Possible Wii port for upcoming Capcom fighter?

by David Hinkle { Aug 18th 2008 at 11:57AM }

Capcom's Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Cross Generation is a title set to release in Japan this year. If the name throws you (or you don't keep up with the Japanese fighting game scene), just know this: it has Capcom vs in the title so it has to be good. It's almost guaranteed to be great, even, with past titles such as Marvel vs Capcom 2 and the near-perfect Capcom vs SNK 2 being examples of what to expect in terms of quality here. According to a Japanese website, the game could be coming to Wii.

The original rumor was that the title will support a "Wii-compatible board," which might cause some to think it's Balance Board support. Well, we found that the term describes the circuit board the arcade game uses, meaning that porting the game to the Wii would not be an impossible task.

[Via Nintendic]

Tags: 2d, balance-board, capcom, fighting-game, japan, ryu, tatsunoko-vs-capcom

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nigeria @ Aug 18th 2008 12:34PM

SO instead of SF4 the Wii gets a Capcom VS instead?

Nigeria @ Aug 18th 2008 12:35PM

Seems like a good deal to me.

zoltari @ Aug 18th 2008 12:48PM

Is that a Gatchaman character I see? How freaking cool is that?!?!

A Wii based / compatible arcade board? That's a new one and is interesting because the Wii hardware is more than up to the task of doing some really nice arcade stuff . I wonder if the board is modded in any way that the Homebrew sceen might be able to use? Reverse engineering is always nice to see.

fco. @ Aug 18th 2008 12:59PM

Sheesh, a little research, please. A quick search for Tatsunoko brings some awsome names in, like G-Force (in the picture above), Meteoro, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Robotech (aka Macross).

If I was a fan of fighting games I'd be pretty exited with posibility of a fight between an Eva and a Varitech.

Mr Khan @ Aug 18th 2008 1:06PM

False hope article title raises false hope

XDragon @ Aug 18th 2008 1:15PM

It says nothing about a release outside of Japan which is the real problem. The rights to the Tatsunoko products is widely spread in regions outside of Japan which is what makes this so complex. I'd get this game in a heartbeat of it came out in North America but I'd prefer to see it on the PS3 because I prefer the PS3's controller for fighting games. I guess I could get by with my Wii classic controller but either way, this is a must buy!
FYI: this game uses the new vs engine that would be used for the rumored Marvel VS Capcom 3.

jan_halmes @ Aug 18th 2008 3:04PM

This game isn't likely to even to leave Japan, as it's characters are mixed up in all sorts of foreign licensing messes. Rumor has it though that Capcom is working with Marvel to have this one brought to the states with Marvel Comics characters swapped out for the Tatsunoko ones.

If that happens and this comes to the States as Marvel Vs Capcom 3, I will officially deem the Wii the greatest console on the planet.

Exblackman @ Aug 18th 2008 1:21PM

They are tons of videos of this game on youtube.You should check it out.If this comes to the wii I getting this for sure and I hope it has online. This probably one of best fighters coming out this generation.

Garrgamel @ Aug 18th 2008 1:29PM

"past titles such as Marvel vs Capcom 2 and the near-perfect Capcom vs SNK 2"

Marvel vs Capcom2 was waaaay better that SNK2

XDragon @ Aug 18th 2008 4:52PM

I disagree but I would say that MvC2 was more popular.

Metal @ Aug 18th 2008 1:38PM

Ok which one of you optimistic fanboys edited the Wiki article?

It isn't CONFIRMED for the Wii yet. So it can't be listed as a Wii game.

MasterWolf @ Aug 18th 2008 1:48PM

Marvel vs Capcom 2 was nothing compared to the first one, I was disappointed when I bought the second one, just like Capcom vs SNK. Plus the Arcade versions are better (thanks to MAME and X-Arcade).

I hope they put the samurai pizza cats on there, man that was a
great show.

SoshiKitai @ Aug 18th 2008 2:15PM

GATCHAMAN?!!!! WHOAH! AWESOMENESS!!!

:D I don't mind getting a port like this.

SoshiKitai @ Aug 18th 2008 2:17PM

That is, IF it comes. :(

samfish @ Aug 18th 2008 2:19PM

Capcom has already basically said that there isn't a chance in Hell this game is coming to the US due to licensing tangles.
That said, if it DOES come to the Wii, it's a Day 1 import for me! I think this looks far superior to SFIV, anyway.

Ghaleon @ Aug 18th 2008 2:45PM

CvS2 is ass. A quick perusal of YouTube high-level matches will confirm. #1 turtlefest.

ChromeAlchemist @ Aug 18th 2008 5:04PM

you sir, should be dragged out into the street and shot. CVS2 was godlike.

btw we should blatantly get both sf IV and this, because tbh there is nothing on that game that cant be done on the wii.

Ghaleon @ Aug 18th 2008 2:49PM

DC MvC2 is perfect, aside from super minor speed diff and they took a couple glitches out that 100% does not affect the game ever. Dumb scrubs.

MvC1 is as "broken" as MvC2 btw.

DaisukeKiriyama @ Aug 18th 2008 3:31PM

All I have to say about Tatsunoko:

Tekkaman Blade and SoulTaker.

SOLD!

Exblackman @ Aug 18th 2008 3:47PM

If go searching capcom unity it seems hey have gotten the permission from all the rights holders of involve parties except gatcha man.Go look it up you'll find it. So all they need is permission for gatchaman.They had the game schedule for thier Evo kiosk and gatchaman was only one missing for the reasons stated above.

SoshiKitai @ Aug 18th 2008 3:54PM

:( Guess I'm one of the few people that did like CvSNK2.
Ah well, to each their own.

Exblackman @ Aug 18th 2008 3:56PM

Just in case you don't believe me here is alink showing tatsunoko vs capcom available to play at Evo which basically means it is coming to the states sooner or later.

http://forums.shoryuken.com/

XDragon @ Aug 18th 2008 4:57PM

Not really; Capcom has stated that it would be present to see how much interest it generated. The licensing nightmare is only worth dealing with if they are going to sell large amounts of this title.

Exblackman @ Aug 18th 2008 9:59PM

True Xdragon but here is the thing just to show the game incomplete as it they still needed get the permission of the characters that were liscensed in here in america meaning they have least giving real thought and effort for being to release it in america.

XDragon @ Aug 19th 2008 6:50AM

Yeah, they are taking it seriously. Lets hope it all works out because it looks awesome! If not, I hope a PS3 version is released because they typically don't region code PS3 games so it can be imported! I seriously doubt a game like this would be an exclusive title for any console.

CJLopez @ Aug 18th 2008 9:52PM

Man, Cashiern, thr robot hunter, one of the inspiration on Megaman (clearly, the strongest one was astroboy, which, they should add to this game), that was one of my fav animes, more than speed racer, and the live action movie was awesome!!!!

I do hope this game comes to Wii

DAud_IcI @ Aug 18th 2008 11:55PM

I was really excited about that, but according to Wikipedia, ther will me nothing form Evangelion, neither shinji, nor the EVAs, and that makes me sad... (T_T)
It seems that the half of the Capcom characters are form SF, which is no surprise from Cap, but I'd really like to see more chars from their other franchises like Resident Evil, Dino Crisis or Devil May Cry and if they ever could put Killer7 or even Phoenix Wright(like this :D http://dragonsgirl.freeblog.hu/files/Jatek/Phoenix_Wright_0_b.jpg) it would be heaven...

(Hay, jan_halmes, nice idea... ^^)