Lore wise, Kage's mother, Tsukikage, was abducted and transformed into Dural. She was rescued by Kage by the end of VF2, and was restored to her former self. But her condition became worse after her Dural state was reversed. When Kage learned the existence of a new Dural in VF3, he set out to defeat the new Dural in order to retrieve a part, hoping to cure his mother. Unfortunately using the part on his mother transformed her into Dural again. The VF4 Dural was once again Kage's mother.
I think it was assumed to be his mother in VF4, but later revealed to be a fully realized and manufactured creation of the Dural project - so like a cyborg or clone or something with all of Tsukikage's combat data from the her years as Dural and basically a precursor to the V-Dural that appears in VF5. As far as the lore is concerned, Tsukikage is MIA, which I always thought was them waiting for the right opportunity to reveal Tsukikage as a new fighter to the series.
So who is the big bad of Virtua Fighter? What controls Dural? Is there a company or Umbrella type of organization? Like in Dead or Alive there's the DOATEC organization.
@@ShaunTheCHB Yes, there's evil organization called "Judgement 6" or J6 in VF universe. I read that there should be their logo somewhere in the game (Goh's outfit?) but haven't found it. Other evil thing they did was kidnapping Sarah and brainwash her to become assassin or something.
@@jdellabeat6245 Don't know beforehand, but Matt recently tweeted at her and Asuka confirmed she mocapped Vanessa as well as other VF characters in this game
Lore expert incoming! Akira did defeat Wolf in the first game, which prompts Wolf to enter the second game to challenge Akira. After the second game, he starts getting these weird dreams about the world being in danger and whatnot, so he spends the next two games trying to figure that out. In the fourth game, he finds out part of that dream involves Dural.. so, while trying to piece what Prototype T-1000 Woman has to do with these dreams, he gets challenged by El Blaze. As for some of the others.. Akira: As Matt mentioned, he's a lot like Ryu. Trained in Bajiquan, he entered the first tournament and lost to Kage. After that, he undertook some serious training to compete in the second tournament, which he would go on to win. But it wasn't enough - his grandfather said he hasn't mastered 'true strength' yet. So, he has entered the last three tournaments and has come up with jack and squat for it. Pai: A well known movie star in Hong Kong and the daughter of Lau, she was taught his deadly martial art at a young age. Unfortunately, Lau isn't exactly the fatherly type - while he kept training to become a far better fighter, Pai's mother struggled to keep the family afloat and then passed away. Devastated by her death, this motivates Pai to enter the first tournament to confront Lau, who she blames for his death. She would fight him a few more times, but Lau still kept beating her.. then, you find out he has a terminal illness and seeks a successor to his style. She did save him from Lei Fei, who seeks to kill Lau for knowing this martial art to begin with.. now, all Pai can do is show her dying father that she has the strength to carry the legacy. Lau: A master of Huyanquan (Tiger Swallow Fist) and world renowned chef, he's the winner of the first tournament and despite everything going to shit for him (his restaurant went bankrupt and the terminal illness mentioned earlier), he would still fight in the tournaments. With time running short for him, he did choose a successor in Lei Fei, but that backfired on Lau when the monk tried to kill him. Thankfully, Pai saved the day. Still, he doesn't want Pai to see him like this.. so, he enters the fifth tournament hoping that he goes out in a blaze of glory. Jeffry: He's basically an Aussie version of Captain Ahab from 'Moby Dick' - just replace the white whale with the Devil Shark. He enters each tournament to get the money needed to repair and upgrade the fishing boat he uses to capture the damned thing. But, wouldn't you know it... someone caught the shark. J6 (Judgement 6, AKA Poor Man's Mishima Zaibatsu) caught it during the events of the fourth tournament. Fueled by his Captain Ahab levels of obsession toward the Devil Shark and not knowing what to do now, he enters the fifth tournament. Kage-Maru: Probably the one character who has the most to do with the Poor Man's Zaibatsu, this ninja has been through hell - his mother was kidnapped, his home village was burned to the ground and his father (also named Kage-Maru) was shot down. This is when he learns about the Poor Man's Zaibatsu and enters the first tournament. He doesn't get anything out of it, but the second tournament would drop a bombshell on him: His mother became Dural. He saves her, but she becomes sick. He enters and wins the third tournament and for his prize - a part from a new Dural model that might help cure his mother... well, it didn't cure her and it turned her back into Dural. He enters the fourth tournament and reaches the finals (where he was going to fight Shun Di) when Dural interferes. Kage-Maru beats Dural and it turns out.. that this was a Duralbot all along! Tired of the games, Kage-Maru enters the fifth tournament to save his mother and end