Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Announced For Switch 2

Yes!!! Massive Virtua Fighter fan…

Also, breaking news.
Virtua Fighter 5 REVO for Switch 2 will be game key card.
I bet SEGA will do like that.

@Anti-Matter don’t care. It’s Virtua Fighter on the Switch 2.

@WiltonRoots
If the 3rd party developers started to use game key card to sell their games for Switch 2, I will pretend the Switch 2 version of those games are never exist.
I will consider the PS5 version instead for having game data inside the disc.

Japan might consider just renaming their island Nintendo. It would save a lot of kanji.

YES!!!
Welcome back Virtua Fighter!

Um...
Looks like every Virtua Fighter games still like older Tekken games with NO Super Art gauge bar like Street Fighter. 😕

My personal opinion, I still prefer Street Fighter than other Fighting games because it has Super Art gauge meter.
KoF also have Super Art gauge meter, but I'm not a fan of SNK games.

Love the series, but will there be a physical release? Really hope so!!

@Anti-Matter
It sucks, but it isn't any different than a game that has part of the game on the card and a required download on the Switch, the way you had to do it for several 3rd party titles on the Switch.

Ohh, haven't played Virtua Fighter since the first installments, nice!
(Deerock, how would it save a lot of Kanji btw, Nintendo has 3 kanji, Japan 2? )

LETS GOOOOOOO, exciting times!!!

Is the the first time ever on a Nintendo platform?

(The Genesis VF2 game does not count)

Edit: I really like the Switch 2 logo!

Virtua Fighter 6? Please?

Yessss! Day one.
I also want 6!!!

Big fan of this genre.

PlayStation will soon be nothing more than niche product in Japan when the Switch 2 comes out

Akira for Smash!

Can we get vanilla VF5 on Switch 1, or Virtua Fighter Collection?
Also, R.E.V.O. sucks, lol. The only single-player mode there is Arcade Mode. Quest Mode was removed. It's even more barebones than Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash! 😂
Also, Dural is unplayable in Arcade Mode. She's playable only in multiplayer modes. Have fun. 😁

@karatekid1612 literally couldn't care about physical anymore. They take up unnecessary room on the shelf and digital is a much more streamlined experience. Cant see the outrage myself, it's a minority of collectors who just have to have stuff on physical cartridge for the sake of it

@Anti-Matter game data which needs to be installed and a 50GB day 0 patch.

@Mythra
I don't think PS5 will be niche product when good 3rd party games still keep coming to PS5 and not to mention some 3rd party games that will never come to Switch version such as Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo, The SIMS 4, etc.

Is This the first day and date gen 9 exclusive multiplatform game confirmed for NS2?

So weird finally seeing Nintendo Switch 2 being listed as one of the platforms getting the game instead of just the Switch 1.

@Anti-Matter But virtual figther 5 is not kid game

@StewdaMegaManNerd
That means Switch 1 hardware is not strong enough to handle powerful games like that.
It given to Switch 2 for handle PS4 power games.

@Deerock69
And that's why I will not even support the code in box, streaming only, partial download, game key card games.

Oh, almost forgot: where the heck is Tekken 8 for NSW2?

Day 1 that’s for sure. Thanks Sega, you guys rock.

@Anti-Matter couple things - 1. not having a visible meter for super moves is quite the silly reason to write off a game; and there is no reason games like the sims and others you listed won’t come to switch 2. the original switch has outsold the ps4, and 5. i’m fully confident the switch 2 will outsell the ps5 and 6.

game key cards are lame i agree; but other consoles do a similar thing with discs that don’t contain the game and make you download it. Nintendo is the only of the big three that isn’t selling digital consoles, although it’s a bummer i think this is more about the cost of file sizes dissuading other game publishers then nintendo themselves not wanting to champion physical gaming.

@Mythra Sounds like someone misspelled “Xbox”. Jk, both have their place alongside Nintendo.

@Anti-Matter game key cards make every new game announcement less exciting. VF5 is good news overall, but if it's a key card I'll rather play any other fighting game from my existing collection.

