Virtua Fighter 2
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One year after after the first tournament Akira, Wolf, Pai, Jeffry, Kage, Jacky, Sarah and defending champion Lau are invited to the World Fighting Tournament, and are joined by the master of drunken Kung-Fu Shun-di, who wants to prove he's more than an old geezer and Lion Rafale, who's fighting for his freedom. Each fighter has his own style, from the lightning fast attacks of Pai to the powerful slams of Jeffry.
Home port of Sega's popular Model 2A arcade vs. fighter released in 1995. Game modes include classic arcade mode, 2P vs mode, Expert mode (where the computer character progressively learns and counters players' technique), Ranking Mode (similar to Arcade, but at the end, a fighting style analysis is shown based on number of specials and time to knock down an opponent), Team Battle Mode (two teams composed of five fighters go against each other, the first to beat five characters being the winner) and Watch mode (allows choosing two fighters and then see them fighting). Both VF2 and VF2.1 (a tweaked version available only in Japan) modes are included. Gameplay keeps the same style from the first game, adding more moves to each fighters' roll. Using a three-key layout (block, kick and punch, being possible to assign button combinations to the extra keys) the player is able to control their fighter, aiming to knock or push the opponent outside the rink inside the time limit. Combo moves range from the quickest, which require the player to push up to five buttons quickly, to strong moves that require more button presses along d-pad nudges to be successful. As with the previous game, fighting is realistic (except the physics-defying leaps), and each fighter has nothing but their body to harm the opponent.
While in comparison with the arcade version some parts took a hit on graphical quality (such as the texture details and backgrounds), the game uses the Saturn High-Resolution mode and flowing 60-fps to bring the arcade experience home.
Spellings
- VR战士2 - Chinese spelling (simplified)
- バーチャファイター2 - Japanese spelling
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Credits (Arcade version)
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Trivia
Advertising
As part of Sega's advertising campaign in Portugal, a Saturday morning show (cyberMaster) pitched eight contestants in a knockout playoff showcasing the most popular titles (such as Mortal Kombat 3, FIFA 96 or Virtua Racing) for both the Saturn and the Mega Drive. The only game that was permanently featured in the show was Virtua Fighter 2, and was played between the two finalists to decide the winner.
Dural
The original arcade version was rumored to allow players to choose Dural, the final boss character, via some sort of super-secret code. This wasn't true, but she was made available for the Saturn version albeit only on vs and practice mode. Now guess what Sega did for the PC version?... they made Dural available on every game mode.
Easter Eggs
Beating 20 opponents with Kage makes his face mask fall off instead of just his headband when he falls down.
ESRB Rating
The version distributed by Expert Software has a packaging error. The front of the box lists the correct ESRB rating of "Teen", while the back incorrectly lists "Kids to Adults".
Patch
A Direct 3D patch was released to take advantage of hardware acceleration on slow PCs.
Popularity
Virtua Fighter at one point reached a popularity peak in Japan that went up to having actual schools that focused on teaching people how to play at their best in the game!
Promotion
At one point to boost Saturn sales
Resolution
Virtua Fighter 2, at the time of release, boasted the highest resolution seen in a console game: 708x480.
Sales
Virtua Fighter 2 is Sega of Japan's only game to sell a million copies in Japan.
Awards
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- 1995 Holiday Edition (Vol. 8, No. 13) - Game of the Year
- 1995 Holiday Edition (Vol. 8, No. 13) - Best Saturn Game of the Year
- 1995 Holiday Edition (Vol. 8, No. 13) - Best Fighting Game of the Year
- 1995 Holiday Edition (Vol. 8, No. 13) - Best 32-Bit Graphics of the Year
Information also contributed by AkibaTechno, Big John WV, John Chaser, Luis Silva, Robyrt, Satoshi Kunsai, and Zovni
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- MobyGames ID: 1124
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Game added by Derrick 'Knight' Steele.
PlayStation 3 added by Charly2.0. Xbox One added by Kennyannydenny. SEGA Saturn added by Kartanym. iPhone added by Sciere. Xbox 360 added by NIBOR 1904. Arcade added by The cranky hermit.
Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, Alaka, ケヴィン, richardsu.
Last modified February 27th, 2023.