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During the VF5FS Pre-Launch party, I had an opportunity to ask Patrick Riley, Director of International Product Development at SEGA, questions submitted by the community.

Over 30 of your questions were asked, where he elaborates on replay saving to the cloud, what the Demo (Xbox Live only) will feature, as well as other features that they would have liked to have included but simply couldn't due to time or budget.

I'm also pleased to announce that there's a couple of exclusives for each console, so check it out!

Image courtesy of Level|Up

The VF5FS side tournament at UFGT8 (a total of 64 players participating!) will take place Saturday, May 26, 2012. The final 4 will be streamed on Level|Up Series Channel around 10 PM US Central Time.

Update: Archive of the final are available and quick results in the following post within this thread.

Level|Up UFGT8 Archive of VF5FS Final 4 (At 59 minute mark)

The fourth volume of the 2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup season will be held and streamed on May 27th, ~ 1PM JST start time on: Newton Live. The first three 3on3 tournaments had a different winner each time: Team Satani Fantastic Circus, Team Doramachikku, and Team Zenryoku Kabuppaazu. Will the trend continue?

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).

May 29, 2012 Update: Links to the archive of the event are posted below. Check following post for quick results.
Preliminary Qualifier
Playoff Stage
Final Tournament Stage Part 1
Final Tournament Stage Part 2

Kansai Bay Area Cup Vol. 6 event is expected to be streamed live on the Kansai Bay Channel on May 27th, 2 PM JST tournament start time. Next month there will be no 3on3 Kansai Bay Area Cup. Instead, there will be a 5on5 Hamaohtsu Cup.

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).

May 29th, 2012 Update: Archive of the event is provided in the links below. Check the thread for results.
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Preliminary Qualifier
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Final Tournament
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Post Tournament, Part 1 (Gods of Thunder Ranking Battles)
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Post Tounrament, Part 2

Haunts at Iplaywinner will be streaming a series of previews for the upcoming release of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In these streams, he plans to try out the different characters and modes (including online). Day 1 of these streams will be streamed sometime today, so keep a look out of IPW's website/twitter for more information!

IPW's News Headline
IPW Twitch TV Channel

Update:For future updates to these preview streams, they will be posted in the VF Streams Schedule Thread. I will also use this thread to archive all the live streams.

1st Preview Archive - Online / Replay / Jean and Akira Command Lists
2nd Preview Archive - Goh Command List / Shun Red Face / Jacky combos
3rd Preview Archive - Taka and Kage Command Lists
4th Preview Archive - Online play
5th Preview Archive Starts ~ 19h37m Brad + Wolf Command Lists and Net Play

Better late than never! For Virtua Fighter fans in London, VF5FS will finally be playable for the first time in Europe on Monday, May 28th at Eurogamer's Community Night! If you live in the London area, definitely check out the game before it is officially released on June 5th-6th.

For more details to this event, please check the original thread in the Tournaments and Events Section - VF5FS London May 28th Eurogame event.

(info from Jide)

The invitation only pre-launch party - hosted by Alex Valle and featuring exhibition matches with star players Chibita and Fuudo - will be streamed live on May 19th, 2012 starting around 8 PM PST in Los Angeles, CA.

The iam8bit event will be streamed by the Level|Up Series team. Don't miss it!

» Questions for Fuudo, Chibita, and Sega
» VFDC Attendee List
» VF5FS Pre-Launch Party Trailer
» Fuudo Promo Interview
» Chibita Promo Interview

Update May 20, 2012 -
Twitch TV: Pre-Launch Party Archive
Chibita versus Fuudo Exhibition Matches (First to 5)

Railway Stage 2-03, a 3on3 team tournament, is scheduled for May 19th 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.

Update: Stream is over check following posts for results!
Railway Series Stage 2-03 Part 1
Railway Series Stage 2-03 Part 2

Sega have posted registration information and details of their tournament.

This will be "first come, first serve" basis for the first 256 players. Registration is $15, don't wait! To register, please use this link: http://vf5fsevo2012.eventbrite.com/

"The prize pot will be composed of all entree fees, as well as an additional $15,000 contributed by Sega.

The $15,000 will be split as follows. All pot money from entry fees will be added on top of these amounts and will be announced at a later date.

1: $3,000
2: $2,000
3: $1,500
4: $1,200
5: $1,000
6: $900
7: $800
8: $600
9 – 16: $500" - Sega Blog Entry

For those attending Evo and will be entering the VF5FS please check the VF5FS at Evo 2012: Event Details and Trip Planning thread.

Update: May 22, 2012: The official rules have been revised to state non-US residents are eligible to enter the tournament. There was some confusion on the official rules when registration was originally announced. So go ahead and register now before its too late!

The recent VF5FS console release announcement coincided with a compilation video of arcade VF5FS special victory item win poses made by LadyVF. It is unclear if any of the 6 special win poses per character will be in the console version; however, they are fairly amusing to watch and also shows the variety of customization one can achieve with the 19 characters! Also, check out LadyVF's Blog (Japanese) for even more character customization that mimics characters from other games, movies, or cartoons.

Compilation of Item Win Poses