The community hub for organizing matches over Dolphin netplay!

UPDATE: Long time, no see!

To be completely honest with all of you, I'd forgotten that this Steam group existed. Still, much has changed since the last time this page was updated. In the interest of keeping the broader community informed, it's time to bring everyone up to speed.

Since 2016, the larger Tatsunoko vs. Capcom community has migrated from Facebook to Discord. You can join our server by following this invitation link[discord.gg].

We also recently started a subreddit that we're hoping to build up as a hub for discussion and information. If anyone is experienced in Reddit Wiki formatting, please send a message to President Magikarp either through Steam or on Discord.

A new netplay setup guide has been created on the subreddit and will continue to be maintained there, as the Shoryuken forums have been archived.


Dolphin has undergone many significant changes since the 5.0-321 build that used to be featured on this page. Three important features have been added since: Ubershaders, Asynchronous Shader Compilation, and Immediately Present XFB.

Ubershaders are a direct software emulation of the Wii's hardware graphics processing pipeline. This allows for users with dedicated graphics cards to avoid shader compilation stuttering that's prominent in games like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. However, using Ubershaders exclusively is relatively demanding. If you have a CPU with good context switching performance, equivalent to an Intel Core i5-6500 or an AMD Ryzen 3 1200, you should able to run Ubershaders asynchronously without sacrificing any performance. We recommend that you only utilize this feature if you have a graphics card equivalent to or better than NVIDIA's GTX 760 or AMD's Radeon R7 265. Integrated Intel graphics users should avoid using Ubershaders.

Asynchronous Shader Compilation allows for the game's graphics processing to continue operating at full speed, even if the shaders needed by the game haven't been fully compiled. While this does cause some visual glitches, and can outright crash games like F-Zero GX, it offers an enormous performance boost for all hardware configurations, including Android devices. This makes Tatsunoko vs. Capcom playable on recent Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9, OnePlus 7T, Google Pixel 3, Razer Phone 2, and both generations of the ASUS ROG Phone.

Immediately Present XFB is a hack that skips the Wii's natural buffering and most video interface emulation, which allows for a dramatic drop in input latency. In some tests, Dolphin with Immediately Present XFB enabled was able to process inputs up to 13 milliseconds faster[dolphin-emu.org] than an actual Wii console connected to a CRT display. This means that, network latency permitting, modern Dolphin netplay on an LCD display can be just as responsive as playing offline on the Wii.

Naturally, this means that all modern North American major tournaments featuring Tatsunoko vs. Capcom have moved to Dolphin as the competitive standard. We hope that, with greater controller compatibility and a wide range of supported hardware, this new level of accessibility will help us forge a brighter future for the game's competitive scene.


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Coming off of a great event at Frosty Faustings XII, we're excited to see what the future holds for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and we invite all of you to join us as we continue to build momentum behind one of the most underappreciated crossover fighting games of all time.