Also A similar case for Alex from sf3 to tatsunoko. He went from mid-low tier from the sf3 games to being top tier in TvC, sadly it was his only ever appearance in a vs game. He's personally my favorite SF character and needs more love
Is it cause Megaman got replaced by Volnutt & X? I still count them as A Megaman. Its like Iron Man missing out on MvC1 but he was actually in it as War Machine since they had to recolor/rename him for legal reasons.
@@the9thinning1Yes, it was for legal reasons. Recoloring Iron Man into another official character that looks just like him was an easy solution to keep the character in without actually keeping the character in.
Roll's "hidden" theme in MVC1 is one of my favorite themes from the VS series. Please cover Spiral Seventh! I know she doesn't have many appearances but she's interesting nonetheless!
Spiral is currently the only marvel character in mvc2 not to be shown in live action, that tentacle thing in multiverse of madness was supposed to be Shuma Gorath but for legal reasons it wasn't
I'm one of the fifteen people who bought a PSP to play Mega Man Powered Up and actually loved it. I had all the Roll costumes downloaded. Used to spend hours making stages with a friend and challenging each other to beat our stages. Really still quite an underrated game, it even has Crushing You With How Overwhelming And Tedious It Is To Get 100% Competition
Hermosa la cancion de amor de Roll hacia Rock/Megaman 🥲 Esto es algo que pocos saben, Rock y Roll se tratan como si fueran hermanos pero no lo son Lo mismo podriamos decir de los Robot Masters de Megaman 1, se tratan como hermanos. La traduccion gringa, como siempre, hizo de las suyas. Y por eso es que todos ahora piensan que Roll es la hermana de Mega cuando en realidad se tratan como hermanos
@@meganinten0078 gracias por el dato. tal vez ya escuchaste esto pero th-cam.com/video/GbGk17gDOyM/w-d-xo.html lo encontre hoy y tal vez sea la nostalgia pero me encanto este cover latino. como lo dijo en el video, un personaje no muy bueno para rankear pero su cancion... vale que roll sea un personaje jugable.
With all the recent drama involving Roll, it's nice to see her grow from a joke to a competent character! Here's hoping for more appearances from the best sister in gaming!
@@d4c_reznor470 Long story short, the head of Mega Man at the time wanted the devs of Marvel VS Capcom to include panty shots of Roll during several of her animations, despite their original ambitions of not doing anything like that at all.
One… interesting thing about Roll in Marvel 1 and 2 is her super jump. For reasons beyond my understanding, if you let Roll’s super jump animation play out in full, there is a frame where her skirt flies up on the way down, flashing the camera, before she immediately pushes it down whilst exclaiming “Echi!!” which if memory serves, means “Lewd” in Japanese. I’ve lived with this weird knowledge my whole life, and now all of you have live with it as well.
In mega man 8's credits, they show robot master submissions from children. One of them is a drawing of roll which is very similar to her super in MVC1so I think that might have informed the design
I'd like to see Roll be a playable character in a new Mega Man game at some point. She was interesting in Powered Up, so maybe Capcom can extend her Moveset someday. Her theme is goated btw. Great video bro.
Fun Mega Man fact! Proto Man has yet to be in the vs games cause he would be the coolest character ever and Capcom would not be able to top his inclusion!
Don't forget about....... Duo; Axl; Vile; Yellow Devil; Barrett; Bass exe; Nero-L; Acid Ace; Harpuia; Serenade exe; Prometheus; Pandora; and more character in megaman has potential has playable character in vs Capcom 😅
Seeing the history behind Kaze Yo Tsutaete gave me a newfound appreciation for it but also makes it funnier for me since it only appears in the ending of the Japanese version of a Mega Man racing game before the MvC appearance. I suppose it's similar to how many consider Waluigi Pinball to be Waluigi's theme lol.
Man, Tetsuya Shibata is an absolute GOAT, having scored the DMC games' soundtrack from 2 to 4. Wish he was still around for 5, not to knock on its own OST or anything though
Giving the first vocal theme to a secret joke character is certifiable Capcom love bruh. It feels like they wanted to let you know that, even though she can't fight, we must all love Roll! It's the only vocal theme I can think of on CPS2 hardware, too.
Roll's level 3 in TvC is honestly one of my favorite supers in any fighting game. Her theme in MvC1 sounds so late 80s/early 90s anime opening theme I can practically see the yellow subtitles on the screen.
Roll seriously has the biggest glow-up in the Vs. Capcom series. She went from a joke character in the MVC series to pretty powerful character in TVC! And not to mention, her ending in TVC is very cute and heartwarming too :3 Also ever since you made that post on Twitter where you said that Roll's intros in MVC1 are referencing Strider Hiryu's intros in the same game I decided to have the headcanon that Roll is a fan of Strider ;w;
I remember the cute joke of having Rollback for MVC, and it being a pun on actually bringing back Roll to a new future MVC game, but personally I’d love for her to have her Tatsunoko moveset with the broom 🧹
Of course, I have to cheer for the Breath of Fire III mention xD It always did make me sad that she was a joke character in the first two MvC games, but her redemption in Tatsunoko made me so happy! She even became one of my mains in rotation in that game, though I never knew about the puddle mechanic! I'm hoping she can make another appearance in her TvC form one day in a future Vs game. Also, shout-out to the comparison of her and Strider's intro animations somehow blowing up on Twitter for ya. I hope all those people cane to watch the video xD
That tweet going outside my usual audience blew my mind, lol. Even former Capcom staff were retweeting it! And yeah, a lot of people miss the puddle mechanic since the game itself doesn't spell it out. I only found out about it a couple months after the international release of TvC, and only because I read a forum post about it.
