Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

I think theres a thread for "what type of character I want to see in FS"

 

Are there any new vids for FS?

 

we are all waiting for that. E3 is the answer.

 

E3 wont be the answer. so better not have any hopes at E3. Sega first need an arcade release date then they're gonna release the console release date.

 

Its possible that the release date of FS for console wont be made public unitl some time after e3 but no one outside Sega is sure of this yet. There was an arcade cabinet of virtua fighter 5 at e3 june 2006 before japanese arcade saw their first delivery of version A in july so don't be too sure that Sega will pass up on e3 to make an announcement like this.

 

If anything it may just appear as a blip in their usual trailer mashups they have at E3.

 

I'm thinking they might have given us VF 3 type stages with the terrain and stuff, either that or they're main focus was on lighting due to the pics. It might be its more poetic final showdown like all the fights are set in night or high noon type settings. Kind of makes you wonder because they say the stages are the last thing they are working on.

As far as the moves list thing they were talking about how u wouldn't have to rely on so many moves. I think that's more of a mind set of the player I've seen players use only a handful of moves and due pretty damn good with that character, ( it's kind of like there style). Any way that's all my speculating for the day.

 

It looks like Final Showdown is headed for a location test in July, if news off of VF.net is any indication.

In celebration for the fourth anniversary of Virtua Fighter 5, Sega is running a special campaign where the top finishers in high score and time attack will receive huge amounts of game money to use on their characters.

In addition, on June 30th, Sega will be giving out special titles to players depending on their rank at the end of that day. Players between 1st and 10th Dan will get "Knight", the brown and silver plate ranks will get "Knight" and "Samurai Spirit", Gold ranks will get "Knight", "Samurai Spirit" and "Military Rule", and the Octillion/Artistian ranks will get those three plus "Great Authority".

Sega also released information about what will be carried over from 5R to Final Showdown. Here's the list.
All ranks will be reverted back to 1st Dan. For VF5R, depending on your rank you were placed between 1st and 5th Dan, but it seems they want everyone to start from the same rank for Final Showdown. Cards that are between 10th Kyu and 1st Kyu will keep their rank, though.

All rankings for high score, official points and whatnot will be reset to zero.

Win/Loss records will be kept intact, but everyone will start FS with a 0-0 record. You can probably change this to reflect vanilla, 5R and FS records all in one via VF.net though.

Disciple data will reset, however you will keep the same level that you ended 5R with.

Discple chips, Deshibura data, special player titles, items, orbs, fight money, item tickets and team items will be carried over to Final Showdown.

 

thx Reno

Is this going to make a big difference for you? is it disappointing to work hard to get rank and then have it deleted? then again, if they rebalance FS differently you might be able to get it back even faster!

 

July? This is great news.

 

E3 is June 15th right?

Are any of you guys going???

I really hope they say something about a console release but, at this point, I don't think anyone should be holding their breath.

@ L_A --> How positive are you that FS will be on console??? (from 1-10, 10 being the highest)

If it's a ten out of ten, I'm totally happy with that and trust you on this one completely.

 

I'm around a 100 on that scale. I'm sure it will at least get a mention at e3.

 

great the news is going to be all over this now akira.

 

Trust L_A

 

So maybe FS will have a more pronounced throw system as well ?

I always thought this system was interesting, when some AM2 people were doing stuff for Square (as Dream Factory):

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Check at 0:08 and 0:51 those throw reversals.

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Check at 0:48 a throw reversal to a (seemingly natural) back combo.

I'm sure there are better vids on the subject, but what do U think ? Would a something like Tobal 2 throw system make any sense in VF environment ?

Goh of course is kinda Tobal-like character with his grab, but obviously they couldn't make it more pronounced with the current system.

 

I absolutely loved Tobal 2.

That game was way ahead of its time.

 

If they do add that type of throw reversal in VF5:FS IT'LL BE A BEAST!!! i never played Tobal 1 or 2 but sure as hell will get it and play it for a min...

 

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