provisional vf4 movelist

uugghghhh...head is going to explode.
pumped this out for everyone's enjoyment, please add to it if you can (people with test versions).




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SEGA VIRTUA FIGHTER 4
PROVISIONAL MOVELIST
Rich Williams <scumchop@hotmail.com>
version .10 [last updated 7/19/01]
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DISCLAIMER
==========

This document is for private and personal use only. It can only be reproduced
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this disclaimer and the copyright notice appearing in full. Any information
used from this document, quoted or no, should have this author's name somewhere
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FAQ is not to be used for profitable/promotional purposes; this includes being
used by publishers of magazines, guides, books, etc. or being incorporated into
magazines, etc. in ANY way.

The following is a movelist composed from reports on various Japanese sites. The sources for the movelists come from translating these following sites:

http://www.sega-rd2.com/vf4/
http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~pumochu/vf4/
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Bingo/5506/
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~cas52160/vf4/html/frame.htm
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hn3t-adc/

By no means do I take any credit at all for their work in finding and commenting on the moves. The point of this document is for Western/English speaking VF players to be somewhat clued-in when the game hits their shores.

I do not read or speak Japanese at all, and all the following translations were done through a web tool. Please understand that some of it is going to be wrong, some probably very, very wrong. It should also be understood that some of exact commands are not known even to the sources.


Key
---

move command
hit level - H=high; M=mid; L=low; Ht=high throw; Lt=low throw
comments

You will see many "?" throughout this document. This means I could not fully understand what was said and/or there was no hit level given.


Contents
--------

1. Akira Yuki
2. Aoi Umenokouji
3. Jacky Bryant
4. Jeffry McWild
5. Kage-Maru
6. Lau Chan
7. Lei Fei
8. Lion Rafale
9. Pai Chan
10. Sarah Bryant
11. Shun Di
12. Vanessa Lewis
13. Wolf Hawkfield



1. Akira Yuki
=============

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

b,f,f+P+K+G
?
charge attack (?)

d+K+G,f+K,b,f+P
L??
new Akira special; an OTB DLC (?)

b,df+P
M
overhead hammer

P+K+G,b,df+P+G,b|f+P
H-T
SPoD; df+P+K changed to df+P+G


new throw
---------

f,b+P+G,P+K
Ht/M
canned option after pull in throw; staggers


comments
--------

db+P+K can now reverse kickflips



2. Aoi Umenokouji
=================

new moves
---------

FC,f+P
M
Aoi's VF3 DF+P

FC,f+P,b+P+G (f+P+G)
H-T (?)
new hit throw, timing is difficult; need to MC with FC,f+P for it to come out (?)

b,f+P
H
"pile applying"

b,f+P,P+G
H-T
new hit throw, need to MC with b,f+P for it to come out (?)

b,f+P+K
M
slow mid-kick

b,df+P
M
Aoi's VF3 d,d+P

b,b+P+K
H
punch; ground throw possible if knocks down

b+K+G
M
mid kick, TA (?)

f+K+G,P
H?
TA kick, TT chop (?)

u+K+G
?
Aoi's large pounce from VF3, can hit quick rise kips - but for little damage, still hits downed opponents (a la Wolf's VF3 b,f+K+G), can be done at any time now (?)


stance
------

b+P+K+G
"Heaven and earth positive and negative principles"; Aoi can reverse mid and high attacks automatically from this stance; Aoi can dodge with u or d while in stance

the stance also can be done seemlessly (ie, it's canned) after moves if b+P+K+G is inputted immediately after the completion of the following moves:

d+K+G
f+K
PPPK
PPPd+K


new throws
----------

f,f+P+G
Ht
new throw

db+P+K+G
Lt
new low throw; low damage


new reversals
-------------

[while knocked down] d+P+K (P+K?)
pounce reversal; very slow


comments
--------

f,f+P no longer knocks down

df+P floats even on a normal hit, PPPK and PPPd+K will work in float followup

f,f+P+K floats better, PPPK and PPPd+K will work in float followup

f+K now floats fairly well; f+K,K hits OTB (?)

df+K is apparently slower in execution time, no longer knocks down even with MC, however it still staggers

ground throws have apparently become slower, although effective after opponent lands after bouncing off wall (?)

d+K+G no longer knocks down with normal hit, staggers intead; no longer possible to ground throw at all if it does knock down (?)