the Poor Man's Zaibatsu once and for all. Sarah: Jacky's younger sister, she was kidnapped by the Poor Man's Zaibatsu after looking into an accident involving her brother (and done by.. wouldn't you know it, the Poor Man's Zaibatsu). They brainwashed her and basically used her to assassinate her brother in the first two tournaments.. which she failed at doing. At the end of the second tournament, Jacky saves her, but her memory is wiped out. Training for the third tournament helped her regain those memories which includes what J6 did to her. To help resolve these demons, she enters the fourth tournament and she almost defeats Jacky in the process. Now, for the fifth tournament, she races ahead of Jacky to see who can beat the Poor Man's Zaibatsu first. Oh, and she wants to save Vanessa from J6 as well. Jacky: A pro racecar driver, Jeet Kun Do expert and Sarah's older brother, he was involved in a nasty wreck that took two years worth of rehab to recover from. He finds out that J6 was behind it. He enters the first tournament to find J6 (who also kidnapped Sarah, BTW). He does run into Sarah and defeats her, but doesn't save her. So, he becomes a Jeet Kun Do expert and enters the second tournament trying to save Sarah.. which he does, but she has no memories left. So, when she enters the third tournament, he enters secretly to protect her from whatever machinations J6 has up their sleeves. She does regain her memories, which allows Jacky to focus on his racing career.. but, guess who's back to fuck shit up? That's right, it's J6! They've killed a few of his sponsors and threaten to kill more of them if he doesn't fight in the fourth tournament. He does fight in it, but now you throw in the disappearance of his sister's bodyguard, Vanessa. Sick and tired of J6 constantly butting into his life, Jacky resolves to end them once and for all.
@@lessavini Eileen - Raised by her grandfather after the death of her parents, he taught her Monkey Kung Fu at a young age. To improve on these skills, she became an actress in a Beijing opera troupe... one day, she sees Pai doing a martial arts exhibition and she is blown away by her movements. She enters the 5th tournament so she can meet Pai. Goh - Son of an Olympic level Judo master, he became an orphan after said Judo master father of his was killed by a jealous friend. To add salt to the wound, he gets kidnapped by the Poor Man's Zaibatsu (They apparently have a thing for orphans) and trained him to be an assassin. He enters the 4th tournament to take down a few of the fighters, but failed to get the job done after losing to Jacky and Dural doing... Dural things. J6 tells him as he enters the 5th tournament to get the job done... or else (that 'else' being Jean Kujo) Aoi: A childhood friend of Akira and a master of Aiki Ju-Jitsu, she enters the third tournament after what Akira did in the last tournament to prove her skills. After losing in the first round, she trains in several different martial arts to prepare for the fourth tournament. At that, she meets Brad Burns... Brad defeats her as she both disgusted by his flirtatious ways and intrigued by those same ways. She enter the fifth tournament hoping to meet Brad.
Akira is typically the final boss in most the VF games, I feel like 3 was the exception but I might remember wrong. Part of that is due to him just being a very powerful character usually but also the hardest character to play. As for Dural, she has a completely mixed move set, so every button combination will be someone’s move, or even two different moves as a combo. Her hip thrust changes her between light weight and heavy weight fighting styles, so more of Wolf’s moves will be found on the heavy weight style like his throws.
There are some stories about people who joined Shaolin that didn’t believe in the religion. They just wanted to learn king fu so they can leave later and use the Kung fu for whatever.
@@probablysomeguy4806 you're right i saw in a documentary that everyone can take lessons from the Monks, and they cost you. If you can you pay, if you can't you have to cooperate by cleaning rooms, cooking ecc.
I love how Wolf looks if he misses a move. Like if he misses a dropkick or an elbow drop, he just lays there defeated like how did I miss that dammit stupid hawkfeld stupid.
Aoi uses aiki ju-jutsu. In VF3, to be good with her you needed to be familiar with her reversals and counters. She was also the only fighter that can perform a grab on downed opponents.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Yeah it is! My dad is like an Mk veteran mom chimes in too one of my dads friends told me they actually met in an arcade so hell yeah!
I HIGHLY recommend you at least give it a shot. From what I hear, it uses a solution that works similar to Parsec. Where you and your opponent connect to a server that helps make up the difference in delay. It's also free until the beginning of august on PlayStation plus.
I'm so happy Virtua Fighter is back. We had Tekken, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, SoulCalibur and Dead or Alive on PS4 but Virtua Fighter was missing for so many years... I'm a little annoyed by some of the missing content (time Attack and costumes) but at least all of the music is back and most of the cast looks hot!
