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> http://ps3.ign.com/articles/647/647265p1.html
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> Sega's next generation of fighting in high resolution.
> by Anoop Gantayat
> August 31, 2005 - At long last, Sega is officially kicking off the hype
> machine for the its first next generation fighter, Virtua Fighter 5.
> Although first shown in trailer form at E3, today's JAMMA arcade show in
> Japan marked the first time the game has appeared in viewable form for the
> public eye, and the first time we were able to capture it for you with our
> video cameras!
>
>
> The game's one minute trailer begins with Akira practicing his moves in
> what appears to be a temple, a red interior with bronze statues in the
> background. The footage cuts to Aoi, who's in a ring located in a
> Sakura-filled garden. Kage is the next to appear, in the same stage as
> Aoi. The footage switches to Lion, appearing in the same stage from which
> Akira kicked off the clip.
> Vanessa takes things from there, bringing with her a new city stage, with
> neon signs in the background and water on the pavement below. Goh, Sarah
> and Jacky follow in the same city stage. Lei Fei introduces a new stage, a
> temple on a snow-filled mountainside, and both Shun and Jeffrey follow.
> Next, we see Brad and then Wolf appear in a second city stage, this one
> with spectators, some of whom are standing inside a building.
>
> One classic background returns. Pai appears next on the Great Wall of
> China with a glaring, evening sun in the background, and she's joined by
> Lau, who we almost didn't recognize, what with the evil look on his face.
>
> Following the Virtua Fighter 5 logo, the trailer cuts to clips of two new
> characters. The first is a young girl who spins around on the floor like
> she's break dancing. The second character is a masked wrestler who appears
> in one of the city stages shown earlier in the video.
>
> The old cast is back, complete with at least two new faces, but even more
> notable in the trailer are the amazing visuals that are provided by Sega's
> new Pentium/NVIDIA based Lindbergh arcade hardware. The character models,
> stage geometry, textures and lighting effects are the best we've ever seen
> in a fighter, and that includes the footage we've been shown of other next
> generation fighting games. While some of Sega's other Lindbergh games
> didn't strike us as looking too next generation (we'll have further
> details in a bit), Virtua Fighter 5 is, without question, a major leap
> beyond Virtua Fighter 4. And, judging by the trailer, the game seems to
> run in wide screen, high definition, just like House of the Dead 4.
>
> But enough of the reading -- get with the downloading! We've made the
> Virtua Fighter 5 trailer available for download, uncut, as filmed with our
> cameras off the JAMMA floor. The quality isn't direct feed, but you should
> get a good idea of how great Sega's next generation fighter looks.

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> Not too impressed with the character models, but then i'm not too
> impressed with the character models in DOA4 either. The lighting in VF5
> looks great though, and the shadows make a huge difference in the level of
> realism, something DOA4 is still lacking so far even in the next
> generation of gaming.....

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> http://ps3.ign.com/articles/647/647265p1.html
>
> Sega's next generation of fighting in high resolution.
> by Anoop Gantayat
> August 31, 2005 - At long last, Sega is officially kicking off the hype
> machine for the its first next generation fighter, Virtua Fighter 5.
> Although first shown in trailer form at E3, today's JAMMA arcade show in
> Japan marked the first time the game has appeared in viewable form for the
> public eye, and the first time we were able to capture it for you with our
> video cameras!
>
>
> The game's one minute trailer begins with Akira practicing his moves in
> what appears to be a temple, a red interior with bronze statues in the
> background. The footage cuts to Aoi, who's in a ring located in a
> Sakura-filled garden. Kage is the next to appear, in the same stage as
> Aoi. The footage switches to Lion, appearing in the same stage from which
> Akira kicked off the clip.
> Vanessa takes things from there, bringing with her a new city stage, with
> neon signs in the background and water on the pavement below. Goh, Sarah
> and Jacky follow in the same city stage. Lei Fei introduces a new stage, a
> temple on a snow-filled mountainside, and both Shun and Jeffrey follow.
> Next, we see Brad and then Wolf appear in a second city stage, this one
> with spectators, some of whom are standing inside a building.
>
> One classic background returns. Pai appears next on the Great Wall of
> China with a glaring, evening sun in the background, and she's joined by
> Lau, who we almost didn't recognize, what with the evil look on his face.
>
> Following the Virtua Fighter 5 logo, the trailer cuts to clips of two new
> characters. The first is a young girl who spins around on the floor like
> she's break dancing. The second character is a masked wrestler who appears
> in one of the city stages shown earlier in the video.
>
> The old cast is back, complete with at least two new faces, but even more
> notable in the trailer are the amazing visuals that are provided by Sega's
> new Pentium/NVIDIA based Lindbergh arcade hardware. The character models,
> stage geometry, textures and lighting effects are the best we've ever seen
> in a fighter, and that includes the footage we've been shown of other next
> generation fighting games. While some of Sega's other Lindbergh games
> didn't strike us as looking too next generation (we'll have further
> details in a bit), Virtua Fighter 5 is, without question, a major leap
> beyond Virtua Fighter 4. And, judging by the trailer, the game seems to
> run in wide screen, high definition, just like House of the Dead 4.
>
> But enough of the reading -- get with the downloading! We've made the
> Virtua Fighter 5 trailer available for download, uncut, as filmed with our
> cameras off the JAMMA floor. The quality isn't direct feed, but you should
> get a good idea of how great Sega's next generation fighter looks.
>
>