What I find funny is that it sold more copies in America than it did in Japan. It probably wouldnвЂ™t have worked either way. But CapcomвЂ™s folks said вЂњThis wouldnвЂ™t work unless it was merely a vs fighterвЂќ. ButвЂ¦ this?ДЇrom what IвЂ™ve read, Tatsunoko simply wanted Capcom to just make a Tatsunoko fighting game. Both make tons of super heroes, and itвЂ™s a battle of вЂњWest vs EastвЂќ. Now, if this was Marvel vs Tatsunoko or w/e, that would makeвЂ¦. вЂњAnother Capcom fighting game guest starring the worldвЂ™s fruitiest super heroes!вЂќ. So the game feels more like some random shit. Tatsunoko is simply a company that produces anime while Capcom is a company that produces games. Is Gatchaman the face of Tatsunoko or something? I wouldnвЂ™t know.

Ryu vs Ken the Eagle is a match up I donвЂ™t see making any sense. People just think of the most random match up they can and try to make money off of it. The problem here is that there is no sync with crossovers anymore. Chun Li vs Mai, Ken vs Terry, Yun vs Rock, it all works well together. 2 of the biggest names in arcade fighting game history clashing (thought Ryu vs Kyo is a stupid match up). You got 3 birdвЂ¦ heroes, some grown ass man with a вЂњball in a cupвЂќ for a weapon, a super hero that uses baseballs, Bruce Lee in red tights, The cheap bastard with his cheating dog, the ninjaвЂ¦ who looks tight, some chick with 2 вЂњcomedy henchmenвЂќ whom I assume is really popular with the Japanese considering how over-exposed they are in this game, and Tekkaman Blade is a fuckload of awesome admittedly enough.Д«ut my biggest question isвЂ¦ what is the point of this cross over? You know, before the 2000вЂ™s period, when people did a cross over, they actually made sense, you know? You had the Marvel and DC cross over comics because theyвЂ™re both the most recognizable comic book forces in the world with so many fan favorites, who wouldnвЂ™t want to see Superman take on the Hulk? Or Hawkeye vs Green Arrow? Aquaman vs Namor the Submariner? You had characters that вЂњsyncedвЂќ with another almost perfectly. Frank West, wtfвЂ¦.) but the other side containing characters we donвЂ™t have a fucking clue about. How could anyone find interest in this game beyond вЂњgameplay reasons?вЂќ Not only does Capcom hand out their worst selection of Capcom characters yet (We get random blue samurai instead of onimusha, for instance, and crappy Mega Man Legends Mega Man. And I have a bad habit of buying fighters for one particular character, not that you give a shit. If not for him, this package wouldnвЂ™t have been considered for my collection. As such, the only characters I looked forward to was Batsu from Rival Schools. There isnвЂ™t a single character I can pick out that IвЂ™d recognize. The problem with the Tatsunoko side is obviously lack of recognizable characters, but considering this was supposed to be a Japan only release (obviously because it wasnвЂ™t going to sell for any reason outside, or legal headaches because Japan R selfish bastards). Get a load of the random cowboy spurs on his feet.

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