Virtua Fighter 5

Virtua Fighter 5 is the fifth installment in Sega's Virtua Fighter series of arcade fighting games. The original version was released on the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. The first location tests took place on November 26, 2005 leading to the official release on July 12, 2006, in Japanese arcades. An export version, based on Version B, was released to arcades outside Japan in February 2007.

Virtua Fighter 5
Cover art
Developer(s)Sega AM2
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Yoshihiro Tsuzuko
Producer(s)Noriyuki Shimoda
Composer(s)
  • Tatsutoshi Narita
  • Shinichi Goto
  • Fumio Ito
SeriesVirtua Fighter
Platform(s)
Release
July 12, 2006
  • Arcade
    • JP: July 12, 2006
    Version A
    • JP: October 17, 2006
    Version B
    • JP: December 14, 2006
    • WW: February 2007
    Version C
    • JP: July 24, 2007
    R
    • JP: July 24, 2008
    R, Version A
    • JP: December 16, 2008
    R, Version B
    • JP: May 21, 2009
    R, Version C
    • JP: November 25, 2009
    Final Showdown
    • JP: July 29, 2010
    Final Showdown, Version A
    • JP: April 20, 2011
    Final Showdown, Version B
    • JP: March 25, 2015
    esports
    • JP: June 2, 2021
    PlayStation 3
    Version B
    • JP: February 8, 2007
    • NA: February 20, 2007
    • EU: March 23, 2007
    Final Showdown, Version A
    • WW: June 4, 2012
    Xbox 360
    Version C
    • EU: October 26, 2007
    • NA: October 30, 2007
    • JP: December 6, 2007
    Final Showdown, Version A
    • WW: June 6, 2012
    PlayStation 4
    Ultimate Showdown
    • WW: June 1, 2021
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega Lindbergh (VF5 – Final Showdown)
Sega ALLS UX (esports and Ultimate Showdown)

The revised Version B update was released in Japanese arcades in December 2006 and was ported to the PlayStation 3, for which it was released February 2007 and was a launch title for the console's European release in March 2007. Version C was released in Japanese arcades in July 2007 and was ported to the Xbox 360, for which it was released October 2007 in Europe and in North America. The Xbox 360 version would allow users to compete online via Xbox Live, a feature that was not available on the PlayStation 3 version. While Japanese arcades received the first major update Virtua Fighter 5 R, the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and arcades would get the second update Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.

An enhanced remaster of Final Showdown, titled Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown was released worldwide for PlayStation 4 on June 1, 2021, and Japanese arcades on June 2, 2021.

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