Rumor: Frank West, Zero to be in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

by David Hinkle { Sep 10th 2009 at 1:30PM }

Shoryuken forum user mumu recently went snooping around the Japanese site for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and uncovered some interesting items. Within the source code of the character section of the site, mumu found lines of code hinting towards the remaining secret characters:

'images/oncharactor_btn_zero.jpg'
'images/oncharactor_btn_frank.jpg'
'images/oncharactor_btn_yatter02.jpg'
'images/oncharactor_btn_joe.jpg'
'images/oncharactor_btn_tekkabla.jpg'

So, aside from yesterday's Tekkaman Blade, mumu postulates that Dead Rising's Frank West and Zero from the Mega Man series are also going to be in the game and, on the Tatsunoko side, we'll get Yatterman #2 from Yatterman and Joe Asakura from Gatchaman. If you'll excuse us, we'll be crying in the corner, objecting once again to the lack of Phoenix Wright.

[Via Siliconera]

Tags: capcom, dead-rising, frank-west, gatchaman, joe-asakura, mega-man, tatsunoko, tatsunoko-vs-capcom, yatterman, yatterman-2, zero

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

cylet @ Sep 10th 2009 1:34PM

YESSSSSSSSSS FRANK WEST! He's covered wars, y'know.

Thief @ Sep 10th 2009 1:37PM

WE KNOW ALREADY!!!

BPMOmega [XBL, PSN, Steam] @ Sep 10th 2009 2:17PM

Do you? DO Y'KNOW?

nriveraexpress @ Sep 10th 2009 2:25PM

lmao! sweet

dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Sep 10th 2009 1:35PM

Still pretty cool.

Still lacking Samurai Pizza Cats.

RavenLord @ Sep 10th 2009 1:36PM

I wish they'd hurry up and release this game stateside already!!! Then I can finally decide to dig my Wii from under the mound of dust that's accumulated on top of it to play this!! LOL I can't wait!!!!

Temidien @ Sep 10th 2009 1:36PM

I OBJECT!!

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Sep 10th 2009 1:38PM

Damnit. No servebot. =(

Thief @ Sep 10th 2009 1:39PM

Half of this game intrigues me, the other half weirds me the crap out! (that being Tatsunoko)

Seriously, can anyone shed a little light on what this Tatsunoko thing is all about? I think I miss like the memo.

Arrowned @ Sep 10th 2009 1:55PM

Tatsunoko is to anime what Marvel is to comic books, basically.

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 2:22PM

Tatsunoko is probably more comparable to DC (as opposed to Marvel), in a cultural sort of way, though.
Tekkaman, Yatterman and Gatchaman are all sort of "classic" in the same way that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are "classic". Whereas Marvel is more...erm..."new classic".

WiredKnight @ Sep 10th 2009 3:02PM

@Samfish

How so? Marvel's been around almost as long as DC, though it wasn't always called Marvel.

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 3:16PM

Right, but most of Marvel's classic characters came about 20-30 years after DC's classic characters.

WiredKnight @ Sep 10th 2009 6:50PM

Ah, true, true.

TX2 @ Sep 11th 2009 3:05AM

They made speedracer, Pizza Cats, and the G-force that doesn't have rodents in it.

Preston @ Sep 10th 2009 1:39PM

Why isn't this game out yet?

Nigeria: Charmy Bee DF @ Sep 10th 2009 1:40PM

They could have dropped Zero for someone else, seeing as there's already two Megaman characters represented.

I'm not a real Capcom head so I'm not sure who they else they could have used. Jill was in MvsC2. Why not someone from the Resident Evil series, or something?

WiredKnight @ Sep 10th 2009 3:03PM

Wesker seems like an obvious choice.

WiredKnight @ Sep 10th 2009 3:10PM

And actually, on that note, why not someone like Dante from DMC?

Or, heh, Wayne from Lost Planet. It'd be cool if they let you use the grappling hook and some form of VS.

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 3:14PM

What I like about the TvC roster is how so many of the characters are obscure ones we'll probably never see again. If they put in Dante or Leon or even Phoenix Wright i think it would have kind of ruined it.

Ha- I really latched onto that aspect of the roster, and I'm not sure why.

cylet @ Sep 10th 2009 5:10PM

i agree with you completely. i'm not a big zero fan, and i think that there should be an RE or DMC character instead of zero.... i like the idea of gene from godhand too :]

Surlent @ Sep 24th 2009 5:25AM

I've thought the roster needed more Rival Schools from the beginning... Although I'm still psyched to play Batsu... I don't even like Batsu!

SoulBlade @ Sep 10th 2009 1:41PM

Zero? Awesome!

Jawmuncher @ Sep 10th 2009 1:45PM

Well look who's in the game.
Guess all I had to say was please.

RavenLord @ Sep 10th 2009 1:50PM

@thief

You probably wouldn't appreciate the Tatsunoko characters as much if you're not familiar with them. Many of them were around probably way before your time. If you're an older gamer you'll be well aware of who those characters are. Then again you can use your curiosity to do some research. Many of the Tatsunoko characters have anime DVD's out. Gatchaman in particular (G-Force here in the States and released back in the late 70's early 80's) has an updated mini-series available on DVD if you can find a copy of it! It's a pretty awesome update to the show and to the characters. It pays homage to the old 70's/80's camp of Japanese anime of that time and adds a new more updated look still retaining the original style. It's one of my personal favorites. I grew up watching a lot of Tatsunoko shows and it's nice to see that they're getting some recognition again. This game is going to be loads of fun! :)

Doctor John Smith @ Sep 10th 2009 1:54PM

Frank West almost makes up for lack of Phoenix Wright.