@StewdaMegaManNerd KOF / DOA / Granblue Versus / Marvel vs Capcom 3

@SlackerArtist
I bought PS4, PS5 games with game data inside as it shown installation process from the disc + update (sometimes I found no update at all, that means the game is already have the latest update inside the disc).
Also, I played kids games with mostly very small GB size (1 - 5 GB) so I'm very sure the games have game data inside the disc since they are very small.
I also have games like Spyro 2019 version with All three games inside the disc and I'm very sure all my PS4, PS5 games purchase have game data inside the disc.
I don't play AAA games with gargantuan GB size.
The only the biggest GB game I played so far is The SIMS 4 PS4 as the game got updated oftenly and I purchased certain DLC stuffs.

@HugoGED
That's why.
With the unappealing situation from Switch 2 game key card, everytime I see announcement of 3rd party Switch 2 games, I will immediately thinking the possibly go wrong.
Yay... Switch 2 version.
But with game key card.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy there's more to it then that. My biggest concern right now is the size of the download vs the prices of Micro SD Express cards. Have you seen the prices?!!

Owning a Switch 2 will be very expensive!

@Vyacheslav333 Well that's a bummer that makes the port less attractive for me. Maybe adding Quest Mode back is what they meant by the "more" content being added later, lol.

@nuff64
The problem is, Virtua Fighter and Tekken have similarities in term of their attack pattern.
Unlike Street Fighter / King of Fighter, you have to press the combo of Punch or Kick without circling or quarter the left analog button to perform special attacks and for me the way of fighting style of Virtua Fighter / Tekken looked unappealing for me since I grew up by Street Fighter fighting style by using left analog direction + Punch / Kick to perform special attacks.

The way this is worded, I thought it was an old port. This is one of the main reasons I don't care about hearing about other consoles on a Nintendo site, it's not relevant to the subject matter on the site and makes it confusing when someone announces something new vice a late port.

@IronMan30 It's the nature of the beast, since the takeover everything is going to get gradually worse on here...

@adammmmmm "...quite the silly reason to write off a game"
I like how militant Anti-Matter is. Always aggressively active for the cause. 👍

@FishyS "...the 75th game announced for Switch 2"
How much storage is that? Y'know, for the fiend that's going to get them ALL.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy each to there own, but there is a lot like me who want physical as well as download/keywords.

@YagaMaki well I think a 256gb express sd card is £49.99. I think Nintendo games will be well optimised for the system and smaller size. Dunno about the rest, I won't be buying any cross platform games for the switch 2. Plus it has alot of internal memory from the get go. Also define expensive. One mans expensive is another mans cheap

@karatekid1612 agreed, but overall it a vocal minority who are obsessed with physical games. Most people buy digital now, the sales show that

@DonkeyKongBigBoy I have also seen votes on this site which would suggest those wanting physical are not in the minority. I see the benefits of both, but my choice is physical along with lots of others.

@Anti-Matter In the video game market, digital sales significantly outpace physical sales. A recent report from BBC indicated that in 2022, 89.5% of UK game sales were digital downloads, with only 10.5% being physical copies. This trend is a global phenomenon, with digital sales accounting for a majority of the gaming market revenue.

I mean, I would have expected a bigger fanfare. This is the first time Virtua Fighter has come to a Nintendo console. It's absolutely massive in my book.

@karatekid1612 that's cool I'm glad you want a physical product. The people who post on this site is a tiny portion of gaming sales though.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy it would seem most gamers like a choice between physical and digital, with a slightly bigger percentage wanting physical compared to digital. However, the largest percentage would like a choice by a country mile.taken from gamefaq's site.

@karatekid1612 I would prefer physical but it’s becoming obvious that physical copies for games are on there way out much like DVD’s for Movies and CD’s for music have become relics.
The comment section on Nintendo life is full of obsessive collectors and geeks like you and Me and doesn’t represent the world as a whole very well 👍🏻

@karatekid1612 digital sales massively outweighs physical sales whether we like it or not.

@gazamataz just researched from a different site as above and the majority want choice like me and you and lots of others.

Wanna feel old?

Next year is the 20th anniversary of vanilla Virtua Fighter 5 on 360 and PS3.

And still no VF6. XD

@DonkeyKongBigBoy maybe, but the fact is more people want a choice.

@gazamataz nailed it completely. Unfortunately some people struggle big time to grasp that.

