EA to Stop Make Crappy Marvel Fighting Games
Do you remember EA’s Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects videp game? If you don’t, it’s entirely possible that you’ve repressed it, your mind trying to shield you from how fucking awful it was (you should check out the video below, and refresh yourself). Anyways, EA was making another Marvel fighting game…until Monday, when EA and Marvel announced they were stopped their deal.
This is good news, people; for whatever reason, the only country that can make good games based on American comic book superheroes is Japan, like Capcom’s Marvel super Heroes, X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom, etc. In Capcom’s games, you can select dozens of Marvel’s greatest characters (and a lot of the shitty ones, too, actually). In EA’s game, you can fight villains named?and I’m not making this up?The Wink, Johnny Ohm, and…Niles Van Roekel. The terror! (Via Gametap)
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