Virtua Fighter 3 Is Still Amazing

[@GameGameHeaven]

For many it's the black sheep in the series. For me it was the GOAT. In 1996 NOTHING looked as good as this game. Still my favorite 3D fighter ever!

[@ralfvanbogaert3451]

Agree, had to pick my jaw off the floor after seeing the arcade game. Held up rather poorly, though.

[@oldhamer111]

Agreed...blows Tekken 3 out of the water, especially graphically (and I like T3). The most balanced character line up in fighting game history too, especially with the VF3tb balance changes.

[@GuntanksInSpace]

​@@ralfvanbogaert3451 Oh man that reminded me the ONE time I see this at an arcade. VF3 and Tekken 2 next to each other in identical arcade candy cabs. VF3 looked heads above Tekken 2, it was mindblowing!

[@EAprima]

Completely agree. Virtua Fighter 3 is so damn incredible that people are still learning the game even today.

[@georgeschannel9411]

Same could be said about anything SEGA was doing in the arcade back then.

[@usagijojo]

VF3tb is BY FAR the most popular classic VF game in Japan, and tournaments for it continue to be held regularly. The only reason VF5 is more popular is because it's the newest one, not necessarily because it's a better game.

[@vinn_aleixo]

VF5 games.....are basically VF4 HD updates

[@NGAMAKANUI]

Vf3 is awesome. I level terrain was skit different for gamers at the time but now it just works and doesn’t feel cheap since we’ve had years to understand its reason

[@EAprima]

I always found it madness for anyone to complain that about for it was anything but cheap. Undulated levels need to come back to VF, badly. I love it.

[@user-dd6on5cr3u]

As another OG VF player, I got a few more reasons why a ton of us passed on it at the time. 1. Soul Calibur was already GOAT’ed on Dreamcast. It released first, was a more faithful conversion, more content and just had more players. VF3’s port just felt lackluster by comparison. 2. Uneven terrain kinda took out the “purist” aspect a lot of us gravitated towards in the first place. Hard to describe but it disrupted that hand-to-hand feel, making it almost like a proto arena fighter. DOA2 kinda filled this void too. 3. PS2 simply meant VF4, we could all anticipate it back then since we could feel the Dreamcast wasn’t gonna last. Still love to see the renewed interest in the series as a whole, can’t wait for 6!

[@bqproductions7448]

Also PlayStation 2 was just hyped so much more and obliterated the Dreamcast in sales. Meanwhile tekken released 3 earlier in arcades and had made leaps and bounds over the first 2 finally challenging vf as the best fighting game. Then Tekken tag tournament released on ps2 and a whole new fan base was born that didn’t even know anything about VF.

[@KarriOjala]

Black sheep...? Are you kidding me? This is THE Virtua Figher game, it changed everything. It's excellent to this day. And during its heyday, it was the most gorgeous game on the planet.

[@moço_aquele]

I can't believe this game is from 1996! I assumed it was a 98 title, which would have still been impressive, but it releasing in 96 is wild!

[@drakdragon4480]

I played it like 3 months ago, I was thinking it got released in 99 or 2000 lol

[@hybridvigga]

@@drakdragon4480 If the Dreamcast had come out at the same time as the PS2 instead of nearly two years earlier (in Japan), VF3 would have been on the Saturn.

[@seanmcbay]

Every VF is good. Hopefully that continues with 6 and Sega still has it.

[@RECHOOSENONE]

VF is back

[@flink1231]

Vf3 is actually my preferred VF!! I simply don't understand why people don't like it. I also can't believe they abandoned the complex stages with height changes. And that is besides it being unbelievably beautiful at the time.

[@krono5el]

VF2 and 3 were blowing our minds back then, absolutely love them both. Sega for Life baby!

[@EAprima]

VF3 still looks incredible in 1080p and 4K resolution.

[@CinefreekProductions]

I remember the first time I played VF3 in the arcades back in 1997 and it blew my mind. I hope it gets re-release on modern consoles.

