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Shizawa Corp's twitter account (https://twitter.com/SHIZAWAcorp) has been tweeting out photographs of new vending machines featuring original Virtua Fighter character models, apparently commissioned by Sega! There are a number of designs up on the twitter account so far, with most of the characters from Virtua Fighter being represented! Hit the jump to see the rest.

The tradition continues with this 5-on-5 character specific team tournament ahead of the 17th VFR Beat Tribe Cup finals scheduled the following month. There are 52 teams (260 players!) registered to compete this Sunday, 10th February 2019 and the event will be streamed via Nicovideo. Watch this thread for details and updates!

Community stalwart @IcKY99 had an unfortunate turn of events recently with a house fire. Fortunately, he and his family are safe but it'll be roughly 5-6 months before the house will be repaired. Meanwhile, there are a few things you can do to help out a fellow VFer while he deals with this situation. Read on for details as well as the full story of what actually happened.

After his inspirational beatdowns by Homestay Akira during EVO 2018, a reinvigorated @adamYUKI was driven to create a new chapter in a long standing tradition of Virtua Fighter Gatherings -- the inaugural Los Angeles Gathering (LAG). Taking place over the weekend of 18-19 January 2019, VFers gathered from near and afar to welcome, play against, and learn from the legend himself Homestay Akira who happened to be accompanied by his wife, a formidable VF player in her own right!

On Sunday, 13 January 2019 the annual Kyushu Tentai Cup VF5FS tournament took place in the southwestern island of Kyushu, Japan at the Taito Station Fukuoka Tenjin arcade. The Tentai (Celestial) Cup saw 21 teams entering, consisting of 105 players with many strong players from the north of Japan in attendance!

Registration: https://smash.gg/tournament/sakura-fight-festa-2019

Virtua Fighter's first major tournament for Europe in 2019 is the Sakura Fight Festa!
Taking place on 4-5 May in London, registration is now open for a great selection of games including Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown! European players, get out there and support the game on your turf!

As 2018 has come to a close, so has the 25th Anniversary of Virtua Fighter. As a tribue, both @MadeManG74 and I thought it'd be fun to commemorate the occasion by compiling a list of 25 things you probably didn't know about Virtua Fighter!

REGISTRATION: https://smash.gg/tournament/winter-brawl-3d-edition/details

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will be an official game at Winter Brawl 3D!

WHEN: February 23-24, 2018

WHERE: Clarion Hotel and Conference Center
76 Industrial Hwy,
Essington, PA 19029
610-521-9600

The US PSN store is having a sale right now for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and the Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Complete Edition on the PS3 where you can save 40% off the retail price, and an additional 10% if you're a PS+ member! This could make a great holiday gift!

VF3TB Battle Movies is an amazing video resource for all the VF3 Team Battle fans out there! It has been put together by twitter user @BUTANIKU and on there you'll find carefully curated playlists from famous, historical VF3TB tournaments and current ones too, as well as video channel links to popular Game Centers (Arcades) and players that still carry the VF3TB torch!