* AcclaimedFlop: The game was critically acclaimed, but sold far less than other ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games in the States, largely due to the ''Tatsunoko'' brands not being very well-known over there compared to Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} or Creator/{{SNK}}. Exclusivity to the Wii also didn't help its sales, since that console had little appeal to the fighting game community.
* ActingForTwo:
** Ken the Eagle and Tekkaman have the same seiyuu - Creator/KatsujiMori.
** Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa ''closely'' averts this it in ''Ultimate All-Stars''. He had voiced Ryu in past games (''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', ''Marvel vs. Capcom'', ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'') and also voiced Anime/TekkamanBlade himself. While he reprises his role as Tekkaman Blade in this game, Creator/HirokiTakahashi [[TheOtherDarrin took over]] as the voice of Ryu, as the latter actor previously played him in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
* AwesomeDearBoy: One of the reasons why this game exists in the first place is because Capcom (a Japanese company) needed to give Japanese players something to be excited about/something they could relate to, rather than using characters from [[Creator/MarvelComics American comics]].
* BeamMeUpScotty: For some reason, a lot of fans think that the Daigo Temple is named after famous ''Street Fighter'' player Daigo Umehara. Kinda shows that a lot of fans didn't play ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams'', because it is actually based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Temple real temple.]]
* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: This series is pretty much a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series.
* {{Feelies}}: Do you live in Japan or do you want to import ''Ultimate All-Stars''? You might want to check out [[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B002PK0KIU/ref=s9_simi_gw_s0_p63_t1?pf_rd_m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=01JZPB5PTM4Y8H9FR2B6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463376736&pf_rd_i=489986 this,]] which includes both the game and a bonus Audio CD containing 4 songs -- 2 new for this game (English versions of "Across the Border" and "Kaze Yo Tsutaete") and 2 songs from the previous version (Japanese versions of those two). Still want more loot? [[http://www.e-capcom.com/ec/srDispProductListProductLink/doProductTreeLink/1/1/A10001856/10/10/srDispProductList/ This]] one contains not only those two, but also Capcom's ''Secret Files'', a collection of arcade flyers and promotion materials. This one is Volume 27th, containing game stuff.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Capcom’s license to Tatsunoko’s characters expired in 2012. As such, the game is now long out of print, and good luck trying to find a copy for cheap, especially if you are trying to get the original version [[NoExportForYou that was only released in Japan]]. If you live in the US, you might be lucky enough to find a [=GameStop=] store that still sells used copies of this game, but that’s it.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Surprisingly, and as far as America goes, Ippatsuman is the only Tatsunoko character to fall in this trope. To recap on the others: ''Gatchaman'' was brought over too many times to count[[note]]The most important ones being ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', ''G-Force: Guardians of Space'' and ''Eagle Riders''[[/note]], ''Casshan'' and ''Polimar'' had their 90's {{OVA}}s licensed, ''Yatterman'' debuted in America as Creator/TakashiMiike's LiveActionAdaptation for a limited theatrical run, ''Tekkaman the Space Knight'' got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURDGxx7FJo an extremely campy dub]], ''Gold Lightan''[='=]s toys were/are available internationally, ''Karas'' received a proper DVD release, ''Tekkaman Blade'' became ''Teknoman'', and ''Hakushon Daimao'' is now a non-entity. The same can even be said for the European countries, as nearly every Tatsunoko anime was dubbed there save for a few (like ''Ippatsuman'').
** ''Hakushon Daimao'' actually had a brief television run in the US (courtesy of Creator/SabanEntertainment) as ''Bob in a Bottle'', along with another, complete run in Mexico. Still, other than the cast of ''Gatchaman'', nearly all of the Tatsunoko characters are extremely obscure in the U.S. albeit not so much in Europe and Latin America.
* NoExportForYou: [[DefiedTrope Successfully and surprisingly defied]], as unlike nearly all anime crossover game developpers, Capcom went out of their path to personally deal with the featured anime's international licensees (That, and they were PanderingToTheBase). If you wanna get technical though, it's only the UpdatedRerelease ''Ultimate All-Stars'' that made the cross overseas; the original version (''Cross Generation of Heroes'') is still locked to Japan. [[note]]This is only significant when concerning Hakushon Daimaoh, who'll remain exclusive to that version, as well as the character-specific songs (which are replaced by generic BGM for the stages). But otherwise, no biggie. Besides, we get Tekkaman Blade, [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]], [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Joe Asakura]], and [[Anime/{{Yatterman}} Yatterman-2]] a.k.a. [[DistaffCounterpart Ai-chan]].[[/note]] Funnily enough, Japan wasn't supposed to get the re-released version. However, thanks to the fans wanting it, as well as the development team asking for it, Capcom decided to release ''Ultimate All-Stars'' in Japan as well.