I remember when I played this game back in the day, it had really nice and helpful community. Not a big one but a lot of people were really skilled and dedicated. I didn't get that good but I could do some nice moves and combos with Jean. I'll definitely try it again for old time's sake.
16:36 There actually was a Wolf Hawkfield in AJPW in the 1990's. He was a lower card wrestler but there was one. Here's him teaming with Stan Hansen ruclips.net/video/GvEoGtNiCig/видео.html
@@Ash0512 I loved it as a kid, it has this "gimmick" running in every episode, where a martial art move gets explained on an education level atleast it appeared to me that way as a kid 😅
@@Ash0512 It has absolutely nothing to do with the game's lore whatsoever. It's entirely it's own thing. Akira is a really young goofball, all the girls are in love with him, ect. It's nothing like the games, but if you're fine with that, it's an entertaining watch.
Yes, Wolf and Akira had rivarly and still have but now on friendly terms. Akira also has a rivalry with Kage since he defeated him in VF3 or 4 if i remember correctly
Fun fact about your wish to have a real wrestler called Wolf Hawkfield: Jim Steele actually portrayed him in All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1997 to 2000. (I am totally reading off TV Tropes right now)
I played VF 1 in the arcades back in the day. When VF2 came out, I fell in love with 3D fighting games and have been a fan of the series ever since. I am currently teaching myself to play using my arcade stick. I kinda want to pick up a copy of VF 4 for PS 2 but I keep putting it off. Love VF and hope this one is successful.
Dude!!! I can’t WAIT to start kicking butt with Wolf and Jacky again! This game was awesome back then, and it seems to have gotten a great treatment to return! Here’s to VF6! 👍
Oh man this takes me back. Dunno why Sega never bothered with a VF6, I guess it didn't sell super well but I hope this does well for them, would love to see more. Would love to see a PC release too.
Unless otherwise (dunno if it happens in DOA 5 and its updated versions since they're guests...or maybe even in Fighter Megamix?), the VF characters in general never make sounds for whenever they are hit or KO'd.
If I remember correctly Aoi's fighting style is aikido, which is very similar to Asuka Kazama's "kazama family martial arts" that's based on aikido. It's why they have similar movesets revolving around counters
You made the right choice. Virtua Fighter over Diablo every time Wish i got into fighting games when I was little, I was in the dark ages though as a kid. I loved Soul Calibur 2 and Smash melee but didn't know anything about online or locals of anything
Matt, you should do a Cymentia Critiques video on this game, I would love to see you and Crymentia looking at all of the outfits. However, I do recommend waiting for the DLC as not all the costumes from the original are not in yet since they basically remade this game from scratch or you can do the critique on Final Showdown, it is not graphically good, but it has everything.
YES! as soon as online is up i would watch just regular episodes or tune in for a full stream and definitely i would watch if you did arcade mode for every other major VF release
16:23 I think "Heaven's Divide" is the correct Japanese translation, but Matt Morgan in TNA gave it the MUCH cooler name of the "Hellevator". Even mimed pressing an elevator button before he did it, it was rad.
Agree to disagree, Heaven's Divide is a x1000 cooler. Hellevator sounds like a "scary ride" at a universal studios resort that boomers would get a kick out of.
In Bloody Roar (At least 3 and Primal Fury) if you land a match-winning blow that sends the opponent flying, it'll send them crashing through the stage's barrier... Usually into a bottomless abyss.
I just played this last night. I’m new to VF (unless you count trying it out twice in the arcade in Yakuza 7) and it feels pretty good so far. At the moment I seem to be the best at using Lion, but I do want to try out some other characters before I decide to put in a lot of training.
Lion is using crane style kung fu and the creator of Virtua Fighter (Seiichi Ishii) went on to create Tekken and that is why Shun Di is a lot like Wang Jinrei. I wish he would have stayed with Tekken...He was extremely creative to come up with some of the best fighting games of all times.
You ever thought of looking into why there's a Virtua Fighter 2 on Genesis. I mean every Genesis Mini owner must want to know why this oddity is in the collection, to begin with.
I don't believe Wolf ever beat Akira. He was close, but never won. He did, however, have an obsession with wanting to fight Akira after his first defeat.
Unfortunately we wouldn’t get Kiryu in this game cuz the Yakuza series creator, Toshihiro Nagoshi, has confirmed that Kiryu does not hit women and will not hit women in any other third party games.
