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Video: Wicked Vlogs: What's YOUR Favorite Fighting Game?Original at YouTube
• Wed, Feb 25
By rss@youtube.com (TheWickedGamer) Challenge The Wicked Gamer to Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix!!!!!! XBL Gamertag: xDEMONIC MINDZx Today's topic: what is your favorite fighting game? Virtua Fighter? Street Fighter? Tekken? Mortal Kombat? King of Fighters? Feel free to leave a comment, or a...
Video: my review for Tekken 5Original at YouTube
• Sun, Jul 13
By rss@youtube.com (goten2255) this is a review for a game that is awesome in everyway and its Namco Bandai's Tekken 5 for the PS2. Tekken to me has always been one of the best 3D Fighting game series in video game history along with Virtua Fighter series and also the Soul series. the Tekken series has always and always been a So...
Video: Akira Yuki (Virtua Fighter) VS Jin Kazama (Tekken)Original at YouTube
• Thu, Jul 10
By rss@youtube.com (KaylaBaylaBush) This is a request from afrometaldrummer and it features Virtua Fighter's Akira Yuki and Tekken's Jin Kazama. Who do YOU think is better? Enjoy! Also, the I in Akira's last name is cut out and so is the a in Jin's last name. And the 5 in Virtua Fighter 5 got cut out as well.
Video: Top Ten Fighting Game Openings Part 3Original at YouTube
• Thu, Jun 12
By rss@youtube.com (zeo94) Alright, this is the last part. Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or openings blah blah. Author: zeo94 Keywords: Top Ten Fighting Games Zeo Tribute Tekken Virtua Fighter King of Fighters Dreamcast Ps2 Openings Part Sega Namco Added: June 12, 2008
Games of the Decade #8 - Soulcalibur II - Edmonton Journal (blogs)
Original at The Province - Canada.com
• Mon, Dec 21
Edmonton Journal (blogs) (blog) Games of the Decade #8 - Soulcalibur II Edmonton Journal (blogs) (blog) For years, 3D fighting games were a novelty. Virtua Fighter and the early entries into the Tekken ...
The 20 best Nintendo multiplayer games ever
Original at CVG Online
• Mon, Dec 14
Tekken? Virtua Fighter? Soul Calibur? Getting a crowd of bloodthirsty party-goers to agree on a fighting game is almost an impossibility. ... and more »
Review: Tekken 6 (PS3/XB360)
Original at GameFocus
• Mon, Nov 30
Along with the Virtua Fighter series, Tekken is the co-father of the modern 3D fighter. Now 15 years old, the game has evolved from a simple 3D fighter to ... and more »
[TEST] Tekken 6
Original at LIVE360
• Fri, Nov 20
Véritable étalon en la matière, au même titre que Soul Calibur, Street Fighter ou encore Virtua Fighter, ce sixième opus va-t-il mettre tout le monde ...
Naruto Shippuden Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
Original at GameZone
• Mon, Nov 16
Two of them – Tekken and Virtua Fighter – haven't come to the system at all. There is one fighting franchise, however, that has been a big supporter of ... and more »
'Tekken 6' plays it safe
Original at UM Maneater
• Mon, Nov 9
Tekken 6" comes fashionably late to the fighting game party of this generation and it shows. Chances are "Virtua Fighter 5," "Soul Calibur IV" and "Street ... and more »
Super Battle Opera 09 now taking place in Tokyo
Original at Arcade Heroes
• Fri, Aug 14
By Shaggy Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info] Another big arcade fighter tournament is now taking place, this one the widely popular Super Battle Opera which is going on in Tokyo. Some of the games that players will be competing on include Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, Virtua Fi...
PS3/X360 Preview - 'Tekken 6'
Original at WorthPlaying.com
• Thu, May 14
CA If you fall into the latter category, you're probably also somewhat fanatical about Virtua Fighter, which makes me wonder why you, hypothetical person, are reading this preview at all. The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 takes place six months after the ...
The Last of The Great Arcade Fighters
Original at Kotaku.com
• Mon, May 11
NY Before he went on to dominate to tournament scene between 1996-2001, a young Valle first cut his teeth on early arcade fighter Karate Champ. It wasn't until later that he began seriously playing titles like Street Fighter II, Virtua Fighter and Tekken. ...
Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
Original at Kotaku.com
• Wed, May 6
NY Dural, Virtua Fighter – Mother of Kage: Dural probably started out as a good mom when she was human, but then she got kidnapped and turned into an evil cyborg. That knocks her out of the Mom of the Year running. Jun Kazama, Tekken series – Mother of ...
Arcadia No. 109 Rankings!
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Sun, May 3
By MarkMan 1. Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - 372.9 2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam VS Gundam NEXT - 284.1 3. BlazBlue - 256.1 5. Melty Blood: Actress Again - 179.4 6. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core - 121.3 7. Street Fighter IV - 116.5 8. Virtua Fighter 5R - 80.2 9. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 77.5
Another PSP Fighter Announced: Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny
Original at PSX Extreme
• Wed, Apr 29
As if Tekken 6 wasn't enough, you're now going to get a SC installment...what do you want next? Virtua Fighter? Sony has been crowing about the 2009 PSP lineup for months, and we get the feeling that even more unannounced titles are on the way. ...
Chart Toppers: Street Fighter IV's KO Win
Original at Game Daily
• Wed, Apr 22
• 1 related articles
CA SNK's King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown maintain a cult following, Tekken and Virtua Fighter are still refining the 3D fighting genre and Dead or Alive and Soul Calibur make sure that the world is still safe for jiggling boobs. ...
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Chart Toppers: Street Fighter IV's KO Win
Original at GameDAILY BIZ
• Wed, Apr 22
• 1 related articles
SNK's King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown maintain a cult following, Tekken and Virtua Fighter are still refining the 3D fighting genre and Dead or Alive and Soul Calibur make sure that the world is still safe for jiggling boobs. ...
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Bespoke Arcades Announces Evo Cabinet
Original at GamersDailyNews
• Wed, Apr 15
TN The PS3 controls option, as complemented by the excellent aluminium joysticks, has been specifically designed for the current/future generation of coin-op fighting games (ie Tekken Dark Resurrection, Virtua Fighter 5 and the hotly anticipated ...
Virtua Fighter Vs. Tekken? Namco is talking about it
Original at Arcade Heroes
• Tue, Apr 14
By Shaggy Anyone familiar with fighters knows that some of the best games involve a crossover of two series of some sort. One of the most popular fighters out there today is Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 and there have been rumblings of a third installment coming along in that series; more recently we saw Tatsuno...
The Dream Match Revisited
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Thu, Apr 9
By MarkMan SOURCE - 360 Gamer - Namco still up for Tekken vs. VF Namco is still interested in doing a Tekken vs. VF title, according to Tekken 6 director Katsuhiro Harada. Here are some old pictures from the 2001 PlayStation 2 event courtesy of Defensor!
NowGamer Q&A Session With Katsuhiro Harada
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Thu, Apr 2
By n8nmonster NG: The enhancements of juggles using the ‘Bound’ system is a move toward more tech gameplay. Is this the direction of the Tekken franchise? NG: How will Tekken 6 differ from everything else on the market when it hits the console? Source: NOWGAMER - TEKKEN 6 Q&A
Tekken 6 Q&A
Original at NowGamer
• Thu, Apr 2
Tekken 6 Q&A UK In the past, we had developed an arcade cabinet with a memory card reader. We were thinking of interesting ways to implement this feature in TEKKEN when the director of Virtua Fighter, who had been thinking of something similar, approached us. ...
April 2009 Arcadia News!
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Sun, Mar 22
By MarkMan 1) Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion / 鉄拳6 BLOODLINE REBELLION - 341.2 2) BlazBlue / ブレイブルー - 286.3 3) Gundam VS. / 機動戦士ガンダム ガンダムVS.ガンダム - 258.3 4) Melty Blood Actress Again - 207.2 5) Street Fighter IV - 164.7 6) Virtua Fighter 5 R - 126.9 7) Arcana Heart 2: Sugoi / すっごい!アルカナハート2 ~転校生 あかねとなずな~ - 101.4
Tekken 6 can't fit on the 360? Really Guys?
