Toei Animation VS Capcom: Fusion of the universes is an upcoming fighting game made by Capcom and Bandai Namco to be released on December 15th 2023, It runs on the same engine as Dragon Ball FighterZ and it's considered it's spiritual sequel as well as being part of Capcom Crossover series. The game will launch on Steam, Playstation 5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series S and X.
Story[]
When Rose and Whis discover some energy coming from an unknown entity they start to investigate the events on their own worlds. However the enemies were coming from an alternate universe than the ones they were living in. Later those two entities merged their universes into a single reality. Rose and Whis met and found out that Omega Shenron and Pyron wanted to merge both universes to create chaos and destroy the reality as it was known by everyone. To counterattack the fusion the sent their best warriors in order to gather the Dragon Balls and the Black Moon keys in order to save both universes. However villains also had a plan and recruited some of the best universe villains to stop the heroes from winning and change history once and for all. Will our heroes save both universes before the fusion becomes irreversible and reality starts to tear?
Gameplay[]
Toei Animation VS Capcom follows the basic crossover gameplay from Dragon Ball FighterZ and Capcom Crossover titles, letting the player choose among 3 different fighting styles: Solo battle (1 on 1 fights), Pair battle (2 on 2 fights) and Team battles (3 on 3 fights). The game also allows super combos as well as variables which were common on Capcom Crossover titles and Dragon Ball FighterZ. Also each of the 42 fighters will have it's custom music theme. Like Dragon Ball FighterZ the game will have special animations drawn by Toei for each character as well as different modes
Characters[]
There are 45 characters including the bosses for each team, characters below will be separated into Team Toei, Team Capcom and bosses.
| Character | Original source | Musical theme | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goku | Dragon Ball | Makafushigi Adventure (Dragon Ball opening) | Available from start on Story mode, Super Saiyan mode |
| Sailor Moon | Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon | Moonlight Densetsu (Sailor Moon first opening) | Available from start on Story mode |
| Luffy | One Piece | We Are (One Piece first opening) | Available from start on Story mode |
| Vegeta | Dragon Ball | Cha-La-Head-Cha-La (Dragon Ball Z first opening) | |
| Trunks | Dragon Ball | Chouzetsu Dynamic (Dragon Ball Super first opening) | Future Trunks |
| Sailor Mercury | Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon | Otome no Policy (Sailor Moon R ending theme) | |
| Sailor Mars | Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon | Moon Pride (Sailor Moon Crystal opening) | |
| Zoro | One Piece | We Go (One Piece opening 15) | |
| Wargreymon | Digimon Adventure | Butterfly (Digimon Adventure opening) | |
| Seiya | Saint Seiya | Pegasus Fantasy (Saint Seiya opening 1) | |
| Shiryu | Saint Seiya | Soldier Dream (Saint Seiya opening 2) | |
| Toriko | Toriko | Guts Guts (Toriko opening 1) | |
| Hanamichi Sakuragi | Slam Dunk | Kimi Ga Suki Da To Sakebitai (Slam Dunk opening 1) | |
| Kaede Rukawa | Slam Dunk | Zettai Ni Daremo (Slam Dunk opening 2) | |
| Mikami | Ghost Sweeper Mikami | Ghost Sweeper (Ghost Sweeper Mikami opening 1) | |
| Kitarou | Gegege no Kitarou | Gegege no Kitarou (Gegege no Kitarou opening) | Design based on the 2018 remake |
| Kinnikuman | Kinnikuman | Kinnikuman Go Go Fight (Kinnikuman opening 1) | |
| Kenshirou | Fist of the North Star | You wa Shock (Fist of the North Star opening 1) |
| Character | Original Source | Musical theme | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryu | Street Fighter | Suzaku castle (Ryu stage from Street Fighter 2) | Available from start on Story mode, design based on Street Fighter II |
