Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was a sweet extension of an already excellent fighting game. An inspired character roster and dynamic combat made this a welcome addition to the Capcom crossover series. The game that followed? Less. But if Infinity has one advantage over its predecessor, it is a rollback netcode patch, making online matches much smoother. Fighting game YouTuber Maximilian “Dood” Christiansen wants similar treatment for Ultimateand is willing to spend money to see it.
“I want to do something special” Christiansen says in a recent video. “I want to take this as an opportunity to make a special message, or even a request. Before, we did a lot for the modding scene for Marvel vs. CapcomI am ready to walk the talk. Maybe, just maybe, we can move past this Parsec era of Ultimate Marvel 3 online.”
‼️A BONUS OF $10,000 WAS JUST SET BY @maximilian_ FOR IMPLEMENTING NETCODE ROLLBACK FOR ULTIMATE MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3!!!
Max has already contributed A LOT of his own resources to fund and help Modding communities (the most recent was MVCIB) and is now “putting his money in…” pic.twitter.com/V5FYFAGeFG
– Xeno ⏳ (@Xeno_TG) April 11, 2026
Christiansen says he’s putting a $10,000 bounty on anyone who can add restore netcode to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. While many fighting games, including those from Capcom, include rollback or have been modified since 2011, the MVC3 the games are the only entries in the series without this. The previous Marvel vs. Capcom games had newer ports to work with.
Simply put, rollback is predictive netcode in which the system makes safe guesses about the player’s next move. When incorrect, this netcode has subtle ways to “undo” the error. Rollback has been around for decades, but it started to be introduced in fighting games like the 2006 version of Street Fighter II And SkullGirls. It’s the player’s choice to alleviate lag issues in a genre that is most susceptible to them.
Unfortunately for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3it belongs to one of hardest console generations to imitate. This is probably the main reason why a game as beloved as Ultimate did not receive a fan patch while least liked Infinity has. Christiansen says stranger miracles have happened, and if a few thousand dollars are needed to sweeten the pot, so be it. “I would be willing to put my money into it to help support this community,” Christiansen says, “to help support this game long term.”
