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The DC vs. Marvel: Infinite Crisis thread is currently nominating characters from DC's cinematic universe; at the moment, we've just got some of the core Justice League members (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, and Aquaman) and two major villains (the Joker and Lex Luthor) on the DC side of things, so there are still plenty of options to choose from.

We're also voting on an X-Men stage between the Savage Land, Krakoa, and the Danger Room.

I've had this stuck in my head all day, so now all of you have to deal with it as well:


(It's a great song - American Pie came on during my drive into work, and I mentally substituted the Weird Al lyrics)

My Marvel vs. DC thread is currently voting on various villains to vex the roster.



Top to bottom, left to right: Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Bane, Black Adam, Darkseid, Deathstroke, Damien Darhk, the Joker



Top to bottom, left to right: Crimson Dynamo, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Thanos, Venom, Loki, Morbius, Ultron

Also, this morning's mini-Direct turned out much better than I expected! Nier Automata and Persona 3-5 on the Switch are all great, the Dragon Quest Treasures spin-off looks interesting, and the Switch release of Portal 1 and 2 comes out today. Blanc looks cute, but I can't help but feel that the game is going to end in tragedy.

The DC vs. Marvel thread (now with a new name!) is nominating villains for the roster:


The top two for each side will likely be included, assuming that there are enough nominations; I feel like there's at least one villain on each side where I'd honestly be surprised if they didn't make it in during this round.

For the Marvel vs. DC thread, we're currently voting on how many characters should be included in the line-up, along with voting for characters to be included from the main super-teams of each universe. (there's going to be two characters added from each group)


(From top to bottom, left to right: The Flash, Red Tornado, Cyborg, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Robin (Grayson), Plastic Man, Captain Marvel)


(From top to bottom, left to right: Squirrel Girl, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, the Hulk, the Wasp, Captain America, Ant-Man (Lang), Thor, Black Widow)

We're also nominating ideas for what type of fighting game this hypothetical game should be.

I've started a DC vs. Marvel thread on the SmashBoards Creates forum; it's been a while since I made the PlayStation All-Stars 2 thread, so I figure that I can handle running another thread like this.

The Marvel platform fighter thread has kicked off an open-ended nomination period for a playable character. So, as long as they're a Marvel character that isn't already in the game, you can feel free to nominate them.

I just found out that DC Universe Infinite (DC's equivalent to the Marvel Unlimited app - basically Netflix for DC comics) has finally released in Canada. Not sure what to read first (maybe Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle series), but I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Suddenly, the Marvel Smash-like thread is accepting suggestions for an insidious scallywag from the Sinister Six as a support character.

(Doc Ock and Venom are playable, and the Rhino is a support, but most other Spider-Man villains are fair game, though a few haven't been on the Sinister Six, like Dr. Michael Morbius, so those wouldn't be eligible)

Hey, nice avatar.

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating ideas for jobs, not counting fighters. If there are any types of assists, stages, items, or bosses you'd like to see, or if you want to expand on modes, now's the time to bring it up.

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently voting on a magic user to add to the roster, out of these choices:


-Doctor Voodoo
-Doctor Strange
-Ghost Rider (not sure if it's meant to be Danny Ketch specifically or any version)
-Loki
-Scarlet Witch

The secret sixth guy could be anybody! It could be Dormammu! (there's no secret sixth guy - I just wanted an opportunity to reference the Superior Foes of Spider-Man)

After cosmic characters and street level characters, the Marvel platform fighter thread is nominating magic users for a playable character.

At the moment, the only ones who qualify are Nico Minoru (from the Runaways) and Doctor Doom, so anyone from the Scarlet Witch to Loki to Dormammu, Ghost Rider, Magik, or Captain Britain (among many others) could be nominated. (Doctor Strange has already been nominated)

We're voting on a street level character to be included as a playable character in the Marvel platform fighter thread. And, since I like making these (and I'd already made 2/3 of them), here are the options that you can choose from:



-Daredevil
-Miles Morales
-Moon Knight
-Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
-The Punisher
-Black Widow

I realize I've been posting about it a lot, but my profile posts about Mighty Marvel Melee (the make-your-own Marvel Smash-like game) seem to be getting it more attention (either that or it's a coincidence), so I'll keep at it.

Either way, the thread is currently nominating playable street level characters. This can range from characters like Daredevil or Elektra to Luke Cage or Moon Knight to villains like Kingpin or Bullseye. (Not sure if Spider-Man's rogues gallery or characters like Hawkeye would qualify - they feel like gray areas) Still, there are plenty of options to choose from for this.

The Marvel platform fighter thread is voting on cosmic playable character(s?). (not sure if there will be more than one added from the list) Here are the options:



-Groot
-Star Lord
-Silver Surfer
-Adam Warlock
-Nova (Richard Rider)
-Cosmo
-The Sentry

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently submitting cosmic playable characters. This is the roster so far:



...and I'm pretty sure the only one that qualifies is Thanos (and maybe Captain Marvel), so anyone that is considered cosmic (space-based/focused) should be eligible.

