Virtua Fighter is a fighting series that has long been overshadowed by the much more popular fighting series, despite being one of the pioneers of the genre, or in particular, 3D fighting games. However, that is likely in good reason. Virtua Fighter 5′s descending into mediocrity can be blamed on bizarre controls and a virtual inferiority to other series in just about every way. Unfortunately, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown only appeals to the most avid of Virtua Fighter fans.
From Siliconera: "The latest Famitsu issue has special coverage to mark the release of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown. It included an interview with chief producer Seiji Aoki from Sega. The interview revealed that Sega still has yet to make any plans for Virtua Fighter 6 as of Ultimate Showdown‘s release. "
Disappointing but I would think that the re-release of VF5 will play a large roll in if VF6 happens or not. Fighting games have went from "evergreen" coin eaters to e-sports competitions and I could see that making new titles difficult for the bean counters to justify. Still the current trends in fighters have me less then thrilled with the future of the genre. Way too much DLC, over priced season passes, $100 "day 1 editions" its all just become a bit ridiculous imo.
People want it, fighting games been releasing left and right these days. VF was like the only one that was a no show.
Well if they don't plan on using rollback netcode they might as well not bother. So far my VF matches have gone from "playable" to lag fests. I was really rooting for this game but they dropped the ball with the netcode.
Owners of Yakuza 6 can use this unlocker in order to play Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown without booting Yakuza 6.
Even though the Virtua Fighter brand has been a dependable one for Sega over the past few years, it doesn’t appear to be on the company’s agenda for the future -- at least, for the time being.
If it's free, it's free.
This series used to be good... over a decade ago.
"If you are looking for the best choice when buying a 3D fighter, then Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is just a few months away."
I laughed, so hard.
Virtua Fighter has always been a more technical slower paced game. If people enjoy button mashing super-hyper-combo noob fighting games that cater to the casuals its all good. I just hate when they knock a game they either suck at,or don't take the time to learn how to play. They include a practice mode for a reason.