Virtua Fighter 5 release date slated in Japan, others to follow?

by Nick Doerr { Dec 13th 2006 at 10:30AM }

Hooray for release dates! Recently, Virtua Fighter 5 was announced for an early February release in 2007 for Japan. While many of us aren't from Japan, this is still a decent estimate as to when we'll see it in North America, Europe and the like. Visually, this game doesn't do it for me. Sorry guys, but I'm not going to be a blind liar. It looks good, darn good, but it's not mindblowing. Anyway. This is being considered a "big" title, so it's getting a "big" price tag. Wait... there probably shouldn't be quotes around the second "big" because 8,190 yen is big. Also big is the arcade stick, due out a week after the game's release for a price comparable to the game itself -- over 7,000 yen.

With no comment on a release date for other areas for neither the game or arcade stick, we're left to speculate. But if you're on the same wavelength as PS3Fanboy, you've probably got the same guess as us. March. Coinciding with or around the European launch. Fighting games are fairly quick to port across countries and this early February release bodes quite well for the fighting enthusiasts in Europe -- they might get their fists on right after cracking open their fresh PS3 boxes. Bundle, anyone? Give us your thoughts and after a few months, we'll see who was right!

Tags: Playstation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sega, Sony, Virtua Fighter 5, VirtuaFighter5

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nitz @ Dec 13th 2006 1:17PM

What is so next gen about this? It looks pretty modest, and VF4 wasn't anything to write home about either. I don't actually know anybody that likes this series. I guess I'm just a hater.

SOyuncastor @ Dec 13th 2006 11:59AM

its ok, you are not a serious hardcore fighter... you sound more like Dead or Alive 4 player... which is your type of game.

J @ Dec 13th 2006 1:25PM

I am a hardcore fighter, been a big VF fan since the mid 90's, and to me this looks mediocre (from a visual standpoint at least).

burninhell @ Dec 13th 2006 5:32PM

What is up with SEGA nowadays anyhow? Lost Planet
looks awesome, but Sonic was a disaster and I agree
that VF5 looks pretty weak at least from a graphics standpoint. The new characters are boring too. How
has the DOA series gotten so far ahead of VF in visuals
and character design? I hope Tekken has us covered
with kick-ass PS3 incarnations of Tekken 6 and the next
Soul Calibur...

Peacefuloutrage @ Dec 14th 2006 10:08AM

I liked VF4 better than Tekken 4, ugh...

Anyway, there's not much to localize in fighting games. Do we really need to know what the characters are saying? The training modes normally have the buttons displayed on-screen, so importers should be able to get this region free game as soon as it ships. I love VF, i'm just sad it's not on the 360. I want a PS3, but most of the games I want have been delayed or haven't released yet to get the system. :(

Well, i'll just gaze at the readers who can get VF when it comes out. No, you don't HAVE to invite me to come over.. but it wouldn't HURT. ;)