Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

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Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

System(s): Sega NAOMI 2, Sega NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega AM2

Genre: Fighting

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code

JP	2003-03-13 ^[3]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)	SLPM-65270
US (Greatest Hits)	2003-08-13	$19.9919.99^[2]	SLUS-20616GH
EU	2003-06-30		SLES-51616
AU	2003-07-07
KR	200x		SLKA-25043
KR (BigHit)	200x		SLKA-25188

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Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (バーチャファイター４エボリューション) is an updated version of Virtua Fighter 4, and was released for Sega NAOMI 2 arcade hardware in 2002. The NAOMI 2 release was available in both standard ROM board and GD-ROM forms.

It was subsequently brought to the PlayStation 2 a year later, curiously under Sony's "Greatest Hits" range, basing its record off the earlier Virtua Fighter 4 PS2 release.

Gameplay

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The game introduces two new characters; the Judoka-assassin, Goh Hinogami and the Muay Thai boxer, Brad Burns. Various other tweaks have also taken place - for example, Vanessa Lewis's alternate Muay Thai style from Virtua Fighter 4 has been removed, and replaced with a Vale Tudo "Offensive" style, making her a solely Vale Tudo brawler. Every stage has also been adjusted, for example, Lei-Fei's stage in Virtua Fighter 4 previously took place during sunset, but in Evolution it takes place during the morning.

Improved Graphics: better anti-aliasing.
New item store in Quest Mode.
Currency system in Quest Mode.
Opponent tracking log in Quest Mode: kept track of which opponents were fought in Quest Mode.
Increased number of character items.
Improved ranking system.
Special gameplay modes (i.e. Hyper Fighter, See-Saw, Wrestler's, etc.).
Emblem collecting: placed special incentive to defeat certain opponents or to avoid being defeated by certain opponents.
New ring type: Semi-open/semi-walled.

Production credits

PlayStation 2 version

Executive Director: Yu Suzuki
Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
Producer: Hiroshi Kataoka
Director: Noriyuki Shimoda
Art Director: Satoshi Fujinuma
Program Director (Arcade Portion): Toru Kujirai
Main Programmer (Arcade Portion): Masanori Sato
Programmer (Arcade Portion): Hajime Take, Hajime Iwamoto, Hitoshi Iizawa, Takuya Nagatasu
Main Programmer (Original Portion): Tetsuya Sugimoto
Programmer (Original Portion): Sjinji Ohshima, Yohsuke Takeda, Ryo Sato, Kenichirou Tabata
Character Designer & Item Designer: Chizuka Tamehira, Genta Takahashi, Hiroaki Ota, Kozue Suzuki, Nobuhiko Kosuge, Masayuki Takahashi, Ringo Manabe
Stages Designer & Effects Desiger: Seiji Aoki, Yuichi Matsui
2D Graphics Designer: Kazuya Suzuki, Masatomo Suzuki
Design Supervisor: Youji Kato
Planners: Daichi Katagiri, Hiroshi Masui, Tomonori Shino, Kouji Kudou, Masato Nakamura, Yo Momotani, Masaharu Terabata, Masanori Chida
Sound Creators: Fumio Ito, Shinichi Goto, Naoyuki Machida, Tatsutoshi Narita
Quitar Player: Tomoya Koga
Player Database: Dai Matsuzaki
Test Team: Yuichi Taniguchi, Naoto Tomita, Tsutomu Morohashi, Hisashi Arima, Masataka Arai
Visual Editng: Naonori Watanabe, Hidekuni Ohta
Publicity: Taku Kihara, Masayuki Kato
Publicity Design: Sayoko Nishino
Replay Data: Bunbun-Maru, Chibita, Hideto Sugawara, Hiromiki Kumada, Hiroshi Nakamichi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kazuki Tokunaga, Kurita, Kyasao, Masahide Hiroike, Masaki Takamatsu, Ohsu Akira, Rei Hase, Segirl, Wakao Nakamura, Yasuyuki Yamada, Yoro, Yousuke Fukazawa
Speical Thanks: Enterbrain. Inc., Sega Amusement Co., CRI Middleware Co. Ltd., Joji Morikawa, Keisuke Chiwata, Kenji Furukawa, Jun Kubota (Ice Team), Kazuaki Kitazawa (Nova Inc.), Akio Murakawa, Hajime Itou, Junji Ogihara, Kousuke Sasaki, Makoto Koizumi, Tetsuji Sugawara, Toshiyuki Ohashi, Erika Aihara, Hans Van Venendal, Keisuke Tsukahara, Kenji Miyawaki, Masataka Daigo, Masaya Saida, Mitsugu Tsuchida, Munekazu Makino, Sachio Ogawa, Shigeru Yoshida, Susumu Morii, Syuji Takahashi, Takeo Iwata, Tetsunari Iwasaki, Yasuhiro Takagi, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Ryujirou Ota, Takami Shibasaki, Yusuke Shimizu, Hideo Gunji, Koki Koiwa, Kazuhiro Shigekuni, Shinji Okuma, Yasuyuki Komiya, Chika Torii, Shunei Nakayama, Hiroshi Tsurusaki, Wataru Nakanishi, Kei Terui
Created By: Sega AM2
Presented By: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

