Virtua Fighter 5 Complete Character Overviews

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Regarding the tier rankings, these are only relevant at a competitive level of play, and even then Virtua Fighter is a very balanced game with every character being viable. You'll have much more fun (and also probably perform better) if you just pick who you like! A massive thank you to Wireman: twitter.com/WireManFGC and Blessy: twitter.com/BlessyVF for working with us on this series. They'll be keeping the VF torch alive on TBS with ongoing tutorials to help you further explore the wonderful world of Virtua Fighter. In the meantime, we'll continue to work with various fighting game communities to create more character overviews. Watch this space!

[@chamcham123]

I would love to see character overviews for KOF XV, Samurai Shodown (most recent game), Guilty Gear Strive, and Capcom vs SNK 2.

[@BenKellyMusic92]

Couldn't agree more, my best friend and I have been really enjoying the intuitive nature and upward development of playing VF5 in the long-term (about 9 months in total). Here's to mamy more! 🥋

[@dforman4770]

Gou is my absolute favorite Virtua Fighter character. I freaking love his violent and surprisingly offensive take on Judo. Which is usually a defensive style in most fighting games

[@locdogg86]

its not used enough in fighting games imo. Wrestlers are cool but i like a good judoka

[@jeanlundi2141]

Goh, not Gou.

[@dforman4770]

@@jeanlundi2141 thanks for the time out of your life for such mundane correction

[@jeanlundi2141]

@@dforman4770 It's his real name :)

[@BenKellyMusic92]

Agreed. The thing is, he was never this good in VF4. The changes they made to his striking move set for VF5 were truly revolutionary 🥋👊

[@jonpaul3868]

I love how kage's design is basically a ninja outfit from 70s, 80s and 90s 😂

[@HouseMusicNinja]

Been playing VF since 96 and never been bored with the series. Your breakdown of my main Kage was spot on and your breakdown of Pai made her my secondary. Sega was right to give you a shout out for how amazing this guide is.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Appreciate the kind words! Shout out from Sega was a very humbling moment.

[@JarlSwagDog]

I'm going send this video to every friend who wants to get into VF

[@kalinflip]

A dog?…… JARLSWAGDOG

[@Durkoola]

Pretty good watch in understanding each character buildup and teardown. Thank you for the compiled information. Main: Vanessa, Alt: Jacky Dream: Aoi (Just can't ever get the reads and timing right)

[@oz88og40]

I still love playing this game and if wasn't for this game in the 3D Fighting game genre Tekken,dead or alive,soul calibur etc would never exist if it wasn't for this game period.

[@vl4eva]

Toshinden fans will feel violated 😂

[@vl4eva]

Oh and nor would it encourage Capcom and Netherrealm to try something new!

[@budgiecat9039]

Virtua Fighter needs a Xing Yi Liu He Quan fighter Pak Mei fighter Capoeirista Snake style Wing Chun

[@budgiecat9039]

​@@vl4eva"etc"

[@thesadmusicboy]

​@@budgiecat9039you know what else it needs? Cinematics for stories in arcade mode. At least in the final credits. Putting that aside, I feel that a new crop of fighters would be good for VF6. And let's hope that Pai chan can have some techniques from his father since he may not survive in The next game.

[@SpectralSound.]

While im a tekken fan myself,everytime i see virtua fighter i ask why the fuck didnt this series had more damn succes,seriously such a superb gameplay and characters...and that goh hinogami ,so cool and savage!

[@orlanzo2621]

It’s always been huge in Japan but not so much over here in the west unfortunately. The main reasons being that SEGA, for whatever reason, really didn’t promote or push the series much at all over here. It hardly got any promotion. Secondly was it being stuck on consoles that sold very little compared to the PlayStation, so not a lot of people got exposed to the series. VF 1 and 2 were on the Sega Saturn, a console that sold 9 million units compared to the PS1’s 102 million units and VF3 was on the Dreamcast, which sold only 10 million. No surprise that VF4 is the highest selling game in the series and it was on the PS2, one of the highest selling consoles of all time.

[@dangunheadachron1603]

@@orlanzo2621 Actually Sega of America tried pushing Virtua Fighter 1 on 32X hoping it would be the game that will sell 32Xs like hotcakes but we all know how that went.

