Virtua Striker 2

For the Sega Dreamcast game released as Virtua Striker 2 in North America, see Virtua Striker 2 Ver. 2000.1.

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Virtua Striker 2

Developer: Sega AM2

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-06^[1]	¥?	?
US	1997	$?	?
UK	1997-06^[2]	£?	?

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Virtua Striker 2 (バーチャストライカー2) is a Sega Model 3 arcade football game and a sequel to Virtua Striker. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the machines on March 31, 2017.^[3]^[4]

Gameplay

Teams

Virtua Striker 2 contains the 19 teams from Virtua Striker (except Denmark) and adds a futher six regular teams (and one hidden one), taking the total to 26.

	Japan

	France

	England

	Bulgaria

	Korea

	Nigeria

	U.S.A.

	Mexico

	Italy

	Belgium
	New
	Spain

	Croatia
	New
	Russia
	New
	Sweden

	Brazil

	Uruguay
	New
	Germany

	Netherlands

	Portugal
	New
	Greece
	New
	Yugoslavia
	New
	Saudi Arabia

	Argentina

	Colombia

	F-C Sega

	MVP Yukichan
	A hidden team comprised of a fivepiece mariachi band, two eskimos, a giant stoat, a snowman, a giant turtle and a bizarre microscopic lifeform that lives under the arctic ocean magnified hundreds of times.

History

Legacy

This particular entry in the series was very popular in arcades across the globe, and has therefore been re-released numerous times with minor improvements. Virtua Striker 2 Version '98 and Virtua Striker 2 Version '99 (and a minor revision, Virtua Striker 2 Version '99.1) were released as Sega Model 3 arcade updates, while Virtua Striker 2 Ver. 2000 was released for the Sega NAOMI arcade platform.

The original Virtua Striker 2 was set for release for the Sega Dreamcast in November 1998, being one of the first titles announced for the system. It was subsequently revised and replaced with Virtua Striker 2 Ver. 2000.1. In North America, the this version retains the simple Virtua Striker 2 name, but is due to its increased number of features, is not considered by Sega Retro to be the same game as this one.

Production credits

Program Director: Kentarou Fujita
Design Director: Kaori Yamamoto
Sound Director: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
Programmers: Yuji Hirukawa, Jun-ichi Ishito, Tadanobu Numata, Kazunori Oyama, Norio Haga, Masaki Yamashita, Yuichiro Mine, Masayuki Sumi
Designers: Hajime Matsubara, Makoto Kawai, Masaaki Somaki, Shinichiro Shimano
Motion Designers: Yoshinao Asako, Shunan Sukawa, Issei Tokuda, Hiroyuki Nakagomi
Sound Creators: Hideaki Miyamoto, Fumio Itoh
Publicity: Ai Kotani, Jun Kasahara, Akira Yamanaka
Special Thanks: Hiroki Koyama, Yasuhiro Komori, Aika Hirano, JEF United
Producer & Game Director: Satoshi Mifune

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Striker 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP flyer

UK flyer

References