
The announcement trailer shows Ryu and Mega Man X fighting alongside each other, and likewise with Iron Man and Captain Marvel. The core mechanic of the game is 2 against 2.But even then, they can still use the Infinity Stones to keep up. All of them using their sheer skills and training to keep up with everyone else's more fantastical abilities. On the Marvel side, there's Hawkeye, whose "superpower" is being a damn good archer. Chris Redfield, Frank West, and Mike Haggar on the Capcom side are, respectively, an international cop, a photographer who just happens to fight zombies, and a wrestler-turned-mayor. Badass Normal: In a roster consisting of super soldiers, mutants, demonic creatures, gods, robots, and everything else not normal, there are four characters who stand out for fitting in this category.When another character activates their Infinity Storm, however, their theme song kicks in. Background Music Override: By default, the theme song for Player 2's first selected character plays throughout the fight.Attack Reflector: The Advancing Guard mechanic, aside from pushing your attacking opponent away, can also be used to reflect projectiles with certain exceptions such as lasers or Chris' Magnum.Iron Man refers to himself as " billionare playboy philanthropist" in one of his win quotes.Hulk's nickname for Chris Redfield is "Rock-Puncher", referring to the infamous scene in Resident Evil 5's final battle where Chris dislodges a boulder by shoving and punching it.Marvel," and Mega Man X also appearing as a DLC costume for Zero and Frank West. note With Captain Marvel going under the name of "Ms. Capcom 3 as Heroes and Heralds Mode cards. Ascended Extra: Before becoming playable in this game, Captain Marvel, Ultron, and Mega Man X were initially in Ultimate Marvel vs.Amazing Technicolor Battlefield: Activating an Infinity Storm causes the battlefield to become awash with bright swirls of colors corresponding to the stone that is activated.With the aid of the four remaining Infinity Stones in addition to the energy of the remaining heroes channeled into him by Doctor Strange and Morrigan, X equips his Ultimate Armor to use it and end the menace for good. All Your Powers Combined: The Infinity Buster, a weapon made by Iron Man and Thanos for X to use against Ultron-Omega.All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Ultron-Sigma has taken over Asgard, forcing our heroes to Storm the Castle.Capcom: Infinite contains the following tropes: Newcomers: Black Panther (DLC), Black Widow (DLC), Captain Marvel, Gamora, Ultron, Winter Soldier (DLC).Returning: Captain America, Doctor Strange, Dormammu, Ghost Rider, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Nova, Rocket Raccoon, note With Groot as part of his moveset Spider-Man, Thanos, Thor Odinson, Venom (DLC).NPC: Dah'ren Mohran, Doctor Light, Grandmaster Meio.Newcomers: Jedah Dohma, Mega Man X, Monster Hunter (DLC), Sigma (DLC).Only time will tell if the move is a successful one. But it’s clear that Capcom wants to make a big change to make the game more accessible to newer players. It’s possible that one of the characters not in the demo may still have the dragon punch input in their arsenal-we’re looking at you, Ryu.

Practically every other special move in the demo uses either directional, quarter-circle, or down-down inputs. Chun-Li’s fireball and Spinning Bird Kick utilize charge inputs, and Thor and Captain Marvel each have a move that utilizes a half-circle-backward input.

None of the ten characters playable throughout the course of the demo utilize the dragon punch motion. It turns out that the idea is far from fake. Once word of the change made it to social media, a Capcom representative disputed reports that the motion was completely eliminated, going as far as calling the idea “ fake news.” The motion, a staple of the fighting game genre since the original Street Fighter was released in 1987, was replaced by a “simplified” down-down input. When an early version of the game was demoed for a group of gaming press earlier this year, none of the characters’ moves utilized “dragon punch” inputs (inputting forward, down, down-forward and some button). The “dragon punch” input is-almost-officially gone
