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For all aspiring Aoi players out there, this video is a definite must-see. Resident Aoi expert, kingo, has been hard at work in the background with not only updating the Aoi Combo List and Aoi Strategy page, but has recently put together this great video showcase of Aoi's combos in Version C.

For a more indepth discussion on these combos, please refer to kingo's original post Aoi VF5 vers. C combos video in the Aoi forum.

Shidosha streamed live from Pax East, courtesy of SEGA, Twitch TV, and Beyond Gaming! Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown is being demoed at the Boston event!

Check out his stream embedded below or at http://www.twitch.tv/shidosha

Update: Sunday Stream is over. Any additional information from the event will be posted in this news topic thread. Links to past streams <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/shidosha
/b/314107575" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friday</a> / Saturday / Sunday

For summary or answers to common questions related to the console of the game, please check the VF5 Final Showdown Console FAQ.

Embedded below is Shidosha's interview with Frank Hom. All VF5FS videos from the Pax East event were uploaded to Shidosha's Beyond Gaming Page: youtube.com/beyondgamingNET

The second half of the 13th VFR Season begins with a 3on3 Railway tournament April 5th around 6 PM JST. This event is expected to be streamed either on VFRTV channel or Nistel Jacky's Channel.

For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread.


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Famitsu story previewing VF5FS for console! The article starts off with bits of information related to the Xbox 360 version including some background on Jean and Taka. More interesting was an interview of the console port team: Toru Murayama (Director, Left) and Yusaku Egami (Game Designer, Right). Both of them had previously worked on the Daytona USA port.

Update: Click on the news headline (or go to the second post of this topic) for Reno's translation/summary of the interview.

The VF5FS pre-console tournament series at South Town Arcade (STA) continues! This is the second out of five scheduled tournaments at STA and will be streamed on Iplaywinner, March 30th, 2012. The tournament is expected to start around 7 PM PST.

Can't make it to this tournament, but is interested in playing VF5FS before the console version is released? You still have three more times to play the game at STA! For additional information, please check the South Town Arcade VF5FS Tournament Series Thread.


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A VF5FS Pre-launch Party on May 19th, 2012 at Los Angeles, CA hosted by Level|Up's Alex Valle. This is an invitation only party with star players - Chibita and Fuudo attending!

Go to Iam8bit Website to request an invitation! Limited capacity only so good luck to those that can make it and were able to get an invitation! If you are one of the unlucky ones, you can still watch the event live on Level|Up Live.

Original Story came from Sega's Blog. Discuss travel plans and arrangements in the Tournament/Event Thread.

Scotland's 2012 Hypespotting Event will take place in Glasgow on March 24th to 25th! Due to online voting polls, the original VF5 game was selected as one of the four singles tournaments to be featured in this event. If you could not attend the event, please show your support by watching the online stream at VS Scotland channel! Tentative schedule for the VF portion:

Saturday, March 24th 2PM-3PM GMT
Sunday, March 25th 12PM-1PM GMT

For more information about this event, check out: Hypespotting Website, VS Scotland Website, or Seidon's Hypespotting Thread.

We will update this topic with the latest streaming information when available.

The official VF5FS side tournament at NorCal Regional will take place on March 24-25 in San Francisco, CA. Based on the Saturday Schedule / Sunday Schedule (thanks to 001 for links), VF5FS will be streamed on both days for the:

Top 8 Matches: March 24th, 7:00PM PST - 8:30PM PST
Top 3 Matches: March 25th, 2:30PM - 3:30 PM PST

For more information about this event, please check the NorCal Regional 10 Website and the Previous VFDC NCR 10 News Topic. VF5FS will be streamed on Iplaywinner. We will update this topic with the latest streaming information when available.

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner/b/312769903 (Top 8 starts at 0:03:00)
http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner/b/312844115 (Top 3 starts at 4:05:00)

The second volume of the 2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup season will be held and streamed on March 25th, 1PM JST on: Newton Live. Team Satani Fantastic Circus (ä½è°·å¤§ã‚µãƒ¼ã‚«ã‚¹) dominated the first volume (159 players) by taking first and second place (Team Members: Kuuchou (KA) / Jin (KA) / Mukki Akira (AK) / Homestay Akira (AK)).

The Bay Area Cups 3on3 tournaments are unique in that teams made at the beginning of the season remains the same at the end of the season. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread. The second post in the thread have a list of teams and team members participating in the Bay Area Cups (not comprehensive).


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Even though the official major Sega tournaments--Kakutou Shinseiki VI and Battle Audition 4th season--have recently ended, there are plenty of high level tournament events from Japan. This weekend alone there will be three 3on3 Bay Area Cups! With volume 4 of the Kansai Bay Area Cup, there appears to be three teams separating from the rest of the pack - Team Family Gyouza (ファミリー餃å­) / Team Bikkuriman (ビックリマン) / Team Yuunagi Kindgom (夕凪キングダム). This event is expected to be streamed live on the Kansai Bay Channel on March 25th, 2 PM JST tournament start time.

For more information on this event series and the VFR season, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season. The second post in the thread have a list of teams and team members participating in the Bay Area Cups (not comprehensive).

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