Rumor: A new Tatsunoko vs Capcom challenger appears

by David Hinkle { Sep 9th 2009 at 11:30AM }

You know how Capcom said that the North American and European releases of Tatsunoko vs Capcom would have some new faces not seen in the original Japanese release? Well, you could be looking at one of them from the Tatsunoko side as reader Vincent tipped us on the above scan. Vinny says the dude is Tekkaman Blade, who originally appeared in what is known as an anime. We're not sure what this anime is or what it does exactly, but as soon as we crack that code, we'll be sure to let you all know. While we do that, be sure to keep those fingers crossed for our pal Phoenix Wright.

[Thanks, Vincent!]

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Tags: anime, capcom, fighting, rumor, tatsunoko-vs-capcom, tekkaman-blade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TX2 @ Sep 9th 2009 12:08PM

So is it too late to keep my fingers crossed for Speed Racer or the Samurai Pizza Cats.
Comeone Tatsunoko. Those cats were huge over here!

jason @ Sep 9th 2009 12:16PM

Dude Who cares about them Teknoman blade is in thats worth a Wil for me :D i cant wait for this game to be out .

if any one dont know what Teknoman is google it.... its one of my Fave. anime out there to Gundom Wing and The Big O

TX2 @ Sep 10th 2009 12:33AM

Did Technoman blade ever get fired out of a giant revolver-shaped canon that was sticking out of a pizzeria to fight robot crows?

zigie @ Sep 9th 2009 12:13PM

Looks like the guyver series

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=guyver&btnG=Search+images&aq=f&oq=&start=0

jason @ Sep 9th 2009 12:17PM

Tatsunoko did not made The Guyver

Maxx the Slash @ Sep 9th 2009 12:14PM

It's not too late, I'm guessing. They have to replace that fat stupid genie character with someone else due to licencing issues (apparently he's in an American game... I'd like to know what), and then there's 4 other characters planned for the US and Euro release. If Tekkaman Blade is one of them, that means there is still 4 more slots available because that genie has to be replaced, aside from the 4 new characters.

I desperately want Speed Racer added. Samurai Pizza Cats, I don't think would work. They're way too small to be balanced.

Doctor John Smith @ Sep 9th 2009 12:42PM

Come on Capcom, how hard is it to mess around with the font and get Objection! to work. You could even just leave the kanji, and just translate the voiceover.

We. Want. Phoenix. Wright.

tyetheczar @ Sep 9th 2009 2:11PM

Where's my Casshan Sins, or my Braiking Boss?!

Chad Bonin @ Sep 9th 2009 3:30PM

http://www.gaijinside.com/tekkaman-blade-confirmed-for-tatsunoko-vs-capcom/

gaijINside found this news last night, and has an additional scan.

J.K. @ Sep 9th 2009 3:55PM

Tekkaman Blade showed up on the earliest years of either Fox Box or Kids WB back in the mid 90s late Saturday morning for like 2 years. I remember watching it like crazy and then even importing the really fun old b&w Gameboy game of it.

Regault @ Sep 10th 2009 6:18PM

It was the UPN kids shows.

It lasted half a season and then they replaced it with Jumanji.

Man I hated Jumanji.

tuunicopapi @ Sep 9th 2009 4:27PM

oh od i would sooo wet my pants if they add some characters from the robotech universe! come on tatsunoko! do it!!!

tuunicopapi @ Sep 27th 2009 10:22PM

od=god

damn this fudging keyboard! i need to shell out some cash for a new one.

Matias @ Sep 9th 2009 7:09PM

Isn't Tekkaman Blade already in the japanese version? I'm sure of it.

Maxx the Slash @ Sep 9th 2009 7:18PM

Nope, there's a Tekkaman and a Tekkaman Blade. Regular Tekkaman has rounded armor, while Tekkaman Blade (A.K.A. Teknoman, who's wearer was mistranslated Slade when it was shown on UPN, and then corrected back to Blade for the English dub DVD release) has more sharper-looking armor with edges. Tekkaman Blade was sort of a reinvention of the now retro regular Tekkaman. The two Tekkamen suits are worn by different characters and are armed with different weapons, the original using a huge lance, while the Blade version uses a blade, hence the Blade after it's name (there's also a Tekkaman Rapier and Tekkaman "Gunnar" in the Tekkaman Blade series).

jason @ Sep 10th 2009 2:44AM

No that was Tekkman from the 70's Teknoman blade is from the mid 90's a remake of the old 70's show

Matias @ Sep 10th 2009 1:06PM

Ohhh so much knowledge, I only know anime from the late 80s onwards, and the majority is still from the year 2000 and later.

RatMasterD21 @ Sep 10th 2009 12:33AM

I've had this game for a long time and i paid alot for it. I'm not getting it again unless Speed racer or Guile is put into it. Besides i use that fat Bastard they took out. BTW i have seen Teknoman way back in the day on UPN

samfish (uses the Joystiq Comment-Kill filter!) @ Sep 10th 2009 2:03AM

Haha- for the western version of the game, it's funny that Capcom is revealing all of this in Japan first. Oh well. If it's coming out in December in Japan, it damn sure better come out in December in the US!
(Europe, you guys already know you're screwed until 2010 by virtue of the fact that you're Europeans.)

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