GC VF UPDATE source=IGN

April 01, 2002 - Yu Suzuki and AM2 shocked attendees of Sega\'s GameJam event with the news of a GameCube edition in the Virtua Fighter series to mark the 10th anniversary of Virtua Fighter 1 \'s arcade debut. As previously reported, the game will be an action-adventure game rather than a fighter, and will feature the entire cast from the series.

Sega\'s press release for the game doesn`t reveal too much aside from a target audience. Sega mentions that the game is targetted to everyone from children to adults, meaning that we probably shouldn`t expect anything too kiddie or too violent. Suzuki commented at the announcement that he`d actualy discussed the game with Nintendo`s Shigeru Miyamoto, which always makes us happy.

We also have what would\'ve been the first screenshot for the game, had we been sitting a bit closer to the stage. Unfortunately, we were far enough away so that our digital camera entered "Digital Zoom" mode when we tried to zoom in on the screen shots Suzuki was holding in his hands, making this the closest we could get to anything discernable:

A sky, a Sun and what seems to be a dialogue box are somewhat discernable in the. Maybe one of the Virtua Fighters is summoning the sun god to come down from the sky and defeat the evil Dural! Anyhow, as we said in our previous article, all we could see from our vantage point were green and red blurs.

Here are some more shots of the screens form different angles, this time showing Suzuki as he held the pamphlet containing the shots:

    * Pamphlet - 1
    * Pamphlet - 2
    * Pamphlet - 3

And for those who have to see everything, here\'s the source video from which we grabbed the shots.

They said its not geared for kids or adults . I hope they dont make it TOO kiddie. In between is fine for me. I hope if there is fighting hey have atleast blood.....

*thinks that it\'ll be accessible to kids and adults just like the other Virtua Fighter games*

*also thinks that Suzuki-san made a point of adults enjoying the game so the kiddy talk would stop*

I think he mentioned something about it being unfair at GameJam; the kiddy stereotype for Nintendo.

Blade, you should put in for a job as a Micrsoft Spindoctor..

I like.. rather love nintendo,
but i\'m not afriad to say they are targeting kids, they said it themselves

but chrono they are not targeting kids.... is resident evil a kiddy game? They even said this will be for both kids and adults as all games should.

but chrono they are not targeting kids.... is resident evil a kiddy game? They even said this will be for both kids and adults as all games should.

And look how RE sales turned out... :rolleyes:
Nintendo said themselves they are targeting kids, that does not mean they will ignore the adults.. they are TARGETING kids, not only catering to them

Originally posted by Chrono
And look how RE sales turned out... :rolleyes:  

Yea, a pathetic 100,000 in two days.  How will Capcom recover?

:shy:

:rolleyes:

-Eik

Originally posted by Eiksirf

Yea, a pathetic 100,000 in two days.  How will Capcom recover?

:shy:

:rolleyes:

-Eik

Is it me, or does Nintendo think that having the RE series exclusive was going to get them alot more sales?  I think they were aiming to have this game spike up the sales for NGC, but it didn\'t happen. Oh well, give it time, and this game will sell a little more. I guess the japanese wanted a whole new game.

Yea, a pathetic 100,000 in two days. How will Capcom recover?

That would be ok.. if sales were to continue like that
problem is the game did not sell 100k this week also, it probably sold closer to 60k based on my estimates

Chrono: You\'re starting to bug me. I\'m not a spindoctor, Nintendo has never, ever targeted children. Nintendo\'s president for 50 years said that he cringes when he hears that garbage.. he never promoted the idea of making games specifically for kids.

This is the stereotypical bull-chit that Suzuki-san is trying to dispose of with his comments; that Nintendo is trying to shake off by publishing games from studios like Retro and Silicon Knights. Nintendo has always made games that everybody can play, not just kids. Wake up and smell the coffee.

As for Resident Evil, one chart was open for 3 days and the game sold 104,000 copies in those 3 days.. not bad for a M-rated game on a system with only 1.3 million users in Japan. Also, Resident Evil has maintained no.1 for the past week with the exception of one day.. the sales numbers have yet to be reported.

You\'re starting to bug me. I\'m not a spindoctor, Nintendo has never, ever targeted children. Nintendo\'s president for 50 years said that he cringes when he hears that garbage.. he never promoted the idea of making games specifically for kids.

Deal with it, nintendo SAID that
sorry if you can\'t come to grips with it, seek consoling or something

Also, Resident Evil has maintained no.1 for the past week with the exception of one day.. the sales numbers have yet to be reported.

Wow,
so impressive :rolleyes:
impressive in that the 3 day it was in first, it was up against nothing

Thats like saying I placed first against nobody.. let alone for only 3 days

The data will account for the 25th through April 1st..

lets see here
April 1st- 7th
March 31st- 6th
30th-  6th
29th- 8th
28th- Not on the list
27th- 1st
26th- 1st
25th- 1st


Of the 3 days it was in first, it beat
J.LEAGUE pro soccer club! (2002/3/7) and Saukra Wars 4 (2002/3/21)

Wow, so impressive
:rolleyes:

Of course then new games came out and quickly knocked it down the charts.. I expect 70k max sales for that week, 50k being more likely

Cloud

do you have some scans of the Pamphlet ?

is so could you link me

Bleh, your posts in the past made some sense.. but now I see how blind you truly are.

Life lesson: Read.. take in as much information as possible. Never assume.

It was rumored that Resident Evil had shortages, BTW.

Bleh, your posts in the past made some sense.. but now I see how blind you truly are.

resorting to personal attacks cause I prooved you wrong?
pitty pitty..

Life lesson: Read.. take in as much information as possible. Never assume.

I am very good at predicting information regarding the console industry. I\'ve been right many times in the past, and I keep on on obscure japaneese news too.

It was rumored that Resident Evil had shortages, BTW

ROFL, sure...


I also heard that the xbox had shortages too!
you belive that, i\'ll tell ya another one

Chrono, what are you trying to prove?

What is the point of you posting in this thread?

Chrono:

Deal with it, nintendo SAID that

Feel free to direct me to the quote.

I don\'t have the precise quote myself, but I\'ve read in interviews that Yamauchi, Miyamoto, and Nintendo in general hate when people accuse them of catering to solely children. Miyamoto is a middle-aged game producer that "makes games that he wants to play". There\'s plenty more evidence on this, but I don\'t have the time to list it; all in all, Nintendo is a family-friendly company. They have their lighter titles, like Mario 64.. and their darker titles, like Super Metroid. Neither is inappropriate for children, neither is shunned by adult gamers.

resorting to personal attacks cause I prooved you wrong?
pitty pitty..

Hehe, sorry for the "personal" attack.. but it was warranted. Practically everything you\'ve posted in this thread has been inaccurate.. except for maybe the Resident Evil numbers. The game was the no.1 seller from March 22nd to 26th, at least.. and other websites have reported that it was 1st on the 29th too. Got a link that proves otherwise?