn.  He's a character I find doesn’t get used enough, and I would greatly appreciate his return. 

Amingo(Capcom) 

Like Ruby Heart, Amingo only made an appearance in MvC2.  I want this guy in here primarily because he looks lame, but in a good way, and it would be nice to see a joke character in this game.  It’s very unlikely that he will make a return but we can all hope, that one day we can see this glorious cactus man make a return.  

Dr.Doom(Marvel) 

Doom has been one of the most popular MvC characters since MvC2, with his cool combos, and badass look.  It would be awesome to see his return, but like the X-Men characters 20th Century FOX owns the rights to those characters so let's hope we can see him foot-dive one last time, if not then he will forever live on in our hearts. 

So basically I'm just tired of writing this so I'm gonna stop there, I'll probably add more to the list as time goes on but until then I'm finished.

My Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Wishlist

10 Characters I want in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (5 Capcom/5 Marvel)

By. Calvin Parsons

Jan. 5, 2017

            So with Marvel vs. Capcom coming out in late 2017 everybody is guessing what characters will make their return and what characters will make their triumphant debut in the game like Captain Marvel, and X from Mega Man.

            This list will be the characters I would like to see make their debut, if there is anybody who cares out there and reads this I will be doing a list of the characters I wish to return to the series.

            I’ll start with the Capcom side, I love Capcom and their games but I like Comics more so I’ll save the best for last.

!!!NOTE THESE ARE IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER!!!

Capcom

1)      Edward Falcon, Power Stone -  Now this probably isn’t a surprise seeing how most people would love to see Edward make his way into a versus game. His move set would be based off his moves in power stone and his Lvl.3 could be him putting on his armor, allowing him to deal more damage, and some extra moves, and then his other supers could revolve around the suit but him not keeping it on.

2)      The Hunter, Monster Hunter – So I know that one of the producers of the MH series has said that he doesn’t want any of his characters in any of the other Capcom games, but I’d love to see The Hunter in a fighting game.  His various costumes could be different armor sets, his default being the Lagiacrus set from Monster Hunter 3.  He would be either a stance character having different weapons for different stances, or he would be similar to Chris from UMvC3 with his specials being various weapons he uses within the game.  One of his moves could be he sets one of the different traps within the games, making him a setup character as well.  His Lvl.3 he could call in Cha-Cha, and Kayamba and activate some kind a cinematic similar to Dooms where he sits in his throne in UMvC3.

3)      Tiffany Lords, Project Justice/Rival Schools – I… Umm… just really like this characters design for ahh… the titular aspects.  But in all seriousness, I have never played one her titles before so I’m not sure how the character feels or plays like, but I think she is an interesting looking character and in a game where you’re going up against some of the coolest Comic Book characters of all time you need to have style.

4)      Cosmi, Under The Skin -  I’ve never actually played the full game but back in the day of Playstation magazine I got a demo disc for the PS2 with the demo for this game on it, and I can recall really enjoying the shit out of it, I didn’t know what the objective was completely but I enjoyed running around as the little guy, taking the form of the humans around the level and throwing various objects around to try and combat the other Aliens.  Then for one of his supers he could take the form o whatever opponent he was currently fighting similar to Twelves X-Copy super in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, for those of you who played that game.  Only problems with this character is that I don’t think anybody remembers this game but me, so the character isn’t very popular.

5)      Cody, Final Fight/Street Fighter Series -  I love the Final Fight, and Street Fighter games, and I would love to see Cody get more screen time, since Capcom doesn’t seem to want to make a new Final Fight after the pile of garbage Final Fight: Streetwise.  I would want his look to be based off of the first Final Fight and not his Street Fighter Appearances, where he’s in a normal white T-Shirt and blue jeans, was never a big fan of his jumpsuit and the handcuffs.    

