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modeps
03-18-2009, 12:27 PM
http://www.evilavatar.com/images/thumbs/songbird_logo.jpg

Today, Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5173826/songbird-appears-in-marvel-ultimate-alliance-2) noticed that Songbird will be joining the roster of characters in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. This was revealed through an update to the MUA2 official website (http://marvelultimatealliance.marvel.com/en/news_comments/making_of_songbird/).

Songbird was one of the easier characters to concept since we already liked her design a lot and decided that we really didn’t want to change all that much. We had lots of great reference material but ultimately it was Marko Djurdjevic’s cover art from the Thunderbolts (series #111-121) that really resonated with us. We felt that his overall art style and costume designs perfectly suited the look we were going for – A kind of gritty realism with more subdued colors and a great attention to detail. The covers are very beautifully painted and we wanted some of that illustrative quality to come through in our models as well. Additionally, we liked how Marko gave Songbird a harder look rather than being just another pretty face: her expressions are tense and serious. Of course, we still wanted to make Songbird attractive, but we tried to choose a likeness that conveyed her underlying emotions in a more believable manner.

I cannot wait for this game. MUA was just all around a blast to play.

Lima Beans
03-18-2009, 12:56 PM
Yeah I am also really excited about this game!

ElfShotTheFood
03-18-2009, 01:40 PM
Impressive lungs.

Shatterjack
03-18-2009, 02:00 PM
Wait...Songbird?

Who the hell is Songbird? I mean seriously, I'm a superhero geek and I've never heard of her.

EL CABONG
03-18-2009, 02:09 PM
Wait...Songbird?

Who the hell is Songbird? I mean seriously, I'm a superhero geek and I've never heard of her.

Didto. Lots and lots of other superheros from Marvel that I have heard of.

GWhite
03-18-2009, 02:15 PM
One of my favorite marvel characters.

swiftdraw
03-18-2009, 02:26 PM
Wasn't she in the Thunderbolts?

saulob
03-18-2009, 03:22 PM
No PC? I pass :(

bickle
03-18-2009, 03:56 PM
Not sure why this is worthy of a news post, it's one character in a game of a bazillion characters.

Mr Rogers
03-18-2009, 04:22 PM
She was a key member of the Thunderbolts team, before the Dark Reign storyline took over. I would MUCH rather see her than the same old Storm, Invisible Woman, Jean Grays again.

Demo_Boy
03-18-2009, 04:55 PM
So other than a nice rack, what can she do?

Syl
03-18-2009, 05:32 PM
Songbird != Siren from X-factor, right?

GinRummy
03-18-2009, 07:30 PM
So does she have nipples with a serious sideways pointing problem, or is she missing them altogether?

Evil Avatar
03-18-2009, 10:53 PM
Hurm.

Is it just me or do these screenshots look astoundingly generic?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3364419884_23b8ba13af.jpg

You almost have to work at it to make Iron Man look dull and lifeless.

JazGalaxy
03-18-2009, 11:33 PM
Wait...Songbird?

Who the hell is Songbird? I mean seriously, I'm a superhero geek and I've never heard of her.

Really?

She's a pretty standard character...

SHe's been on the conver of almost every Thunderbolts book going back, like, 15 years. And had a relationship with Hawkeye for a while...

modeps
03-19-2009, 03:58 AM
Hurm.

Is it just me or do these screenshots look astoundingly generic?

You almost have to work at it to make Iron Man look dull and lifeless.

Don't you be hating... These are close up shots in a game which is played from a zoomed out perspective (Gauntlet style).

Demo_Boy
03-19-2009, 06:44 AM
I think that shot looks pretty good actually.

I still have no idea what the girl does. But I like the ingame model better than the comic book drawing.

Johan
03-19-2009, 07:43 AM
MUA was awesome for local four-player co-op, AND it actually had cheat codes, too! Too many games have killed off the cheat code.

TacoBob
03-19-2009, 08:16 AM
Hurm.

Is it just me or do these screenshots look astoundingly generic?

You almost have to work at it to make Iron Man look dull and lifeless.

And Songbird looks like she's in her late 80's. Yeck