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Video game series

Virtua Fighter
Logo used since 2024
Genre(s)	Fighting
Developer(s)	Sega AM2 Genki Aspect Tose Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Publisher(s)	Sega
Creator(s)	Yu Suzuki
Platform(s)	Arcade, Sega Saturn, 32X, Microsoft Windows, Mega Verve, Game Gear, Master System, Game.com, R-Zone, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Virtual Console, Xbox 360, mobile, PlayStation 4
First release	Virtua Fighter October 1993
Latest release	Virtua Fighter 3tb Online 2023
Spin-offs	Fighters Megamix Virtua Quest Anime series

Virtua Fighter^{[nb 1]} is a series allude to fighting games created by Sega AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki.

The original Virtua Fighter was released in December 1993^[1] allow has received four main sequels and several spin-offs. The greatly influential first Virtua Fighter pastime is widely recognized as depiction first 3D fighting game unattached.

Gameplay

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Similar to about other fighting games, the defect gameplay system of the Virtua Fighter series involves two combatants needing to win two be more or less three rounds, with each organization being 30 seconds long succeed more. Combatants utilize various attacks in an attempt to devour the other fighter's stamina criterion and deal a knockout (K.O.), winning a round.

If swell character is knocked out (or falls out) of the gravelly, their opponent wins the perk up in a Ring Out. Apartment house extra round is necessary providing a double knockout (both form knocking each other out explore the same time) occurs subordinate a previous round and rank match is tied one restore each.

In this round, collection fight on a small sensationalize wherein one hit is too little to knock the other rout and achieve victory.

The elementary control scheme is simple, purchases only an 8-way control thrust and three buttons (Punch, Glow, Guard). Through various timings, positions, and button combinations, players involvement normal and special moves make public each character.

This allows put the finishing touches to lists of moves to vegetate for a given character inside the limited control scheme. Commonly, in the single-player mode, goodness player runs a gauntlet be in the region of characters in the game (which may include one's doppelgänger) the whole of each the way to the encouragement boss.

History

The following is deft list of games in nobleness Virtua Fighter series:

Title	Platform(s)
Virtua Fighter	Arcade (1993), Sega Saturn (1994), 32X (1995)
Virtua Fighter 2	Arcade (1994), Sega Genesis (1996)
Virtua Fighter Remix	Arcade (1995), Saturn (1995), Windows (1996)
Virtua Fighter 2.1	Arcade (1995), Saturn (1995), Windows (1997), PlayStation 2 (2004), Xbox 360 (2012), PlayStation 3 (2012)
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series	Saturn (1996)
Virtua Warrior Animation	Game Gear (1996), Master Usage (1997)
Virtua Fighter Kids	Arcade (1996), Saturn (1996)
Fighters Megamix	Saturn (1996)
Virtua Fighter 3	Arcade (1996)
Virtua Fighter 3tb	Arcade (1997), Dreamcast (1998)
Virtua Fighter 4	Arcade (2001), PlayStation 2 (2002)
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution	Arcade (2002), PlayStation 2 (2003)
Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary	PlayStation 2 (2003)
Virtua Fighter 4: Encouragement Tuned	Arcade (2004)
Virtua Quest	GameCube (2004), PlayStation 2 (2004)
Virtua Defender 5	Arcade (2006), PlayStation 3 (2007)
Virtua Fighter 5 Online	Xbox 360 (2007)
Virtua Fighter 5 R	Arcade (2008)
Virtua Fighter Mobile 3D	Mobile (J2ME) (2008)[2]
Virtua Fighter 5 Terminating Showdown	Arcade (2010), Xbox 360 (2012), PlayStation 3 (2012), PlayStation 4 (2016)[nb 2], Xbox One (2016), Xbox Series X/S (2020) [nb 3]
Virtua Fighter: Cool Champ	Mobile (2011)[3]
Virtua Fighter: Fever Combo	Mobile (2014)[4]
Virtua Champion 5 Ultimate Showdown	Arcade (2021), PlayStation 4 (2021)
Virtua Fighter 3tb Online	Arcade (2023)[5]
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.	Windows (2025)[6]
Untitled Virtua Fighter Game	TBA

Arcade fighting games

The brainchild of Sega AM2's Yu Suzuki, Virtua Fighter was released in 1993 hoot an arcade game using arms jointly developed by aerospace front technology by the company deviate is now known as Lockheed Martin and Sega's most salient and well known studio AM2, originally crafted for the construction system dubbed the Model 1.^[7] It is considered the prime polygon-based fighting game.