22:54 So glad you brought up Roll's power up mechanic as I feel it's not as well known. It's like she has the strength similar Tekkaman when at max power.
She hits like a truck when fully powered up. With a decent amount of red health to burn with baroque, you can straight up just delete lifebars with her.
Lmao I never put it together that Roll’s intro animations were supposed to be parodies of Strider’s. Development of MvC must have been a fun experience. Also I remain eternally pissed off at the PSP userbase and at Capcom for ensuring we never got any more Powered Up games. One of the best PSP games ever released, period.
Yeah, out of that first year or two of PSP titles Capcom put out, I always felt like Powered Up was the one that best leveraged and suited PSP's strengths as a platform. Shame pretty much everyone largely failed it, it's fantastic.
I always wanted to like Roll in MVC2. For a long time I hated some aspects of her design but now I think she's an adorable and funny character even if she's too terrible to try to play seriously with anyone. Mega Man falling to his knees and shedding a tear in MVC1 is hilarious, and I never knew her intros parodied Striders! The energy and creativity in Capcom back then is so infectious. But the difference in Tatsunoko is night and day, and I'm so glad they made a design that is fun and not a useless joke character, while being respectful to her origins, her character, and fans of the series in a way the old design definitely wasn't. What a glow up!
I always found interesting that Ayla shares a lot of defining traits with Roll. She's blonde, blue eyed, a color scheme of tones of red, black and white, often in the supporting role for Blue Bomber of her series with a secret playable version. Ayla was probably design with Roll in mind for the X Series and I hope that, when a new MvC game releases, she becomes playable just like Roll... minus the overall badness Roll got chained with in previous games.
A vivid memory I have related to Roll is playing Marvel 2 with a friend that's more experienced in fighting games than me. He picked Roll and I said "Roll? She's on the lowest tier, are you sure?"... and then he humbled me by beating me with just her. I didn't take into account her small size, and my friend had good zoning with her. That day I learned to never underestimate anyone in a fighting game, regardless of what character they pick. Nice video as usual btw!
My S/O Mains Roll in MVC1 and TVC, The joy they found with roll in TVC was unparalleled XD What a fun support/heavy hitter! Really dug the deep dive into roll's history and gosh I should go back and replay some OG mega man this vid got me feeling nostalgic
People on Twitter/X went ballistic upon finding out about Roll's numerous panty shots in MVC1/2 (and that supposedly, Inafune was the one who asked for them to be added) I wonder how'd they react upon finding out what Hideki Ishikawa and Toru Nakayama have drawn before both related and not related to Mega Man.
the people angry about that are just projecting their own insecurities, as always. Look back in a year and you'll see a bunch of deleted/suspended accounts and/or arrests, bet yeah it sounds dire for stupid twitter drama but that's ALWAYS how these things end up
@@edfreak9001 Oh I'm very aware how the people screaming the loudest about this sort of stuff are usually the ones with skeletons in their closets. I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few days or weeks some of the people complaining about this will be suspended or arrested.
As I said in the community post, this was one I was waiting for. I genuinely like that Roll made it into the Vs games, even though she sucks in MVC1 and 2. She's just that kind of out there character that I love to see, and as a Mega Man fan, it's neat to be able to play as her. I love it when characters use things that aren't meant to be used as weapons like ones too. And her theme making it in is the cherry on top. I honestly really hope she comes back with her TVC moveset. Two other things as well. 1, TVC references Sally the Witch by giving her a rocket broom, but they don't use the Sally the Witch inspired costume? like how do you miss that!? And 2, I'm guessing you're saving talking about the minigames for another time, but I'll mention her's here since I actually remember what is. You basically run through the Gesellschaft (Or however you spell it) mopping up dirty patches of ground, while constantly moving in a top-down view. All while avoiding crates in your way and servbots running along the floor. And that's pretty much all there is to it.
I wish there were more female characters like Roll in fighting games. As much as I like the tomboy or the $€×y gal, it is good to see a female character being girly, cutesy, feminine and sweet One of the reasons why I like SNK with gals like Hinako and Ryoko Izumo 😊
I hope Roll will become playable in a new Mega Man game. And I don't mean just as a bonus character like in Powered Up, I want her to be a legitimate part of the team with her own power armor. Also, whenever we might get a new MvC, I think Bass would be a great character to represent the classic series.
Roll Is a Capcom Character I Mainly I Associate With the onscreen adaption like Nemesis In Resident Evil Apocalypse or Fei Long In Street Fighter 2 V In Roll's case Mega Man (1994-1996)
I am not ashamed to say that Roll is my main in MvC 1 & 2 along with Mega Man (and Tron in MvC 2). If you constantly use her combos without getting hit, her low health will not even matter. Plus you'd be surprised how many projectiles she can avoid due to her small size, especially when crouching. She can easily dodge 1st form Onslaught's super laser of death, at which point I execute a 3 kick combo followed by the ol' Tornado Hold. It also works well against Abyss' 2nd goopy form in MvC 2.