Original at Gamers.com
• Tue, Mar 10
I'm here to tell you that rumor is false and 360 owners need not worry about having an inferior game. Below are the listed specifications of the Sega Lindbergh which housed Virtua Fighter 5 R and Namco System 357 which is housing Tekken 6: Bloodline ...
Virtua Fighter 5 for PS3Original at it.truveo.com
• Sat, Feb 28
• 1 related articles
So you’ve seen the Tekken 5 review? TJ and Spot review the OTHER new fighting game for PS3... Virtua Fighter 5. Want in on the discussion? Visit ... it.truveo.com
Street Fighter IV XBox 360 Review
Original at Zergwatch
• Fri, Feb 27
highly recommend it, but be warned, this is not Tekken, Soul Calibur , DOA or Virtua Fighter, even if it looks a bit like them, where you mash buttons mindlessly to link attacks. This is still Street Fighter, with the same type of gameplay. ...
Wii Review - 'The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga'
Original at WorthPlaying.com
• Sat, Feb 21
CA In this day and of age of titles like Soul Calibur, the recent Street Fighter IV, Tekken and Virtua Fighter, it's difficult for a compilation of older fighting games to stand out from the crowd, even on a system that's lacking any real fighting ...
DLC getting a bit much?
Original at Cubed3
• Fri, Feb 20
UK In Tekken 5, in Virtua Fighter 4 and 5, extra costumes are earned by playing through the game. Along with the medals and titles, it would have been perfect if extra costumes were occasionally awarded, too. But no, they're now something that altogether ...
There can be only one
Original at The Age
• Thu, Feb 19
Australia It seems very appropriate that over the years the fighting game genre has always been fiercely contested. There have been countless rivalries, such as Street Fighter versus Mortal Kombat in 90s arcades, Tekken versus Virtua Fighter in the early days of ...
Street Fighter IV Review
Original at PSX Extreme
• Mon, Feb 16
The game is both accessible and extremely deep, not making any sacrifices in order to compete with the more button-mash friendly games such as Tekken, Virtua Fighter, and especially Dead or Alive. That is not to say those games are button mashers, ... Street Fighter IV Kikizo
Midway Files for Bankruptcy
Original at Technologizer
• Thu, Feb 12
CA - Without that trick up its sleeve, the franchise became a follower of better button-mashers like Soul Calibur, Tekken and Virtua Fighter. ...
Fists of Destruction
Original at Livemint
• Tue, Feb 3
India - The third was also released for the Playstation, where it competed unsuccesfully against the console’s reigning fighting titles Tekken and Virtua Fighter. ...
The Definitive “Top 10 SEGA Dreamcast Games”
Original at Kezins
• Sat, Jan 31
WV - To this day, there is no console fighting game I would take over this one. This classic made all Tekken, Street Fighter and Virtua Fighter games look like ...
Super Battle Opera 2009 Games Unveiled!
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Sat, Jan 3
By MarkMan Tougeki 2007 - Super Battle Opera Game List: Street Fighter IV - 1 VS 1 Virtua Fighter 5R- 3 VS 3 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - 3 VS 3 Tatsunoko vs Capcom - 1 VS 1 Fate/Unlimited Codes - 1 VS 1 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 3 VS 3BlazBlue - 1 VS 1 Arcana Heart 2 Sugoi!! - 2 VS 2 Guilty Gear XX Accent...
Toshihiro Nagoshi tells us why he made Yakuza 3 an exclusive
Original at %7Er/seganerds/%7E3/500535814/ (Feedburner)
• Thu, Jan 1
This generation is going to be known as the multiplatform generation, well to Sony anyway. With games like Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy XIII, Virtua Fighter 5, and Tekken 6 going multiplatform, its hard to know why Nagoshi is making his high budget Yakuza 3 game exclusive to the Playstati...
Toshihiro Nagoshi tells us why he made Yakuza 3 an exclusive
Original at Sega Nerds
• Thu, Jan 1
By George This generation is going to be known as the multiplatform generation, well to Sony anyway. With games like Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy XIII, Virtua Fighter 5, and Tekken 6 going multiplatform, its hard to know why Nagoshi is making his high budget Yakuza 3 game exclusive to the Playstati...
