Character Discussion: CAPTAIN AMERICA

CAPTAIN AMERICA
(Name: Steve Rogers)
The first Avenger of Marvel is back again in the ultimate and latest version of Marvel Vs. Capcom. Steve Rogers was an aspiring soldier back during World War II but was not enlisted due to his weak and scrawny physical form. It was not until he met with a scientist named Dr. Josef Reinstein at the military and chose Rogers to be the person to test the Super Soldier Serum. The experiment conducted on Rogers was a success but before the ingredient of the serum was written down, a Nazi spy killed Reinstein leaving the contents of the serum buried on his grave. Rogers then became Captain America and fought with the Axis Powers and Hitler's forces like the Red Skull. However, Rogers got flung into the sea while trying to stop a missile and remained frozen in time until he was discovered by the Avengers during the modern era.
He now fights along side with Iron Man, Thor, and the rest of the Avengers as one of their prominent leaders in maintaining freedom and peace in the world from forces of evil.

GAMEPLAY

Captain America is pretty agile for a character with high health (1,050,000 HP). He is often considered as a defensive rushdown character due to range of his normals and special moves. He can be played with distance to his opponent due to his Shield Slash special move or can even play at close-range with his easy-chained combo potentials. He is also a Shoto character like Morrigan, Ryu, and Akuma making him one of the easiest characters to learn and master in the game.

SPECIAL MOVES AND COMMAND NORMALS

• Middle Kick - Cap attacks his opponent in the head first and hits them again on the stomach
• Air-Raid Kick - Cap does a kick in the air to attack the opponent during his air combos
• Anti-Ground Kick - Cap kicks downward with his rear foot in mid-air and can be chained with his normals in an air combo
• Shield Slash - Captain America's main projectile. He throws his shield at the opponent and unlike in previous MvC3 games, the now returns to Cap to deal additional damage. The light version of this move now hits OTG making in great in extending combos and dealing more damage to the opponent
• Stars and Stripes - Captain America's anti-air move similar to Ryu's Shoryuken and Morrigan's Shadow Blade. He performs an upper-cut style move using his shield to deal damage to the opponent
• Charging Star - Cap performs a rush attack to his opponent using his shield to nullify projectiles and get close to his foe. The heavy version of this move even nullifies higher priority projectiles
• Backflip - Captain America performs a cartwheel to create cross-ups and dodge certain techniques from the opponent

HYPER COMBOS

HYPER CHARGING STAR (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - Captain America's super version of Charging Star. He uses his shield to perform a more powerful rush attack to the enemy. Like its special move version that nullifies projectiles, this super version nullifies hyper projectiles like Iron Man's Proton Cannon or Dormammu's Chaotic Flame. This move can be easily comboed after his light version of Shield Slash.

HYPER STARS AND STRIPES (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - Another one of Captain America's super version of his special move Stars and Stripes. He first performs two consecutive Stars and Stripes before hitting the opponent with one last and more damaging stripe. This move has some start-up invincibility making it great to counter hyper combos with no invincibility frames.  

FINAL JUSTICE (Level 3 Hyper Combo) - Captain America's most damaging hyper with 440,000 points of unscaled damage. He first rushes to the opponent with a shieldless Charging Star move that launches the opponent into the air. Once landed, he then follows it with a series of punches and kicks and ends it with piledriver in mid-air and land to the ground. This move was previously a level 1 hyper combo inducing less damage.
PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS THE CHARACTER
Captain America, my favorite Avenger and the hottest Avenger on films because of Chris Evans portraying his role. The Cap for me is a versatile character and one the powerhouse cast in the entire Marvel Vs. Capcom series. He can attack the opponent at long range and is even more effective at close range. I really love that his light Shield Slash can now hit OTG and can be more effective even without assist to further extend combos. His also easy to maneuver and control unlike some of the characters in the roster. A more in-tact and effective Captain America returns in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3's ultimate version. Avengers Assemble! :)