Usually, the things you have in these videos I already knew since the dawn of light, but there were a lot in this one that I generally did not know. Good job.
12:28 i like how it plays the game over theme from the first Megaman game (both as a cheeky joke and a nice nod to how both characters debuted together)
I'd rather take her Mega Man Battle Network design any day. Unfortunately, TvC didn't use the most recent versions of Mega Man, Roll, and Zero. I could see all of them but Zero use the Battle Network designs, then Zero with the Zero series design.
Idk why i only just noticed this now after like 20 years, but she is way smaller than Rock in these games, isn't she? In the classic MM series, they're always around the same height lol.
10:47 For some people, that's what's referred to as "Torpedo Tits". Best seen on, as pictured, Aphrodite A, and at least a few notable instances regarding "Fembots" from Austin Powers.
This has been a really great series that you continue to drop consistently quality videos for--that's no small feat; good work! The chances of Roll showing up in a new Capcom Vs game are slow, since Zero seems to be the staple Megaman rep. nowadays, but I hope we can see her in some respect. Maybe cameoing in a Megaman-themed stage? I'd also like to personally ask if you can make a vs character history episode on Spiral at some point, just because she's such a fantastic testament to superb sprite animation. Cheers! ✌️
The Spiral video's definitely coming at some point. Her CoTA incarnation is the best animated character in the series (and arguably all of Capcom's 2D games) and I can't wait to talk about that in detail.
You forgot to put the unique victory quotes, Zero has 2, one when she's on opposite team and one when Roll is his teammate, is funny to have a line for Zero where he's on the protective side, she's always fun to play, but sucky in MVC games while in Tatsunoko is the other side of the coin.
Didn't forget about them, it's just that TvC makes even specific winquotes a random occurence and inflates the production time of videos that include TvC. I'll probably stick 'em all in the eventual video that covers the different versions of TvC.
Almost always used Roll as one of my two in Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Huge Mega Man fan and it was also a ton of fun beating up the much larger, and more threatening characters with a tiny child.
I may be alone on this but am I the only one who thinks the Wii is an underrated Nintendo System because games like Tatsunoko vs Capcom prove that there’s much more to that console than just shovelware.
About Roll's iconic and beautiful theme, she is telling her feelings towards Rock In the original japanese context, Rock and Roll are NOT ACTUAL siblings They TREAT EACH other like siblings The terrible English translation did its thing by deceiving the fans. Something very common in so many Capcom games in the 90s Just look what they do with the characters from Saturday Night Slam Masters, AKA Muscle Bomber
Hm, interesting, but they can't be biological siblings anyways since they are robots. In this case it doesn't change much, just that it's more their chose to treat each other as siblings rather than it being titles given to them by Light. That does explain why in Legends, Roll is treated as a love interest for Megaman, despite being raised as adopted siblings.
I had a friend that used to playfully give me shit for my NY-ass pronunciation of that, and I started making an effort to try and curb it, but it still slips out every now and then lmao
@@TheSeventhForce Lmfao. One of my good buddies and I used to make fun of each others accents all the time. I would make fun of his NY accent, he would make fun of my UT accent, (the inability to make the T sound if it comes at the end of a word.) Good times.
Funny thing about Roll in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom. Despite being gigantically buffed beyond words from her previous appearances in the Vs games, she is still considered a low tier character, often picked Only for her assist.
Roll would've been a great alternative to MegaMan in the Marvel vs. series if she was on par with MegaMan as far as damage, recovery from moves, and agility. It's pretty crazy how she's one of the top tiers in TvC though. Another great video bro. I'm loving this Capcom vs. series.
She's not necessarily _top_ tier in TvC (iirc, the top tier there is Yatterman-1, Tekkaman Blade, and to the surprise of no one, Zero), but she's definitely not bottom tier either. She's closer to the middle of the tier list, but her positive attributes (size, damage potential, etc.) tend to make her a popular counterpick in certain matchups
Capcom Fighting Evolution may be a bad game but the idea of an all-Capcom fighting game does have some potential to be great only this time make it more play like a 3 on 3 fighter and have a roster that essentially takes the Marvel vs. Capcom formula and pays extensive homage to Capcom’s entire history of characters.
I was always a little sad she was a bottom tier joke character in mvc/2, but I’m glad she got good in tvc. I remember earlier tvc tier lists gave her joke tier again until people found out that her oki and assist were actually really good and now she’s mid/upper mid on most tierlists and some people play her in tourney. A good glowup. Hope if she comes back she remains good.
I Still played wirh her in those other games. I always used everyone in fighting games. But i really liked her. I was always a fan boy 🤔 girl behind her. I was happy she became a playable character in megan man x 7 or x8. The 3nd 3D x game. The one with a lot of hidden characters. They aged her up to a teenager or early 20's. Gid, i think it's her. A blonde woman in red armor. Because all the female robot characters are unlockable too. No joke, i probably just pretended it was her. Because she looked like an other version of her....mmmm i have to reply that game.
