Virtua Fighter 5 To Be A PlayStation 3 Exclusive

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Sega announces its arcade fighter is coming to Sony\'s next-gen console--and only Sony\'s next-gen console.

LOS ANGELES--Last August, Sega announced it was preparing a sequel to Virtua Fighter 4, appropriately titled Virtua Fighter 5. The game was being developed for Sega\'s new Lindbergh arcade board, which is based on a 3GHz Intel Pentium 4 CPU. The fact the board was based on PC architecture led some to speculate the game would be coming to the Xbox 360, as the porting process would be less complex than that to other consoles.

Today, Sega announced that Virtua Fighter 5 is indeed coming to a next-generation console ... but not the Xbox 360. The game will be exclusive to the PlayStation 3 when it is released in North America in Spring 2007. Like the 360, though, the game will feature high-definition graphics, and will support 720p resolution.

Virtua Fighter 5 will sport more than 15 characters, including many from previous installments. It will also include two new characters, Eileen and El Blaze. Of Chinese descent, Eileen "uses a Monkey Kung-Fu fighting style that she learned from her grandfather, a former Kung-Fu master," according to Sega. As one might gather from the name, El Blaze is a master of lucha libre, the flamboyant style of Mexican wrestling.

Besides introducing two new characters, Sega also released some gameplay details about Virtua Fighter 5. The publisher carefully avoided any mention of an online mode, but did say players could win in-game money for their victories which they could use at an in-game shop. Sega also said that players could pick form several customizable costumes and "attachable items" that "can be placed onto each fighter’s various body parts."

GameSpot will have more details on Virtua Fighter 5 as they become available.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149349.html

From it\'s earliest days, the VF series has captivated it\'s audience.  Hopefully the fifth VF will continue it\'s legacy, and bring better and more immersive fighting to the masses, and in a unique way that will make the exclusive mean something.  Woot!  Go Sens Go!

(huh, wait, still all charged up from the game )

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From it\'s earliest days, the VF series has captivated it\'s audience. Hopefully the fifth VF will continue it\'s legacy, and bring better and more immersive fighting to the masses, and in a unique way that will make the exclusive mean something. Woot! Go Sens Go!

I like how this game isn\'t a freaking button-masher. It actually requires a bit of skill to learn each character.

This is one of the sure-fire titles for the PS3, and exclusive which is key. I\'m just dipping into PS3 but its the first game worth looking at, if you like fighting games.
 
I\'m on the fence with fighters, though. And I dunno if $660 + tax is worth it. In fact, it\'s not.
 
I\'ll have to take a look at what else we got here. Nice posting, by the way, Evi.

Just awesome. I saw the vids as well. Must have game imo.

Check out the HDR fx on the tiles\' ridges ! The characters don\'t look Tekken 6 plastic fantastic.

VF has always been the leader for graphics & depth in fighters.

Still not the flashiest and the characters are boring and forgettable, which is why it\'s never #1 in sales or popularity, but good to see Sega\'s still putting tons of effort into the series.

Fuck yes.

VF > Tekken

Man if I get a PS3 and VF5 is available then, it might be one of the first games I ll get!

Actually VF5 makes me want a PS3 more!!

Check some gameplay videos! You ll be fucking amazed with the fights!!

Btw: Lau is looking awesomely bad-ass

Namco are skrewing theirselves if they dont match VF5. This could be the best fighting ever! Fucking deep!

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Can\'t wait for this one and Sega Rally Revo !!!

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I\'ve been playing both for years, and i still prefer Tekken.  VF not a button masher game, uh-huh.. It\'s just as much a button masher game as tekken. A person skilled in either game will always cain a button masher, if u have trouble beating a button masher, then keep practising, cause you suck!!!

Still play both, still enjoy both. Still will get both..

I\'ve been playing both for years, and i still prefer Tekken.  VF not a button masher game, uh-huh.. It\'s just as much a button masher game as tekken. A person skilled in either game will always cain a button masher, if u have trouble beating a button masher, then keep practising, cause you suck!!!

Still play both, still enjoy both. Still will get both..

 hehe well some people think Tekken is a button masher because the first mode they try is..normal which is extremely easy. Someone who masters the game and plays only in ultra hard mode wont have this opinion.

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A person skilled in either game will always cain a button masher, if u have trouble beating a button masher, then keep practising, cause you suck!!!

Quoted for truth.

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tekken has and always will have the cooler characters, and while i\'ve played both, i always ended up liking tekken for reasons i\'ve already stated in the tekken thread...but this game is lookin good and if it turns out to be a decent  fightin\' game, i\'ll probably pick it up...