Almost.

xSHiNOx @ Sep 10th 2009 2:08PM

wow, yatterman #2. go Ai-chan!

rahmenxnoodles69 @ Sep 10th 2009 2:10PM

why is tatsunoko's logo a horsea..?

BPMOmega [XBL, PSN, Steam] @ Sep 10th 2009 2:18PM

Because it's Horsea Vs. Capcom.

XBL: xGeneral DEATHx PSN: Deeth82 @ Sep 10th 2009 3:17PM

What about Goatse...?

Arrowned @ Sep 10th 2009 5:29PM

"The studio's name has a double Japanese meaning of 'Tatsu's child' (Tatsu being a nickname for Tatsuo Yoshida, one of the founders) and 'seadragon' which was the inspiration for its seahorse corporate logo (although in reality however, "Tatsunoko" actually means "baby dragon")."

[ArchiGamer] @ Sep 10th 2009 2:16PM

WHY CAN"T WE HAVE AMMY AND PHOENIX!!!
*cries in a corner*

Jawmuncher @ Sep 10th 2009 3:10PM

I feel your pain.

Dopple Boppler @ Sep 10th 2009 2:21PM

Fiddlesticks; I was really, really hoping for some more Okami love. Yeah yeah, I know Yami is the final boss in single player and they even use The Sun Rises in the soundtrack, but come on, how awesome would it have been to have Amaterasu or Waka or even that weirdo Oki in as a playable character? So awesome. Oh, and also where the heck is Arthur?

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 3:02PM

I think I'd actually rather have had Waka than Ammy, now that you mention it.

Oh well A man can dream... a man can dream (for a sequel!)...

BPMOmega [XBL, PSN, Steam] @ Sep 10th 2009 2:23PM

Hmm... According to the home page of the Japanese TvC site, in traditional Capcom fashion, Capcom is re-releasing TvC in Japan. I guess that's why our version has the subtitle "Ultimate All-Stars" instead of "Cross Generation of Heroes" as they were planning on bringing the updated game to Japan.

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 2:27PM

Damnit. Zero pisses me off. Not just because I was really holding out for Gene, but because that makes 3 damn Mega Man characters in the game. Bad enough there's already 3 Street Fighter characters, but now we get a crappy Mega Man character.
It also makes me fear that the new characters are going to be clones, a la Brawl.

No Gene. No Ammy. I am a saaaaaaaaaaaaad samfish today :'(

That said,

FRANK WEST! FUCKIN' A!
Can't wait to see what his move set is! It's probably too much to hope for that he can somehow grab the Servebots in the background and wear them on his head during the match...

Yatterman 2 is awesome, too.

xera077 @ Sep 10th 2009 2:42PM

Wtf is wrong with Zero? Would you rather see Roll or some lame ass Mega Man Character?

The only Mega Man Characters that can replace Zero.

Is Bass from the Classic Series and Bass EXE from the Battle Network series.

Roto13 @ Sep 10th 2009 2:48PM

Gene was never, ever, EVER going to happen. You might as well have prayed for Meryl from MGS.

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 2:51PM

Roll is already in TvC.
And Zero is stupid. Never liked him. Don't see the point of him.

Point is, though, is that I didn't want another Mega Man character.

Although I'm glad they picked two characters who we'll probably never really see again, for better or worse. It stays in line with the rest of the Capcom roster, Ryu and Chun Li aside.

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 2:52PM

They mentioned Gene in an interview about the game! How was I NOT supposed to get my hopes up, I ask you??????

Miguel @ Sep 10th 2009 2:55PM

It makes perfect sense adding Zero. He did star with megaman in a bunch of games and at least its not some unknown mega man character. All in all, it could have been worse.

mmxzero @ Sep 10th 2009 3:02PM

Haha yes, I hope its Zero! eat it samfish :P

"And Zero is stupid."

what

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 3:06PM

I'm eating a nice, big helping of it.

...and it tastes like bitter, bitter tears.

mmxzero @ Sep 10th 2009 3:22PM

No doubt even more Capcom series representation would be great like Ammy, maybe if they make a TvC2. Still havent played Godhand...

samfish [is sad there is no Gene in Tats v Cap =( ] @ Sep 10th 2009 3:46PM

Well than you haven't played The Greatest Game Ever Made in the History of Existence!

Mr Khan @ Sep 10th 2009 9:07PM

Not to derail the discussion, but Brawl was much, much better than Melee in regards to the clones. Ganondorf, Falco, Luigi, and Wolf all had their own distinct styles. The only real clone was Toon Link, and he had some differences, too.

BPMOmega [XBL, PSN, Steam] @ Sep 11th 2009 2:40AM

MvC2 had 4 Megaman characters (Classic Megaman, Classic Roll, Tron Bonne, and a standalone Servbot), so TvC having three isn't surprising.

While all part of the same franchise, we are covering different bases here. Roll for classic, MegaMan Volnutt for Legends, and now Zero (which version, though?)

Though, I hope it's Megaman Zero instead of Maverick Hunter Zero. In the MMZ series, he had a wide array of weapons at his disposal. But then again, MHZ would have all sort of fighting game-esque special moves that he obtains from Mavericks.

Maybe it'll be Zero.EXE from MegaMan Network Transmission, lol.

I agree, though, it would've been nice to have a character from a DIFFERENT franchise, though (Amaterasu, Gene, and Phoenix Wright being top picks here), but I'm not TOO upset about Zero being in it.