Wolf Hawkfield was a real wrestler in a Japan for a while! His real name was Jim Steele and he wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling
@@samuraisummer2 meanwhile he was absent from Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 because it was on a Nintendo console
Lore wise, Kage's mother, Tsukikage, was abducted and transformed into Dural. She was rescued by Kage by the end of VF2, and was restored to her former self. But her condition became worse after her Dural state was reversed. When Kage learned the existence of a new Dural in VF3, he set out to defeat the new Dural in order to retrieve a part, hoping to cure his mother. Unfortunately using the part on his mother transformed her into Dural again. The VF4 Dural was once again Kage's mother.
I think it was assumed to be his mother in VF4, but later revealed to be a fully realized and manufactured creation of the Dural project - so like a cyborg or clone or something with all of Tsukikage's combat data from the her years as Dural and basically a precursor to the V-Dural that appears in VF5. As far as the lore is concerned, Tsukikage is MIA, which I always thought was them waiting for the right opportunity to reveal Tsukikage as a new fighter to the series.
@@EvilTediz597 Ah I must not be up to the current lore then. Up until VF4 Kage's story was always closely related to Dural.
So who is the big bad of Virtua Fighter? What controls Dural? Is there a company or Umbrella type of organization?
Like in Dead or Alive there's the DOATEC organization.
@@ShaunTheCHB Yes, there's evil organization called "Judgement 6" or J6 in VF universe. I read that there should be their logo somewhere in the game (Goh's outfit?) but haven't found it. Other evil thing they did was kidnapping Sarah and brainwash her to become assassin or something.
Kage's family connection to Dural is the only piece of VF lore I know, and it is solely from Project X Zone 2 of all things.
VF is def mocapped. Kana (Asuka from WWE) was the mocap actor for Vanessa.
THATS SO AWESOME
Really?
Where was this known?
Damn, that's so cool.
@@jdellabeat6245 Don't know beforehand, but Matt recently tweeted at her and Asuka confirmed she mocapped Vanessa as well as other VF characters in this game
Lore expert incoming!
Akira did defeat Wolf in the first game, which prompts Wolf to enter the second game to challenge Akira. After the second game, he starts getting these weird dreams about the world being in danger and whatnot, so he spends the next two games trying to figure that out. In the fourth game, he finds out part of that dream involves Dural.. so, while trying to piece what Prototype T-1000 Woman has to do with these dreams, he gets challenged by El Blaze.
As for some of the others..
Akira: As Matt mentioned, he's a lot like Ryu. Trained in Bajiquan, he entered the first tournament and lost to Kage. After that, he undertook some serious training to compete in the second tournament, which he would go on to win. But it wasn't enough - his grandfather said he hasn't mastered 'true strength' yet. So, he has entered the last three tournaments and has come up with jack and squat for it.
Pai: A well known movie star in Hong Kong and the daughter of Lau, she was taught his deadly martial art at a young age. Unfortunately, Lau isn't exactly the fatherly type - while he kept training to become a far better fighter, Pai's mother struggled to keep the family afloat and then passed away. Devastated by her death, this motivates Pai to enter the first tournament to confront Lau, who she blames for his death. She would fight him a few more times, but Lau still kept beating her.. then, you find out he has a terminal illness and seeks a successor to his style. She did save him from Lei Fei, who seeks to kill Lau for knowing this martial art to begin with.. now, all Pai can do is show her dying father that she has the strength to carry the legacy.
Lau: A master of Huyanquan (Tiger Swallow Fist) and world renowned chef, he's the winner of the first tournament and despite everything going to shit for him (his restaurant went bankrupt and the terminal illness mentioned earlier), he would still fight in the tournaments. With time running short for him, he did choose a successor in Lei Fei, but that backfired on Lau when the monk tried to kill him. Thankfully, Pai saved the day. Still, he doesn't want Pai to see him like this.. so, he enters the fifth tournament hoping that he goes out in a blaze of glory.
Jeffry: He's basically an Aussie version of Captain Ahab from 'Moby Dick' - just replace the white whale with the Devil Shark. He enters each tournament to get the money needed to repair and upgrade the fishing boat he uses to capture the damned thing. But, wouldn't you know it... someone caught the shark. J6 (Judgement 6, AKA Poor Man's Mishima Zaibatsu) caught it during the events of the fourth tournament. Fueled by his Captain Ahab levels of obsession toward the Devil Shark and not knowing what to do now, he enters the fifth tournament.