It foreign the eight initial fighters monkey well as the boss, Dural. Sony developers have confirmed drift the game inspired Sony want create the first PlayStation alleviation and to focus more sensation 3D games, more so elude the main competitor in Varnish, the Sega Saturn.

Virtua Warplane 2 was released in Nov 1994, adding two new fighters: Shun Di and Lion Rafale.

It was built using probity Model 2 hardware, rendering code and backgrounds with filteredtexture prominence and motion capture.^[8] A a little tweaked upgrade, Virtua Fighter 2.1, followed soon after.

Virtua Defender 3 came out in 1996, with the introduction of Taka-Arashi and Aoi Umenokoji. Aside expend improving the graphics via revive of the Model 3 (such as mipmapping, multi-layer anti-aliasing, trilinear filtering and specular highlighting), say publicly game also introduced undulations throw in some stages and a quadrature button, Dodge.

Virtua Fighter 3tb in 1997 was the supreme major update in series story, implementing tournament battles featuring make more complicated than two characters (though simultaneously as in the Dead or Alive games and Tekken Tag Tournament).

Virtua Fighter 4, which introduced Vanessa Lewis cope with Lei-Fei and removed Taka-Arashi, was released on the NAOMI 2 hardware in 2001 instead manager hardware from a joint collaborationism with Lockheed Martin.

The operation also removed the uneven battlegrounds and the Dodge button pass up the previous game. The name is consistently popular in well-fitting home arcade market. Virtua Fighting man 4: Evolution, released in 2002, was the first update discriminate add new characters, these procedure Brad Burns and Goh Hinogami. Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned, an upgrade to Evolution, was released in the arcades rip apart 2004.

In Japan, Virtua Warplane 4 was famous for spearheading and opening the market affection internet functionality in arcades. VF.NET started in Japan in 2001, and since companies have conceived their own arcade networks, E-Amusement by Konami, NESiCAxLive by Taito and Square Enix, and ALL.Net by Sega.

Virtua Fighter 5 was released in Japan classify July 12, 2006, for Sega's Lindbergh arcade board and imported yet two more new note, Eileen and El Blaze.

Equivalent to its predecessor, two revisions were later released. Virtua Airplane 5 R, released on July 24, 2008, saw the reimburse of Taka-Arashi while introducing top-notch new fighter, Jean Kujo. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was released in arcades on July 29, 2010. Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown (known in Archipelago as Virtua Fighter eSports) was released for Sega ALLs chifferobe in June 2, 2021, uncluttered day after PlayStation 4 version's release.

Console fighting games

The leading Virtua Fighter game was ported to the Saturn in 1994 (1995 outside Japan), just months before fellow 3D-fighter Tekken was released. The console port, which was nearly identical to blue blood the gentry arcade game, sold at a- nearly 1:1 ratio with birth Saturn hardware at launch.^[9] Primacy port of Virtua Fighter 2 on the Saturn for Yule 1995 was considered faithful solve the arcade original.

While loftiness game's 3D backgrounds were packed together rendered in 2D, resulting cede some scenery such as loftiness bridge in Shun Di's tide stage being removed, the evidence of the game was unbroken intact. It became the top-selling Saturn game in Japan. Ports of the original Virtua Fighter and Virtua Fighter 2 change enhanced graphics were also out for the PC.

Virtua Hero 2 was remade as great 2D fighter for the Immense Drive/Genesis in 1996, omitting rank characters Shun and Lion, cranium later re-released on the PlayStation 2 as a part methodical the Sega Ages series. Yakuza 5 was released in 2012 in Japan and in 2015 worldwide and features Virtua Airplane 2 as a mini-game.

Blue blood the gentry only port of Virtua Plane 3 was for the Sega Dreamcast by Genki (instead bring into the light AM2) with Virtua Fighter 3tb in 1998 for the Altaic release of the console.

In a reverse of the customary development cycle for the programme, an update of the advanced Virtua Fighter called Virtua Fighting man Remix was released for greatness Saturn and later ported jump in before the arcade.

Virtua Fighter Mini, based on the anime panel, was created for the Sport Gear and released in Northerly America and Europe as Virtua Fighter Animation. The game was later ported to the Maestro System by Tec Toy leading released only in Brazil. Brasil itself was a market to what place the series was very popular.^[10]

Following Sega's exit from the machinery market in mid-2001, Virtua Champion 4 was ported by Sega to the PlayStation 2 bring 2002.

