Capcom plans to announce a new game in their Versus series this year if Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars sells well enough in the U.S., the game's producer tells Kotaku.

When Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars hits stores and the Wii next week it will be the seventh fighting game from Capcom to blend characters from another company with theirs into a casual fighting game.

Game producer Ryota Niitsuma calls the title a revival or resurrection of the series.

"I would love to do more versus series, more types of games like Marvel Vs. Capcom 2," Niitsuma said. "There are all of these possibilities working with other companies, seeing what we could do with them. There are so many game companies I'd love to work with."

In Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars players get to pick from some of Capcom's most popular characters as well as characters drawn from the five-decade history of the Japanese animation company that created classics like Speed Racer, G-Force, Tekkaman and Gatchaman.

Often the versus games have been driven by fan requests to Capcom, Niitsuma said.

"We get requests from fans to mix our characters with other video game characters all of the time," he said.

And for this series of games in particular, Capcom pays close attention to what those fans are saying.

"Based on those requests we might be able to do something with our characters and another company's characters for a future game," Niitsuma said. "Keep your eyes open and your ears open for some kind of news in the future."
 
But how soon in the future?

"If sales are really good (for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars) then you can see an announcement within this year," he said.

Well I've cast my vote already which should be arriving from Amazon come early February, though I really think Capcom needs to cool it with the Vs. games.

I will allow Seth Killian to say "Ruu" without frowning if they do.

It's probably going to be Tatsunoko vs CAPCOM 2 since they even discussed what other characters they'd like to put in a hypothetical sequel.

" It's probably going to be Tatsunoko vs CAPCOM 2 since they even discussed what other characters they'd like to put in a hypothetical sequel. "

To make sure they don't have to make a new game, they will do everything in their power to make sure this game bombs.

" To make sure they don't have to make a new game, they will do everything in their power to make sure this game bombs. "

" It's probably going to be Tatsunoko vs CAPCOM 2 since they even discussed what other characters they'd like to put in a hypothetical sequel. "

Now I'm really curious. Reading the thread title, I was thinking Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, but a company Capcom has yet to make a Vs game with? The best result would be Nintendo, I think. They could easily make a NvC game in TvC's style. It'd be a nice alternative to Smash, I suppose. That's just my opinion, though. I imagine the actual result would probably be something way out of the blue. Haha, maybe DC Vs. Capcom?

" Now I'm really curious. Reading the thread title, I was thinking Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, but a company Capcom has yet to make a Vs game with? The best result would be Nintendo, I think. They could easily make a NvC game in TvC's style. It'd be a nice alternative to Smash, I suppose. That's just my opinion, though. I imagine the actual result would probably be something way out of the blue. Haha, maybe DC Vs. Capcom? "

Aw man, Capcom Vs SNK 3, I forgot about that. 
 
Capcom Vs. SNK 3, that's should be the next game.

ThunderCats vs. Capcom. Make it happen!

Bumping this considering the Microsoft x Capcom announcement site that was posted just after this interview. 
 
Could very well be related since there appears to be a lot of outcry about why it is only on the Wii.

" Aw man, Capcom Vs SNK 3, I forgot about that. 
 
Capcom Vs. SNK 3, that's should be the next game. "

" Bumping this considering the Microsoft x Capcom announcement site that was posted just after this interview.   Could very well be related since there appears to be a lot of outcry about why it is only on the Wii. "

Street Fighter Vs Killer Instinct. Make it happen, now.

" @Kou_Leifoh said:

" Aw man, Capcom Vs SNK 3, I forgot about that. 
 
Capcom Vs. SNK 3, that's should be the next game. "

 
I would prefer Capcom got that out of the way also, thing is, SNK are off par currently, they really need to release new fighters of notable quality again.

" Street Fighter Vs Killer Instinct. Make it happen, now. "

Isn't the Tatsunoko vs Capcom game M-Rated?

" Isn't the Tatsunoko vs Capcom game M-Rated? "

" @Linkyshinks said:

" @Kou_Leifoh said:

" Aw man, Capcom Vs SNK 3, I forgot about that. 
 
Capcom Vs. SNK 3, that's should be the next game. "

 
I would prefer Capcom got that out of the way also, thing is, SNK are off par currently, they really need to release new fighters of notable quality again.

I kinda disagree there, KoF XI was one of the best games they've released. "

" @Kou_Leifoh said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" @Kou_Leifoh said:

" Aw man, Capcom Vs SNK 3, I forgot about that. 
 
Capcom Vs. SNK 3, that's should be the next game. "

 
I would prefer Capcom got that out of the way also, thing is, SNK are off par currently, they really need to release new fighters of notable quality again.

I kinda disagree there, KoF XI was one of the best games they've released. "

KoFXI was a great entry, though I was bound for disappointment given that one of my most preferred fighters in the series, Kasumi Todoh, wasn't on its roster.  I'm not even sure what sort of state SNK is in as a whole at the moment given that KoFXII was released in the U.S. by Ignition. "

A Capcom vs Namco FIGHTING game that's released in the west would be nice. 
 
But this news really comes as no surprise... What it boils down to them saying is, "If a game featuring half a roster of characters no one in the west has any clue about sells well, then of course we'll release games featuring more characters they DO know about! I mean, duh!"