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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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. . .😮🤯🤔🤩💯
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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!!
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
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
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 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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
- 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.
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.
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 only reason I haven't played this one is that, not being Japanese, I'm not super familiar with Tatsunoko. However, if Capcom paired with a classic American animation company like Hanna-Barbera, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Edit: for everyone saying that I can just "get familiar" with it, what I'm saying is that those shows just weren't in the zeitgeist for me, while in Japan, it's more easily accessible and in the pop culture sphere. For something like Marvel vs. Capcom, I'm a lot more in my element because of how well I know those characters, while for this, I'd have to go out of my way, which isn't a bad thing, it just doesn't click as well, hence why I never gave it a shot.
Speed Racer would have been included but the Hollywood movie came out around the same year and Tatsunoko basically had to surrender the rights temporarily.
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!
The biggest mistake Capcom made with this game was making it Nentendo exclusive. Just think about why it is not in the MVC Collection that just got release. Capcom fails its original fan base.
I think the most interesting aspect of TvC who stands out over the MvC games is the Cool Down mechanic who forces the players to thing when and how to use their partner. MvC tournaments (specially UMvC3) are a battle of assistences, who make the matches not so fun to watch. TvC, in the other hand, priorises the 1v1 battle, and the assistences are just assistences as the name says. Any game who offer assistence could have a Cool Down mechanic, just like Aqua Pazza and Nitroplus Blasters. KoF2000 could be a fairer game if the striker system could offer a Cool Down mechanic.
First, assists in MvC2 and [U]MvC3] do have cool downs. They might be shorter than TvC, but they still exist. They also have numerous restrictions (e.g. each assist can only be called once per combo, can't be called during specials/supers, can't be called during super jumps, etc), though veterans know when and when not to use them. PLayers unfamiliar with the game might think it's spamming, but at high level, it's anything but. Second, MvC2/[U]MvC3 are team-based games, and the assists are _the_ major contributors to that (though not the only ones). TvC is closer in style to MvC1 or MSHvSF, where it was more 1 on 1 on 1 on 1, with off-screen characters not playing as important a role and team mechanics being less prominent. You might have a preference, but many people prefer the team-based nature of MvC2/[U]MvC3 to the older extended 1 on 1.
If I remember correctly, Tatsunoko sorted out all of their licensing woes few years back for their 55th anniversary, so a theoretical TvC 2 should be possible if Capcom is willing. And I don't get why Speed Racer wasn't playable, the guy did plenty of hand-to-hand combat as well as gunplay during his show's run. They could easily give him a fun moveset without even using the Mach 5. Also, Speedy Cerviche from Samurai Pizza Cats should be added as well!
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
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
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
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 can't say it's the most underrelated because it's part of a major series and even made it to an evo main title position. This isn't to say it isn't the most underrated marvel game, but when you look at all the other fighting games out there with interesting mechanics and strong player counters, tvc is too well loved and received to be truly underrated. that's also ignoring the fact everyone who talks about TvC (including myself) tend to sing it with praise, including non fgc friends of mine. That said despite the click bait title i enjoyed the video. thanks for making it.
@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 😌
This game is so unique and look so fun and addicting I wanna go back to 8 year old me to experience what it feels like to play game like this in the time there’s no much cool games yet this is a hidden gem
TvC is the one fighting game I've ever been able to truly get invested in and have fun with. I loved seeing all the obscure (especially for the US) anime characters having such incredible movesets taken from their source material, and all the characters feeling very good to sit down with as a casual player. Spent a lot of hours over at a friends house as we both just smashed buttons at one another, gradually learning combos and understanding movesets. My fondest memory of the game is going on a winning streak as I learned a Roll string that ended with her healing Super, allowing me to win extended 1v1 despite being the worse player, only to see my streak shattered once my friend discovered the healing pellet could just be destroyed in mid-air.
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
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 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.
Bro I was there in full time when TVC dropped. You had guys just swallowing their own tongues about buying a Wii when they realized how good and fast it was catching on. It was great. I myself already had a Wii since I actually had a life outside of traditional fighting games and liked playing Smash/Party/Kart with my friends. TVC was such a great time, admittedly it got eclipsed over time when MVC3 came out but if you were there in the beginning, you had a nice appreciation for where the basis of MVC3 came from. Also it was the first time we got to really see Morrigan in a new model since the meme about her was that Capcom just ported her DS/VS sprite into anything they could.