@WiltonRoots it's all about choice and most people would like a choice between physical and digital regardless of the way gaming is going.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy And it's become even worse for "physical lovers":
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/05/physical-game-sales-see-dramatic-drop-off-in-uk-as-console-market-struggles

@karatekid1612 that's cool, in a few years, that choice will be largely gone. Probably by the next generation, so maybe in 10 years it will be all digital with a few places like limited run producing physical games. People are voting with their wallets, and with digital sales eclipsing physical, Nintendo are just following the pattern of the majority of people's buying habits. It's been going this way since the Xbox 360 days. It's just now becoming a reality

@DonkeyKongBigBoy yep, I, like you can see where it is all going. Gamers like me/my age won't be gaming for much longer and generations coming through are more digital. But as it stands, there are more people wanting a choice. For how much longer, well, we shall see.

@karatekid1612 I don't subscribe to the too old to game theory. I think people have made a choice and it's to buy digitally 90/10

Cool love virtual fighter will get if it's all on cart
If not probably skip this one as well

@DonkeyKongBigBoy I'm talking much further down the line, when people like me will either choose to hang up our controller or be taking a dirt nap. As for people making their choice. I disagree, as stated, more people want a choice by along way over totally digital.

@karatekid1612 I guess the sales don't say that. But that's ok, everyone has an opinion. I won't be buying virtual fighter 2 regardless 😂 and my mario kart world will be a digital code in the bundle.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy sales may well be better, but again, the majority of consumers want the choice. But, yep we can agree to differ.

@Anti-Matter You do know that some PS5 games do not have the whole of the game data on the disk, and also require an internet connection? I am not defending this, but there is no actual guarantee when games like Doom: The Dark Ages are launching with the same set up on other platforms that a disk means ownership anymore sadly. They may end up having it be effectively a Game Key Card on all platforms.

@nuff64
Also, Virtua Fighter fighting speed and the life bar depletion was too fast so the KO happened very quickly like 10 seconds of fighting, it was really not cool for me.
Not a fan of too simplistic fighting style without "eye catching" fighting animation like Street Fighter.

@HugoGED @Anti-Matter From what I understand this is a digital only release across all platforms, so no Game Key Card here.

@PolitiClank
Don't worry.
I don't play AAA games so I will not encounter with that situation.
Even all my PS4 & PS5 games are mostly niche kids games that will not have situation of game key licence + online only.
I will not even allow the games that must get constant online to play.

@nuff64
Oh, speaking about Monster Hunter, I only have interest with Monster Hunter Stories 1 & 2 as they more appealing for younger audiences and I want something milder and kid friendly stuffs.
I also like the Airu de Puzzle PSP with their cartoon cats from MonHun as the character of Puzzle Fighter style game.

Best 3D Fighting game franchise ever imo.

I’ll go with the Xbox version unless the Switch 2 ends up beating it in terms of input lag.

Wooo! More fighting games please!

Has anyone checked up on @Ryu_Niiyama?

@Anti-Matter It is what it is at this point. We can't do anything about it.

I love fighting games but the VF franchise is unknown for me aside from knowing that it existed. I'm curious about the game and see how it's different from others.

@GrailUK DUDE!!!!!!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
Was cleaning the apartment and cooking so hadn’t been online. Never been so happy to get a notification in my life!

AHEM

VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 R.E.V.O BABY!!!

Vanessa Lewis and I will be wrecking people’s faces. It’s time for a combat seminar!!!!

SEGA I take back any impatient thing I ever said. Oh gosh I am crying right now. Not trying to be greedy but I will take the new VF project as well.

Buying 3 times cuz I don’t care!

Edit: Y’all don’t understand. I have been playing some version of this game (VF5 hit arcades in 2006 and international in 2007 and had location testing in 2005) for half my life now. I play some version every week (still love C the best!!!!) and bought consoles based on it being in the library. This is sacred to me.

Betcha it won't be on a cart...

@Sindayl Initial reports (from actual fighting game fans) have pegged SF6 as having better input latency than the XBox and PS, only being edged out by the PC. I realize it's two different companies doing development but that bodes well for the Switch 2 version doing better in that category.

I love that Sega arcade style games still sound like they come from the 90's, the voice, the music, you hear it and just know its Sega

@Anti-Matter It's digital only.

