Virtua Fighter 5 (PlayStation 3)

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Description

17 invitations have been sent out for the fifth edition of the World Fighting Tournament. 15 fighters make a return and two new faces appear in the arena; the young girl Eileen using monkey kung fu and lucha libre wrestler El Blaze. Little do the participants know that the organization J6, funding the tournament, has prepared a new Dural fighting program. In the previous game, their first version was defeated and the organization kidnapped Vanessa. She managed to escape, but her fighting data was captured and used to design V-Dural. With the new tournament, J6 wants to reveal the insider who helped Vanessa escape and test their new program against the best fighters of the world.

The overall one-on-one arena fighting gameplay is still present but there are a few changes. The ranking system has been revised, the throw speed has been reduced and there is a new offensive move, which allows fighters to sidestep each other to dodge and make more strategic attacks. The new clash system can be used to cancel out an attack with a throw. This edition also includes deeper character customization.

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Alternate Titles

• "バーチャファイター5" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Versus fighting
• Virtua Fighter series

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The Press Says

GameSpy	Feb 19, 2007		100
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Mar 15, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Gamernode	Feb 24, 2007	9 out of 10	90
GamingHeaven / DriverHeaven	Mar 26, 2007	86 out of 100	86
Deaf Gamers	Jun 04, 2007	8.4 out of 10	84
USA Today	Feb 19, 2007		80
Eurogamer.de	Mar 09, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Atomic Gamer	Feb 28, 2007	80 out of 100	80
Yahoo! Games	Feb 23, 2007		80
Maxim Magazine	Feb 20, 2007		60

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Virtua Fighter 5 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2007 – #6 PS3 Game of the Year
  • 2007 – #7 Xbox 360 Game of the Year
  • 2007 – PS3 Fighting Game of the Year
  • 2007 – Xbox 360 Fighting Game of the Year
  • 2007 – #7 Multiplayer Game of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Virtua Fighter 5 (Official game website)
• Wikipedia: Virtua Fighter 5 (Article in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Virtua Fighter 5.)