| Jill Valentine | Resident Evil | Sad But True (Resident Evil 5 Boss battle theme) | Available from start on Story mode, design based on Resident Evil 2 |
| Morrigan Aensland | Darkstalkers | Scodland stage (Morrigan Stage from Darkstalkers Revenge) | Available from start on Story mode |
| Chun-Li | Street Fighter | China stage (Chun-Li stage from Street Fighter II) | |
| Abel | Street Fighter | Theme of Abel (Character theme from Street Fighter IV) | |
| Rashid | Street Fighter | Skies of Honor (UAE stage from Street Fighter V) | |
| Felicia | Darkstalkers | USA stage (Felicia stage from Darkstalkers Revenge) | |
| Megaman | Megaman | Wily Tower 1 (From Megaman 2) | |
| Zero | Megaman X | Zero theme (From Megaman X) | |
| Phoenix Wright | Ace Attorney | Cornered (From Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney) | |
| Regina | Dino Crisis | You Have Mail (From Dino Crisis) | |
| Viewtiful Joe | Viewtiful Joe | Joe the Hero (From Viewtiful Joe) | |
| Nathan Spencer | Bionic Commando | Area 1 (From Bionic Commando) | |
| Strider Hiryu | Strider | Theme of Hiryu (From Strider) | |
| Batsu Ichimonji | Rival Schools | On the Rooftop of Taiyo High School (Batsu stage from Rival Schools) | |
| Arthur | Ghosts and Goblins | Demon World Village (From Ghosts and Goblins) | |
| Dante | Devil May Cry | Lock and Load (From Devil May Cry) | Design based on Devil May Cry 1 |
| Ruby Heart | Capcom Crossover | River stage (From Marvel VS Capcom 2) | Original character, lyrics removed on her musical theme |
| Character | Universe | Origin | Musical theme | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frieza | Toei Animation | Dragon Ball | Frieza theme | Boss from Toei side |
| Queen Beryl | Toei Animation | Sailor Moon | Queen Beryl theme | Boss from Toei side |
| Kaidou | Toei Animation | One Piece | Emperor Kaidou | Boss from Toei side |
| Akuma | Capcom | Street Fighter | Theme of Akuma | Boss from Capcom side |
| Albert Wesker | Capcom | Resident Evil | Winds of Madness | Boss from Capcom side, design based on Resident Evil 5 |
| Jedah | Capcom | Darkstalkers | Fetus of God | Boss from Capcom side |
| Omega Shenron | Toei Animation | Dragon Ball | Blackstar Dragon | Final boss from Toei side, unplayable character |
| Pyron | Capcom | Darkstalkers | Planet Hellstorm | Final boss from Capcom side, unplayable character |
| Omega Pyron | Both | Original | Distorted Realities | True final boss, fusion of Omega Shenron and Pyron, unplayable character |
Stages[]
The game will have 20 different stages for both universes
| Stage | Original source | Universe | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kame House | Dragon Ball | Toei | |
| Cell Games Arena | Dragon Ball | Toei | |
| Juban District | Sailor Moon | Toei | |
| Red Line | One Piece | Toei | |
| Digital World | Digimon Adventure | Toei | |
| Gourmet World | Toriko | Toei | |
| Dark Kingdom | Sailor Moon | Toei | Toei side bosses stage |
| Dying Namek | Dragon Ball | Toei | Final stage for Toei side, Omega Shenron stage |
| Suzaku Castle | Street Fighter | Capcom | |
| Crumbling Laboratory | Street Fighter | Capcom | |
| Raccoon City | Resident Evil | Capcom | |
| Aensland Castle | Darkstalkers | Capcom | |
| Wily Tower | Megaman | Capcom | |
| Demon World Village | Ghosts And Goblins | Capcom | |
| Umbrella Corporation | Resident Evil | Capcom | Capcom side bosses stage |
| Planet Hellstorm | Darkstalkers | Capcom | Final stage for Capcom side, Pyron stage |
| Training stage | Original stage | Both | Training stage |
| Distorted Realities | Original stage | Both | Omega Pyron stage |
Game modes[]
Toei VS Capcom Consists of these modes
- Story mode
- Arcade mode
- Versus mode
- Survival mode
- Time Attack mode
- Online battles
- Training
- Missions
- Replays
Trivia[]
- Alex, Frank West, Donovan, Piccolo, Sailor Pluto and Leomon were considered as playable characters at early development stages
- This is the second appearance of Ruby Heart as a playable character
- Bandai Namco got involved in the development as they got the licenses from many Toei Animation shows