[@JayceeGenocide]

It's in Lost Judgement actually nah that one has VF5. I think VF3 was in Yakuza The Man Who Forgot His Name.

[@GameFreak64101]

​@@JayceeGenocide I'm pretty sure it's in Infinite Wealth

[@fivefive9514]

VF3tb is in Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2iWamaQbdyrapI . beat the story's first building boss then go northeast china street arcade to find it (dont go to hawaiii. the story can be ignored from that point, save and reload save at arcade if low on money there. ). speedrunning, the player can unlock access and reach the arcade in less than 40 minutes of story progression. Fighting Vipers 2 is in LAD The Man Who Erased His Name. its much faster finding an arcade with it and doesnt require as much story progression.

[@sridrawings4510]

yeah...could have been better if we got Model 3 Ver of VF3tb on pc and consoles than VF5REVO

[@tobykassulke2385]

@@CinefreekProductions it did get a japan only arcade re release with online last year. So a modern version does exist.

[@Coyoda]

No one ever said VF3 was bad back then at least among communities I interacted with. They were saying that the once you got to the competitive side of things, it felt too intense at the time with the dodge options or possibly even too complicated (though in truth, looking back on it, it was ahead of the times). Though around the time tekken 4 came around and VF4, the change to having a leveled environment caused people to think uneven terrain was bad and unbalanced or gave an unfair advantage...but that was just Tekken 4 lol. Yes if you somehow managed to pull off a combo off higher terrain, you might get ONE additional move in that you wouldn't be able too, or heck, vice versa applies comboing up higher terrain too but not even close enough to be a tekken 4 combo of death situation. It just didn't sell well simply and VG3 is beloved by japan (and even loved in musical composition by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi who made both a vocal soundtrack and remixed sountrack for VF3)

[@WWammyy]

Virtua Fighter 3 kinda missed its window. People like me were waiting for it and wanted to play it on the Sega Saturn because that's when it was hot property with those amazing graphics. Obviously the Sega Saturn couldn't handle the game so it was moved to the Dreamcast. But by then we had new players in town like Soul Calibur which most people like myself chose to play over VF3. It had way more content. Unlockable characters, character endings and a mission mode. I believe thats also the reason VF failed to take off in the west. most people think Virtua Fighter has no story.

[@Coyoda]

​@@WWammyy Ooo! I'm glad you brought up the saturn. Did you get Fighter's Megamix? Did you notice it was kinda the VF3 for saturn to a degree? and absolutely about soul calibur in the casual side of things. I was more often playing soulcalibur than VF because of all that content in mission mode.

[@hybridvigga]

@@Coyoda It had some of the VF3 moves for the VF characters, and Janet from Virtua Cop was basically Aoai (however you spell it) from VF3 as a palette swap with all the same moves and just a different character model.

[@EAprima]

@@hybridvigga We only played Fighter Megamix with VF Mode set to ON only as a temporary stop gap in anticipation and a training ground for VF3. That's it. In fact, people like myself used VF2 and Fighter Megamix combined as a training ground for VF3, and when VF3 arrived, none of us went back to Fighters Megamix. So yes. For VF fans, that's all Fighter Megamix ever was and that's the raw truth.

[@marciopinho6100]

This game came in 1996 to the Arcades. There was nothing so advance like this anywhere.

[@SFtheWolf]

I love uneven terrain and I hate how most of the modern fgc seems to hate interesting stages

[@misterjersey5460]

Dudes saying VF3 sucks is like saying Sonic The Fighters sucks when they're actually not that bad

[@AllRightPinguinoRodriguez]

I don't think that's a fair comparison to make, but if it makes sense to you then have at it.

[@starrstarr7197]

Lol

[@sridrawings4510]

@@AllRightPinguinoRodriguez tekken 4 would have been better comparison

[@Budgiecat-w4p]

​@@sridrawings4510 Tekken 4 Virtua Fighter 3 Dead or Alive 3 All has uneven stages which were dropped as their series moved on . That's what all three of those have in common.

