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* [[Fan Nickname]]: In order to differentiate them, "VJoe" for Viewtiful Joe, and "Joe" or "[[Joe C]]" for Joe The Condor.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: 
** [[Nobuyuki Hiyama|Batsu]] is [[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Demitri Maximoff]], [[Fatal Fury|Joe Higashi]], ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Viral]], [[Yu Yu Hakusho|Hiei]], and [[Gao Gai Gar|Gai]]. He's also ''the'' "[[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|go-to guy]]" for [[Hot-Blooded]] roles in [[Anime]].
** Polymar's [[Kunihiko Yasui|VA]] is [[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|Iori Yagami]].
** Hakushon Daimaou's [[Toru Ohira|VA]] is both [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Dr. Nambu]] and the Japanese dub of [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]].
** [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Ken the Eagle]] and Tekkaman's [[Katsuji Mori|VA]] is Go Mifune's (a.k.a. [[Speed Racer]]) voice. 
** Joe the Condor's VA is Isao Sasaki, a.k.a. Japan's Elvis, who sung many [[Tokusatsu]] related music (like ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'' and ''[[Himitsu Sentai Goranger]]'') and [[Superhero]] related anime in the golden era of anime, like ''Casshern'' and ''Polymar'''s opening and closing themes, and also [[Super Robot|Robot]]/Sci-Fi Anime themes like ''[[Getter Robo]]'', ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'', and most famously [[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Space Battleship Yamato]].
** Jun the Swan [[Kazuko Sugiyama|is also]] the legendary [[Pokémon 4 Ever (Anime)|Celebi]].
** Yatterman-1 [[Eri Kitamura|is]] [[Toradora (Light Novel)|Ami Kawashima]] ''and'' [[Street Fighter|Juri]]? Outbitch ''that'', Doronjo.
** Jeff Manning is the VA for ''Ultimate All Stars''' announcer. He's also the announcer for the original ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' as well as Master Hand in the same game.
** Yatterman 2 is voiced by Emiri Kato. This means that if you pick Yatterman 1 and Yatterman 2, you pick [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Sayaka and Kyubey]]. Which would be a horrifyingly amusing thought.
** Ryu [[Hiroki Takahashi|is]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Jonouchi]] and [[School Rumble|Harima]] <ref>Coincidentally, Ryu and Jonouchi were roles that Takahashi [[The Other Darrin|took over from]] [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]], the voice of Tekkaman Blade in ''Ultimate All Stars''</ref>.
** Chun-Li [[Fumiko Orikasa|is]] [[Bleach|Rukia]].
** Zero [[Ryotaro Okiayu|is]] [[Bleach|Byakuya]].
** Mega Man Volnutt [[Mayumi Tanaka|is]] [[Dragonball|Kuririn]] and [[One Piece|Luffy]].
** Saki [[Yoko Honna|is]] [[Gundam 00|Sumeragi]].
** Alex [[Hiroki Yasumoto|is]] [[Bleach|Chad]] and (by virtue of ''Street Fighter IV'') Guile.
** Soki is Dan (the ''Street Fighter IV'' one).
** For English ''Mega Man'' fans, you might be surprised to know that Peter von Gomm (Frank West) is the same dude who voiced X in [[Mega Man X|MegaManX7]] and is also the voice of Grey in ''[[Mega Man ZX|ZX Advent]]''.
** Tekkaman Blade is [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]], which (among ''many'' roles) effectively makes him [[The Other Darrin|another]] Ryu (and ''yet another'' [[F Zero|Ryu]]), [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]], [[Inuyasha|Naraku]], [[Soul Series|Mitsurugi]], [[One Piece|Enel]], [[Bleach|Kaname Tousen and Isshin Kurosaki]], and [[Naruto|the Fourth Hokage]].
* [[Network to The Rescue|Localization To The Rescue]]: Did anyone expect ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' to be localized and published in North America? Capcom USA deserves a big thanks for going through enough Licensing Hell to pull this off.
* [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros]]: Surprisingly, and as far as America goes, Ippatsuman is the only Tatsunoko character to fall in this trope. To recap on the others: ''Gatchaman'' was brought over too many times to count <ref>The most important ones being ''[[Battle of the Planets]]'', ''G-Force: Guardians of Space'' and ''Eagle Riders''</ref>, ''Casshan'' and ''Polimar'' had their 90's [[OVA|OVAs]] licensed, ''Yatterman'' debuted in America as [[Takashi Miike]]'s [[Live Action Adaptation]] for a limited theatrical run, ''Tekkaman the Space Knight'' got [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURDGxx7FJo an extremely campy dub], ''Gold Lightan'''s toys were/are available internationally, ''Karas'' received a proper DVD release, ''Tekkaman Blade'' became ''Teknoman'', and ''Hakushon Daimao'' is now a non-entity. The same can even be said for the European countries, as nearly every Tatsunoko anime was dubbed there save for a few (like ''Ippatsuman'').
** ''Hakushon Daimao'' actually had a brief television run in the US (courtesy of [[Saban]]) as ''Bob in a Bottle''. Still, other than the cast of ''Gatchaman'', nearly all of the Tastunoko characters are extremely obscure in the West.