db+P+K can now reverse kickflips



3. Jacky Bryant
===============

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

FC,df+P or df,df+P
M
uppercut


df+K+G
H(?)
"strange upper kick"

df+K,K
MM
revamped double sidekicks; uncounterable (?)

df+P,P+K
HM(?)
knuckle, backfist (?); charging attack

df+P,P,P
HHH(?)
revamped punch series

d+KK (d+KPK?)
M??
new toe kick canned sequence

d+K+G,K
LH(?)
new shin slicer canned combo

dodge+P+K+G
M
his dodging attack; FC,df+P uppercut (?)


stances
-------

P+K+G
VF3's d,d switch foot stance; no longer possible to do before round starts; now doubles as a high punch inashi/dodge (?)

b+P+K+G
"sliding shuffle"

after sliding shuffle =

= K
M (?)
?

= d+K,K
??
second K can be cancelled (?)


new throws and changed commands
-------------------------------

df+P+G
Ht
standard P+G throw from VF1/2/3

P+G
Ht
new throw

FC,df+P+G
Ht
new throw


misc comments
-------------

LBF now staggers on normal hit (?)

f,f+K staggers on normal hit, still knocks down on MC

second db+K,K low kick is a slow sweep

LBF can hit OTB



4. Jeffry McWild
================

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

u+K+G (u+P+K?)
M
heavy pounce from vf1/2/3,; still hits downed opponents (a la Wolf's VF3 b,f+K+G), can now be done at any time (?)

db+P+K
M
slow overhead hammer type move (?)

df+P+K,P,P
HMM
third hit staggers; throwing seems possible after stagger

b+P+K,K
HM
fast execution.

b,f,f+P
M
the baseball pitch from VF3tb

b,f,f+P+K
M
this is the charge attack version of his baseball pitch

K+G
M
?

dodge, P+K+G
M
his dodging attack; b+P elbow drop from VF3 (?)


stance
------

P+K+G
stance

P+K+G, K
M
toe kick variation (?)

P+K+G, P
M
?


new throws and changed commands
-------------------------------

P+G
Ht
new throw

df+P+G
Ht
standard VF1/2/3 P+G throw

uf+P+G
Ht
new throw

db|d|df+P+K+G (?)
LSt
low side throw


Notes
-----

b+K no longer knocks down



5. Kage-Maru
============

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

f,b+K+G
L(?)
"side revolution kicking"

b+K,K,K
MLL(?)
kick series

b,f+K,K
HL
slow high kick, TA low kick series (?)

f,b+K
H
high TA kick (?)

f,df,f+P,K
MM
dragon punch, landing heelkick

d,df,f+K
M(?)
"dragon gnathal destruction"; a charge attack
[gnathal = of or pertaining to the jaw]

dodge+P+K+G
M
a dodging attack; Kage's VF3 df+P+K; knocks opponent away spinning if it connects

df+P
?
"wind flashing blade"

u+P+K
?
"Revolution diving from skies!"

f+P+K (f,f+P+K?)
M (?)
a "reaching chop"

d+P+K,K+G (?)
MM
revamped d+P+K now staggers on normal hit; canned K+G is the df+K+G (?)

[with back turned] P+G,P
catch throw - M
a mid chop after the missed throw (?)

[with back turned] P+K,K
MH(?)
a TT mid chop and a kick


stances
-------

P+K
M(?)
a move (chop?) which staggers if it hits; Kage then moves into the Jumonji stance

ub+P+K
stance (?)

d+P+K+G or u+P+K
stance ("Jumonji")

while in "Jumonji" stance =

= u
a backward roll or movement

= d
a forward roll (?)

= f,f
a forward roll or some such movement (?)

= d+K
L (?)
a TA low kick (?)

= f,f+K
H (?)
a "dash upper turning to kick"

= K
M
a slow mid kick

= f+P
M
an elbow (with foot stance change?)

= f+K
M
a "knee kicking" (with foot stance change?)

= P+K
M
a dodging sidekick (?)