I remember back in the day, against friends, in MvC2 my joke team consisted of Servbot, Roll, and either Megaman or Dan, lol! Just to give my friends a fighting chance. They never took a game, haha!
Where's the norimaro video where you watch ever single video and find out he isn't actually a middleaged man pretending to be a high schooler but actually is an alien?
I don't know why Capcom didn't give some development on Roll. Not only in the Capcom vs. games, but in the Megaman games as well. She can do something instead of just being Dr. Light's assistant.
This some... timing, but I'll take it Also yeeeeeessss, Kaze yo tsutaete my beloved, it means a lot to me the many songs related to the megaman franchise
I feel like Capcom should do a collection of the handheld odds and ends of the series like the Classic GB games, the Xtreme games and both Powered Up & Maverick Hunter X. Maybe throw in both versions of Megaman & Bass for good measure.
In all games when Roll jump over a character o does a double jump she says "ecchi" and gets embarrassed. It would be fun to have a team made up of Roll, Sakura, Maya, Maria Renard, Kairi and Amy.
You know what I think would be funny, making Roll playable in the next megaman game, but replace her broom with a saber and make her play more like Zero.
Hopefully before the year is out. That one's going to be a big video since she's in so many games, so I'll have to find a good chunk of time to set aside to work on that one.
TvC Roll was so sick of being a joke character in the past that she became a MENACE to fight in TvC. Roll and Zero are my go-to team if I wanted to ruin someone day.
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Probably one of the biggest glow-ups in fighting games. From Marvel vs Capcom to Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Also A similar case for Alex from sf3 to tatsunoko. He went from mid-low tier from the sf3 games to being top tier in TvC, sadly it was his only ever appearance in a vs game. He's personally my favorite SF character and needs more love
@@rockomatttaAlex also appeared in SF5 as a playable character did you know that haha?.. :P
@@Arkin_Esponillathey said it was his only appearance in a Vs. Game. I’m guessing they knew about Alex being in SF5 already
I like Roll’s dialogue to Morrigan when she wins: “You shouldn’t sit on bats. That’s animal cruelty!” 😆
I remember there is also a cover art of Roll protecting Megaman from Morrigan. From the first marvel vs Capcom of i am not mistaken.
Never forget that Roll has more appearances in the Vs Series than Mega Man!
Good
Is it cause Megaman got replaced by Volnutt & X? I still count them as A Megaman.
Its like Iron Man missing out on MvC1 but he was actually in it as War Machine since they had to recolor/rename him for legal reasons.
@@youngemu3949 War Machine is an actual marvel character, it wasn't because of legal reasons
@@the9thinning1Yes, it was for legal reasons. Recoloring Iron Man into another official character that looks just like him was an easy solution to keep the character in without actually keeping the character in.
@@EWOODJ oh you're right, apparently Acclaim had exclusive rights to the character at the time. that's my bad
Roll's "hidden" theme in MVC1 is one of my favorite themes from the VS series.
Please cover Spiral Seventh! I know she doesn't have many appearances but she's interesting nonetheless!
Will definitely be doing a Spiral video at some point!
She is still my fav I look forward to it❤❤❤❤@@TheSeventhForce
Spiral is currently the only marvel character in mvc2 not to be shown in live action, that tentacle thing in multiverse of madness was supposed to be Shuma Gorath but for legal reasons it wasn't
@@nathanmarshall745 yeah .cuz Shuma apparently was a 'Marvel Conan character'...ugh the legal system... 😆
I'm one of the fifteen people who bought a PSP to play Mega Man Powered Up and actually loved it. I had all the Roll costumes downloaded. Used to spend hours making stages with a friend and challenging each other to beat our stages. Really still quite an underrated game, it even has Crushing You With How Overwhelming And Tedious It Is To Get 100% Competition
Kaze yo Tsutaete, por que se me salio una lagrima al escuchar unos segundos de esa cancion... la nostalgia, hermano. Que buen video
Hermosa la cancion de amor de Roll hacia Rock/Megaman 🥲
Esto es algo que pocos saben, Rock y Roll se tratan como si fueran hermanos pero no lo son
Lo mismo podriamos decir de los Robot Masters de Megaman 1, se tratan como hermanos.
La traduccion gringa, como siempre, hizo de las suyas. Y por eso es que todos ahora piensan que Roll es la hermana de Mega cuando en realidad se tratan como hermanos
@@meganinten0078 gracias por el dato. tal vez ya escuchaste esto pero th-cam.com/video/GbGk17gDOyM/w-d-xo.html lo encontre hoy y tal vez sea la nostalgia pero me encanto este cover latino. como lo dijo en el video, un personaje no muy bueno para rankear pero su cancion... vale que roll sea un personaje jugable.
With all the recent drama involving Roll, it's nice to see her grow from a joke to a competent character! Here's hoping for more appearances from the best sister in gaming!
Hold the phone, I wasn’t aware of any drama
@@d4c_reznor470 Long story short, the head of Mega Man at the time wanted the devs of Marvel VS Capcom to include panty shots of Roll during several of her animations, despite their original ambitions of not doing anything like that at all.
