Support NeoGAF

[celsowmbr]

It might not have hit the ring just yet, but Sega has already announced a day-one DLC pack for its upcoming Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown. The aesthetic-only add-on sees Akira and pals return to their strangely unnerving polygonal roots.
The "Legendary Pack", which will launch alongside Ultimate Showdown on June 1, will add alternate skins for every character on the roster, replicating the classic "Virtua" look that took the arcade scene by storm back in 1993. While this turns back the clock for classic characters such as Pai, Wolf, and Sarah, it's going to be fun to retroactively see latter-day fighters such as Vanessa, El Blaze, and Eileen recreated in beautiful, box-headed glory.

In addition to the retro skins, the Legendary pack will also include a "Classic" U.I., which replaces the redesigned health bars and on-screen prompts with those of the original release. The Legendary Pack will retail for around $10. It bears repeating that Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown will also be part of June's PlayStation Plus offerings. Once the title leaves PS+. it will retail for $30, which includes the Legendary Pack.

source: https://www.destructoid.com/stories...es-the-roster-back-to-the-blocks-630442.phtml

 

[SSfox]

Cool for nostalgic but not a fan.

Eitherway can't wait for VF5US, those next 3 days are gonna feel so slow HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[cormack12]

Damn, looks like that dude shaved his face with one of these

 

[Guileless]

Shout out to my fellow 32x owners of Virtua Fighter. There are dozens of us.

 

[kunonabi]

Looked better the last time they did it bit I'm really glad this isnt the barebones release I was expecting.

 

[Sp3eD]

I believe I remember this in VF4 as a free feature....

 

[Little Chicken]

Sharp knees

 

[cormack12]

Shout out to my fellow 32x owners of Virtua Fighter. There are dozens of us.

I used to main Akira.

 

[Azelover]

Nice, they even got the new fighters in VF1 style.

I happen to really like it.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

Do want.

 

[YCoCg]

I believe I remember this in VF4 as a free feature....

Ahh yes, I believe this is what the ancients called a "cheat" code, when Devs used to hide fun things in their games for players to find.

 

[RoboFu]

I like it

 

[Guileless]

I used to main Akira.

I was a Kage man.

 

[RetroAV]

I LOVE THIS FEATURE! It brings back the soul and charm that I feel the series has lost chasing Tekken (I just wish it affected the stages as well). Also, why stop there? Include VF2, 3, and 4 graphic modes as well!

 

[lame gag1990]

Looks cool but this kind of stuff used to be free in games...

 

[Marvel14]

I was a Kage man.

Lau in VF 1

I dumped him for Shun in Virtua Fighter 2...

 

[PuppetMaster]

Love it. This is the VF I remember making my jaw drop.

 

[yurinka]

Best DLC ever

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

This is 1/3rd the cost of the full game?

 

[Stooky]

With the classic geo option there should be a 500fps mode

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

No Sega Saturn V² mode?

 

[celsowmbr]

 

[SSfox]

I hope we can disable the VF1 skins. But the costume looks great as usual.

 

[Miles708]

At least three ui could have been free. Come on now.

 

[-hadouken]

It’s useless - there’s only one VF1 stage (despite the fine print talking about plural stages) and you can’t fight against other VF1 models aside from offline vs. Wasted opportunity in my book.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

This is for no one honestly.

One reason why early 3D arcade games looked good and aged well even today is because of how well designed they were, how even the graphics were, the great display output, smooth edges, great shadows and colors, and the polygons them selves were consistent with low or no pixelation, blur, vaseline, or warping.

This just looks lazy, it reminds me of all the indie games that don't get 8-bit pixel art.

 

[Miles708]

The dlc includes both the items and the VF1 skins, right?
They're just a neat fun-service throwback (even more fan-service as it was included on PS2 too).
Chill out people.