Here's a fact for us ppl who love Tatsunoko vs capcom. Tatsunoko actually out sold MVC3 and had a higher score from gaming platforms. I like to argue this with MVC ppl who try to bring this gem down. We need a rerelease becuase T.V.C. holds a special place in my heart next to Doronjo❤😂
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!
TVC was one of my top 5 fighting game ever. It was the main reason I bought the Wii. I didn't know there was a real actual arcade for this game, but only in Japan. This game was underrated, but I would say it's better than MVCI.
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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
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.
TVC MENTIONED!
(Great video.)
Love your videos man keep it up
@@guhbruhmaste4557 Thanks!
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!
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
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.
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
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 😊😊😊😊😊😮😮😅😅😮😮😮😮😅😮😮😅
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.
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.
TvC? That's some fine taste
This game is so cool. I had so much fun with it when it came out.
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.
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.
Good Video. Hopefully you get to talk about more forgotten fighting games. Perhaps maybe a video on Sengoku Basara X or Fate/Unlimited Code?
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
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
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.
First traditional fighter I played. Love this game, still have the madcatz sticks lol
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!
The writing and animation in this video is hysterical, absolutely did great justice to this gem of a fighter. Well done!
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
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.
Glad to see a new channel talking about fighting games ive never played!
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.
Man this channel has some exceptional editing and quality content! ❤
Keep being awesome, can't wait for the next video
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.
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
Awesome video, TVC brings back so many great memories. I really hope it can be re-released, just like the Mvc arcade collection. 🤞🏽
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
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
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.
Loved the Chad warden meme inserts, I was cracking up.
BALLIN'!
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.
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!!
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.
This was a really good video for TVC and the edits were hilarious 😂😂😂 Relaxed voice too, makes it easier to watch
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
You did a truly spectacular service for this game, thanks man
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
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 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.
This game was the reason i even try a fighting game
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.
Sees Tatsunoko Vs Capcom video - instantly clicks “like” video. Tekkeman Blade favorite character comment - just earned you a new subscriber.
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
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.
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
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
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
I used to love the hell out of this game. Broooo your bringing back Memories.
Keep up the good content.
- 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. :(
Played TvC with just a Wiimote (no nunchuck). Basically Modern mode control in SF6.
Way more fun than i thought.
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.
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.
Hollowshy, This video is fantastic! I liked it a lot!
These edits are so good, leaving this comment to hopefully help out the algorithm because people need to see this
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!
One of my favorite fighting games!!! The combos and the cast were all so cool.
Possible alternate title for this video "Most Underrated Video Editing Ever" Great video!
I loved Tatsunoko vs Capcom, I just never really saw anyone else talk about it
Man, I love your editing style. Glad I found this channel.
This was an amazing video of a fighting game I've never played and may purchase for my Wii in the future.
The only reason I haven't played this one is that, not being Japanese, I'm not super familiar with Tatsunoko. However, if Capcom paired with a classic American animation company like Hanna-Barbera, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Edit: for everyone saying that I can just "get familiar" with it, what I'm saying is that those shows just weren't in the zeitgeist for me, while in Japan, it's more easily accessible and in the pop culture sphere. For something like Marvel vs. Capcom, I'm a lot more in my element because of how well I know those characters, while for this, I'd have to go out of my way, which isn't a bad thing, it just doesn't click as well, hence why I never gave it a shot.
YA BA DA BADOKEN!
It's very worth it either way. Even just for the Capcom half of the roster it's a phenomenal game.
Idk any of them either but I also dont know who tf some of the capcom characters are, I just plat the game of it plays well
Speed Racer would have been included but the Hollywood movie came out around the same year and Tatsunoko basically had to surrender the rights temporarily.
I hope this is sarcasm
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!
My best friend in elementary had this game on his Wii. Sleepovers there were the best
wow the effort put into this video is crazy keep up the good work
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
I remember watching Battle of the Planets, when I was a kid. I recognized some characters.
The biggest mistake Capcom made with this game was making it Nentendo exclusive. Just think about why it is not in the MVC Collection that just got release. Capcom fails its original fan base.
I think the most interesting aspect of TvC who stands out over the MvC games is the Cool Down mechanic who forces the players to thing when and how to use their partner. MvC tournaments (specially UMvC3) are a battle of assistences, who make the matches not so fun to watch. TvC, in the other hand, priorises the 1v1 battle, and the assistences are just assistences as the name says. Any game who offer assistence could have a Cool Down mechanic, just like Aqua Pazza and Nitroplus Blasters. KoF2000 could be a fairer game if the striker system could offer a Cool Down mechanic.
