Hi All,
Thanks for the chat and would have been nice if I could talk to Myke as well(well next time..)!

Through the chat, I realized that I can do few things for people in here and I decided to do the followings.

1: VF5R console
Without doubt, this is something you guys really want to have and I strongly thing Sega should proivde it. Fortunately, I have chance to talk to Sega directly probably next week so I tell them about this face to face. But SAYING only is weak. If you can prepare a document that will be a big help.

I believe number is a power.Also, I do not know any vf site better than virtua figher.com even in Japan(I truely respect Myke for his hard and constant work). We should put them in the document. So the document should be like
1:Document Purpose
2:About the leader(surely Myke)
2:About Virtua fighter.com(how long its been,the number of members,past activities,monthly PV,etc in detail)
3:Why we need VF5R console
4:Names and Location of people who wants to play VF5R)
For example
- Bob Dylan USA Los Angles
- Kim Yonha Pusan Korea
etc
I think we should put as much name as possible.
5:Real messages of people
For Example
- Bob Dylan's Message
I love VF and played for 5years now. I always see the VF5R movies in Youtube but I can never play. Please give us a chance to play this wonderful game for us.
I think we should putas much message as possible.

I will print this and pass to Sega. Not only just passing but also strongly tell them how much we need it.The document will be the real prove for this. If it becomes over 100pages with people's message,Sega should feel something about it.

but this is merely a my idea and If its too much,then please do not worry about it.

2:Setting an online interview with Famous Players.
I talked to Homestay and he happily acceped to have a online interview. Live is fine. Also, if you send questions before hands, he can perhaps answer it more considerably. We can think together. I would like to know Myke's opinion if possible.

If first one successes, I can surelly ask other people like Koedo or Hauru.

3:The most important skills and technics in VF
This gonna be a huge job but I talked to Homestay and decided to make a document of important basics, statics and skills of vf. That would help everybody(including me!).

This one I need someone to translate to English. I wish someone help me with this.

Thats all for now. Hope to hear from you.

1. Document purpose: a great time to release fighters since so many is coming out. alot of ppl seem to be turned off with the new tekken. xbox live community/ gaming in general is becoming bigger. Even if VF doesnt make it big or sell lots. VF is very credible and respected worldwide. I used to be a tekken player, even before i played it.. I knew VF= SEGA. VF= best indepth fighter. I dont really respect sega for most of the games, but I always had respect for VF, and im sure alot of ppl who dont play VF also have a great respect for the game. Sega has sonic which is mainstreem, and sega needs an underground game thats credible, if not for sales, for marketing the sega brand as a producer who makes games not only for the masses but also for the loyal. Even if VF5r isnt coming out, we would like to hear future plans with VF so it gives us reason to keep playing VF. But regardless for me, ill keep playing.

2) I been actively playing for VF for 8-9 months from Vancouver BC, im half jap/chinese 25 yrs old real name NObuyuki. Not only do i love VF, but im addicted to this game. Im so addicted ppl think im building a bomb when i bring frame data to work, when im sleeping im thinking of flow charts, Ive watched thousands of VF CLIPS. I love vf so much that me and my gf fight about my vf addiction. I risk fighting with my gf just so i can play couple games a day. I may be new to VF but i dont see any other game even coming close to taking its spot. We need vf5r because its the best game period, plus the die hard vf fans have been loyal to the game, and its time that sega listened.

-from Canada

I started playing Virtua Fighter with Virtua Fighter 4. I had a limited interest in fighting games before I started playing, and this game made it so it was my favorite genre. I've spent a lot of time trying to learn what I could about the game, reading documents released in Japan and translated on this web site, and watching Virtua Fighter videos from Japan's top players. When Virtua Fighter 5 was going through play testing, I saved every video that I could get on my computer until there were too many to keep track of. I spent my time learning what I could about the game, and when Virtua Fighter 5 released on the Xbox 360, I had the chance to play against other players online. I became even more into the game, and when Virtua Fighter 5R released, I studied all of the videos that I could featuring my favorite character trying to learn everything about him, devising my own gameplan should I have the opportunity to play Virtua Fighter 5R. Unfortunately, there was never any announcement of any plans to release this game on a console, or even outside of Japan in the arcades. It would be great to finally have the opportunity to play it.

-Matthew, United States

I started playing Virtua Fighter with VF3 on the Dreamcast. At the time I just played VF by myself, and did not understand the game very well. In 1999 I went to Japan on holiday and I spent a long time watching people play VF3 in the arcades. I was so impressed that immediately VF3 became my favorite game. I was so excited when Sega announced VF5 for Xbox because finally I could play with other people from all over Europe. Since VF5 came out I have been playing regularly and enjoyed this game more than any other I ever bought. I was expecting R to come out last year, and I was really disappointed that it didn't. R might not sell millions, but for a VF and Sega fan as myself it was so painful to only be able to watch replays on Youtube and not be able to play. Please Sega help a VF fan out!

Matteo Fabbretti, Wales, United Kingdom.

Don't forget the online tournament, the europe gathering, hell even the Jeffry clan. Name as many events as possible. Lets get this show on the road folks!

Message to Sega:
I started playing Virtua Fighter 2 on the PC many years ago. I purchased Dreamcast when it was released,just to play VF3. Since then I have purchased many other Sega games.
Just like all other fighting games, Virtua Fighter is best played with your friends. After people come over to my house and played the game with me, they decided to purchase the game too.