My god you're telling me on top of having USF2 and very competent ports of Strive and KOFXIII, that thing is going to get VF5, SF6 and eventually the next smash. And that's not even considering legacy stuff with the myriad of snk, arc system and capcom games out there, and even Soul Calibur 2 and stuff like Melee that's inevitably going to be a thing at some point.

That thing is already godlike for fighting games fans.

@Mommar
That's great news. Who said that?

Please keep porting Yakuza so I get the older VF games too please.

I finally got my holy grail system. Between NSO, and the BC switch games plus these new announcements…I have the one place to put most of my cherished fighting games. Switch 2 is about to get sooooo much of my money. Defo need a new stick.

This is exactly the kind of thing I once rather optimistically looked forward to playing on my New Nintendo Switch.

(edit - otoh, if Switch 2 does for roughly Dreamcast era arcade games what switch 1 did for 80s/90s...)

@Anti-Matter we dont know for sure that all 3rd party devs will put their games on game key cards most have been putting their games on cartridges.

@Anti-Matter VF is known for being more realistic. I don't know why you need a super art gauge.

@RiasGremory All Sega games have been game key cards. Why would this be different?

@Lanmanna did you even bother reading my comment i said not all 3rd party devs are going to use the game key cards just the certain lazy ones.

Awesome. Definitely an NS2 purchase, maybe a PS5 buy as well but hoping those of us who bought VF 5 Ultimate Showdown on PS4 get a free update.

@Anti-Matter except you're still supporting the practice on the PS5 since the full game won't be on the disc there either.

I may not get on Switch 2, but it’s great that there is cross play.

I’ll probably be picking this up. Just not sure which platform. I’ve been playing VF since the day it released.

@SlackerArtist Actually that is very inaccurate.

About 74% of physical games have the data on the disc, install from the disc, and do not require online connectivity to play.

Do yourself a favor and stop propagating rumors that you hear instead of investigating for yourself.

Visit doesitplay.org

BTW I own hundreds of PS4 and A LOT of PS5 games and zero (0) of them require an internet download.

All of my games install from the disc from compressed data and are unpacked and installed on the console from the disc directly.

The game cannot run without the disc, but no Internet connectivity is required to install or play.

I would know. I have only ever connected my PS5 to the internet once on day 1 and it's been offline since.

@HugoGED I know. Don't think I'll be getting a Switch 2.

It has to be one of the most Anti-Consumer console launches since XB1

@progx Most PS4 and PS5 games are on the disc or install from the disc actually

Doesitplay.org

It's heartbreaking that the Switch 1 never got this game, or Dead or Alive, Tekken, Soul Calibur, or even something like Bloody Roar or Bushido Blade. The only real effort went into Samurai Shodown reboot, and it was still massively overlooked.

@Deerock69 Well if you go by their native country name, Nihon. It does look a bit like Nintendo.

@Mommar how could they analyze the amount of input lag when the Switch 2 hasn’t even been released yet? If they compared Street Fighter 6 running in handheld mode on the Switch 2’s zero-lag screen versus an average mid-range TV (which often still adds a slight amount of input lag even in game mode) plus an Xbox Series X, then maybe that would be a possibility.

But for now, it’s hard to beat the extremely low input lag of official Xbox controllers based on Wi-Fi Direct technology compared to Nintendo’s typical Bluetooth gamepads.

I’d be happily surprised if Nintendo manages to outperform Microsoft in that area though.

Online only.

Nah, skipping that one. No point in arguing physical here anyway, because that alone renders it moot.

@karatekid1612 If more gamers want both physical and digital then they have to relent on their obsession with extreme graphic fidelity. They also have to understand that there is currently no technology that can bring together the storage needs of said, extreme graphics with the price they are willing to pay.
People want an 150GB game on full physical media but are unwilling to pay more than $60. It is getting rather silly.

