History YMMV / MarvelVsCapcom3

* MemeticMutation: From the tournament scene: "When's Marvel?"

*** ComicBook/{{X 23}}, while popular, is quite literally a [[OppositeSexClone female clone]] of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, and didn't sound likely when Wolvie himself was in. That, and compared to everyone else on the Marvel roster, she was extremely recent having only debuted in ''2004'', a mere ''seven years'' prior to the game. For comparison, the second newest Marvel character here is SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}, who debuted in ''1991'' and predates her by thirteen years, and the others are a lot older than that.

*** On a related note, Ghost Rider and Iron Fist were originally passed over prior to the ''Ultimate'' version of the game, for the reason that Seth Killian cited as "too punchy" in regards to moveset potential. Sad fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game in introduced [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]], a character with nothing ''but'' punch attacks!

** X-Factor, particularly Level 3, was designed to be a ComebackMechanic, but proved to be so overpowered it can quickly change the tide of the battle.
** Phoenix's Dark Phoenix Hyper Combo makes her one of the strongest characters in the game, with devastating attacks that cover the entire screen. It's supposed to be balanced by a constant [=HP=] drain, but that's nothing when her second hyper can heal her, and her incredible mobility makes her quite difficult to hit anyways. Throw in X-Factor and she can turn the tide of the match all by herself.

** Vergil. His normals have extremely long range, and several of his moves have hitboxes from ''behind'', which means that if you think you're safe just because you leapt over Vergil when he does a move, '''think again'''. This basically makes most jump-in cross-ups useless against him if he's used correctly.

** Zero is at the very top of the tier list, and when played on-point has been known to decimate entire teams by himself.

* [[AwesomeMusic/CapcomVsWhatever Awesome Music - Capcom vs. Whatever]]
* [[Memes/CapcomVsWhatever Memetic Mutation - Capcom vs. Whatever]]

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of Zero brought a long-standing debate over whether his VideoGame/MegaManZero incarnation should have been in the game instead of the VideoGame/MegaManX version of the character. Zero's ending, where [[spoiler:he visits the ''Megaman Zero'' universe with the assistance of the Silver Surfer]], only served to add fuel to the debate.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The male announcer [[BrokenRecord repetitively]] exclaims the same lines whenever players perform certain maneuvers during battles. For example, launch your opponent in the air, hit him/her only twice, then listen to the announcer say "Air Combo!" ''every single time''. In previous ''Marvel vs.'' games, you'd only hear the announcers say "Air Combo!" until ''after'' the final hit of an air combo was dealt. Call in an assist at any time and he'll always say "Crossover Assist!". Also, in case you didn't know what it was called, the announcer will say "Advancing Guard!" whenever a character uses said technique. And if you want to hear the characters say the names of their partners when they're tagging them into battle, you won't get a clear sound, because the announcer will say "Crossover Attack!" over them.

* HolyShitQuotient: The gameplay videos and especially the trailers have been supplying such moments in spades.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Zero taking a pot shot about X's absence from the roster has been made awkward now that it's been revealed that Zero's DLC suit ''actually is X''.
** When Zero activates X-Factor, he yells "No more games!" The series he hails from went on a hiatus which only ended with the release of VideoGame/MegaMan11 in late 2018.
** When She-Hulk defeats Deadpool, she says she'll do it again if there's a ''Marvel vs. Capcom 4''. Unfortunately for them, [[ExactWords the sequel is called]] ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' with neither character to be found in its base roster.
** Another victory quote, also from She-Hulk, predicted her controversial Grey Hulk and "Fem Hulk" forms. "She-Hulk smash! Heh... Imagine."

** Zero when played on-point has been known to decimate entire teams by himself.

** Phoenix, mainly due to Dark Phoenix being an enormous pain to fight and even more of one if X-Factor is involved; see "TierInducedScrappy" below for how ridiculous this can become.