[@donvalve2257]

The fan fuct is that his style is Judo, a style usually associated with good guys, maybe hot headed like Paul Phoenix from Tekken but still good, Goh instead is a sadistic one and use his style in a really ferocious way.

[@Stanlos]

For the American market, it was an early casualty of the console wars and proof of the gulf between cutting edge and bleeding edge.

[@Vinnay94]

I think it was due to the failure of the Saturn and Dreamcast.

[@XNDL44]

Watched all the individual guides and had to watch the full thing come together. The passion and research is clearly observable as I hope these guides help bring some new blood to Virtua Fighter

[@GustavoBLeCK]

LL

[@varsoonhks3211]

While I usually played characters like Lau or Jeffery, I always appreciated that Akira was the posterboy for the series. It seems like most fighting games tend to feature a character with a more approachable or even 'generic' playstyle, but Akira's guard breaks and high technical skill ceiling was always something I admired. He made for a very good straight-man kind of featured character because of that.

[@PeerlessUtopian]

Thank you very much this. I cannot wait for 6 to come out. The King Of All 3D Fighting Games.

[@AxeMain]

Fighting game devs give their characters the most ridiculous weights. Wolf is waaay more than 225. Same with Mitsurugi being 143 and Evil Ryu being 150 lbs

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

Exactly Wolf looks like he weigh at least 287 and as far as Ryu I'm glade Capcom changed Ryu weight because nowadays his official Wieght is 187 pounds even though Ryu looks like he weight about 243.

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

As a guy that mainly plays and prefers 2D fighters. Virtua Fighter is the reason why I got serious into a 3D fighter. I liked DOA but, never got into Tekken. VF4 Evo made it into my top 3 favorite fighting games of all time.

[@budgiecat9039]

People think VF was always dead but Namco adopted the customization in Tekken 5 and on from VF 4 Evo influence

[@mikeg4490]

Fantastic work as always Arya! VF character for Tekken 8! Tekken character for VF 6!

[@lucianocruz3383]

That would be amazing😆

[@BCDC123]

I certainly hope so!

[@yujilee112]

Sarah or Vannessa

[@tabkg5802]

Akira for T8 and Akum- I mean Jin or Kazuya for VF6

[@doitdevin]

@@tabkg5802 you wanted akuma for vf6.

[@velvetedge6853]

It’s nice to see VF getting some attention. I also enjoy watching these types of videos. Great job !

[@LordRaptor]

I've for the longest time considered this game to be the last great sequel to a fighting game as unfortunately, I don't think any release after VF5/Final Showdown has made enough steps forward instead of steps back, in terms of ingenuity or fun factor and it's even more apparent after Ultimate Showdown was released because it's the most compelling "new" release I've seen ever since it was released 10 years ago. I really hope that Sega's renewed interest in reviving this innovative series will result in a VF6 in the future, I think it'll be a healthy breath of fresh air that will encourage innovation from its competitors and obviously, I'm hoping to see this channel cover the hypothetical sequel to this masterpiece of a game.

[@budgiecat9039]

Well small victories Sega brought back VF3TB to arcades on Japan last year with online play so

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

The Implementation Of The Weight Mechanic In Virtua Fighter Was Brilliant. Other Fighting Games Should Give It A Try.

[@sevasentinel4146]

I've been playing a lot of VF4 Evo after starting with 5 FS, and it's so nice to see how Goh got buffed.

[@BenKellyMusic92]

Yeah I thought that, too! I never remembered Goh being particularly good in any aspect on VF4, then I booted him up on VF5, and all of a sudden I'm wrecking shop on EVERYONE! 🥋💪👊

[@journie3042]

Thx for bringing in love and attention to Virtua Fighter , thx Blasted Salami

[@dankineffect]

You and the team did such a good job with these.

[@ramonantoniolli7379]

Eileen's weight: HELIUM! AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA Perfect description!

[@IAMOP]

Too bad it's not on PC. Great video.

[@chudeexiste7329]

Totally man, I don't own any console, this video is pain

[@leoui5081]

PS3 emulator. I'm playing it on Steam Deck

[@okanut]

This is amazing! I love hearing your analyses of the characters!

[@budgiecat9039]

I like the thumbnail. Looks like an old Western cartoon adaptation from an alternate universe that we never got...

