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Virtua Fighter (バーチャファイター) is a fighting game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for Sega Model 1 arcade hardware in 1993. It is the first game in the Virtua Fighter series. It is often cited as being the first fully 3D fighting game released to the general public, and is a basis for almost all subsequent games in the genre.
It was an influential game in the development of 3D polygon graphics, popularizing it among a wider audience (along with Virtua Racing), demonstrating 3D human character models effectively, with realistic movement and physics, creating the basic template for 3D fighting games (such as Tekken, the Soul series and Dead or Alive), and playing a key role in the development of early fifth-generation consoles (the Sega Saturn and PlayStation). It was followed by a 1994 sequel, Virtua Fighter 2.
Contents
Story
While much of the first Virtua Fighter's story would be retroactively filled in by newer games and merchandise, the basic premise of the first game is that martial artist Akira Yuki, specialising in the forgotten art form of "Hakkyoku-ken" enters the World Fighting Tournament, in an attempt to be recognised as the greatest fighter in the world.
Gameplay
Virtua Fighter is a one-on-one versus fighting game, pitting two of eight characters (nine, if including Dural) against each other in a three-dimensional arena to fight over the best of three matches (or "sets" as referred in-game) - players win if their opponent's life bar is depleted, by a "ring-out' (when one of the opponents falls off the edge of the ring), or has less health when the in-game timer reaches 0. The arcade version of the game utilises an eight-way control stick and three buttons: "Punch" (P), "Kick" (K) and "Defense" (also referred as Guard/Block) (G). Movement of the characters with the control stick is done using 
and 
to move away/towards the opponent; 
to crouch; holding 
or 
makes the character slowly crawl backwards/forwards; and tapping 
, 
or 
makes the character jump into that direction. Different attacks can be triggered by pressing a direction plus either the Punch or Kick buttons.
While fights take place in a 3D arena, players can only manipulate their characters in a two-dimensional manner, with movement on the third dimension being dictated by the characters' special moves. Unlike other fighting games at the time, the characters do not turn around automatically, requiring to tap the required direction in order to face each other. While considered a milestone in real-time 3D graphics, the 3D has limitations, with every arena being a flat square and backgrounds 2D in nature. It also operates with a refresh rate of only 30FPS - half that of Virtua Racing (and Virtua Fighter 2).
Virtua Fighter takes a more realistic approach to combat than many of its popular 2D rivals from the likes of Capcom or SNK, with characters using real world fighting techniques (as opposed to genre-defining Street Fighter II which arms characters with fictional chi-based special attacks and projectiles). It is a slower-paced game as a result, though with hundreds of moves and a computer able to adapt to the player's fighting powers, a more tactical fighter than others on the market. Where this does not apply in the original Virtua Fighter (and its sequel) is the jumping mechanics, with characters being able to jump twice their body height (as was the case in other fighting games of the time).
Unique to Virtua Fighter upon release was the concept of characters receiving "visual damage". If hit with a barrage of attacks, loose items of clothing (for example, Pai's hat or Kage's mask) will fall off and lie on the arena floor until the match is over. This feature makes no difference to gameplay, but would become a staple in many of Sega's fighting games going forward. Another new concept upon release was that of alternate costumes; during a versus match where both players selected the same character, one of the players would receive a secondary costume for that character. This feature would also inspire later 3D fighting games.
Quick Step and Running
When quickly tapping (if facing to the right) , the player's character will Quick Step forward; and by quickly tapping , the player's character will Quick Step backwards. Quickly tapping then holding makes the character run towards the opponent; while quickly tapping then holding when the character is with his back facing towards the opponent makes the character run away from the opponent.
Short Jump and Long Jump
All characters have access to two jump heights, which are determined by how long the player holds any of the up directions. Quick tapping any of the directions performs a short jump; while holding direction performs a high jump, where characters can jump twice their body height. Some jumping attacks can only be performed either during a Short Jump or a Long Jump
Throws
All characters (except for Akira) have access to a default throw technique by pressing P+G while near the opponent. Alongside that, each character has unique throws, with each throw technique having their own unique input commands.
Stomp Attack
Also referred as Down Attack, stomp attacks are attacks that are used for hitting a knocked down opponent for additional damage, the input motion for most of the cast is P or HOLD P when the opponent is knocked down by any attack. Stomp attacks performed with P deal less damage but are hard to dodge, while stomp attacks performed by HOLD P deal more damage, but are easier to dodge. Akira and Pai have additional Down Attacks that don't use the standard motion that are detailed in the characters section below.
Arcade Mode
In the arcade mode, the player completes a series of 8 "Rounds" where he fights against (in order): Jacky, Jeffry, Sarah, Kage, Pai, Wolf, Lau, and Akira. After defeating Akira, players enter the "Bonus Stage", where they are pitted against Dural.
