Hence the paraphrase of the expression: "patience is virtua". Always its a privilege to see Japanese VF masters. I love this gsme grom my childhood on Sega Saturn wjen i was playing VR2 and this love will remain forever ❤
Same. One of only three fighting game series/titles I was able to get competent in. (As a whole, I am absolute TRASH at fighting games) Hope we get a sixth installment.
@@shanebluesky7452this is stupid and wrong and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of DOA. VF is great, so is Tekken, and so is DOA. they are literally completely different 3D fighters with completely different goals. please shut the fuck up you have no idea what you're talking about
While I do feel that the lack of "flashy" is what keeps/kept the series from getting more popular, for me personally it was what helped me get somewhat decent at the games (4 and 4 Evolution). Nothing to focus on but the barebone mechanics, which was essential for a fighting game scrub like myself.
@@catisreckless4647 Ultimate Secret to be popular during late 90's 2000 console war? One word: Playstation success. We can twist History in whatever way we want this is how Tekken became popular. And VF failed because they lost the console war. An Sony was already super agressive. They've admitted it was a fight to death You're not a scrub , focusing on the complexe mechanics is a sign of intelligence. You just have good tastes.
People have no idea the insane inputs that are required just to play proper footsies in VF5. There is no game out there that is half as technical, not even Tekken. Proper movement in VF5 is the equivalent of an endless complex combo in any other game. There is also the fact that high level VF5 uses insanely powerful OS that pretty much makes you invincible against anyone that is not pro level, but at pro levels those Option Selects make for very interesting situations that are more about counter hits and whiff punishes. Hearing comments about this game being boring makes me laugh. I never knew that realistic martial arts fighting was boring (and yes, before someone gets smart, I know some moves are not realistic, but for the most part, VF5 is as realistic as it gets. VF5 is the best fighting game ever made. No clutter, just pure fighting, but with technical depth that is unmatched.
PERFECTLY described! If I could like this post 100 times I would man. People saying VF is “boring” are clueless. VF5 is one of the most deep, intense, in your face, and technical fighting games ever.
I've played Tekken and VF both for over 20 years, and the only reason i've played Tekken more than VF is because they're still making games. Without a doubt, VF is (in my opinion) a far superior game. Tekken has mostly gotten worse ever since Harada got off his leash, with every innovation to the series mechanics moving it further away from what made the game unique and bringing it more into line with every other stock standard fighting game trend. So far T8 is a hard pass for me, SF6 is looking great and i'd much rather have VF6 than most other games, let alone any other fighting game right now.
@@Haka-f3k-u Yes, Tekken went downhill big time in 7 and now 8 is looking dreadful. VF has never compromised the simplicity of the system while also maintaining the insane complexity of the gameplay. Even adding a super move would ruin the perfect ecosystem that exists in VF gameplay. No other game has a more balanced roster and a more technical level of execution.
With the announcement of the new game I came to watch some high level matches and yeah I love how grounded and fundamental it is, not devolving into loooong ass combo strings no one can recover from.
As a bombastic Tekken player I forget how much I enjoy Virtua Fighter until I start watching it again. Getting two players who really know what they're doing makes the matches feel fast and intense. You really have to WATCH this game. You can't just expect flashy effects and stuff to hold your attention, you have to know what's happening and why it's cool.
Love the final being Paul Phoenix vs Lili--wait this is Virtua Fighter. Seriously though: congrats to Tonchan. High-level VF is always wonderful to watch.
Where is VF6??? We should technically be on about VF9 by now. In case you haven't noticed, Sega are effectively a dormant company. Sega by name only at this point, everything you remember about them pre 2002 is no longer there anymore, unfortunately. You can forget another VF game, that's why this rehash got released after about 10 years instead of a brand new one.
Hoping to see a VF 6 one day. I love this series, as it was pretty much the main one that I was able to "git gud" in. Love the characters and gameplay, hope the devs don't give up on it, even though it isn't too popular in the West.
