Virtua Fighter 20th Anniversary Website - 1993-2013

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By akai on Nov 28, 2013 at 11:27 PM
  1. akai

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    To commemorate the 20 years of Virtua Fighter, Sega has started a new website - http://vf20th.sega.jp/ From the first blog post of the site (rough translation) - "20 years have passed since the release of Virtua Fighter. Thank you very much to our fans." This special site will be sequentially updated to celebrate this milestone, looking back at every step of the path to present day. From AM2's website and Famitsu's article, the anniversary site will subsequently give a glimpse to the development of the games in the series along with tournament history, something for both new and old fans. The 20th anniversary site starts off with the opening movie from the original Virtua Fighter.

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    Blog Entry #1 (November 29, 2013) - 20th Anniversary Site opens

    Blog Entry #2 (December 3, 2013) - Nico Nico show - Denjin☆Gacha! to have special 20th Anniversary VF episode
    On December 6, 2013, 8 PM JST - the weekly Japanese show "Denjin☆Gacha!" (電人☆ゲッチャ！), in addition to its regular broadcast, will devote portion of their Friday's episode to the 20th Anniversary of Virtua Fighter. This appears to be a show that have a focus on video game entertainment.

    The regular cast of the show:
    • Meijin Takahashi (高橋 名人)
    • Natsuki Katou (加藤 夏希)
    • Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助)
    • Satomi Akesaka (明坂 聡美)
    • Chiyomaru Shikura (志倉 千代丸)
    Guests on the December 6 show:
    • Shinjuku Jacky (新宿ジャッキー) - "Tetsujin" Jacky player and part of the VF5 production staff
    • Bunbunmaru (ブンブン丸) - "Tetsujin" Wolf player
    • Chibita (ちび太) - "Virtua God" Lion player
    • Sexy Saitou (セクシー齋藤) - long time MC for Sega of Japan's events
    • Megumi Ogata (緒方恵美) - is a voice actress for many anime and video game characters. Well known for voicing Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon), Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho), and Shinji (Neon Genesis Evangelion). Not sure if she is on the show for Virtua Fighter or for other parts of the show.
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    Blog Entry #3 (December 6, 2013) - 20th VF Anniversary Festival
    On December 14th, 2013 -the event will be held at the Tokyo Joypolis Park and will also be streamed on Nico Nico. Will be hosted by Sexy Saitou and also Asapon. In addition to some of the guests that appeared in the Denjin☆Gacha! episode, additional appearances mentioned in the blog include:
    • Daichi Katagiri (片桐大智) - Virtua Fighter game director
    • Ikekuburo Sarah (池袋サラ)
    • Kyasao (キャサ夫)
    • Itabashi Zangief (新宿ジャッキー)
    • Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美) - aka Asapon
    • Ryou。@Ojogiri dā (遼。@オジョギリ・ダー)
    It mentions a Kumite with the voice actress Asapon. In the Nico Nico link, additional people are mentioned. In the December 6 episode of Denjin☆Gacha! it was stated that Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada will also be present in the event.
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    Blog Entry #4 (December 10, 2013) - Virtua Fighter in Sega Hādo Girls (Sega Hard Girls or Sega Hardware Girls)
    Sega Hādo Girls is a serialized manga with various goddesses representing the different Sega systems of years past. In the December 10th, volume 35 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine, the manga features Virtua Fighter.​

    As always, we will update this post with information as we get them.
     
    Last edited: Dec 10, 2013
    akai, Nov 28, 2013
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Discussion in 'News' started by akai, Nov 28, 2013.

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    1. nou
      nou
      Sega of the past was pretty bad as well. Hence why they aren't in the console biz today.