First, assists in MvC2 and [U]MvC3] do have cool downs. They might be shorter than TvC, but they still exist. They also have numerous restrictions (e.g. each assist can only be called once per combo, can't be called during specials/supers, can't be called during super jumps, etc), though veterans know when and when not to use them. PLayers unfamiliar with the game might think it's spamming, but at high level, it's anything but.
Second, MvC2/[U]MvC3 are team-based games, and the assists are _the_ major contributors to that (though not the only ones). TvC is closer in style to MvC1 or MSHvSF, where it was more 1 on 1 on 1 on 1, with off-screen characters not playing as important a role and team mechanics being less prominent.
You might have a preference, but many people prefer the team-based nature of MvC2/[U]MvC3 to the older extended 1 on 1.
If I remember correctly, Tatsunoko sorted out all of their licensing woes few years back for their 55th anniversary, so a theoretical TvC 2 should be possible if Capcom is willing. And I don't get why Speed Racer wasn't playable, the guy did plenty of hand-to-hand combat as well as gunplay during his show's run. They could easily give him a fun moveset without even using the Mach 5. Also, Speedy Cerviche from Samurai Pizza Cats should be added as well!
Excellent video, what a joy to watch. Thank you
Awesome video. And a timeless art style in this game! Still looks good!
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
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
glad your back, great video, love tatsunoko vs capcom
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
I was not expecting this game to have super jumps, air dashes, AND A BURST mechaninc
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!
The fucking theme is one of the best fighting game intro of all time
quite an intresting game, two of my fav anime characters are in this game: Cassharn and Tekkaman
i can't say it's the most underrelated because it's part of a major series and even made it to an evo main title position. This isn't to say it isn't the most underrated marvel game, but when you look at all the other fighting games out there with interesting mechanics and strong player counters, tvc is too well loved and received to be truly underrated. that's also ignoring the fact everyone who talks about TvC (including myself) tend to sing it with praise, including non fgc friends of mine.
That said despite the click bait title i enjoyed the video. thanks for making it.
@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 😌
This was such a great video thus far (I'm about a good third thru) that I subscribed. 💪🏿 Keep up the great work.
This game is so unique and look so fun and addicting I wanna go back to 8 year old me to experience what it feels like to play game like this in the time there’s no much cool games yet this is a hidden gem
TvC is the one fighting game I've ever been able to truly get invested in and have fun with. I loved seeing all the obscure (especially for the US) anime characters having such incredible movesets taken from their source material, and all the characters feeling very good to sit down with as a casual player. Spent a lot of hours over at a friends house as we both just smashed buttons at one another, gradually learning combos and understanding movesets.
My fondest memory of the game is going on a winning streak as I learned a Roll string that ended with her healing Super, allowing me to win extended 1v1 despite being the worse player, only to see my streak shattered once my friend discovered the healing pellet could just be destroyed in mid-air.
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
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.
Wish this game was on the switch
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.
13:36 Don’t say that about the Fridge megazord 😂
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.
Bro I was there in full time when TVC dropped. You had guys just swallowing their own tongues about buying a Wii when they realized how good and fast it was catching on. It was great. I myself already had a Wii since I actually had a life outside of traditional fighting games and liked playing Smash/Party/Kart with my friends. TVC was such a great time, admittedly it got eclipsed over time when MVC3 came out but if you were there in the beginning, you had a nice appreciation for where the basis of MVC3 came from. Also it was the first time we got to really see Morrigan in a new model since the meme about her was that Capcom just ported her DS/VS sprite into anything they could.
This game single handledly put me on Tekkaman, I love big goofy corny characters like him. SPACE LANCE
No Triple Voltekka? You disappoint D-Boy.
Here's a fact for us ppl who love Tatsunoko vs capcom. Tatsunoko actually out sold MVC3 and had a higher score from gaming platforms. I like to argue this with MVC ppl who try to bring this gem down. We need a rerelease becuase T.V.C. holds a special place in my heart next to Doronjo❤😂
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!
TVC was one of my top 5 fighting game ever. It was the main reason I bought the Wii. I didn't know there was a real actual arcade for this game, but only in Japan. This game was underrated, but I would say it's better than MVCI.