Grand Finals shouldnt have switched the Lili Costume for Pai after the reset it definitely brought good luck on Akani Shiwapo last match of the Top 8 is Paul and Lili costume props to giving nods to Tekken team
I have great memories of VF5, I remember when they gave it for free on PS3 with the Plus membership like nearly 10 years ago with Final Showdown. It was the first fighting game I actually liked playing and learning. Funny enough, my main Leon and I rarely see people use him lol its great how annoying Leon can be
I'm surprised how many people are not into the animations of this game.. if anything, its one of the few games that actually look fun to watch because of the flow in combat, where in TEKKEN (despite its realism) breaks the flow most of the time.. I don't know how to explain this, but just it just takes me out of most of the time..
@@tonyhamilton2764 Its my preferred platform, it has a lot of backwards compatible games I can buy or if I have the old disc it works fine, and it has gamepass
@@shaideyfresh1 That don't mean nothing. I'd "preferred" Lamborghini doors on my Nissan SUV...c'mon man. You all keep touting that Game Pass nonsense which shows most of you don't buy or even play games for that matter, and recently it was exposed that most Game Pass subscribers by a large margin are on PC.
Excellent showing of Virtua Fighter, its a crime this is still not on other systems, like Xbox and Steam, we need more people to play this amazing game.
@@sudacagamer Not our fault your parents are too poor to buy you both. When you become an adult like the rest of us you'll be able to buy any consoles you want and also a PC. I mean, you'll probably be too lazy to make enough money to afford any of it, but let's hope i'm wrong!
It’s hard to watch a fighting game you haven’t played. I’ve hardly played Tekken, and I find it borderline unwatchable at times. Virtua Fighter makes such intuitive sense to me because I’ve played it since I was in my teens. In addition, Virtua Fighter has very few “mindless” combos, meaning you don’t know if it’s going to reach the end of the sequence, which makes every split second of a VF match an edge-of-your-seat affair.
You know, I may not be too big on it myself, but watching this got me sweaty almost every fight! I'm definitely going to keep my eyes out for more VF tournaments. I hope a VF6 comes out with no rage or major changes, just updated presentation. We get that with SF6 and T8, and I think we're in for that fighting game renaissance we've been waiting for!
vf5 is absolutely mint, way too wrong to be salty about this one. U need to hold it cause u know he read u well. Damn. How smart the producers of this game must've been.
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown was the very first game I became competent to go against other players in. In all other F Games I have my ass handed to me all the time.
this game is complex but it's really not as bad as people want you to think. if you just pick it up and star working with it you'll naturally start encountering cool and complex stuff that you can discover fully by playing with it. you don't have to memorize a textbook. you can just find like 2 3hit combos you like to spam and just use that to feel out different stuff and ways to use a character. the only other fighting game i'm okay at is Street Fighter Alpha 2 and that game felt alot more grindy to develop skill with. i had to look at frame times to get better at that game and i never had to do that with VF5. everything, more or less, fell into place. if it looks awesome it probably is. it's not like seeing a cool move but it's technically an inferior move because it has 2 extra frames of recovery and is plus on block. if it feels good to do, chances are it is.
I always feel like there's something I could have done in any fighting game. Any competitive game even. Even rock paper scissors at its very most basic... It seems like a weird compliment to a game. Regardless, very much looking forward to the re-release and hopefully vf6. I wanna learn the game. Edit, perfect parry is a very consistent option to turn momentum in sf6, I assume Ryan hart loves sf6.
Why is James in the commentators booth. He is not up to date on VF in general, much less VF5. He wants to talk about VF2 and has long drawn out comments during extremely high level gameplay where the rounds are 20 - 30 seconds long. Talk about Ruining the top 8.
Never liked these games because the health goes to fast. Or there’s just too much damage being dealt I feel like they could cut it by half and it would still be a fast match. I mean some of these little Moves are taking like 40-50% that’s nuts
![KOF 98 2 RANDOM Dakou[大口] VS Hei Pi[黑皮]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6bnO4-2-_bk/mqdefault.jpg)
I don't know how to play the game I just love how there's no meter, no supers, no nothing; just good old fighting 👊
Hence the paraphrase of the expression: "patience is virtua". Always its a privilege to see Japanese VF masters. I love this gsme grom my childhood on Sega Saturn wjen i was playing VR2 and this love will remain forever ❤
VF6 is so badly needed. Insane that the core VF5 game is over 13 years old! It's 10 years overdue for VF6!
actually its more like 18 years, the game was being location tested in Japan way back in 2006
@@fwef7445 So painful. Definitely even worse.