** Even funnier is the fact that Phoenix Wright was not included BECAUSE the game was going to be translated. He would have attacked with his CatchPhrase in a word bubble. The problem being is that due to the words "Igiari!" (the Japanese version) and "Objection!" (the American version) being so different in length, they would have had to change the size of the speech bubble, [[GameBreaker resulting in an unavoidable American-sized attack]]. Because of this, they couldn't include other characters from the series, Franziska in particular who would have used her whip. Funny enough, when Phoenix was brought over into the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', the "Objection!" attack was changed to a similarly small-sized attack that were universal between both English and Japanese, getting over the weaknesses that prevented him from appearing here.
* NetworkToTheRescue: Did anyone expect ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' to be localized and published in North America? Capcom USA deserves a big thanks for going through enough licensing hell to pull this off.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** TJ Rotolo does not reprise his role as Frank West, and is instead replaced by Peter von Gomm - likely due to being an English-speaking VA that Capcom could easily access due to being based in Japan. Coincidentally, von Gomm voiced X in ''VideoGame/MegaManX7''.
** The same applies to a good portion of the Tatsunoko characters. Casshern, Polymar, and Ippatsuman are respectively voiced by Creator/DaisukeOno, Creator/KunihikoYasui, and Masayuki Kato instead of the original voice actor or the voice actor from the various [=OVA=]s.
** In the case of Viewtiful Joe, while there was no English localization (and thus no Creator/DeeBradleyBaker), Creator/TomokazuSeki (his Japanese voice actor from the anime) did not reprise the role of Joe (instead, he was voiced by Creator/ShinjiKawada).
** Alex is Darrin'd from Michael X. Sommers (in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' and ''2nd Impact'') and Patrick Gallagan in ''3rd Strike'' to Creator/HirokiYasumoto... and yes, there's ''a lot'' of GratuitousEnglish. Appropriately enough, Yasumoto also had a lot of Engrish to speak as Guile in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While most of the legal issues regarding the Tatsunoko side were resolved in time for ''Ultimate All-Stars'', Hakushon Daimao and the themes to the Tatsunoko shows faced more problems than expected and were subsequently axed. The latter is possibly what also led to the rest of the character themes being axed and adding in stage music instead, since it would otherwise be unfair on the Capcom characters' part (outside of [[spoiler:Yami]] since they're the boss).
* ShownTheirWork: If you only knew that a lot of people in Capcom's (Japanese) offices were Tatsunoko fans (as Seth even explained, their accountants squealed when they saw Yatterman-1). In fact, the games have so much stuff in it that gives various references to its old shows. In fact, [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/2009/10/23/tatsunoko_vs_capcom_dev_blog_niitsuma_talks_about_the_4_new_tvc_characters this blog]] shows how much dedicated the team was when making the characters.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright and Franziska von Karma]] were intended to be in the games. While the latter wouldn't have been hard to put in due to her whip, the developers had trouble with Phoenix. Though it is understandable why - especially since the game would feature worldwide match-up, and having two versions of his attack (Objection!/Igiari!) would really be screwy. A developer once mentioned that adding Phoenix Wright to the American version would have been a game breaker- almost literally. "Objection" would have added a few more hits (OB JE CT IO N!) to his attack compared to "IGIARI!" from the Japanese version. Not only would this have made him too powerful, but would have been hard to program. They eventually settled for a different implementation of "Objection" (in a single unbroken word) to make Phoenix work in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.
** [[https://www.siliconera.com/these-characters-didnt-make-the-tatsunoko-vs-capcom-cut// This page]] lists all the other characters who were cut from ''Cross Generation of Heroes''. The fun bit is that Joe The Condor and Yatterman-2 were the only ones who made the cut over that list for ''[=UAS=]''.
** A more elaborate example would be [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/wolfoxokamichan/wwwdotuporg601657.jpg this]]. Plans to put Anime/NurseWitchKomugi, Muteking the Rollerblade Hero, [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], [[VideoGame/CapcomFightingEvolution Ingrid]], and a stage based from ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' were revealed.
** [[http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=111521 It's also been revealed]] that if it wasn't for the licensing issues, the Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats would have made it in. There was also consideration for Anime/SpeedRacer and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]].
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