Kamaage: VF5R for console effort

Please release VF5R on consoles. The VF series is the best 3D fighting game series and VF5 is my favorite game on the 360.

 

I have had the joy of playing Virtua Fighter since the original on Sega Saturn and it was because of these ports that I was introduced to such a wonderful franchise. I was a little disappointed when we didn't get a port of VF4: Final Tuned, but it was fine since we got VF5 later on the PS3 and XBOX 360. Although, I was disappointed when I saw that online was scrapped for the PS3 release and it was only for the 360 version.

Seeing as how the PS2 went from VF4 to VF4: Evolution, I would think the PS3 would go from VF5 to VF5: R as well. This would finally give PS3 users a chance to play online this time and there are plenty of new features from VF5 to VF5: R that we can enjoy this game as a new experience! It has been so long since I have played VF these days because I am waiting for a new one, but I see there have been no plans to port VF5: R to consoles, so this saddens me.

We may very well have to wait until VF6 before playing a port, but if it takes that long, I think I may lose faith in AM2 as well as Sega for their lack of interest in their fans. Clearly, many many people want a port of VF5: R, so please answer our request by porting this wonderful game to consoles and giving us a chance to enjoy it just as the people in the arcade do! I really hope you take this into consideration, Sega.

Thank you!

Tetsuya from United States

 

I played Virtua Fighter the first time back in 1994 when I was 14 years old. I played all of the VF in the arcades and rent them on the consoles. Yhe only ones that I didn't play in the arcades was VF4 and VF5. I bought in 2008 VF5 for the PS3. I really hope that Sega ports VF5r to the consoles.

Carmin Pierre
L'Islet,Quebec,Canada

 

Thanks Kamaage.

message for AM2 and all SEGA staffs:

I`ve been playing VF2,3,4( in arcade ),5( in console ) for over 15 years. In Korea, the Virtua Fighter is no more available in arcade center since VF5. But that`s not means no more VFers in Korea. Arcade center in Korea is decreasing in number in last about 10 years, because of the explosive growth of online PC Game, crisis of illegal casino game center, and etc. it makes arcade centers passive in new gaming facility investment, so arcade centers are filled with relatively low priced game machines( like Tekken... ) gradually.

But, many VFers in Korea, who played VF since 90`s, who losed their beloved VF, always have been waiting VF. They all, I guarantee they all, bought VF5 for XBOX360, or bought XBOX360 for VF5, like me We`ve played VF5 by console fully joyfully. But now, we know this VF5 is not newest version of VF series, and we all want enjoy the newest series of VF, but we have no way for it :-<

So we request VF5R on console. For us, for other foreign fans who can`t playing VF series no more, VF5R in console will be great pleasure. we will waiting, as we`ve waiting.

Won-ho Lee, Seoul, Korea.

 

Hi Kamaage and Sega, thanks for listening. OK, here is my VF brain dump...(It's 3am, I should be in bed, but this is how much I want VF5R!)

First time I heard of VF? 1994, when a school friend came back from Euro Disney (now Disneyland Paris), raving about this 3D street fighter-like game he'd been playing in the arcades. First time I played it? At a computer fair, spring 1995, on a Japanese Saturn. And soon after I played Virtua Fighter 2 in an arcade on a ferry crossing from England to France (and spent most of the holiday perusing the movelist printed in Sega Magazine - and looking at Sarah's fine assests).

My first home console version was Virtua Fighter 32X for Christmas 1995 - I couldn't believe that I could actually play it at home! Incredible.

Virtua Fighter 2 on Saturn blew my mind, and I waited patiently to get VF3tb on Dreamcast, which is an excellent conversion in my eyes, of one of the greatest games ever (visually out of this universe in 1996!)

So many memories associated with VF...playing VF4 for first time in Meadowhall Shopping Centre, on a weekend back home from my job in the south (getting nailed by Kage, as usual).

But alas...there are no VF cabinets near to where I live anymore. The only one I've seen in recent years is a VF3 cabinet at a local coastal resort, which has a broken joystick, and sits in the corner, rejected. It's sad.

I've never seen VF5 in an arcade, never mind 5R. But I love to play VF5 on Xbox 360. I've played this game more than any other VF over the years, and it inspired me to invest in a fightstick for the first time, which I'm currently customising with VF and AM2 artwork.

VF5 gave me my first taste of decent human opposition (the online mode is fantastic), and has encouraged me to experiment with different fighters, beyond my usual choice.

VF5 is poetry in motion, as powerful, graceful and balanced as Martial Arts itself.

But there are so many additions in VF5R, that I'm longing to play this game. Please release it on console (and in the West) - I guarantee that I will buy it. Twice if that helps. Ten times if that sweetens the deal.

I love the characters, the gameplay, the graphics. It's a classic franchise, worthy of its inclusion in the Smithsonian Institute, and of its 24th ranking (VF5) in Edge magazine's top 100 of the best games to play today (2009). It should be sent into space if they ever launch another Voyager mission, representing the pinnacle of humanity's entertainment software development.