There are rumors that a new Virtua Fighter is in development.
and now with REVO coming, its showing that VF5 is one of the best fighting games ever.
Well, VF6 has just been announced
Dammit it's nice to see VF in the spotlight.
Classic like sf
I played online and I never saw a Jackie player at that level. I wish more people played VF5 and I hope we get VF6.
So happy to see an official competition on VF5US, my favorite fighting game
Same. One of only three fighting game series/titles I was able to get competent in. (As a whole, I am absolute TRASH at fighting games) Hope we get a sixth installment.
Big up for Ryan!
Hard to find non japanese guy would could talk about VF!
Merci!
Known Ryan for quite a few years back in the Wonderpark days. Man. Loved playing him on VF3. The guy is for real and a good guy to know.
Virtua Fighter is like Tekken without the bs fancy things, pure martial art, love it.
Its doa done right.
Unfortunately it was already dead. Compared to tekken 6 it looked like a mobile game.
@@shanebluesky7452this is stupid and wrong and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of DOA. VF is great, so is Tekken, and so is DOA. they are literally completely different 3D fighters with completely different goals. please shut the fuck up you have no idea what you're talking about
ah yes, the pure martial art of juggling a person in the air with punches
You mean tekken is like VF, but with ANIMEEEEE
This was so hype. Hope to have more. I used to watch all the comps in Japan. Miss it.
Virtua Fighter is just the best fighting game ever the combat go so deep
biased
Christ it’s old, hope a VF6 gets announced at EVO LV
Nah
@@JohnHenrySuarnaba Based*.
Not even near Tekken or soulcalibur....
Always love to see Virtua Fighter.
Got the depth without the Flashy.
So true.
What's flashy
@@phil4863 Galaxy explosions BS during impacts to hide bad animations
While I do feel that the lack of "flashy" is what keeps/kept the series from getting more popular, for me personally it was what helped me get somewhat decent at the games (4 and 4 Evolution). Nothing to focus on but the barebone mechanics, which was essential for a fighting game scrub like myself.
@@catisreckless4647 Ultimate Secret to be popular during late 90's 2000 console war? One word: Playstation success.
We can twist History in whatever way we want this is how Tekken became popular.
And VF failed because they lost the console war.
An Sony was already super agressive. They've admitted it was a fight to death
You're not a scrub , focusing on the complexe mechanics is a sign of intelligence.
You just have good tastes.
People have no idea the insane inputs that are required just to play proper footsies in VF5. There is no game out there that is half as technical, not even Tekken. Proper movement in VF5 is the equivalent of an endless complex combo in any other game. There is also the fact that high level VF5 uses insanely powerful OS that pretty much makes you invincible against anyone that is not pro level, but at pro levels those Option Selects make for very interesting situations that are more about counter hits and whiff punishes. Hearing comments about this game being boring makes me laugh. I never knew that realistic martial arts fighting was boring (and yes, before someone gets smart, I know some moves are not realistic, but for the most part, VF5 is as realistic as it gets. VF5 is the best fighting game ever made. No clutter, just pure fighting, but with technical depth that is unmatched.
PERFECTLY described! If I could like this post 100 times I would man. People saying VF is “boring” are clueless. VF5 is one of the most deep, intense, in your face, and technical fighting games ever.
This right here is facts!
I've played Tekken and VF both for over 20 years, and the only reason i've played Tekken more than VF is because they're still making games.
Without a doubt, VF is (in my opinion) a far superior game. Tekken has mostly gotten worse ever since Harada got off his leash, with every innovation to the series mechanics moving it further away from what made the game unique and bringing it more into line with every other stock standard fighting game trend.
So far T8 is a hard pass for me, SF6 is looking great and i'd much rather have VF6 than most other games, let alone any other fighting game right now.
