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Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars Updated Hands-On

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By Ricardo Torres, GameSpot, Posted Sep 24, 2009 4:26 pm GMT

TGS 2009: Capcom shows off playable Tekkaman Blade and Frank West.

Capcom had an updated version of its upcoming Wii brawler Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars on hand at this year's Tokyo Game Show. The upcoming game is the localized version of the Japanese fighter released late last year for the Wii that let players pit Capcom characters against characters from the Tatsunoko stable of anime characters. After hinting at new characters for a little too long, Capcom finally took the wraps off two and had them in playable form. Capcom's Frank West, the photographer from Dead Rising, and Tatsunoko's Tekkaman Blade were selectable in the work-in-progress version of the game.

What's New: The addition of Frank West and Tekkaman Blade to the roster has added a well-balanced mix of craziness to the action. West has a bunch of hilarious zombie- and mall-item-powered attacks along with three super attacks that play to his strengths as a photographer, a mall resident, and zombie bait. His special attacks include swinging bats and golf clubs to smack foes, tossing shopping carts to hit enemies, and summoning zombies from offscreen. We're pretty taken with the zombie-summoning move, as we discovered the undead know no loyalty; once a zombie is out, it will attack anyone near it, including Frank. West's three supers are pretty awesome as well. His first sees him suddenly appear in his ill-fitting Mega Man costume and fire off a massive energy bolt at his opponent. His second is a pretty traditional piledriver attack that sees him grab an enemy, spin him around, and fling him into the air. The chuckleworthy twist comes in when the enemy comes down to earth and Frank whips out a bat and smacks him with a rallying cry of "Dead Rising!" Finally, Frank's third super finds him slamming a Kobun head on a foe and the camera angle shifting to show a mob of zombies. After the zombie crowd shot, Frank grabs his foe and makes a run into the crowd, shoving his opponent headfirst into the assembled undead.

What's Different: We noticed a number of minor tweaks to the presentation of the version on display here at TGS. The character select screen has changed from stacked tiles to a radial menu. In addition, characters appear to have new portraits in the selection screen. More subtle differences we picked up on were in the balancing. For example, Alex feels a bit stronger than he did in the Japanese version.

What's The Same: The control scheme is tight, and the visuals are sharp. The roster offers a good mix of faces from the Capcom and Tatsunoko universes. Overall the game is building on a solid concept and tossing in plenty for fans to enjoy.

What Impression The Game Made This Time: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars continues to shine every time we see it. The roster has a decent mix of fan favorites and unknowns to keep things interesting. The fighting mechanics are accessible and flashy enough that just about anyone can get some decent results just from picking up a controller, but there's also plenty for hardcore fighting fans to master too. Look for the game to be released in January of next year for the Wii.

68 Comments

  • BONDRuler

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 5:14 pm GMT

    @ everyone who says dante should be in this
    I agree with you on that but dante would have to be a special boss that u can fight if you beat arcade mode and watch every character's ending
    besides dante would be seriously overpowered cause he's just that much of a badass

  • splacc

    Posted Oct 13, 2009 5:47 pm GMT

    they also put zero and joe the condor in this game

  • sman3579

    Posted Oct 9, 2009 6:09 pm GMT

    They should aslo put Leon and Dante in the game.

  • ilikeeggs

    Posted Oct 9, 2009 4:37 pm GMT

    dude i agree with the re fanboys, because i myself am one. PUT LEON IN IT, his finisher could be ashley annoying the opponent to death "where are you going leon?"

  • FusionRain

    Posted Oct 7, 2009 6:12 pm GMT

    ADD MORE ADD MORE ADD MORE i love it the more characters the better

  • FusionRain

    Posted Oct 7, 2009 6:06 pm GMT

    lol really Frank is new

  • shabulia

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 7:55 pm GMT

    So are they going to do a freaking Arcade stick for this one or what?!?

  • SLRMC93

    Posted Oct 4, 2009 4:21 pm GMT

    Ad Leon, Wesker, and Chris Redfield and the game will sell itself!

  • keith577500

    Posted Oct 4, 2009 3:44 am GMT

    ohhh thats why frank is not in dead rising 2 its cause he's in TvC i think people online are going to pick frank a lot

  • kbaily

    Posted Oct 2, 2009 4:47 pm GMT

    You added Frank West but didn't include Amaterasu or the Samurai Pizza Cats!!! Come on Capcom, you have a bevy of great characters you can add to this.

  • meateater79

    Posted Oct 2, 2009 8:12 am GMT

    Sure, they could've added Leon instead of Frank in the game, but that would cut out most of the humor. Would you rather use a handgun or throw shopping carts at enemies?

  • KhargAtla

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 10:28 pm GMT

    Frank's a pretty awesome choice, though there's no reason on God's green earth why Dante shouldn't be in there too. He's perfect for a game like this. I'm still not totally sold. Capcom VS Anime characters is a great concept, but I thing something like Capcom VS Shonen Jump would have been better. Then they could include anime characters that are popular stateside, such as the casts of Naruto, Bleach and the like. That being said, I didn't recognize half the roster of Marvel VS Capcom 2 and that didn't make that game any less incredible, so I'm keeping this game on my radar.

  • naru-uchiha1313

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 6:33 pm GMT

    Frank West? his games are good but fightig... amaterasu would be cool

  • tassakos

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 6:10 am GMT

    so i saw frank's west in game video... it was vs a tatsunoko character.. cool thing that they let japanese voices for the tatsunoko's characters for the US and EU version of the game! (but Ryu and Chun-Li will probably have english voice right?)

  • dragonfist54

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 6:00 am GMT

    dude i saw a video of franks moves in this game and the are amazing he can do the ones from dead rising so he is allot beter than a r e character

  • Patapon250

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 7:13 pm GMT

    Capcom MUST put in Amaterasu next. You simply can't have Yami without Amaterasu.

  • superfakerbros

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 7:08 pm GMT

    Should've added someone like from the RE series or something but this guy you never know could be awesome in this game...

  • Deathman7

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 4:15 pm GMT

    .....Sweet Jesus we're doomed =_=

  • jbinussfilth

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 12:14 am GMT

    yea, Dante would have been great! WHY FRANK WEST!?!?!?!?

  • Lucho_21

    Posted Sep 28, 2009 9:34 pm GMT

    LEON S KENNEDY!!!! pls -_- .. frank west is fine but.. leon is leon c'mon capcom

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