Marvel vs. Capcom 3 nixed Frank West late in development
by Ben Gilbert 
on Jan 24th 2011 11:55AM
Remember all those fancy combos you learned with Frank West last year in
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom? Well, you can forget about redirecting them to Chris Redfield's face when
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ships this February. Plans for
Dead Rising 1's main man being playable in
MvC3 were in place -- his silhouette appears in the game's
debut trailer , and he showed up in our
leaked list of characters earlier this year -- but he was cut due to "some extra work involved, just from the nature of his moves."
West was reportedly "quite deep" into the process before getting axed. Capcom producer Ryota Niitsuma explained the loss to
VideoGamer.com, saying, "We felt we could direct our resources to better use, so we've taken Frank out." We're hoping that "better use" of resources is directed at the development of a Chuck Greene character to round out a
Dead Rising character DLC pack. They've murdered
thousands of zombies, you know.
[Thanks, Lau]
