Talk:Epic/@comment-26045225-20180419144425/@comment-2600:1700:1AF0:52B0:98EB:41CE:65EE:72FF-20180430065639

It's because of the release of the Avengers: Infinity War movie. Every time an MCU movie is released, at least one character will be released to correspond. The only significant characters in the movie that aren't already in the game are Mantis and Nebula - C-List (at best) characters that aren't even Avengers - but they did significantly change the looks of Captain America, Black Widow, and Spider-Man, so those were the obvious choices for the new character.

Honestly I'm not thrilled about it either (and I really wish they'd have made him 4-star, since there already is a 5-star Steve Rogers but, while there are two 4-Star Captain Americas, there isn't a 4-star Steve Rogers) but it makes logical sense. It's when they release a repeat character when there isn't a movie tie-in to explain it that bugs me (though I don't think that's happened too much lately).

Now, if you want to complain about the GotG2 batch of characters including two new versions of Starlord instead of Mantis and/or Neblua, I'll sign on with that one.