It emulates the arcade environment, so you can guess the answer to that.
I want Taka back too :sad:
VF5 beta location test 11/26-27/05
Sega will be beta testing VF5 in Japan for 2 days starting tomorrow.
Plus, Sega has new head shot pics for all the characters sans new girl. Check them out on the official Sega page here. http://www.virtuafighter.jp/
So uhhh…hope some cell phone’s that shit!
jeffry is one hairy mofo
OK so here’s some tidbits from all the corners of Internets (emphasis mine).
From dark10x of Gaming Age Forums:
"Man, they wouldn’t let me take pictures or videos. Perhaps I should have just done it without asking and go until they told me to stop, but no, I wanted to be polite. There were tons of staffers around, though, so I doubt I could have gotten much. Perhaps Reno could get something later. 
…but holy crap, the game looks absolutely stunning. The image quality was crystal clear (and AF appeared to be in), the animation and models were incredible, and the backgrounds and lighting were the best I’ve seen in a fighter. I think it looks quite a bit nicer than DOA4 and most of that comes straight down to the godly lighting. They had a “VFTV” station set up for people to watch (who weren’t playing), but all of the cabinets and the VFTV station used nice looking HD displays (with a Sega logo). Very nice arcade units indeed. Everybody was gathered in a big ass line to play with a questionnaire at the end. I didn’t particularly wish to jump in myself as I suck at the game.
They had this setup very near the VF4 Final Tuned machines and it made the difference even more pronounced. In person, I’d say the jump from VF4 to VF5 almost felt larger than VF3 to VF4. The resolution and lighting make for such a massive leap forward. The screens do not do this justice. VF4 looked downright crusty in comparison. :P"
From Srider of VFDC:
"The following are updates from various Japanese BBS from the location test.
**The dodging system has been revampled, now there is a big difference between successful and failed evades.
Throws seem to be slower now.
Low punch is dependent on foot position.
You can now dash forward diagonally.**
There is a rank meter of sort.
The game remains to only use 3 buttons. It’s still possible to play it similar to VF4.
The game runs in widescreen, and the differences in the character’s sizes are now very noticeable."
From Shou of NAVF: :rolleyes: :pleased:
[03:48] <Shou> yah so vf5
[03:48] <Shou> totally different
[03:48] <Shou> looks the same
[03:48] <Shou> but it aint
[04:00] <tellure> what’s the biggest change?
[04:00] <Shou> throws
[04:00] <Shou> slow, small range
[04:00] <Shou> 2 types of evades
[04:00] <Shou> movement as players knew is nerfed
[04:01] <Shou> +it
[04:01] <Shou> in a way, closer to vf3
[04:02] <Shou> but with 4’s concepts
[04:02] <Shou> vftv is funny
[04:02] <tellure> interesting
[04:02] <tellure> do you like it?
[04:03] <Shou> cant say, dont understand it enough
[04:03] <Shou> i am trying to figure out what the nitaku has turned into
[04:04] <Shou> it’s funny b/c so much works from 4
[04:04] <Shou> but the basics dont
[04:13] <Shou> the basic guess
[04:13] <Shou> like 50/50
[04:13] <Shou> elbow or throw
There you have it, VF is once again being totally reinvented.
I can’t wait to get back to Okinawa~
So is this game come out for the Arcade in US? I know the machine will cost alot of money. But if Namco can do it, so can Sega.
I miss his mojomojo action.
Oh man this game is looking too good. Can’t wait. I wonder how long we’ll have to wait until we get it over here, if we get it at all.
Game definitely looks hot…I have every hope that this game will help Sega take back the arcade throne that Namco hasn’t done much with in recent years (at least in my eyes).
And I’m with the people earlier in the topic who hopes for a cross-console release. If nothing else, that would already be something to perhaps help Sega reach more people, and thus reach money, over Namco’s somewhat “Sony-centric” approach.
Game is lookin’ hot. I think I’m gonna pick up Evo again to practice (haven’t played that game in like a year).
I like how SEGA is actually paying attention to their “story”. Lau actually looks like he’s dying (he has a terminal disease), Shun actually looks extremely old now (he should, he’s over 90!) and the others look as if they have aged. I like the changes that they have made in the height. Perhaps it will factor into gameplay, like smaller characters (Pai for instance) wouldn’t be able to throw or juggle a character such as Wolf or Jeffry.
This looks pretty sweet. Let us pray for a console release!
Everything looks and sounds great.
Namco arcade thrown?? Which country? Sure as hell not Japan, VF is way more popular than Tekken over there.
If you’re talking about the United States, I didn’t know we actually had an arcade thrown. 
I wish I was rich so I could import the cab:sad:
Me too. I’ve been thinking about doing it but I don’t have the money. It would be better to hear if there is going to be a console release.
VF.tv sounds so hot. If this does get it’s rumored Xbox 360 release, it should attempt to emulate that experiance over Xbox Live. That would be so hot.