Saturday, 18 January 2025

Virtua Fighter Animation (Sega Game Gear review)

Developer: Aspect
Publisher: Sega of America
Released: 1996

Virtua Fighter Animation is a one-on-one fighter that was ported to the Sega Master System in 1997 in Brazil only.

+ Retains the feel of Virtua Fighter (1993, Arcade) with a good range of fighters that are unlocked as the story progresses.

+ Impressive number of moves are available, and unlike the SMS port this one has a guard / associated special moves.

+ The story is so ludicrous that you'll want to stick around to see what madcap adventures the fighters get themselves into!

+ Music is top-tier and the dual camera angles that switch during combat offer an innovative approach that works.

- Some attacks are cumbersome to execute and you can spam repeated high kicks instead for an easy path to the credits.

- There's no Gear-to-Gear Cable support, so those looking for multiplayer should seek out the console version.

- No difficulty settings and there's zero in the way of customisation options (e.g. timer length, number of bouts).


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