@ tanukisan7x Although I agree with you in principle, if a game is worth over £50, then myself and others are willing to pay it and do, or we wait for the inevitable price drop. The alternative, is we hang up our modern controllers for good and go retro. Most of my games, are below 100gb, visually stunning and up until recently have been very reasonably priced, if not, generously priced. I used to pay £40 for games back in the 90s, so paying over £50 or even £60 or more for a game that I really want, does not concern me in the slightest. Comparison, in 1994 i paid £40 for the snes donkey kong country, in today's money, that is £83.15. I have just preordered donkey kong bonzanza for £65, so you could argue DKB is cheaper than DKC. We all have to factor in every thing has gone up. However, there is a limit and IMO we are at that limit for now.

@Anti-Matter I think you may not understand why the series is called "Virtua (stompstomp) Fighter."

@RiasGremory it has nothing to do with laziness (and also can we do away with the lazy devs argument, so disrespectful and so far removed from the truth… it’s lame af). Nintendo only offers 64GB cards or game-key for Switch 2. On Switch 1 they offered various cards from 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. That’s not the case anymore. 64GB cards costs have been reported as around 15usd. PS4’s BRDs for comparison are a few cents. Videogames are a business and very few releases will be able to justify such cost.

First Virtua Fighter game for a handheld console since Virtua Fighter Animation for the Sega Game Gear unless you count Virtua Fighter 2 for the Sega Nomad.

@Anti-Matter
You don't even know, why this (supposedly) is bad. 😑

If this gets a physical release, I'll pick it up most likely.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy
A recent report from BBC indicated that in 2022, 89.5% of UK game sales were digital downloads, with only 10.5% being physical copies.
The problem with these metrics is that they also include digital app purchases, even on mobile. So the numbers are automatically skewed towards candy crush, Fortnite and gacha games. Even the DLC you download is also part of this number.

I'm a big VF fan, but I have to admit that I also am an extremely sucky VF player! This is one of my top 10 favorite fighting series!

Awesome news

@Samalik yeah but the trend is still favouring digital in general

@Anti-Matter I don't care. At least Virtua Fighter is here for the first time on Switch 2!

Still waiting for a new Dead or Alive 7.

In other news:
Oh an Anti-Matter comment! grabs popcorn

@DonkeyKongBigBoy It doesn't mean anything as far as core gaming is concerned. It just means the numbers are sewered in a certain, more casual audience direction.

it just creates a biased narrative that nobody wants physical anymore, when that is far from the honest truth. Casual gamers are playing more on their mobile phones than anything. But that doesn't justify Nintendo's legitimacy of this key card nonsense because people who don't buy or can't afford Nintendo systems gravitate towards F2P games.

@Samalik most gaming is casual though, especially with Nintendo. nobody has said that people don't want physical anymore, but people are buying more digital now. It's just the way it is, physical sales are getting lower and lower each year and will soon most likely will be gone forever. Nothing last forever and physical sales will die off In a few years. It hink switch 2 may be Nintendo's last truly physical generation console. I think the switch 3 or whatever it will be will have a digital only sku

@DonkeyKongBigBoy
It's just the way it is, physical sales are getting lower and lower each year and will soon most likely will be gone forever.

This is the narrative I just stabbed as a half truth. Did you not real that part? Much of gaming is done more on phones. Phones don't have physical outlets because they weren't designed to be like PCs or consoles.

It's like, because the casual mobile audience who doesn't buy consoles is not caring where their money is going, the more mainstream gaming scene who does want these options has to suffer. That's a really poor read of the room.

Nintendo hasn't been casual only in years. All you have to do is look at their library. We are not in the Wii or Wii U era anymore. They put a lot of adventure and RPG games out that have appeal to the core gamer, which again, is the more mainstream audience that clamors for physical games. And to prove that the market is still strong for it, Clair Obscura: Exposition 33 just recently sold out of it's physical release rather quickly.

I will repeat, the core gamer has a different language from the casual gamer who is currently more into Monopoly Go these days

@Samalik I disagree. Physical games sales are on the wane massively and digital is selling more.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy
"digital is selling more"

Yeah, because of mobile apps and live service games being counted in digital sales.
How many times do i have to repeat that???

@Samalik I disagree. Have a good day

@Ryu_Niiyama Glad I could repay you for the Monkey Ball notifiction haha. And your reaction was worth it

@GrailUK Haha you made me believe in the kindness of (internet) strangers for a little bit. Appreciate that. You would have laughed because I almost dropped my phone when I saw the article title. Like the whole fumble six times before you catch it sorta thing.