I love Virtua Fighter so much that I even modelled my avatar in Mass Effect on Vanessa - that's right, Vanessa Shepard (lol) is currently saving the galaxy. But she'd much rather be kicking Jean's and Taka's asses, in some swanky new getup, in VF5R!

In 1995, Sega Magazine in the UK ran a competition to design a new character for the up and coming VF3 (to win a Saturn and games, not to actually have the fighter included in VF3, but a boy could dream). Of course, loads of kids sent in their designs. It was great fun. I was positive that I'd created the greatest fighter of all time, though looking back, my character, Mike, a soccer player from the USA, with a variety of soccer-themed moves, probably wouldn't have sat quite right alongside Aoi and Akira. (Maybe he'll make his debut in VF6?) The winning design was Marianne, a very well-realised nun from Italy. Would've loved to see her in-game, actually.

I bought the VF 10th Anniversary game from Japan, complete with book and DVD, when I couldn't even read or speak Japanese! And on a side note, VF is one of the reasons I'm learning Japanese, as I hope to one day spend some time in Japan, including some VF arcade time!

My collection of VF is as follows: VF (32X), VF (Sat), VF2 (Sat), Fighters Megamix (Sat), VF3tb (DC PAL & NTSC), VF4 (PS2), VF4 Evo (PS2), VF5 (360), VF Remix (PC). Shenmue was incredible, and I've been meaning to pick up Virtua Quest on GC. The quite obvious ommission? VF5R!

Now is the time for beat 'em ups. People are hungry for them, thanks to SFIV's mainstream success. Now is the perfect time to expose the un-initiated to VF, and what better game to achieve that than VF5R on consoles!

Virtua Fighter ga dai-suki desu!

Tim, Doncaster, UK

 

I first played Virtua Fighter 2 on the Sega Saturn back in 1996, it was so fluid and competitive. It was amazing how each fighter felt so different compared to the competition at the time. That same attention to detail is still well and strong in the new VF games. Please, give us the chance to play this new rendition of VF5, we are arcade starved here in the US!

 

dear sega my name is john martinez and i live in lousiana and im a huge fan of virtua fighter played all of the games yet i cannot get enough the virtua fighter series holds a special place in my heart only a few games have done that so please bring vf5r to consoles

 

I lend my support to this initiative.

 

I definitely support this.

 

I started playing VF5 more or less one year ago, and i think is one of the best beat'em up.
Time ago a friend told me about VF5R, and i would like to try the evolution of this great game with my own hands.
I hope the community message is not going to be ignored.

Mattia Fregiaro, Alessandria, Italy

 

Hi! I hope to see VF5R on consoles, is one of my favorite fighting games, I´m from Spain and here aren't VF5R arcade machines and the Spanish VF comunity needs the console version to play this marvelous game, please SEGA make a console version for your fans ^^, I think this game can sell very well, of course I will buy the xbox360 and ps3 version (I already have VF5 in ps3&xbox360 haha) sorry for my poor english, thanks a lot!

Daniel Garcia, Alicante, Spain.

 

My name is Kristoffer Ommen,and i live in Norway. I have only been playing Virtua Fighter for 2 years, but i really think its the best fighter out there, by far. But every time i want to play, all i can think off is that i am playing an old and dead version of the game, and i cant really get as much into it when i watch stuff from SBO or other tournaments, since we are playing a totaly different game!
We REALLY need Virtua Fighter 5R on console.

 

I've always been a big fighting game fan, having played the Virtua Fighter series since the first title debuted in the arcades. I went on to buy a Dreamcast to play VF3TB, and I bought a PS2 specifically to play VF4 Evo - my favourite game of all time.

In recent years however, I have grown disenchanted with the genre. The latest editions of many of the other established franchises (Tekken 6, Street Fighter 4 and King of Fighters XII) have been nothing but disappointments. As a consequence I have found myself playing fighting games less and less. The only game that would make me return to playing fighting games competitively again would be VF5R. Nothing would please me more than to see the latest edition of my favourite get a ported to 360 and PS3.

Please Sega, make it happen!


Ron Greening, Derbyshire. England

 

Sega you need to support the community outside of japan so please give us a console port..

