Virtua Striker 2

Virtua Striker 2
A player shooting a ball past a goalkeeper
Cover art used in Japan and Europe
Developer(s)Sega AM2
Genki (Dreamcast)
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Satoshi Mifune
Producer(s)Yu Suzuki
Satoshi Mifune
Designer(s)Kaori Yamamoto
Composer(s)Hideaki Miyamoto
Fumio Ito
SeriesVirtua Striker
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast
Release
June 1997
  • Arcade
    June 1997[1]
    Dreamcast
    • JP: December 2, 1999
    • EU: February 29, 2000
    • NA: March 14, 2000[2]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega Model 3

Virtua Striker 2 (バーチャストライカー 2, Bācha Sutoraikā Tsū) is a sports video game developed and published by Sega for arcades in 1997. It is the sequel to the 1994 video game Virtua Striker, and the second game in the Virtua Striker series. A series of updates was released from 1998 to 1999, starting with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 1998 and ending with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1 (バーチャストライカー2 ver.2000.1, Bācha Sutoraikā Tsū ver.2000.1), that latest update being released for the Dreamcast in Japan in 1999, and then internationally in 2000, with the North American version re-titled to Virtua Striker 2. A sequel, Virtua Striker 3, was released in 2001.

The arcade game was a major success in Japan, where it was the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1998 and the overall highest-grossing arcade game of 1999. The Dreamcast version, however, received mixed reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "Virtua Striker 2". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Virtua Striker 2". Sega. Archived from the original on June 21, 2002.