You know, between NeoGAF, Shoryuken & here, I think I've gotten more than a bit tired of this entire episode regarding Megaman. At this point,
both sides of the situation are floundering between mildly irritating and grossly obnoxious and neither side looking at the other and admitting that they may have a point or two is just ugh.
Why Capcom just can't say [tornado fang] it, put X (or thanks to the extra hints and fanservice in Ultimate, Classic) in and call it done is beyond me now. I put my support behind X in the venues that were open to us fans, but Capcom had other plans. It's cool though, because in this era of DLC providing more for games down the road, Capcom can't hang on to ol' blue for too long, especially knowing the numbers his inclusion would bring. It's better to just enjoy the game and its 50 other current characters with that in mind. The game isn't fundamentally broken or destroyed because of one character omission.
TL;DR
Am I disappointed that X hasn't made it in as a playable character despite all the teases and hints? Yes.
Am I disappointed about Capcom's treatment of the franchise lately? Yes.
Will I get all vitriolic and attempt to downplay unrelated (or mostly unrelated) Capcom offerings because of my feelings on a franchise not getting the support it "deserves"? Nope. Ultimate Marvel VS. Capcom 3 will still be a good game, Capcom is more than just Megaman, even if it makes a large part of what I like from their output and the roster will just lack a character I like. For someone like me who is a hopeless StarTropics fan waiting for Mike Jones to be in a Smash game, I think that's not so bad.
Just for one last note, this isn't saying that Capcom isn't [tornado fang]'d up as all hell to do all of this without some form of condolence from the initial fallout of MML3. It's a bad circumstance they found themselves snowballed into after remaining so mum on the subject and one that could have been solved with a good bit of PR or something detailing their thoughts and plans on the franchise for closure's sake. Letting the internet monster turn this into "Capcom Hates MM Fans" and letting those rightfully embittered fans clash with Capcom fans who don't understand what it means since their franchises are OK was the worst thing that came from this.