[As originally posted on Japanator]
To catch everyone up on their anime history real quick, Tatsunoko Productions is the historical anime studio that's brought us classic titles Speed Racer, Macross, Gatchaman, and Samurai Pizza Cats. Production I.G. and Studio Pierrot both grew out of Tatsunoko; you might even say they're the MTM of the anime industry. Alright, that's a bit much of a claim.
Anyways, back at the end of May, Jonathan Holmes brought us a tasty little Famitsu scan showing off the first images of the game. Much like Marvel vs. Capcom, this new title is a tag-team fighter that'll be using the Street Fighter IV style of animation. For anyone who's been a fan of anime, these titles are dear childhood memories, and so this game's got a bit of excitement behind it. Here's the roster of who's confirmed for Bra-- sorry, force of habit.
Tatsunoko characters:
- Ken (Gatchaman)
- Casshern (Casshern)
- Tekkaman (Tekkaman)
- Yatterman One (Yatterman)
- Polymar (Hurricane Polymar)
- Gold Lightan (Gold Lightan) [Note: He can only be played solo, and has one life bar instead of two.]
Capcom Characters:
- Ryu
- Chun-Li
- Alex (Street Fighter 3)
- Morrigan (Darkstalkers)
- Batsu (Rival Schools)
- Soki (Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams)
I'm sure later issues of
Famitsu will leak out bits of information of who else is going to be in it. I doubt they'll follow Nintendo's trail and announce details every day -- there's not enough random minutiae to get everyone hot and bothered over this. Well, maybe for everyone over
at Japanator.
Contest:
1:36 PM on 07.09.2008
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I did not give a shit about this game until I saw it in action, so that video got my attention.
Anyway, I really hope this comes stateside. I've always loved Capcom's Fighters.
99 hit combos are back baby!
that can still live on in my dreams....and fanfiction.....and in MUGEN as well.
-Alex-
If Megaman, any of them, makes it into the game, I will burn all of the pants in town. If it comes stateside, I'll just keep burning pairs of pants. No more pants. Ever.
VERY GOOD
I lol'd.
I hold out a mild hope that this game could come stateside by tweaking the Tatsunoko characters to be mild ripoffs (a la the mecha in Tech Romancer) to skirt the licensing fiasco.
Also, please...region free, Capcom. I need this.
Gatchaman IS G-Force. or Battle of the Planets if you are as old as I am.
Here are the Capcom characters I'll be looking for: Megaman, X, Sigma, Zero, and Protoman from Megaman; Claire, Leon, Tyrant, Nemesis from Resident Evil; Frank West, Isabela Keyes, Carlito Keyes, Adam Macintyre (the clown) from Dead Rising; Nathan Spencer from Bionic Commando; Dante, Trish, and Virgil from Devil May Cry; Main guys from Hyper Dyne Side Arms; Arthur and Lucifer from Ghosts 'n Goblins
also, that new shinko-hadouken is sick looking. wish the resolution wasnt ass
Anyway, I was excited about this game as soon as I'd heard of it, and the video only makes me moreso. Now, to wait for the high res trailer. :D
Also, remixed Ryu and Gatchaman themes are full of win.