= P+G
catch throw
VF3's uf+P+G catch throw

= P+K+G
?
"knockdown blow"

= f,f+P+K
H (?)
a "scream upper flying kicking"


misc comments from japan
------------------------

f,f+K+G appears faster in execution time

backward rolls are almost as effective after blocked sidekicks and elbows as in VF3, however they seem just slightly more vulnerable

the elbow, although more vulnerable, is still one of his big guns

d+K+G is more or less as effective as it was in any other VF incarnation; however, f,f+K is now impossible as a followup

db+K has been made much more effective, will collect mid level moves as well as high moves; Kage now recovers low after the move, but it's difficult to mC if blocked (?)

df+K+G appears faster in execution time, now floats; for example TT PPP etc

f,f+K is now G-cancellable, Kage recovers with his back turned if G-cancelled

f,f+P+K+G has a longer execution time (?)

uf+K+G can be followed with d+P,DP



6. Lau Chan
===========

new moves
---------

b+P,K
?
?

b+P+K
?
?


7. Lei Fei
==========

moves
-----

P,P,P
???
third P is charge attack (?)

df+K+G,K+G
??
?

f,f+K+G
M(?)
jumping mid kick

df,df+K+G
?
"sliding"

df,df+K+G,K,K (or while running, K,K?)
???
?

P+K,K,K
???
?

d+K+G
?
?

db,DB+P+K
dodging mid attack/reversal (?)


throws
------

f,b+P+G
Ht
?


stances
-------

d+P+K+G
stance

while in stance =

f,f+K
?
?

db+P+K+G
stance



8. Lion
=======

new moves
---------

b+P+K
M(?)
charge attack

b,b+K,d+K+G
L
a TT low level kick (?)


stance (?)
------

b,f+P+K+G
stance

while in stance =

= d+P
?
?

= d+K
?
?


misc
----

ub/uf+P+K+G
the VF3 df/uf+E



9. Pai Chan
===========

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

P,P,K,K
HHHM(?)
a new kick, tagged onto the PPK

f,b+P,P
?
?

df+P,K
L?
charge attack (?)

K,P,K
H??
charge attack

f+K,K
MM
slow mid kick, can be used OTB

f,f+K+G
M
floats well


stance
------

b+P+K+G
stance

while in stance =

= P,P,P,P
MMMM
four mid punches; if you stop before the full combo Pai returns to stance (?)

= K+G,P,P,P
MMMM
if blocked, the K+G kick pushes the opponent back (staggers?); if you stop before the full combo Pai returns to stance (?)


reversals
---------

f+P+K
inashi; no longer works against elbows (?)

d+P+K
?

u+P+K
?



10. Sarah Bryant
================

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

K+G
M
now a charge attack


stance
------

db+P,K
MH
a chop followed by a high kick; Sarah moves to stance after completion of moves

b+K
M
a mid kick; Sarah moves to stance after completion of move

P+K
M(?)
Sarah moves to stance after completion of move

b+P+K
?
Sarah moves to stance after completion of move

f+P+K
M
Sarah moves to stance after completion of move

while in stance =

= d+K
?
?

= d+K,P+G
H-T(?)
hit throw sequence (?)

= K+G
?
a "turning kick"

= K+G,P+G
H-T(?)
hit throw sequence (?)

= df+P+K
?
Sarah returns to stance after completion of move (?)

= K,K,K
MMM(?)
mid kick series

= K,K,d+K (?)
MML(?)
kick series variation

= K,K,K+G (?)
MM?
another kick series

= P+K
?
"lower position handling" [a reversal?]

= d+K+G
?
?

= u+P+K
?
?


new throw
---------

f,db+P+G
Ht
new throw; can be done after dash (?)


notes
-----

uf+P+G "reached the point where it sucks"; however can nail quick risers (?)



11. Shun
========

new moves
---------

db+P+K
charge attack


stance
------

P+K


misc
----

ub/uf+P+K+G
the VF3 df/uf+E



12. Vanessa Lewis
=================

moves
-----

K,P
??
kick, "back knuckle"

P,P,P
H??
?

P,P,K
H??
?

P,P,P,K
H???

K,u+K
??
?

K,d+K
??
?

f+P,K,K
M??
second kick staggers

f+P,P,K
?
?

df+P
M
slow uppercut, does not float

db+P
M
elbow, can only be done from standing

b+P
M
"front palm hitting"

b+K
?
"escaping kick"

b,f+K,P
??
?

b,f+P+K,P
?
"dash elbow"

f,f+P,P
MM
low reaching dashing elbow, second P knocks down

f+K
M
non-floating knee

df+K
M
mid kick, slow execution time

d+K,P,P
???
?

db+K
L
low kick similar to Wolf's

f,f+K
M
long reaching kick (heelkick?)

