Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom three wins EVO 2017 fashionable vote as followers funnel $150Okay to Make-A-Wish

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom three is again for one more yr at EVO.

The charity donation drive to assist choose one further recreation to hitch the EVO 2017 line-up is full.

The wallet-powered ballot closed with Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom three in first place, pulling $71,690 from 1,487 donors at a mean of simply over $48 every.

Although it’s a perennial favorite, UMvC3 has seen an uptick in fashionable curiosity not too long ago as a result of announcement of new-gen and PC ports, including physical copies, and upcoming sequel Marvel vs Capcom Infinite.

The mash-up fighter managed a relatively slender win over closest rival Pokken Tournament, which managed $66,906 from 744 donors at a mean of greater than $89 every.

It’s a disappointing loss for the Pokken Tournament fanbase, however on the upside, all the cash goes to Make-A-Wish Foundation – so it’s laborious to really feel too sore about it. Adding up the drive totals on Generosity, it seems just like the EVO 2017 marketing campaign raised a complete of $152,095 for the charity.

Skullgirls, a really robust contender for final yr’s fashionable vote, didn’t break $1,000 this yr, however budgets are in all probability nonetheless reeling from the hassle to beat the Smash Bros. crowd final time. Amusingly, Nintendo’s new fighter, Arms, pulled precisely $1,337 – absolutely somebody tipped it to that intentionally? If there have been extra money on this endeavour we’d in all probability have seen one thing elevate $53,180.08 – and when you want that defined please kind it into an precise calculator.

EVO 2017 runs July 14 by means of 16 in Las Vegas. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom three joins Street Fighter 5, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Injustice 2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Tekken 7 and The King of Fighters 14 as headline acts on finals day.