Virtua Fighter 3
Virtua Fighter 3 (Japanese: バーチャファイター3, Hepburn: Bācha Faitā Surī) is the sequel to 1994's Virtua Fighter 2 and the third fighting game in the Virtua Fighter series, developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega in 1996. It was the first arcade game to run on the Sega Model 3 system board.
| Virtua Fighter 3 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sega AM2 Genki (Dreamcast) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Yu Suzuki Daichi Katagiri |
| Producer(s) | Yu Suzuki |
| Designer(s) | Kazuhiro Izaki |
| Programmer(s) | Tetsuya Kaku |
| Composer(s) | Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Fumio Ito Hidenori Shoji |
| Series | Virtua Fighter |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Dreamcast |
| Release | Arcade July 26, 1996 (location test) September 1996 September 1997 (Team Battle) Dreamcast (Team Battle)
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Model3 Step1.0 |
Like its predecessors, Virtua Fighter 3 was a major hit in arcades, selling 30,000 arcade cabinets worldwide. In Japan, it was the fourth highest-grossing arcade game of 1996 and the overall highest-grossing arcade game of 1997. A port for the Sega Saturn was announced but ultimately cancelled. However, the game eventually reached home consoles in the form of a conversion for the Dreamcast.
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