While they fall into a few set types, melee - focused characters like Cap or Iron Fist are much different than gun -
wielders like Black Widow or Rocket Raccoon.
Not exact matches
The sword -
wielders are on some hectic meat diet which is terribly low on all the good things in life,
like wheat and wheat - ish goods.
It lets you cover character weaknesses,
like having an axe
wielder paired to sword
wielder to take care of any lances you may run into.
Since Agamatto, the first Sorcerer Supreme, Earth's magic
wielders have defended the MCU against inter-dimensional threats
like Dormammu of the Dark Dimension.
Several heroes from Fire Emblem Awakening,
like axe -
wielder Lissa and black mage Robin, make their first appearance, diversifying the gameplay.
Heavy weapon
wielders,
like our longswordsman, move significantly slower; so timing your attacks and dodges is essential to surviving the encounter.
New character announcements lose their hype when it's nothing but Fire Emblem characters and more human characters with swords... We could have gotten more unique characters
like K. Rool, Paper Mario, Krystal, Rayman, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shantae, but no, we had to get more generic sword
wielders... I would have been real excited for Cloud, but his moveset is nothing special.
Will Stealth be a viable choice throughout the game or will players have to act
like a giant sword
wielder when it's time to fight a boss?
Enemies also come in the two same varieties, so if you attack a close - range enemy with a gun -
wielder, you won't get a counter-attack
like you would with a close - range fighter.
Each team makes a dash for the Rainmaker, a powerful weapon that acts
like an Inkzooka for it's
wielder.
The combat system is a rather good one, and Nariko is certainly equally skilled in both defence and attack, making her a more than efficient
wielder of a very big and un-lady
like sword.
It's a slick set of diversions that collectively serve as a Wii U tutorial, introducing concepts
like asymmetric play (one GamePad user against up to four Wii Remote
wielders) along the way.