* GeniusBonus: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's quip against Zero can be a reference to the [[ZeroesAndOnes binary numbers concept]], or the fact that Japanese fighter pilots in WWII were nicknamed "Zeroes", though Cap didn't fight in the Pacific. Or the fact that "zero" is a generic insult.

** Some fans also have been pairing up Felicia, Amaterasu, Super-Skrull and Hulk in all of the pairing matches.
** Hulk/X-23 and Deadpool/Dante, claiming both pairs look dreamily into each other's eyes. [[MayDecemberRomance Despite the fact that X-23 is about 16 and Hulk is some vague but considerably older age.]]
** And now, thanks to the fourth intro movie, Haggar/Felicia.
** [[spoiler:She-Hulk[=/=]Spencer]] in Spencer's ending.
** Shuma-Gorath shows very creepy amounts of interest in Hsien-Ko.

** Doctor Strange greets a female character (except Hsien-Ko) by inviting her to join his team of "all-female Defenders". He also throws a rose to female fighters as his taunt. How much have you picked up from Tony, Stephen?

** Other popular picks include Magneto, Spencer (whose popularity skyrocketed following the famous Combofiend vs. Marn tournament match), Chun-Li, Akuma, Amaterasu and Wolverine.
** Dr. Doom and Wesker are commonly picked due both to their superb Assists and being pretty good on point.
* ContestedSequel: A good number of fans tried to compare this game with its previous installments, leading to still ongoing debates.
* CrackPairing:
** Felicia and Super Skrull appearing in the art for one T-shirt hasn't stopped certain fans in Capcom's official forums from shipping them together.
** [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath]] [[ILoveTheDead wants to marry]] [[ChineseVampire Hsien-Ko]]. Apparently, he finds the whole living corpse thing [[FreakyIsCool "qua]][[NightmareFetishist int".]]
** Rocket Raccoon hits on ''Amaterasu''.
--->So… you doing anything after this, cutie? Rowwwr!

* BrokenBase: With the inclusion of Zero brings the resurgence of a long-standing debate over [[VideoGame/MegaManX which]] [[VideoGame/MegaManZero version]] of Zero should be in the game.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** Cap and Tony haven't got over ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' yet:
--> '''Captain America''' (''before fighting against ComicBook/IronMan''): You think I'm going down to some pampered punk like you?\\
'''Captain America''' (''after winning against ComicBook/IronMan''): And that's for ''Civil War''.
--> '''Iron Man''' (''before fighting against Captain America''): [[PoweredArmor This armor]] knows your next move before you do, Steve.
--> '''Iron Man''' (''after winning against Captain America''): It's like ''Civil War'' all over again.
** Doctor Strange vs. the Hulk
-->'''Doctor Strange''': I imagine you're still upset about us [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk shooting you into space]]…\\
'''Hulk''': Dumb Magician once friends with Hulk -- but now Hulk Smash!
** As for from the game itself, fans labeled Iron Man for being an ephebophile because he hits on Tron… Despite that he actually hits on all the girls as well.

* EvilIsSexy: [[MagnificentBastard Wesker]], [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Jill Valentine]], ([[AntiVillain to some extent]]) [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Tron Bonne]], [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Phoenix]], and several others as taste and fetish dictate. [[AvertedTrope Not]] [[HornyDevils Morrigan]], however; she is undeniably sexy, [[DarkIsNotEvil but she is not evil]].

** [[http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/24/interview-marvel-vs-capcom-3-producer-ryota-niitsuma/ A Joystiq.com interview to Ryota Niitsuma]], when asked if a Wii version would ever come out, prompted a response that can be summed up as "Maybe", fans believe that this ''might'' mean that the game will be released on the Wii or a Nintendo based system at some point. With Capcom pulling the game from distribution as of December 2013, however, it seems the Marvel license expired before they could do so.
** There was also the infamous leak coming from a Twitter member named Lupinko, which leaks some of the ''[=MvC3=]'' characters before release, and it's all proven true. Now he informs a leak about the (possible) release of a "super" version of ''[=MvC3=]'', and fans go along with it. Turns out that he was right.

