Besides Arc System's Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (which is already two years old) and a spate of Naruto-licensed games, the 2D fighter Renaissance seems to have curiously skipped over the Wii. The exception to the rule, of course, is Capcom's Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.
As the company moves to corner Wii owner's need for fighters (and no one else's), it's trying it's best to keep a steady drip of info coming out for the title. To that end, they released two new gameplay videos today featuring Capcom's Morrigan (from Darkstalkers) and Saki (from Quiz Nanairo Dreams) facing off against Tatsunoko's Doronjo and Yatterman-1 (from Yatterman). The videos are after the jump, and you can see some character models in the gallery.
Since I'm a filthy Westerner, I only recognize one of those characters. Whoops.
What I do recognize, however, are beatiful 2D sprites 3D models and frantic gameplay that I will never have the eye-hand coordination to fully understand. I also recognize that (spoiler alert) the Capcom team gets the hell kicked out of it in both videos.
In any case, Jonathan's review was pretty positive, so if you haven't imported Tatsunoko vs. Capcom yet, you can look forward to its Winter 2009 U.S. release, preferably with this arcade stick.
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Actually, I think the characters are more accurately described as "models" rather than "sprites" here. But they are lovely either way. Especially Morrigan, it's nice that she's finally gotten an upgrade since 1994 (Match of the Millenium and Gunbird 2 notwithstanding.)
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I love that damage is measured in the thousands followed by "billion". I think that alone should sell the game. Twelve thousand, one hundred and forty-eight billion damage!
I wonder why it always seems like the team with at least one Capcom character is the one to lose in their videos. Think they've only won once, otherwise it's all Tatsunoko. </nitpicking>
Man, I love watching fighting games with minimum input but batshit insane output. I suck at fighting games, but this might be the game that gets me into them...i hear the controls a simpler than the usual.
@protomark: Saki is in the original build of the game. She is one of the 4 unlockable characters. Capcom is adding 5 new characters and losing the genie guy due to licensing issues.
I need to plug in my Wii and start playing this again. After SF4 and Blazblue, I kind of left this game quicker than a 2nd place runner up for prom queen after she was crying and mascara was running down her face while telling her that maybe she would have won if she lost some weight and lessen up on the clown makeup, fatty.
Dude, normally I would say something about having just spent $60 on BlazBlue and not being able to justify another fighting game purchase, but seriously...I just cummed.
Saki was always in TvC, she was a character you had to unlock like Viewtiful Joe. If you have the japanese version, I recommend downloading a save file with everything unlocked.
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Nice wall of text you got there. New here huh?
Doronjo's flunkies weird me out. The Tatsunoko side might take some getting used to compared to any of Capcom's.
Anyone get a Castlevania vibe from the setting and music?
so am i to understand that they are adding new characters for the western release? saki wasn't in this game before :S
In any case i am beyond excited to finally have a reason to play my wii again.
I'm glad this is being brought out here but seriously... it's not that great.
I need to plug in my Wii and start playing this again. After SF4 and Blazblue, I kind of left this game quicker than a 2nd place runner up for prom queen after she was crying and mascara was running down her face while telling her that maybe she would have won if she lost some weight and lessen up on the clown makeup, fatty.
Kinda like that.
You can't go wrong with that.
You can't go wrong with that.
That being said, what the hell was that Morrigan player doing. Gotta double dash rush into a the combo. Player 1 obviously threw that fight./lulz
Saki was always in TvC, she was a character you had to unlock like Viewtiful Joe. If you have the japanese version, I recommend downloading a save file with everything unlocked.