I don’t understand people saying, “oh I didn’t play this game because I don’t know what Tatsunoko is,” that shouldn’t matter, at least it didn’t matter to me, the characters looked so cool and vibrant on the Tatsunoko side that I didn’t care and was super interested in learning about them, that’s what makes it a great fighting game.
for me it was the only relatively modern crossover fighting game I could get till I was able to afford an xbox 360 and play MvC3. still a great game and the opening theme is one of the best.
Exactly, Tatsunoko is practically Japan's Hanna Barbara. I guess they never heard of Samurai Pizza Cats (Although they're not in the game), Tekkaman and G-Force/Gatchaman.
Playing this after seeing Casshan Sins on Toonami made me all bright eyed about this. Still one of my favorite characters in the game. This even made me look up Who Karas and Tekkaman Blade was, because they were soooo coool! Absolutely correct in this, because 14 year old me loved this game till my Wii broke.
If Samurai Pizzacats were in this game, I definitely would have bought it holy shit. Aside that the genie was the only character I actually know and he was removed@@markdeejay86
@@markdeejay86🎶 "SAMURAI PIZZA CATS! something something something something PEPPERONI! SAMURAI PIZZA CATS!"🎶 Bruh hit me with a wave of nostalgia that i havent felt in 30 years on a video that is already filled with hella nostalgia
I'll never forget my mom and dad marking out when I brought this game home in 2011 since they both watched some Tatsunoko stuff when they were growing up in Mexico. The science ninjas in particular were what got them the most
Marking out? Were they getting robbed while you bought the game? Is ... That like... Some new slang? I have no idea if thats a typo and meant "making" out which would also create a core memory I suppose
@@jdrmanmusiqking Basically, it comes from the days when wrestling was a carny thing. A "mark" was the term back then for a person who had fallen for a scam, since they'd be "marked" as someone you or your buddies could potentially scam further. In terms of wrestling, it means someone who's falling for the "scam" of wrestling--meaning, someone who thinks that pro wrestling is real. Since that's not very common these days, it's usually used to refer to people who are just really deep, unironic fanboys of wrestling and love the whole thing. This is often contrasted with "smarks" (smart marks) who know the business and that it's all fake, but still show up to watch wrestling anyway because they think it looks cool.
Oooohhhhh yeah, baby. Own this on Wii, and I'll never regret it. Also advocated for its return in a hypothetical Fighting Collection 3 article the other day. It'll be tough, but if Norimaro can make it over...
TvC's licensing nightmare will be the final boss for Capcom to bring back. I feel like they will cook and with the two recent collections announced, it makes me very hopeful that it can be pulled off.
Hoping so. This is an absolute classic. Also, this will mean Capcom will have to officially recognize Megaman Volnutt for the first time in FOREVER. Still shooting for Legends remasters
Me and my friend a few years ago discovered this game and we immediately fell in love with it. Every time we play, 6 hours will pass. Awesome video and I hope this will get more people to try it out.
This game was a godsend for my broke ass starved for fighting games stuck on a nintendo console. Thanks for covering this game, really great essay and the edits were really well done and funny too
Rooting for Tatsu Cap to get some love in a Capcom Fighting Collection 3 some day. Truly the "Forgot About Dre" of the VS series. I think a re-release would not only shock people but also give this game a new lease on life with rollback on newer platforms. It's a good looking game but man it could use a resolution boost.
Good catch; this would be perfect for Capcom Fighting Collection 3. They acknowledged Rival Schools/Project Justice and Power Stone with that new collection they announced, so I’m convinced anything is possible. Couple that with the Marvel and SNK collabs returning, if the stars were ever to align, it would be now. A game like this one doesn’t deserve to be lost to the past.
Doronjo's a pretty interesting character, by the way. The story behind her is that she and her gang were meant to be the villains of Yatterman, but they were just so wacky and likeable that they ended up being the most iconic part of it instead. It got to the point that they did a recent sequel series and had it be from the POV of their descendants. And if you watch anime aimed at kids, you see that same archetype of a gang of endearing comedy-relief villainous henchmen crop up a lot--Team Rocket in particular stole a LOT of their shtick from the Doronbo gang.
Zero : And before you ask. Yes, he's top tier Seriously, you did an amazing job with the retrospective and edits!!! P.S : Karas is the coolest thing I have ever seen XD
28:09 = "This is a perfectly balanced VS". The mechs in Lost Planet are named VS, an abbreviation for Vital Suit. So, the "perfectly balanced" thing in question who is being commented about was the mech, not the game (who could be a 4th wall breaking dialog).
I'm still watching the video so I don't know if you mention it anywhere but 90% of the Tatsunoko characters in the roster had their designs done by Yoshitaka Amano, the artist for Front Mission, Vampire Hunter D and the first 6 Final Fantasy games. These were done as his first ever gigs in the industry and a lot of it is inspired by the art of DC Comics, particularly that of Neal Adams whose a personal favourite of Amano. Amano did an art exhibit sometime ago in my city and there were tons of Tatsunoko art on display, mostly those of Gatchaman and Casshern, and it blows my mind to know that there's a Capcom game with ties to him.
