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Virtua Fighter 4

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97 1 August 2001

Virtua Fighter 4 is a fighting developed by Sega AM2, released 1 August 2001 on PlayStation 2 and Arcade.

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What Virtua Fighter 4 is

Virtua Fighter 4 is a fighting game developed by Sega AM2 and released in 2001. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Arcade. It runs on Sega NAOMI.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Virtua Fighter 4 is a 2001 fighting video game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for arcades. It is the fourth game installment in the Virtua Fighter series. It was first released in arcades on the NAOMI 2 board followed by a console port as well as Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution on the PlayStation 2 under the budget-priced "Greatest Hits" label in 2002 and 2003, respectively. The sequel, Virtua Fighter 5, was released in 2006.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Virtua Fighter series

Virtua Fighter 4 is the sixth of 30 entries we hold in the Virtua Fighter series. It arrived 5 years after Virtua Fighter 2. The next entry was Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution in 2002. Its critic score of 97 is 15 points above the series average of 82. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Virtua Fighter 4 holds a critic score of 97 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 25 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Virtua Fighter 4 launched on 1 August 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Max Payne, Golden Sun and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Max Payne, Golden Sun, Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Virtua Fighter 4 — frequently asked questions

When did Virtua Fighter 4 come out?
Virtua Fighter 4 was released on 1 August 2001 for PlayStation 2 and Arcade.
Does Virtua Fighter 4 have multiplayer?
Yes. Virtua Fighter 4 supports multiplayer.

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