@@windindi2834 yikes. She sure has come a long way since that slip up
It's funny how Roll is in more Vs. games than Mega Man himself.
Tied with Zero for most playable appearances in the Vs. games for a Mega Man character, to boot!
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One… interesting thing about Roll in Marvel 1 and 2 is her super jump. For reasons beyond my understanding, if you let Roll’s super jump animation play out in full, there is a frame where her skirt flies up on the way down, flashing the camera, before she immediately pushes it down whilst exclaiming “Echi!!” which if memory serves, means “Lewd” in Japanese. I’ve lived with this weird knowledge my whole life, and now all of you have live with it as well.
It happens in TVC as well, but she catches it before the player sees anything.
In mega man 8's credits, they show robot master submissions from children. One of them is a drawing of roll which is very similar to her super in MVC1so I think that might have informed the design
I thought that was Zero's original design? 🤔 (I read that Zero's original plan in Megaman X was actually Roll was kidnapped and brainwashed by Wily)
I'd like to see Roll be a playable character in a new Mega Man game at some point. She was interesting in Powered Up, so maybe Capcom can extend her Moveset someday. Her theme is goated btw.
Great video bro.
Fun Mega Man fact! Proto Man has yet to be in the vs games cause he would be the coolest character ever and Capcom would not be able to top his inclusion!
Don't forget about.......
Duo; Axl; Vile; Yellow Devil; Barrett; Bass exe; Nero-L; Acid Ace; Harpuia; Serenade exe; Prometheus; Pandora; and more character in megaman has potential has playable character in vs Capcom 😅
The lore says he's prone to over heating so im not upset he's never been in a fighting game
@@reserven5795 true but the games themselves don't have him overheating so. I think we can get away with it.
Love how your editing quality has improved for these, also perfect timing for the collection! Hope we get Tatsunoko ported again
Thank you! Been thinking about maybe re-doing a handful of my oldest videos to get them up to par. Maybe something to think about way down the line.
Seeing the history behind Kaze Yo Tsutaete gave me a newfound appreciation for it but also makes it funnier for me since it only appears in the ending of the Japanese version of a Mega Man racing game before the MvC appearance. I suppose it's similar to how many consider Waluigi Pinball to be Waluigi's theme lol.
Hey, at least Waluigi Pinball's a banger!
True true, can't imagine both Roll and Waluigi without their respective themes.
The song also appears in Rockman 6 Complete Works.
Man, Tetsuya Shibata is an absolute GOAT, having scored the DMC games' soundtrack from 2 to 4. Wish he was still around for 5, not to knock on its own OST or anything though
Giving the first vocal theme to a secret joke character is certifiable Capcom love bruh. It feels like they wanted to let you know that, even though she can't fight, we must all love Roll!
It's the only vocal theme I can think of on CPS2 hardware, too.
@@KeeBlade Unless one of the later CPS2 games has one I'm unaware of yeah, pretty sure it's the only vocal song on the hardware!
10:43 Truly the peak of robot weapon design,dr wily could never...
That is Go Nagai for you 😁
He gave us, Mazinger Z, Devilman and Cutie Honey
He is a man of culture 😉
Roll's level 3 in TvC is honestly one of my favorite supers in any fighting game. Her theme in MvC1 sounds so late 80s/early 90s anime opening theme I can practically see the yellow subtitles on the screen.
Roll seriously has the biggest glow-up in the Vs. Capcom series. She went from a joke character in the MVC series to pretty powerful character in TVC! And not to mention, her ending in TVC is very cute and heartwarming too :3
Also ever since you made that post on Twitter where you said that Roll's intros in MVC1 are referencing Strider Hiryu's intros in the same game I decided to have the headcanon that Roll is a fan of Strider ;w;
I always loved Roll's theme in MvC1 it was kinda funny at the time to have her beating Spider-Man while this song played in the background
i really like the new graphics you've been using since the shuma video, really showcases every change between games for these veterans
Thanks! Kinda makes me retroactively disappointed, because I wish I'd thought of it sooner, lol
There's something so funny about seeing Casshern steal an energy pickup from Roll.
A little positivity given how this character was in the center of drama this past weekend.
I’m more and more glad Inafune is not in the company anymore after what he did to Roll. This video really is some good positivity
I remember the cute joke of having Rollback for MVC, and it being a pun on actually bringing back Roll to a new future MVC game, but personally I’d love for her to have her Tatsunoko moveset with the broom 🧹
Of course, I have to cheer for the Breath of Fire III mention xD
It always did make me sad that she was a joke character in the first two MvC games, but her redemption in Tatsunoko made me so happy! She even became one of my mains in rotation in that game, though I never knew about the puddle mechanic! I'm hoping she can make another appearance in her TvC form one day in a future Vs game.
Also, shout-out to the comparison of her and Strider's intro animations somehow blowing up on Twitter for ya. I hope all those people cane to watch the video xD
That tweet going outside my usual audience blew my mind, lol. Even former Capcom staff were retweeting it!
And yeah, a lot of people miss the puddle mechanic since the game itself doesn't spell it out. I only found out about it a couple months after the international release of TvC, and only because I read a forum post about it.
