I think to make Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned ONLINE (or Evolution) on consoles would be the great idea!

I always amazes me that Ryan can win so consistently without doing anything really spectacular. I saw him at Sega Cup, doing the usual P throw/P mid and somehow winning all the time.

PS: not to mention he speaks fluent Japanese...envy...

The original veteran, SF, VF, KoF, Tekken, all the way back to 1994! Great to see him in action recently at the Evil Cammy unveiling, performing confidently at the top international level. Always a very snazzy dresser as well Seems to be a real Kage fan as well, not switching even when that char isn't as dominating as during previous versions. The mark of a true warrior!

Awesome. I like when top players throw the VF name in the mix. Especially when they regard it as their favorite series.

Hopefully, if/when VF6 comes out, they go back some on the "dumbing down" they did to the game on FS and try to fix the hit tracking. Although I've only been playing since VF5 vanilla, so I can't speak on how VF4 used to be.. Even still though, of the current fighters, FS is still the best!

Very good read. I feel the same way about vf. I did play VF4 but I didn't start playing VF seriously till VF5 vanilla but there's even a noticeable difference between vanilla and FS. I hope VF6 similar VF4 or VF5 vanilla. IMO FS is as close as SEGA is going to get without changing it up too much. I do want the series to get to get more recognition but like BLACKSTAR said the newcomers don't stay long and just go on to the next big game. That kind of bugs me about a lot of series that decide to go mainstream. Why even appeal to people who never appreciated your product for what is was in the first place .Especially if they're not going to stay long.

^THIS. Someone tweet this out to Sega!

I wonder how many times have we had the "VF is Ryan Hart's favorite fighting game" piece of news here at VFDC over the years? I think at least three times..

Its great that he still gives his answer as VF being his favourite series.
I wish there was more push from top players to feature or showcase the game at other tournaments. People like Ryan have a lot of pull.
I'm not saying he alone would get a crowd to play VF at an event that doesn't normally run it (but maybe) - however I'd like to see more proactive advocacy. I thought it was a shame at last year's recent PAX and TGS Madcatz showcases, for example, they had Fuudo and Ryan there but didn't think to showcase a VF set.
Yet they were happy to put on Soul Calibur just for Kayane (and why not DOA in that case!)
So yeah its great that he acknowledges the game in interviews, I just don't know if this will ever translate to benefit real awareness or promotion of the game itself.

wow, you're a pig

Kayane: Kasumi - ayane, it's a Nickname she choose for herself because she likes doa a lot. Calm down your faux feminist outrage already...

He used to make his own flow charts, without access to frame data back in the day. Good stuff!

I agree with a lot of what he said about the VF series. VF4Evo is also my favourite in the series and VF5FS the least favourite. FS is a bit of a disappointment. I would much rather have been left with VF5R.

Reaction throw escapes.........too much to deal with. You only have a 33% chance of guessing right anyway. Why make it harder? Im guessing this was where MTE came in( I wouldn't know well because i wasnt advanced in VF4 n vanilla)
You threw out a bunch TE command b4 they threw you,so you could buffer the timing.
The only thing i miss was the excessive mid staggers. You would get blown up for using lows and it made the knockdowns easier to use. Now we have this crouching 2choice nonsense.

Like Blackstar said, if we could a game that has ALL techs from VF4 to FS but also get 3 new characters (perferably wing chun, coiperera,and Taekwondo) add a new tech, add new moves, bring back old moves, good soundtrack etc, then we'll have our selves possibly the ultimate VF game.

Why would you say that? She is a DOA player. Her name, Kayane, comes from Kasumi + Ayane.
Therefore, it would also be a valid choice to have played in Japan for that showcase, just like VF would have been for Ryan Hart and Fuudo, who also play VF.

i was def talking bout VF4 and vanilla. not FS. ik the system