[@ragingtyga]

...Sonic the fighters is literally a mediocre game though. While it was quirky and interesting, from a gameplay standpoint, it was bland and goes stale remarkably quick. Vf3 wasn't like this and at the time was considered the best VF AND 3D fighter. It's just polarizing because it departed from many of traditional aspects of VF, realistic stages and the dodge button.

[@nastymkfan]

Sarah Bryant’s voice actress and outfits are the best in VF3!!!

[@rdu239]

sexy and tight, she has no bra

[@alexmaafck7139]

Fighters Megamix for Sega Saturn actually had many moves from VF3 added to the cast. It was the only way to experience VF3 at the time at home. I remember there was even a rumor to port VF3 to Saturn using a 3D expansion cart kind of like the Capcom fighters

[@Mohammed1000real]

VF3 is pretty fantastic, even though i'm a VF4 guy, VF3 is still pretty fun!

[@MikeyJ1572]

i dont get why people don't like uneven terrain. It literally just adds depth. You're in full control over your character, if you drop a combo or something, that's on you and your opponent has to deal with the exact same thing.

[@jfitnesshealth]

Balance reasons. Certain limb animations dont work or connect. It was balanced on even land but prob not tested properly during different terrain heights.

[@jfitnesshealth]

I like even tbw. Im not an evo person

[@WishIWasClever]

Absolute nightmare for game balance and an atrocious idea for any 3d fighter - that's why it's failed in every series that has tried it and the vast majority of people who were around to experience competing in the game with these garbage stages hated it. those blinded by nostalgia or people who never had to compete in them have no idea what they're on about.

[@MikeyJ1572]

@@WishIWasClever i have this hypothesis that even if devs managed to pull off uneven terrain perfectly and make it the most balanced, bug-free fighting game ever, the majority of the FGC would still hate it.

[@WishIWasClever]

@ I mean when you put it that way, I think you’re right, it would be interesting. But FGC people are stubborn and often dislike change, the old heads anyway. Maybe one day a dev could do the idea justice - but I ain’t seen it yet

[@BoyBlaze2002]

Absolutely LOVE this game, they finally have grab animation, different terrain levels, and more moves. This is my favorite among the first 3.

[@collectorartist1341]

Thank you for gving this underrated gem the props it deserves!

[@dotdotjpeg]

based ojamajo doremi gif at the beginning

[@glossedi]

pop chan epic

[@JayceeGenocide]

VF 3 is so GOATed it wasn't until The Original XBOX that we had visuals like this at home.

[@Vectorman2X]

vf3 released in july of 1996 xbox released at the end of the 2001 early 2002 there is a 6 years gap between them , imagine how powerful was model 3 , also the stages of virtua fighter 3 was better compare to dead or alive 3

[@hyperreal]

Soul Calibur looked better than this on dreamcast

[@hybridvigga]

@@hyperreal I think OP is talking about the arcade version which, like the arcade version of Fighting Vipers 2, was WAY more advanced than anything on Dreamcast. But Soul Calibur did look better than the patchy outsourced DC port of 3tb.

[@naotoueda2838]

very hyped for Virtua 5 revo I hope for more old games ported on modern consoles.

[@TheJadedJames]

REVO forced me to realize I’ve been playing VF5 releases for most of my life at this point.

[@Daveybird]

@@TheJadedJamesVirtua Fighter 5 5th Showdown! It's like a long, drawn-out version of what happened to Street Fighter 2 in the early 90s. But I'm getting it because it has a PC version, and that's an achievement for now!

[@RECHOOSENONE]

As we know - VF get new gmae. Return of the KinG in tolkien termenology

[@Wolfedge75]

Given that VF3tb was re-relaunched in Japanese Arcades with online about a year ago, the game _definitely_ has a unique charm of its own that later titles lack. Despite the graphics falling deep into the uncanny valley, the gameplay apparently aged _way_ better than I thought.