Kage-Maru: Probably the one character who has the most to do with the Poor Man's Zaibatsu, this ninja has been through hell - his mother was kidnapped, his home village was burned to the ground and his father (also named Kage-Maru) was shot down. This is when he learns about the Poor Man's Zaibatsu and enters the first tournament. He doesn't get anything out of it, but the second tournament would drop a bombshell on him: His mother became Dural. He saves her, but she becomes sick. He enters and wins the third tournament and for his prize - a part from a new Dural model that might help cure his mother... well, it didn't cure her and it turned her back into Dural. He enters the fourth tournament and reaches the finals (where he was going to fight Shun Di) when Dural interferes. Kage-Maru beats Dural and it turns out.. that this was a Duralbot all along! Tired of the games, Kage-Maru enters the fifth tournament to save his mother and end the Poor Man's Zaibatsu once and for all.
Sarah: Jacky's younger sister, she was kidnapped by the Poor Man's Zaibatsu after looking into an accident involving her brother (and done by.. wouldn't you know it, the Poor Man's Zaibatsu). They brainwashed her and basically used her to assassinate her brother in the first two tournaments.. which she failed at doing. At the end of the second tournament, Jacky saves her, but her memory is wiped out. Training for the third tournament helped her regain those memories which includes what J6 did to her. To help resolve these demons, she enters the fourth tournament and she almost defeats Jacky in the process. Now, for the fifth tournament, she races ahead of Jacky to see who can beat the Poor Man's Zaibatsu first. Oh, and she wants to save Vanessa from J6 as well.
Jacky: A pro racecar driver, Jeet Kun Do expert and Sarah's older brother, he was involved in a nasty wreck that took two years worth of rehab to recover from. He finds out that J6 was behind it. He enters the first tournament to find J6 (who also kidnapped Sarah, BTW). He does run into Sarah and defeats her, but doesn't save her. So, he becomes a Jeet Kun Do expert and enters the second tournament trying to save Sarah.. which he does, but she has no memories left. So, when she enters the third tournament, he enters secretly to protect her from whatever machinations J6 has up their sleeves. She does regain her memories, which allows Jacky to focus on his racing career.. but, guess who's back to fuck shit up? That's right, it's J6! They've killed a few of his sponsors and threaten to kill more of them if he doesn't fight in the fourth tournament. He does fight in it, but now you throw in the disappearance of his sister's bodyguard, Vanessa. Sick and tired of J6 constantly butting into his life, Jacky resolves to end them once and for all.
Haha poor man mishima zaibatsu was great! How about Eileen, Goh and Aoi? They're my fave chara, gimme their lore!
Yeah, that is a big deal in the lore. Koen Ken and Huyuan Kuan are exactly the same thing - Tiger Swallow Fist
@@lessavini
Eileen - Raised by her grandfather after the death of her parents, he taught her Monkey Kung Fu at a young age. To improve on these skills, she became an actress in a Beijing opera troupe... one day, she sees Pai doing a martial arts exhibition and she is blown away by her movements. She enters the 5th tournament so she can meet Pai.
Goh - Son of an Olympic level Judo master, he became an orphan after said Judo master father of his was killed by a jealous friend. To add salt to the wound, he gets kidnapped by the Poor Man's Zaibatsu (They apparently have a thing for orphans) and trained him to be an assassin. He enters the 4th tournament to take down a few of the fighters, but failed to get the job done after losing to Jacky and Dural doing... Dural things. J6 tells him as he enters the 5th tournament to get the job done... or else (that 'else' being Jean Kujo)
Aoi: A childhood friend of Akira and a master of Aiki Ju-Jitsu, she enters the third tournament after what Akira did in the last tournament to prove her skills. After losing in the first round, she trains in several different martial arts to prepare for the fourth tournament. At that, she meets Brad Burns... Brad defeats her as she both disgusted by his flirtatious ways and intrigued by those same ways. She enter the fifth tournament hoping to meet Brad.
Akira is typically the final boss in most the VF games, I feel like 3 was the exception but I might remember wrong. Part of that is due to him just being a very powerful character usually but also the hardest character to play.
As for Dural, she has a completely mixed move set, so every button combination will be someone’s move, or even two different moves as a combo. Her hip thrust changes her between light weight and heavy weight fighting styles, so more of Wolf’s moves will be found on the heavy weight style like his throws.
"They made him look a little evil" Well he is evil...a evil monk. I still don't understand how a monk is evil, but he we are lmao
There are some stories about people who joined Shaolin that didn’t believe in the religion. They just wanted to learn king fu so they can leave later and use the Kung fu for whatever.
Yeah Lei Fei, as well as Feng Wei from Tekken are both evil Shaolin practitioners. I'm not sure how both SEGA and Namco both wanted it to be so.
Lei is about power. He tried learn Lau's style and kill him
@@azuremateria and they both were beaten by old martial artists. Lei by Lau and Feng by Wang, but Feng at least has accepted the defeat.
