Change The Channel!

Well, Comic-Con is long gone and it’s time to round up on the things I missed out on or didn’t go into much detail over in my last post. We’re pretty much out of the comics-related stuff now and into the ‘We just wanna be at Comic-Con’ games. But hey, nine times out of ten not being based on a comic property is a good thing in a game. Even if you’re the goddamn Batman.

Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 wasn’t the only thing Capcom had to show off at Comic-Con, we got new character reveals and a trailer for Street Fighter X Tekken too, revealing the inclusion of Street Fighter’s old-school Indian  rubberman Dhalsim, Tekken’s sword-wielding cybernetic ninja Yoshimitsu and English boxer Steve Fox, and, surprisingly, Poison the transexual/cross-dresser/hermaphrodite/woman from Final Fight, making her playable debut in any fighting series. The accompanying cinematic trailer is far more interesting however, potentially further confirming the giant wrestler Hugo, and the street-fighting duo Cody and Guy, all originating from Final Fight before becoming Street Fighter regulars. While Capcom’s actions and attitude have turned me off from most of their other games lately, I can’t stay mad at Street Fighter X Tekken. Here’s the awesome wrestling-packed trailer.

As I mentioned briefly at the end of my last post, Comic-Con also saw the reveal of Mortal Kombat’s final DLC character of the summer, guest character and iconic horror villain Freddy Kreuger. While it was obvious that the mystery character would have to be someone fairly special in order to warrant being a mystery character, I don’t think anyone was really expecting Kreuger so kudos to NetherRealm Studios for managing to keep a secret in this digital age, especially when Capcom failed miserably to keep the entire roster of Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom under wraps before the game was even officially announced. Considering I’m never really a fan of guest characters in fighting games, Freddy makes for a fairly uninteresting addition. I’ll accept that his inclusion isn’t nearly as awkward as the ‘You’ve got your Star Wars in my Soul Calibur!’ thing, but it still doesn’t do much for me. Though I doubt I’m really who they were aiming at with this promotion, not really being much of a horror fan and being fairly lukewarm towards MK in general when compared with it’s generally superior competitors. With horror fans already starting to get their hopes up that Freddy’s inclusion opens the doors for other iconic slasher villains like Jason Voorhees, chances are good that we’ll be seeing more MK DLC later in the year.

And in a little bit of non-Comic-Con news, Bioware have released Legacy, a new chapter of Dragon Age II that delves into the apparently sordid family history of the games protagonist, Choose-A-Name-Here Hawke. Considering the amount of support the first DA got I actually expected more like this a little sooner than now, but hey, better late than never. I probably won’t be picking this up any time soon since I haven’t really finished DA II yet, but going by Bioware’s track record with this stuff I’m sure it’s worth picking up. Unless you’re one of those people who just really hate DA II. In which case you probably won’t bother. Think I’ll finish on that bombshell.

Zee.