Yeah, there are a ton of really obscure jokes and references in every article. That's really just what I want to write, heh. I guess I'll explain the ones that might not be obvious... I promise you'll at least get some funny youtubes out of it!
Akuma
- Can now steal chi and use it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmm9nloN54o#t=30s - New costume: hawaiian shirt and straw hat
Someone, I think an actual Capcom artist, once drew this really cool but maybe out of character Akuma art:
http://i.imgur.com/rUcc3.jpg - I was really hoping this would be an outfit in SF4 :S
Amaterasu
- English voice now available
Amaterasu doesn't have a voice, just barks!
Captain America
- Changed âAâ on costume to âFâ for âFranceâ
This comic book page, lol:
http://www.superherostuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ultimatecaptainamerica.jpg - Captain Americaâs pet bald eagle, Soldier, now available as a projectile: Screaminâ Eagles
In the old Marvel games, Captain America used to say "GOOD JOB SOLDIER" when he won and a Bald Eagle would land on his arm. Also, Screamin' Eagles is a historical reference and lol TF2:
http://boourns.cjb.net/screamin_eagle.jpg - Fixed a glitch that caused Captain Falcon to display as Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield punches giant rocks and black people at a Falcon Punch level in Resident Evil 5
Chun Li
- We added Chun Li to the game! Please try her out!
Nobody plays Chun Li for some reason!
Dante
- Danteâs line when assisting with Trish has been changed to âsweet moves gurlâ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJI-xFk6Ho - Corrected name to âJustin Bieberâ
Dante has a passing resemblance to Bieber in MVC3 and commentators have mention this from time to time. My pal always says "WHO GAVE JUSTIN BIEBER GUNS"
Deadpool
- Now has web swing, spider-string, web ball, and web throw, but with guns
He also says "WHO GAVE SPIDERMAN GUNS"
Doctor Strange
- âCelery Shankâ super name corrected in move list
When Dr Strange says "Spell of Vishanti" it sounds like "Celery Shank"
- Hosts of Hoggoth no longer hoary
"By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth" is a classic Dr Strange quote, of course!
Dr. Doom
- New mask-less costume that looks vaguely like Norm MacDonald, but is actually the guy from Nip/Tuck
This is a joke about the Fantastic Four movie
Frank West
- Photos Frank takes are now available for viewing from the menu
You can do this in Dead Rising and I honestly want this feature for UMVC3, it would be pretty funny!
Ghost Rider
- Fixed a bug that caused bees to put Ghost Rider in permanent hitstun
Ghost Rider = Nicholas Cage = OH GOD BEES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU Hawkeye
- Hawkeye now has a powerup super: âludicrous gimletsâ
'Gimlet' is one of Hawkeye's supers, and ludicrous giblets is a reference to Rise of the Triad and honestly I didn't expect anyone to ever get this. Maybe I should have made a joke about Hawkeye dies all the time
Hulk
- Hulk now gains additional meter from standing H and receiving bacon
Stand H has armor so it goes through everything and leads to hilarious Hulk success stories. Also a reference to this meme:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/push-button-receive-bacon Iron Man
- Gains new moves from powerup system. Input back, down, down/back+attack to drink scotch and throw the bottle.
Iron Man struggles with alcoholism in the comic books and is also kind of an asshole
Nathan Spencer
- To more closely implement Bionic Commando playstyle, jump has been removed
There's no jump button in the classic Bionic Commando, of course!
Nemesis
- Small black bars now censor violent penetration of opponentâs character
Nemesis attacks with his tentacles on occasion and the Japanese have a weird and useless way of censoring their bizarre tentacle porn!
- Now gets perks from noobtube killstreaks
Nemesis uses a rocket launcher and these are all Call of Duty references
Nova
- New costume added: pajamas with feet
Nova already has a pretty typical pajama-like superhero outfit
Rocket Raccoon
- Rocket Raccoon is now smaller
Rocket Raccoon is already annoyingly small and to make him any smaller would be pretty insane
Ryu
- To more closely reflect Ryuâs Street Fighter IV version, Ryu is now selected by 70% of online players
Pretty sure Ryu is far and away the most common character in SF4 online, but you really don't see him online that much. A lot of people joke that the 'trenchcoat mafia' (Dante, Virgil, Wesker) is the 'Ryu' of MVC3 I suppose.
Sentinel
- Made changes to help in matchup against catchphrases
- It appears to be a **** the knicks plugged in canât do anything right mango
Very overused catchphrases from
mahvel baybee! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZUMjoxfZA90s X-men Cartoon / Sentinels can't do anything right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5v2RdxYGqk Shuma-Gorath
- Each of Shumaâs expressions now more smug and/or saucy
Shuma-Gorath somehow manages these expressions even though he's a tentacle monster with one giant eyeball
http://uppix.net/d/d/d/b99b768531d0622285fbb56af63bd.jpghttp://images.wikia.com/marvelvscapcom/images/f/f8/Shuma-gorath.png Spider-Man
- New matchup dialogue regarding Wolverineâs claws, sexual orientation
From the infamous parody of the Spiderman newspaper comic:
http://danarchy.youfailit.net/Spiderman/ (#10). I play Spidey so naturally I say this all the time.
Super Skrull
- There is too much trash in the universe: Super Skrull now picks up litter to gain meter, community service time
Skrull says 'There is too much trash in this universe' all the time
Tron Bonne
- Use your save data from Megaman Legends 3 to unlock a new costume
That game is famously cancelled, lol
Vergil
- In-game mail system allows Vergil to receive letters from Dante
A reference to this meme-ish comic:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6725/119767809896vn5.png Wolverine
- Changed a hitbox that caused Wolverineâs dive kick to be less than full screen
Wolverine's dive kick covers a really large area. ****.
http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/ed/00/funny,hitbox,mvc3,stupid,trollface,wolverine-ed000c802e811fdbcf5beacf186ff30e_h.jpg Wesker
- Fixed a glitch that caused Neo to display as Wesker
Wesker dresses like and as of RE5, moves like Neo from the Matrix
- In the interest of realism, Weskerâs OTG pistol changed to instant KO
Wesker is already ridiculously good and this is just silliness
- Wesker now removes his jacket when performing Phantom Dance for the second time and gains 15% speed and damage.
- Wesker now removes his pants when performing Phantom Dance for the third time and gains 15% more speed and damage.
A change in UMVC3 was that when Wesker lost his sunglasses (which he did when he either got hit a lot or did Phantom Dance), he gained a little extra speed and damage. A lot of people didn't like this because he was already good and didn't really need any boosts.
Zero
- Lowered Zeroâs damage, but also lowered hitstun reduction to compensate
Zero's combos already take an annoyingly long time and this would make it worse
SYSTEM CHANGES
- Each character now has a new Megaman DLC costume!
Frank West and Zero already have them. There is still no Megaman in the game and a lot of people interpret this as 'rubbing it in'
- To reduce setup time at tournaments, button configurations have been disabled
Capcom (Japan) still refuses to implement fast, good button configuration options and it makes tournament players butthurt since it takes up a lot of time
- Ranked matchmaking optimized to match all players directly with either a player with a 0/0 record or Viscant
Viscant, the top player that won Evo, had no job and played online around the clock after MVC3 came out so chances are you would play him at some point if you played online much.
- Ultra X-Factor Pandora Gems are now available as DLC
Ultra = SF4 comeback mechanic
X-Factor = MVC3 comeback mechanic
Pandora = SFxT comeback mechanic
Gems = thing you buy to equip on your guys in SFxT
Fight game players complain about comeback mechanics a lot!