TvC is one of my absolute favorite fighting games ever and it's the reason I had a brief obsession with Tekkaman/Blade. I pie in the sky wish is that we get an HD port of this game some day. After all the Capcom fighting games that have been getting collections and rereleases, i'm praying they figure out a way to get the green light for this game.
Putting a fighting game with largely unknown characters, on a console that was geared towards casuals was a recipe for disaster, and I hated that decision to not bring it to PS and Xbox so much back in the day. If they re-released this game with updated graphics it would be as big as a new fighting game, because 99% of people never got a chance to play it; hopefully it happens one day.
Great video, man. There are some details that i never knew about TVC. I used to play this game in childhood, when i was discovering fighting games, and i loved this one. Good to see this game have a comunity, i also really enjoy his theme song.
Tatsunoko may not have been a big name to a lot of people but Tekkaman Blade got adapted in the west as "Teknoman" and I was obsessed with it as a kid. So seeing him in a fighting game years later was wild.
As a OG anime fan, I couldn't wait for this game to be released! I brought a Nintendo Wii & 2 new Classic Gamepads just to play this with my family. It should never have been a Wii exclusive. I wish they would make a TVC2 with Speed Racer. . .😮🤯🤔🤩💯
One of my favourites in the cross over fighter games. as you mentioned in the video, has TVC not been made, MVC3 would have been a very different game. Thanks for covering the most underrated game in capcoms history. You earned a sub
Excellent video, you nailed all the mechanics and problems right on the head! ALso loved the editing, the fact Roll was the one rolling during the "rolls" part was very smart haha
The effort here was incredible, all the small hard to notice cuts in supers and little attention to detail things like "rolls" and "to the moon" got me, you could feel the love! Great work, also jury duty sucks I actually just had a dream about it last night lol.
That’s the legend himself right there, he was best known as the voice of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and one of the Dragon Quest Heroes in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
I have heard of this game after more recently getting into fighters and researching past games. But this is the first time I'm realising how good it looks! I mean both visually and how it looks to play. This looks great!!
Alex powerbombing the giant characters is what immediately sold me on this game. That and all the awesome characters i dont know anything about. Would absolutely love to see a tvc3. Also, awesome video, dude. I always see videos of people playing this, and it fascinates me. Really appreciate you doing each character bc there's some you never see anyone play. Instant sub.
Bro that’s so accurate for what you said for zero at 32:47. I never played TVC,but he one of my mains in UMVC3 and you ain’t wrong with that statement.
UMVC3 Zero was better in a lot of ways but his lvl 3 was so much lamer than in TvC, you see it in this video, he stops time and stabs you with a huge energy blade, no lame extra large fireball.
Great video! A lot of Tatsunoko shows aired in Latin America back in the day so I was around friends and family who were excited for this game's release, and to this day it's one of my favorite fighting games. It's kinda sad to think I'll never get to run my Tekkaman Blade-Roll team in any other game tho... 💔
29:28 Now I’ll be looking forward to another in-depth video breaking down all the references in the game. Fantastic video - you can really feel the love and attention poured into the game through the way you showcase it
Awesome content! You scripted it well, and are so well spoken! Great job dude! I play this on my “hand cough, held” Wii haha! Never seen this game until last year when I got my… cough cough
There are very few Tatsunoko characters I care about, but because of this game, at least I got introduced to them and those I did enjoy I watched a bit of with a friend that imported the franchises on Blu-Ray and DVD. I have said for so many years that Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is one of the most underrated fighting games ever. Glad to see others think so as well.
Good video! It's so cool how a game that was pushed out of mainstream years ago not only still has it's fans with an active community to this day, but can also inspire many fighting games to come.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORBITAL SPACE STATION BGM MENTIONED! Got this game for christmas for the GCN. Hadn't ever played a fighting game but got immediately drawn to Tekkaman's insane super damage and Polimar's sick mixups and long (I don't know if it's actually long, it was just the longest one I could perform) strings. And holy shit, I jammed the fuck out to OSS' theme. e: huh, it wasn't released for GCN. Must've misremembered since i only used the GCN controller to play
I played this casually in college and one of the first ever fighting game tournaments I attended was for this game. I played Soki and I think one of the hypest moments of the entire tournament was my opposing Alex timing out my install super with his own command grab super to get past all my super armor
Problem was the game only released stateside on the Wii and the online was unplayable. I kept holding out for a ps3 release that would never come. Hurts especially because i grew up watching Tekkaman blade or "Teknoman" on TV and would later go on to play hundreds of hours of project justice with friends as a Batsu main, so my team is already set lol. Hopefully these upcoming capcom fighting collections will see enough success to warrant them to release this as well. It's now or never guys, make sure to get your copies, if you have any interest in seeing this re-released.
