It was a giant weekend for Virtua Fighter followers, as two large bits of reports dropped. The primary, that Virtua Fighter 5 Revo might be coming to the Nintendo Swap 2, Xbox Collection X|S, and PlayStation 5 with crossplay assist and scrumptious rollback netcode. The second, that Wolf Hawkfield (aka attractive Ganondorf) has been formally revealed for the upcoming Virtua Fighter 6.
Virtua Fighter 5 Revo, first launched on PC in January this yr, was a contemporary re-release of Virtua Fighter 5 with technical enhancements to higher facilitate worldwide on-line play. It carried out fairly darn effectively for a near-20-year-old preventing sport, although clearly did not fairly hit the heights of a full cross-platform launch. This announcement of a wider rollout ought to hopefully treatment that for an excellent fighter.
Now, Wolf Hawkfield’s reveal is one thing completely new. His reveal trailer, launched throughout a Virtua Fighter Direct on Sunday, reveals off a brand new design for the Canadian skilled wrestler. He is been a featured character in each Virtua Fighter sport, and appears much more rugged than earlier iterations.
What’s fascinating is that, in keeping with producer Riichio Yamada through the Virtua Fighter Direct, Virtua Fighter 6 will delve extra into the story and motivations of every character, so we must always discover out why Mr Hawkfield seems to be the way in which he does. He additionally provides that legacy characters like Wolf Hawkfield have been “refined for the fashionable age”, so we must always count on equally drastic makeovers for any future returning characters.
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