The reason why I love Virtua Fighter more than any other fighting games is hard to describe in words. Wether it's the deep fighting system, the fun factor of the game or the smooth realistic animations.

Over the years I've spent alot of time on VF4 and VF5. The fighting cummunity in my city have been waiting for the latest version of VF to come to consoles for a long time. Please release R in the west so that we can keep on playing our favorite franchise.

Al, Sweden, Stockholm

Sega if you release a port of VF5R DO NOT DO IT HALF ASSED.

There is a lot of potential to make money and to save money.

* If you want to save money make it available to download onto XBL or PSN
* Release the game at a reasonable price... $30 or $40
* Have content items available to download online
* Have the community give you ideas on how to promote the game in the specific regions.
* Have a GREAT demo... Ideas.. have 4 characters available with online support... test the network at the same time.

If you have plans for VF5FT or anything similar then wait. Nothing would suck more than finally releasing VF5R and then announcing VF5FT soon after. At least make a home version of VF5R upgradeable to the latest version.

Thanks
-Brian

Hey Kamaage, very awesome that you want to do this for us!


My message to SEGA:

I started playing Virtua Fighter in December 2007, when Virtua Fighter 5 was released for the Xbox 360 system. Having never played a Virtua Fighter game before this, it took me a while to get used to the game. This put me off at first, and I put the game away, but a month or so later I picked it up again, determined to understand it and I never looked back. Virtua Fighter is amazing.

During the 2 years that I have been playing now, I have had many big highlights that really made playing this game even more fun than it already was. Besides the small highlights like finally being able to beat a certain player, or being able to execute a proper technique (escaping throws!), the opportunities I've had to play Virtua Fighter face-to-face with people not from my own country have been very inspiring.

The Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne, Germany was the first of these opportunities. Being exposed to the strength of the players there, really inspired me to get better myself and play the game with even more passion than I already was doing.

In March 2009, me and some of my fellow Dutchmen made a trip to Stockholm, Sweden, to seek out and fight some of the strongest players in Europe. We got humiliated and didn't win a lot of matches, but it really was another stimulation to get better and fix our weaknesses.

Then me and another guy from Holland organised an event for European VF players. This got a lot of people interested, but not many were able to make the trip in the end. Regardless of this, the people that did make it all immensely enjoyed playing the game.

Between these events, I have played lots of matches. Offline, at the home of a friend, where players from all over Holland gathered to train and get better. And also online, from my own home, playing a lot of players I would otherwise never have played.

Since September 2008, the playerbase has been gradually getting smaller. This has one major reason: Virtua Fighter 5: R. Player not in Japan look at the videos on youtube and all think the same thoughts: 'We want to play this!'. The lack of a release has been really frustrating for everyone and his given a lot of players reason to abandon Virtua Fighter altogether. I have talked to a lot of players here in Holland and they all feel that Virtua Fighter is the best game, but when you're not able to play the latest version, what's the point?

One more reason the lack of a release has been so frustrating is that virtually every other fighting game has seen the release of a new installment, or has had a new installment announced (Street Fighter even got two new installment AND the announcement of an update), while us VF players just get to look at the videos and be upset.

I hope Sega will rethink their standpoint of not releasing Virtua Fighter 5: R for consoles, it is the best (fighting)game there is and a lot of people (even those playing other fighting games) think so. I've heard a lot of people say that they would love to buy and play R, but if the game doesn't get a console release, they'll never get the chance to. They'll just play Street Fighter, Tekken or any other fighting game.

So please Sega, release Virtua Fighter 5: R on consoles, so we can show the world which fighting game really is the best.

- Wouter, the Netherlands

Some links:

Euro VF Gathering 2009

Dutch Invasion of Stockholm

WCG 2008

Good stuff Kamaage, awesome that your willing to pitch this on our behalf.

My message: I started playing VF only when it came out for 360, around the same time that Krye/Wouter started. Before that I only played games casually. Then VF opened up the world the fighting games community for me and I started playing hardcore. I still regard it as my favorite game series, but without the latest version the the already small community got even smaller and I didn't see the point anymore.

If VF5R is released on console I would definitely play hardcore again, like I did in the beginning. It's the best fighting game out there right now and it frustrates me that I can't play it.

Ive been playing Virtua Fighter since VF2 on the Sega Saturn and have been a great fan ever since. with the release of VF5 on the XBOX 360
I had the opportunity to play great players and eventually get to meet them at tournaments and gatherings which where truly rewarding experiences.

Now with no news regarding VF5R the western community is slowly getting smaller,
its possible that their will be no more Interest in VF and no gatherings, tournaments or players
outside of japan which would be a sad state of affairs for everyone who enjoys your VF series so much.

With fighting games becoming more popular, this would be an ideal time to release VF5R onto console,
and revive the Western VF scene and bring in lots of new players and interest into both the fighting game scene and SEGA products.

Lewis, UK

Great stuff Kamaage.

I been playin' Virtua Fighter since I was 6 years old. I'm 20 now and VF has always been my #1 fighting franchise. I've played every VF from 1 to 5 and even Fighters Megamix. I had a Sega Genesis, a Sega Saturn, and still got a Sega Dreamcast. I was gonna buy a PS3 just for VF5 but when it came out on the 360 I walked all the way to Gamestop at 8:00 pm in below freezing weather just to buy it and I got there 5 minutes before it closed. It's pretty disappointin' cuz I don't see any reason to play VF5 when VF5R's been out so long.

I don't care if VF5R costs $100, I'm buyin' dat.

Keenan, United States