Characters
Virtua Fighter contains eight characters each employing a different fighting style. A ninth character, Dural, is not readily available to players.
As well as detailing their careers and hobbies, Virtua Fighter also lists the character's blood type, which in Japanese culture can determine one's personality.
Virtua Fighter claims to feature over 700 moves, many of which were left undocumented for players to find them on their own.
- Note: Move lists assume the player is standing, facing right. If facing left,
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should be reversed.
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Akira is a 25-year-old kung-fu teacher with blood type O. Akira is largely considered the main protagonist of Virtua Fighter, featuring predominantly on the games' cover art.
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Pai is an 18-year-old "action star" whose hobbies include dancing. She has blood type O.
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| Lau, father of Pai, is a 53-year-old Chinese cook. He has blood type B and enjoys Chinese poetry.
During development, Lau was known as both "Lee" and "Tao".
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Wolf is a 27-year-old Canadian wrestler who enjoys karaoke. He has blood type O.
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| Jeffry is a 36-year-old fisherman from Australia who enjoys reggae music. He has blood type A.
Curiously, Jeffry's prototype name was Dural, a name re-assigned to the final character of the game. He was also briefly known as "Willy".
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| Kage-Maru (also spelt as Kagemaru or just Kage) is a 21-year-old ninja who plays mahjong for a hobby. He has blood type B.
Kage was originally known as Yagyu during development.
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| Sarah is a 20-year-old female college student from the United States. She enjoys sky diving and has blood type AB. She shares a few of her special moves with Jacky.
In earlier versions of the game, Sarah's name was spelt without the "h" (i.e. "Sara").
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| Jacky, older brother of Sarah is a 22-year-old male from the United States. He is a Indy car racer by trade and of blood type A.
Originally Jacky's name was spelt with an "ie" (Jackie). This was changed for the final version.
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Dural is the last fighter. Her move set is a amalgamation of all the other Virtua Fighter characters moves.
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History
Development
- Main article: Virtua Fighter/Development.
Impact
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Up until that time, fighting games (such as Capcom's Street Fighter series) were designed and rendered on sprite-based 2D graphics hardware — meaning that both the characters and background scenery were composed of 2D sprites and tilemaps, which when using multiple layers produced a parallax scrolling effect as the screen moved to follow the characters. Virtua Fighter dispensed with the 2D graphics, replacing them with flat-shaded triangles rendered in real-time, using the Sega Model 1's 3D rendering hardware, allowing for effects and technologies that were impossible in sprite-based fighters, such as characters that could move tri-dimensionally rather than just backwards and forwards, and a dynamic camera that could zoom, pan, and swoop dramatically around the arena. The game had a more realistic take on the genre, attempting to represent real life martial arts disciplines, making it more of a fighting simulation.[18]
Virtua Fighter's graphics, however, eventually became obsolete due to rapid advances in polygon technology that allowed for rounder, more detailed, textured, higher-polygon-count character models, as seen in Virtua Fighter 2. Nevertheless, Virtua Fighter forever revolutionized the fighting game genre, introducing a more realistic style of gameplay to the genre with its move to 3D.[19]
Legacy
Virtua Fighter was a phenomenal success for Sega, particularly in Japan which was already consumed by arcade game fighting culture. After a slow start, it became one of Japan's highest-grossing arcade games of all time.
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[20] Its success has guaranteed future entries in the franchise ever since, and is amongst Sega AM2's most recognisable products.
Virtua Fighter was followed by Virtua Fighter 2 in 1994, which sports significantly improved visuals and two new characters. AM2's Seiichi Ishii would also leave following his work on this game to create Tekken for Namco, seen as an important competitor to Virtua Fighter during the 1990s.
Likewise, programmer Francois Yves Bertrand (credited as F.Y. Bertrand) was headhunted by Atari Corporation and put to work on the Atari Jaguar 3D fighting game, Fight for Life, cited as being a killer app for the system designed to rival the PlayStation and Saturn consoles (though mismanagement at the company led to an unfinished build being released).
Virtua Fighter was adapted into a comic book, published by Marvel Comics. It was released in May 1995, to coincide with the Sega Saturn's North American launch.
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Virtua Fighter had been given some representation in the Super Smash Bros. series. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Mii Fighter costumes based on Jacky Bryant and Akira Yuki were added to the game as paid DLC, with the Jacky costume being based on his Virtua Fighter 5 appearance, and the Akira costume being based on his appearance in the original game. Akira himself would later appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an Assist Trophy, using his polygonal look from this game.
Versions
As a milestone for both Sega and the fighting game genre as a whole, Virtua Fighter was widely tipped for release on the Sega Saturn console. A port was developed in conjunction with the hardware and was released in Japan as a launch title (before becoming the pack-in game for the subsequent North American and European launches of the console).