[@zelly2141]

4:18 - "Ice hockey VIRGINS" Whoever wrote that article was in their bag lmao

[@KISSArmygroupie]

Yes! Virtua Fighter was one of my very first fighting games! Not enough people talk about it!

[@TheJadedJames]

I was way more of a Virtua Fighter person than a Tekken person as a kid. And boy did that not work out for me as an adult

[@Daveybird]

@@TheJadedJamesI'm with ya bro!

[@NewAgeBarbarian]

0:50 Lockheed Martin the warmongers dipping their fingers in beat em ups?

[@robertdanker6193]

Great Video!!! I totally agree with this assignment! As a huge VF fan when I first saw this game back in 96 I could not even wrap my head around how amazing it looked!! It felt like it was shipped back from the future!! I always thought the interactive levels and dodge button was cool IMO.

[@alexgeorge501]

I still have my copy of VF3tb for my Dreamcast!

[@TTOOS]

It's TERRIBLE!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@just_j_like_the_letter]

I love how tiny Taka-Arashi's head was in this game lol

[@TheJadedJames]

I played the crap out of this on Dreamcast as a kid. But I was mostly under the impression is bad reputation was based on the uneven stages, as that got abandoned in 4 & 5. Thanks for the tip about this being playable inside of Infinite Wealth. I’ll keep that in mind. It’s kind of hilarious to see Virtua Fighter become a game-inside-a-game like Space Harrier was inside Shennue back in the day

[@AngryKurtz86]

Model 3 graphics were crazy back then. I would say this compared to the home consoles was like a two generations and a half leap by today standards (PS3 to PS5 Pro)

[@warrenbadze]

As a Zimbabwean I feel personally violated

[@leonelbertol751]

vf3 was my entry in the series, taka arashi slap and wolf elbow sound effects are 10/10. Second best vf game of all time

[@jbk19xx57]

That OST Tho.

[@GodsBelovedson777]

The new VF needs to bring all of these cool VF3 innovations back honestly, it enriches the gameplay experience imo.

[@josevitorcalfa2]

VF3, Tekken 4, AOF3, SF3, Tobal 2... All those games had balls to try to do different. Mad respect.

[@BlueDragon9000]

Awesome video man 😎

[@rapappathepepper3996]

Virtua Fighter 3tb is my favorite, it is secretly the peak, but, well 3tb in particular, it was also a balance patch and is the most balanced one (Virtua Fighter 3 and 3tb are different games). Either way the unique uneven stages don't ruin the gameplay, and i can tell that from tournaments, that normally the only stage allowed to start, is Akira's stage, but the rest can be played without any banning. The thing is, that only complements to the more strategic gameplay of Virtua Fighter. Virtua Fighter 3tb is still played to this day in Japan to show just how good it is, so much so that this year Sega re-released it on arcades with online. To like Virtua Fighter 3tb, you HAVE to give it a lot of time, instead of just playing for a bit and call it the day, 3tb used to not be my favorite, like others', it was Virtua Fighter 4, but it has grown to be 3tb now.

[@maforo85]

One of my all time favorites. What's so weird is that a few fgc content creators like Justin Wong, and Emeryreigns to name a few didn't even play or stream the game when they played Yakuza Infinite Stealth since VF3 is there as a mini game. Anyways VF3 was so unique.

[@HajimeNoJMo]

I still enjoy it to this day. I still play it on my Dreamcast.

[@zhanbossi5511]

I'm very happy VF devs decided to go back and make the stages unique in VF6 like in VF3 back in the days but even much better and more realistic

[@Game-N-Headbang69.]

This video is what got me into Virtua Fighter. I think it's (arguably) the best fighting game on the Sega Dreamcast, and definitely one of the most impressive visually.

[@Flackon]

“Owwie” used to be my main

[@NotScrubNotGood]

I have fond memories of playing this in Llandudno arcades in 1997. Coming from playing Tekken 2 on my PSX. My mind was blown away by the graphics and stage design.

