Will get to work on this next time I'm bored. I hope MvC3 will be more accessible than MvC2 was. For a game with a simplified control scheme and easier combo timing, it sure was punishing if you tried to play without giving up school and work for it.

I was actually thinking about this the other day. Sorry for not e-mailing.

Capcom: Ryu, Morrigan, Chris Redfield, Felicia, Dante, Chun Li, Viewtiful Joe,  Mega Man, Strider, Bionic Commando, Mike Haggar, Rufus, M.Bison, Wesker, Roll.

Capcom will probably use a lot of TVC entrants to help development.  Strider will be there for old-school MVC fans, and Bionic Commando will replace Dhalsim as the "stretchy" character. Zangief has been in every Marvel Vs. game, and Haggar shares a lot of moves with him. MVC3 is suppose to have some story to it, so Capom needs evil characters like Bison and Wesker on their end as well. Rufus chasing after Marvel characters thinking they're Ken Masters in a mask is too hilarious not to miss. Roll is Roll.

Marvel: Wolverine, Hulk, Iorn Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Magneto, Storm, Sentinel, Thor, Deadpool, Super Skrull, Green Goblin, Ghost Rider, Punisher, Spider Woman

Thor, Punisher, and Ghost Rider are the only big solo Marvel characters who never made a proper appearance in MVC (maybe Daredevil too). Super Skrull seems to be in one of the promo pics and ties into the recent Secret Invasion arc, as does Spider Woman. Norman Osborn and Deadpool have been everywhere recently, and Green Goblin would be interesting to play as.  Like Strider, Sentinel will return for the MVC hardcore. If MVC3 can't use Spider-Man characters for some reason replace SM and Goblin with Dr. Doom and Luke Cage + Heroes for Hire assist.             

Edit - Blast I should have left out Strider and put in Frank West.  Not that Strider is a bad choice, but Deadpool would likely "replace" Strider's playstyle the way Doronjo in TVC "replaced" Captain Commando. 

@Chris- Thanks for your entry, it's been filed. You made some pretty interesting choices. I didn't think about new characters from Street Fighter 4. That would tend to make sense, though I think Crimson Viper would get the nod over Rufus.

My one longshot that has absolutely no chance of making it in, yet I will keep my fingers firmly crossed for is Skullomania from Street Fighter EX. I didn't even put him on the list because I know how futile his chances are.

It would be Viper or Rufus. Rufus would probably be easier to fit into a Vs. game than Viper since Viper's quake hammer special would need a huge hitbox to work on air dashes and flying characters, and she'll lose one of her thunder knuckle/quake punch variations if the control scheme is two punches two kicks.  Plus Rufus is the stereotypical fat comic book geek that could be used for comic relief in a story mode, though Viper can be the stereotypical "evil right-hand woman who's actually a double agent" too. 

Edit - I just realized that Alex from SF3 and TVC isn't on your list.   

Well, I only got one entry, so I suppose this was a failed contest. No big deal.

Don't be hard on yourself: With contests and call outs you'll need either a promotion to the front page or at least a second reminder article to get your idea back into the Mobfeed.  It's also a strange case of people going bananas over the MVC3 trailer, and then Super Street Fighter 4 comes out and everyone sort of forgets it until Capcom reveals more characters.

Yeah, I thought about doing a reminder, but there was so little turnout from the beginning (for the exact reasons you mentioned,) i didn't think it to be such a big deal. I'll keep our lists though and when the game comes out next year, I'll post the results.

So far, I'm 10 for 10: http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/may/08/four-new-marvel-vs-capcom-3-characters-confirmed/

I wished that GI at least had some official artwork for those new characters, though I guess the only big question mark would be if Captain American had the original or Bucky Barnes uniform.

Marvel

1. spider-man-(alt costumes are ENDLESS) 2099, noir, DUSK, unlimited, iron, UNIVERSE, SCARLET SPIDEY, of course SYMBIOTE

 2. VENOM- anti, gargan, CARNAGE(quicker)

3. DEADPOOL

4. Iron man- war machine(if not as a character himself.

5 hulk

6. wolverine

7. captain america

8. gambit had a nice super in the first

9. Jugernaut

10. Thor

11. ghost rider

12 electro

13. ONSLAUGHT

14. human torch?

15. thing?

dont know CAPCOM

but think about any other

crossovers

transformers vs star wars

DC vs MARVEL is A MUST

any others

Good job on making the Top 20 most-viewed list. I ended up going 21 out of 30, though I'm still confident that all three MVC2 top tiers will return. What was I thinking not picking Amaterasu? Also you were right about Viper being picked over Rufus.