Views on the Saturn version are generally mixed, as while its existence led to Sega's console out-selling the PlayStation during its first few months of sale in Japan, it quickly became apparent that the port had been rushed to market with severe graphical and technical issues. Although the disc comes paired with higher quality arranged music inspired by the arcade soundtrack, polygon counts are significantly lower, five-second load times interrupt fights and the screen resolution is reduced over the arcade game.
On the Saturn, Virtua Fighter has issues rendering 3D content, with flickering polygons overlapping in odd ways (some of which occasionally disappear entirely), and animation issues, including an infamous bug where certain characters' feet to point in the wrong direction during their winning poses. The jerky camera of the arcade version is also carried over from the arcade game, and in some situations can behave worse than its arcade counterpart. Similar technical issues would be witnessed in Daytona USA, also created in parallel with the hardware.
By the time of the Western release in mid-1995, Virtua Fighter compared unfavourably to other early Saturn/PlayStation fighting games, such as Battle Arena Toshinden. In response, Sega released Virtua Fighter Remix shortly before the Winter launch of Virtua Fighter 2, which addresses some of the concerns and textures the 3D models. Virtua Fighter Remix quickly became the de facto version of Virtua Fighter, being the new console pack-in and the basis for Virtua Fighter PC.
A version of Virtua Fighter was also released for the Sega 32X, which in Japan debuted after the Saturn version (but before the Saturn version in other territories). Originally planned to be a Sega Neptune launch title, it suffers from even lower polygon counts than the Saturn version and various other cutbacks, but is otherwise relatively faithful to the original, subsequently being cited as one of the better games for the system. While the 32X renders fewer polygons at any one time, they are generally more "stable", with clipping and flickering being mostly absent from port (although some animation issues still remain). It is also the only 32X game with support for 16:9 widescreen displays.
Both home versions of the game added a "Round-Robin" tournament mode.
The arcade version of the game was re-released on the Astro City Mini in 2020. It notably features upscaled graphics compared to the original.
Ports for mobile phones also exist.
Production credits
- Main article: Virtua Fighter/Production credits.
Arcade version
- Main Programmer: Toru Ikebuchi
- Coordinator / Main Designer: Seiichi Ishii
- Programmers: Shin Kimura, Takeshi Suzuki, Eisuke Miura, Kazuhiko Yamada, Masahiko Kobayashi, Naomi Ota, F.Y. Bertrand, Tetsuya Kaku
- Designers: Kunihiko Nakata, Youji Kato, Toshiya Inoue, Yoshinao Asako, Masataka Aochi, Tomohiro Ishii, Jeffery Buchanan, Mika Kojima
- Program Supports: Keiji Okayasu, Hiroaki Shoji
- Music Composer: Takayuki Nakamura
- Planning Support: Manabu Tsukamoto
- Producer and Director: Yu Suzuki
Saturn version
- Main Programmer: Keiji Okayasu
- Programmers: Tetsuya Sugimoto, Hiroaki Shoji, Motoi Kaneko, Jun-ichi Ishito
- Designers: Yoshinao Asako, Youji Kato, Ryoya Yui
- Sound Designers: Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Kazuhiko Kouchi
- Thanks: Yutaka Nishino, Hideya Shibazaki, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Kazuo Otani, Sega Digital Studio
- Producer: Yu Suzuki
- Producer: Eric Rawlins
- Marketing:
- Marketing Zealot: Tim Dunley
- Marketing Crusader: Doria Sanchez
- Product Specialist: Nemer Valasquez
- Lead Tester: Maria Tuzzo
- Asst. Leads: Joel Breton, Phil Co
- Testers: Michael Baldwin, Joe Cain, Don Carmichael, Ed Chanault, Janine Cook, Ben Cureton, Arnold Feener, Len Jung, Jeff Junio, Jeff Loney, Chris Lucich, Lance Nelson, Eric Simonich, Mark Subotnick, David Wood
- ESRB Co-ordinator: Blair Bullock
- Special Thanks: Suzuki Yu, James Spahn, Osamu Shibamiya, Steve Payne, Yukimi Shimura, Keiko Irino
- Manual: Wendy Dinsmore & Eric Rawlins
- Virtua Fighter produced by: AM R&D Dept.#2
32X version
- Producer: Kouichi Nagata
- Programmers: Eiji Horita, Akio Setsumasa, Tatsuo Yamajiri, Yasuhiro Takahashi
- Designer: Masashi Kubo
- Sound Designers: Masaru Setsumaru, Tatsuya Kohzaki, Atsumu Miyazawa, Tadashi Joukagi
- Planner: Hideki Anbo
- Special Thanks: Yu Suzuki, Keiji Okayasu, Toshiya Inoue, Tetsuya Sugimoto, Yutaka Nishino, Hiroaki Shoji, Takeshi Suzuki, Yoshinao Asako, Youji Kato, Ryoya Yui, Manabu Tsukamoto, Saturn V.F Team, Ryoichi Hasegawa
- For SOA: Michael B. Latham, Eric Quakenbush, Erik Wahlberg, Bill Person, France Tantiado, Terry Tang
- Special Thanks: Joe Miller, Steve Payne, Joyce Takakura, All Magazines, Chrissie Huneke-Kremer, Diana Bertollt, John Kully, Clint Dyer, Eric Smith, Lorene Goble, Jennifer Titchener, Sandy Tallerico, Graciela Arrue
- Executive Producer: Michael Latham
- Associate Producer: Eric Quakenbush
- Assistant Producers: Erik Wahlberg, Bill Person
- Marketing Manager: France M. Tantiado
- Public Relations Coordinator: Terry Tang
- Test Manager: Mark Lindstrom
- Lead Tester: Richie Hideshima
- Assistant (Tester) Leads: Stephen Bourdet, Lloyd Kinoshita, Mike Borg, Nicole Tatum
- Testers: Rob Prideaux, Joshua Johnson, Ron Allen, Ty Johnson, Mark Fabela, Sako Bezdjian, Raul Orozco, Cesar Lemus, Jay Vo, Scott Hawkins, Kemrexx George, David Paniagua, Richard Cummings, Kim Rogers, Seth Carbon, Rayman Suansing, Joel Breton, Louis Dribbin, Joseph M. Damon, Sean Davin, Stephen C. Wong, Rick Greer, Randy Smaha, Steve Thompson, Anthony Borba, Mike Benton, Eric Molina, Jeffrey L. Loney, Jeff Sanders, Joe Cecchin, Steve Smith