*** This is further addressed in Frank West's ending, considering [[VideoGame/DeadRising his familiarity]] with {{Zombie Apocalypse}}s; which is why [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] asks him to help him explore the ComicBook/MarvelZombies universe]]. [[note]] ReedRichardsIsUseless as always, never mind Frank's lack of superpowers...)[[/note]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** This is the main reason why Strider Hiryu rejoined the roster come the ''Ultimate'' update - the ''only'' veteran out of the 12 characters announced.
** [[VideoGame/BionicCommando Spencer]] himself got a huge jump in popularity after his practicality in tournaments was revealed ''. It also helps that his "BIONIC....AAAAAARM!!!!" has since become a [[MemeticMutation meme]].''
** Spider-Man. While by no means a bad character, as he's generally considered to be a upper mid tier character, he isn't frequently used as much as other characters similar to him, like the above Spencer. However, interest in Spidey grew after the rise of several Spider-Man players like [=Xero18=], who posted a simple combo video a few weeks into the game's release and the rise of Mame Spider, who uses Spidey on point with Dr. Doom and Vergil. Even Justin Wong has started using him, alongside Felicia and Iron Fist. His popularity mainly stems from being an underutilized, yet versatile character who can close in on opponents, his Ultimate version Web Zip OTG buffs and being able to synergize with a good number of effective assists, like Doom's Hidden Missiles.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The announcer can be this at times when players perform certain maneuvers during battles. For example, launch your opponent in the air, hit him/her only twice, then listen to the announcer say "Air Combo!" ''every single time''. In previous ''Marvel vs.'' games, you'd only hear the announcers say "Air Combo!" until ''after'' the final hit of an air combo was dealt. Call in an assist at any time and he'll always say "Crossover Assist!". Also, in case you didn't know what it was called, Captain Ob... er, the announcer will say "Advancing Guard!" whenever a character uses said maneuver. And if you just want to hear the characters say the names of their partners when they're tagging them into battle, you won't get a clear sound, because the announcer will say "Crossover Attack!" over them.

** Excluding [[TheSpeechless Amaterasu, Firebrand, and Nemesis]], there is an option to switch each of the remaining 22 Capcom characters' voices to either English or Japanese[[note]]This also excludes all 26 Marvel characters, because they only speak English[[/note]]. However, fighting other players online results in you hearing ''their'' language choices for each character. This can outright annoy some players. Some [[SarcasmMode favorites]] include [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa Japanese Dante]], [[Creator/KyleHebert English Ryu]], [[Creator/TakayaKuroda Japanese Spencer]], and English Akuma. Online or not, [[CuteButCacophonic Felicia annoys several players]] [[Creator/KanaAsumi no matter which language]] [[Creator/GinaBowes she's set to]].

* MostAnnoyingSound: The announcer can be this at times when players perform certain maneuvers during battles. For example, launch your opponent in the air, hit him/her only twice, then listen to the announcer say "Air Combo!" ''every single time''. In previous ''Marvel vs.'' games, you'd only hear the announcers say "Air Combo!" until ''after'' the final hit of an air combo was dealt. Call in an assist at any time and he'll always say "Crossover Assist!". Also, in case you didn't know what it was called, [[CaptainObvious Captain Ob]]... er, the announcer will say "Advancing Guard!" whenever a character uses said maneuver. And if you just want to hear the characters say the names of their partners when they're tagging them into battle, you won't get a clear sound, because the announcer will say "Crossover Attack!" over them.

** His H attack, nicknamed "The Finger". It is a semi-launcher normally, but becomes a ground bounce if performed on air or a loopable wall bounce if done while crouching. Even if blocked, it does MASSIVE chip damage.
** His Level 3. It is the same as Magneto's gameplay-wise, meaning it hits instantly no matter where the opponent is, even if they're on the ground. The difference is, it's also the ''second strongest hyper in the game'', beaten out by only 10 hitpoints from Vergil's much harder to use hyper.
** His "Press the Witness" assist used to be completely invincible in Turnabout Mode until a patch nerfed it. Even then, it is an easily spammable attack, and doesn't decrease the Turnabout Mode timer since Wright isn't fighting directly.

