While my Spanish es terriblo (see? that's not even a word!), my appreciation for the passion of South and Latin American fighting fans is very strong. 

Mexican magazine Atomix in particular has always been a great supporter of Street Fighter IV and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom, and in keeping with that tradition, TvC's Ryu and Ken the Eagle grace the cover of their final issue. 

I'll be sorry to see them go, and good luck to everyone on their future endeavors focusing on their online portal.

The official Tatsunoko  Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars site goes fully live today. 

In addition to some zany character bios and the usual website-y goodness, there's also a hidden little "then-and-now" charater art thing.  On each character profile, the pic defaults to the updated character key art, but if you click on the pic, it'll flash back to their original Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Cross-Generation of Heroes art. 

...okay maybe I'm the only one whose excited by that, but sometimes it's all about the little things.  Check out the site here.

Tatsunoko Vs Capcom producer Niitsuma-san strikes back with another blog.  He offers a long introduction before getting down to business, where he

a) formally announces that TvC: Ultimate All-Stars will also be released in Japan

b) asks to hear which topic you'd like to hear about in his next blog

c) slaps some fools dropping TvC misinformation (in an extremely polite Japanese style)

Hit the jump for the full story!

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(Sept 10) Hello to those of you reading this blog for the first time, and to everyone that has been reading my blogs from "Cross Generation of Heroes"!

My name is Ryota Niitsuma, producer of "Tatsunoko vs Capcom Ultimate All-Stars".

So, for our Japanese fans, I would like to announce the Japanese release of "Tatsunoko vs Capcom Ultimate All-Stars"!

Yes, negotiating all the details was quite harrowing, but I'm really happy to be able to bring this news to all of you!

In "Ultimate All-Stars", we have implemented many comments that we received from fans about "Cross Generation of Heroes" and I hope to talk in detail about these from next time on. e.g. new additional characters and network mode, etc.

The next blogs coming up will feature not just me, but many staff who are involved in the project. Please look forward to those as well.

P.S.
In the next blog, what topic would you be interested in?
1 - The background story of deciding on the new characters
2 - The implementing of the network mode
3 - The background story of how we came up with this project

We will be waiting for your messages!
Please send messages HERE (or here if you speak Japanese)

P.P.S.
There was some coverage hinting that there will be 4 new characters to be revealed at TGS, but during the interviews there must have been a mistranslation or a misunderstanding, and the information is not correct....

I was surprised to read this information too.
My guess is that the below two Q&A got mixed up...

Question: When will be the new information/features be announced?
Niitsuma: Around TGS, we will be announcing something!

Question: How many new characters are there in the game?
Niitsuma: About 3 or 4?  We will be announcing those sometime!

And what will be announced around TGS time?
Please wait till TGS!

It's Spyborgs Webisode 2 (of 3), introducing Bouncer and Stinger's upgraded arm.  It's also chock full of lesser-known Spyborgs aracana--did you know the Spyborgs had a mansion?  News you can use, people!

For anyone not already up to date, you can find Episode 1 here.

UPDATE--after trying to actually get some of these and finding it very difficult, I found out that in spite of the order page, the item wasn't actually produced, which explains my challenge.  Sorry for the tease!

From the "Do Want" files, it's set of stupid cute Tatsunoko Vs Capcom keychains.  There are 8 little chibi fighters, including Ryu, Chun, Batsu, and Morrigan from Capcom, plus Doronjo, Yattaman #1, Ken the Eagle, and Casshern representing Tatsunoko.

You can either find your way to Tokyo, or head here to get them now.