I actually love this game! Had Batsu in it on the Capcom side, so the Rival Schools fan in me was like yeah! Then I saw that Casshern, Tekkaman and Karas was in. And I was like ‘no one in the room but me knows’. And that felt cool. I even unlocked all the hidden characters.
I recognize a decent chunk of these characters despite only ever briefly watching Casshern. Wonder why Tatsunoko isn't big in the west considering a few of their characters are pretty iconic.
Dude! I preordered this game and picked it up on my way back from College, as soon as I heard the title song it was a wrap. Easily one of my favorite crossover games of all time and absolutely deserving of a re-release or even sequel
A fantastic video on one of my favourite fighting games ever - thank you! I still have my copy and a working Wii U to play it on from time to time. You’ve got a new follower, now I’m off to listen to the BGM for Orbital Ring Systems Cargo Bay again!
EDIT: Ah ya mentioned that at the end MvC 3 would not exist as it is without this game. It was pretty much the Beta for MvC as many of the characters and game designs came straight from this one like 3 attack buttons, zero, frank and morrigan. And man I LOVED TEKKAMAN BLADE-O! My brothers hated it because he was broken as hell
There is something very interesting about how, for TvC they picked the ORIGINAL Space Knight Tekkaman, the slower of the two protagonist Tekkamen of the franchise; pretty interesting choice too, since I imagine a proper Tekkaman Blade should be speedy as fuck. like, the one line he has about Tekkamen in the show is simple: "Never Underestimate The Speed of a Tekkaman!" with special moves and finishers that emphasize going fast as fuck - like the CRASH INTRUDE! Edit: He was infact in there for the second release! Glorious. AS A FUN FACT, His Cinematic Super move isn't just a Voltekka, it's the BLASTEEER VOLTEKKAAAAAAAAAA - I.E the Ultimate Voltekka of an evolved Tekkaman. A Moved whose SCREAM straight up fucking Broke a Microphone in the recording room iirc
I love this game man,i played the crap out of it,and even im not even that into figthers,but this one just got my attention since im a huge anime fan,and i actually knew some of the Tatsunoko characters,i even got to meet Katsuji Mori the voice of Ken the eagle and Tekkaman and he signed my copy of the game!
TVC is absolutely underrated. Speaking of other underrated FGs, a favorite FG of mine that is super underrated is Gundam Battle Assault 2. It feels clunky if you don’t know how to play, but it speeds up when you know what you’re doing. There are also 4 giant characters. Since it was PS1, it has no online, so not a lot of people played it. TVC had SF4 as its big rival, which is huge, but GBA2 came out during the Capcom dark ages or over saturation of fighting games. It is not a tag fighter, but it is the only Gundam FG that features mobile suits from G-Gundam. It also has the real English voice actors. Definitely check it out if you’re a fan of Gundams, giant characters, or just underrated FGs.
I knew Jun the Swan and Eagle from G Force! This game is fantastic! Capcom needs to re release! Tbh I had more fun with this than Marvel Vs Capcom 3. Side note. Why was Speed Racer not put in this game? He would have been so incredible!
- Years later, Dragon Ball Fighterz did to Marvel Infinite what MVC3 did to TVC. - Back in the early 90s, Mexico aired Gatchaman (known as "G-Force") and Samurai Pizza Cats. Man, the Samurai Pizza cats would've been cool. - Of course I have the Orbital Ring song on my morning drive playlist.
at the first fighting game meetup i went to our TO brought this out and i told him to let the intro rock so everyone could hear i only started playing tvc in 2020 but that intro makes me nostalgic for other people's childhoods
I love everything about that game. The combos the characters the over the top damage numbers. Really hits the pleasure centers of my brain. My team is tekkaman blade and Ryu
Not gonna lie, I would actually want a crossover game between Tatsunoko, Marvel, and Capcom. The cultural difference between super heroes from both the U.S. and Japan is what makes it interesting and would be awesome if it happened.
The majority of the Tatsunoko series did air in America. Gatchaman even got two different dubs. I remember seeing a handful of these in the late ‘80s when I was really little, and the. A bit in the early ‘90s I think on TBS or something. Then a little later in the ‘90s Sci-Fi Channel would play some of the OVA’s that got made of Tatsunoko characters. But if you’re a certain age, it’s not unlikely that you watched a few of these on TV along with Speed Racer and Superbook.
@16:50 I've had ENDLESS arguments with my brothers that this theme was the best one on the game. Loved it so much, I was blasting it on my IPod back in grade school 💜! Ah... the good ol days 😌
My God, this game. This is probably my favorite crossover game next to MvC and Smash Bros! Polymar was my main back in the day and I was SHOCKED when I saw that he was in the game. That's because I accidentally found his TV show airing in my country when I was a teenager and it caught me positively for how cool and bombastic it was! Playing as Polymar in game makes me feel so powerful and don't let his slow walking speed fool you because once he gets you, you're done, not to mention he's got the most powerful Level 3 Super in the game!
