Tatsunoko, the legendary Japanese Anime studio who brought us classics like Speed Racer and Gatchaman get the Marvel vs Capcom treatment in the upcoming arcade fighter: Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes!

Characters announced so far include Ryu, Chun-Li & Alex (Street Fighter) join Batsu Ichimonji (Rival Schools), Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) & Sōki (Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams), Eagle Ken (Gatchaman), Casshern, Tekkaman, Yatterman No. 1, Hurricane Polymar, Gold Lightan. Hopefully, characters like Dante, Sigma & Zero (Mega Man) will make it to the final lineup. I'm also hoping it surpasses Marvel vs Capcom 2 in total characters included as well, as MvC2 had 56 to choose from. TvC should be in Japanese arcades by this Winter. Capcom please bring this game to North America!

In an interview with Gamasutra, Marvel's VP of interactive media Justin Lambros says he hopes to see Marvel vs. Capcom make its way to digital download saying, "I'm a huge 2D fighting fan ... the Marvel vs. Capcom stuff has a definite close place in my heart, so we definitely wanna see that stuff live on." He says that there are no deals in place, but they may be considering it. If it's anything like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, I'm all for it!

Hopefully if it is eventually available for download, we might get these added features like online multiplayer like the Japanese DC version, new/remixed soundtrack and maybe even a few of the secret characters/bosses from the other games (like Evil Ryu, Cyber Akuma, Shadow Lady & Norimaro), add downloadable versions for ALL next gen consoles & it'd be perfect... Capcom are you listening?