History Trivia / TatsunokoVsCapcom

** 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.

* TheWikiRule: The [[https://tatsunokovscapcom.fandom.com/wiki/Tatsunoko_vs_Capcom_Wikia Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Wiki]].

* TalkingToHimself: Ken the Eagle and Tekkaman has the same VA - Creator/KatsujiMori. If [[Anime/SpeedRacer Go Mifune]] was in this game, he'll be doing that one too!
** Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa ''closely'' averts this it in ''Ultimate All-Stars''. He has voiced Ryu in all the past games and also voiced Anime/TekkamanBlade himself, but Hiroki Takahashi [[TheOtherDarrin took over]] as the voice of ''[=TvC=]'' Ryu by virtue of ''Street Fighter IV''.

* 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.

* NamesTheSame: Both Batsu and Casshan have an attack named "Ryuusei Kick" (Meteor Kick).
** Ironically enough though, Karas has a move that's the exact same name as [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Batsu's dad, Raizo]] (Yasha Guruma; lit. Yaksha Wheel).

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://tatsunokovscapcom.wikia.com/wiki/Tatsunoko_vs_Capcom_Wiki Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Wiki]].

* FanNickname: In order to differentiate them, "[=VJoe=]" for Viewtiful Joe, and "Joe" or "[=JoeC=]" for Joe the Condor.

* 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.

* 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.

** Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa ''closely'' averts this it in ''Ultimate All Stars''. He has voiced Ryu in all the past games and also voiced Anime/TekkamanBlade himself, but Hiroki Takahashi [[TheOtherDarrin took over]] as the voice of ''[=TvC=]'' Ryu by virtue of ''Street Fighter IV''.

* FanNickname: In order to differentiate them, "[=VJoe=]" for Viewtiful Joe, and "Joe" or "[=JoeC=]" for Joe The Condor.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://tatsunokovscapcom.wikia.com/wiki/Tatsunoko_vs_Capcom_Wiki Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Wiki]].

** [[http://www.siliconera.com/2009/05/17/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=]''.

** ''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 Tastunoko characters are extremely obscure in the U.S. albeit not so much in Europe and Latin America.

* 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.

* 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''.

** 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 Nick 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.

** TJ Rotolo does not reprise his role as Frank West. Coincidentally, Peter von Gomm voiced X in ''VideoGame/MegaManX7''.

** [[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 [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]].

* 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/{{Onimusha}}'', because it is actually based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Temple real temple.]]

** [[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 [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]].

* 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 TakashiMiike's LiveActionAdaptation for a limited theatrical run, ''Tekkaman the Space Knight'' got [[http://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'').

** 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 Nick was brought over into the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', the "Objection!" attack was changed to a similarly small-sized attacks that were universal between both English and Japanese, getting over the weaknesses that prevented him from appearing here.

** ''Hakushon Daimao'' actually had a brief television run in the US (courtesy of {{Saban}}) as ''Bob in a Bottle'', along with another, complete run in Mexico. Still, other than the cast of ''Gatchaman'', nearly all of the Tastunoko characters are extremely obscure in the U.S. albeit not so much in Europe and Latin America.

** 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.

** Frank West's VA isn't the same one in his game. Coincidentally, Peter von Gomm voiced X in ''VideoGame/MegaManX7''.

** 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.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama Batsu]] is [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri Maximoff]], [[VideoGame/FatalFury Joe Higashi]], ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time Link]], [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]], [[YuYuHakusho Hiei]], and [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gai]]. He's also ''the'' "[[PigeonholedVoiceActor go-to guy]]" for HotBlooded roles in {{Anime}}.
** Polymar's [[Creator/KunihikoYasui VA]] is [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami]].
** Hakushon Daimaou's [[Creator/ToruOhira VA]] is both [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Dr. Nambu]] and the Japanese dub of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].
** [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Ken the Eagle]] and Tekkaman's [[Creator/KatsujiMori VA]] is Go Mifune's (a.k.a. Anime/SpeedRacer) voice.
** Joe the Condor's VA is Isao Sasaki, a.k.a. Japan's Elvis, who sung many {{Tokusatsu}} related music (like ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' and ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'') and SuperHero related anime in the golden era of anime, like ''Casshern'' and ''Polymar'''s opening and closing themes, and also [[SuperRobotGenre Robot]]/Sci-Fi Anime themes like ''Manga/GetterRobo'', ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', and most famously ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''.
** Jun the Swan [[Creator/KazukoSugiyama is also]] the legendary [[Anime/Pokemon4Ever Celebi]].
** Yatterman-1 [[Creator/EriKitamura is]] [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Ami Kawashima]] ''and'' [[Franchise/StreetFighter Juri]]? Outbitch ''that'', Doronjo.
** Jeff Manning is the VA for ''Ultimate All Stars''[='=] announcer. He's also the announcer for the original ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' as well as Master Hand in the same game.
** Yatterman 2 is voiced by Emiri Kato. This means that if you pick Yatterman 1 and Yatterman 2, you pick [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka and Kyubey]]. Which would be a horrifyingly amusing thought.
** Ryu [[Creator/HirokiTakahashi is]] [[Anime/YuGiOh Jonouchi]] and [[SchoolRumble Harima]] [[labelnote:*]]Coincidentally, Ryu and Jonouchi were roles that Takahashi [[TheOtherDarrin took over from]] Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa, the voice of Tekkaman Blade in ''Ultimate All Stars''[[/labelnote]].
** Chun-Li [[Creator/FumikoOrikasa is]] [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Rukia]].
** Zero [[Creator/RyotaroOkiayu is]] [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya]].
** Mega Man Volnutt [[Creator/MayumiTanaka is]] [[{{Dragonball}} Kuririn]] and [[Anime/OnePiece Luffy]].
** Saki [[Creator/YokoHonna is]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Sumeragi]].
** Alex [[Creator/HirokiYasumoto is]] [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Chad]] and (by virtue of ''Street Fighter IV'') Guile, as well as [[VideoGame/MegaManX4 Double]]
** Soki is Dan (the ''Street Fighter IV'' one).
** For English ''Mega Man'' fans, you might be surprised to know that Peter von Gomm (Frank West) is the same dude who voiced X in VideoGame/MegaManX7 and is also the voice of Grey in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX Advent]]''.
** Tekkaman Blade is Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa, which (among ''many'' roles) effectively makes him [[TheOtherDarrin another]] Ryu (and ''yet another'' [[VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} Ryu]]), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], [[Anime/InuYasha Naraku]], [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Mitsurugi]], [[Anime/OnePiece Enel]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kaname Tousen and Isshin Kurosaki]], and [[{{Naruto}} the Fourth Hokage]].
* [[NetworkToTheRescue Localization To The Rescue]]: 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.

** 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 ShinjiKawada).