Saki was actually a Marvel Vs. Capcom Support character in the first game, like the others she was selected at random, but it was nice to see her in this game, and also having her old support move in her move set
Tatsunoko has been around a very long time. If youve watched Samurai Pizza Cats, Battle of the Planets (G-Force / Gatchaman) or even Speed Racer then you know Tatsunoko to some degree
I had a friend group online that I played this game with when it first came out, which is kinda funny cause I wasn’t into fighting games. I do have nostalgia for it though, it’s opening theme is such a banger.
I will NEVER get tired of TvC, and I’m always happy to see someone make content on it. Great video. Don’t know how big of an ask this is but do you think you’d be interested in sharing the game assets you ripped? Trying to find these assets online is hard and figuring out how to rip them myself is a pain.
Oh hell yeah, TvC was great! I had never heard of Tatsunoko when I stumbled across this game back in the day, but absolutely fell in love with it. Hope this game eventually gets another shot at a decent official online infrastructure, it absolutely would deserve it. Probably quite unlikely, given that Anime licensing tends to be an absolute goddamn nightmare, but still. TvC really has its own, unique game feel. Oh shit, I never knew there were more in-depth endings we missed out on! I gotta look those up at some point.
Amazing game that's seriously underrated and easily one of the best VS fighters ever. It's really sad it didn't get more exposure. Would love to see a re-release with some added QOL features. Also, speed racer would've been such a cool addition, such a bummer he wasn't able to make it. Another thing, you missed my favorite stage, it's actually a transition stage where you can break the ground and end up on a wooden raft on a river before... I think it's called something like uncharted China.
I remember buying this game and my mom telling me about some of the characters from Tatsunoko that had shows when she was growing up (i.e. Tekkaman, Gatchaman, etc.) I had never seen my mom so excited seeing me play a game before lol.
i used to live on a beach resort with my 2 best friends. we worked our asses during the day and had a wii. and this was our only fighting game. There was a Tatsunoko vs Capcom era on our life just before everyone discovered skyrim once we got a pc. I have nothing but love and great memories with this game and I`m not even that much of a gamer... much less a FG player. I`m an Arcanum and heroes of might & magic guy, but I do remember some tatsunoko from my youth in Argentina, we had a couple of the shows here. Gatchaman was huge.
25:41 Rare footage of G Kaiser actually existing. This game was really something special, very few games feel this good just to push buttons in. Just immediately fun from the word go. They really said that they were going to take all these spandex clad superhero types, and without a shred of irony, they were going to be the coolest cast they could be.
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I don’t understand people saying, “oh I didn’t play this game because I don’t know what Tatsunoko is,” that shouldn’t matter, at least it didn’t matter to me, the characters looked so cool and vibrant on the Tatsunoko side that I didn’t care and was super interested in learning about them, that’s what makes it a great fighting game.
for me it was the only relatively modern crossover fighting game I could get till I was able to afford an xbox 360 and play MvC3. still a great game and the opening theme is one of the best.
Exactly, Tatsunoko is practically Japan's Hanna Barbara. I guess they never heard of Samurai Pizza Cats (Although they're not in the game), Tekkaman and G-Force/Gatchaman.
Playing this after seeing Casshan Sins on Toonami made me all bright eyed about this. Still one of my favorite characters in the game. This even made me look up Who Karas and Tekkaman Blade was, because they were soooo coool!
Absolutely correct in this, because 14 year old me loved this game till my Wii broke.
If Samurai Pizzacats were in this game, I definitely would have bought it holy shit. Aside that the genie was the only character I actually know and he was removed@@markdeejay86
@@markdeejay86🎶 "SAMURAI PIZZA CATS! something something something something PEPPERONI! SAMURAI PIZZA CATS!"🎶
Bruh hit me with a wave of nostalgia that i havent felt in 30 years on a video that is already filled with hella nostalgia
TVC MENTIONED!
(Great video.)
Love your videos man keep it up
@@guhbruhmaste4557 Thanks!
I'll never forget my mom and dad marking out when I brought this game home in 2011 since they both watched some Tatsunoko stuff when they were growing up in Mexico. The science ninjas in particular were what got them the most
that's an awesome memory dude
Marking out? Were they getting robbed while you bought the game? Is ... That like... Some new slang? I have no idea if thats a typo and meant "making" out which would also create a core memory I suppose
@@jdrmanmusiqking lol thats a pro wrestling term for being an excited fan
@@SJ-qs1ui oh lol i was waaaaay off oof
@@jdrmanmusiqking Basically, it comes from the days when wrestling was a carny thing. A "mark" was the term back then for a person who had fallen for a scam, since they'd be "marked" as someone you or your buddies could potentially scam further. In terms of wrestling, it means someone who's falling for the "scam" of wrestling--meaning, someone who thinks that pro wrestling is real. Since that's not very common these days, it's usually used to refer to people who are just really deep, unironic fanboys of wrestling and love the whole thing. This is often contrasted with "smarks" (smart marks) who know the business and that it's all fake, but still show up to watch wrestling anyway because they think it looks cool.
Oooohhhhh yeah, baby. Own this on Wii, and I'll never regret it.
