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Smash Ace
I'm a bit tired of hearing this argument. $5 a for each individual character was a massive rip off in mvc3 and saying umvc3 is a good deal compared to a massive rip off isn't a very strong argument. I'm going to have to wait for this to come out to decide whether this upgrade is worth the $40. If the online is improved as well as the overall character balance it could definately be worth it. But untill then it feels silly to say whether or not a game that isn't out will be worth it's price.Overall, it seems like a buff to me. Ryu's looking pretty solid right now, imo.
It's better that it's done retail. They were charging 5 dollars per DLC character which would've been 60 dollars.
With 12 new characters, 8 new stages, rebalancing, new colors, I doubt they would've give us a price lower than 40 dollars.
As far as DLC vs retail goes. I kinda like the new discs better, I like having everything on disc and i like not having to bring hard drives with me. Plus this lets them really upgrade/change anything.