UMvC3: Weapon Expert

Well, creating this blog on a Tuesday and we still have 15 more minutes of it so lets just jump right in.

Today we saw the release of Capcom's DLC Weapon Expert costume pack for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. I was really excited about this pack because we get two awesome Marvel costumes, for Hawkeye and Taskmaster, and two Capcom costumes, for Trish and Zero.

Hawkeye

"Shortly after Clint Barton came back from the dead (everybody does it at least once or twice, y’know), he decided to leave the Hawkeye moniker behind him and adopt a new super-heroic identity as Ronin (which in turn was an identity and costume left behind by the character traditionally known as Echo). He maintained the Ronin name and look throughout the Secret Invasion, Dark Reign and Siege events (all available at Marvel Digital Comics near you!), until he was all like, “Hey, I wanna be Hawkeye again,” once the Heroic Age came along."



I was really excited about Hawkeye's "Ronin" costume mostly because it makes him look like a ninja. Yes, I know my reasoning is very simple to say the least, but for the sake of being simple, so is my reasoning for ...

Taskmaster

"
Back in 2002, UDON Entertainment – if you’re reading this, you’ve definitely seen some of their great MvC-related art – had their own take on Taskmaster. It was pretty different than the traditional look, but it was also quite badass in its own right. You might remember, we referenced it via palette swap in MvC3, but the time has finally come for this great design to get the treatment it deserves."




This Taskmaster is just bad ass looking. I've never seen where this came from by Udon but this is one of the best new costumes I've seen.

Trish

"Spoiler alert - this Gloria alt is actually just Trish in disguise, as seen in Devil May Cry 4. You'd think this would be an easy conversion, where the team could just pluck her model from DMC4 and be done with it. Not so - Nara-san (who was part of the DMC team) and the dev team had to recreate this costume from scratch. Other options for Trish included Lady and Lucia."






This costume I have to say that I never saw it coming when Capcom announced new costumes for everyone and I have to ask myself why because I played DMC4. Its a great looking costume. Its hot, its sexy, I'll take it. ;)

Last but not least is one that many people had mixed reviews about, but I love it and its one of my favorites.

Zero

 "Zero sheds his signature armor to duplicate the iconic appearance of Mega Man X, a total makeover that warms my heart. This is one of the more thorough DLC costumes, which completely alters the original model and even loses Zero's ponytail. The dev team said they had many other options on the table, including Proto Man, GBA Mega Man Zero, Classic Mega Man or Star Force Mega Man, but decided to keep it in the family with this X homage."




I can't express how happy I am with this costume. The one image that comes to mind is X taking up the Z saber and searching for his lost friend Zero. The Mega Man Zero Costume would have worked but with X I could not be happier.

This costume got mixed reviews for the fact that Mega Man and X, both highly requested characters for UMvC3 and were both denied. It seems that Capcom has been trolling hard on Mega Man all through out UMvC3 and even more with the unveiling of a fat "Mega Man" based on the concept art from the original Mega Man box on the NES.

I'm happy I picked up on this DLC because these are 4 great new costumes. Pick it up and add a little weapon expertice to your roster today.

-"Nurd" Pat!

*Quotes and pictures borrowed from Capcom Unity
http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2012/02/07/ultimate_mvc3_costume_blog:_weapon_expert_pack

NURDGASMIC!

Welcome to my new blog NURDGASMIC!

I know what your thinking right out of the gate. Why "Nurdgasmic" and not "Nerdasmic"? Two simple reasons my friends. One, Nerdgasmic was taken and two, nurd is recognized in the dictionary as an alternate spelling of nerd. So now you know, and knowing is half the battle. ;)

Here your brain will be assaulted my many things such as comics, video games, anime, action figures, and much more. Information and opinions will be coming at you on a regular schedule so expect the week to go like this:

Mondays - AniMondays. AniMonday is Anime day here on the blog. Maybe I will discuss a new series, maybe a particular episode, upcoming releases, who knows. We will just have to see how AniMondays lay out.

Tuesdays - (no fancy name here). On Tuesdays we generally see new games released, DLC, and DVDs. That's quite a wide range of things so check it out. Maybe we will look at a DVD or game you've been on the fence about.

Wednesdays - Comic Day. Wednesdays are new release comic days at our local comic shops so be it Marvel, DC, Image, Top Cow, new comics, back issues, trades, here is where you can find it.

Thursdays - Hey, we all need a day off. This is more of a free style day so anything can pop up here, or sometimes nothing at all. Hell, maybe cosplay.

Fridays - Action Figure Fridays! Yes, Action Figure Fridays. Everyone loves toys (its okay to admit it here) and on Fridays we go out, purchase a new action figure and review it for you. We also discuss the turmoils in figure collecting, action figure news, and try to have a good time. Its been a long week so lets have a little fun.

Saturdays - Movie Day. Saturdays we will discuss one or two of the weeks newly released movies, ...unless they suck. Hey, this isn't your blog. You don't want to sit through sucky movies and neither do I.

Sundays - Go to church. Sleep off your Saturday night hangover. Either way, I won't be here either.

Of course this is all relative and we will see some things pop up on the not normal days so again, check back. You never know what you may find here.

Its gonna be a fun ride so I hope you enjoy and have a nurdgasm.

-"Nurd" Pat!