Marvel

1)      Luke Cage, Power Man/Defenders/Avengers/Heroes For Hire – With Luke Cage as Marvel’s most recent Marvel Netflix series this makes sense to me on the promotional side of things, and hopefully Iron Fist makes a return you can have the Heroes For Hire as a team, since the game is going to be a 2v2 game similar to the earlier entries in the series.  I would love for his default costume to be his original costume with the yellow puffy shirt, and tiara but sadly it will most likely be his new costume to fit the rest of the current Marvel characters(Lets hope for some good DLC costumes please Capcom).  His move set would revolve around command throws, and heavy hitting punches.  He should have 3 different types of command throws similar to Super Skrulls in UMvC3. i.e. L = Up close, M = Mid Screen, H = Anti-Air.  Now that is this game is a four button fighting game.  Then have his Special button Command throw be a more traditional throw.

2)      Union Jack, Invaders – Union Jack is a character I’ve always been a fan of, his design is kick ass, and again like I said with Tiffany, in a game full of awesome characters you have to look cool to make yourself stand out.  Have his move set utilize his knife and revolver, being more of a technical character.

3)      Hobgoblin/Green Goblin, Spider-Man Series – Really you could have either Goblin in the game just have one be an alternate costume for the other.  He would rely heavily on his pumpkin bombs, and like many of the characters with flight abilities in UMvC3 he would have a move that allows him to fly and throw pumpkin bombs freely.

4)      Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man/Spider-Gwen – Spider-Gwen has become one of Marvel’s most popular characters, even spawning a spin-off character Gwen-Pool.  The thing is it would be difficult to make her feel too similar to Spider-Man, he hasn’t been announced yet for the game but I don’t doubt he’ll be in it with Homecoming coming out later this year.

5)      Medusa, InHumans/Fantastic 4 – With an InHumans Movie/TV series on the horizon she would be a cool character to put in since her main super power is that she can manipulate her hair, similar to Sindel from the Mortal Kombat games for those who don’t know who she is.  I can see her controlling like Rogue from the earlier vs. titles, but with ranged command throws similar to Super Skrull for UMvC3(Refer back to Luke Cage).

Now those are the new characters I’d like to see I will eventually make a list of the returning characters I’d like to see from the older vs. games.   

But here are some honorable mentions for both sides.  

Kitty Pryde (X-Men) 

The Arisen (Dragon’s Dogma)

Scarlet Witch (X-Men/Avengers) 

Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)

Squirrel Girl (Avengers)

Gene (God Hand)

Sasquatch (Alpha Flight)

Asura (Asura’s Wrath)

Vindicator (Alpha Flight)

Ruby Heart (Marvel Vs. Capcom 2)

'Dr. Feelgood' Why I love Motley Crue so much

'Dr. Feelgood' 

Why I love Motley Crue so much 

By Calvin Parsons 

Dec. 9, 2016 

Back in the day when I was but a wee youngin' I was surrounded by Metal music, but back then I didn't know that there were what seems like almost endless amounts of genres, it was basically Death Metal or just Heavy Metal to me.  I didn’t know what Thrash Metal was, what Power Metal was, or what Progressive Swedish Techno Bombastic Black Metal(too my knowledge I just made this up) was.  Wasn’t until I was about 14 when I learned what the proper names for the majority of Metal Genre's were, by watching the show Metal Evolution, on Much More up here in Canada, and VH1 in the States.  

But anyways, growing up I always listened to Metal, thanks to my father.  When he'd drive us around we'd always listen to stuff like Metallica, Anthrax, Iron Maiden, Guns 'N Roses, and Motley Crue, etc. So I was just always exposed to the stuff and loved it.  During Elementary School and even into Junior High Motley was on my favourite bands list.  The Hair Metal stuff is great when you're young and not an angst filled teenager, which is when I started to gravitate towards stuff like Metallica and Anthrax, just because it had the aggression I wanted from my music, but I would still listen to Motley Crue, and GnR every now and again.  

