Mega Man X’s Zero makes his Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars debut. There goes my dream of Capcom adding the Noid as a playable fighter.

The other new character Capcom revealed for the upcoming fighting game — and these are the final two fighters added to the game’s roster — comes from the Tatsunoko side, Joe the Condor from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman:

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[Via IGN]

tags / tatsunoko vs capcom / capcom / tatsunoko productions / joe the condor / zero / mega man / mega man x / ec

Tatsunoko Productions (Speed Racer, Macross) animator Takada demonstrates the Nintendo DSi’s free Moving Memo Pad (Ugoku Memo-chou) software.

Nintendo brought Takada in to show how a professional animator uses the flipbook app. Several of Takada’s creations have already been uploaded to the Ugoku Memo Hatena service, including this Casshern Sins ad:

Though you’ll hear most U.S. gamers insisting that the DSi isn’t worth their time or money, Moving Memo Pad really is some compelling software. Creating animations like those shown above is easy, and the system for sharing/downloading them online is aces.

I’m a terrible artist, so I haven’t put much of my work up, but I did upload this cute short of my wife.

[Via Anoop]

tags / dsi / dsiware / tatsunoko productions / ugoku memo-chou / moving memo pad / casshern