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Virtua Fighter 5
Platforms	Arcade, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Release Date	Arcade (Ver. A) July 12, 2006 Playstation 3 February 8, 2007 (JP) February 20, 2007 (USA) Xbox 360 October 26, 2007 (EU) October 30, 2007 (JP) December 6, 2007 (EU)
Arcade System	Sega Lindbergh

Virtua Fighter 5 is the latest game in the Virtua Fighter series and is chronologically, directly after Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. Two new characters were added to the roster: El Blaze, a wrestler who wishes to defeat Wolf Hawkfield and uses the Lucha Libre style. The second is Eileen, a young girl who idolizes Pai Chan and uses Kou-Ken (Monkey Kung-Fu) as her fighting style. It is availabe on both PS3 and Xbox 360.

Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Ranking System 3 Story 3.1 Manual Version 3.2 Official Version 4 Opening Movie 4.1 Arcade 4.2 Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 5 Fighters 5.1 Returning Characters 5.2 New Characters 6 Stages 7 Virtua Fighter 5 R

[edit] Gameplay

• Throw speed has been reduced from 8 to 12 frames.
• Offensive Move: pressing Punch + Kick + Guard during an evade will initiate an angled forward dash. In addition, pressing Punch or Kick during OM will initiate an attack which can lead to side or back stagger or crumple, leading to a guaranteed combo opportunity.

[edit] Ranking System

The ranking system in Virtua Fighter 5 has been changed since Virtua Fighter 4: 10th Kyu to 1st Kyu 1st Dan to 10th Dan After the Dan ranks, a character's title is dependent on winning percentage.

• If a character's winning percentage is less than 70 percent they will obtain the following ranks:

Master -> Defender -> Enforcer -> Sentinel -> Protector -> Guardian -> Paladin -> Liberator

• If a character's winning percentage is between 70 and 80 percent they will obtain the following ranks:

Master -> Hunter -> Raider -> Barbarian -> Assassin -> Slayer -> Berserker -> Destroyer

• If a character's winning percentage is above 80 percent they will obtain these ranks:

Master -> Warrior -> Veteran -> Gladiator -> Vindicator -> Avenger -> Vanquisher -> Conqueror

[edit] Story

[edit] Manual Version

The Fourth World Fighitng Tournament had come down to one final bout between Kage-Maru and Shun Di. But as Kage-Maru launched his final offensive, the glowing, silver form of Dural interrupted the match.

"Mother..." Kage-Maru whispered, facing the transformed being that had once been Tsukikage. Knowing full well that it was too late to save his mother, Kage-Maru destroyed her with his own hands. But when he looked at her face, his expression froze. "This is..."

Concerned by Dural's defeat, J6 captured Vanessa for the next step of the Dural program. But before they could turn her into the next Dural, she disappeared - apparently with inside help. But they had already transplanted her combat data into the production-model Dural, and thus J6 announced the Fifth World Fighting Tournament to test the abilities of the new V-Dural and to determine the identity of any traitors within J6...

[edit] Official Version

All of the sought after invitations for the Fifth World Fighting Tournament have been sent and now the 17 best fighters in the world begin their final phases of preparation. They must learn from their prior mistakes and perfect every aspect of their mind, body, and soul - for there is no room for mistakes in this competition. Little do they know that J6, the organization funding the tournament, has sinister ulterior motives for the contest and the company's top secret Dural program is already well underway. In the organization's quest for world domination, the scientists at J6 are creating the ultimate fighting machine with human features. Their first model was defeated in the Fourth World Fighting Tournament, which drove them to kidnap Vanessa. She was able to escape with the help of an insider, but not before they captured her combat data and transferred it to the new advanced Dural model named V-Dural.

J6 is determined to find out who the inside traitor is that released Vanessa and more importantly, if V-Dural is indeed ready to defeat the world's best fighters. The Fifth World Fighting Tournament will reveal both - let it begin.

[edit] Opening Movie

[edit] Arcade

[edit] Playstation 3 and Xbox 360

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Returning Characters

• Akira Yuki
• Aoi Umenokouji
• Brad Burns
• Dural
• Goh Hinogami
• Jacky Bryant
• Jeffry McWild
• Kage-Maru
• Lau Chan
• Lei-Fei
• Lion Rafale
• Pai Chan
• Sarah Bryant
• Shun Di
• Vanessa Lewis
• Wolf Hawkfield

[edit] New Characters

• El Blaze
• Eileen

[edit] Stages

• Statues
• Shrine
• Terrace
• Sanctuary
• Abandoned Dojo
• City
• Island
• Temple
• Great Wall
• Deep Mountains
• Stone Forest
• Palace
• Aurora
• River
• Waterfalls
• Snow Mountain
• Arena
• Ruins

[edit] Virtua Fighter 5 R

An update to Virtua Fighter 5 called Virtua Fighter 5 R was released for arcades on July 24, 2008 introducing brand new stages and a new character, Jean Kujo, who fights using Karate. Taka-Arashi also made a comeback, his last appearance being in Virtua Fighter 3. He was not featured in later games due to technical problems. It is currently unknown if this version will be ported to the Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360.