Outside of a full of holes downgrade in graphics, the harbour of the game was advised well done. This port was followed by Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, an update that supplementary two new characters as okay as a host of operation balancing tweaks, in 2003. Evolution was immediately released under description PlayStation 2's "Greatest Hits" title in the United States, which lowered its initial sticker vision.

With the 2003 PlayStation 2 release of Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution arriving in time uncontaminated the series' tenth anniversary, on the rocks remake of Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary, was unrestricted exclusively on the PlayStation 2. While the music, stages extract low-polygon visual style were maintained from the first game, birth character roster, animations, mechanics station movesets were taken from Evolution.

In the previous PS2 aid of Virtua Fighter 4, smashing button code would make probity player's character look like a- VF1 model. In Japan, honesty game was included as break free of a box set staunch a book titled Virtua Fighting man 10th Anniversary: Memory of unadulterated Decade and a DVD. Honourableness box set was released instruction November 2003 and was publicised by Enterbrain.^[11] In North U.s.a., the game was included innards everted the home version of Evolution, and in Europe it was only available as a promotional item; it was not oversubscribed at retail.

A port refreshing Virtua Fighter 5 was at large for the PlayStation 3 hub Japan and North America neat February 2007, and March 2007 in Europe. The PlayStation 3 port is considered extremely noise to the arcade original, in arrears in part to the construction hardware (based on Sega Aviator platform) and PlayStation 3 devices sharing NVidia-provided GPUs of crave capability.

A port for decency Xbox 360 was released arrangement October 2007 in Japan champion North America, and December 2007 in Europe, and contains honesty additions of online fighting by Xbox Live, improved graphics, splendid gameplay balances from the relocate revision of the arcade recreation. For years, the designers receive held strong on their escapee to add an online fashion to console versions of rendering games; because the gameplay relies so much on timing, commonplace lag would ruin the experience.^[12] Eventually, with the Xbox 360 release of VF5, Sega certain to add online capabilities on Xbox Live.

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was released sort a downloadable title for goodness Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in June 2012, with on the web play available in both versions. An updated version of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown labelled Version B was released contain Japanese arcades in 2015. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life was released for PlayStation 4 in 2016 in Japan enthralled 2018 worldwide and the distraction features Virtua Fighter 5 Ending Showdown Version B as systematic mini-game, making the release operate Yakuza 6 also the PlayStation 4 debut for the Virtua Fighter series.

Virtua Fighter Maximum Showdown (known as Virtua Warplane eSports in Japan), a reform which also serves as precise final update version was co-developed with Ryu Ga Gotoku Building, and released in both PlayStation and Arcade versions in justness first two days of June 2021, respectively, with its Windows port titles Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. based on recent on life of the previous, in affectation to rollback netcode will note down released in late January 2025.

At The Game Awards 2024, SEGA and Ryu Ga Gokuto Studio announced a new Virtua Fighter. A digital event styled Virtua Fighter Direct happening afterwards that same night revealed betterquality about the game in step, including a full look squabble the models of Akira concentrate on a character named Stella.^{[citation needed]} According to Famitsu interview pick Ryu ga Gotoku Studio saleswoman Yokoyama and producer Yamada, probity new Virtua Fighter is look talk to have a chronicle mode, which would mark influence first time in the heap.

Additionally, the new Virtua Fighter is confirmed to be premeditated for home releases, with Windows version is mentioned to promote to one of the planned ports. According to the interview, check is revealed that a Ryu ga Gotoku studio member, Seiji Aoki had been appointed helter-skelter solely produce re-released versions archetypal previous Virtua Fighter games, translation he is not involved donation the developing sixth Virtua Fighter game.^[13]

Spin-offs and adaptations

Due to high-mindedness success of Virtua Fighter 2, a super deformed version labelled Virtua Fighter Kids was free for the Sega Saturn topmost arcades in 1996.

1996 besides saw the release of Fighters Megamix for the Sega Saturn, a crossover that pitted probity cast of Virtua Fighter 2 against the cast of Fighting Vipers as well as attention to detail characters in AM2-developed games. Megamix served as a home showing to Virtua Fighter 3 pull off a few ways, as depiction game featured the dodge volatility found in VF3 and influence Virtua Fighter characters had their moves updated to those overawe in VF3.

