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Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
Information
Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Sega AM2
Platforms PlayStation 4, Arcade
Release Date PlayStation 4
June 1, 2021
Arcade
June 2, 2021

Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, known in Japan as Virtua Fighter esports (バーチャファイター eスポーツ) is an enhanced remake of Virtua Fighter 5, announced in May 2021. Co-developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega AM2, it was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 on June 1st, 2021, followed by Arcade version on the next day.

Characters

Downloadable Contents

  • Legendary Pack (at launch): Virtua Fighter 1-style assets (costumes and UI, including Jacky's stage); Re-Add Costume C Set, and previous Virtua Fighter mainline game soundtracks
  • Yakuza Pack (December 8, 2021): Yakuza Inspired Costumes and Soundtracks + arranged Virtua Fighter 3 soundtracks; Re-Add Costume D Set
  • Tekken Pack (June 1, 2022): Tekken Inspired Costumes, and Tekken 7-themed UI and Soundtracks

Trivia

  • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown was developed in the Dragon Engine, the current in-house engine used by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and used near-exclusively for the Like A Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) franchise.
    • Due to this, a Like A Dragon series themed DLC Pack was made available on December 8, 2021.
  • This is the only game where Dural is currently an NPC. Additionally, her primary stage is drastically different from previous Virtua Fighter 5 iterations.
  • After purchasing the Legendary DLC Pack, players can switch character model styles between the default modern look and the way characters looked or would have looked in the first Virtua Fighter, similar to how Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary uses Virtua Fighter's model styles with Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution's gameplay.
  • Jacky’s stage from Virtua Fighter appears as a DLC stage when purchasing the Legendary DLC Pack.
  • Each character's Costumes C, D, E, and S were missing from the initial launch of the game. However, each of them being added in a post-launch downloadable content packs each selected month.
  • The first game of Virtua Fighter to have third party-related costume packs, soundtracks and UI, with the first collaboration is with Bandai Namco's Tekken, specifically from its latest game, Tekken 7.
    • However, as the pack includes a guest stage theme applied to the sole base guest character, Akuma from Street Fighter, it indirectly marks the second collaboration pack with third-party company, which is Capcom. Yet, despite Akuma's theme from Tekken 7, "Abandoned Temple" being used for Taka-Arashi's stage, Capcom is uncredited, likely because the theme is original Bandai Namco creation instead of remixed nor reused from original game source.

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Virtua Fighter Series
Main Series Virtua Fighter (Remix) • 234 (Evolution, Final Tuned) • 5 (R, Final Showdown, Ultimate Showdown)
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Characters Akira YukiPai ChanLau ChanWolf HawkfieldJeffry McWildKage-MaruSarah BryantJacky BryantDuralSibaShun DiLion RafaleAoi UmenokojiTaka‑ArashiLei‑FeiVanessa LewisBrad BurnsGoh HinogamiEileenEl BlazeJean Kujo
Other Media Virtua Fighter (comic book)Virtua Fighter (anime)
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