[quote name='chasemurata']I am a moderate comic book nerd (see the listed URL in my profile). So, to go with your Silent War reference, I will say that I will explode with delight if they somehow make Lockjaw a playable character. Sure, he'd probably be unbalanced and absolutely dominative, but it would get me to buy the next game.
Continuing on my Gambit rant, I also could not care less if they left out Venom, Carnage, Ghost Rider, or Wolverine. They, plus Gambit, are the most overly-liked, worthless characters in nigh all Marvel lore.
I know he's back to his older duds, but I think UDON Taskmaster would be a neat inclusion. Heck, either version of Taskmaster would be great. Sgt. Fury also tops my list of wants for the next game.[/quote]
That's a bit blasphemous. I say, keep all the characters currently on the roster, but just add more. It's not like Marvel doesn't have a huge character list that they could call upon.
Throw in some more. I know that the nuanced characters, such as Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage, Moon Knight, etc. - really turned on my friends to liking them or at least getting interested to reading their stuff.
Also, it shouldn't be too difficult to throw in the PSP characters (I still need to get this version, I am just a big fan of this game and it'll give something for my PSP for once) into the game. You know what else would be a great addition, more costumes and the ability to have more than one power-up. I think in XML2 you could have more than one item on.