(some of the pictures aren't the clearest at first glance, particularly Blade (who's beneath Rogue and above Nightcrawler) and Nico Minoru (who's between Doctor Doom and She-Hulk))

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating stages. Any stage is an option; here's the ones that are currently in the game:



(the Spider-Man images are placeholders)

If any obvious picks feel like they're missing, then feel free to nominate them.

If you're not sure what to nominate and need a few ideas, you could go with:

-major landmarks like the Baxter Building (home of the Fantastic Four), Fisk Towers (Kingpin's base of operations), or one of the many headquarters of groups like the Hand, Hydra, or A.I.M.

-other countries like Latveria (home of Doctor Doom), Krakoa (a sentient island and current home of many of Earth's mutants), Madripoor (a lawless country where Wolverine occasionally runs a bar under the identity of "Patch"), or Slorenia (basically Sokovia from the movies, except Ultron was more successful there)

-otherworldly locations like Taa II (Galactus's world-ship), Avalon (an ancient magical realm from the Captain Britain comics), Skrullos (homeworld of the Skrulls), or Chandilar (the throneworld of the Shi'ar Empire).

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating comedic characters (in a stark contrast to the anti-hero round) and voting on a premise for an Adventure mode.

There's a lot of room for creativity when it comes to the nominations, given that some characters might have started out as serious threats only to become jokes as time marched on. (Looking at you, Asbestos Man!)

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently submitting anti-heroes as playable characters. This can range from criminals who are ultimately on the side of good such as Black Cat, to heroes who have serious issues such as Moon Knight, to characters that jump back and forth between both sides like Venom.

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating stages from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Obviously, there are a lot of potential locations to draw from, given how strange the early Marvel comics could get at times and how much new ground was being broken. (The Fantastic Four comics alone provide a ton of material to work with)

Make preparations for mutant mayhem, because Mighty Marvel Melee (the message board thread for making the line-up for a Marvel-style Smash game) is currently nominating your favourite mutant model citizens, mercenaries, and miscreants!

Nominate such marvelous mutated magnates as Magik, Manifold, Marvel Girl (a.k.a. Jean Grey), Moira MacTaggert, Mister Sinister. Marrow (made famous from Marvel vs. Capcom 2), or Mimic (but not Magneto, who was mercifully included mere days ago), among many other X-Men-associated characters whose names and pseudonyms don't begin with the letter M!

(I really had to stretch it to keep the alliteration going)

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently submitting characters who have been playable in Marvel vs. Capcom games. This means that any of the following characters are eligible:



(any character who's missing is already in the game in some form - as of now, Magneto, Black Panther, Ghost Rider, and Ultron have been nominated, and getting more nominations means that more characters will be added from the list)

The Marvel platform fighter thread is on the last of the decade-based submissions, the 2010s. (And also 2020-2022)

The characters introduced here are obviously newer, but there's still plenty of characters who have made a big impact in a short time, like Miles Morales or Spider-Gwen, who are eligible. A character going through a major identity change in this period can also be nominated, so characters like Sam Wilson as Captain America or Jane Foster as Thor are options.

(Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan is already in the line-up - as of now, America Chavez and Captain Marvel have been nominated, but I know there are more than two Marvel fans on this site)

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating characters who first appeared (or underwent a major identity change, like the Winter Soldier) in 2000-2009, so if you want to include someone like Star-Lord (Peter Quill first appeared in 2004, which surprised me), Groot, X-23, or one of the Runaways or the Young Avengers, now seems like the best time. (though I'm sure there will be chances for any of them later)

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating characters who debuted in the 90's - pouches, implausibly huge muscles, and an absurd amount of firearms are the order of the day! (or not, considering that I nominated Squirrel Girl)

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I've had the theme song for Peacemaker stuck in my head for the past few days. Also, I was surprised to find out that this wasn't some obscure song from the '80s, but a 2010 Norwegian rock song.

I have no idea how to describe it, but from a distance or if you squint your eyes, your Piccolo pfp looks like Master Chief in a go-kart.

The Marvel platform fighter thread is currently nominating characters from the 1960's. It's still early on in deciding the roster, so there are a ton of potential options that haven't even been nominated yet (Black Panther, Magneto, any of the Fantastic Four, any of the original X-Men, Captain Marvel if you're counting her civilian identity rather than her superhero one, etc.).

I figured that getting the word out might help with raising interest in the thread (and possibly resulting in more than one character getting in from the vote - I'm not sure how it would be handled if there were a lot of options to choose from, but at the very least, it couldn't hurt).

I'm proud that I got this Steam achievement; while I've played Dead By Daylight quite a bit, I don't play as the Survivors very often, and if I'm only going to get one achievement for winning with the Survivor's default perks, I'm glad it was for using Ash.

I think I'm nearing the end of Kingdom Hearts 2. I finished the Hundred Acre Wood, Halloween Town, Atlantica, the Pride Lands, and Olympus Coliseum last night (I didn't realize that the Hades Cup was story content at first - I thought it was just a bonus challenge), so now I think I just need to revisit Space Paranoids, revisit Twilight Town, and then I'm pretty sure it's the final level.

