Virtua Fighter 2

So they knew they were never gonna get photorealism, um, with Model 1 boards, and Virtua Fighter is obviously quite blocky looking and, um ...

But I think they cared about frame rate more than anything as opposed to realism, because I think Yu Suzuki said at one point that originally he wanted to get 60 frames per second in Virtua, in Virtua Fighter, um, and he couldn't achieve that in Virtua Fighter 1, but he achieved it obviously in Virtua Fighter 2, and not only on the Model 2 version for, um, arcade, but also for the Sega Saturn.

So I think that gameplay fluidity was a big focus.

I don't know if, um, realism would've been, like, part of their game design, um, philosophy.

Yeah.

Like, Tekken, Virtual Fighter 2.

They don't even-

And it, and it's all they know

... a pack-in.

Um, but later Virtua Fighter 2-

Oh, okay

... was bundled in with it.

But yeah, you had Daytona, you know, or Daytona.

Um, or I didn't experience the Saturn until much, much later, um, unfortunately.

But yeah, Virtua Fighter 2 is great.

Mm-hmm.

Sega was cool even back then.

And it came with three games, Virtua Fighter 2.

It came with Virtua Cop, I think it came with the first one, and Daytona USA.

And definitely Virtua Fighter 2 was a very, very, very outstanding and notable game.

It was...

Kind of the fighter of the time because of its 3D graphics and just absolute stellar presentation.

I don't know.

Do you have any? What do you think about? We played a little bit of Virtua Fighter and at home we played some Virtua Fighter 2.

What do you think about these games?

um so in one of these uh the the character i chose had uh her hat fall off oh yeah which i thought was really cool and uh you know it was just a small little detail but it wasn't it was something i was not expecting in the like very early 3d graphics

We actually couldn't break, but it was a cool and great vibes.

So yeah, I'll say that.

We mentioned a little bit Virtua Fighter 2 is another big game.

big game on there.

I was not able to effectively utilize it.

And Virtual Fighter 2 and Tekken had come out before this game already.

So the standards have been kind of set or at least begin to take shape.

And this game did

That's like the Phantasy Star Collection or the Columns Collection, the Memorial Selections, and this Disney 2-pack actually also was 4,800 yen.

Now, both of those price points were still cheaper than what they usually sold their main Saturn games for, which are usually like 5,800 to 6,800 yen for something like Virtua Fighter 2 or Shining Force 3, I think, was 4,800, surprisingly enough.

But, yeah, like Sakura Wars, Sakura Taisen 1 and 2, those were like 5,800 yen.

So, yeah, they were a little cheaper.

So yeah, mate, that was that port in particular is very special to me.

It's funny how you said that people would say, why would you play that port today? And even though it's basic compared to the real arcade game, the fact it's that version that resonates, it's very similar to when it comes to Virtua Fighter 2.

or Sega Rally, people say, well, why would you want to play the Saturn versions? You can now emulate the perfect arcade versions because those ports, those versions, have got more meaning to me in my game and story than the arcade version.

So it's similar.

It doesn't matter how inferior it is.

There just always will be that hook, you know, whether it's nostalgia or whether it's sentimentality is open for debate, but it's...

when I play Virtua Fighter 2 mate I've always got the Saturn versions so there's nothing wrong with playing ports even if they're not up to scratch compared to the arcade versions so no it's a it's interesting that story but man I had no idea about that It was a video, by the way.

I'd never heard of it.