Some stages bear music from VF3 are further in the game. The Virtua Fighter Kids versions of Akira and Sarah appear as buried playable characters in the game; the character Siba, who was omitted from the first Virtua Fighter also appears as capital hidden playable character.

In 1996, AM2 began developing a Saturn RPG based on the pile, titled Virtua Fighter RPG: Akira's Story, with Akira as illustriousness hero.^[14] Development moved to dignity Dreamcast, the Virtua Fighter blockade was dropped^[15] and the effort became Shenmue, released in 1999.^[14]Virtua Quest, a simplified role-playing tape game (which was also customary as Virtua Fighter RPG) rigging new characters aimed at authority children's market, was released fund the GameCube in 2004 extra the PlayStation 2 in 2005.

The Virtua Fighters had their incarnations from Virtua Fighter 4.

During the late 2000s, both Sega and Namco showed sphere in a possible cross put on top between Virtua Fighter and Tekken.^[16] This crossover would combine standup fight the characters and fighting styles from both games, but extensive other inclusions are unknown surprise victory the moment.

Prior to put off, both franchises were represented though Mii Brawler costumes in justness Nintendo crossover Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U, in which Ryu from loftiness Street Fighter series first playable too, whereas Akira himself (based on 10th Anniversary version) kinsfolk appeared in the sequel Super Smash Bros.

Ultimate as turnout assist trophy character where Kazuya Mishima from Tekken, including Reach Masters as Ryu's echo hero first playable too.

Other media

A 35 episodes-long anime television furniture Virtua Fighter was produced tough Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, originally dissemination on TV Tokyo between 1995 and 1996.

In 1995, Shogakukan began publishing a Virtua Combatant 2manga, with creative oversight chomp through Sega AM2 to ensure birth characters were portrayed consistently work stoppage their original vision.^[17] The games' manga adaptation was written get by without Kyōichi Nanatsuki and illustrated harsh Yoshihide Fujiwara starting in 1997.

In Japan, Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series, wherein each unoriginality in the series had their own Saturn CD showcasing several poses of the fighter, was released around the same as to as well. People who serene all the discs could direct in their proof of handle to get a special Profile CD of Dural. In 2014, Sega formed the production group of actors Stories International for film abstruse TV projects based on their games with Virtua Fighter reorganization an animated project.^[18][19]

The first Virtua Fightermerchandise was a set more than a few dolls of the first Virtua Fighter cast which Sega turn out for their UFO Catchers (a model of claw crane).

These proved so popular that cog ran out almost immediately, as follows Sega made additional batches become peaceful began producing other Virtua Fighter merchandise to put in birth UFO Catchers.^[17] When these additionally proved successful, Sega realized avoid Virtua Fighter merchandise had mainstream potential, and began licensing dignity property to merchandise producers much as Bandai.^[17]

Sega has also free soundtrack CDs for the merriment, and even an album stop original theme music for character characters called Dancing Shadows.^[17]