@@probablysomeguy4806 you're right i saw in a documentary that everyone can take lessons from the Monks, and they cost you. If you can you pay, if you can't you have to cooperate by cleaning rooms, cooking ecc.
I love how Wolf looks if he misses a move. Like if he misses a dropkick or an elbow drop, he just lays there defeated like how did I miss that dammit stupid hawkfeld stupid.
Sulk of shame before the rise
I believe Lion uses preying mantis, a Chinese martial art. I hate fighting him since his debut.
Oh , there's Rey Mysterio in there
Yeah, now that you say it, it is preying mantis like.
@@MattMcMuscles
It is Praying Mantis. And Aoi uses Aikido
23:01 Glad Fighting Vipers is still spiritually with us in Virtua Fighter.
Aoi uses aiki ju-jutsu. In VF3, to be good with her you needed to be familiar with her reversals and counters. She was also the only fighter that can perform a grab on downed opponents.
"I like this theme."
You can't be wrong with a mix between Metal and Baroque music.
Love hearing ya talk so passionately about VF 5, Matt. Hopefully this will spark interest in the series and give us 6!!
16:36 Funny you say that, because there was a wrestler named Jim Steel, who wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1997-2000 as Wolf Hawkfield.
I was going to say that. I was only aware of that because sprites based on him and Jeffry McWild made it into a Fire Pro Wrestling game.
It's too bad McMuscles didn't use El Blaze so we didn't get to hear,"START RUNNING..............NOOOOOOOOOOOOW!". :)
Jean Kujo debuted in 5R but I think that version never got a release outside of Japan so most people were introduced to him in Final Showdown
VF animé is AMAZING.
Wolf is a secondary character there anyways, but Akira is his rival for sure.
Everyone is Akira's rival
Dural's moveset is static, but it's made up of every other characters' moves. More Seth, no Mokujin.
Ahhh thanks for that.
@@MattMcMuscles You're welcome. Thank you for showing some VF love.
I was sooo hyped when this was announced i played the shit out of VF5 with my dad i hope this can be enough for a VF comeback :)
If your dad loves fighting games, then that is friggin' AWESOME!
@@kenterminateddq5311 Yeah it is! My dad is like an Mk veteran mom chimes in too one of my dads friends told me they actually met in an arcade so hell yeah!
Was going to pick it up, but also no rollback. Pass.
@@mitchelljones8033 it’s free if you have ps+
I HIGHLY recommend you at least give it a shot. From what I hear, it uses a solution that works similar to Parsec. Where you and your opponent connect to a server that helps make up the difference in delay. It's also free until the beginning of august on PlayStation plus.
I'm so happy Virtua Fighter is back. We had Tekken, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, SoulCalibur and Dead or Alive on PS4 but Virtua Fighter was missing for so many years...
I'm a little annoyed by some of the missing content (time Attack and costumes) but at least all of the music is back and most of the cast looks hot!
Jacky Bryant will be a perfect motivational speaker. "Yeeaaaah!" "Allrriiiight!"
"C'mooon! Nobody can stop meee!"
I remember when I played this game back in the day, it had really nice and helpful community. Not a big one but a lot of people were really skilled and dedicated. I didn't get that good but I could do some nice moves and combos with Jean.
I'll definitely try it again for old time's sake.
6:53 Lion uses Praying-Mantis Kung-Fu (Tōrō-ken in japanese). Also, he's Top Tier in the Series, unless I'm mistaken (due to his speed).
Hm. Some people have saying mantis, and others have said Snake.
@@MattMcMuscles I checked it, it is Mantis style (you probably mistook with Christie from DOA)
Wolf Hawkfield, The Godfather of 3D grapplers. I pray one day we get Wolf vs King, no matter which artists or developers creates the battle.
My man was Akira. I played as him the most. Its looks fantastic. Virtua Fighter 4 will always be the best.
Lion uses Mantis kung fu. Aoi uses Aikido.
16:36 There actually was a Wolf Hawkfield in AJPW in the 1990's. He was a lower card wrestler but there was one.
Here's him teaming with Stan Hansen ruclips.net/video/GvEoGtNiCig/видео.html
Let's keep pushing for a VF6!!!
Actually I just found out that there's an anime of this series
@@Triumph._. is it good?
@@Ash0512 I loved it as a kid, it has this "gimmick" running in every episode, where a martial art move gets explained on an education level
atleast it appeared to me that way as a kid 😅
@@Ash0512 It has absolutely nothing to do with the game's lore whatsoever. It's entirely it's own thing. Akira is a really young goofball, all the girls are in love with him, ect. It's nothing like the games, but if you're fine with that, it's an entertaining watch.