I'm enjoying the game, though the Drives are a little annoying to level up. I think that once I'm finished with Kingdom Hearts 2, I'll move on to Metroid Dread - it seems pretty short (about 8 to 10 hours).

So there is this weird situation! So i made my spiderman thread before the big Marvel thread came out and since your thread opened i only have 1 Person still contributing!
I know you are a big marvel fan too so i have no problem (after all my Thread is mostly spiderman related!)
But maybe you could do me a favour while also having a nice gimmick:
So how about we both make a Crossover job in which 3 Characters exclusive to your Roster Join mine and Vice Versa? (i also know your puuting more work in your thread than i do in mine so i could limit the pickable crossover Chars to only more well known ones! So a lot of the symbiotes of my roster cant be picked for this event!)
Would you like something like that?
Edit: im sorry if you want you can delete This!

There is a bot promoting a product in ultimate general lol

I've got a few movies that I'm planning to watch for Spooky Month:

-Friday the 13th Part 6 - I've only seen one other Friday the 13th movie (part 4, and that was largely for Crispin Glover's ridiculous dancing), but I've heard this one's relatively good.

-Prince of Darkness - I've liked the John Carpenter movies that I've seen (Halloween, Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and They Live), and I'm hoping that this makes it six for six.

-Christine - I got a DVD collection of Stephen King movies a while ago, and I haven't watched this one yet.

-No Time to Die - not tied to the theme, but I'm probably going to see this around Thanksgiving. (the Canadian Thanksgiving, that is) This will be the second James Bond movie that I've seen in theaters.

-Halloween Kills - this one's a maybe. I liked Halloween 2018, but when I watched it in theaters, I felt really weird/spooked afterwards, and it was probably a tame example by the standards of the genre (I was glad that I watched it in the afternoon, rather than having to drive home at night). This was only my first scary movie that I had seen in theaters, and I'm not sure if I want to relive that experience haha.

Not sure which other ones I should watch, if any.

Dude, what about making more PSABR 2 content? The game would be perfect if you made more with others.

Psychonauts 2 comes out in a little over a week! I'm so excited; I've waited fifteen-ish years for this, and this is one of the only crowdfunding campaigns that I've contributed to.

With just a few hours left, what are your expectations/hopes for Nintendo's E3?

I'm expecting that it's probably going to be a fairly tame Direct (though probably considered the best presentation almost by default), with the only Zelda news being Age of Calamity DLC and ports of Wind Waker HD and/or Twilight Princess HD. Maybe we'll get one last trailer for No More Heroes 3 since the game launches in August.

I'm hoping for Bayonetta 3, a Metroid game by MercurySteam, Rare Replay on Switch, or the long-rumoured Halo: The Master Chief Collection port, though none of those seem especially likely. I'm also hoping for Crash or Dante in Smash, though I think I'd be fine with most characters.

Bandai-Namco has a presentation today as well - not sure what to expect there, but I'm hoping for some kind of Tekken collection (I'd be happy with 1-4 and Tag Tournament) or an anime fighter by Arc System Works. (anime licenses seem to change hands, but Bandai-Namco consistently works with One Piece, Naruto, My Hero Academia, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, so there's a lot of potential there) Again, that seems wildly optimistic on my part, and I figure that if any fighting game news is going to be announced, it will probably be at EVO.

EDIT: I've read that Bandai-Namco's stream is for one game. Not sure how accurate that is, but if that's the case, I'm not expecting much. (it's called House of Ashes)

Generally speaking, Microsoft's presentation tends to have two or three things that interest me, and that tradition continued this year:

-Psychonauts 2 release date (easily the highlight of their show for me - I've been looking forward to that game for fifteen or sixteen years)
-The Outer Worlds 2 (I'm completely unfamiliar with the first game, but that trailer reminded me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is usually a plus)
-and, to a lesser extent, Halo Infinite's multiplayer being free to play

I didn't watch the Ubisoft or Square-Enix presentations live, but from the sounds of it, I don't think I missed much. (it's weird that Square-Enix is bringing FF1-6 to mobile versions and Steam, again, but not to the Switch, or any consoles for that matter) I saw some things, like the Mario + Rabbids trailer, the Guardians of the Galaxy S-E game, and the FF Origins trailer, but they didn't really hook me. (FF Origins seems like an unnecessarily gritty take on a game that looks like this:


)

Capcom seems to be the main one tomorrow, but it's only half an hour, so I'm not sure if they'll have a lot of announcements. Then it's Nintendo and Namco-Bandai - not sure what to expect, but I'm hoping we get some Bayonetta 3 news from Nintendo (I'll take concept art at this point - something to show that the game actually exists in some form), and a One Piece fighting game (or any fighting game in the style of Dragon Ball FighterZ - Naruto, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, My Hero Academia... you name it) or a Tekken collection for Namco-Bandai. (though all of those seem like pipe dreams)

I think we're nearing the end of the PlayStation All Stars 2 thread; at the very least, we're starting on DLC characters/stages.

So, if you look at this line-up and think that any character seems like they're missing, now's the time to fix that.