      It's sucks being a fan of their work, and not living in Japan. When I get a PC I'll have all their games for free, but still...
      Last edited: Nov 29, 2013
      nou, Nov 29, 2013
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    2. Shinobi
      Shinobi
      VF, as an IP, not just VF6, should be on every possible platform, current gen, previous gen, portable, Steam Machines, Steam, Mac, etc. VF for everyone, if you please!
      Last edited: Nov 29, 2013
      Shinobi, Nov 29, 2013
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    3. Sudden_Death
      Sudden_Death
      I vote for Reggae Fighter 16: Bloodcaat Remix.
      Sudden_Death, Nov 29, 2013
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      Shag likes this.
    4. ToyDingo
      ToyDingo
      I haven't been a fan since '86 (I was 2 years old...) but I feel your pain man and share your pessimism.

      I want to love Sega, I want to get my hopes up and start getting excited about the next newest game. But, then Sega does what they always do. Ignore us and put out yet another Sonic themed game.

      Have you been to Sega's facebook page? Everything they post is inundated with comments from users about Shenmue, PSO, Yakuza, Skies of Arcadia, etc etc etc....and still nothing from Sega.

      They'll announce a Sonic game for iOS, then turn their back on the fans that are screaming for ANY news on their favorite franchise...

      I want to hope that this lil thing they are doing on the 26th will make me happy. But, I won't be surprised if the 27th rolls around and we are still left wondering if Sega still cares about the VF franchise...
      ToyDingo, Nov 29, 2013
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    5. nou
      nou
      Sega cares about VF, just not it's fans outside of Japan. They have thrown nice gestures(EVO, Sega Cup) but with the way the economy is, these business are going through acquisitions and need to bet on sure things.

      However, Japan will still get Sonic even though Japan has always hated Sonic, while outside Japan, we don't get their awesome titles because of low sales.

      This 20th Anniversary is awesome but Japan centric for a reason.
      nou, Nov 30, 2013
      #25
    6. Sozos
      Sozos
      Sega listen carefully. We want VF6 or VFold games hd and PLEASE..... YAKUZA 5 for god sake. LOL
      Last edited: Dec 3, 2013
      Sozos, Nov 30, 2013
      #26
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    7. SoulKatana
      SoulKatana
      SoulKatana, Dec 3, 2013
      #27
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    8. Unicorn
      Unicorn
      Unicorn, Dec 3, 2013
      #28
    9. akai
      akai
      akai, Dec 3, 2013
      #29
    10. SoulKatana
      SoulKatana
      Just found this on allgamesbeta.com

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      SoulKatana, Dec 3, 2013
      #30
      BLACKSTAR, H_Magnus, FakeSypha and 1 other person like this.
    11. FaisonI
      FaisonI

      Damn, everything you said is on point; I hope we get your entire list!!!
      FaisonI, Dec 4, 2013
      #31
    12. Tumbling Dice
      Tumbling Dice
      The saddest part about Sega's situation is how many great IPs they're just sitting on, even though I'm far from the first to notice this. You just don't see many companies with great franchises that are just screaming for new material like Fantasy Zone, Chu Chu Rocket, Jet Set Radio, and Virtual-On doing absolutely nothing with what they've got. How hard would it have been for them to bring Virtual On: Operation Moongate and Virtua Striker to Western XBLA and PSN? It's just...strange.

      Either way, I second the notion that I'd go absolutely nuts for VF1, 3, or 4 online (Even though I haven't found anyone on VF2 online for months).

      Not quite, you'd be surprised...Sonic Adventure was Japan's number one top selling Dreamcast game.
      Last edited: Dec 5, 2013
      Tumbling Dice, Dec 5, 2013
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    13. nou
      nou
      ^That's an outlier and one example up against many. Sonic was always more popular in the West, which chapped Yuji Baka's lame ass.
      nou, Dec 5, 2013
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    14. Optimus_Cack
      Optimus_Cack
      sega owns atlus and relic studios now

      please give me warhammer 40k sonic
      Optimus_Cack, Dec 5, 2013
      #34
    15. Jide
      Jide
      Are they still using that Akira asset... Don't they have anything new?