Looking Back and Moving Onward
Original at thelonegamer (WordPress)
• Wed, Dec 31
By thelonegamer Now I’m looking forward to another year of awesome games, fighters in particular. Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion will be arriving later in the month, with the inevitably awesome console versions slated for a third quarter release. I’m expecting my copy of Streetfighter IV in the mail in mid...
Musing about Customizations in Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion
Original at thelonegamer (WordPress)
• Fri, Dec 12
By thelonegamer When Tekken 6 came out early this year, I took a look at the available customizations and extra outfits and said, ‘That’s all?’ Really, perhaps characters had one or two alternate looks and a bunch of variant colors for their default stuff, and that was it. Some characters had more stuff tha...
Metareview -- Castlevania Judgment (Wii) - Joystiq
Original at Joystiq
• Mon, Nov 24
hate to form a comment c-c-c-combo, but really Jebs? Tekken 3? Tekken 3 made Virtua Fighter on the 32X look like Far Cry 2. I'd know, I played it this weekend (along with the last good inforgrames game, Test Drive 6) ...
Top 12 Christmas gifts for PlayStation 3 owners
Original at Tech.co.uk
• Thu, Nov 13
UK - Nov 13, 2008 As this was the first console home of Virtua Fighter 5, has Tekken Dark Resurrection on PSN and Street Fighter IV inbound, a good fighting stick is perhaps ...
411mania.com: Games - B3yond the Report 10.28.08
Original at 411mania.com
• Mon, Oct 27
On the subject of fighting games, wouldn't you agree that we need some NEW franchises to be developed? Tekken, Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, etc., are all games that originiated in the early to mid-90's. ...
Tougeki 2008 DVDs Out Next Week!
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Mon, Oct 27
By MarkMan The Super Battle Opera aka Tougeki 2008 DVDs are shipping next week! The first wave of DVDs include Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5R, and Melty Blood Act Cadenza! Each DVD is packed with matches from the actual tournament. Watch the semi final and grand final rounds in entirity! You can preo...
GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Famitsu scan - Toshinden series ...
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Oct 15
By The News Team Once other games showed up like Tekken, Toshinden got squeezed out, and disappeared after Toshinden 4; and with games like Virtua Fighter and Soul Calibur on the prowl, Toshinden never even bothered showing up on the PS2. ...
TGS 2008: Castlevania Judgement Hands-on
Original at IGN
• Fri, Oct 10
CA - Oct 10, 2008 What's different about this game is you're not confined to plane like in 2D fighters or forced to sidestep like in Virtua Fighter or Tekken. ...
TGS: Day One
Original at Wonderland
• Wed, Oct 8
By Alice I have one more surprise announcement. Another legendary franchise into the 360 family: Namco Bandai’s Tekken. 33m units sold around the world. Tekken – the number 1 fighting franchise – is coming to 360. Tekken 6 comes to the 360 in fall '09. Adds to our fighter family of Soul Calibur Street Fig...
Street Fighter 4 Producer Talks Wii, Dimps, and Shen Long
Original at 1UP.com
• Wed, Aug 20
NY - Look, if people are just looking for really cool looking but ultimately bland characters they can go play Tekken or Virtua Fighter, but people like Street ...
Soul Calibur 4 Xbox 360 review
Original at Den Of Geek
• Mon, Aug 18
UK - Whereas I once lapped up each and every scrapper, such as Street Fighter II, Tekken, Virtua Fighter and so on, the lack of any form of originality ...
SoulCalibur IV Review
Original at PALGN
• Tue, Aug 12
Australia - Aug 12, 2008 Well, we did get Virtua Fighter 5 last year and the next Mortal Kombat and Tekken 6 are on the way, but at least we've now got Soul Calibur IV, ...
Review: 'Soulcalibur IV' lets you be Yoda or Darth Vader
Original at Contra Costa Times
• Fri, Aug 8
CA - While contemporaries such as "Tekken" and "Virtua Fighter" cling to a relatively realistic world, Namco Bandai's weapons-based fighter seems to stretch the ...
Game review: 'Soulcalibur IV' lets you be Yoda or Darth Vader
Original at Inside Bay Area
• Thu, Aug 7
CA - While contemporaries such as "Tekken" and "Virtua Fighter" cling to a relatively realistic world, Namco Bandai's weapons-based fighter seems to stretch the ...
