Virtua Fighter Kids

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Virtua Fighter Kids
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM2
System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (19 tracks)
Genre: Fighting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996 ¥? ? US 1996-08 $? ? UK 1996-08 £? ? JP 1996-07-26 ¥5,800 GS-9098 US 1996-11 $49.99 81049 UK 1996-10-03 £29.99 MK81049-50 FR 1996-10-03 ?F MK81049-50 DE 1996-10-03 DM ? MK81049-50 ES 1996-10-03 ?Ptas MK81049-50 BR 199x R$? 191x28 KR 1996 ₩? GS-9609J
ESRB Sega ELSPA USK Tectoy

Virtua Fighter Kids (バーチャファイター キッズ) is a spin-off of the Virtua Fighter series. It was released for Sega Titan Video arcade hardware in 1996 before being ported to the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

Virtua Fighter Kids is a roughly 20% faster and in some cases simpler version of Virtua Fighter 2 with super-deformed characters. The game is more combo-driven, and in-fight replays are borrowed from Fighting Vipers. Collision detection (and to a lesser degree, physics) are also altered, making characters easier to hit. On the Saturn at least, there is an option to simplify the control scheme further for younger players.

In Japan the game heavily advertises the Japanese Sinvino beverage, Java Tea (ジャワティー), with Jacky holding a can in a victory pose and Shun regularly taking sips of the beverage during fights. All Java Tea references were removed from Western versions.

Of note is the Kids version of Dural, in which a goldfish can be seen swimming around her head. The Kids versions of Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant are unlockable characters within Fighters Megamix.

Production credits

Arcade version

• Director: Makoto Osaki
• Main Program & Programming Direction: Takayuki Yamaguchi
• Scroll & Console Program: Takashi Isowaki
• Texture & Animation Program: Takeshi Masuda
• Command & Test mode Program: Shinji Ohshima
• Enemy & Effect Program: Norihiro Sekine
• Motion Program (Many many Thanks): Hiroaki Shoji
• Character Design & Design Direction: Masataka Aochi
• Stage & Scroll Design: Ryoya Yui
• Stage & Effect Design: Saori Nishikawa
• Stage & Title Design: Masumi Uchida
• Sound Compose: Kazuhiko Kouchi
• Publicity: Koji Umeda
• Special Thanks: Takayuki Ota, Takashi Isono, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Koji Ooto (Sega AM1 R&D), SegaSaturn V.F.2 Team, VF3 Motion Designers
• Producer: Yu Suzuki

Saturn version

• Director: 大崎 誠
• Main Programmer: 山口 貴之
• Programmers: 磯脇 隆, 松田 武志, 関根 紀裕, 岩﨑 剛
• Main Designer: 油井 亮弥
• Designers: 西川 さおり, 内田 真澄
• Sound Composers: 中村 隆之, 光吉 猛修, 茂籠 真樹
• Thanks: 黒川 文雄, 中島 靖支, 山中 公, 上原 淳
• Special Thanks: 川口 貴子, 杉山 真浩, 河島 渉, 岩﨑 弘樹
• Special Thanks: Sega Digital Media Dept., 81 Produce, 鈴木 裕

Source: In-game creditsMedia:VirtuaFK_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

• Producer: Steve Hutchins
• Assistant Localization Producer: Osamu Shibamiya
• Product Manager: Matt Dunbar
• Marketing Manager: Anne Moellering
• Packaging Design: Bob Schonfisch, Eileen Sacman & Scott Allen
• PQ/A Test Lead: Rick Greer
• Assistant Leads: Abe "Guy" Navarro, Michael Dobbins, Chris Lucich
• Testers: Matt Lucich, Jeff Junio, Steve Wong, Len Jung, Howard Gipson, Jeff Loney, Karen Brown, Dennis Lee, Peter Young, Alan Tan, Kim Rogers, Dermot Lyons, Darin Johnston
• Special Thanks: Manny Granillo, Roger Hector, Arvin Carlson, Mike Needham, Joe Easley, Undyne Stafford, Frontline Marketing & The SEEDY Crew
• Manual: Douglas Sipp

Source: US manualMedia:Vfkids sat us manual.pdf

Track list

1. [data track] (17:27)

2. Lau Chan (02:30)

3. Sarah Bryant (02:19)

4. Shun Di (02:20)

5. Pai Chan (02:18)

6. Lion Rafale (02:45)

7. Jeffry Mcwild (02:19)

8. Kage-Maru (02:15)

9. Jacky Bryant (02:32)

10. Wolf Hawkfield (02:35)

11. Akira Yuki (02:33)

12. Dural (02:32)

13. Chicago (02:24)

14. Virtua Fighter Kids (01:03)

15. Stage Clear (00:06)

16. Game Over (00:17)

17. Tokosie no Hitotoki (00:47)
JP: とこしえのひととき

18. Kyu (00:08)
JP: 級

19. Dan (00:09)
JP: 段

20. Meijin (00:12)
JP: 名人

► Running time: 49:31

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Fighter Kids/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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ST-V JP flyer

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Saturn JP flyer 1

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Saturn JP flyer 2

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Saturn KR print advert

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Print advert in

EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

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Print advert in

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

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Print advert in

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #26: "1996-12 (1996-07-26)" (1996-07-12)

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Print advert in

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #27: "1996-13 (1996-08-09)" (1996-07-26)

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Sega Titan Video, JP

Sega Titan Video,
Cart

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games (UK) 80 №178, p70/71 Template:MagazineNameAT Digitiser (UK) 86 Weekly Famitsu (JP) 78 №398, p31 GamesMaster (UK) 80 №47, p36/37 Joypad (FR) 83 №57, p78 Mega Fun (DE) 88 №1996/10, p79 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 92 №48, p52-55 Player One (FR) 91 №68, p96/97 Sega Power (UK) 68 №84, p44/45 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) 91 №11, p62/63 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) 87 №1996-12, p219 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers) (JP) 79 №, p11Media:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf Sonic the Comic (UK) 95 №92, p11 Ultra Game Players (US) 87 №90

	85
Based on 14 reviews

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc File:Virtua Fighter Kids Sega Saturn Japan Manual.pdf Manual Inlay File:Virtua Fighter Kids Sega Saturn Japan MoveSheet.pdf Move Sheet

Saturn, BR
Cover

Saturn, KR
Cover
Spinecard

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	524,018,544		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81049-50 V0.001
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	524,013,840	1996-05-01	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9098 V0.001
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	524,016,192		CD-ROM (KR)	GS-9609J / MK-81049-08 V0.001
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	524,018,544		CD-ROM (US)	81049 V1.001

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Saturn