22:54 So glad you brought up Roll's power up mechanic as I feel it's not as well known. It's like she has the strength similar Tekkaman when at max power.
She hits like a truck when fully powered up. With a decent amount of red health to burn with baroque, you can straight up just delete lifebars with her.
Lmao I never put it together that Roll’s intro animations were supposed to be parodies of Strider’s. Development of MvC must have been a fun experience.
Also I remain eternally pissed off at the PSP userbase and at Capcom for ensuring we never got any more Powered Up games. One of the best PSP games ever released, period.
Yeah, out of that first year or two of PSP titles Capcom put out, I always felt like Powered Up was the one that best leveraged and suited PSP's strengths as a platform. Shame pretty much everyone largely failed it, it's fantastic.
If I were in charge of bringing her back, definitely give her moves summoning Megaman 1 Robot Masters
I always wanted to like Roll in MVC2. For a long time I hated some aspects of her design but now I think she's an adorable and funny character even if she's too terrible to try to play seriously with anyone. Mega Man falling to his knees and shedding a tear in MVC1 is hilarious, and I never knew her intros parodied Striders! The energy and creativity in Capcom back then is so infectious.
But the difference in Tatsunoko is night and day, and I'm so glad they made a design that is fun and not a useless joke character, while being respectful to her origins, her character, and fans of the series in a way the old design definitely wasn't. What a glow up!
Been waiting for this all week
I always found interesting that Ayla shares a lot of defining traits with Roll.
She's blonde, blue eyed, a color scheme of tones of red, black and white, often in the supporting role for Blue Bomber of her series with a secret playable version.
Ayla was probably design with Roll in mind for the X Series and I hope that, when a new MvC game releases, she becomes playable just like Roll... minus the overall badness Roll got chained with in previous games.
The original Pichu redemption arc ❤
A vivid memory I have related to Roll is playing Marvel 2 with a friend that's more experienced in fighting games than me.
He picked Roll and I said "Roll? She's on the lowest tier, are you sure?"... and then he humbled me by beating me with just her. I didn't take into account her small size, and my friend had good zoning with her. That day I learned to never underestimate anyone in a fighting game, regardless of what character they pick.
Nice video as usual btw!
Thanks! I think everyone that's played MvC has a "you had to be there" story of someone getting cooked with Roll, haha.
My S/O Mains Roll in MVC1 and TVC, The joy they found with roll in TVC was unparalleled XD What a fun support/heavy hitter! Really dug the deep dive into roll's history and gosh I should go back and replay some OG mega man this vid got me feeling nostalgic
haven't started yet but im excited for this episode
Omg roll apreciation! She was litterally my main in tatsnoko vs capcom. I thought it was funny to kill powerful heroes with a broom and water buckets.
Yoshino Aoki is super cute! 😍
Roll is Queen.
People on Twitter/X went ballistic upon finding out about Roll's numerous panty shots in MVC1/2 (and that supposedly, Inafune was the one who asked for them to be added) I wonder how'd they react upon finding out what Hideki Ishikawa and Toru Nakayama have drawn before both related and not related to Mega Man.
Inafune was so based for that
the people angry about that are just projecting their own insecurities, as always. Look back in a year and you'll see a bunch of deleted/suspended accounts and/or arrests, bet
yeah it sounds dire for stupid twitter drama but that's ALWAYS how these things end up
@@edfreak9001 Oh I'm very aware how the people screaming the loudest about this sort of stuff are usually the ones with skeletons in their closets. I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few days or weeks some of the people complaining about this will be suspended or arrested.
@@akiradkcnget help, creep
As I said in the community post, this was one I was waiting for. I genuinely like that Roll made it into the Vs games, even though she sucks in MVC1 and 2. She's just that kind of out there character that I love to see, and as a Mega Man fan, it's neat to be able to play as her. I love it when characters use things that aren't meant to be used as weapons like ones too. And her theme making it in is the cherry on top. I honestly really hope she comes back with her TVC moveset.
Two other things as well. 1, TVC references Sally the Witch by giving her a rocket broom, but they don't use the Sally the Witch inspired costume? like how do you miss that!? And 2, I'm guessing you're saving talking about the minigames for another time, but I'll mention her's here since I actually remember what is. You basically run through the Gesellschaft (Or however you spell it) mopping up dirty patches of ground, while constantly moving in a top-down view. All while avoiding crates in your way and servbots running along the floor. And that's pretty much all there is to it.
Yeah, I've got a big video in the pipeline that'll have an overview of the TvC minigames in it, among other things.
The funny thing is that Roll's Mega Man 8 design was inspired by Sally the Witch
@@collaterale1 Yeah... I mentioned that.
Maybe it’s just me but Roll’s moveset in TVC reminds me of Isabelle in SSBU.
I wish there were more female characters like Roll in fighting games.
As much as I like the tomboy or the $€×y gal, it is good to see a female character being girly, cutesy, feminine and sweet
One of the reasons why I like SNK with gals like Hinako and Ryoko Izumo 😊
I hope Roll will become playable in a new Mega Man game. And I don't mean just as a bonus character like in Powered Up, I want her to be a legitimate part of the team with her own power armor. Also, whenever we might get a new MvC, I think Bass would be a great character to represent the classic series.