VF4E PS2 US PrintAdvert.jpg

PlayStation 2 US print advert

Physical scans

NAOMI 2 version

NAOMI 2, JP

Cart

NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, JP (Revision A)

NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, JP (Revision B)

Disc

PlayStation 2 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

95

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Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

93

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GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[7]

Game Station (UK)

90

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Hyper (AU)

PAL

92

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PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK)

PAL

80

^[10]

PSM (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[11]

Virtual'nyye radosti (BY)

90

^[12]

	92
Based on 9 reviews

Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

PlayStation 2, US (Greatest Hits)
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, UK
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, DE
Cover

PlayStation 2, ES
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, AU

PlayStation 2, KR

PlayStation 2, KR (Big Hit)
Cover

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Arcade, PlayStation 2

References

Virtua Fighter series

Spin-offs

Virtua Fighter Kids (1996) | Virtua Fighter Animation (1997) | Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary (2003) | Virtua Quest (2004)

Cross-overs

Fighters Megamix (Game.com) | Dead or Alive 5 (5+ | Ultimate | Last Round) (2012-2015)

Portrait series

Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series: (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | The Final) (1995-1996) | GG Portrait: Yuuki Akira (1996) | GG Portrait: Pai Chan (1996)

Others

Unlicensed

Virtua Fighter 2 vs. Tekken 2 (199x)

Demo discs
Java Tea Original Virtua Fighter Kids (1996)

Albums

Virtua Fighter: Akira/Kage (1994) | Virtua Fighter: Saikyou no Senshi (1994) | Sega Saturn Virtua Fighter Maximum Mania (1994) | Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (1994) | Virtua Fighter 2 Sound Track (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Dancing Shadows (1995) | Virtua Fighter Soundtrack Vol. 1: Shinshou Hassei (1995) | Virtua Fighter Soundtrack Vol. 2: Ryuuko Kaikou (1996) | Ai ga Tarinaize (1996) | Virtua Fighter Soundtrack Vol. 3: Koubou Banjou (1996) | Virtua Fighter Complete Vocal Collection (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Sound Tracks (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Sound Tracks (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 On The Vocal (1997) | Fighters Megamix Sound Tracks (1997) | Kimi ga Inai Yoru (1997) | Virtua Fighter 4 Official Soundtrack (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Original Sound Tracks (2002) | Yuuki (2004) | Virtua Fighter 5 Original Sound Track (2011) | Virtua Fighter 5 R Official Sound (2012) | Virtua Fighter 5 Official Sound (2012) | Virtua Fighter Best Tracks + One (2015) | Virtua Fighter esports Premium Music Collection (2021) | Virtua Fighter (2023) | Virtua Fighter 3tb Online Premium Music Collection (2023)