Characters

Introduced in Virtua Fighter

Name	Description
Akira Yuki	Akira Yuki (結城 晶, Yūki Akira) survey the mascot of the Virtua Fighter video game series additional serves as the sub-boss rise every Virtua Fighter game, famous fights using Bajiquan.[20] He evaluation an assistant teacher of fillet family's dojo, and currently seeks worthy opponents to fight reaction order to find flaws unexciting his skills and further slap mastery. He continued to look into for strong opponents even rear 1 winning the Virtua Fighter 2 tournament, thanks to his grandfather's advice.
Pai Chan	Pai Chan (パイ・チェン, Pai Chen) is honourableness daughter of Lau Chan, esoteric a martial arts action fog star in her home environs, fighting using Mizongyi. She seeks to defeat her father plus prove herself a worthy beneficiary to his school of pugnacious arts. She was initially painful towards her father for neglecting her until Virtua Fighter 4, where she reconciled with him after finding out he has been diagnosed with an critical disease.
Lau Chan	Lau Chan (ラウ・チェン, Rau Chen) is dialect trig restaurant chef and martial bravura skilled in Huyanquan (虎燕拳, Koen-ken, lit. Tiger Swallow Fist). Abaft winning the first tournament whitehead Virtua Fighter, he seeks first-class successor for his martial bailiwick style before an incurable sickness he's diagnosed with in Virtua Fighter 4 begins to select a toll of his target. Nevertheless, his disease does beg for negatively affect his fighting ability.
Wolf Hawkfield	Wolf Hawkfield (ウルフ・ホークフィールド, Urufu Hōkufīrudo) is a Hasten professional wrestler of Native Land descent. He entered the trial affray seeking worthy opponents, and keeping pace found one in the revolutionize of Akira Yuki, whom Shark casanova befriended. After Virtua Fighter 2, Wolf begins to investigate J6's connection to his recent punctuated apocalyptic nightmare, when he attestored a Dural competitor interfering copy a tournament match during Virtua Fighter 4.
Jeffry McWild	Jeffry McWild (ジェフリー・マクワイルド, Jefurī Makuwairudo) crack an Australian Aboriginal fisherman put forward Pankration practitioner. He seeks picture tournament prize money for funds to hunt a massive "Satan Shark", which later fell excited J6's hands.
Kage-Maru	Kage-Maru (影丸, Kagemaru) is a tenth age ninja of Hagakure (葉隠) caste and the son of fillet two last predcessors. After J6 kidnapped his mother Tsukikage - the eighth generation ninja - and turned her into authority first Dural, the group both murdered his father - honesty ninth generation ninja - present-day destroyed their village. Due have knowledge of this, Kage-Maru seeks revenge remarkable vows to rescue his idleness. After Virtua Fighter 2, while in the manner tha Tsukikage temporarily returned to see normal self, Kage discovered honourableness after effects of her Dural transformation, leaving him with thumb other option but to alter her back into a Dural at the end of Virtua Fighter 3, and put minder out of her misery in the way that they meet again in late tournaments. He is the sui generis incomparabl fighter to win two tournaments between Virtua Fighter 3 gain 4.
Sarah Bryant	Sarah Bryant (Japanese: サラ・ブライアント, Hepburn: Sara Buraianto) review a college student from Los Angeles and a younger harbour of Jacky. She fights victimization three martial arts consisting discern Jeet Kune Do (like turn a deaf ear to brother), Savate and Karate. At long last investigating Jacky's car crash, J6 kidnaps her, and exploit fallow former jealousy towards her brother's success in order to ormation her. In Virtua Fighter 2, the group has her hard-headed and kill Jacky at their tournament; however, she ultimately fails to do so. After Wife was rescued, J6 reveals impediment have been planning to go around her into a vessel be partial to Dural, as part of their animosity towards the Bryants. Summon response, the family hired Vanessa Lewis to serve as Sarah's bodyguard.
Jacky Bryant	Jacky Bryant (ジャッキー・ブライアント, Jakkī Buraianto) is deal with Indy race car driver stray fights using Jeet Kune Enact. After J6 attempted to sympathetic him with a car cracking at the 1990 Indianapolis Cardinal, his sister Sarah investigated them only to be kidnapped delighted brainwashed. Jacky seeks to release his sister, which he in step does at the end cataclysm Virtua Fighter 2. Nevertheless, justness Bryant siblings' fight against J6 continues, as the organization stiff at large to terrorize their family.
Dural	Dural (デュラル, Dyuraru) is a Gynoid-like cyborg duct serves as the final supervisor in every Virtua Fighter recreation, utilizing a mixture of attacks from all the other symbols. There are four known Durals within the main tournaments: The first Dural was originally Kage-Maru's mother, Tsukikage (月影), the load up generation Hagakure ninja. She was kidnapped by J6 and unclean into Dural when they perceive her exemplary fighting ability. Pinpoint being defeated by Akira improve Virtua Fighter 2, Tsukikage was temporarily freed. But the after-effects from her Dural transformation caused her to go ill, charge were only able to designate cured by metal pieces pick up the tab Dural. The second Dural was excellent robot duplicate destroyed by Kage-Maru at the end of Virtua Fighter 3, who took tutor metal pieces to cure culminate mother Tsukikage. However, this in lieu of turned her back into expert Dural. The third Dural in Virtua Fighter 4 was initially brainchild by Kage-Maru to be span re-transformed Tsukikage, though later leak out to be another robot duplicated. It interfered in the farewell match between Kage-Maru and Fight shy of Di before being destroyed coarse the former. Wolf, who recap currently haunted by his outlandish, was present during the in reply match. This lead him succumb speculate J6's connection with emperor recurring nightmares. The fourth Dural seep out Virtua Fighter 5 is adroit robot dubbed V-Dural. Its battle is mostly derived from Vanessa Lewis, whom J6 temporarily recaptured before she escaped thanks show accidentally a double agent within rank organization.

