Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution

by Sega Of America, Inc.

Product Features

• Play as all your favorite Virtua Fighter characters, or 2 new characters hungry to make their names
• Expanded gaming modes add a whole new dimension to the game -- more character customization, wider training mode, even a new arcade mode
• Aggressive AI is modeled after the top Virtua Fighter players in Japan -- you'll face the level of challenge you'd see in a real gaming tournament
• Players can even customize their favorite characters' look, with over 1,500 different costume items

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009YEK6
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 12, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,924 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Kick your adrenaline into high gear as you waste opponents with your brutal Judo and Kick Boxing mastery. Sega's best-selling, 3D, fighting series has evolved into a freight train of hardcore martial-arts maneuvers featuring 15 competitors, some of whom can switch up their fighting style mid-fight. The new characters vying for a shot at winning the Worldwide Martial Arts Championship II Tournament are a trained assassin named Goh and Brad, an Italian Muay Thai champion Kick Boxer. They've joined the elite team to kick some serious butt on gorgeous new stages amidst snow, rain, sand, and beyond. There are over 1,500 options for customizing your characters' clothing and hairstyle, etc., so dress them up and watch them whittle through the competition. Once you make a name for yourself through a series of simulated arcade tournaments in the brand new Quest Mode, you'll qualify for the biggest fight of your career and show the world what you're really made of.

Features:

• All 15 characters (two new) have their own brand of whoop ass with unique attacks, counters, and defense moves
• Newly optimized graphics for the PlayStation 2 eliminate jaggies and shimmer
• New Quest Mode: hurl the hurt through several tournaments to become the world champion
• Twice as many character customizing options as before
• The aggressive A.I. opponents are modeled after the top players from the arcades of Japan

Product Description

In Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution you'll face the next step in the evolution of fighting games!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A step up from even the original VF4., September 26, 2003

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thebluedevil (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (Video Game)

Virtua Fighter 4 evolution has done the near impossible, make one of the best fighting games of all time even better. There is still all the depth and enjoyment of the original, while adding two more characters and the next level of Kumite mode, Quest mode! This mode is a challenging ongoing game where you make your name in every arcade in Tokyo, eventually getting to the center Arena, to become the best Virtua Fight in Japan. Yes, it is a bit tacky, but that is not what is important. Customizable characters get even better as a new array of items is found. You can also get new fighting modes in the central arena, like balance and a mode where you take extra damage when you hit the floor. The fighting moves have always been, and still are, incredibly complex and deep. This is one of the only games I have seen that includes evasion, counterattacks, throw evades, and rolls that allow you to avoid ground attacks. It takes a while to master, but once you get it, it is a very deep and ingenious control system. The reviewer that gave two stars seems to be what most people are that dont like VF4: impatient. He claims that it is too easy in quest mode, but by the time you progress throughout Tokyo, you begin to fight some fighters that are modeled after real people that are among the best VF players in the world. They also lack the patience to go to practice sessions and explore the numerous moves available to them. The only regretable thing to VF4 Evolution is the lack of training your own A.I., which is included in the original. Most VF4 fans can compensate by just whipping out their old copies. If you are new to the series and you want to play the A.I. training version, then I suggest that you buy VF4 and VF4 Evolution, they are only $20 each and are both well worth it. Overall, I would say that VF4 Evolution is a wonderful game that makes other fighting games, with the exception of Soul Caliber 2, look just plain silly. VF4 Evolution, in my opinion could even top the prowess of SC2. Buy this, or at least rent it, you will not regret it.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Virtua Fighter 4 Evolves, December 20, 2003

By 

Jordin M Ward - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (Video Game)

The first Virtua Fighter 4 came out around February in the States. When reviewers and gamers got their hands on this game, it brought fighting games to a whole new level. The level of innovation Virtua Fighter 4 carried was so phenomenal. It made most games like Tekken 4 and Soul Calibur 1 unacceptable to most gamers.