[@animationdude9]

God this was absolutely perfect! Thank you for this man. Easy to understand and fun to watch. Wish we had a Virtua Fighter Lore guy to match a video this detailed

[@SylarGKIW]

Powers and weaknesess are 100% correct here! It'll also very useful in studying every characters in every aspects! Great job here!

[@MaoriGamerDood]

With BLASTED Videos like this, You Better hit 100k subs soon! So happy you made these for VF's Comeback. Keep up the great Work that the FGC dosen't deserve but we greatly appreciate.

[@snoleygames]

Wow, thank you so much for the truly in depth breakdown and overview of each character! Much love and respect!

[@trebienparker5349]

We need virtua fighter vi to happen with new awesome characters and guest characters ASAP.

[@nicholaslandolt8912]

Great video! I am gonna be coming over from tekken so this was very helpful.

[@nicholaslandolt8912]

Ok, following up on my last comment. There is a bit of a learning curve coming from tekken to virtua fighter but holy cow this game rules!!! I am a lei wulong main mostly in tekken just because I like stances and lei fei from VF has everything I want and more in that regard. Also enjoying brad to since there is no more Bruce Irvin. Highly recommend checking out VF showdown if you have not already

[@DrScottnik]

That opening animation was fire 👏👏🔥

[@LiFes971]

perfect place to try next VF5

[@bigredradish]

it's like every time you don't think you need to learn virtua fighter, you have to learn virtua fighter

[@BenKellyMusic92]

As long as you're prepared to put in some time in training mode, then there aren't actually any inherently weak characters in the game! 🥋🥊 Jean is my VF5 main man, though, as I'm a Karateka myself. I'm also partial to Goh, as he has improved exponentially since VF4 and is now an all-rounder 🙌

[@Senses-Failed]

Kage, Brad, goh, jacky, el blaze, lion, lei fei, wolf are my favorites

[@budgiecat9039]

You ever played Giant Gram 2 on Dreamcast. Jackie and Wolf are playable in it.

[@SleepyRickyC92]

Awesome work, thanks for this

[@bisenmare8564]

So sick! Love me some VF!

[@erikdesk2753]

Thank you for the hard work making the video. It's very enjoyable to watch! :)

[@khajiitwarrior]

El Blaze is so amazing

[@moosha786]

your work is so impressive and appreciated

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you so much!

[@marcocorona3842]

Still the best Arcade Fighting Game ever made.

[@Mitsuraga]

Always was a big fan of Kage-maru and Jacky.

[@chudeexiste7329]

I'm on pc and after watching the i individual videos I watched the hole thing again, it hurts so much I can't play this

[@battlemode]

This game looks absolutely amazing, I love Tekken but this feels on a different level in terms of tight games design

[@shindig9000]

Super high quality as usual 👌

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

Like always, another great video! 👍 and yes definitely agreed with what you said about tier list. I got 5 character in the 27th rank and currently having a lot of fun with Shun-Di. People should play anyone they like and don’t take tier list seriously outside tourneys.

[@N1B8]

To sum up: we got Bajiquan, Aikijutsu, jeet kune do, mma, muay femur, vale tudo, monkey kung fu, northen mantis, North Shaolin Kung Fu, Lucha Libre, Sumo, Pro Wrestling, Judo, French Full Contact Karate, Ninpo Jujutsu, Drunken Fist, Pankration Mizhong Quan and xiao hu yang/yang qi quang

[@DragonflySwamp]

Great stuff!

[@thmistrapillay1811]

Absolutely love these massive videos of yours, so much care and quality injected into it. Can you do one for Guilty Gear Strive

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Thank you! Strive is planned, but we're waiting until the first round of DLC and updates is done.

[@thmistrapillay1811]

@@ThatBlastedSalami Definitely looking forward to it

[@ibuj001]

@@ThatBlastedSalami where is it

[@mortalt666]

need VF on PC, please VF6. Vf looks so much more cool than even Tekken 8

[@shazam241]

Do not care what anyone says. I love fighting PERIOD! Even if I was to loose I just love the challenge. Anyways I grew up on the very first game and never found a fighter that is even near as good when it comes to being as realistic as it can for a game and strategic as all hell. It is the VF SERIES IS THE BEST FIGHTING GAME PERIOD! OH and I also love the Shaolin vs Wutang game. Theses 2 are the best and not as arcadey as the rest., Thanx for the video. earned my sub and like

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Very well made and informative while being entertaining. Wanna try out characters i hadn't before cause of this

[@LucidFlameX]

S++ tier video.

