Discuss the characters and what they will have in store for us, do you want them to stay the same as they were in previous Mercenaries games, such as weapons, actions, and specials (ie: Wesker being able to run, Hunks neck break).

While were at it, I heard there are only eight characters, with six released so far Chris, Claire, Jill, Wesker, Krauser, and Hunk. Leaving two characters left, which are said to be Rebecca, and Barry. So no Leon, Ada, Josh, or Excella? Pshhh or Billy or Carlos?

As far as we know there will be a weapon customization mode, so what weapons the characters come equipped with won't matter much after a few playthroughs. Melee actions, however, will. Yeah, I'd like to see the melees be the same as previous versions, especially the RE4 characters (HUNK's neckbreaker and Krauser's red arm of death were very entertaining).

The "eight characters only" thing has yet to be confirmed by Capcom, but I believe it was listed in some Nintendo magazine. Even if there are only eight characters, I'm sure that means just from the start - if this is supposed to be a combination of RE4 and RE5 Mercenaries as well as a celebration of the series, why would they only have eight characters?! I'm assuming more will be unlockable, just like in previous version of Mercenaries.

Either way, at least four more characters are must-haves: Leon, Ada, Barry, and Rebecca. Excella, in my opinion, is a boring filler character exclusive to the crap-fest that was RE5, and thus I have no problem leaving her out (hopefully Capcom will agree). I would probably be okay with Sheva if they made her right-handed, though - I never could get used to the left-handed thing. Also, Josh was actually a likeable character, but his moves just weren't unique enough for me. He was a lot like Leon from RE4 Mercenaries, who is obviously a character that needs to be in this. Ada, too. Capcom will be making a huge mistake if they don't include them - they're simply too popular.

Anyway, I'm totally okay with leaving all the RE5-exclusive characters out, so the precious remaining slots can be saved for classic surprises like Billy, Carlos, Nicholai, Steve, or William Birkin - you know, characters that were actually interesting.

I 'was' interested in this game, even despite it being the fps it will be i still wanted to like it. However, if it turns out there really only is 8 characters...then i will refrain from buying it and be severely disappointed. Its kind crummy enough we only get one real new character in claire, and no new stages, but to leave out easily transferable characters like leon, ada, and others just screams laziness, or a cheap way to add them later in a dlc attempt. It really reminds me of the whole mvc 3 thing.

That said, if i were to play it, im really digging krauser :)

I didn't know there was customization for the weapons, thats cool but also kind of disappointing, I really liked that every character felt different due to the weapons they carried. It gave each character a sense of uniqueness. The fan-boy in me really wants Billy, Carlos, Steve, Nicholi, and Josh and Excella, but it would just be really weird if they didnt include Leon, Ada, and Sheva. They're like RE staples.

I mean, for a game based entirely on mercenaries, and i mean entirely, no story, plot, campaign etc. you would think that only having 8 characters, and most importantly only one of them being completely new would be ridiculous right?

I mean Re 4 had 5 characters, and Re 5 after all is said and done has 8 characters, and those were games where the mercenaries was only a post game experience to be had, not near the sole focus.

It is stupid, its either laziness in an efort to throw it out the door to boost 3ds sales in the early going where games with quality are small, or they're planning on doing dlc in an effort to fill out a hollow roster.

I mean its all recycled content anyways aside from the new missions and claire and giving old characters a few new melee attacks.

Stupid..im actually choked about this.

I'm curious about the melee combat. It looks like in all the vids theyre punching and kicking at will. no need for shooting specific spots on an enemy to do a melee attack. I really liked HUNKs little boot knife kick. And i hope it is like that. Characters i would like would be Joseph barry steve and carlos. and isnt there supposed to be different objectives then killing enemys within a time limit?

Rebecca confirmed: http://pixazura.com/news/3ds.php?id=977

Second vid is revelations demo.

I think they all play very good, I went through the stages first as Jill. I will probably play through next as either Hunk or Barry.

What makes the difference to me are the weapons, sure the healing "power" of Rebecca is good, or some melee moves are better with certain character, but it's all about the weapons in my opinion.