The latest game details for "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" will feature Thanos as a rumored final boss and reasons for the 2v2 team battle.
Ever since the announcement of "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" during last year's PlayStation Experience event, several gamers were wondering as to why Capcom brought back the 2v2 team battle in the new sequel as opposed to the three character team battles from the previous "Marvel vs.Capcom" titles.
Now it seems that Capcom has finally revealed the reason to bring back the 2v2 team battle in "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite"as game co-producer Peter Rosas told EDGE (via Segment Next) that the decision to have the feature back is due to the players were encumbered with too many decisions before a brawl even began as the team sizes are rather unwieldy, as the first and second character picks often were more important than the third, which is typically a tacked on selection.
Simply put, Capcom whittled down the team sizes for "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" so as to assist players who are novice or new to the game series, in making the game more accessible and to present a sense of camaraderie among the characters fans select to do battle.
Aside from the 2v2 Team Battles, Capcom also brought back the Infinity Stones to "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" as power-ups that the characters used during battle. For instance, Ryu can use the Power Stone to increase the damage of his attacks, while Captain Marvel can use the Time Stone to be faster and quicker in her attacks.
"Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" will feature a a single-player Arcade, Training, and Mission mode, as well as a cinematic Story Mode that puts players in between both universes as they fight to the top to take on the game’s new villain who is revealed to be at the end of the cinematic trailer.
In other news, rumors are making rounds regarding the possible final boss of "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" as the Mad Titan Thanos could be the sequel's final opponent due to his connection with the Infinity Stones.
It is speculated by various sources that the Marvel characters in "Marvel vs. Capcom: infinite" will likely be based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which will not likely include X-Men and Fantastic Four characters, although there are rumors suggesting they could be DLC fighters.
Still, players will likely face Thanos in the sequel due to his growing popularity in both comics and MCU based films leading to "Avengers: Infinity War", TheBitBag reported. Thanos has been featured in "Marvel Superheroes" fighting game as a final boss and a returning characters in "Marvel vs. Capcom 2".
Previous reports revealed that NeoGaf username Ryce teased a a new Capcom character could make his/her debut in "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" teasing that this one is a major villain in a Capcom video game.
Capcom representative Michael Evans teased the "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite's" storyline will be the pillar of the game and the new characters Mega Man X and Captain Marvel will play an important role into the plot.
Marvel Game's representative Mike Jones added that the "core" foundation that Marvel made from TV series, movies, games etc. is the storytelling and so with the new emphasis on the cinematic story mode and the story of how these two universes collide, and how the characters meet. it drove a lot of the creative decisions for what characters to use in the game.
"Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite" will launch sometime in 2017 for the PS4, Xbox One and PC platforms.