Capcom vs. Whatever: Difference between revisions

[[File:NewAgeOfBreakfast_.png|frame|Followed by ''Capcom Vs [[Rankin Bass]]''.]]

 

 

A lengthy series of [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] games (mainly [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]]), all of which feature [[Capcom]] and another company (Hence the "Whatever" in this page's title).

It's composed of several crossover series, which are listed chronologically:

 

* [[Marvel vs. Capcom]]

** ''[[Marvel Super Heroes]]''

** ''[[X-Men vs. Street Fighter]]''

** ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 Mark of the Millennium]]''

** ''[[SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos]]''

* ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''

 

* ''SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash''

* ''[[Namco X Capcom]]''

 

 

There were also other crossovers and pseudo-crossovers with other companies:

 

=== ''Psikyo'': ===

 

=== ''Data East'': ===

Not a game, but rather a lawsuit, ''Capcom v. Data East (N.D. Cal. 1994)''. In 1993, Data East published ''[[Fighters History|Fighter's History]]'', a [[Follow the Leader|clone]] of ''Street Fighter'' with [[Serial Numbers Filed Off]]. Capcom sued for copyright infringement, but a California judge [http://www.patentarcade.com/2005/08/case-capcom-v-data-east-nd-cal-1994-c.html ruled in favor of Data East] on grounds that the copied elements were [[wikipedia:Sc%C3%A8nes %C3%A0 faire|scène à faire,]] or commonplace elements in the genre, and thus not subject to copyright.

 

=== ''Microsoft/[[Epic Games]]'': ===

Well, kind of. A few days before the American release of ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars'', Capcom teased at a new title for the [[Xbox 360]] to be revealed on the release date of said game, [http://kotaku.com/5454429/capcom-announcing-title-for-xbox-japan with the teaser banner] "Capcom x Microsoft". The game turned out to be a 360 port of ''[[Monster Hunter]] Frontier'', thus irrelevant to this page...

 

 

=== ''Sony/Guerilla'': ===

To balance things out, the [[PlayStation]] 3 version of ''[[Lost Planet]] 2'' let you play as Helghan troopers from ''[[Killzone]]''.

 

 

=== ''[[Konami]]'': ===

Beginning with the second ''[[Boktai]]'' game and the fifth installment of the ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' series, Capcom and Konami began cross-promoting both series by including hidden features that require players to exchange data from ''Boktai 2'' into ''Battle Network 5'' and vice-versa. However, ''Boktai 3'' was [[No Export for You|never released outside Japan]] due to the low sales of the first two installments and all connectivity with the game was removed for the overseas versions of ''Battle Network 6''. Likewise, Konami choose not to keep the ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' connectivity with ''Lunar Knights'', the overseas version of ''Boktai DS''.

 

 

=== ''[[Level 5]]'': ===

[[Level 5]] announced a crossover of their and Capcom's brain-teasing adventure series, entitled ''[[Professor Layton]] [[Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney|VS.]] [[Ace Attorney|Gyakuten Saiban]]''. It'll feature a combination of puzzles and trials as Phoenix Wright and Maya team up with Professor Layton and Luke in investigating a medieval-esque setting. The keyword to this game is '''[[Burn the Witch|Witch]] [[Witch Hunt|Trial]]''', as the characters solve the mystery of a girl who is accused of being a witch, and the motives of the Story Teller, the main villian of the game. Shu Takumi, the original creator of the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series, is writing the script for the new title. It's set to be released on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] handheld.

 

They really do accept all challengers. Unless they come [[Word of God|from]] [[Mortal Kombat]].

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* [[Bootstrapped Theme]]: This is a recurring element for the Capcom side. For instance, characters like [[Street Fighter|Ryu]], [[Rival Schools|Batsu]], and [[Street Fighter III|Alex]] have their home stage themes as their background music, even though in their original games the background music are not tied to them but to the stages. Another example is [[Mega Man Legends|Mega Man Trigger/Volnutt]] receiving the theme that accompanied the Flutter vs. Gesselschaft [[Boss Battle]] in ''MML1'' which followed him from ''NxC'' into ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' (Tron herself would later get this theme for herself in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'').

** The Marvel heroes also get this treatment. The two most prominent examples are Spider-Man and Captain America, who have re-used the same theme since their initial debut in ''[[Marvel Super Heroes]]''.

* [[The Cameo]]: If a particular character isn't a playable fighter, there's a high chance that they'll instead be found on the sidelines or (if they're lucky) as an [[Assist Character]].

* [[Fake Crossover]]: Don't expect the events of these games to ever be referenced in any of these anime/game's main series.

* [[Fan Service]]: Of both the sexual and non-sexual variety, but we'll leave the former for another time. The sheer amount of [[Shout-Out|references]], [[Continuity Nod|nods]], and [[Mythology Gag|throwaway gags]] to each company's individual mythos is ''staggering'', to the extent of having [[Capcom vs. Whatever/Shout Out|a page dedicated for that here]]. ''Something'' [[Double Entendre|is going to appeal to you]].

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