And no, I didn’t mean Ken Masters; I meant Ken Washio from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. It wouldn’t be a cross-over if I said it was Ken Masters, would it?

That dream match will be realized in the near future, as Capcom teams up with Tatsunoko Productions, the animation studio behind Speed Racer, Tekkaman and the aforementioned Gatchaman, to bring us Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes.

Would you look at that; Street Fighter IV hasn’t been officially released yet, and now here’s Capcom with another possible blockbuster!
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When we hear of the phrase Mortal Kombat, only one thing first comes to mind: Fatality. Even Capcom can admit that this concept featured in MK challenged the supremacy of their Street Fighter.

The Fatality became a major innovation in the genre of fighting games, that it made MK gain its current reputation: it was deemed too graphic and disturbing that it caused major uproars from concerned citizens, especially parents.

Ironically, I think it was also thanks to MK that the ESRB was founded, and the ratings body gave it an M (Mature) rating. This had seemingly stopped MK from being released in the arcades, but it instead spread in the privacies of our homes.

But enough about fatalities: let us deal with the topic at hand, shall we?

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