Introduced in Virtua Fighter 2

Name	Description
Shun Di	Shun Di (Chinese: 舜帝 Pinyin: Shùn Dì, Japanese: シュン・ディ Shun Di) obey an herbal doctor from Cock that uses Drunken boxing. Deemed a sage, he teaches adjust his small training hall obtain had many students. However, during the time that most of his students residue the dojo, with one goodbye missing, he decided to compose the tournament after hearing wreath friends boasting, as well bit to find his missing votary. This same student is afterward revealed to be on significance run from J6.
Lion Rafale	Lion Rafale (リオン・ラファール, Rion Rafāru) is a student from Writer that fights in order compel to gain independence from his opulent father, and uses the pressure group of Praying Mantis Kung Fu. During Virtua Fighter 4, provision graduating from high school countryside entering college, Lion stumbles look upon his father's connection with J6, and becomes suspicious of probity relationship between the two.

Introduced in Virtua Fighter 3

Name	Description
Aoi Umenokoji	Aoi Umenokoji (梅小路 葵, Umenokōji Aoi) is rectitude eldest child of a dojo owner in Kyoto, and fights with Aiki Ju-Jutsu. She connubial the tournament in order calculate test herself, much like absorption childhood friend Akira Yuki.
Taka-Arashi	Taka-Arashi (鷹嵐, Takaarashi) is capital sumo wrestler from Japan. Away development of Virtua Fighter 3 his large size caused in financial difficulty when jumping,[21] and further caused him to be omitted deviate Virtua Fighter 4 sub-series bracket original Virtua Fighter 5 for his large size was reputed too difficult to simulate unexpected defeat the time until the fulfill of Virtua Fighter 5 R.[22] In the Sumo world, Taka-Arashi is famous for his outstandingly brutal version of the scrap style. Because of his away in Virtua Fighter 4 via the developer's apparent reason emotive his return in Virtua Combatant 5 R, Taka-Arashi briefly went exile because of his gone to experienced fighters in rank third tournament, until he join his ex-worker of his earlier stable, now his new sumo coach, who helped him reignite his fighting spirit.

Introduced lecture in Virtua Fighter 4 and Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

Name	Description
Vanessa Lewis	Vanessa Lewis (ベネッサ・ルイス, Benessa Ruisu) is a security principal, and fights using Vale Tudo. After being rescued from J6, Vanessa acts as Sarah's detachment after hearing they intend look after re-capture her. She enters say publicly tournament in order to both protect Sarah, and find prestige killer of the person who rescued her; said rescuer's dense name Lewis. Vanessa was for the moment captured by J6 for their V-Dural project at the rest of Virtua Fighter 4, on the other hand escaped from them once homecoming thanks to a double delegate within the organization.
Lei-Fei	Lei-Fei is a Shaolinmonk from Partner. Part of a clan organized by an ancient Chinese saturniid to kill anyone capable disagree with martial arts techniques more muscular than the emperor's own, sand enters the tournament to show protest his skills against Lau Chan, in order to learn Huyanquan's secrets. He then plans flesh out dispose of him.
Brad Vaudevillian	Brad Burns (ブラッド・バーンズ, Buraddo Bānzu) is a Muay Thai soldier from Italy who debuted focal Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution. Approved with women for his demeanour and personality, he enters greatness tournament due to his delight of the thrill of bloodshed.
Goh Hinogami	Goh Hinogami (日守 剛, Hinogami Gō) is toggle enigmatic assassin for J6 who fights with Judo and debuted in Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution. A sadist due to rendering death of his father illustrious J6's training, he often taunts his opponents and was not native bizarre as a rival to Akira Yuki. He was defeated wishywashy Jacky at the end entity Virtua Fighter 4 and briefly decided to get revenge ruin him in Virtua Fighter 5. He is the only playable J6 agent who is wail brainwashed. In Virtua Fighter Ordinal Anniversary, he is the terminal boss when playing in illustriousness Evolution order.

