Virtua Fighter dot com

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).

...

Sega released the second in a series of planned trailers to promote the console release of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown.

The first trailer featured Makoto Osaki and Daichi Katagiri. Coincidentally, the newest trailer features Chibita, who this past weekend won Kakutou Shinseiki VI - Japan's National VF Tournament. While the video was made before Kakutou Shinseiki VI, there are definitely interesting comments made in the video - including the origins of his nickname and what play style he likes/dislikes. Check the video out and when VF5FS console version is released, play against Chibita himself online!

Original story from Sega Blog.

Chibita, the Virtua God, wins Kakutou Shinseiki VI and is awarded the special title:

Fuhai Shinwa loosely translates to Invincible Legend.

Full results can be seen in the Kakutou Shinseiki VI - Final Tournament thread, along with a completed bracket!

Thanks to Ogi for the pic!

U.S. East Coast VFers be happy! Sega will be showing off a variety of games at Pax East, including Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. The 3-day event is located at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Massachusetts.

For the original story check out the Sega Blog Entry.

Discuss and arrange travel plans to Pax East (April 6-8, 2012) in the Tournament and Events Thread.

On tonight's episode of VF.TV Live the current PS3 build of VF5FS was demonstrated by Asapon (pictured) and Shinjuku Jacky.

The biggest news was confirmation of a Record and Playback function within Training Mode. In addition to this, and in a great step to help new players into the game, was the ability to practice combos within training mode! Unfortunately, not every available menu was explored in the brief, yet entertaining, demo but I have no doubt that we'll be dining out on these morsels for quite some time.

For more information, check out the latest updates to the VF5 Final Showdown Console FAQ in the Console forum.

Kakutou Shinseiki VI - Japan's national VF tournament since the original VF4, will come to an end on Saturday, March 17th, 2012! A total of 64 players will participate in the tournament.

Kakutou Shinseiki VI Final Event Info -
(Tentative Scehdule)

9:00AM JST - Qualifying Tournaments (to fill in the 3 remaining spots and reserves for any last minute player cancellations)
1:00PM JST - National Finals Tournament!

The event will be streamed on both Ustream (4 simultaenous channels in the Kakutou Shinseiki VI Net webpage) and also Nico Nico Live.

For more information pertaining to the event, please check the Kakutou Shinseiki VI Event - March 2012 Summary Thread.

Final Tournament Bracket is in the next post.

The Railway Series tenth team point ranking battle is the halfway mark of the Railway Series and the VFR season. The next set of Railway Series tournaments will be labeled as Stage 2. The 3on3 tournament will start on March 17th around 6 PM JST. This event is expected to be streamed either on VFRTV channel or Nistel Jacky's Channel. It is unclear if the time and date of event will be changed due to overlap with Kakutou Shinseiki VI tournament.

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

This weekend will be the fourth Tokai Bay Area Cup, a 3on3 tournament within the 13th VFR Season. The tournament starts on March 10 at 8 PM JST. The event will likely be streamed on Chinobrad's Ustream Channel (there may be some changes as the Jimokuji Arcade where the Tokai Bay Cup suddenly closed resulting in a venue change).

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

Tournament Video

After demoing VF5FS at Final Round XV in Atlanta, Sega is bringing it to the NorCal Regionals! Like Final Round XV, you can play casuals and talk to Sega Reps at their exhibition booth. Unlike Final Round XV, there will be a 2-day side tourney that will be streamed! In addition, there will be more special prizes given to the top 3 (not just VF Akira T-shirts).

NorCal Regional will take place on March 24-25 in Jack Adams Hall in San Francisco, CA. Discuss and arrange travel plans to the NorCal regional in the Tournaments and Events Section Thread.

NorCal Regional 10 News Link

The rumors of a Dead or Alive versus Virtua Fighter could be referring to this! Tecmo's Dead or Alive 5 will feature Akira.

In the DOA5 GDC Movie - Akira appears in the middle of the video, fighting against Kasumi.

Tecmo's Official Dead or Alive 5 Website

Update: Andriasang story from Famitsu