History VideoGame / TatsunokoVsCapcom

On January 26, 2010, an UpdatedRerelease to the game, entitled '''''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars''''', was released in North America, with an international release on January 29th. Among the changes are the addition of online play, character balance tweaks, the removal of Hakushon Daimaoh (because his European licensors were quite stingy regarding him), still-frame endings done by UDON Comics rather than the animated ones from Tatsunoko (due to licensing issues; those outside of Japan were not happy about that) and the addition of five new characters: Anime/TekkamanBlade, [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Joe the Condor]] and Anime/{{Yatterman}}-[[DistaffCounterpart 2]] on the Tatsunoko side, and [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]] on the Capcom side. The plot has also been updated. Why the heroes have to fight in order to defeat the BigBad is still unknown.

* SidelinedProtagonistCrossover: The game features Yami of ''Videogame/{{Okami}}'' as the FinalBoss, yet Amaterasu isn't represented in the game. (Would take her another [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 two years]] before she became playable in a crossover fighter.)

Initially starring [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Ken the Eagle, Jun the Swan]], [[Anime/NeoHumanCasshern Casshern]], Anime/{{Tekkaman}}, Anime/{{Yatterman}}-1 and his {{stripperiffic}} nemesis Doronjo, Anime/HurricanePolymar, Anime/{{Karas}} and Gold Lightan on the Tatsunoko side; (plus Hakushon Daimaou and Ippatsuman for the Wii version) and [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu, Chun-Li, Alex]], [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Batsu]], [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]], [[VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams Soki]], [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends MegaMan Volnutt]], [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Roll]] (with a completely different moveset from her ''Marvel'' self) and the PTX-40A [[HumongousMecha Vital Suit]] from ''VideoGame/LostPlanet'' representing Capcom (plus Saki, from ''Quiz Nanairo Dreams'' ([[MarthDebutedInSmashBros better known as]] an AssistCharacter in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes Marvel vs. Capcom]]''), and VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe in the Wii version, and the BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' as the game's boss in both the Arcade and Wii versions, for bonus fanservice), the game marks a return to the series' roots of frenetic two-on-two tag-team action--[[TwoAndAHalfD but with 3D graphics (though the game still plays on a 2D plane)]] and the combos ramped up ''big time''. New mechanics introduced include the Mega Crash, which is akin to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''[='=]s Burst (although the term itself originated from Capcom's ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Pocket Fighter]]''; the mechanics and cost are essentially the same) and Baroque, which allows you to sacrifice your red life to cancel your current attack and gain a proportional, temporary power boost. The story is [[ExcusePlot even more non-existent]] and laid out to you by the anime intro sequence (provided by Tatsunoko, of course): the characters all live in a TV show and only exist to (surprise, surprise) beat the stinking crap out of each other.

* JustForPun: Combos longer than 74 hits are "Tatsunical".

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** Soki [[spoiler:and his gang pick the wrong interdimensional portal]] in ''UAS'' and [[spoiler:end up helping [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Arthur]] [[StormingTheCastle storm Astaroth's castle]], which includes a brief appearance of a Red Arremer getting sliced to nothing by Soki in his Onimusha form.]]

* BackgroundMusicOverride: When Soki transforms into his Onimusha form, the Black Oni theme plays instead.

** Most of the Tatsunoko heroes, for whom ClothesMakeTheSuperman, consider the Street Fighters(and Batsu) this. Polimar and Ippatsuman actually take inspiration from them in their endings.

** Soki [[spoiler:and his gang pick the wrong interdimensional portal]] in ''UAS'', and [[spoiler:end up helping [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Arthur]] [[StormingTheCastle storm Astaroth's castle]]]].

** There's also "Across the Border", which has two different arrangements for ''Cross Generations of Heroes'' and ''Ultimate All-Stars''. ''Cross Generation's'' version is closer to an actual anime theme, while ''All-Stars''' has English vocals, and has jazz and rap elements.

* HotterAndSexier: Surprisingly, this a rare example of the ''American'' version compared to the Japanese original. Morrigan’s ending in the Japanese version features her playing the game with 4 Japanese business men, which can be interpreted as a subtle allusion to them “having their turns playing with her.” [[labelnote:note]]Ergo, having sex with her because she’s a succubus [[/labelnote]] In the American version, however, her ending features her wanting to have some “reality-bending fun” and it then cuts to [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/wii/a/tvcmor-6.png a rather ''suggestive” shot with her and a young boy, with the dialogue making it look like they’re having sex.]] But then it turns out [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/wii/a/tvcmor-10.png they were just playing a game at an arcade.]] Still, seeing implied ''Straight Shotacon'' in an ''American'' game at all is quite shocking.

* SpiritualSuccessor: This series is pretty much a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series.

* PantyShot: Jun the Swan's outfit makes her an unfortunate victim of this in-universe, as lampshaded by Frank's victory dialogue and during her own ending.

* NonDubbedGrunts: All the members of the cast have Japanese [=VAs=], with the exception of Frank, a CallBack to VideoGame/DeadRising not getting a Japanese dub, and PTX-40A, who does not speak. Ditto [[spoiler:Yami.]]

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Gold Lightan and PTX-40A are very massive fighters (who are about 3 times the average height of other characters) and so they fight alone, as opposed to fighting in duets. Fittingly enough, they serve as sub-bosses depending on the point character of the player's team[[note]]Either the penultimate stage in the orginal, or the fourth in the rerelase[[/note]]: Lightan for Capcom characters and PTX for Tatsunoko.

** Certain supers in the game are capable of participating in a BeamClash mechanic with each other. Examples include Ryu's Shinkuu Hadouken, Frank's Real Mega Buster, Tekkaman and Tekkaman Blade's Voltekkas (as well as the former's Tek Lancer and the latter's Omnidirectional Super Voltekka Level 3, if the initial hit misses) and Volnutt's Machine Gun Sweep.

* ReunionShow: Or rather, reunion game for the Tatsunoko VAs. Nearly all of the actors on the Tatsunoko side are the original cast.

* SidelinedProtagonistCrossover: The game features Yami of ''Videogame/{{Okami}}'' as the FinalBoss, yet Amaterasu isn't represented in the game.

If you want a quick information about the characters in ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'', Jew Wario of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses provided a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G0qqem7qhY video]] for a quick but informative information about the company and the characters. Also, [[http://www.gamesradar.com/f/meet-the-cast-of-tatsunoko-vs-capcom/a-2010012613234971527100 GamesRadar]] compiled their stories and the Tatsunoko characters' anime intros.

* IdiosyncraticComboLevels: Features the "word" Tatsunical (akin to Marvelous in the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series), but also marks the debut of Viewtiful, as this is the first VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever game to include VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe.

* VideoGame3DLeap: This game is the first 3D fighting game of the whole VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever series.