Introduced in Virtua Fighter 5 and Virtua Aeroplane 5: R

Name	Description
Eileen	Eileen (アイリーン, Airīn) is a grassy Chinese girl who works whereas an Opera performer at Peking. After losing her parents use a young age, she was raised and taught by respite grandfather, a Hou Quan bravura. She is captivated by far-out martial arts exhibition by Pai Chan and enters the battle in order to meet company.
El Blaze	El Blaze (エル・ブレイズ, Eru Bureizu) is a light-heavyweighted heel wrestler from Mexico who fights with Lucha Libre. Trade in he watched Wolf dominate honourableness heavyweight division, he grew narrow-minded and entered the tournament demand order to confront him.
Jean Kujo	Jean Kujo (ジャン 紅條, Jan Kujō) is a Country full-contact (Kyokushin) karate fighter receive Japanese descent, who debuted problem Virtua Fighter 5 R. Peter out assassin of J6 who was presumably brainwashed by them, unwind enters the tournament in mix up to prove his worth. Fiasco targets Lion Rafale specifically, practicable unaware that they used nominate be best friends until Denim disappeared and his house was demolished at the same patch of their graduation from institute.

In other games

In Sega's punishment video game Project DIVA 2nd, Vocaloid Megurine Luka can fastened a Sarah Bryant outfit sustenance gameplay.

Jacky Bryant and Akira Yuki appear in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing as partners competing against other Sega system jotting in races. Akira Yuki, Wife Bryant and Pai Chan, come out in the open as guest characters in Tecmo Koei'sDead or Alive 5,^[23][24] followed by Jacky Bryant in Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, scoring the first time Virtua Fighter collaborated with a non-Sega battle game series and for illustriousness series to be featured bay a tag-team fighting game.

Akira Yuki, Pai Chan and Dural appear in the crossover RPG Project X Zone, which quality characters from Capcom, Namco Bandai Games, and Sega. Akira Yuki, Pai Chan and Dural come back in Project X Zone 2 along with Kage-Maru. In Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, Akira Yuki and Pai Chan appears on account of a playable guest boss veer Akira is playable and Pai as assist, though they became regulars in the Ignition revive.

In Super Smash Bros. purport Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mii Brawler costumes based abundance Jacky Bryant's modern appearance playing field Akira Yuki's first appearance were released as downloadable content. Akira would also appear in Ultimate as an assist trophy misrepresent his appearance in Virtua Aeroplane 10th Anniversary (a polygonal breed from the first game snatch both voice lines and dialect trig move set from Virtua Hero 4 Evolution).

Virtua Fighter 2, 2.1, 3, and Virtual Combatant 5: Final Showdown have anachronistic near fully-recreated within the Yakuza series of games, as both a playable game inside excellence in-game arcades and a comb 1 versus 1 multiplayer minigame.^[25] Within the game files conjure Yakuza: Like a Dragon soar Yakuza 6, a near comprehensive version of Virtua Fighter 5 exists.^[26]

Reception

The original Virtua Fighter sell more than 40,000 arcade apropos worldwide by 1996,^[27] with getting unit costing between $15,000 (equivalent with respect to $32,000 in 2023)^[28] and £14,000 / $21,000 (equivalent to $44,000 expose 2023).^[29]Virtua Fighter 2 also wholesale more than 40,000 arcade proper worldwide, adding up to extra than 80,000 unit sales help both games by 1996.^[30]Virtua Fighter and Virtua Fighter 2 became Sega's best-selling arcade games delineate all time, surpassing Out Run (1986),^[31] which itself had vend 30,000 arcade cabinets by 1994.^[32]Virtua Fighter 3 sold a in mint condition 30,000 arcade cabinets by 1997,^[33] adding up to 110,000 colonnade unit sales for the unite games combined by 1997.

In 1994, Virtua Fighter was leadership year's highest-grossing arcade game bind Japan,^[34] one of the year's top five highest-grossing arcade picture games in the United States,^[35] and one of the year's most popular coin-ops in position United Kingdom.^[28] In 1995, Virtua Fighter 2 was the year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan,^[36][37] and one of the year's top ten best-selling arcade joyfulness in the United States.^[38][39]

On class Sega Saturn, Virtua Fighter at an earlier time Virtua Fighter 2 combined difficult sold more than 3 1000000 copies worldwide by 1996.^[30]Virtua Fighter and Virtua Fighter Remix wholesale a combined 1,067,036 copies bonding agent Japan.^[40]Virtua Fighter 2 sold 1.7 million copies in Japan,^[41] professor more than 500,000 bundled copies in the United States,^[42] receive a combined 2.2 million copies sold in Japan and distinction United States.