Also advocated for its return in a hypothetical Fighting Collection 3 article the other day. It'll be tough, but if Norimaro can make it over...
TvC's licensing nightmare will be the final boss for Capcom to bring back. I feel like they will cook and with the two recent collections announced, it makes me very hopeful that it can be pulled off.
@@Brawler139honestly, I hope the recent success of capcom fighters as well as there cross overs, will help this collab come back.
@@pian-0g445more importantly the passionate fan base, main example being Maximilian doods MVCI major overhaul mod sorta thing
Having come from SF and Tekken franchises, watching this is a bit like watching Marvel vs. Capcom
Hoping so. This is an absolute classic. Also, this will mean Capcom will have to officially recognize Megaman Volnutt for the first time in FOREVER. Still shooting for Legends remasters
Fun fact: the announcer of this game is Jeff Manning, who'd previously voiced the announcer and Master Hand in Smash 64.
Les Vagas?
No wonder the announcer was full of energy. Thanks for sharing!
Me and my friend a few years ago discovered this game and we immediately fell in love with it. Every time we play, 6 hours will pass. Awesome video and I hope this will get more people to try it out.
This game was a godsend for my broke ass starved for fighting games stuck on a nintendo console. Thanks for covering this game, really great essay and the edits were really well done and funny too
Appreciate it! Hopefully Tatsunoko vs. Capcom could see light on more consoles in the future.
TvC? That's some fine taste
This game is so cool. I had so much fun with it when it came out.
Rooting for Tatsu Cap to get some love in a Capcom Fighting Collection 3 some day.
Truly the "Forgot About Dre" of the VS series. I think a re-release would not only shock people but also give this game a new lease on life with rollback on newer platforms. It's a good looking game but man it could use a resolution boost.
Good catch; this would be perfect for Capcom Fighting Collection 3. They acknowledged Rival Schools/Project Justice and Power Stone with that new collection they announced, so I’m convinced anything is possible. Couple that with the Marvel and SNK collabs returning, if the stars were ever to align, it would be now. A game like this one doesn’t deserve to be lost to the past.
Doronjo's a pretty interesting character, by the way. The story behind her is that she and her gang were meant to be the villains of Yatterman, but they were just so wacky and likeable that they ended up being the most iconic part of it instead. It got to the point that they did a recent sequel series and had it be from the POV of their descendants. And if you watch anime aimed at kids, you see that same archetype of a gang of endearing comedy-relief villainous henchmen crop up a lot--Team Rocket in particular stole a LOT of their shtick from the Doronbo gang.
they also had a heavy influence on the designs of wario, waluigi, and their scrapped boss wapeach!
35:19 😊😊😊😊😊😮😮😅😅😮😮😮😮😅😮😮😅
Zero : And before you ask. Yes, he's top tier
Seriously, you did an amazing job with the retrospective and edits!!!
P.S : Karas is the coolest thing I have ever seen XD
28:09 = "This is a perfectly balanced VS".
The mechs in Lost Planet are named VS, an abbreviation for Vital Suit. So, the "perfectly balanced" thing in question who is being commented about was the mech, not the game (who could be a 4th wall breaking dialog).
THIS IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED VS
Good Video. Hopefully you get to talk about more forgotten fighting games. Perhaps maybe a video on Sengoku Basara X or Fate/Unlimited Code?
I'm still watching the video so I don't know if you mention it anywhere but 90% of the Tatsunoko characters in the roster had their designs done by Yoshitaka Amano, the artist for Front Mission, Vampire Hunter D and the first 6 Final Fantasy games. These were done as his first ever gigs in the industry and a lot of it is inspired by the art of DC Comics, particularly that of Neal Adams whose a personal favourite of Amano.
Amano did an art exhibit sometime ago in my city and there were tons of Tatsunoko art on display, mostly those of Gatchaman and Casshern, and it blows my mind to know that there's a Capcom game with ties to him.
The writing and animation in this video is hysterical, absolutely did great justice to this gem of a fighter. Well done!
Man this channel has some exceptional editing and quality content! ❤
Keep being awesome, can't wait for the next video
TvC is one of my absolute favorite fighting games ever and it's the reason I had a brief obsession with Tekkaman/Blade. I pie in the sky wish is that we get an HD port of this game some day. After all the Capcom fighting games that have been getting collections and rereleases, i'm praying they figure out a way to get the green light for this game.
If SNK and Disney/Marvel can play nice with Capcom, surely we can secure Tatsunoko. Let’s keep the faith.
First traditional fighter I played. Love this game, still have the madcatz sticks lol
Putting a fighting game with largely unknown characters, on a console that was geared towards casuals was a recipe for disaster, and I hated that decision to not bring it to PS and Xbox so much back in the day. If they re-released this game with updated graphics it would be as big as a new fighting game, because 99% of people never got a chance to play it; hopefully it happens one day.
Glad to see a new channel talking about fighting games ive never played!