Video Game Review: "Soul Calibur IV"
Original at The University of Alabama Crimson White
• Wed, Aug 6
AL - In this sense, the “Soul Calibur” series has distinguished itself from being anything like “Virtua Fighter,” “Tekken” or “Street Fighter. ...
Q&A: Sasaki On Soulcalibur IV's Franchise Evolution
Original at Gamasutra
• Fri, Aug 1
Q&A: Sasaki On Soulcalibur IV's Franchise Evolution CA - Soulcalibur is a deep fighting game series, but compared to the fighters in the same tier - Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Dead or Alive - it's also accessible to ...
MK vs DC vs ME
Original at thelonegamer (WordPress)
• Sat, Jul 12
By thelonegamer Okay, I think it’s pretty obvious that I’ma fighting game fan- heck, pretty much 90 percent of what I blog about is fighting games, and perhaps an equal amount of that blogging is on Japanese-made fighters. Tekken, Virtua Fighter ...
Interview with the (director of games about a) Vampire
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Sat, Jul 12
By JC Fletcher IGN's hands-on with the game gave us a bit of morning light to vanquish the horrible night of our skepticism, describing Judgment as more of a Power Stone free-roaming vs. action game than a traditional Tekken or Virtua Fighter-like ...
Streetfighter IV Costume Play!
Original at thelonegamer (WordPress)
• Tue, Jul 1
By thelonegamer Apparently this is a bit of a backpedal from producer Yoshinori Ono’s initial statement that SFIV won’t have any Character Customization like other fighting games like Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5 or the upcoming Soulcalibur IV. ...
Musing about Tekken 6 PS3: Story Mode
Original at thelonegamer (WordPress)
• Fri, Mar 21
By thelonegamer In fighting games in particular, the story is often just thrown in as a flimsy excuse for all the beatdowns handed out en masse. Some, like the Virtua Fighter series, keep the story separate from actual gameplay, present only in the ...
Virtua Fighter 5 R Unveiled!
Original at SDTEKKEN.COM
• Thu, Feb 14
By MarkMan SOURCE - FAMITSU.COM - VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 R UNVEILED Famitsu has unveiled the latest major revision to the Virtua Fighter franchise… Virtua Fighter 5 R! Much like how Tekken 5 had it’s “Dark Resurrection,” VF5 has it’s “R.” This latest announcement took place at AOU2008 in Japan. Aside from a t...
Feature// Arcade News: Let The Brawlers Begin
Original at Spong
• Wed, Jul 18
Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5, King Of Fighter - and a movie!
PlayStation Premier: Tekken 6 Going Online
Original at PSX Extreme
• Tue, Jul 17
This next entry in the long-standing fighting franchise will feature online play, matching the likes of Virtua Fighter 5 on Xbox Live. Online Versus combat should rock!
PlayStation 3 Powered Tekken 6 Arcade Details
Original at Spong
• Thu, Jun 21
Cabs like Virtua Fighter
Challenges in 'Vanguard' beckon hard-core players
Original at ParamusPost.com
• Tue, Mar 13
If you've played fighting games since the 1990s, you're probably a fan of either the "Virtua Fighter" or the "Tekken" series. Because of their different control and fighting setups, most people jumped on one side or the other, but rarely dedicated themselves to both. While this "Tekken" f...
Readers' Top 20 Kotaku Stories [Top]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Dec 29
By Brian Crecente 7. OMG Playstation 3 Controller Spelling Mistake 6. Playstation Pornable Plucking Hussies Out of Thin Air 5. Blood Elves Declared Too Femme, Put on Steroids 4. Tekken With Actual Humans 3. Foreigners and Fights: PS3 Japan Launch's Dark Side 2. The Japanese Super Safe Wii Safety Manual
Who are the distributors for PS2 games in Bombay / Mumbai ?
Original at India Broadband Forum
• Sun, Mar 2
By nivlacbot I recently bought a PS2 console here. ( Region 2 PAL ) Specifically I'm looking for the following titles (Greatest Hits) Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Twisted Metal: Black Tekken Tag Tournament ...