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Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars is a crossover fighting game featuring characters from Capcom's video game franchises and from various anime series by Tatsunoko Production. The game was released in Japan for arcades and the Wii video game console in December 2008. It was released for the Wii in North America, Japan, and Europe in January 2010, featuring additional characters and an online mode. Players engage in combat with a team of two characters or with a single giant character and attempt to knock out their opponents. It is the seventh Capcom-designed installment in their Vs. fighting game series, which includes the Marvel vs. Capcom and Capcom vs. SNK series, and the first to be fully rendered in 3D graphics. The game is designed around a simplified three-button attack system, which was inspired by the simplistic control schemes commonly used by both the Vs. series and the Wii. The game received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its approachable gameplay for newcomers and depth for veteran players. However, reviewers had mixed experiences with its online component, and found Arcade mode lacking in replay value. (Full article...)

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January 23

393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaimed his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
1570 – James Hamilton shot and killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination using a firearm.
1789 – Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would be the home of the future Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic University in the United States.
1945 – German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz ordered the beginning of Operation Hannibal, which became one of the largest emergency evacuations by sea in history, with over 1 million people transferred over 15 weeks.
1997 – Madeleine Albright (pictured) was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.

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The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Yellow-spotted Honeyeaters are aggressive birds and have a loud, metallic call that some have described as akin to a machine gun.

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