P+K
M
?

f,f+P+K
M(?)
a charge attack

f,f+P+K,P+G
H-T
hit throw

d+K+G
L
?

db+K+G
M
slow jumping kick

b+K+G (f,b+K+G?)
M
mid kick; TA (?)

f,f+K+G
L
?

b,f+K+G
?
?

b,b+K+G
M
"low reaching thrusting kick", does not knock down

K+G
M(?)
charge attack

uf+K
?
?

FC,n+K
?
heelkick (?)

dodge+P+K+G
M
dodging mid kick


throws
------

P+G
Ht
?

f+P+G
Ht
"elbow repeated hitting"

b+P+G
Ht
"throw to rear"; "ring out aim"

db+P+G
Ht
suprise exchange (?)

f,d+P+G
Ht
?

f,f+P+G
Ht
?

df,df+P+G
Ht
"arm crush throwing"

HCF+P+G
Ht
large damaging throw

df+P+K+G
Lt
"you kick in the stomach and ram down"

d+P+K+G
Lt
?


stance
------

P+K+G
stance

while in stance =

= P,df+P (?)
?
?

= f+K,f+K,P
???
canned knee combo (?)

= f+K,K
???
canned knee combo 2 (?)

= f+P,P,K
???
canned elbow combo

= PP
?
?

= b+P
M
a dodging/homing mid punch

= db+P
?
?

= f+P+K
?
slow elbow (?)

= P,df+P
?
?

= df+P,P
?
?

= b+K
?
toe kick, staggers on a normal hit

= d+P+K
?
slow low punch (?)

= db+P+K
?
force crouch move

= f,b+P+K,P
?
slow move

= K,u+K
?
?

= f+K+G
?
?

= P+G
Ht
apparently throws opponent away a distance

= df,df+P+G
Ht
"body blow"

= db+P+G
Ht
suprise exchange (?)

= f,d+P+G
Ht
?


pounces
-------

df+K
soccerball kick


reversals
---------

b+P+K

db+P+K
mid reversal

b,df+P+K (?)
low reversal


notes
-----

d+P is comparitavely short ranged



13. Wolf Hawkfield
==================

new moves and changed commands
------------------------------

b,f+P
M
the Canadian bodycheck from VF1/2/3; now a charge attack

P+K
M
P+K from VF3, now a charge attack with little range; nails quick rise kips (?)

b+K+G,K
M
very slow mid level kicks

df+K+G
H
a TA kick

uf+K+G
M
a drop kick variation; staggers if hit/blocked (?)

b,df+P
M
sonic upper variation

f,f+P
H-force
the VF3 f+P+E clothesline returns to VF1/2 command entry


new throws and changed commands
-------------------------------

dodge+P+K+G
Ht
dodge & throw; automatically adjusts to side (standard P+G) or back throw (standard P+G) depending on positioning

P+G
multi-throw (?)
[no one seems to be sure of what's going on with the P+G]

b+P+G
Ht
standard P+G from VF1/2/3

ub,b,db,d,df,f,uf+P+G? u,ub,b,db,d,df,f+P+G? d,db,b,ub,u,uf,f+P+G?
Ht
new throw

df,df+P+G,P+G (d+P+G? df+P+G?)
multi-throw (?)
steiner throw variation; changes where the opponent is dropped (?)

HCB+P+G,P+G (f,b+P+G?)
multi-throw (?)
wrist lock throw variation (?)

df,df+P+K+G
Lt
new low throw

b,b+P+G
catch throw
new catch throw

db|d|df+P+K+G (?)
LSt
low side throw


new reversal
------------

d+P+K
low punch reversal/inashi; followups uncertain

 

oh, and before people jump on me asking why there's jack shit info for some of the characters...well, that's all i could find on the pages (for now). you can sort of gather the popularity of the characters from how much has been written on them. jacky, kage, aoi, and vanessa seem to have the most extensive research on them.

 

one last thing. this movelist is derived from reports from japan which are from the latest test version. some of the moves may have been changed since the UK/california tests, and more likely than not there will be plenty of changes in the final.

 

Greatly appreciated, Rich/versus/images/icons/smile.gif Hope your head feels better now.

-Chanchai

 

Wow..thanks for the great reporting? Quick question - what are a few good websites that do translations?