[@digitaljin8362]

Honestly there were too many factors going on in the time that it got unfairly labeled as a "Black Sheep" - It followed up VF2. It's a understatement to say it was a cultural phenom in Japan to say the least. - VF2 was released in 94, which players still were playing on 2D consoles at home. You had to go the the arcades to get the 3D experience. By 96 when VF3 arrived, we now had 3D machines at home, and arcades were on a downwards trajectory especially in the West. - Model 3 hardware was EXPENSIVE. Most arcades that weren't massive Fun Centers could not afford nor justify that investment. Namco provided Tekken, which was on inferior, but more importantly, cheaper hardware which made it a more practical alternative than shelling out for Model 3 in a declining arcade market. - Model 3 was so ahead of its time, a whole console generation in fact, meant that VF3 didn't get a port until... the next console generation, lol. Sega did release press that a Saturn VF3 port was in the works, but we never even got to see any of it. It didn't help that Saturn bombed in the West, and likely would need added cost due to a graphic cart likely necessarily to pull that off on Saturn even with watered down graphics rendering. Regardless, we could not play VF3 at home while the game was hot and relevant. - By the time we got the home port, VF3 was old and dated compared to other offerings on the market. VF3 was developed during the time that developers were still getting a handle on making 3D games. While Tekken 3 is running on lesser hardware, it's production design is far more matured from developers now having a firm handle on 3D. When we got to Dreamcast in 1999, VF3tb was a straight port of the 1996 game, which didn't look favorably to gamer and reviewer when compared to another namco fighter. Model 3 was a double-edge sword. While it was indeed impressive for it time visually, it was too expensive and made it problematic for home ports. Sega should have made VF3 on Model 2, which honestly is really unthinkable since Sega were on a roll with every new VF releasing on new hardware. Don't get me wrong, when I saw and played VF3 back then, I still think to this day, I've never seen a game look so smooth. But ultimately, Model 3 wasn't what the market needed or could support, and namco proved that it was more important to be able to port a game to console, as many people where they lived didn't have access to a VF3 cabinet to even experience the game. VF3 eventually earned the "black sheep" status, mainly because of numerous factors limiting it's heights failing to reach VF1 & 2. Of the 3 classic VF games, I far favor VF3 to play. VF1 was significant for how it impacted gaming as a whole. VF2 is an improvement in every way to the first, but playing it today, it's janky, clunky, and gameplay it's practically a 2D game. VF2 is almost unplayable today by modern standards (don't get me started on it's Arcade ladder's AI) , and unless you were someone who played the shit out of it in the 90's, anyone playing it today will find VF3 holding up significantly better. It's still fun to play, very fast pace when both players are competent, and a nice break from the otherwise unreasonable long combos dominating modern games. VF3 was a game so ahead of its time, so far it fact for it's own good.

[@hurricane7727]

You downplay Tekken 3. That game can also be played on my Tekken 5 Disc and is a Best Selling Tekken Game that gameplay is still similar to.

[@digitaljin8362]

​@@hurricane7727 More like I really didn't talk about it, only mentioning it once. Not to take anything away from T3, as it is one of the greatest Arcade games ever, but unlike VF3, it had more things going in its favor.

[@Daveybird]

Yes, that old Quality Gap conundrum when considering home console/PC ports... Emulators couldn't even get Model 3 right until the late 2010s...

[@LSib32]

Dude, I was a 90s kid. You have NO IDEA how jaw dropping walking into the arcade and seing this game was. The graphical fidelity was surreal. However, at the same time, everybody was lining to play Daytona Usa (the 8 players cabinet). And VF3 costed 3x price to play, so it was generally not too crowded - fighting game enthusiasts were more focused on King of Fighters.

[@kaylemjoseph8727]

no virtua fighter game is bad unlike modern fighting games selling out with stores. Just hope 6 doesnt end up like them and takes notes from street fighter 6 minus capcom id.

[@cubapete7954]

I never got into the VF series, but i do remember VF2 in the arcade back in the day, and the graphics alone absolutely blew my mind.

[@eduardomamede9779]

6:15 just thank you, I'm here for this edit.