[@varsoonhks3211]

Really wish they made a VF6.

[@Boog609]

news of a new virtua fighter has me coming back to videos like these all over again lol

[@CastleKingside]

Thank you for the guide. Found your channel through Rooflemonger. Keep up the good work.

[@TheOnlyPedroGameplays]

Kage is top G in Virtua Fighter 4

[@chrisbojang4988]

I love the way that you commentator man you're like the David Attenborough of the fighting game scene! Keep up the amazing work! 😁👍

[@dangunheadachron1603]

Criminal that there's no physical of this version of VF5

[@budgiecat9039]

Also criminal it's customization mode is lacking compared to FS and VF4Evo/FT and lacking the other special sparring modes as well

[@thrillainthemanilla1409]

Fantastic video. Btw the Fei in lei fei is pronounced like “Fur”

[@Apanblod]

What? It's 雷飛 (Léi Fēi). Hardly close to 'fur'.

[@donvalve2257]

Great video, i just disagree on Kage, i consider him an A tier. I just hope Sega will bring back the saga with a real 6th chapter. It's a shame that the very first 3d fighter didn't get the love he deserved. I like Tekken and Soul Calibur more, but this one is more technical and feel more realistic compared to the others. I replay the 5th chapter every year and i still love it.

[@kokoseq2]

Loved the "Lion is your man... tis... hehe" XD Can't wait for the Steam version of VF5!

[@TheArchieTheory]

Every Character ranked (Unpopular Opinions) 19. Wolf Hawkfeild (F) 18. Lau Chan (D) 17. Brad Burns (D) 16. Vanessa Lewis (C) 15. Akira Yuki (C) 14. Aoi Umenokoji (C) 13. Jean Kujo (B) 12. Pai Chan (B) 11. Kage Maru (B) 10. Sarah Bryant (A) 9. Lion Rafale (A) 8. Jeffrey Mcwild (A) 7. Goh Hinogami (A) 6. Shun Di (A) 5. Jacky Bryant(A) 4. Eileen (A) 3. Taka Arashi (S) 2. El Blaze (S) 1. Lei-Fi (S) Overall, it really depends on which one you're good at. If you suck at a character, someone out there might be amazing when playing as them, and vise-versa.

[@1georgekitchen]

I think you're completely wrong and completely right at the same time. haha Wolf is my #2 and you have him 19th?! You make up for it with your #1. Lei-Fei is also my #1! When he moves, the grace in which he does so may be the most beautiful of any fighting game character I've ever seen.

[@TheArchieTheory]

@1georgekitchen Leafy is way to OP. Normally, I kinda suck, but as Lei-Fi, I'm automatically the best player. Its OK if you like Wolf, though

[@anata.one.1967]

Should have been John Kujo, aka Jojo, cause he *stands* like one

[@sethxtekken]

Salam alekom thank you brother for the time you put i swear

[@johnpreston230]

this was amazing

[@monoturiim1992]

I use to use goh alot n people who don't know how he works are always shocked lol

[@vfjoelperez331]

Joel perez from USA virtua fighter

[@scorpzgca]

Great video that ninja character is going to be my main

[@kwaku7226]

His name is Kage

[@donvalve2257]

Good choice.

[@thorstenmarquardt7274]

The perfect fighting game would have: Virtua Fighter Characters Soul Calibour Gameplay Tekken Music

[@Apanblod]

And DoA giggle physics? 😅

[@wiwiwpai]

Lion Rafale my beloved

[@kaom4713]

God I want to play this game so bad

[@Tungdil_01]

The guy with a Japanese gi that looks like Ryu, also practices Bajiquan which is a Chinese martial art. Interesting

[@henrybitencourt]

Many Virtua fighter games prior to 5 and maybe 6 is always a more defensive oriented playstyle now i Wanna see a more defensive take on Virtua fighter 6 and maybe the last game on the judgement 6 saga

[@ACarpenter89]

So I played through arcade mode with every person I found I got furthest in the game using el blaze so I guess I will have to main him, second was lei fei and third was sumo man

[@thrillseeker5825]

Who else thinks they should make this character apart of the tekken universe. They would definitely. I want them to make lion and lili related.

