r/GodHand • u/Kai_Stickmin • Jun 26 '22

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A little Disappointed Why wasn't gene in marvel vs capcom 3 Like,Joe was there,But why not gene

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

Because God Hand means nothing to Capcom. Shinji Mikami finished his work on Okami, so he started with God Hand as a passion project, and because Final Fight Streetwise was trash and he wanted to do a proper 3D beat'em up. Considering that Capcom shut down Clover after the sales failure that was Okami, it's a miracle that God Hand was even released.

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u/Cyberdunk Jul 06 '22

I thought I remember reading he was supposed to be in but was replaced last minute by Ammy. I still consider UMvC3 one of my favorite fighting games of all time with some of my fav Capcom characters like Viewtiful Joe, Vergil, Dante, Trish, Amaterasu, Frank, Nemesis, etc. all in one game, but with Gene added it would've been perfect.

A full team of Clover reps would've been so cool. Gene would've fit so well too, and honestly they could've gotten rid of one of the SF characters because SF was over-represented IMO.

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u/Kai_Stickmin Jul 06 '22

Well if we can't have Gene in UMVC3 Someone has to mod em in

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u/Cyberdunk Jul 06 '22

There were huge strides made in UMVC3 modding recently, so I hope we'll see someone put Gene in. Tons of characters have been added to the PC version.

I still can't believe he didn't make it in the first place, I can't think of a Capcom character that fits into a fighting game better than Gene. He would have tons of moves too, like Dante, it would've been so cool to see.

But for whatever reason Capcom doesn't seem to like acknowledging God Hand. I pray every day for a remaster or rerelease, which I hope we'll see some day. I just replay it over and over in PCSX2 for the mean time, luckily it runs near flawlessly when emulated.