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Frank West Cut From MvC 3, Phoenix Wright Considered
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds contains some awesome Capcom characters such as Arthur from Ghouls 'N Ghosts and Amaterasu from Okami. However, some key Capcom franchises are missing representatives, like Dead Rising and Phoneix Wright. Producer Ryota Niitsuma recently explained that Frank West was cut from the game late in the development, and that legendary lawyer Phoenix Wright was actually pondered as a fighter.
"As for Frank West, he was actually in the process quite deep, and in one of our high quality CG trailers he was actually part of it," Niitsuma told VideoGamer. "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."
For those of you who didn't play Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Frank West was actually playable in the Wii fighter, so he was thought of as a bit of a no-brainer for MvC 3. Additionally, you can see West's silhouette on the announcement trailer for Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Speaking about Phoenix Wright, Niitsuma said that the character is obviously very popular, but the litigator lacks a number of fighting game movies. He offered a glimmer of hope, however, saying "if Marvel vs. Capcom 3 does well, he's definitely up on the list as one of the characters to add, given the chance."
Let's cross our fingers for one of these characters as DLC.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 February 15.
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