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.
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.
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 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.
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
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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
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.
I remember watching anime as a kid about a kid carrying a pepper shaker with him because whenever he sneezed, it would summon the genie, who is in this case, Hakkushon.
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.
Imagine if Shueisha approached to Capcom and wanted Shonen Jump va Capcom, instead of Tatsunoko Production. It would’ve sell more thanks to recognizable IP like Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto.
- 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 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.
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.
omg hakushon was a blast from the past for me. didnt even know it was anime. i used to watch the show in germany as a kid with the name "bob der flaschengeist". i was just like "wait a minute, i know this guy" wild
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... 💔
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.
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 know Karas! It was the most crazy looking anime back in 2006. I remember it was so high fidelity it was only encoded in h.264 and my PC couldn't handle it before GPU drivers eventually added support for it xD
Sorry for the U.S audience, but at least in my country, Costa Rica, we had the chance to know some of the tatsunoko characters at the end of the 80s and through the 90s, so when this gem of a game appeared some of us were really interested. Is a fact that latin america had a more diverse catalog regarding anime than other regions.
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
4:07 Yeah, Nobuyuki Hiyama is an amazing voice actor for the hot blooded types of characters. Batsu was a perfect fit for him. But did you know he also voices Dimitri from Darkstalkers? Yes, he can do the arrogant royal types too! If you've played Project X Zone, you'd be surprised at just how different these two can sound, despite having the same voice actor.
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 remember when I was a kid around 9 and would go to my dad’s house for the weekends he one day showed me a game he “borrowed” from a friend. That game was TvC and boy o boy did I fall in love quickly. I would often ask him if I could bring it back home but he said I couldn’t because it was borrowed. Long story short he got sent back to our country and it took years before I even saw him again but he took everything with him even the borrowed copy of TvC and I asked him if I could bring it back home for memories and he said sure. Although I don’t okay it I keep it with me as a core memory of my childhood
These type of titles need an: “In America” because it was well received elsewhere. I owned a copy. Just didn’t like how it played but looking back, it wasn’t so bad honestly. Didn’t realize how hilariously broken some of the characters could be (Roll). I’d try it again if I could.
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.
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
16:24 Fun fact about that super, if you're absorbing those orbs, while a projectile is hitting you, you get health back like a lot of health, he's busted.
I remember losing my mind when TVC was first announced and then became sad when I heard it was Japan exclusive. Of course, when Ultimate All-stars was revealed, I lost my mind harder not only because it was getting an international release, but Zero was being added. Hopefully TVC can return at some point with rollback and crossplay.
YES! I loved this game growing up! was just surprised it was only on the Wii! If a port was ever made, i would play the hell out of it and wish for rollback!
I remember seeing this game played by way back in the day by the youtuber Shadow759. I thought it looked so cool! I had to get it myself so I did. I Believe I honestly played this game more than MVC3. And I was just a kid in middle school who had no idea what he was doing. But I adored Karas and Tekkaman Blade even though I had no idea who they were. But it got me interested in Tatsunoko and introduced me to Capcom series I had no idea about like Volnutt, Onimusha, and Dead Rising. I'm hoping with all these VS games getting remasters we might be able to see TVC get one as well. Hell maybe even a Sequel. For me at least this was my VS game back in the day.
Holy shit! It's those bird themed super heroes, i remember watching their show when i was a kid, it was super brutal (for the time) it was fucking awesome.
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.
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
TVC MENTIONED!
(Great video.)
Love your videos man keep it up
@@guhbruhmaste4557 Thanks!
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.
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 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.
TvC? That's some fine taste
This game is so cool. I had so much fun with it when it came 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
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'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
Played TvC with just a Wiimote (no nunchuck). Basically Modern mode control in SF6.
Way more fun than i thought.
First traditional fighter I played. Love this game, still have the madcatz sticks lol
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).
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!
Man this channel has some exceptional editing and quality content! ❤
Keep being awesome, can't wait for the next video
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.
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.
Glad to see a new channel talking about fighting games ive never played!
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!
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
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
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.
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.
These edits are so good, leaving this comment to hopefully help out the algorithm because people need to see this
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
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.
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.
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
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.
I was not expecting this game to have super jumps, air dashes, AND A BURST mechaninc
This was a really good video for TVC and the edits were hilarious 😂😂😂 Relaxed voice too, makes it easier to watch
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!
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
The writing and animation in this video is hysterical, absolutely did great justice to this gem of a fighter. Well done!
Btw dude. You're over 14k subs now. Well earned. Thanks for the awesome content.
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.
13:36 Don’t say that about the Fridge megazord 😂
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.
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
Awesome video. And a timeless art style in this game! Still looks good!
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.
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 remember watching anime as a kid about a kid carrying a pepper shaker with him because whenever he sneezed, it would summon the genie, who is in this case, Hakkushon.
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.
Sees Tatsunoko Vs Capcom video - instantly clicks “like” video. Tekkeman Blade favorite character comment - just earned you a new subscriber.
I always thought "baroque" said "barbecue" when i was younger
Man, I love your editing style. Glad I found this channel.
Morrigans stage theme slaps in this game. No other game has made it sound better.
Good to see this game being talked about, it really is a gem.
