Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary

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Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega Corporation (JP), Sega Europe (EU)
Developer: Sega-AM2
Genre: Fighting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 2003-11-28 ¥3,3003,300 SLPM-68008 JP (Fukkoku Ban) 2007-02-08 SLPM-68018 EU (Promo) 200x SLES-51699

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Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary (バーチャファイター 10th Anniversary) is a fighting game for the PlayStation 2, released around the same period of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution. As the name suggests, it was designed to commemorate ten years since the release of Virtua Fighter.

Gameplay

Characters

Characters which did not exist in the original Virtua Fighter do not get their own stages, with the arenas instead being recycled.

	Akira Yuki
	From Virtua Fighter
	Pai Chan
	From Virtua Fighter
	Lau Chan
	From Virtua Fighter
	Wolf Hawkfield
	From Virtua Fighter
	Jeffry McWild
	From Virtua Fighter
	Kage-Maru
	From Virtua Fighter
	Sarah Bryant
	From Virtua Fighter
	Jacky Bryant
	From Virtua Fighter
	Shun Di
	From Virtua Fighter 2
	Lion Rafale
	From Virtua Fighter 2
	Aoi Umenokoji
	From Virtua Fighter 3
	Vanessa Lewis
	From Virtua Fighter 4
	Lei-Fei
	From Virtua Fighter 4
	Brad Burns
	From Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
	Goh Hinogami
	From Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
	Dural
	From Virtua Fighter. Playable only in versus mode.

Routes

Arcade mode has two battle routes, which can be switched in the options menu.

• VF1: Original cast of Virtua Fighter.

Jacky - Jeffry - Sarah - Kage - Pai - Wolf - Lau - Akira - Dural

• EVOLUTION: Mainly characters after Virtua Fighter 2.

Akira - Lion - Shun - Aoi - Lei - Vanessa - Brad - Goh - Dural

History

10th Anniversary's release is not straightfoward. It was originally released as part of the Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary: Memory of Decade package (which also contains a book and DVD video) in 2003 - copies which are very rare and feature Jacky Bryant on the cover. More common is the "Fukkoku Ban" (復刻版) re-release with Akira Yuki on the cover - these were bundled with Japanese copies of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution and also given away as a bonus for those pre-ordering the PlayStation 3 version of Virtua Fighter 5 through the Sega Direct website (remembering that at the time, all PlayStation 3s could run PlayStation 2 games).

In North America, the game was included on the same disc as the PlayStation 2 release of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, and in Europe it was offered as a promotional item in small supplies. European copies in particular have become extremely rare which has pushed up the game's value.

Versions

While static screenshots suggest that 10th Anniversary looks like the original Sega Model 1 release Virtua Fighter, gameplay is more akin to Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, being a generally faster and more fluid experience, albeit with fewer moves than what Virtua Fighter 4 offers. Many of the assets such as 2D elements, sound effects and voice samples are in fact lifted directly from Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution.

The trademark "floaty jumps" from the original Virtua Fighter make a return, and as all the stages retain their flat appearance from the original game, there is a reintroduced focus on ring-outs.

Like all versions of Virtua Fighter 4, Virtua Fighter 3's Taka-Arashi is not included in the game and would not return to the series until Virtua Fighter 5 R.

Comparisons

Main article: Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary/Comparisons.

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover

PlayStation 2, JP (Fukkoku Ban)
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, EU
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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?	CRC32 f214e620 MD5 328d5c9a008904aa4454e7fc79b62f5c SHA-1 cb48adb4f414c689aaf2348a6e2a4f258c43bdd7	358,992,816		CD-ROM (JP)	SLPM-68018 (V1.00)