"Victory can be anticipated, but not assured" Sun-Tzu

 

Notes on Jacky:

df+K, K
As mentioned this is altered, second K is no longer a slow M roundhouse but a quick followup i.e. Sarah-esque. A ? about whether you can use d+K as the second K.

P+K+G
I don't think is a counter, only switch stance.

G,b
I'm pretty sure this the counter. Note this like Akira's VF2 counter and so you can follow with any easy P (H).

b+P+K+G "Sliding Shuffle(?)"
Jacky quickly steps back about 1/4 to 1/3 of the ring width. Possibly useful to change the pace of a fight.

During "Sliding Shuffle(?)"
You can't follow the shuffle with hits it must be during the animation sequence.

K
Step sidekick (M)

d+K
Hop kick (L) - don't know about the second K will need to check.

Got some other notes but need to check them over again because I don't remember checking for holding a direction and tapping on some of them.

 

Re: thx Rich! TFT heaven

thx Rich, please post any new Lion ideas you get... I still think about your drive to NYC of , what five hours(?) for a few hours of intense competition with all at PA Bowling Alley a few weeks after the new ( second) machine was installed. Thx for not TFT 'n my arse all night. ;>) many thx for all your efforts! next time you are in NYc we will make sure you get more than a slice of Pizza dude!

 

Thx for the great movelist...

I play Aoi these days in Hong Kong Trial Version and I found the following for ammendment of the list:

for our trial version,

Aoi:

The new throw is sweet and with the command f,b+P+G and not f,f+P+G.

The "Heaven-earth-Yin-Yang" can be done and can be follow up by d,d+P+K+G for a nice turn of Aoi(She rotate herself like SFEX2 someone do Akido does). During the turn, if you enter P, her hands will pull out a bit, but I still can't get the use if it.

The evadeting stomp d+P+K is hard to done. Can somebody tell me the actual scene when she done sucessfully to avoid attack??

and, the d/b+P is a good move that can make the opp stun greatly with MC, and follow by a low throw possible.

Others: can someone tell me wold the two new throw follow up of his d/f,d/f,+P+G and the wrist lock follow ? I can't make it out. Is that timing is essential like that of Giant Gram???

Thx

 

Nice list. To the poster wondering where you can translate this stuff, the address is (off the top of my head) babelfish.lycos.com - the site translates both phrases and entire web pages. The catch is that the translation of some stuff is just a tad off, i.e. it translates the term for stagger into "rear end rice cake". This is sure to become a popular new VF insider catch phrase, if I have anything to say about it.

note to ric0 - aoi's b,b+PK was in 3, it's her dodge and then standing palm, similar to pai's d/b+P in animation ... the guaranteed ground throw followup is a nice addition..

Jacky's d+K(PK), K - Sega finally puts in the mythical VF1 toekick-sidekick, heh
...


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i added some of your contributions, as well as the ones from the poster from Hong Kong. however, i put (?)'s on them, because your test version is an earlier one, and most of the jacky movelists in japan have P+K+G noted as a reversal type move along with the switch step; no mention of G,b anywhere (unless i missed it). some moves which have been mentioned in the earlier tests don't seem to exist in the later test version in japan, too, notably kage's "handstand thingamabob" and wolf's f,f+K. in either case, though, they may be wrong, or they just have not found them yet.

i will be uploading a txt version which will contain revisions sooner or later.

 

Next time I play I will check again but I am sure that only G is needed to counter. When I found it I kept testing with only G,b and it worked perfectly against Lau who persistently punches. Jacky does an inside block that draws the puncher in and this leaves them exposed for half a second.

Oh btw do you remember which pages your Jacky references come from? I would like to check them out.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Nicky Wan on 07/20/01 06:03 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

i don't doubt what you say. i'm just not certain that it's in the latest test version in japan.

explore the links given in the movelist for jacky movelists.

 

for your reference,

for the test verson, Jacky have an AUTO counter if you don't move the joystick!!! Yeh, do nothing with the joystick and you can get Jacky's counter, and just after the counter, you enter the P and an counter punch is out..

you may try to see if it's the same with our version.

 

There is no auto mode is the test version I've been playing. I wish there was a machine closer to where I live!

 

The site you want for translations is
babelfish.altavista.com/
I tried this for the official VF4 site. What an ingenuous
creation, although some translations are noticeably off.
Hope this helps.