Arcade Video game published 25 years ago:
Virtua Fighter 2 (c) 1994 Sega.
- TECHNICAL -
Runs on the Sega "Model 2A" Hardware.
Screen Orientation: Horizontal
Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 3
=> Punch, Kick, Guard
- TRIVIA -
Virtua Fighter 2 (or VF2 for short) was released in November 1994. It was a technical knockout for its time with 300,000 polygons per second. Two times faster than the original "Virtua Fighter".
A super deformed version of this game, "Virtua Fighter Kids", was released in 1996.
Soundtrack releases:
[JP] [Audio CD] February 22, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Sound Track [TYCY-5410]
[JP] [Audio CD] July 26, 1995; Dancing Shadows. - Virtua Fighter 2 [TYCY-5449]
Video releases:
[JP] [VHS] February 22, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [CGMV] [TYVY-5004]
[JP] [VHS] April 20, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [Gamest Video Vol.15]
[JP] [VHS] April 26, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 - Eternal Battle [TYVY-5006]
[JP] [Video CD] June 23, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 [CGMV] [TYIY-5001]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Akira] [TYVH-5004]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Jacky] [TYVH-5005]
[JP] [VHS] November 08, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Sarah] [TYVH-5006]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Lau] [TYVH-5007]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Pai] [TYVH-5008]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Wolf] [TYVH-5009]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Jeffry] [TYVH-5010]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Kage] [TYVH-5011]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Shun] [TYVH-5012]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [Lion] [TYVH-5013]
[JP] [VHS] November 8, 1995; Wheel of Fortune - Virtua Fighter 2 [The Unknown] [TYVH-5014]
[JP] [Video CD] March 29, 1996; Virtua Fighter 2 - Wheel of Fortune The Best Bout [TYIY-5002]
Related literatures:
[JP] March 9, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.1 [Gamest Mook Vol.5]
[JP] June 20, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.2 [Gamest Mook Vol.10]
[JP] December 10, 1995; Virtua Fighter 2 Act.3 [Gamest Mook Vol.19]
Sega Saturn CG Portait Series:
[JP] October 13, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.1 Sarah Bryant [Model GS-9062]
[JP] October 13, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.2 Jacky Bryant [Model GS-9064]
[JP] November 17, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.3 Akira Yuki [Model GS-9065]
[JP] November 17, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.4 Pai Chan [Model GS-9066]
[JP] December 8, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.5 Wolf Hawkfield [Model GS-9068]
[JP] December 8, 1995; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.6 Lau Chan [Model GS-9069]
[JP] January 26, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.7 Shun Di [Model GS-9070]
[JP] January 26, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.8 Lion Rafale [Model GS-9071]
[JP] March 1, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.9 Kage Maru [Model GS-9067]
[JP] March 1, 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.10 Jeffry McWild [Model GS-9072]
[JP] 1996; Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.11 The Final Dural [Model GS-9073]
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Slow motion replay : Hold Punch + Kick + Dodge immediately after winning a round. This may only be done once per game.
* Replay taunt : Hold Punch, Kick, or Dodge during a replay. Another taunt is available if a round is won in less than ten seconds.
* View credits : Hold Start during demo mode.
* Alternate music : Hold Start in the brief pause before the first match of each round. Player one and two's Start butting brings up different music.
* Alternate costumes : Hold Up while choosing a fighter at the character selection screen.
* Hint : View Kage unmasked : Fight as Kage and win twenty consecutive matches. From now on, Kage's mask will fall off when he is knocked down.
* Hint : Bird in Jacky's stage : Hold all buttons and both joysticks down during Jacky's mountain stage to bring a bird that will appear in the background. It will fly over the fighter that loses the match.
* Hint : Shake high score screen : Play as Akira and get to the high score screen. Enter you initials, but do not select "End". Move Akira back as far as possible, then execute any special move.
- SERIES -
1. Virtua Fighter (1993)
2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1994)
3. Virtua Fighter Remix [Model 610-0373-02] (1995)
4. Virtua Fighter Kids [Model 610-0373-14] (1996)
5. Virtua Fighter 3 (1996)
6. Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle (1997)
7. Virtua Fighter 4 [GDS-0012] (2001)
8. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (2002)
9. Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004)
10. Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)
11. Virtua Fighter 5 Version B (2006)
12. Virtua Fighter 5 Version C (2006)
13. Virtua Fighter 5 Version D (2006)
14. Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
15. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010)
- STAFF -
Main programmer : Toru Ikebuchi
Main designer : Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion choreographer : Shin Kimura
Variety : Tetsuya Kaku
Enemy : Daichi Katagiri
Object : Kazuhiko Yamada
Character Effects : Takeshi Suzuki
Co-processor : Eisuke Miura
AI&Rank mode : Kota Matsumoto
Motion set : Shinji Ohshima
Stage Effects : Takashi Fujimura
Scroll : Goho Ogura
Motion designers : Toshiya Inoue, Takayuki Ota, Naotake Nishimura, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Kaoru Nagahama
Character designers : Tomohiro Ishii, Kaori Yamamoto
Stage designers : Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yasuko Suzuki, Takafumi Kagaya, Makoto Osaki
Texture designers : Kenji Okada, Takashi Isono, Kaznori O, Jeffry Buchanan, Yukinobu Arikawa
Scroll designer : Hideaki Kato
Motion capture : Susumu Takatsuka
Planning support : Manabu Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Masui
Publicist : Fumio Kurokawa
Sound designers : Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Youichi Ueda, Akiko Hashimoto
Special Thanks : ATTRACTIVE ACTION CLUB, ACTION DATA STUNT TEAM, 81 PRODUCE, Kazunari Uchida
Producer & Director : Yu Suzuki
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (dec.1, 1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model GS-9079]"
[KO] Sega Saturn (1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model GS-9507J]"
[US] Sega Saturn (dec.1995) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 81014]"
[EU] Sega Saturn (jan.26, 1996) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model MK81014-50]"
[EU] Sega Mega Drive (1996) "Virtua Fighter [Model 1845-50]"
[BR] Sega Mega Drive (1997) "Virtua Fighter [Model 052010]" by Tec Toy
[US] Sega Genesis (mar.4, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 1845]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (apr.5, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Sega Saturn Collection] [Model GS-9146]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2004) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.16] [Model SLPM-62547]"
[US] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (nov.27, 2012)
[US] [EU] [AU] [JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (nov.28, 2012)
[JP] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (nov.28, 2012) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model NPJB-00251]
[EU] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (dec.5, 2012)
* COMPUTERS:
EU] PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] [(1997)
[JP] PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] (sept.5, 1997) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model HCJ-0127]"
[US] PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM] (sept.17, 1997)
* OTHERS:
Tiger R-Zone (1996)
[US] Apple iPhone/iPad (jan.20, 2011) "Virtua Fighter 2 [Model 413313931]"
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