* [[No Export for You]]: [[Defied Trope|Successfully and surprisingly defied]], as unlike nearly all anime crossover game developpers, Capcom went out of their path to personally deal with the featured anime's international licensees (That, and they were [[Pandering to The Base]]). If you wanna get technical though, it's only the [[Updated Rerelease]] ''Ultimate All Stars'' that made the cross overseas; the original version (''Cross Generation of Heroes'') is still locked to Japan. <ref>This is only significant when concerning Hakushon Daimaoh, who'll remain exclusive to that version, as well as the character-specific songs (which are replaced by generic BGM for the stages). But otherwise, no biggie. Besides, we get Tekkaman Blade, [[Dead Rising|Frank West]], [[Mega Man X|Zero]], [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Joe Asakura]], and [[Yatterman (Anime)|Yatterman-2]] a.k.a. [[Distaff Counterpart|Ai-chan]].</ref> Funnily enough, Japan wasn't supposed to get the re-released version. However, thanks to the fans wanting it, as well as the development team asking for it, Capcom decided to release ''Ultimate All-Stars'' in Japan as well. 
** Even funnier is the fact that Phoenix Wright was not included BECAUSE the game was going to be translated. He would have attacked with his [[Catch Phrase]] in a word bubble. The problem being is that due to the words "Igiari!" (the japanese version) and OBJECTION! (the american version) being so different in length, they would have had to change the size of the speech bubble, [[Game Breaker|resulting in an unavoidable American-sized attack]]. Because of this, they couldn't include other characters from the series, Franziska in particular who would have used her whip.
* [[The Other Darrin]]:
** Frank West's VA isn't the same one in his game. Coincidentally, Peter von Gomm voiced [[Mega Man X|X]] in ''Mega Man X7''. 
** The same applies to a good portion of the Tatsunoko characters. Casshern, Polymar, and Ippatsuman are respectively voiced by [[Daisuke Ono]], [[Kunihiko Yasui]], and Masayuki Kato instead of the original seiyuu or the seiyuu from the various OVAs.
** In the case of Viewtiful Joe, while there was no English localization (and thus no [[Dee Bradley Baker]]), [[Tomokazu Seki]] (his seiyuu from the anime) did not reprise the role of Joe (instead, he was voiced by Shinji Kawada).
** Alex is Darrin'd from Michael X. Sommers (in [[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Street Fighter III]] and ''2nd. Impact'') and Patrick Gallagan in ''3rd Strike'' to [[Hiroki Yasumoto]]... and yes, there's ''a lot'' of [[Gratuitous English]].
* [[Shown Their Work]]: If you only knew that a lot of people in Capcom's (Japanese) offices were Tatsunoko fans (as Seth even explained, their accountants squealed when they saw Yatterman-1). In fact, the games have so much stuff in it that gives various references to its old shows. In fact, [http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/2009/10/23/tatsunoko_vs_capcom_dev_blog_niitsuma_talks_about_the_4_new_tvc_characters this blog] shows how much dedicated the team was when making the characters.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: Ken the Eagle and Tekkaman has the same VA - [[Katsuji Mori]]. If [[Speed Racer|Go Mifune]] was in this game, he'll be doing that one too! 
** [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] ''closely'' averts this it in ''Ultimate All Stars''. He has voiced Ryu in all the past games and also voiced [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Tekkaman Blade]] himself, but Hiroki Takahashi [[The Other Darrin|took over]] as the voice of ''TvC'' Ryu by virtue of ''Street Fighter IV''.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright and Franziska von Karma]] were intended to be in the games. While the latter wouldn't have been hard to put in due to her whip, The developers had trouble with Phoenix. Though it is understandable why - especially since the game would feature worldwide match-up, and having two versions of his attack (Objection!/Igiari!) would really be screwy. A developer once mentioned that adding Phoenix Wright to the American version would have been a game breaker- almost literally. "Objection" would have added a few more hits (OB JE CT IO N!) to his attack compared to "IGIARI!" from the Japanese version. Not only would this have made him too powerful, but would have been hard to program. They eventually settled for a different implementation of "Objection" (in a single unbroken word) to make Phoenix work in ''[[Updated Rerelease|Ultimate]] [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''.
** [http://www.siliconera.com/2009/05/17/these-characters-didnt-make-the-tatsunoko-vs-capcom-cut/ This page] lists all the other characters who were cut from ''Cross Generation of Heroes''. The fun bit is that Joe The Condor and Yatterman-2 were the only ones who made the cut over that list for ''UAS''. 
** A more elaborate example would be [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/wolfoxokamichan/wwwdotuporg601657.jpg this]. Plans to put [[Nurse Witch Komugi]], Muteking the Rollerblade Hero, [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright]], [[Capcom Fighting Evolution (Video Game)|Ingrid]], and a stage based from ''[[Ghosts N Goblins (Video Game)|Ghosts N Goblins]]'' were revealed.
** [http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=111521 It's also been revealed] that if it wasn't for the licensing issues, the [[Samurai Pizza Cats]] would have made it in. There was also consideration for [[Speed Racer]] and [[Devil May Cry|Dante]].

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