At the end of the day, video games are a business and that’s exactly why Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been unavailable to buy on PlayStation 3 and Vita for the past couple of years. That was due to Capcom’s licensing deal with Marvel lapsing, and while those specific SKUs seem lost to the physical realm, they’ve released the three-on-three fighting game on PlayStation 4. While it’s not exactly the complete re-licensing I’d like to see (it looks like Marvel vs. Capcom Origins is forever lost), it’s at least something.
The immediate good news is that Capcom is making the PS4 version of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 the deluxe version it always should’ve been. In one of the most ridiculous re-release moves in gaming history, the original version still forced players to buy Marvel vs. Capcom 3‘s DLC characters, Jill and Shuma. This is no longer the case, as they come as part of the $24.99 package, alongside all of the alternate costume DLC.
As far as the port itself goes, it’s a perfectly fine conversion. The fighting title still plays extremely smooth at 60 frames-per-second, and the action is still as chaotic as ever. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3‘s three-on-three combat has a penchant for filling the screen with a ton of characters and effects, so it’s really nice to see all of the action occur without any issues (this is also why the Vita version of the game had less graphical effects going on). It...