@@Haka-f3k-u Yes, Tekken went downhill big time in 7 and now 8 is looking dreadful. VF has never compromised the simplicity of the system while also maintaining the insane complexity of the gameplay. Even adding a super move would ruin the perfect ecosystem that exists in VF gameplay. No other game has a more balanced roster and a more technical level of execution.
cmon gyz comparing this game with tekken ? tekken seems better
35:10 That is what I like about VF, a lot of the times, it looks like an actual choregraphed fight
With the announcement of the new game I came to watch some high level matches and yeah I love how grounded and fundamental it is, not devolving into loooong ass combo strings no one can recover from.
What an amazing top 8, quality matches through and through. Great commentary too, made it really really exciting to watch
It's always good to see some VF action, specially in hd. Back in the 00's all we had were those 360p streams from the jpn arcades.
As a bombastic Tekken player I forget how much I enjoy Virtua Fighter until I start watching it again. Getting two players who really know what they're doing makes the matches feel fast and intense.
You really have to WATCH this game. You can't just expect flashy effects and stuff to hold your attention, you have to know what's happening and why it's cool.
Man this game looks so much fun. Glad they added VF5 instead of DNF Duel for evo Japan cause this was alot of fun to watch
A lot are two words.
@@KarlKognitiv typos are real
@@sandwich4916 Autoincorrect.
VF>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DNF Duel.
DNF duel was also cool, GTFO here
Always great to watch high level VF5, had fun and enjoyed viewing tonight 👏🏾 Peace to all players and true believers ☝🏾🌍👋🏾
Love the final being Paul Phoenix vs Lili--wait this is Virtua Fighter.
Seriously though: congrats to Tonchan. High-level VF is always wonderful to watch.
As a long Tekken fan, this was amazing
We need a Virtua Fighter 6 in the works.
Guess what?😁
about to watch this bad boy again
it was way too lit
the commentary was great from these 3, really made it a bit understandable
It’s always great to see Ryan Hart and hear him talk. So wise and such a legend. ❤️
Always good to see some VF, where is 6?!!!?
Where is VF6??? We should technically be on about VF9 by now.
In case you haven't noticed, Sega are effectively a dormant company. Sega by name only at this point, everything you remember about them pre 2002 is no longer there anymore, unfortunately.
You can forget another VF game, that's why this rehash got released after about 10 years instead of a brand new one.
He was awesome & easy to listen as commentary.
Hoping to see a VF 6 one day. I love this series, as it was pretty much the main one that I was able to "git gud" in. Love the characters and gameplay, hope the devs don't give up on it, even though it isn't too popular in the West.
My goodness, the footsies in this game is nuts. Great from the beginning to the end.
Theres hardly any footsies
Being on each others face all the time and not trying to break up is what makes VF more interesting than Tekken for me!
Grand Finals
shouldnt have switched the Lili Costume for Pai after the reset
it definitely brought good luck on Akani Shiwapo
last match of the Top 8 is Paul and Lili costume
props to giving nods to Tekken team
I have great memories of VF5, I remember when they gave it for free on PS3 with the Plus membership like nearly 10 years ago with Final Showdown. It was the first fighting game I actually liked playing and learning. Funny enough, my main Leon and I rarely see people use him lol its great how annoying Leon can be
I like this game, it's easy to the eyes unlike Tekken 8 where too much camera merry-go-round animation, and flashing lights.
I'm surprised how many people are not into the animations of this game.. if anything, its one of the few games that actually look fun to watch because of the flow in combat, where in TEKKEN (despite its realism) breaks the flow most of the time.. I don't know how to explain this, but just it just takes me out of most of the time..
@@dualshock3Easy answer VF doesn't have "pretty pretty shiny shiny flashy lights". The masses have no taste.
Phenomenal top 8! man i want this on steam so bad xD
wow that was a really fun watch 😄
철권8까지 보고 눈이 높아질대로 높아진 상황에서
버추어파이터를 봤지만
여전히 버추어파이터는
버추어파이터네요
쫀득한 타격감, 리얼액션,
바둑같은 심리전
The Grand Finals winner of this here was also the winner of the Sega Challenge Cup series a few weeks prior.
