My issue with the roster, in addition to the lack in women, are the fact that there’s only seven new characters, and many of the returning characters are super safe roster picks like Ryu, Chun Li, Captain America, Morrigan, Hulk and others that we’ve already seen on one or more occasions in this series already.
Sure, I don’t mind some of the more popular characters coming back over and over again, but were Darkstalkers fans really clamoring for Morrigan AGAIN over the likes of many other characters that have never been in a Vs game before? I think it’s awesome that Jedah’s going to be in MVCI, but a few more Darkstalkers that aren’t Morrigan would’ve been nice, like Rikuo, Donovan, Q-Bee, Sasquatch, Victor, Bishamon, etc.
Same goes for Street Fighter. All the new characters introduced in SFV and we’re stuck with Ryu and Chun Li for the 90th time. How about Juri, Ibuki, Necalli, Rashid, Laura, Alex, Rose, Gouken, etc?
I know the initial roster isn’t huge and I’m sure they want people to recognize a substantial portion of the roster regardless of which fandom they’re coming from, but it’s not like they don’t have a few deep cuts in there like Firebrand, Arthur, etc, but if you’re going to do that, why not just make them characters that haven’t been in the game as recently as UMVC3 (for example)?
Oh well, maybe DLC will fill this roster out in to something I’ll be more interested in over time. I saw one rumor that had a few Darkstalkers coming in that I’d like to see, though the recent rumored leak doesn’t have them, so who knows. Either way, I’m still a little interested, as these games always tend to be fun. Not sure if I want to get it day one or wait for a consolidated version. I might just have to give in to temptation and go day one.