 

My message to SEGA:

My first experience with Virtua Fighter was playing VF2 in an arcade as a child. While I had no idea of how to play properly, the game looked incredible and I enjoyed watching others play. A couple of years later I remember seeing VF3 at one of the arcades that used to be around and often played during 'super sessions' where you pay for entry to the arcade while all games are on free-play. I was quite bad at it but started playing fighting games more seriously around that time.
By the time I was in my teenage years I was trying to collect as many fighting games as possible and I happened to see VF4:Evolution. I purchased it immediately and was excited to have the chance to learn the game properly unlike the random play of my childhood. When I entered the training mode I was blown away, no other game I had played before or even since then has made such an effort to teach its players how to play the game. It drove you to persevere in landing the sample combos and advanced defensive techniques shown. I tried getting friends interested in the game but at that time Tekken5 was close to release and without an arcade machine to play on there was less of a reason to learn the game. I ended up becoming a part of the competitive Tekken scene in my city however I always lamented that there wasn't a similar scene for VF.
When the PS3 was announced I wasn't particularly interested since most launch games aren't that great but upon hearing that VF5 would be a launch title I immediately pre-ordered the system along with the game. I worked on learning more about the game including browsing forums and going to VF gatherings on occasion but my interest waned upon knowing that the version I had was eventually outdated by the Xbox 360 version and then that VF5:R was being developed and then released without any sign of a console release.
Even though I rarely play VF5 in my own time now I still enjoy playing against others and even competed in a tournament recently even though I didn't compete in the Tekken6 tournament which I was actually running at the event.
I really do hope that VF5:R does receive a console release, not only for the players who have followed the series since the beginning but for all the new players entering fighting games who are open to learn a deep and extremely fulfilling game. Like many others I would buy it immediately upon release.

Gab Ferrada
Melbourne
Australia

 

1. Document purpose- This is a time when Virtua Fighter can crush the Tekken series in popularity and quality! Let's be honest here. There has never been a better time when Virtua Fighter can shine so much and overshadow Tekken. The honest truth is Tekken has been the most popular 3D fighter because it has been on the very popular 'Playstation' consoles while Virtua Fighter has stayed on the much lesser popular, less powerful Sega consoles. Ever since Virtua Fighter moved to the very same consoles as Tekken ( VF4 on playstation 2, VF5 playstation 3, VF5online Xbox360), the Tekken series has looked bad. Never in the entire history of the Tekken series has the Tekken franchise look so outclassed and beaten than now. Tekken 6 looks so very average next to Virtua Fighter 5 online on my xbox360. Now that Virtua Fighter is on the very same popular consoles, its time for Virtua Fighter 5R to shine and show the world that VF is the ultimate 3D fighter 2nd to none. If there ever was a time to overshadow Tekken it's now!
2. I am new on this website but my first Virtua Fighter experience was VF2 on sega genesis. I got VF2 on sega saturn but it wasnt as good as arcade version. I really enjoyed Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution on Playstation 2 and Virtua Fighter 5 Online on Xbox360!! I play alot of fighting games-I have every single fighting game on sega saturn, sega dreamcast, playstation 1-3, xbox and xbox360. I firmly believe VF4 Evolution on PS2 and VF5 Online on xbox360 are the two greatest console fighting games ever made. I have hundreds of home console fighting games and those two are at the top of my list.
3. My name is Daniel Alvarez from California, USA

 

Hi everyone

I recently read a topic aver TZ saying that other fighting games have gone the button mashing way to make them popular and non-competitive at all. but VF is possibly one of the survivor's of high level skill competition fighter game era. Here in my country we have some very good players, and just as Tekken 6 and Soul calibur 4 had a very nice recievement here, I really think VF5R will have a big impact if indeed ported to console.

I've been playing the game for 2 years now, I play only Virtua fighter 5 and tekken 6, nothing else (on both consoles, lol). It would be huge if a response is given to this effort. I think it's a time when developer's need to look over their long time hardcore fan's wishes are, and make a real approach to make it win-win.

Hoping for the best,

-Erick Valtierra, Mexico city.

 

VF5 R
I dream every night to play at this game!
Sega c'est plus fort que toi!

 

Hello.

My name is Yoshi. I love playing video games, and I love playing fighting games most. I heard about the petition of Virtua Fighter 5 R, and I was impressed by watching the clip of the video game because the characters move smoothly and perform their actions realistically. I would say Virtua Fighter series are not only revolutionary games among fighting games, but also among all video games that came out in history (Yes, Virtua Fighter series changed the history of the entertainment).

As someone stated earlier, I agree with him/her that SEGA should import VF5R for consoles (with additional features if possible) because we don't know when new Virtua Fighter game is coming out (I'm really afraid that it may take long like Virtua Fighter 4). I've played 3D fighting games besides Virtua Fighter series, but they are not as good as Virtua Fighter series. Yes, I understand that graphics of video games are getting better and better each year, but I've never found amazing 3D fighting game like Virtua Fighter series (well, I like Soul Calibur series, but still they are a lot different from Virtua Fighter series). In addition, the popularity of fighting games is declining year by year, so this is the chance to show how Virtua Fighter series are great video games to people.

Recently, I watched the footage of Akira vs Sarah (VF5R), and I was impressed. I wish I could play Virtua Fighter 5 R in my house, so that I can invite my friends (or friends from online) and play this game with them. I'm definitely looking forward to play this game.

Yoshi K, United States