Virtua fighter the game that was forgotten in the sands of time
That's because amaricans don't care about 3D fighters
I'm so annoyed the updated version of this game isn't on #XBox smh
I feel the same but with PC. Have some great memories on VF5 but I dont have access to my console anymore to play the update :(
Get a PlayStation, why do u still have a Xbox
@@tonyhamilton2764 Its my preferred platform, it has a lot of backwards compatible games I can buy or if I have the old disc it works fine, and it has gamepass
@@shaideyfresh1 That don't mean nothing. I'd "preferred" Lamborghini doors on my Nissan SUV...c'mon man.
You all keep touting that Game Pass nonsense which shows most of you don't buy or even play games for that matter, and recently it was exposed that most Game Pass subscribers by a large margin are on PC.
Fret not, if there is a Virtua fighter 6 it will be too important for it to not be on series X also
vf 6 needs to happen
Excellent showing of Virtua Fighter, its a crime this is still not on other systems, like Xbox and Steam, we need more people to play this amazing game.
pc beggars still alive?
@@sudacagamer nutjobs like you begging for attention still alive?
@@sudacagamer Not our fault your parents are too poor to buy you both. When you become an adult like the rest of us you'll be able to buy any consoles you want and also a PC. I mean, you'll probably be too lazy to make enough money to afford any of it, but let's hope i'm wrong!
@@Haka-f3k-u what lmao
VF5 final showdown Is backwards compatible on Xbox consoles at least and goes on sale a lot!
34:47 What a great sequence, visually.
It’s hard to watch a fighting game you haven’t played. I’ve hardly played Tekken, and I find it borderline unwatchable at times. Virtua Fighter makes such intuitive sense to me because I’ve played it since I was in my teens.
In addition, Virtua Fighter has very few “mindless” combos, meaning you don’t know if it’s going to reach the end of the sequence, which makes every split second of a VF match an edge-of-your-seat affair.
Having people who don't know VF commenting the match is a bit baffling.
Love the tekken cosplay :) Such heavy technical fights :D
I was so hyped up for the recent news That I had to come and look for some virtua fighter matches
700 entries!? Nice!
Spooky with the real in-depth play by play commentary!
I wish the others would let him talk more. The others were just gassing lol
Virtua Fighter vs Tekken would be one of the best cross-over !
Love Ryan Hart, my favourite FGC commentator , so knowledgeable...
It's nice if Tekken vs vertuafighter crossover will happen 😱😳
This game is awesome.👌
You know, I may not be too big on it myself, but watching this got me sweaty almost every fight! I'm definitely going to keep my eyes out for more VF tournaments. I hope a VF6 comes out with no rage or major changes, just updated presentation.
We get that with SF6 and T8, and I think we're in for that fighting game renaissance we've been waiting for!
vf5 is absolutely mint, way too wrong to be salty about this one. U need to hold it cause u know he read u well. Damn. How smart the producers of this game must've been.
This game need to be back ...asap
Then bring it back. Buy the game.
Need more Ryan Heart as a commentator 👌
Also, I started to play VFighter because of the attachment I developed towards the characters in the anime.
Thanks.
I'd like to see a new virtua fighter and killer instinct
PLEASE RELEASE VF6
🎉🎉🎉
It's sad this franchise was never popular outside of Japan, it deserves more respect
The creator was talking about the future of vf, there is definitely gonna be a vf6
When is this game coming to steam or switch?!
Never for switch. Maybe on pc if they can cross play working.
damn shame this game never came out on steam
It might. The devs issue is cross play. They want to do cross play so both steam and PS4 can play against each other.
Amazed Homestay Akira didn't crack top 8, crazy killers there!
same here. was just looking for him and was like, isnt this homesays game?
