Competitive fighting game player Jonathan Parkes didn’t have pleasant things to say about working with Marvel. Parkes, who worked on promotional videos for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, revealed during a Twitch stream that the entertainment giant had several demands. These included not letting Capcom characters beat up any Marvel heroes, and they required specific pairings be shown.
“The [Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite] character introduction videos, the ones they put on YouTube and stuff showing basic and intermediate combos, I was the one performing those combos,” revealed Parkes. “I helped make those videos, and working with Marvel is a fucking nightmare. They want so many specific things in place. They wouldn’t allow us to do the combos on any Marvel character because they didn’t like the idea of a Capcom character beating up a Marvel character in a promotional video. So they would only allow any combos performed on a Capcom character. They [also] wanted specific pairings, they wanted Hulk paired up with Ryu. ” For even more on the fighting game, check out my Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite review. Here?s a snippet of what I had to say about Capcom?s latest fighter:
Like many other Marvel vs. Capcom fans, I was slightly concerned about the character roster of Infinite. Despite not having missing some big names like Wolverine and losing some of my favorite characters in 3 (I miss you Phoenix Wright), I still found plenty to like abou...