Juri’s Duty
You might find yourself swamped with genres and sub-genres in the modern gaming scene. Well here’s a spoiler for you: There are two genres of video game in this heavily packed-out market:Games with Juri in them, and shitty games. Adding Juri is what makes a game a five-star classic. You could put her in fuckingGarfield Kartand it would, by definition, become instantly better thanForza Horizon 5.
Presented for your consideration: Juri in Capcom’s excellent comic-book slugfestUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.While the sneaky taekwondo-kickin’ lass did not make the cut for the original 2011 release (Yes, it was that long ago), nor its “Ultimate” variant released checks notes nine months later, skilled modderMarrowOchiis attempting to rectify this major issue, by puttingStreet Fighter‘s bad gal into theUMvC 3roster herself!
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As you can see in the clip above, MarrowOchi (with help offellow modder Lean) has already got Juri locked intoMvC‘s comic book world, and has even implemented several of her “normals,” (that’s standard strikes to you RPG players), into Juri’s arsenal. Juri’s basic movement, character portrait, and health bar are present and correct, but it will be quite some time before her fans are able to take her out for a spin(kick). Still, she’s looking good! Of course, she is. Duh.
Juri isn’t the first character to find herself added toMarvel vs Capcom 3courtesy of the mod community.As reported by GameRant,Street Fighter‘s Rashid and Urien and Marvel’s Thanos, Cyclops, and Psylocke have also previously put in an appearance thanks to some smart skin-swapping. All of this goes without saying that it’s pretty wild to see theUMvC 3faithful keeping the game alive, over a decade after its initial release. It should come as no surprise, really, it’s Mahvel baby.
So, let this be a lesson to all game devs out there. Bung Juri in your game, something something, profit. I’m hoping that we’ll see The Spider make her grand debut inThe Witcher, Tekken 7, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR Automata, Chase H.Q., andWordlevery soon.