Great episode Matty, and yea sure,play the VF again
Yes, Wolf and Akira had rivarly and still have but now on friendly terms. Akira also has a rivalry with Kage since he defeated him in VF3 or 4 if i remember correctly
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say we DESPERATELY want to see you bring Wolf online
I honestly marked out from hearing you comparing Jade Cargill to Vanessa Lewis, that's honestly what I thought the moment I saw her.
Fun fact about your wish to have a real wrestler called Wolf Hawkfield: Jim Steele actually portrayed him in All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1997 to 2000. (I am totally reading off TV Tropes right now)
I'm guessing they re-released this game more than a decade later to see if anyone cares for a virtua fighter 6.
@@MrChadsimoneaux They sure did. I'm hoping that's why they did it.
@Code Turtle honestly I played judgement because of it being in the game. Then I got into yakuza
I played VF 1 in the arcades back in the day. When VF2 came out, I fell in love with 3D fighting games and have been a fan of the series ever since. I am currently teaching myself to play using my arcade stick. I kinda want to pick up a copy of VF 4 for PS 2 but I keep putting it off.
Love VF and hope this one is successful.
Dude!!! I can’t WAIT to start kicking butt with Wolf and Jacky again! This game was awesome back then, and it seems to have gotten a great treatment to return! Here’s to VF6! 👍
Oh man this takes me back. Dunno why Sega never bothered with a VF6, I guess it didn't sell super well but I hope this does well for them, would love to see more. Would love to see a PC release too.
Jacky Bryant looks like Billy Idol. It's awesome to ponder. (*Opinion.)
Virtua fighter is so underrated among modern gamers man. I really did not expect a remake like this especially on ps plus day one.
Now for my obligatory MrGstar comment.
While Jeffry is also Australian, he supposedly doesn't look anything like MrGstar himself.
Damn I can't wait to play Kage.
I never noticed it until this video:
Do characters never make a sound when they get hit?
Unless otherwise (dunno if it happens in DOA 5 and its updated versions since they're guests...or maybe even in Fighter Megamix?), the VF characters in general never make sounds for whenever they are hit or KO'd.
Only if they get hit by a counter hit or certain throws.
Characters also make sounds when head-crumpled, stomach-crumpled, and leg-crumpled.
Calf branding is that double knee driver to back almost like a backstabber from Carlito
If I remember correctly Aoi's fighting style is aikido, which is very similar to Asuka Kazama's "kazama family martial arts" that's based on aikido. It's why they have similar movesets revolving around counters
She is the female Steven Seagal.
You made the right choice. Virtua Fighter over Diablo every time
Wish i got into fighting games when I was little, I was in the dark ages though as a kid. I loved Soul Calibur 2 and Smash melee but didn't know anything about online or locals of anything
Matt, you should do a Cymentia Critiques video on this game, I would love to see you and Crymentia looking at all of the outfits. However, I do recommend waiting for the DLC as not all the costumes from the original are not in yet since they basically remade this game from scratch or you can do the critique on Final Showdown, it is not graphically good, but it has everything.
Seems like your Virtua Fighter video was somewhat prophetic.
This game is so good.
let´s keep pushing for a VF6!!!
YES! as soon as online is up i would watch just regular episodes or tune in for a full stream and definitely i would watch if you did arcade mode for every other major VF release
16:23 I think "Heaven's Divide" is the correct Japanese translation, but Matt Morgan in TNA gave it the MUCH cooler name of the "Hellevator". Even mimed pressing an elevator button before he did it, it was rad.
Agree to disagree, Heaven's Divide is a x1000 cooler. Hellevator sounds like a "scary ride" at a universal studios resort that boomers would get a kick out of.
@@MattMcMuscles Ha, fair point. I’ve always been a sucker for goofy moves names in all honesty.
Fun Fact, all the various sound effects they use are just classic foley sounds used in Kung Fu movies in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.
The first drunken boxing character I remember is ol dirty bastard from The Wu Tang Clan video game.
6:34 There's Chin in KOF 94' which I'm pretty sure is the first drunken master in fighting game
Hm. Well, Shun in VF2 also came out in 94.
@@MattMcMuscles KOF 94' was releashed on August, while VF2 was in November. Merely 3 months apart 🤯
I've never played Virtua Fighter and mained El Fuerte in SSF4, and I am also going with El Blaze
The non squeaky shoes give him the W.
23:01 Wolf, calm down man LOL
I think Hoi from Konami's "Martial Champion" was the first Drunken Boxing practitioner in a video game.
In Bloody Roar (At least 3 and Primal Fury) if you land a match-winning blow that sends the opponent flying, it'll send them crashing through the stage's barrier... Usually into a bottomless abyss.