      Just realised my fail... Didn't see the allgamesbeta.com...
      Last edited: Dec 5, 2013
      Jide, Dec 5, 2013
      #35
    16. Tumbling Dice
      Tumbling Dice
      I totally get where you're coming from! I hope that reply didn't come off as snarky. Lately a few Sonic games haven't been released in Japan (even though some were only released in Japan; the whole thing's a mess). I just think that there is a common misconception that Sonic is unpopular in Japan just like there is that VF is unpopular in the West. I think that the reception for VF5FS on consoles more than warrants any new console material to be released worldwide. Sega's "game plan" is just absolutely baffling. I will say that VF is actually a franchise the Sega handles pretty well with Western releases (console, at least) in comparison to some others. I feel like the main problem is that VF is mostly an arcade community in Japan. The arcade scene in America is, sadly, nothing in comparison. Things like interviews with the Tetsujins would just get lost in translation here, but a re-release of VF1/3/4 definitely wouldn't. I'm optimistic that any new console material would make it to Western shores.
      Tumbling Dice, Dec 5, 2013
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    17. joanot
      joanot


      Watching the Denjin Getcha stream.

      Chibita, Bunbun-maru, Itabashi Zangief and others are there, they are playing a few games.

      I dont understand anything at all...LOL but I think they announced a Virtua Fighter 20th anniversary event, in Tokyo Joypolis:

      12/14 (Sat) 15:30 "20th anniversary celebration Virtua Fighter Festival"



      joanot, Dec 6, 2013
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    18. DigitlSamurai
      DigitlSamurai
      They're making a big enough deal out of this that I'd be surprised if they DIDN'T announce VF6, or at least a new game in the series.
      DigitlSamurai, Dec 6, 2013
      #38
    19. akai
      akai
      First post updated with information from the Blog #3 entry today on the site. As mentioned already by Joanot it is about the December 14th event.

      A rough synopsis of the VF portion from Today's episode of Denjin Gatcha:

      - Some fan art of VF at the very beginning. At the ~1h25m mark - VF 20th Anniversary intro (just quickly going through the 5 VF titles). Itabashi Zangief and Sexy Saito was doing most of the talking for the Sega VF representatives. Itabashi was introduced as a pro player and someone that won Sega Cup Europe recently. A powerpoint slide going through the history of Virtua Fighter with the first slide starting at 1982. Then the Tetsujin crew and Chibita crew came in. Not much history of them was presented, but from what I understood - Ikekuburo Sarah is turning 50 or already is. So he started playing VF in his 30s. Chibita on the other hand started playing when he was a kid, in his early 30s now I think.

      The show is catered toward the casual audience, even more geared toward the younger audience. Then they did some promoting of VF5 on consoles and had a "Denjin Gacha" vs "Dream Team." It mostly was a show of different level of people playing and "having fun." Imo, the first match showed someone can spam in the game and still have fun :p The second match had Kyasao - where he stated he will win with a ring out, and did just that for one round. Third match was with a former model (now one of the show's host) so there was that. Fourth match was some playful taunting by someone that actually play VF (had his own VF Card) against Bunbun. Then the fifth match, Denjin team recruited Itabashi Zangief to play for them against Chibita (with the two girl hosts jokingly luring Zangief to their side).

      Then came the information of the December 14th event at Tokyo Joyopolis (as posted in the latest blog 3 entry). One noticeable inclusion in the show is Katsuhiro Harada being one of guest at the event. A person I'm not familiar with, that also will be present at the event, Ryou。@Ojogiri dā (someone very talented with a deep voice and also the high pitch one) she played against Sexy Saito.
      akai, Dec 6, 2013
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    20. Shinobi
      Shinobi
      Is that too much to ask for a VF HD Collection, VF4FT for PSVita, VF6 and Tekken vs. Virtua Fighter?
      Shinobi, Dec 6, 2013
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      def likes this.
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