Today, Capcom releases the Animal Pack of DLC costumes for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. (Marvel descriptions by Chris Baker and Capcom descriptions by Capcom's Brett Elston.)

WOLVERINE

Logan’s had some great looks over the years, and deciding on which to go with was one of the toughest choices of all. Ultimately, it came down to “casual wear” Wolvie in jeans and white shirt versus what you see here – mostly naked Logan with a funky helmet. (We had to actually add the underwear.) And, since casual Wolvie is something we’ve all seen quite a bit in games (Ultimate Alliance, X-Men Origins, etc.), we figured naked with funky helmet would be a welcome change of pace.

ROCKET RACCOON

I’ve seen this referred to as Rocket Raccoon’s original costume – not so. In fact, it’s actually his third. However, 1984’s four-issue ROCKET RACCOON miniseries that provided this classic look for the character was Rocky’s first time all the focus was on our fuzzy friend from Halfworld. Wondering what the first two costumes were? That would be a space suit from THE INCREDIBLE HULK #271 and his original delightfully feisty, all black-and-white appearance in MARVEL PREVIEW #7 (pictured below).

AMATERASU

This shout out to Darkstalkers fans re-imagines Okami heroine Amaterasu as werewolf Jon Talbain. The dev team had a hard time thinking of new alternates for Ammy, as the color alts already covered many of the Eight Canine Warriors and the DLC costume needed to be something special. Once Nara-san saw art of Talbain on all fours, however, that sealed the deal and this loving homage was born.

FELICIA

Speaking of Darkstalkers, Felicia's new costume comes from the relatively obscure beat 'em up Battle Circuit -- specifically the character Yellow Iris, who just so happens to be another nimble cat lady. There were many other ideas on the table though, including a possible (Marvel) Black Cat crossover costume, a Sasquatch look from Darkstalkers and even Breath of Fire shout-outs were considered. There was also the thought of using Felicia's Sister attire (seen in some of her endings), but the flowing robes would have obscured her moves and caused animation troubles.