KOF98UM is a game I never played very much of. It's not an easy pick up and play for casuals type of game, it's very much a "sit here and practice all day" type of game. I would have loved it back in high school, but now... eh. I'll stick to the wackiness of Marvel. 
So today, the guy who leaked all the info about the new SSFIV characters months in advance has now leaked that Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is in production. Thoughts?
KOF98 and UM are a bit more complex than SF in some ways, but it's not that hard to get into once you learn a few characters. I was lucky to find a few Australians/NZ guys who have been playing KOF for ages, so I was able to learn the ropes just by playing online against them (usually against their 'B teams' until I got closer to their levels). It's funny that you think KOF is tougher to get into than Mahvel, because I always found it to be the opposite. Marvel seems to require crazy amounts of practice and knowledge to pull of the high level combos and strats and to know how to counter the God Tier characters. I still think it's a fun game for screwing around with friends, but it seems like you really need to 'practice all day' to get anywhere with competitive play.
Thanks for tipping us off about the MVC3 rumour, I hadn't heard anything about that yet. I wouldn't be surprised if it's in the pipeline, I think MVC2 sold over a million through XBLA/PSN, so it's obviously still a hit, probably even moreso with success of Spiderman, Iron Man, Hulk etc.
It would be interesting to see who they add now that Marvel has had all these movies in recent years and the fact that they won't be re-using sprites again. I got my fingers crossed that Blade and Punisher make an appearance!
I wonder what the control scheme would be like though, if they would have a TVC Light, medium and Heavy, or go with the Light and heavy punches and kicks with assist buttons?
