IGN interviews the Aussie VF champion.
Have you ever loved a game so much that you went out of your way to uncover every square inch, unlock every secret and master each challenge - no matter how mundane and minute? That is the kind of passionate addiction that Mike Abdow succumbs to each day. And what is the game that deals in such overwhelming addiction?
Virtua Fighter 5. And, in fact, the entire series. Mike is a master - a true champion player - a professional competitor in Virtua Fighter on a world-level. His mastery of the game extends to intimate knowledge of every character in the roster, virtually every move the characters can perform, the time it takes to deliver each blow, the best countering moves, and subtle twitch moves that only someone who lives and breathes Virtua Fighter could ever possibly appreciate, let alone properly understand.
IGN sat down with him over a session of Virtua Fighter 5 to discuss the finer points of being a tournament-level gamer, the death of the arcade and the rise of lounge room gaming.
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I think licensing is one of the major reasons Fight for NY hasn't been ported, since its original release. Def Jam had a poll on their Twitter a year or two ago asking if people would be interested in a new entry to the series. A surprise next gen release with AKI developing it would be cool
Definitely yes to Weaponlord, Bloody Roar, Rival Schools, Power Stone, Bushido Blade, Darkstalkers, and the Def Jam games. I was really big into fighting games when I was younger. I would Like Primal Rage, B.A,T., and Eternal Champions to come back as well.
It’s been a while since we got a new Virtua Fighter game. What’s going with the series?
Ask Sega. All of Yu's games haven't gotten updates. And they aren't helping to bring Shenmue 3 to console and PC. Spent most of their time on Sonic and Yakuza. Like they forgot the man that got them started. He was the "Miyamoto of Sega." Too many hits under hits belt.
VF is one of the best if not the best, technical fighters around based on real fighting styles. No supers, no finishers,etc. I wish there wasn't any juggling. It was fun as a videogame mechanic but I would like full realism for a fighting game. It's like adding nos to Gran Turismo. Would be fun. Just doesn't fit the realism Kaz wants in his game of winning through skill and perseverance.
I'm hoping for a new Sega surge of games in and out of VR and more respect for Yu and his properties. It's just not the same Sega I grew up with though.
As a side thing, Sega could have even updated Last Bronx to a modern fighter like Namco did with Soul Blade to Soul Calibur.
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But they've sat on that too.
Loved me some VF wish they would update the game i still remember my first Jeffery power bomb on VF 1.