[@jonnylyden]

Jean = Edgelord Ken

[@Ryuurie_]

Why are Eileen and Lei Fei like the characters in a journey to the West novel, Eileen's movements resemble those of sun wukong and Lei Fei is dressed like Xuanzhang

[@georgekitchen7046]

Yu Suzuki is a fan of the novels coincidentally. He's mentioned them before. You can also see the influence on his Shenmue 2 characters.

[@benbelap]

When is the new Virtua fighter coming?

[@kingpacman_9118]

That line for Sarah was barz 🔥

[@Grandmastergav86]

I can attest, learning Akira with a view to mastering his move set is indeed immensely satisfying. I consider myself an "intermediate" level player and cannot get a handle on Aoi. Brad is perfect for beginners - IMO. The only thing that bothers me is people's misunderstanding of Jeet Kuen Do - it was not a style/system - it's a fighting philosophy that equates to, "do what works". Anyone selling you a Jeet Kuen Do "system" without the caveat that it is what works for them is being dishonest. Bruce purposely wanted to shift away from the concept of styles, much like Fok Yuen Gaap aka Huo Yuan Chia. I always found it weird that Lau's style was called Tiger/Swallow - it's clearly based on Tiger/Crane of Hung Kuen (Fist) or Hung family boxing. He also switches into Dragon in places which is fundamental to Hung Kuen. Lei Fei's style is based on modernised Wu Shu readily apparent within Shaolin Temple - which despite looking cool - was a minor disappointment for me. If you watch 36th Chamber Of Shaolin's intro, that's a much closer approximation of traditional Shaolin Fu as it was directed by the awesome Lau Kar Leung.

[@BenKellyMusic92]

Very concise breakdown here, thanks for that 👍

[@pierrelewis6819]

I came to Virtua fighter, my favorite character was Koga.

[@johnnywalker7961]

We need to talk about idea of new virtua fighter games 🎮. Any idea for new characters?.

[@ajtemp2000]

More stances for Vanessa, for starters

[@dragonmaster3030]

I'd love to see a capoerra user if a new one is made. I'd also appreciate seeing a hapkido practitioner. I'd also prefer them to leave jumping move out like the ascending and descending ariel attacks

[@budgiecat9039]

​@@ajtemp2000bring back her original skin tone too.

[@budgiecat9039]

​​@@dragonmaster3030 Capoeira Xing Yi Liu He Quan Pak Mei Wing Chun Snake style Baguazhang Taido

[@law4ahyc]

Love your accent (Aoi commentary)

[@Mylegshurt420]

Does this apply to VF5 Final Showdown? Because it’s the closest game I have to this.

[@ThatBlastedSalami]

Yes!

[@ManiacMonkboon]

Yes.

[@kidkloud258]

Helped me a lot , fucks wit the video

[@genshoryukenpou]

Akira Yuki costume remind me of Ryu Hoshi from SF series

[@Lord-Gazimus]

Kage in that picture looks like Ninja Brian.

[@SenpaiMusick]

Frickin cool i love wrestling and vf bro that luchador is awesome

[@RicShaymin3398]

Wait ? Where's Dural ? I feel cheated

[@mercster]

My favorites are Lion and Shun Di.

[@thrillseeker5825]

Aoi,Alissa, Xiaoyu and elieen wouid probably become best friends

[@melvinshine9841]

Add more polish to the videos? Any more polish and I'd be able to see my reflection. I want to learn about fighting games, not look at my ugly face.

[@NorieagaHDR]

SICK. Now pleaseeee give us more Killer Instinct, and the older Tekken games. Street Fighter 4 would be great, too.

[@BenKellyMusic92]

Tekken 2 character breakdown would be magic 🎩 ✨️

[@budgiecat9039]

​@@BenKellyMusic92why not Kensei Sacred Fist breakdown

[@yoshic-fh6cr]

😊

[@genshoryukenpou]

What about dural ?

[@bsherman8236]

Just took this game out of the grave

[@khajiitwarrior]

Sorry to hear about Jacky Bryant weight, but I think he's a featherweight

[@fernandopereira8144]

Muito bacana msm 👏👏👏

[@solseamoss]

What is that song with wolf Hawkins ?

[@orlanzo2621]

The first theme is Wolf's theme from the vanilla version of VF5 "Snow Mountain", the second one that starts at 39:23 is his theme from VF5R.