Virtua Fighter Animation

Virtua Fighter Animation
Publisher: Sega Developer: Aspect System(s): Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System ROM Size: 1MB Peripherals Supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable Genre: Fighting Release Date RRP Code BR 1997 $39,99 030.020 JP 1996-03-29 ¥4,800 G-3380 US 1996 $? 2570 EU 1996 £?  ? {{#ifeq: 0 | 3 | ESRB SEGA Tectoy

Virtua Fighter Animation, known in Japan as Virtua Fighter Mini (バーチャファイターＭｉｎｉ), is a fighting game released for the Sega Game Gear in 1996. It is based off the Virtua Fighter anime series, which in turn was based off the video game with the same name. It is one of the few Game Gear fighting games, and the only Virtua Fighter game to date to be released for a handheld console. It is also one of the only Virtua Fighter games not to be presented in 3D (apart from the Mega Drive port of Virtua Fighter 2).

Tec Toy, Sega's Brazilian distributor, brought the game to the Sega Master System in 1997. Though there is some color loss, the Master System version offers a larger screen resolution.

Production Credits

Game Gear Version

Producer: Yasuhiro Nishimoto
Programmers: Tatsuo Matsuda, Yoshiaki Makishima
Chief Designer: Teruo Hamai
Designer: Fumikazu Sugawara, Taro Murayama, Aya Sato
Data Converter: Satoshi Ozawa, Yukio Shimeno
Music Composer: Koujiro Mixa
Special Thanks: Hisayoshi Yoshida, Kazuyuki Oikawa

Physical Scans

Game Gear Version

	75	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 2 reviews
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games 60 №176 Mean Machines Sega 89 №44, p84/85

Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, EU
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Game Gear, JP
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Master System Version

Master System, BR
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Virtua Fighter series of games
	Virtua Fighter (1993) | Virtua Fighter 2 (1994) | Virtua Fighter 3 (1996) | Virtua Fighter 3tb (1997) | Virtua Fighter 4 (2001) | Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (2002) | Virtua Fighter 5 (2007) | Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008) | Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2010)
	Virtua Fighter Remix (1995) | Virtua Fighter Kids (1996) | Fighters Megamix (1996)
	Virtua Fighter 2 (1996)
	Virtua Fighter Animation (1996)
	Fighters Megamix (1998)
	Virtua Quest (2004)
Characters	Akira Yuki | Jacky Bryant