Virtua Fighter 5

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Description

17 invitations have been sent out for the fifth edition of the World Fighting Tournament. 15 fighters make a return and two new faces appear in the arena; the young girl Eileen using monkey kung fu and lucha libre wrestler El Blaze. Little do the participants know that the organization J6, funding the tournament, has prepared a new Dural fighting program. In the previous game, their first version was defeated and the organization kidnapped Vanessa. She managed to escape, but her fighting data was captured and used to design V-Dural. With the new tournament, J6 wants to reveal the insider who helped Vanessa escape and test their new program against the best fighters of the world.

The overall one-on-one arena fighting gameplay is still present but there are a few changes. The ranking system has been revised, the throw speed has been reduced and there is a new offensive move, which allows fighters to sidestep each other to dodge and make more strategic attacks. The new clash system can be used to cancel out an attack with a throw. This edition also includes deeper character customization.

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Alternate Titles

• "バーチャファイター5" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Japanese Xbox 360 games with full English support
• PlayStation 3 Essentials Range releases
• Virtua Fighter series

User Reviews

Virtua Fighter Finally Returns To A Console That Can Run It

Xbox 360

MasterMegid (902)

Critic Reviews

Snackbar-Games.com	PlayStation 3	Apr 13, 2007		100
1UP	PlayStation 3	Feb 16, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
Gamesmania.de	Xbox 360	Nov 06, 2007	91 out of 100	91
UGO (UnderGroundOnline)	Xbox 360	2007	A-	91
Game Critics	Xbox 360	Apr 14, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Defunct Games	Xbox 360	Dec 13, 2007	90 out of 100	90
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Xbox 360	Nov 11, 2007	9 out of 10	90
DarkZero	PlayStation 3	Apr 08, 2007	8.9 out of 10	89
Maxim Magazine	PlayStation 3	Feb 20, 2007		60
Game Revolution	PlayStation 3	Mar 20, 2007	C-	42

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Virtua Fighter 5 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2007 – #6 PS3 Game of the Year
  • 2007 – #7 Xbox 360 Game of the Year
  • 2007 – PS3 Fighting Game of the Year
  • 2007 – Xbox 360 Fighting Game of the Year
  • 2007 – #7 Multiplayer Game of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Virtua Fighter 5 (Official game website)
• Wikipedia: Virtua Fighter 5 (Article in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Virtua Fighter 5.)