Easy to please, if it's a straight port, awesome.
My only "requirements": inputDelay <= FS on PS3/360 and game outputs native 1080p @ 60fps.

I hope alot of this info reported is true.

If they are calling it Ultimate Showdown, I like many others, are expecting a game, that is better than VF5 Final Showdown. And hopefully, all of the moves, throws, and mechanics that were strangely taken out, are back in the new interation of the game.

The modern console versions will be CONSIDERABLY easier to port to PC compared to PS3. The new consoles are essentially already little PCs.

If this game becomes a reality by some miracle, chances are good it will also arrive to PC. The covid time brought forth a massive increase in PC gaming, and one can hope that the developers will see that as an opportunity.

"E-Sports" = Dumbed down.

Since sony bought EVO. If this game is Playstation 4 exclusive.. Im not touching it. I won't support segregation in a game that does'nt have a lot of players to begin with. Sorry if i offended any playstation lovers. My Bad but damn that.

“As its original Japanese name implies, this game is aimed at esports and thus focuses on competitive multiplayer, so it lacks the single player campaign prominently featured in the previous games.”

a description of Puyo Puyo champions. So... it’s safe to assume they might just add a new tournament mode to the options

SEGA takes F O R E V E R ... and also SEGA marketing is terrible.

In 2 months, it is the 30 years of Sonic looooool, i mean WTF ??????

Are they gonna talk about their next big games and make some logical or good marketing to sell them one day or what/not ?

SEGA acts like they are some struggling ID devs.

Their next PSO is totally a new and different game, but they called it PSO2 again, it just makes no sense.

"Stay tuned" 7 months later, absolutely "0" talk about VF from SEGA.

“Modernization”


That’s what I’m afraid of. From Vanilla to FS the community dwindled cause a lot of players couldn’t deal with change. The question remains. What is Sega willing to do and spend to appeal to E-Sports community while trying to please the current community? How much will they simplify from the original product? That was my main interest when they announced this back in September. I refuse to get hype off speculation. It’s been 9 years.... I need to see action and progress. I don’t trust Sega at all.

I wouldn't call FS a simplified VF 5 Vanilla. It plays different amidst hardcore fans for sure, but the input still does need skills and timing as before.
The fan base dwindled because of SEGA's marketing and lack of support in addition to lack of updates/games. I think it's a miracle that we have this site that remained active (or semi active) to get us together.

I expect VF5US to have different layouts, new clchanges to mechanics, improved graphics and new soundtracks in addition to improved online play. If this game managed to get new people or old people back online then it did what it needed to and I just hope that SEGA get it and learn a trick or two from Tekken's PR.

People are drawn to PR, engaging twitter accounts much more than they are to "actually great" games.

Oh and I totally agree, it's tremendously ridiculous that we haven't gotten no piece of news since September announcement.

Sega is currently working on a sonic colours remake which might be their anniversary game. We most likely won't get any info until this Summer though. And my guess is that the vf x esports game is so early in development that they don't have anything to show off.

Simplified Vanilla. All due respect. Fans left... Even some of the most hardcore VF5 vanilla players left months after Final showdown released. I’m not trying to tell you that your are wrong. I’m just speaking from my experience. Lazy TE, Less throw directions, Movesets Stripped, Combo timings no longer strict, No more neutral clash, No more Elbow stagger on crouch opponents, Simplified stepping directions.. etc. even with all of that...... New players were far and few. If Sega wants to rebrand this game for competitive reason and to make it appeal. It will have to be stripped further to be more accessible to professional gamers. The ones who sell the streams and views. More players, more views more donations. It’s all a business. The joy been out the door with fighting games

Don't get me wrong, I am totally against simplifying mechanics and I happen to prefer VF4/Evo/VF5 Vanilla over FS, but I deal with FS as a changed mechanics rather than simplified (think VF4 FT vs Evo vs Vanilla VF4).

I don't think the fans left because VF5FS was bad..in my opinion it's an amazing game. They left because it took a while to get ported and we had a budget release followed by complete silence and abandonment.

People leave if the game doesnt get regular updates or if there is no communication on social sites.

I don't disagree with you... I don't trust main steamers and current competitive scene. I don't agree with the devs' attitude at all...but I can't say VF5FS is a bad game when in fact it plays better than everything released after it.

The series needs a good community manager/PR as much as it needs a new game.

Double post:
If I can come across a VF4/Evo + VF5 arcade machine, then I'd be set for life. Unfortunately, I have been offered a VF4 arcade in good shape for 300 dollars that I couldn't afford ages ago ... If only..... Oh well

Most of the things you mentioned add nothing to the game, but create a difficult barrier of entry for new players. Having less throw escape directions and less strict timing on combos don't hurt the game at all. How does having the game be harder to play make it a better game? Take Akira's knee for example, why make a move so hard to execute? The moves should be easy to use so the game becomes about the player skill and not about perfect timing.

It all comes down to personal preference, but I think FS is the better game, better than any other vf game. And more importantly it looks the best when watching which will be very important to sell it as an esports title. I wouldn't even be surprised if Sega added more flash to the game for a rerelease, something like Tekken's explosions when you hit an opponent so it looks appealing to new players, though I would hope there would be a way to turn that off.

‍♂️ You really have no clue.

Didn't they say they would start marketing and show some stuff every months 1 year before the new Sonic game release ?????? Only 2 months left until the 30th Anniversary LOL !

And who care and asked for a Sonic Colours remake ????? WTF is this bullshit again ?

Show some pictures, give a date, tell us the platforms, some details and news/informations, anything...

Even some music or concept arts. We don't know absolutely anything 7 months ? 8 months ? 1 year later ? How long ?

Outside of the die hard fans, everybody already forgot about VF x Esports, and the hype is already over.

"Stay tuned"

I agree with you fully.

At this rate Tekken 8 will be announced and w will get nothing.

I am not a big fan of Tekken (played it mainly as a kid) but the way Harada handles the hype train is so amazing that I just purchased 7 and I hope I like it.

I was really sold when I saw Harada participate in the tournament...

Sonic colours is most likely a quick remake since they have nothing else to show off. Sonic forces was a huge failure and Sega said at the time that they would be taking a more careful approach with their sonic games going forward. And forces was a failure despite taking 6 years to produce so I don't think we'll be getting a new game anytime soon.

As for VF, the original announcement did mention it would be Japan first, so only receiving an update at the TGS is the most likely option. With the pandemic still slowing down production they most likely don't want to start marketing until they have a fixed release window.

So let's say you're put in charge of Vf, how do you bring it back and make it popular? It sounds like you just want the franchise to go back to how you like it, which is fair, that is what we all want, but VF was never more than a niche game in a niche genre, so how do you make it successful as an esports title?

I believe the game can only be successful with an easy level of entry, but depth to master it and they need to add some flash to it. Too often you hear people complain that the characters look boring, or the gameplay looks boring, or they are intimidated by the perceived difficulty so these are things that need to be overcome.

To put things into perspective, Tekken 7 sales=7 million, entire VF franchise sales=5.4 million. Clearly something isn't working and I don't believe losing the current combo system and other changes in FS will help attract new players.