[@Daveybird]

As a kid of the late 90s-early 2000s, I enjoyed the heck out of VF3 at the arcades, my dad, sister, and I played that and most others in the series, and their home ports (especially 2 for the PC and 5 for the Xbox 360), and I was surprised when I found out that 3 was the black sheep of the series.

[@Itsallover57]

First i heard shenmue didn't do well. I bet it was stupid expensive but it was an interesting game

[@kingslim2870]

It was innovative and it will be back soon

[@RavanAxent]

VF3 is literally the first video game I've ever encountered in my life. Maybe just nostalgia but this is still my favorite VF game.

[@Hpalhazred]

I wish they add arenas with verticality and terrain variety in non competitive modes in VF6, just for the fun.

[@ubergamer2010]

The intro movie showing Sarah doing the full flip twist over the opponent had me gagged as a 4 year old. How my parents didnt realize I was autistic is beyond me LMAO

[@MrCalverino]

I still remember being blown away by it winter 96 at my local arcade- Fighting on the sloped roof was just the pinnacle in graphics

[@lamtatyan]

Thanks. I am still playing this VF3 occasionally in my Dreamcast. I think I should play it more often.

[@chasepalumbo2929]

Nice video!!

[@lookitskazzy]

"owwie" Try Ah (like the refreshing sound but only slightly elongated" and oi (like the response to Aussie Aussie Aussie) That out of the way, thanks for this.. I've long bemoaned the negativity toward VF3, it's a great game. People were just mad it wasn't 2 and the meme was perpetuated by people who don't even play VF. You also get HUGE respect from me for actually going to (and citing!) primary sources instead of just parroting hearsay and wikipedia. 👏

[@jimmyraconteur]

I think the name "Aoi" translates to something like "Bluey". lol, thought an Ozzy would like that trivia

[@Superschemer34]

What is the first song?

[@Rotoid]

12:34 where is this fmv taken from? I don’t remember it in DC version.

[@orlanzo2621]

It was. You unlocked it after beating arcade mode. It served as sort of an “ending”.

[@macgameshistory]

VF3 is in arcades in Japan to this very day. They're networked you can play against people all over the country. I was in Yokosuka and playing against someone in Sendai.

[@Bugatti12563]

virtua fighter 3 was like finally being able to play T2 CGI graphics, it was the nirvana of video games at the end of the 90s. Kids today will never understand this

[@jktwiceft]

Oh hey, that's me at 8:29 . Hi. I've been playing this game for 3 years and I have some stuff to say about this clip. While it is true that moves can whiff because of height differences, that is not what happened here. Lion's 6K is very speshul and has a tendency to whiff at specific ranges due to its weird hit box despite being a knee-class move. No one else's knee has this issue but Lion's, so what a player can do to avoid this is to dash up beforehand and then press 6k, ensuring that Lion is within close enough distance to land the move. You can actually see me dash up beforehand down the stairs. I fell short unfortunately and I missed however. This move is a mid attack by the way. By all accounts this should have hit but it didn't because 6K is awful. You bring home the bacon with delay elbow, 2P+E (a legitimately disgusting low that is as fast as this 6K and knocks down and sets up oki and isn't even that minus on block) and 1K, and smart oki.

[@TheIcemanModdeler]

Grew up with VF2 in the arcades, my favorite fighting game of all time then later got it on PC and played the crap out of it till the point I discovered almost every move in the game. Played VF3 once in the arcades but got it recently with an emulator and it’s a step up in almost every way and fixes some issues. It finally added a grab system and animation like Tekken, it adds dodging side to side, adds new characters and moves, only thing I didn’t like about it was the height elevation for maps but they were trying new things to push it forward which is understandable. Out of all the games in the series VF3 is starting to be my favorite from the old games perhaps surpassing VF2 and VF5FS/US and now Revo when it comes out on PC. VF4 Evo was also good but it feels like it was a transitional time for the series same as VF5 vanilla, VF4 Evo does have a great intro.