One thing I never really liked about roll was her idle sprite. Her arms always looked oddly placed
I never thought about it before but yeah, it does look kinda funny, huh?
I remember having a Team in Marvel 2 with Roll, it was a long time ago. Its a joke character, yeah. But we love Roll in this house
Roll is bae!!!!❣️❣️ I will NOT tolerate this blasphemy!!!🤣
This is why I enjoy watching these videos. The amount of times I've played MvC 1 I never once realized Roll was parodying Strider's openings.
Roll Is a Capcom Character I Mainly I Associate With the onscreen adaption like Nemesis In Resident Evil Apocalypse or Fei Long In Street Fighter 2 V In Roll's case Mega Man (1994-1996)
Roll was really fun to use on tatsunoko vs Capcom,she was my favorite with Zero
Hell yeah, been looking foward to Roll for a long time!
My favorite version of Roll is from legends. Roll’s best appearance is tatsunoko 💯% . Great video.
I am not ashamed to say that Roll is my main in MvC 1 & 2 along with Mega Man (and Tron in MvC 2). If you constantly use her combos without getting hit, her low health will not even matter. Plus you'd be surprised how many projectiles she can avoid due to her small size, especially when crouching. She can easily dodge 1st form Onslaught's super laser of death, at which point I execute a 3 kick combo followed by the ol' Tornado Hold. It also works well against Abyss' 2nd goopy form in MvC 2.
Usually, the things you have in these videos I already knew since the dawn of light, but there were a lot in this one that I generally did not know.
Good job.
part of me wishes that when kicks the soccer ball it would stay bouncing around the screen causing chaos
That's probably how I'd have balanced it, lol
12:28 i like how it plays the game over theme from the first Megaman game (both as a cheeky joke and a nice nod to how both characters debuted together)
If Roll-chan were to ever come back, I hope they take more from her appearance from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
I'd rather take her Mega Man Battle Network design any day. Unfortunately, TvC didn't use the most recent versions of Mega Man, Roll, and Zero. I could see all of them but Zero use the Battle Network designs, then Zero with the Zero series design.
Idk why i only just noticed this now after like 20 years, but she is way smaller than Rock in these games, isn't she? In the classic MM series, they're always around the same height lol.
10:47
For some people, that's what's referred to as "Torpedo Tits". Best seen on, as pictured, Aphrodite A, and at least a few notable instances regarding "Fembots" from Austin Powers.
This has been a really great series that you continue to drop consistently quality videos for--that's no small feat; good work!
The chances of Roll showing up in a new Capcom Vs game are slow, since Zero seems to be the staple Megaman rep. nowadays, but I hope we can see her in some respect. Maybe cameoing in a Megaman-themed stage?
I'd also like to personally ask if you can make a vs character history episode on Spiral at some point, just because she's such a fantastic testament to superb sprite animation.
Cheers! ✌️
The Spiral video's definitely coming at some point. Her CoTA incarnation is the best animated character in the series (and arguably all of Capcom's 2D games) and I can't wait to talk about that in detail.
You forgot to put the unique victory quotes, Zero has 2, one when she's on opposite team and one when Roll is his teammate, is funny to have a line for Zero where he's on the protective side, she's always fun to play, but sucky in MVC games while in Tatsunoko is the other side of the coin.
Didn't forget about them, it's just that TvC makes even specific winquotes a random occurence and inflates the production time of videos that include TvC. I'll probably stick 'em all in the eventual video that covers the different versions of TvC.
Almost always used Roll as one of my two in Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Huge Mega Man fan and it was also a ton of fun beating up the much larger, and more threatening characters with a tiny child.
I like the way she says her super "Gita" and then the sfx of a super start in MVC1.
Hey, a New episode is always welcomed. Love this show. Let's get this Mega Man Roll Lore going
I may be alone on this but am I the only one who thinks the Wii is an underrated Nintendo System because games like Tatsunoko vs Capcom prove that there’s much more to that console than just shovelware.
About Roll's iconic and beautiful theme, she is telling her feelings towards Rock
In the original japanese context, Rock and Roll are NOT ACTUAL siblings
They TREAT EACH other like siblings
The terrible English translation did its thing by deceiving the fans.
Something very common in so many Capcom games in the 90s
Just look what they do with the characters from Saturday Night Slam Masters, AKA Muscle Bomber
Yeah, 90s Capcom translations can be pretty hit or miss.
Hm, interesting, but they can't be biological siblings anyways since they are robots. In this case it doesn't change much, just that it's more their chose to treat each other as siblings rather than it being titles given to them by Light. That does explain why in Legends, Roll is treated as a love interest for Megaman, despite being raised as adopted siblings.
Excellent coverage on Roll in the versus games! I will admit, it's very scary to think that she's strong enough to burn somebody with a mop!!!😂❤
Let's Rockman and Roll!
I was just watching your Megaman Legacy video
Good timing pal and as usual, great video
Lol, that New York accent when saying "water." Classic.
Great video. Keep it up.
