Virtua Fighter 5

Virtua Fighter 5
Cover art of the original version, showing the main character Akira at the top and other characters below with Eileen and El Blaze in the center
Developer(s)Sega AM2[a]
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Yoshihiro Tsuzuko
Producer(s)Noriyuki Shimoda
Composer(s)
  • Tatsutoshi Narita
  • Shinichi Goto
  • Fumio Ito
SeriesVirtua Fighter
Platform(s)
Release
July 12, 2006
  • Arcade
    Version A:
    Version B:
    • JP: December 14, 2006[3]
    • WW: February 2007
    Version C:
    R:
    R, Version A:
    R, Version B:
    R, Version C:
    • JP: November 25, 2009
    Final Showdown:
    Final Showdown, Version A:
    Final Showdown, Version B:
    • JP: March 25, 2015
    esports:
    • JP: June 2, 2021
    PlayStation 3
    Version B:
    Final Showdown, Version A:
    • WW: June 4, 2012
    Xbox 360
    Version C:
    • EU: October 26, 2007
    • NA: October 30, 2007
    • JP: December 6, 2007
    Final Showdown, Version A:
    • WW: June 6, 2012
    PlayStation 4
    Ultimate Showdown:
    • WW: June 1, 2021
      Microsoft Windows
      R.E.V.O.:
      • WW: Q4 2024
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega Lindbergh (VF5 – Final Showdown)
Sega ALLS UX (Ultimate Showdown/esports)

Virtua Fighter 5[b] is the fifth installment in Sega's Virtua Fighter series of arcade fighting games. The original version was released in July 2006 on the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board with a number of updates before home ports were released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2007. The first major update was Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008), followed by Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010), with the latter ported to home systems in 2012. A remastered version of Final Showdown was released in 2021 as Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown on PlayStation 4 and as Virtua Fighter esports on Japanese arcades. The latter title serves as the Japanese name on the PlayStation 4 version. Ultimate Showdown will be released on Microsoft Windows in 2024 under the name Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.

  1. ^ "「バーチャファイター5」公式ウェブサイトリニューアルオープン！" (Press release). Sega Corporation. July 12, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "「VERSION A」稼働開始のお知らせ。" (Press release). Sega Corporation. October 17, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "「バーチャファイター５ VERSION B」12月14日より稼働開始のお知らせ。" (Press release). Sega Corporation. December 12, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "「VERSION C」稼働開始のお知らせ。" (Press release). Sega Corporation. July 24, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "「Virtua Fighter5 R」全国稼動開始！" (Press release). Sega Corporation. July 24, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  6. ^ "「VF5R VERSION A」全国稼動開始のお知らせ" (Press release). Sega Corporation. December 16, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "「VF5R VERSION B」全国稼動開始！" (Press release). Sega Corporation. May 21, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "「Virtua Fighter5 Final Showdown」全国稼動開始！" (Press release). Sega Corporation. July 29, 2010. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "「Virtua Fighter5 Final Showdown VERSION A」全国稼動開始！" (Press release). Sega Corporation. April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Sega unveils ship date for Virtua Fighter 5" (Press release). Sega Corporation. December 18, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2012.


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