July 25, 2008 - The growing cast of Tatsunkoko Productions Versus Capcom, the upcoming versus fighter that pits Capcom characters against anime characters from the Tatsunoko Productions world, grew by four members today.

Capcom added the following to the game's cast:

  • Hurricane Polymar from the anime of the same name (voiced by Kunihiko Yasui).
  • Morigan from Darkstalkers (voiced by Yayoi Jinguji)
  • Kaijin no Souki from Onimusha Dawn of Dreams (voiced by Toshiyuki Kusuda)
  • Gold Lightan from the anime of the same name.

Sticking with the theme of one Capcom character announced for every Tatsunko character, the above list includes two Capcom characters and two Tatsunoko characters.

There are a couple of differences in this latest announcement, though. First, it includes a Capcom character from something other than Capcom's fighting library. Past characters have come from games like Street Fighter and Rival Schools.

More notable, though, is the sudden jump from two characters to four characters announced simultaneously. Combine this with the recent Japanese release of Street Fighter IV, and we think it reasonable to speculate that a final release isn't too far off.