2 Hours of Japanese Shuma Play

Do you like watching Shuma-Gorath fight? Do you have two hours to kill? Well, then I've got just the thing for you. I found the above video on psychorarity's YouTube channel. Enjoy!

The Marvelous Adventures of Shuma

Sweet Shuma action starts at 20:00. [Clip from The Marvelous Adventures of Gootecks & Mike Ross.]

Shuma Match Play

This is the first tournament match footage I've seen of a Shuma-Gorath player. Notice his use of the super-safe, low-to-the-ground c.M. It gets under projectiles and pulls the opponent in for a full combo. I'd like to see more high level Shuma play, but does he stand up to the game's real powerhouses?

Shuma is Already Complete On Disc

Thanks to Global-Trance.com (via SRK), we now know that Shuma is already on retail copies of MvC3. He was apparently removed due to Frank's removal. Jill isn't complete yet, so he couldn't be added back in without a Capcom counterpart. As far as his moves, they look familiar, except for his new Mystic Ray beam super. Could this be just what Shuma needed? It certainly can't hurt him to have such a move.

MvC3 Coming Feb 15, Shuma and Jill Confirmed

Capcom has announced a February 15, 2011 release date for Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Additionally, Shuma-Gorrath and Jill Valentine (in her RE5 outfit) were revealed as DLC characters. Codes for the DLC will be included in the game's special edition, and the actual downloads should be available in mid-March. It is safe to assume that these will not be the only DLC characters and that all of the DLC will be available to owners of the standard edition, albeit for a price.

The Special Edition version contains a bunch of stuff you probably don't need, but it does look nice. The cover of the steel case is actually the art from a poster given out at NY Comic Con (given out in a contest on this very site). The comic cover from NYCC (also a contest prize) actually becomes an entire prologue comic written by Frank Tieri.

Judging by the availability of DLC characters, we may be seeing new characters announced throughout the game's life. It might actually pay off to keep bugging Capcom for your favorite characters over time. February 15th is only the beginning.

FALSE RUMOR: MvC3 Roster Leaked?

UPDATE: Producer Niitsuma said that none of the Fantastic Four will be in the game, which proves this list false!

First let me say that this list definitely differs from one some guy showed me at EVO, but not by much; I distinctly remember M. Bison being on his list. Regardless, people on the Internet supposedly found this list in the Flash code on the Japanese website, which has since been changed. Did it really happen? Is there any reason to trust this list? Probably not... but here it is anyway:

Marvel

• Spider-man
• Hulk
• Wolverine
• Mr. Fantastic
• Captain America
• Iron Man (War Machine alt outfit)
• Elektra
• Thor
• X-23
• Magneto
• Dr. Doom
• Shuma-Gorath
• Emma Frost
• Deadpool
• Super Skrull
• Taskmaster
• Juggernaut
• She-Hulk

Capcom

• Ryu
• Mike Haggar
• Frank West (Chuck Greene alt outfit)
• Nathan "Rad" Spencer (Bionic Commando)
• Dante
• Chris Redfield
• Morrigan
• Arthur (Ghosts 'n Goblins / Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Makaimura)
• Amaterasu (Wolf from Okami)
• Albert Wesker
• Zero
• Chun-li
• Viewtiful Joe
• Trish (Devil May Cry)
• Tron Bonne
• Hsien-Ko
• Akuma / Gouki
• Felicia