Books

Virtua Fighter Maniax (1994) | V Jump Books Game Series: Sega Saturn Virtua Fighter (1994) | Virtua Fighter Maniax Replays (1994) | Virtua Fighter Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 1 for Novice (1994) | Virtua Fighter Ougi no Sho (1995) | Virtua Fighter Maniax for Windows (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Act.1 (1995) | Virtua Fighter Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 2 for Expert (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Maniax Replays (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Act.2 (1995) | Virtua Fighter Remix Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Complete (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Maniax (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 1 for Novice (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Act.3 (1995) | Arcade Game Hisshou Hou Special: Virtua Fighter Kids (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Command Game Guide (1996) | Virtua Fighter Legend of Sarah (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Perfect Guide (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Fighter's Bible (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Game Guide Book (1996) | Virtua Fighter Graphics "Model 2" (1996) | Tokyo Virtua Monogatari (1996) | Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Saturn Fighting Manual Vol. 2 for Expert (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Fan Book (1996) | Virtua Fighter Honoo no Maki: Pai Chan Bukyou Gaiden (1996) | Virtua Fighter Ryuu no Maki: Touken Kairou (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Sega Saturn Fighting Manual (1996) | Virtua Fighter Kids Kyuukyoku Hon (1996) | Virtua Fighter Relax (1996) | Virtua Fighter: Arashi no Maki (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Act. 0.5 (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Act.1 (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 Act.2 (1996) | Fighters Megamix Fighting Master's Guide (1997) | Fighters Megamix Official Guide (1997) | Virtua Fighter 2: Ten Stories (1997) | Fighters Mega Books (1997) | Fighters Megamix Comic Anthology (1997) | Virtua Fighter 3 Official Playing Guide (1998) | Virtua Fighter 3tb Kanzen Kouryaku Dokuhon (1998) | Virtua Fighter 3tb Perfect Guide (1998) | Virtua Fighter 4 Perfect Guide (2001) | Virtua Fighter 4 Yoku Wakaru Haoh Yousei Dojo (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Kanzen Kouryaku Guide PS2 Ban (2002) | PS2 Ban Virtua Fighter 4 Perfect Guide (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 The Complete (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Perfect Guide (2002) | Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution: Yokuwakaru Hisshou Senjutsu Shinan (2003) | PS2 Ban Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Complete Guide (2003) | Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary: Memory of Decade (2003) | Virtua Fighter 2 Technical Archive (2004) | Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned Master Guide (2004) | Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation: Judgement Six no Yabou Kouryaku Navigation (2004) | Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned Orange Book: Junkies' Last Stand (2004) | Virtua Fighter 5 Technical Book (2006) | Virtua Fighter 5 White Book: Keep It Real (2006) | Virtua Fighter 5 Black Book: Keep It Moral (2007) | Virtua Fighter 5 for PlayStation 3 Complete Guide (2007) | Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Masters Guide (2010) | Virtua Fighter no Neppa (2018)

TV and Film

Virtua Fighter CGMV (1994) | CGMV Virtua Fighter 2 (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Eternal Battle (1995) | Virtua Fighter (1995) | Virtua Fighter Special Training Pack (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Wheel of Fortune (1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 Wheel of Fortune The Best Bout (1996) | Sega Official Video Library Vol. 2: Virtua Fighter Kids (199x) | Virtua Fighter 3 (Columbia video series) (1996) | CGMV Special Virtua Fighter 3: Shippuu no Shou "System" (1996) | CGMV Special Virtua Fighter 3: Geki no Shou "Battle" (1996)

[:File:CVG_UK_277.pdf_p101-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:CVG UK 277.pdf, page 101

[Press_release:_2003-08-12:_SEGA.27S_.22VIRTUA_FIGHTER_4_EVOLUTION.22_HITS_STORES_THIS_WEEK.3B_DUBBED_.22THE_BEST_3D_FIGHTER_OF_ALL_TIME.22_BY_GMR-2] Press release: 2003-08-12: SEGA'S "VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 EVOLUTION" HITS STORES THIS WEEK; DUBBED "THE BEST 3D FIGHTER OF ALL TIME" BY GMR

[http:.2F.2Fwww.jp.playstation.com.2Fsoftware.2Ftitle.2Fslpm65270.html-3] ttp://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65270.html

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_136.pdf_p92-4] Consoles +, "Mai 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:EGM_US_170.pdf_p115-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2003" (US; 2003-08-05), page 115

[6] Famitsu, "2003-03-21" (JP; 2003-03-07), page 33

[:File:GamePro_US_180.pdf_p88-7] GamePro, "September 2003" (US; 2003-08-05), page 88

[gamestationuk2003-06-13-8] Game Station (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:Hyper_AU_119.pdf_p73-9] Hyper, "September 2003" (AU; 2003-08-06), page 73

[:File:OPS2_UK_035.pdf_p82-10] PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "July 2003" (UK; 2003-06-13), page 82

[:File:PSM_US_075.pdf_p39-11] PSM, "Vol. 7, No. 9: September 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 39

[12] Virtual'nyye radosti, "" (BY; 2004-03-30), page 1

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Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

PlayStation 2 version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

NAOMI 2 version

PlayStation 2 version

External links

References