I wish they would release Tatsunoko vs Capcom in America.
Also, does anyone know what's up with the name changes from Japanese to English (Megaman, Protoman, and I think maybe Bass too, but I'm not sure on that one.) I really liked the music related names they had.
You may get your wish, sorta..rumor has it that Capcom will use the "guts" of Tatsunoko vs Capcom to make another game, Marvel vs Capcom 3. They will keep all of the Capcom characters the same and exchange the Tatsunoko side with Marvel characters such as Wolverine, Spider-Man, Hulk, etc. It will be the same basic game, just with new characters, stories, and stages. The rumor stems from a Marvel source saying that MvC3 will be made "before you think" whereas a Capcom source said that he'd like to make it someday. Furthering this was the revealing of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for XBLA & PSN, which Capcom had to stop making discs for PS2 & Xbox because they lost the Marvel liscense, which may mean that they have gotten it back.
Sure, here's why.
Rockman to MegaMan
--Reason: Capcom USA thought the US audience wouldn't get the reason for his name and would think that he has a "Rock" power like ElecMan's electricity power. Most translations kept his real name as "Rock", although Powered Up changed it to "Mega", which is dumb. The MegaMan name was carried on in future series to maintain continuity.
Blues to Protoman
--Reason: Mostly the same as above, they thought that US gamers wouldn't get the musical reference and question why he isn't actually Blue.
Dr. Right to Dr. Wright to Dr. Light
--Reason: Mostly just mistranslations, eventually they settled on Light as his last name. His first name was always translated correctly as "Thomas".
Forte to Bass
--Reason: Capcom USA believed that Forte didn't sound cool enough for US gamers, they figured Bass would sound cooler.
Gospel to Treble
--Reason: Nintendo USA in the SNES era was very against religious references in games released on its system, which is why The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods subtitle was changed to A Link to the Past and all religious references removed. Gospel, a name taken from Christianity, was renamed Treble, to go along with his owner's US name of Bass. Ironic considering that they didn't think US gamers would get the references before.
Vava to Vile (MegaMan X series)
--Reason: Vava sounds to similar to Boba, as in Boba Fett, the character Vile's appearance is based on. They wanted to avoid a lawsuit from LucasArts and thus changed the name.
Irregular to Maverick
--Reason: I'm not positive, but I believe that Capcom USA probably believed that Maverick sounds better than Irregular.
Vile to Weil (MegaMan Zero series)
--Reason: The name Vile was already used for another character, see above, so they went with a name pronounced the same way, only with a W, although it would be pronounced the exact same if said in the German style, where W is pronounced the same as a V.
To go along with a previous statement of mine, I recently downloaded the Marvel vs Capcom OST.