That concept of sending koed oppponent crashing to the stage's barrier was first introduced by Fighting Viper.
Mmmh...For Shun Di, I believe Chin Gensai from KOF & Cheng Fu were present before him in terms of Drunken Kung Fu.
Im hoping for DLCs Ryo Hazuki and Lan Di from Shenmue and also others from Yakuza series too
I just played this last night. I’m new to VF (unless you count trying it out twice in the arcade in Yakuza 7) and it feels pretty good so far. At the moment I seem to be the best at using Lion, but I do want to try out some other characters before I decide to put in a lot of training.
Never played VF before but this looks super fun
Snagged it with my PS Plus.
Very much looking forward to playing it.
I really hope this means they are considering a VF6.
when you said fatalities I thought of Riptide's stage kill from Eternal Champions and then you cut to it, I was shook lol
Anyway fun vid man haha
Damn bro, you disrespect my boy Brad Burns?
Grab's the hellevator. Matt Morgan's finish
Akira isn't wolf's rival he just serves as the mini boss before Dural
Also, it's funny you mentioned Yakuza, because Ultimate Showdown is that team remaking VF5 in the Dragon engine
I gotcha Matt. Vanessa does vale tudo it's what Craig Murdok uses in Tekken, Aoi use Japanese Aiki Ju-jutsu
Lion is using crane style kung fu and the creator of Virtua Fighter (Seiichi Ishii) went on to create Tekken and that is why Shun Di is a lot like Wang Jinrei. I wish he would have stayed with Tekken...He was extremely creative to come up with some of the best fighting games of all times.
Creator of VF is Yu Suzuki. Ishii was game designer on the first episode. Lion is using the Mantis Kung-fu style.
For DLC characters, SEGA should do like a Fighters Megamix kind of style. That’d be awesome!
It'll be nice alternating between this and Street Fighter 5 over the next few months.
Downloading now... cant wait to get it in with wolf!
I still remember it spelled Cage from back in the day when think of when I played that character. Weird.
Looking forward to trying this later today!
Well I played a lot the one that first started goh and Brad,goh being my go to guy
You did a vf video and I didn't get notified 😩
"Should go to WWE, or better yet, AEW" Yes Matt, yes! We know Kenny's lurking around our communities!
You ever thought of looking into why there's a Virtua Fighter 2 on Genesis. I mean every Genesis Mini owner must want to know why this oddity is in the collection, to begin with.
I damn sure did call Kage Cage as a kid lol
Wow! They made the arcade game from Yakuza Like A Dragon into a real game!
You smell like you started on Yakuza 7.
I never did play Virtue Fighter, but this video makes it look like a hoot! ...Wait VF5 is fifteen years old???
Yeah, the first version came out in 2007, I believe?
@@MattMcMuscles That voice acting is exactly as it should be, preserved in amber for all time
Brad uses MUAYTHAi not kick boxing
Hmm looking at Goh Hinogami I wonder if he inspired Kisame from Naruto Or vice versa?( same hair, same pale ish looking skin)
I think Goh is supposed to be a reference to the gang leader in Ichi the killer.
I'm guilty of calling Kage CAGE up until now that I'm 30 even though I was pronouncing ibanez (guitar brand) correctly since 15.
Dural doesn't cycle through other people's styles like Shang Tsung. Her style is composed of improved versions of other people's moves.
26:21. Pretty sure Dural's crotch thrust is plus on block :D
This game is solo lit!
i called him "Cage" back in the 90's and i'll call him "Cage" untill i die.
I think Sara is more like Nina than she is Sonya. Any-hoo, VF is awesome. 🤓
I don't believe Wolf ever beat Akira. He was close, but never won. He did, however, have an obsession with wanting to fight Akira after his first defeat.
that durel fight was stressful
That is some house of the dead voice acting
I wonder what’s preparing in the main menu
Has there ever been a proresu rep in a fighting game? The wrestlers in those are usually American or Mexican.
Closest we've got to that is Lars' Hiroshi Tanahashi costume in Tekken 7, but that's a bit of a stretch.
Akira is an unstoppable beast if played by a pro.
The Hellavator!!!
I cant wait to get home i even installed it from my phone 😎
It's vaguely weird to me that Virtua Fighter has lore, given it never comes up in the actual games
they also have an anime
@@OtaniNoAsagi you're an anime
Unfortunately we wouldn’t get Kiryu in this game cuz the Yakuza series creator, Toshihiro Nagoshi, has confirmed that Kiryu does not hit women and will not hit women in any other third party games.
Even though in yakuza Kiwami 1 he slapped Haruka.