During The Games Awards 2024 presentation, Sega revealed that Virtua Fighter will be returning in a big way. Of course, it will still be a good while before the game becomes available as it appears to be in the early stages of development.
Curiously, Sega has recently released a Virtua Fighter character popularity poll that allows users to vote for their favorite fighters. Though there are technically only 20 characters to vote for, fans must also select which version of each character they prefer. This results in there being 89 choices that can be selected.
In other words, you can tell Sega which style of Akira Yuki you liked the best. The options available are the Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Fighter 3, Virtua Fighter 4, Virtua Fighter 5, Virtua Fighter Kids, and Virtua Fighter Remix versions of Akira.
Meanwhile, Eileen, El Blaze and Jean Kujo have only appeared in Virtua Fighter 5 thus far. Therefore, there’s only one version to choose from with these combatants.
According to Sega, the winning fighters will have their likeness featured on original T-shirts. However, it’s more likely that Sega is actually gauging the community’s wishes for the next game in the series. The results of this poll could very well impact which characters are chosen for the roster and how they play.
This poll has been scheduled to run until February 12, 2025. Each user gets up to five votes, but may only participate once.
Eventually, the results of the poll should be revealed at some point considering that only certain characters will get original T-shirts made for them. We’ll just have to see how things unfold then.
＼Virtua Fighter Character Popularity Poll underway／
We are holding a poll to find the most popular character across all Virtua Fighter titles!
Vote for your favorites from among the 89 voting options spanning the 7 games in the series!
The most popular characters will have… pic.twitter.com/zNBLDqJAWO— VIRTUA FIGHTER (@VF_SEGA) January 28, 2025
Source: Event Hubs