** Storm's Hailstorm which takes almost the whole screen and causes nasty chip damage.
** Magneto's Gravity Squeeze (Level 3) which can hit the enemy everywhere they are, even the grounded opponent. He can do this after his long chain of combos for large amounts of damage.
** Dormammu's Stalking Flare, a fireball which slowly homes in on opponent and causing high chip damage. Furthermore, doing KFC after that makes him able to launch ANOTHER Stalking Flare (or his other hypers).
** Zero's Genmu Zero (Genmurei). It's one of only three non-cinematic damaging Level 3 hypers in the game, it is large and hard to dodge and comes out very fast.
** Morrigan's Astral Vision which creates a copy of her behind the opponent and copies her every move, creating heavy lockdowns and punishes. Also, unlike every other level 1 combo, where your combo meter doesn't build when executed, Astral Vision ''does'', which means that a very competent Morrigan player could potentially use it ''indefinitely''.
** Phoenix's fragile already, but when killed while she has 5 hyper bars, she'll be resurrected as ''Dark Phoenix'' with full (but degenerating) health and more strength. Her normal attacks fire small bullets of flame, and combined with her normal projectiles and teleport, she can make a nasty lockdown gameplay. Worse still, the X-Factor can stop the health degeneration, and combined with Healing Field, she can stay healthy long enough to decimate all of her opponents' characters. Oh, and with Level 3 X-Factor her Phoenix Inferno is basically a one-hit KO.

** Similar to the above, Dante's mid-air launch move. It also has a long reach, and is commonly used to start up the potentially long combos he has. Combined with the ability to teleport behind and above your opponent, it can quickly catch the opponent off guard, and basically means instant death.
** Assist characters can help bring the pain. Tron Bonne's Gustaff Fire assist deals large damage and is very fast, but the main annoyance factor is that she has [[HitboxDissonance an extremely small hitbox that is located somewhere around her feet]] and becomes invincible immediately after the move is performed. Many other assists with long invincibility times, like Haggar's spinning lariat or Hsien-Ko's super armor pendulum swing, are disliked for similar reasons. Doom's Hidden Missile assist does not have invincibility advantages, but can hit anywhere on the screen and stop combos.
** Pretty much any character who has beam attacks, they could spam it easily.

** Morrigan's Soul Fist in ''Ultimate'' has entered into this area. Especialy combined with her Super which easilly turn the game into BulletHell, which taken UpToEleven with Doom's Hidden Missile. This is mainly because Ultimate doesnt has as many anti projectile as Vanilla, most notable being Wolverine's even more infamous(and hated) Berserker Slash.
** Rocket Raccoon's Log Trap, as well as his ability to burrow underground.
** Doom is made on this trope, Hidden Missile is a really good assist, has Beam assist, a Beam move, the dreaded [[FanNickname Marlinpie style TAC]] and of course, FOOT DIVE.
** Phoenix Wright's Turnabout mode has two, along with one in all his forms: His finger, which is a semi-launcher, a ground bounce or a wall bounce that can be looped over several times, and if they don't get a clean hit but are blocked, they still give MASSIVE chip damage. The other is his Level 3, which is the same as Magneto's gameplay wise. It hits instantly no matter where the opponent is, even if they're on the ground. Couple this with the fact that it's the ''second strongest hyper in the game'', beaten out by only 10 hitpoints from Vergil's much harder to use hyper, and now all you want to do is block because if you do ANYTHING, you'll be countered and will most likely have a dead character. You'll even take all the chip damage from his finger- oh wait, you just got hit by his massive grab range, from a standard throw which causes hard knockdown. And his Level 3 [=OTGs=], so you know it's over. Oh, and before it was patched, his Press the Witness assist was ''completely invincible'' in Turnabout Mode, making it an easily spammable attack, since the Turnabout Mode timer doesn't decrease if Wright isn't fighting directly.