PS2 Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary DVD - Shipping today

   Ten years ago, a Sega team dubbed AM2 led by Yu Suzuki started a 3-D movement that blazed the trail for a whole new way of fighting. Up until that time, Capcom and a number of copycats ruled the gaming world with a 2-D fist. Once Virtua Fighter debuted, the cloners soon found inspiration (some found entire blueprints and design pointers) and filled up the fighting market with their own 3-D offerings such as Toshinden, Zero Divide, Critical Blow and countless others that have since faded into obscurity. Capcom also entered the fray with the largely forgettable Star Gladiator and Street Fighter EX but their forte remains in 2-D fighting to this day. Fittingly then, Sega pays homage to the game that started it all.
   The 10th anniversary Virtua Fighter mook bundle includes a copy of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution reworked with the blocky polygon graphics found in the original game and a retrospective DVD which looks back at the origins of the series, the subsequent games and memorable characters such as Pai, Shun Di and the Bryants. A mook (that's magazine-book) bundled with the two disks contains a bunch of artwork, interviews and data on the fighting game that took a 2-D genre dominated by Capcom and broadened it with 3-D scale and mechanics. All this goodness is then encased in a plastic slipcase for easy archival in your Virtua Fighter shrine.
 
Summary of the Week
Monday GBA Power Pro Kun Pocket 6, Sonic Battle  PS2 Ashitano Joe, PC Genjin, Virtua Fighter 10th Anniv.  NEWS Import outlook, Puyo Puyo Fever preorders open for Dreamcast and Gamecube 
Tuesday NEO Samurai Spirits Zero aka Samurai Shodown V in stock and shipping
Wednesday PS2 Love * Ping Pong, One Piece Grand Battle 3  NEWS Import updates, Christmas toys, BT-03,04
Thursday GBA Card Captor Sakura, Gegege no Kitaro, Gojira Advance, Rockman EXE 4 Tournament (Blue Moon/Red Sun), Super Donkey Kong  GC Donkey Konga, Momotaro Densetsu XII, One Piece Grand Battle 3  PS1 Front Mission History  PS2 Biohazard Outbreak (Game/Memory Card/Stand), Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection (Game/Bundle), G-Taste Mahjong, Gegege no Kitaro, J-League Winning Eleven Tactics, Momotaro Densetsu XII, Evangelion Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku, Roommate Asami D-Collection
Friday GC Dabitsuku 3  TOY Kenshin Dragon Quest Memory Card  NEWS Toy preview, New preorders, General updates
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