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Virtua Fighter 5 may not have set the charts on fire over here, but it's still big business in Japan and particularly Japanese arcades - so much so that SEGA has issued Version D with special pirate levels. Obviously.
According to Famitsu.com, as spotted by Kotaku, Version D introduces the pirate-fighting Knockout Trial 2 mode for single players.
There are also new costumes, and "Official Open Battles" for Japanese arcade-goers. We asked a VF5-loving friend what that meant, and he said it sounded like the tournament system where you can get a few of your friends around the same machine, play through, and then have the results fed to the main server. Amazing.
VF5-lover also explained that some of the piratey items are actually already out in Japanese arcades, so it's not the most exciting news ever. We, and particularly this screenshot, disagree.
Version D will probably never be something we experience, but it doesn't have any major balance changes anyway so PS3 and 360-owning VFers mustn't get too upset.
For more on VF5 including PS3 and 360 reviews, check out our Virtua Fighter 5 PS3 and 360 gamepages.
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Return2Dust
07/02/08 @ 10:40
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We don't like quality fighters here in Europe. And the Japanese don't like quality action games.
They bought more copies of Xtreme beach volleyball than Ninja Gaiden... |
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dr_shambles
07/02/08 @ 10:51
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VF5 rocks, and being able to fight dressed like Bluebeard would enhance it greatly.
SEGA release this as DLC for the PS3 please! |
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Triggerhappytel
07/02/08 @ 11:13
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I haven't experienced the joys of VF5 yet, although I'm a heruuge fan of VF4 & VF4:Evo. As far as I can see, pirates would only make a good thing better. More games should have pirates.
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The_Inquisitor
07/02/08 @ 11:41
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We need some decent downloadable content,and this would definetly be worth it.
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ParanoidZombie
07/02/08 @ 11:57
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DLC, please. New achievements would be great, too. Start running... noooooooow!
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HyperShadow
07/02/08 @ 12:16
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they should just release a system update/patch to upgrade the game to D spec and add the pirate rubbish as optional DLC. Because to be honest, I'm not that bothered about pirates.
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I always wish they'd put Ryo Hazuki from Shenmue into Virtua Fighter. It seems like an obvious and easy decisions for AM2, and he'd certainly fit in well with the game.
@ Ryze - I'm in a similar situation as you, in that I'm useless at the game. It's so skill-reliant and technical that it goes beyond my Beat 'Em Up skills as a gamer. It's a shame because it really is an awesome game and has graphics that make Dead or Alive look like a decomposed Ken Dodd. |
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