- Manual: Wendy Dinsmore
Magazine articles
- Main article: Virtua Fighter/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Virtua Fighter/Promotional material.
Photo gallery
US cabinet
Artwork
Logo
Akira
Jacky
Jeff
Kage
Lau
Pai
Sarah
Wolf
Akira
Lau
32X US prototype box art
Physical scans
Model 1 version
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Technical information
- Main article: Virtua Fighter/Technical information.
External links
- Sega of America webpage: 32X, Saturn
- Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn
- Video Game Storytelllers Part 2: The life of Seiichi Ishii in the Virtua Fighter prototype article by Fumio Kurokawa at 4Gamer.net (Japanese)
References
- ↑ File:Virtuafighter sat jp backcover.jpg
- ↑ File:VF 32X JP Box Front.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/32x/soft.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-06-19 13:31)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 93
- ↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 129
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 93
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 51
- ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19940205-1.2.69.15.3?ST=1&AT=search&K=sega+wywy&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega,wywy&oref=article
- ↑ Press release: 1995-05-19: Sega Saturn launch takes consumers and retailers by storm
- ↑ Press release: 1995-09-19: Sega Genesis 32X price comes down to $99
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 68
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 ', "" (; ), page 56
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ', "" (; ), page 53
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 36
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 84
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 73
- ↑ http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/virtuafighter/virtuafighter.htm
- ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-20 06:12)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 28
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 12
- ↑ File:VirtuaF1 Saturn JP SSOpening.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtuafighter sat us manual.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtua Fighter 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtuafighter 32x us manual.pdf, page 31
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 100
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 54
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 21
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 ', "" (; ), page 74
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 126
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 130
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 12
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 ', "" (; ), page 32
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 30
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-07-10)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 72
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 80
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 64
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 ', "" (; ), page 38
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 ', "" (; ), page 1
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 13
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 34
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 33
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 ', "" (; ), page 50
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 11" (1994-11-29, 24:00) (+8:08)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 71
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 55
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 ', "" (; ), page 18
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 46
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 9
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 142
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 77
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- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 16
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 88
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 90
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- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 26
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 62
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 14
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- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 93
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- ↑ Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 28
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| Virtua Fighter (Remix | PC) (1993-1995) | Virtua Fighter 2 (Mega Drive | Sega Ages 2500 Series) (1994-1996) | Virtua Fighter 3 (3tb | 3tb Online) (1996-1997) | Virtua Fighter 4 (Evolution | Final Tuned) (2001-2004) | Virtua Fighter 5 (R | Final Showdown | Ultimate Showdown) (2006-2021) | |||
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| Virtua Fighter Kids (1996) | Virtua Fighter Animation (1997) | Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary (2003) | Virtua Quest (2004) | |||
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| Fighters Megamix (Game.com) | Dead or Alive 5 (5+ | Ultimate | Last Round) (2012-2015) | |||
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| 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) | |||
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