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Medusa and Dazzler specifically would be too good not to include in a fighting game

I have a strong feeling about these characters making it in and I truly believe they will make it in to base roster. Even if they don't they'd just be the coolest picks for a fighting game and I wish they would get appreciated more in media.

Blade having canceled movies and projects is just absurd when he'd be making bank for Marvel. A black half-vampire hunter with electro rave music as a staple soundtrack is killer. He's also capable of having an incredible moveset, turning into a swarm of bats or even a bat behemoth are things he's done before for example.

Nico should be mainstream by now, she's already an incredibly interesting character aesthetically (I mean she's a runaway lolita goth teen with blood magic), but as someone who's read all the Runaways comics she has so much heart and is just an interesting and complex character.

Made a character sheet for Emma, very unsure how this would work properly in-game but I made this for fun! I envision her as a stance character who can switch between two modes for two different skills each. Diamond being a brawler with heavy footwork, psychic being a glass cannon.

Normal attacks in diamond form consists of swift punches, uppercuts and kicks/stomps. In psychic form its moreso long ranged attacks with bursts of psionic energy projectiles

Blade appears in X-Men United #7, the variant cover though is for #6, (Blade could still appear in the last few pages of #6) is it possible that Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8 will be one of Clea, Daredevil or Moon Knight so that member and Blade could both be on Ghost Rider's team due to this variant cover? Or am I buggin

(Yes I made this cover edit just now)

Everyone on this team has died/been to hell and back; a ghost, frankenstein's monster, a vampire and a witch

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**FRANKEN-CASTLE**

*The Judge, Jury and Executioner who has died and become an abomination*

• Being the character featured in Wade Wilson: Deadpool #8 gives me the hunch that he may show up on the variant cover instead of Wade.

• Variants of characters is not off-limits for this game, so Franken-Castle compared to regular Frank would be a unique pick.

• He'd be the perfect base game gunslinger while having unique specials and is a big name with a generally ordinary MO but now with a twist.

• Covers being eccentric, an outlaw and a dark hero the best.

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**BLADE**

*A bona fide vampire slayer who is half-vampire himself*

• There is an extremely high chance he is the character on the Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8 variant cover due to being on the new Midnight Suns

• Would be the perfect swordsman/samurai archetype that this game needs and would arguably be among the coolest moveset visually

• Nagoriyuki from Guilty-Gear-Strive is heavily based on Blade

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**NICO MINORU**

*A fledgling witch who's magic comes with an excruciating cost*

• Could show up in any variant cover as versions of her have been with the X-men and Spider-Man

• Would be an excellent choice of spellcaster with very involved staff techniques and a health cost system

• A japanese goth blood witch is just at home with what Arcsys would include

• Became a member of the Midnight Suns in both comics and video games around the time of Tokon's development

• In between being niche and having several die-hard fans.

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I do NOT by any means think this concept is original, however these are the picks I'm sure we will see in game

Rogue of the Unbreakable X-men

Nova of the Amazing Guardians

Thor of the Fighting Avengers

Enchantress of the Knights of Doom

With the potential that Punisher will be on Ghost Rider's team, it is possible that the version we're gearing towards could be Franken-Castle, since that would be a pretty eccentric and odd pick. With that possibility and Blade having a higher chance of being on the Moon Knight #8 variant cover; Could this be a monster team we're looking at? A ghost, frankenstein's monster, a vampire?

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If so, which female character fits this team best? Seems like if its these three guys who represent the undead then maybe the female character chosen will be an undead monster as well?

The only one that has been consistently speculated here is Nico, but I'd love if any of these three made it on somehow. Thor and Deadpool variant cover characters and a witch.

Skins I would wanna see for Nico Minoru, Blade and Elektra

This doesn't mean anything, not necessarily, since these symbols show up through each member, signifying who they are. UNLESS these doodles are all done by one wacky zany character who is either Gwenpool or Deadpool but I highly doubt that each symbol is hinting to a character, otherwise people would be predicting Black Cat more (the heart next to Spider-Man). Although Deadpool also really likes Spider-Man so that could further prove these drawings are done by him.

Here are the most speculated names for Ghost Rider's defenders/midnight suns. They're in order of likelihood (like Gwenpool having the highest chance and Typhoid Mary the lowest for oddballs)

Essentially I believe we're getting either;

Blade, Scarlet Witch, Gwenpool

Blade, Elektra, Gwenpool

Blade, Elektra, Nico Minoru

Magic is a very expressive and diverse element itself so I can definetly see two mystics on Ghost Rider's team. These magic users have several abiltiies that don't have to overlap with one another at all.

Scarlet Witch uses chaos and probability, things can work in her favor because she wills it to. She can have counters which benefit her greatly, she can also bend reality to her will, could be the Ingrid (Street Fighter) type for this game.

Nico Minoru has her staff which means she can represent staff fighters like Jade (Mortal Kombat), she also has a witch arm that can act as a powerful gauntlet. Having blood magic means that she can get stronger with the more health she loses.

Doctor Voodoo is a necromancer, he can bring souls back from the dead and siphon enemy health for his own. I imagine him as a summoner, summoning zombies and the undead to aid in his battle.

Deadpool: His motifs were most likely the rubber ducky and marshmallows roasting over Ghost Rider's flaming head. The variant cover which belongs to him could actually be him or even Gwenpool.

Scarlet Witch: Could potentially be added based on if the storefront leak is credible at all. A second powerful, mature and well established female character besides Storm. Could be either Avengers Armaggedon or one of the X-men variant covers.

Man-Thing: Would be the perfect male oddball. An inspired choice of a much needed grappler type, could be TBA #1.

Task Force: Dark?? Apocalypse Squad??

She's ready to put on a show

Could TBA #1 be for The Champion, a brand new Marvel Tokon comic or a character on the roster not yet revealed?

A few examples for Ghost Rider specifically who may have some promo before appearing in game;

Nico with Runaways upcoming Omnibus + What If...? comics could precede a comeback, would be the perfect trapper

Cloak and Dagger, about as well known as picks like Ms Marvel, no current ongoings and fit the "hero using dark powers for good" trope, would be perfect stance characters

Elsa Bloodstone currently doesnt have an ongoing and is entering the limelight with Marvel Rivals, would be the perfect gunslinger

Totally random, few obscure, some nonsensical and all would be fun to play

X-men variant - Glob Hernan, Fantomex, Dust, Negasonic Teenage Warhead

Female Illuminati - Moon Girl (and Devil Dinosaur), Medusa, Photon, Stepford Cuckoos

Young Hero team - Armor, Reptil, Nico Minoru, Spider-Punk

Midnight Suns variant - Doctor Voodoo, Bloodline, Man-Thing, Tigra

Given the recent variant covers and the most likely even number of male and female characters, this is my final team prediction. I also made this with the idea in mind that the storefront leak with Scarlet Witch and Magneto might be fake and both could be dlc. (Selene here could be Emma though)

Fitting the bill of an eccentric "outlaw" (runaway) who uses magic inherited from her evil parents, I think this witch would make a lot of sense and have a ton of creative abilities, combos and skins.