I had a friend that used to playfully give me shit for my NY-ass pronunciation of that, and I started making an effort to try and curb it, but it still slips out every now and then lmao
@@TheSeventhForce Lmfao. One of my good buddies and I used to make fun of each others accents all the time. I would make fun of his NY accent, he would make fun of my UT accent, (the inability to make the T sound if it comes at the end of a word.) Good times.
Funny thing about Roll in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom. Despite being gigantically buffed beyond words from her previous appearances in the Vs games, she is still considered a low tier character, often picked Only for her assist.
Roll will always be my main on Tatsunoko and sometimes on MVC2
Roll would've been a great alternative to MegaMan in the Marvel vs. series if she was on par with MegaMan as far as damage, recovery from moves, and agility. It's pretty crazy how she's one of the top tiers in TvC though. Another great video bro. I'm loving this Capcom vs. series.
She's not necessarily _top_ tier in TvC (iirc, the top tier there is Yatterman-1, Tekkaman Blade, and to the surprise of no one, Zero), but she's definitely not bottom tier either. She's closer to the middle of the tier list, but her positive attributes (size, damage potential, etc.) tend to make her a popular counterpick in certain matchups
Capcom Fighting Evolution may be a bad game but the idea of an all-Capcom fighting game does have some potential to be great only this time make it more play like a 3 on 3 fighter and have a roster that essentially takes the Marvel vs. Capcom formula and pays extensive homage to Capcom’s entire history of characters.
Interesting timing lol
Fun Fact: Roll’s Voice Actor In TVC Also Does Minori From Senran Kagura.
I was always a little sad she was a bottom tier joke character in mvc/2, but I’m glad she got good in tvc. I remember earlier tvc tier lists gave her joke tier again until people found out that her oki and assist were actually really good and now she’s mid/upper mid on most tierlists and some people play her in tourney. A good glowup. Hope if she comes back she remains good.
I Still played wirh her in those other games. I always used everyone in fighting games. But i really liked her. I was always a fan boy 🤔 girl behind her. I was happy she became a playable character in megan man x 7 or x8. The 3nd 3D x game. The one with a lot of hidden characters. They aged her up to a teenager or early 20's. Gid, i think it's her. A blonde woman in red armor. Because all the female robot characters are unlockable too. No joke, i probably just pretended it was her. Because she looked like an other version of her....mmmm i have to reply that game.
Also, Kaze Yo Tsutaete is sick!
I always used Roll in MVC. Her small height gave me some advantages in versus battles.
I remember back in the day, against friends, in MvC2 my joke team consisted of Servbot, Roll, and either Megaman or Dan, lol! Just to give my friends a fighting chance.
They never took a game, haha!
If there is ever a new VS game, I hope Roll comes back
Where's the norimaro video where you watch ever single video and find out he isn't actually a middleaged man pretending to be a high schooler but actually is an alien?
soon(ish)
Oh nice roll is too shall and weak as hard and music japanese song vary good we need more glow up capcom.
I don't know why Capcom didn't give some development on Roll. Not only in the Capcom vs. games, but in the Megaman games as well. She can do something instead of just being Dr. Light's assistant.
Her theme is my Jam!
This some... timing, but I'll take it
Also yeeeeeessss, Kaze yo tsutaete my beloved, it means a lot to me the many songs related to the megaman franchise
I remember using roll to defeat onslaugh because she was so small that most attacks didn't reach.
with how much work and content capcom put into Mega Man Powered up, it’s a shame capcom has never ported it to anything really
I feel like Capcom should do a collection of the handheld odds and ends of the series like the Classic GB games, the Xtreme games and both Powered Up & Maverick Hunter X. Maybe throw in both versions of Megaman & Bass for good measure.
I adore this character, but the TvC version is just so fun forcing the opponent to stay on the ground with her OTG sweep.
It's honestly amazing how many OTG situations you can force with her that can't be easily Mega Crashed out of.
In all games when Roll jump over a character o does a double jump she says "ecchi" and gets embarrassed.
It would be fun to have a team made up of Roll, Sakura, Maya, Maria Renard, Kairi and Amy.
If I were to dedicate myself to learning these games, Roll would be my main for the joke of maining and whooping people as Roll.
That's the main appear of these characters lmao.
It's just hilarious beating the massive monsters with a character like this 🤣
s/o to james for being also a tvc roll goat!
Had to look up their vids to brush up on those Roll relaunches, haha. Same for your Saki tech, incidentally!
waiting lobby for the tron bonne video
Honestly if they ever add roll into a new mvc i hope they make it like her tvc moveset
You know what I think would be funny, making Roll playable in the next megaman game, but replace her broom with a saber and make her play more like Zero.
I know you're doing Blackheart next, but i am curious as to when you'll be doing a video on Morrigan :)
Hopefully before the year is out. That one's going to be a big video since she's in so many games, so I'll have to find a good chunk of time to set aside to work on that one.
When i was 10 or 11 i saw someone do the roll code in mvc1 once and i for some reason i still remember how to do it
I don't even play roll lol
TvC Roll was so sick of being a joke character in the past that she became a MENACE to fight in TvC. Roll and Zero are my go-to team if I wanted to ruin someone day.
God tied character.
Did I Forgot To Mention That Roll's Voice Actor In Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Also Does Minori From Senran Kagura?