| Siba | |
 Siba in Fighters Megamix | |
| Profile | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia
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| Blood Type | O |
| Job | Bouncer |
| Hobby | Cooking |
| Debut | Fighters Megamix |
Siba (シバ, Shiba) (also known as Majid Abdul (マジド・アブドゥル, Majido Abudouru)) is an Arab fighter in Fighters Megamix. He originally appeared in prototypes of Virtua Fighter (with the name Shiba), but was replaced by Akira Yuki before the game's release. His face still appears on the bezel of the US arcade cabinet, mislabeled as "Akira".[1][2][3]
He was brought back in Fighters Megamix as an unlockable character, with the move-set of Bahn from Fighting Vipers. He can also attack with a scimitar, which deals high damage and is unblockable, but may be broken from overuse. His stage is based on Wolf Hawkfield's desert stage in Virtua Fighter 3, and the music is the attract mode theme, "Rowdy".[4]
Trivia
- Holding X while selecting him in Fighters Megamix gives him a polygonal appearance similar to the style of the first Virtua Fighter.
- In Fighters Megamix, Siba's moves are all named in Latin (spelled in Katakana)[5]
- In an interview featured in the Japanese CD-Rom Virtua Fighter: The Beginning, AM2 staff member [6]
- A bronze t states that Siba's reason for being cut was a lack of usage at location tests. He speculates that it was due to Siba lacking a signature move, like Jacky's somersault or Lau's Stomp.rophy modeled after Siba was given to the winner of a regional championship in Duluth, Minnesota (1998).
Gallery
Virtua Fighter Arcade
Virtua Fighter prototype
Virtua Fighter magazine coverage
Virtua Fighter cabinet art
Majid's bio from Virtua Fighter
Fighters Megamix
Fighters Megamix Official Guide
Fighters Megamix
Fighters Megamix VF1 model, vs. Akira
Videos
Fighters Megamix Theme of Siba
Fighters Megamix
Virtua Fighter - Majido (Win Poses)
Virtua Fighter
Fighters Megamix - Siba (Win Poses)
References
- ↑ http://virtuafighter.com/threads/unused-virtua-fighter-characters-found.20225/
- ↑ http://shoryuken.com/2016/11/13/unused-characters-discovered-in-the-original-virtua-fighters-code/
- ↑ https://tcrf.net/Virtua_Fighter_(Arcade)#Unused_Character_Bios
- ↑ http://segabits.com/blog/2015/01/30/the-weekly-five-virtua-fighter-facts/
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/fighters-megamix-mega-books-ultimate-guide/page/156/mode/2up
- ↑ https://youtu.be/DD4xUpTFDVs?si=avT2qwr6DjFQzLH_&t=218 「ロケテストで稼働率が悪くて消えました その割には、不思議と有名なキャラクタ ーですよね（ＡＭ２研中島氏）」 "He was removed due to poor usage-rates during the location tests. Despite that, he's strangely become a popular character, hasn't he? (AM2 Research Nakajima)" 「この頃は､そこまでいってないんですよ。パンチしてキックルして投げて､大ジャンプ 蹴りとか···せいぜいＰＫとか、そんな ものだったんです」 "During that time, work hadn't progressed that far. Punches, kicks, throws, big jump kicks, at most – that's all he had." 「ジャッキーにはサマーソルト、ラウ には踏みつけがありました。シバには個性的な技が何もなかった、っていう のが人気が低かった原因かもしれませ ん。 格好悪いし」 "Jacky had a somersault, Lau had his stomp. Shiba didn't have any distinctive moves, that might be why he wasn't popular. He was kind of uncool in that way."
| Virtua Fighter Series | |
| Main Series | Virtua Fighter (Remix) • 2 • 3 • 4 (Evolution, Final Tuned) • 5 (R, Final Showdown, Ultimate Showdown) |
| Related Games | Virtua Fighter Animation • Virtua Fighter Kids • Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series • GG Portrait • Fighters Megamix • Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary • Virtua Quest |
| Characters | Akira Yuki • Pai Chan • Lau Chan • Wolf Hawkfield • Jeffry McWild • Kage-Maru • Sarah Bryant • Jacky Bryant • Dural • Siba • Shun Di • Lion Rafale • Aoi Umenokoji • Taka‑Arashi • Lei‑Fei • Vanessa Lewis • Brad Burns • Goh Hinogami • Eileen • El Blaze • Jean Kujo |
| Other Media | Virtua Fighter (comic book) • Virtua Fighter (anime) |