Great video, man. There are some details that i never knew about TVC. I used to play this game in childhood, when i was discovering fighting games, and i loved this one. Good to see this game have a comunity, i also really enjoy his theme song.
Tatsunoko may not have been a big name to a lot of people but Tekkaman Blade got adapted in the west as "Teknoman" and I was obsessed with it as a kid. So seeing him in a fighting game years later was wild.
Awesome video, TVC brings back so many great memories. I really hope it can be re-released, just like the Mvc arcade collection. 🤞🏽
As a OG anime fan, I couldn't wait for this game to be released! I brought a Nintendo Wii & 2 new Classic Gamepads just to play this with my family. It should never have been a Wii exclusive. I wish they would make a TVC2 with Speed Racer. . .😮🤯🤔🤩💯
With RacerX
Tatsunoko vs Capcom is VERY underrated! Extremely fun and I am all for more people finding out about this hidden gem! Thank you for the video essay!
It's been rated with universal acclaim since its release. It has never been underrated.
One of my favourites in the cross over fighter games. as you mentioned in the video, has TVC not been made, MVC3 would have been a very different game. Thanks for covering the most underrated game in capcoms history. You earned a sub
Excellent video, you nailed all the mechanics and problems right on the head! ALso loved the editing, the fact Roll was the one rolling during the "rolls" part was very smart haha
The effort here was incredible, all the small hard to notice cuts in supers and little attention to detail things like "rolls" and "to the moon" got me, you could feel the love! Great work, also jury duty sucks I actually just had a dream about it last night lol.
4:06 to be fair, that voice actor gives it his all everytime. He broke his throat and three mics for the goldion crusher in gaogaigar
That’s the legend himself right there, he was best known as the voice of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and one of the Dragon Quest Heroes in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Loved the Chad warden meme inserts, I was cracking up.
BALLIN'!
I have heard of this game after more recently getting into fighters and researching past games. But this is the first time I'm realising how good it looks! I mean both visually and how it looks to play. This looks great!!
Alex powerbombing the giant characters is what immediately sold me on this game. That and all the awesome characters i dont know anything about.
Would absolutely love to see a tvc3.
Also, awesome video, dude. I always see videos of people playing this, and it fascinates me. Really appreciate you doing each character bc there's some you never see anyone play.
Instant sub.
This was a really good video for TVC and the edits were hilarious 😂😂😂 Relaxed voice too, makes it easier to watch
You did a truly spectacular service for this game, thanks man
Bro that’s so accurate for what you said for zero at 32:47. I never played TVC,but he one of my mains in UMVC3 and you ain’t wrong with that statement.
UMVC3 Zero was better in a lot of ways but his lvl 3 was so much lamer than in TvC, you see it in this video, he stops time and stabs you with a huge energy blade, no lame extra large fireball.
Great video!
A lot of Tatsunoko shows aired in Latin America back in the day so I was around friends and family who were excited for this game's release, and to this day it's one of my favorite fighting games. It's kinda sad to think I'll never get to run my Tekkaman Blade-Roll team in any other game tho... 💔
29:28 Now I’ll be looking forward to another in-depth video breaking down all the references in the game. Fantastic video - you can really feel the love and attention poured into the game through the way you showcase it
Awesome content! You scripted it well, and are so well spoken! Great job dude! I play this on my “hand cough, held” Wii haha! Never seen this game until last year when I got my… cough cough
tatsunoko anime was on the tv in sicily in the early 90's and street fighter 2 was in the arcades. this my childhood in one.
There are very few Tatsunoko characters I care about, but because of this game, at least I got introduced to them and those I did enjoy I watched a bit of with a friend that imported the franchises on Blu-Ray and DVD.
I have said for so many years that Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is one of the most underrated fighting games ever.
Glad to see others think so as well.
Sees Tatsunoko Vs Capcom video - instantly clicks “like” video. Tekkeman Blade favorite character comment - just earned you a new subscriber.
Good video! It's so cool how a game that was pushed out of mainstream years ago not only still has it's fans with an active community to this day, but can also inspire many fighting games to come.
This game was the reason i even try a fighting game
I used to love the hell out of this game. Broooo your bringing back Memories.
Keep up the good content.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORBITAL SPACE STATION BGM MENTIONED! Got this game for christmas for the GCN. Hadn't ever played a fighting game but got immediately drawn to Tekkaman's insane super damage and Polimar's sick mixups and long (I don't know if it's actually long, it was just the longest one I could perform) strings. And holy shit, I jammed the fuck out to OSS' theme.
e: huh, it wasn't released for GCN. Must've misremembered since i only used the GCN controller to play
Hollowshy, This video is fantastic! I liked it a lot!
Possible alternate title for this video "Most Underrated Video Editing Ever" Great video!
I played this casually in college and one of the first ever fighting game tournaments I attended was for this game. I played Soki and I think one of the hypest moments of the entire tournament was my opposing Alex timing out my install super with his own command grab super to get past all my super armor
Apparently they were planning on having Speed Racer in the game, but they eventually scrapped him because of copyright issues.