[@Azfargh]

One of my fighting game eternal crush is this one... Seeing on arcades, seeing on magazines, seeing release on Dreamcast... never got one... still, ever so good looking.

[@TrustInTheUniverse]

The stages look really cool

[@dp055]

0:07 which game was this ? 😮

[@cartoonworld1000]

VF3 is the one I played most in the arcade

[@Longlostpuss]

Yep, still my favourite 3D fighter of all time just after Fighters Megamix, which wins by a hair, purely because of its exclusivity and accessibility. Didn't think it would get any better than VF2, but when this bad boy dropped out of nowhere, so did all of our jaws. To be honest, I wasn't keeping up with the video game press anymore very much, so I knew nothing of the hype, the cabinet just showed up one day out of nowhere. Absolutely ground breaking visuals and the best in game soundtrack that hasn't been beaten in the series to this day in my opinion. The gameplay hasn't aged very well, unfortunately, but the game has a permanent place in my gaming heart, I get goosebumps every time I see its intro and hear that music. So many great memories from that period......

[@hurricane7727]

What Consoles is this Game on? I cant Find it on the Ps3 Psn Store?

[@hybridvigga]

Only ever released on Dreamcast, or playable in an arcade in some Yakuza game or other.

[@hurricane7727]

@hybridvigga Crazy this isnt on the PlayStation

[@hybridvigga]

@@hurricane7727 Time wise, it would have been 4 years out of date if it came out as a launch title for the PS2. Plus SEGA were still making their own consoles at the time and just like Sonic, Daytona, House of the Dead and all their other games, the ONLY made them for their own consoles.

[@dariusq8894]

VF3 is my favorite VF game. It's the last of the series which still has that arcade game feel. VF4 and on all made radical changes to the game which no longer felt like VF anymore. Both Jacky & Sarah use Jeetkundo (the art developed by Bruce Lee), not Taekwondo.

[@SDSOverfiend]

VF 3 the Black sheep? Please.. VF is VF there is no black sheep. It took Tekken 5 years to add uneven terrain copying VF. VF was, is and always will be the innovators of 3-D fighting.

[@baconatorrodriguez4651]

Among 5 kids, one of them is always going to be the poser virgin nerd loser compared to the others.

[@SDSOverfiend]

@ Nerds don’t lose.

[@fazares]

i too love this game and wish for a digital arcade version release!

[@WWammyy]

VF3 was announced to be released on the Sega Saturn along with some kind of 3D accelerator. I was extremely excited for this game that would finally prove the power of the Sega Saturn. Alas that didn't happen and it was released on the Dreamcast instead. Its a good port of the Arcade but was put into the shade by Soul Calibur.

[@HappyLight.]

I'm glad you were able to get a copy of the game so quickly. :))) My game on the Dreamcast is really bothersome. It takes very long to load. And if you play Team Battle, it loads again for each fighter. I also don't like that they made the button assignment worse. You can only select a single input to a button and no combinations. That's why I'd prefer playing other Fighting Games on the Dreamcast, like Soul Calibur, SF3 Third Strike, MvC2. You made a gr8 video. I'm looking forward for more. :)

[@fivefive9514]

VF3tb is in Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2iWamaQbdyrapI . beat the story's first building boss then go northeast china street arcade to find it (dont go to hawaiii. the story can be ignored from that point, save and reload save at arcade if low on money there. ). speedrunning, the player can unlock access and reach the arcade in less than 40 minutes of story progression. Fighting Vipers 2 is in LAD The Man Who Erased His Name. its much faster finding an arcade with it and doesnt require as much story progression

[@Ryuhei64]

Virtua Fighter 3 was incredible in 1996, and everybody praised it, but its reputation, years after launch, was affected because the only home port was for Dreamcast (it was a nice port, but disappointed some, and it was quite late), and that VF4 and VF5 were also great iterations that made previous games "obsolete"

[@ENFDO]

SF2 was out of market back then. VF was the king of fighting games for million miles ahead.

[@TheUpliftingGuy]

A head of it's time since it's from '96 just like VF2 is from '94.