You also got my old friend “Supra” the Karas player. You also have extensive knowledge of the community - seeing as you also mentioned Phampy.
...is that Iori's render from Million Arthur at the end?
Yep, looks like it.
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.
Imagine if Shueisha approached to Capcom and wanted Shonen Jump va Capcom, instead of Tatsunoko Production.
It would’ve sell more thanks to recognizable IP like Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto.
I’m glad I discovered your channel
superb editing, great video!!
- 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. :(
To this day I'm still sad Speed Racer wasn't part of this game's roster
Your editing is top notch
wow the effort put into this video is crazy keep up the good work
16:28 look, it's the random, obligatory Fist Of The North Star reference that every fighting game needs😂.
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.
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.
Hollowshy, This video is fantastic! I liked it a lot!
omg hakushon was a blast from the past for me.
didnt even know it was anime. i used to watch the show in germany as a kid with the name "bob der flaschengeist".
i was just like "wait a minute, i know this guy"
wild
This was such a great video thus far (I'm about a good third thru) that I subscribed. 💪🏿 Keep up the great work.
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... 💔
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.
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 know Karas!
It was the most crazy looking anime back in 2006. I remember it was so high fidelity it was only encoded in h.264 and my PC couldn't handle it before GPU drivers eventually added support for it xD
Sorry for the U.S audience, but at least in my country, Costa Rica, we had the chance to know some of the tatsunoko characters at the end of the 80s and through the 90s, so when this gem of a game appeared some of us were really interested. Is a fact that latin america had a more diverse catalog regarding anime than other regions.
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
4:07 Yeah, Nobuyuki Hiyama is an amazing voice actor for the hot blooded types of characters. Batsu was a perfect fit for him.
But did you know he also voices Dimitri from Darkstalkers? Yes, he can do the arrogant royal types too!
If you've played Project X Zone, you'd be surprised at just how different these two can sound, despite having the same voice actor.
I am very lucky to experience this gem on the wii when it was released. Used to play this every morning before school
This game didn't do much because it came out for the wrong console.
I remember hacking the wii in China town to be able to play it
glad your back, great video, love tatsunoko vs capcom
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.
Loved the video!!! Very well done and funny pop culture references
Never heard of the tatsunoko characters before playing this game, but damn they are so cool.
I remember when I was a kid around 9 and would go to my dad’s house for the weekends he one day showed me a game he “borrowed” from a friend. That game was TvC and boy o boy did I fall in love quickly. I would often ask him if I could bring it back home but he said I couldn’t because it was borrowed. Long story short he got sent back to our country and it took years before I even saw him again but he took everything with him even the borrowed copy of TvC and I asked him if I could bring it back home for memories and he said sure. Although I don’t okay it I keep it with me as a core memory of my childhood
yo what? I know that Genie character! I watched that anime as a kid! you sneeze and he comes out of the lamp :D
These type of titles need an: “In America” because it was well received elsewhere. I owned a copy. Just didn’t like how it played but looking back, it wasn’t so bad honestly. Didn’t realize how hilariously broken some of the characters could be (Roll). I’d try it again if I could.
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.
6:27 just realised Saki's armed with the DMC3 spiral
TvC is awesome, shout out to Pops Ghost for actually playing G. Lightan in bracket. Absolute madlad
33:26 I always thought Ken the Eagle looked like Jim Carry in this picture
I'm disappointed that this game only came out in the Wii.
Yeah, being an exclusive on consoles often hurts fighting games, I feel like that was the death of Project Justice too.
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
16:24 Fun fact about that super, if you're absorbing those orbs, while a projectile is hitting you, you get health back like a lot of health, he's busted.
damn u brought back something dormant in my mind
Megaman was inpored by Tatsunoko animes. So it was surly tribute. Casshan design translate into Quick man and dog into Rush.
Okey, i didnt know thos game but looks sick. The art design is sooo clean
I remember losing my mind when TVC was first announced and then became sad when I heard it was Japan exclusive. Of course, when Ultimate All-stars was revealed, I lost my mind harder not only because it was getting an international release, but Zero was being added. Hopefully TVC can return at some point with rollback and crossplay.
YES! I loved this game growing up! was just surprised it was only on the Wii!
If a port was ever made, i would play the hell out of it and wish for rollback!
I remember seeing this game played by way back in the day by the youtuber Shadow759. I thought it looked so cool! I had to get it myself so I did. I Believe I honestly played this game more than MVC3. And I was just a kid in middle school who had no idea what he was doing. But I adored Karas and Tekkaman Blade even though I had no idea who they were. But it got me interested in Tatsunoko and introduced me to Capcom series I had no idea about like Volnutt, Onimusha, and Dead Rising. I'm hoping with all these VS games getting remasters we might be able to see TVC get one as well. Hell maybe even a Sequel. For me at least this was my VS game back in the day.
Holy shit! It's those bird themed super heroes, i remember watching their show when i was a kid, it was super brutal (for the time) it was fucking awesome.
I loved this game. So good. My friend is the one who found the touch of death on hakushan with roll. I think that’s his name.
Best intro of ALL TIME! "Fly Across The Border" was a banger.
my favorite fighting game of all time, desperately hoping it gets more love