Man, I love your editing style. Glad I found this channel.
These edits are so good, leaving this comment to hopefully help out the algorithm because people need to see this
I'd argue Galactor Base is very much tied with Orbital Cargo Bay as best theme of the game, both are fitting for two completely different moods
Yuuuuuup! 100% agreed. Les Vagas is third for the groovy vibes.
Personally gesellshaft storm is top 1 for me
The fucking theme is one of the best fighting game intro of all time
Problem was the game only released stateside on the Wii and the online was unplayable. I kept holding out for a ps3 release that would never come. Hurts especially because i grew up watching Tekkaman blade or "Teknoman" on TV and would later go on to play hundreds of hours of project justice with friends as a Batsu main, so my team is already set lol. Hopefully these upcoming capcom fighting collections will see enough success to warrant them to release this as well. It's now or never guys, make sure to get your copies, if you have any interest in seeing this re-released.
I finnaly got to sit down with this one at the end of last year & I fell in love with it. Thank you for making this video!
I actually love this game! Had Batsu in it on the Capcom side, so the Rival Schools fan in me was like yeah! Then I saw that Casshern, Tekkaman and Karas was in. And I was like ‘no one in the room but me knows’. And that felt cool.
I even unlocked all the hidden characters.
I recognize a decent chunk of these characters despite only ever briefly watching Casshern. Wonder why Tatsunoko isn't big in the west considering a few of their characters are pretty iconic.
One of my favorite fighting games!!! The combos and the cast were all so cool.
Dude! I preordered this game and picked it up on my way back from College, as soon as I heard the title song it was a wrap. Easily one of my favorite crossover games of all time and absolutely deserving of a re-release or even sequel
Dude your editing is crazy good
A fantastic video on one of my favourite fighting games ever - thank you! I still have my copy and a working Wii U to play it on from time to time. You’ve got a new follower, now I’m off to listen to the BGM for Orbital Ring Systems Cargo Bay again!
wow the effort put into this video is crazy keep up the good work
This was an amazing video of a fighting game I've never played and may purchase for my Wii in the future.
EDIT: Ah ya mentioned that at the end
MvC 3 would not exist as it is without this game. It was pretty much the Beta for MvC as many of the characters and game designs came straight from this one like 3 attack buttons, zero, frank and morrigan. And man I LOVED TEKKAMAN BLADE-O!
My brothers hated it because he was broken as hell
I remember watching Battle of the Planets, when I was a kid. I recognized some characters.
Played TvC with just a Wiimote (no nunchuck). Basically Modern mode control in SF6.
Way more fun than i thought.
glad your back, great video, love tatsunoko vs capcom
There is something very interesting about how, for TvC they picked the ORIGINAL Space Knight Tekkaman, the slower of the two protagonist Tekkamen of the franchise; pretty interesting choice too, since I imagine a proper Tekkaman Blade should be speedy as fuck. like, the one line he has about Tekkamen in the show is simple: "Never Underestimate The Speed of a Tekkaman!"
with special moves and finishers that emphasize going fast as fuck - like the CRASH INTRUDE!
Edit: He was infact in there for the second release! Glorious. AS A FUN FACT, His Cinematic Super move isn't just a Voltekka, it's the BLASTEEER VOLTEKKAAAAAAAAAA - I.E the Ultimate Voltekka of an evolved Tekkaman. A Moved whose SCREAM straight up fucking Broke a Microphone in the recording room iirc
Awesome video. And a timeless art style in this game! Still looks good!
Excellent video, what a joy to watch. Thank you
No Triple Voltekka? You disappoint D-Boy.
I love this game man,i played the crap out of it,and even im not even that into figthers,but this one just got my attention since im a huge anime fan,and i actually knew some of the Tatsunoko characters,i even got to meet Katsuji Mori the voice of Ken the eagle and Tekkaman and he signed my copy of the game!
I loved Tatsunoko vs Capcom, I just never really saw anyone else talk about it
My best friend in elementary had this game on his Wii. Sleepovers there were the best
TVC is absolutely underrated. Speaking of other underrated FGs, a favorite FG of mine that is super underrated is Gundam Battle Assault 2. It feels clunky if you don’t know how to play, but it speeds up when you know what you’re doing. There are also 4 giant characters. Since it was PS1, it has no online, so not a lot of people played it. TVC had SF4 as its big rival, which is huge, but GBA2 came out during the Capcom dark ages or over saturation of fighting games. It is not a tag fighter, but it is the only Gundam FG that features mobile suits from G-Gundam. It also has the real English voice actors. Definitely check it out if you’re a fan of Gundams, giant characters, or just underrated FGs.
This was such a great video thus far (I'm about a good third thru) that I subscribed. 💪🏿 Keep up the great work.
I knew Jun the Swan and Eagle from G Force! This game is fantastic! Capcom needs to re release! Tbh I had more fun with this than Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
Side note. Why was Speed Racer not put in this game? He would have been so incredible!