[@adny02]

Virtua Fighter 3 is actually my favorite of the franchise. I'm a HUGE fan of Yu Suki games. A HUGE fan of Virtua Fighter, played all of them, but somehow the games following part 3 seem to be either doing to much in some aspect, or lacking in others. They're all still great games, but part 3 is ultimately fantastic in my book. It innovated the genre in many ways that still today other games (yes, even VF 4 and 5) aren't doing.

[@hybridvigga]

The Sonic racing games dropping all the other SEGA stuff, like the Virtua Fighter car and Ristar for racers, and the Shinobi and Panzer Dragoon tracks, was the worst decision they could possibly have made. They've done the opposite of Nintendo, who made the bad decision of turning Mario Kart into Super Smash Brothers Kart now.

[@dylankirkpatrick9522]

I thought when I first saw the arcade version upon release…that was the biggest jump in graphics I’ve ever seen! imo

[@strippinheat]

Uneven terrain is a deal breaker for most serious players because they don't like having to learn specific strategies and combos that account for that. They want flat, balanced stages, usually with plain gray grids. "Pro" fighting game matches can be very boring.

[@thresholdau]

Sega Model 3 was extremely expensive in Australia, often it was showcased in rear projection cabs like their Sega Megalo series. At least thats my memories! My rear pro cabs had sega model 3 and VF related manuals in them before they were updated to Naomi

[@kyuketsukirook]

This game looks like an early PS2 game four-five years before the PS2 was even a thing. 1996 was the same year Quake and Super Mario 64 came out and this game managed to look even better than those.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Now that I think about it, I never played VF3. Not cus it was "bad", but it was rare to see a VF machine where I lived back then. I only played VF1 (on sega genesis) VF2 (once at a Dennys), VF4 evolutuon on ps2, & the 3 different versions of VF5. I also never played vanilla VF4

[@ThepurposeofTime]

"game remains unchanged" WTF!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dracobyte]

The Virtual Fighter 6 is alive!

[@TheJadedJames]

We are literally getting GTA6 before VF6

[@hybridvigga]

@@TheJadedJames To be fair, it was only announced a week or so ago, whereas GTA6 has been 'coming soon' since PS4 launched.

[@guizhangchen1999]

11:53 Wait, is GameRankings back online?

[@berserk_jp]

VF 3 is playable in Yakuza Infinite Wealth if anyone wants to support sega and the goat Yakuza team(who is now making VF5). Bro should have made a notice for this in the beginning.

[@jtthegame]

Yes it is. The virtua fighter series is the best 3d one on one beat em up.

[@Sannidor]

Playing VF3 for years, I still do not feel competent. Maybe it's lack of high level irl opponents or focusing on other games. By the way - Tekken is at number EIGHT now, plus two TAGs but they still did not include low grabs connecting on crouching characters from their back or side 😎

[@hurricane7727]

King has Grabs like that and plus He can Chain Throw longer than Wolf

[@Sannidor]

@@hurricane7727 Haha, no. Not a single character can throw crouching opponent from side or back. The animation will whiff in all Tekken games.

[@Espinetegamer]

The last VF game with personality

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

I always wanted to get my black belt in Dai-Drinken.

[@matthewrausch1837]

It's honestly one of my favorites in the franchise. Not sorry

[@Budgiecat-w4p]

Konami is dumb. If they had promoted Fighting Bujutsu more in the arcades and ported it to home conoles (prob DC and PS2) it coulda given Virtua Fighter 3 and Tekken 3 a run for their money

[@666ZX]

You can get the Team Battle version of Virtua Fighter 3 through Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth / Yakuza 8. Idk how it works on other consoles but with SharePlay on PlayStation you can play VF3 with people online through Yakuza 8 on modern consoles now. I don't think anybody cares about replaying VF1 so now all we really need is VF4 re-released in some way.

[@irvingforbush]

3 is the best because it has the funniest ring outs

[@jimtron3256]

What about Lockheed Martin?