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown was the very first game I became competent to go against other players in. In all other F Games I have my ass handed to me all the time.
this game should be on pc
It might if they can get crossplay to work. I think that’s their big issue atm.
it is now :D
That's the best Paul I've seen
So that design on Akani Shiwapo’s stick, I wonder what anime or video game that is?
edit: Appears at 1:03
I think its his custom avatar/vtuber character
I may be wrong, but it looks lile tomoshika from voms
they actually did it, thats very cool
I fucking Love VF, and I love Ryan Hart
this game is complex but it's really not as bad as people want you to think. if you just pick it up and star working with it you'll naturally start encountering cool and complex stuff that you can discover fully by playing with it. you don't have to memorize a textbook. you can just find like 2 3hit combos you like to spam and just use that to feel out different stuff and ways to use a character. the only other fighting game i'm okay at is Street Fighter Alpha 2 and that game felt alot more grindy to develop skill with. i had to look at frame times to get better at that game and i never had to do that with VF5. everything, more or less, fell into place. if it looks awesome it probably is. it's not like seeing a cool move but it's technically an inferior move because it has 2 extra frames of recovery and is plus on block. if it feels good to do, chances are it is.
30:30 lolol at James Chen. I've felt like this playing VF in the early days lol
it's good to see Ryan 👍 a real OG
love that James was asking questions the entire time
only question that wasn't asked was why is he still a commentator?
Well he doesnt play VF most likely so yea. Not easy to even find good english VF commmentator when not many ppl even play the game.
@@invertbrid I actually thought it was nice, Im sure some people tried out the game because of this.
lol I didn't remember Jacky I thought it was Paul Phoenix!!
Tournament looks intense
Jacky in paul phoenix customization
Im still learning virtua fighter
Paul pheonix from another universe
VF is my favorite fighting game style! Brads my guy
The one fighting game not many people know about or have forgotten….Virtua Fighter. The Grandfather of 3D Fighting Games.
and a failure of fighting games
@@philgamer9499 because of people like you. Doopid.
@@philgamer9499A failure with far better game play and animatios. Keep trying bud
WE NEED DEAD OR ALIVE 7 ( 2 new characters + old stages from doa4 and doa2u + tag and team battle+Awesome graphic.
Please give is vf6. Please. Need a ground based fighting game
I always feel like there's something I could have done in any fighting game. Any competitive game even. Even rock paper scissors at its very most basic... It seems like a weird compliment to a game.
Regardless, very much looking forward to the re-release and hopefully vf6. I wanna learn the game.
Edit, perfect parry is a very consistent option to turn momentum in sf6, I assume Ryan hart loves sf6.
Was homestay akira in this tournament?
yes, there are bigger assasins than him believe it or not. He got smoked.
20:19 was a thing of pure beauty 😂
This series made me take 3D fighters more seriously. I hope for a new VF or DOA. Tekken is not enough and its becoming less and less of a 3D fighter.
Did chibita participate?
Tekken looks so damn stupid in comparison with VF.
Virtua Fighter with Ryan Hart on the mic is a gift!
Why is James in the commentators booth. He is not up to date on VF in general, much less VF5. He wants to talk about VF2 and has long drawn out comments during extremely high level gameplay where the rounds are 20 - 30 seconds long. Talk about Ruining the top 8.
The game is 17 years old. Comps outside of Japan have not existed for more than 10 years. Finding a competent commentator is thus very difficult!
Joder ese match de Jacky vs Pai Chan fue una locura
thank you for uploading this one since i dont want to watch whole VOD.
鷹嵐戦も楽しみだな
Im an old school tekkener but what i see throes are op or i dont get the game mechsnics lol
Yeah, virtua fighter is way more aggressive than tekken
Virtua Fighter is for the tribe of gamers that want no bs in their martial arts game. Virtua Fighter and Fighter's Destiny are SORELY needed.
Say no more. Guess what Sega just announced in The Gaming Awards 😅
@@nextgencombodrop378I KNOW I'M SO HYPED UP 😭😭😭
49:50 underrated jean joke 🤘🤘🤘
3:12 They look to be anywhere from 15-50
1:09:56 What just happened?
The Tekken character skins are really throwing me off. And shouldn't Pai be using a Xiaoyu skin?
he looks like Paul phoenix Tekken
Never liked these games because the health goes to fast. Or there’s just too much damage being dealt I feel like they could cut it by half and it would still be a fast match. I mean some of these little
Moves are taking like 40-50% that’s nuts
I think grap on virtua fighter more difficult to break it than tekken 7,because so many grap make the player win, on tekken 7 alot of strike to win.
Why the hell isn't VF5 a main game in 2024? I am pissed!