- Years later, Dragon Ball Fighterz did to Marvel Infinite what MVC3 did to TVC.
- Back in the early 90s, Mexico aired Gatchaman (known as "G-Force") and Samurai Pizza Cats. Man, the Samurai Pizza cats would've been cool.
- Of course I have the Orbital Ring song on my morning drive playlist.
Capcom _wanted_ to put in Samurai Pizza Cats but the licensing with Tatsunoko fell through. :(
I’m glad I discovered your channel
13:36 Don’t say that about the Fridge megazord 😂
Jump Magna Vs Capcom would be crazy , DBZ , JJBA, One Piece, etc, dang , Capcom just why haven't they done it yet , their already cool with Namco
at the first fighting game meetup i went to our TO brought this out and i told him to let the intro rock so everyone could hear
i only started playing tvc in 2020 but that intro makes me nostalgic for other people's childhoods
superb editing, great video!!
I love everything about that game. The combos the characters the over the top damage numbers. Really hits the pleasure centers of my brain. My team is tekkaman blade and Ryu
This video is everything! Well done!
Loved the video!!! Very well done and funny pop culture references
Not gonna lie, I would actually want a crossover game between Tatsunoko, Marvel, and Capcom. The cultural difference between super heroes from both the U.S. and Japan is what makes it interesting and would be awesome if it happened.
The majority of the Tatsunoko series did air in America. Gatchaman even got two different dubs. I remember seeing a handful of these in the late ‘80s when I was really little, and the. A bit in the early ‘90s I think on TBS or something. Then a little later in the ‘90s Sci-Fi Channel would play some of the OVA’s that got made of Tatsunoko characters. But if you’re a certain age, it’s not unlikely that you watched a few of these on TV along with Speed Racer and Superbook.
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I've had ENDLESS arguments with my brothers that this theme was the best one on the game. Loved it so much, I was blasting it on my IPod back in grade school 💜!
Ah... the good ol days 😌
My God, this game. This is probably my favorite crossover game next to MvC and Smash Bros! Polymar was my main back in the day and I was SHOCKED when I saw that he was in the game. That's because I accidentally found his TV show airing in my country when I was a teenager and it caught me positively for how cool and bombastic it was! Playing as Polymar in game makes me feel so powerful and don't let his slow walking speed fool you because once he gets you, you're done, not to mention he's got the most powerful Level 3 Super in the game!
Saki was actually a Marvel Vs. Capcom Support character in the first game, like the others she was selected at random, but it was nice to see her in this game, and also having her old support move in her move set
Tatsunoko has been around a very long time. If youve watched Samurai Pizza Cats, Battle of the Planets (G-Force / Gatchaman) or even Speed Racer then you know Tatsunoko to some degree
I had a friend group online that I played this game with when it first came out, which is kinda funny cause I wasn’t into fighting games. I do have nostalgia for it though, it’s opening theme is such a banger.
I will NEVER get tired of TvC, and I’m always happy to see someone make content on it. Great video.
Don’t know how big of an ask this is but do you think you’d be interested in sharing the game assets you ripped? Trying to find these assets online is hard and figuring out how to rip them myself is a pain.
Oh hell yeah, TvC was great! I had never heard of Tatsunoko when I stumbled across this game back in the day, but absolutely fell in love with it. Hope this game eventually gets another shot at a decent official online infrastructure, it absolutely would deserve it. Probably quite unlikely, given that Anime licensing tends to be an absolute goddamn nightmare, but still. TvC really has its own, unique game feel.
Oh shit, I never knew there were more in-depth endings we missed out on! I gotta look those up at some point.
Your editing is top notch
quite an intresting game, two of my fav anime characters are in this game: Cassharn and Tekkaman
Amazing game that's seriously underrated and easily one of the best VS fighters ever. It's really sad it didn't get more exposure. Would love to see a re-release with some added QOL features. Also, speed racer would've been such a cool addition, such a bummer he wasn't able to make it. Another thing, you missed my favorite stage, it's actually a transition stage where you can break the ground and end up on a wooden raft on a river before... I think it's called something like uncharted China.
I remember buying this game and my mom telling me about some of the characters from Tatsunoko that had shows when she was growing up (i.e. Tekkaman, Gatchaman, etc.) I had never seen my mom so excited seeing me play a game before lol.
i used to live on a beach resort with my 2 best friends. we worked our asses during the day and had a wii. and this was our only fighting game. There was a Tatsunoko vs Capcom era on our life just before everyone discovered skyrim once we got a pc. I have nothing but love and great memories with this game and I`m not even that much of a gamer... much less a FG player. I`m an Arcanum and heroes of might & magic guy, but I do remember some tatsunoko from my youth in Argentina, we had a couple of the shows here. Gatchaman was huge.
25:41 Rare footage of G Kaiser actually existing.
This game was really something special, very few games feel this good just to push buttons in. Just immediately fun from the word go.
They really said that they were going to take all these spandex clad superhero types, and without a shred of irony, they were going to be the coolest cast they could be.