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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
2002
¥?
840-0106C
JP
2003-03-13[4]
¥6,800 (7,140 )6,800 (7,140 )[4]
SLPM-65270
US (Greatest Hits)
2003-08-12[2]
$19.9919.99[3]
SLUS-20616GH
EU (Promo)
2003
JC-P51616-EU
DE
2003-06-30
SLES-51616 INL-P51616-GE
ES
2003-06-30
SLES-51616 INL-P51616-SP
FR
2003-06-30
SLES-51616 INL-P51616-FR
UK
2003-06-30
£39.9939.99[1]
SLES-51616 INL-P51616-UK
IT
2003
SLES-51616 INL-P51616-IT
AU
2003-07-07
SLES-51616 INL-P51616-UK
KR
200x
SLKA-25043
KR (BigHit)
2008-04-17[5]
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. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.[6] [7]
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
Arcade version
Program
Character Design
Character Name
Goh Hinegami: Jun Kubota (iceman)
Brad Burns: Hiroaki Ota
Item Team
2D Design
Emblem Design
Plan
Motion
Motion Actor
Katsugekizawa: Wataru Koga, Naoyasu Achi, Kazuhiro Sinyako
Stunts Astyn: Motoki Kawana, Akira Sugihara, Yoshio Miyaki
Game System Regulator
Sound
Sound Creators: Fumio Ito , Shinichi Goto , Sachio Ogawa , Keisuke Tsukahara , Naoyuki Machida , Yasuhiro Takagi , Tatsutoshi Narita
Guitar Player: Tomoya Koga
Character Voice: Shinichirou Miki, Mahito Tsujimura, Minami Takayaka, Shigeru Chiba, Nina Kumagaya, Takahiro Sakurai, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi , Toshihiko Seki, Eric Kelso, Jeff Manning, Dennis Gun, Donna Burke, Ryan Drees, Lisle Wilkerson, Bill Sullivan
VF.NET
VF.NET Team: Yusuke Shimizu , Hideo Gunji , Koki Koiwa , Kazuhiro Shigekuni , Shinji Okuma , Yasuyuki Komiya , Chika Torii, Shuhei Nakayama , Hiroshi Tsurusaki, Wataru Nakanishi, Kei Terui
Publicity
Special Thanks
Original Game ©Sega ©Sega-AM2 /Sega ,2001,2002
Source : In-game credits[8]
Source : Uncredited
PlayStation 2 version
Programmer
Arcade Portion
Original Portion
Designers
Art Director: Satoshi Fujinuma
Characters & Items: Chizuka Tamehira , Genta Takahashi , Hiroaki Ota, Kozue Suzuki , Nobuhiko Kosuge , Masayuki Takahashi , Ringo Manabe
Stages & Effects: Seiji Aoki , Yuichi Matsui
2D Graphics: 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
Guitar 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, Yo-ro-, Yousuke Fukazawa
Special Thanks: Enterbrain, Inc., Sega Amusement Co., CRI Middleware Co. Ltd. , Joji Morikawa, Keisuke Chiwata , Kenji Furukawa, Jun Kubota (iceman), 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, TR Department
Supervisor: Toru Ikebuchi
Executive Director: Yu Suzuki
Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
Created by: Sega-AM2
Presented by: Sega
Original Game ©Sega ©Sega-AM2 /Sega ,2001,2003
Source : In-game credits (JP) [10]
Magazine articles
Main article: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Print advert in (US) #168: "July 2003" (2003-06-03)
Merchandise
Main article: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution/Merchandise .
Physical scans
NAOMI 2 version
NAOMI 2, JP
Cart
NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, JP (Revision A)
NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, JP (Revision B)
"Long" instructions
Disc
PlayStation 2 version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
(UK)
93
[1]
(US)
100
September 2003, p53
(US)
90
August 2003, p86
75
August 2003, p7
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
PlayStation 2, US (Greatest Hits)
Cover
Disc
PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc
PlayStation 2, EU (Promo)
Cover
PlayStation 2, UK
Cover
Disc
PlayStation 2, FR
Cover
PlayStation 2, DE
Cover
PlayStation 2, ES
Cover
Disc
PlayStation 2, IT
Cover
PlayStation 2, AU
Cover
PlayStation 2, KR
Cover
PlayStation 2, KR (Big Hit)
Cover
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
?
CRC32
de98c574
MD5
f134f40f81ba1a53751aae8ba913ab54
SHA-1
4db383186146a5cea69d05821860f33cabfaccaf
1,851,654,144
DVD-ROM (EU)
SLES-51616 (V1.00)
✔
CRC32
28e0d826
MD5
0f23792d1dd0cded72b837a9d66646e0
SHA-1
a906a1236084a8bc306edfda06ea0c066ed8edee
1,238,695,936
DVD-ROM (JP)
SLPM-65270 (V1.00)
?
CRC32
8eff0759
MD5
f416a04771f71e4a3cd543d908361657
SHA-1
8db936701494a299118ff87d3c31e83ff407d7ea
1,564,114,944
DVD-ROM (KR)
SLKA-25043 (V1.02)
?
CRC32
4f5175bf
MD5
46fbdccbe61654218d3c0a944591a56c
SHA-1
e818cf52f50288240a866016825d513721cfb4f0
1,558,740,992
DVD-ROM (US)
SLUS-20616GH (V1.02)
?
2003-05-22
DVD-R
Page
External links
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Computer & Video Games , "October 2004" (UK; 2004-08-26), page 101
↑ http://www.sega.com/games/ps2/post_ps2game.jhtml?PRODID=10561 (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-07 10:53)
↑ 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
↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65270.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-10-29 16:49)
↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/358 (archive.today)
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf
↑ https://youtu.be/wIsSSQjSB0Y?t=832
↑ "rain" is registered in Miyamoto's name on JASRAC Works Identification Database
↑ File:VirtuaFighter4Evolution_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf
↑ File:VirtuaFighter4Evolution PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 54
↑ Consoles + , "Mai 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly , "September 2003" (US; 2003-08-05), page 115
↑ Famitsu , "2003-03-21" (JP; 2003-03-07), page 33
↑ GamePro , "September 2003" (US; 2003-08-05), page 88
↑ (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Hyper , "September 2003" (AU; 2003-08-06), page 73
↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK , "July 2003" (UK; 2003-06-13), page 82
↑ PSM , "Vol. 7, No. 9: September 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 39
↑ Virtual'nyye radosti , "" (BY; 2004-03-30), page 1