Granted, there were a lot of prettier looking fighting games out there in the visual category, but Virtua Fighter 4 was fighting to the next level. Fighting games were no longer about just bashing on buttons and fighting one character after another to beat the game. It was much more then that, Virtua Fighter 4 offered gamers innovative gameplay that was so deep there were no limits. It offered the famous "Kumite" mode that allowed you to fight an infinite number of matches, and if you fought the character correctly or completed certian expectations in a match, you were rewarded with an item to customize your character. The gameplay was so deep and so strategic it left no boundaries to defeating an enemy.

Now what does this expansion, Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, bring to the old Virtua Fighter 4 that was already perfect? Well, it brings more perfection to the already perfect fighting game.

It offers a new "Quest" mode that is a lot like "Kumite" mode in the first VF4 (Virtua Fighter 4). In quest mode youu fight an endless amount of matches completing various task assigned to your character of your own choice. Now, when you complete a task, you are rewarded with cash or an item, and sometimes both. When you get cash, you can go to the VF4E (Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution) store and buy various items. Some items allow you to customize your fighters appearance, others allow you to watch hidden movies and videos. When you fight in matches you are sometimes thrown ranking matches, ranking matches allow you to advance to a higher rank (duh!). This is just the tip of the iceberg of what you do in Quest mode.

The graphics have improved a great deal as well, they are much more smoother and beautiful then the original VF4. The levels have been revamped from the old ones as well. Some levels have minor changes, others have been completely changed. The character models have been changed a little bit to, some have new outfits and other have new default clothing.

There are now two new characters in VF4E, they both look like Tekken designed characters. Goh, the assasian from Japan, uses Judo which is slow but if mastered is very deadly. Brad, a Kick Boxer from Italy, he uses the lighting quick martial art style, Muay Thai. They both are capable of kicking some serious hide, just make sure you go through training mode first.

Training mode is very deep and intuitive, it explains everything you need to know about mastering VF4E and its deep gameplay. It teaches you combo's, attacks, strategies, and everything else you need to know about VF4E's gameplay. I highly recommend going through this mode before entering any other mode.

The control is excellent, the buttons feel like they are all in the right places. It is very simple and easy to understand, you feel right at home once you pick the controller up. The shoulder buttons on the PS2 Dual Shock controller help a great deal because they are basically a combination of the regular buttons on the button pad.

VF4E also features a "Anniversary" mode in the options menu, it allows you to play the original Virtua Fighter from the old days! It has a few minor changes from the original, such as it has all the new fighters on it. But it still sports the old VF4 graphics and levels!

If that wasn't enough reason to buy the game, buy it for the sole reason that it costs a mere 20 bucks! Thats less than half the price of Soul Calibur 2, plus in my opinion, it is a lot better then Soul Calibur! You have absolutely NO reason not buy this freakishly awesome fighting game, even if you don't own a PS2, I suggest you buy one for this game!

Hit
+Awesome modes
+Awesome graphics
+Awesome control
+Awesome features
+Awesome gameplay
+Both deep and innovative gameplay
+Highly addictive!

Miss
_Nothing really...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution: And beleive me it is, June 11, 2004

By 

"warden_aj" (Salt Lake, UT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (Video Game)

I was very happy when this game came out. I love the virtua fighter series and my special interest is in this one. It is the upgrade of VF4. This game features 2 new charcters with a total of 15 playable martial artists. The original attacks and strikes for the pervious 13 are somewhat the same with little real change. This game also features a new Quest mode that will take the place of kumite. I was mostly surprised at this. Instead of playing fight after fight,getting an outfit every 2 ranks, and playing forever to obtain any items that you might want; it turned out quite different. First off, You play in different saga locations and once you are entered and and have played in the tournoment you can progress to another location. To me it seems a lot easier to progress through the ranks than in VF4. You also deal with money and if you complete the quest orders in a certian place you can sometimes get a few items, as well as scoring some cash. But, like some viewers have said, a lot of times the quest orders are very hard and the players can get too hard farther up. I do like the fact that you buy items, hair color, eye color, and new/old win poses from the shop throughout the game. You can also aquire new hair styles for your characters. Also in quest mode, if you go to the Event Square, you have a chance to re-visit the old VF4 playing grounds and music. All together the graphics and music are awesome, as well as the game play and different martial arts styles. Do not think that this game isn't up to Tekken standards either because to me it is the best hardcore fighting game you can buy with nothing but fighting.