 Hair Metal bands always looked interesting to me growing up especially Motley Crue, they weren't as girly looking as bands like Poison or Warrant, they looked cool, basically a more colourful version of KISS.  They also personified what it meant to be a Rockstar, banging tons of hot chicks, doing tons of drugs, and drinking lots of whiskey.  What 12-year-old boy doesn’t want to do that.  I always like watching Motley Crue videos because of the hot chicks in 'em.  I loved the long legs and burgundy lips(Girls, Girls, Girls – Motley Crue) with the 80's fashion.  When my ex would ask me what colour lipstick I thought she should get I'd always say burgundy red, because of this, she never did, said it was too fancy(that's why strippers in the 80s wore it). 

So Motley Crue had the look and sound for me, which is probably why, Dr. Feelgood was the first ever CD I bought.  My father had taken my younger sister and myself to a flea market one day when I was still in Elementary School I can't even remember how old I was, would've been at least 10.  I never had the same affection for them as I did with Metallica where when I first really listened to them I had this eye opening experience, but it was just something I always liked.  Except for their Bass player and founder of the band Nikki Sixx.  I don't know why but I've always gravitated towards Nikki.  I guess I just thought he looked cool with the Road Warrior shoulder pads, big boots, and I always thought his hair looked the best, which is pretty important if you're in a Hair Metal Band. 

Among my friends at school when I was in Grade. 12 for another time, because I was bored of just working and wanted to hang out with my friends who were all younger than me the bastards, I was known as the Metal guy and in this time I had my second coming around with Motley Crue, and this is when my obsession with Nikki started to show.  I would sit in the counseling centre, and work on stuff for my Art class and listen to Motley Crue and Iron Maiden.  This was the greatest time of my life, didn’t have anything to worry about except for getting my school work done, and listening to music. 

This was also around the time I started to make my moves on that ex that I mentioned earlier. We hung out quite a bit, we were already really good friends at that point and I just felt that it was the next step in our relationship kinda thing, so when I would drive us and our friends around 'cause I was the only one at the time with a license so I would make them listen to Motley Crue because it was easier to listen to, but I did also make them listen to Metallica, and Anthrax from time to time.  There were also times when I would sit in my car with my buddies Connor, and Steve during Steve and I's photography class, and talk about chicks and listen to Motley Crue, good times being a teenager with nothing better to do, which is what the a lot of the music was about, just being young and stupid. 

After all that stuff I started to date that girl and we would listen to Motley Crue all the time, when we would go to the beach, when we would go for drives, or even when we were just chilling at her house.  And when we started dating I knew I was gonna start getting some, and I was like I wanna lose my V-Card while listening to Motley Crue, and I did.  We were at her dad's place over summer break, and things were getting hot not temperature wise even though it fucking was. I managed to undo her bra, keep making out with her, and get my playlist going, I'm very skilled if I do say so myself.  I was more excited about the fact that I was losing it while listening to Motley Crue then actually losing it.  She found it pretty funny that I was like "Hell ya lost it while listening to Motley Crue!"  

I'm such a fucking nerd.  

Other than that I would offer to pick her up at her dad's food truck quite a bit over the course of that summer vacation and I would tell her stuff about Metal Bands, and my experiences with them, and one time I was telling her about how I almost bought "Girls, Girls, Girls" instead of "Among the Living" and her and a friend went to Ottawa, and she was going to get me a replacement copy of "Among the Living" because I foolishly lost mine, but they didn’t have it so she got me "Girls, Girls, Girls" instead which I thought cool, she was actually listening to my dumb stories. 

Then when she broke up with me later on I had trouble listening to Motley Crue, I just couldn't.  But recently I was watching a short documentary on Nikki Sixx(don’t worry my obsession with him didn’t end with my relationship) it made me want to go listen to them again, which I was hesitant of doing but I did anyways.  I went and grabbed my copy of "Girls, Girls, Girls" which I had thrown to the bottom of my bookshelf with the intentions of never listening to it again, I put it in my car's CD player and I went for a drive and listened to Motley Crue, I just didn’t worry about anything.  I was just like next time I'm doing the do I'll do it to Motley Crue. 

Motley Crue is a band I grew up listening to as a child, and listened to as I went into adulthood.  They will always be an important part of my life, and I will never no matter the reason stop listening to them again.f