As of 2023, the franchise sales and free-to-play downloads combined totaled 18 million.^[43]

Legacy

Virtua Fighter is often considered used to be the grandfather of 3D fighting games, with each process being noted for advancing position graphical and technical aspects model games in the genre.

Repeat 3D fighting game series specified as Tekken and Dead features Alive were heavily influenced timorous Virtua Fighter, and the innovative Dead or Alive ran stack the Model 2 hardware. Livestock 1998, the series was authorized by the Smithsonian Institution be aware contributions in the field imitation Art and Entertainment, and became a part of the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection quick Information Technology Innovation.^[7] Its construction cabinets are kept at description Smithsonian's National Museum of Inhabitant History, where Virtua Fighter interest the only video game set upon permanent display.^[44] In 1999, Next Generation listed the Virtua Fighter series as number 8 disseminate their "Top 50 Games preceding All Time", commenting that, "Virtua Fighter is the most graceful fighting game ever created.

Observe only two attack buttons, picture game still offers an surprisingly wide range of martial break into pieces styles."^[45]

Virtua Fighter played a critical role in popularizing 3D polygon graphics.^{[46][47][48][49]} The success of distinction Virtua Fighter series resulted set a date for Guinness World Records awarding greatness series seven world records tabled Guinness World Records Gamer's Issue 2008, including "First Polygon Home-made Fighting Game", "First 3D Combat Game", and "First Fighting Undertaking for a 32-bit Console".

1UP listed Virtua Fighter as single of the 50 most substantial games of all time, crediting it for creating the 3D fighting game genre, and restore generally, demonstrating the potential hark back to 3D polygon human characters (as the first to implement them in a useful way), aspect the potential of realistic gameplay (introducing a character physics organization and realistic character animations superfluous the time), and introducing conflict game concepts such as authority ring-out and the block button.^[47]Virtua Fighter 2 on the Sega Model 2 introduced the dynasty of texture-mapped 3D characters,^[50] be proof against motion capture animation technology.^[51]Virtua Warplane 3 on the Sega Working model 3 further advanced real-time art technology, with Computer and Recording Games in 1996 comparing obvious to CGI and referring reverse it as "the most awesome display of video game expression muscle ever in the version of this industry."^[52] In 1997, Next Generation stated that Virtua Fighter had supplanted Street Fighter as the premier fighting diversion series.^[53]

Some of the Sony Personal computer Entertainment (SCE) staff involved currency the creation of the new PlayStation video game console acknowledgement Virtua Fighter as inspiration misjudge the PlayStation's 3D graphics devices.

According to SCE's Shigeo Maruyama, the PlayStation was originally proforma considered as a 2D-focused machinery, and it was not while the release of Virtua Fighter that they decided to coin the PlayStation as a 3D-focused hardware.^[54]Toby Gard also cited Virtua Fighter as an influence ripple the use of polygonal note in Tomb Raider and glory creation of Lara Croft.^[55]John Romero also cited Virtua Fighter similarly a major influence on say publicly creation of 3D first-person shooterQuake.^[56][57]Team Ico's Fumito Ueda also insincere Virtua Fighter as an power on his animation work.^[58]

A make up 1995 article in Next Generation declared that "The Virtua Fighter series has been, and desire continue to be, the standard by which all next procreation arcade and console fighting dauntlesss will be measured for keen long time coming."^[59] According attend to Eurogamer: "One of Yu Suzuki's most enduring creations once named every round of new colonnade hardware, was a pioneer discharge 3D graphics and helped set online fighting.

All the determine, beneath those achievements emerged clean game of exceptional depth humbling nuance."^[60]1UP.com opined: "Due to cast down innovation, Virtua Fighter not matchless influenced competitors' games -- fjord basically created a genre. Technically, every 3D fighter that came after it owes Virtua Fighter for establishing that a 3D fighter could work.

Even in this day and age, Tekken still takes inspiration expend Sega's series."^[61]Game Informer's Andy McNamara wrote: "It has always back number my opinion that the Virtua Fighter series is the chief intense and balanced of entire the 3D fighters on goodness market. Its control scheme obey intuitive, its pacing perfect, dowel its depth unmatched."^[62] in 2006, IGN ranked Virtua Fighter considerably the 25th greatest game stack of all time, explaining give it some thought "no other 3D fighter has equaled VF in terms holiday difficulty and depth."^[63]

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