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Longtime fighting game player and Ohio native, DandyJ has released a new tutorial in this moment's hottest new fighting game, Virtua Fighter 5: FS! This is the same man that has created an excellent series of KoF tutorial videos and author of (probably my most favorite of things) the homo-genius series of magnificent fight clips.

This newest iteration clocks in at at a whopping 2 HOURS and 41 MINUTES of nothing but explanations of the basics of Virtua Fighter. This is essential viewing for those of you new to the series and especially if you are new to the world of three-dee fightmans! On the video's youtube page there is even a convenient mediafire link if you wish to view this offline since youtube is pretty flakey in making timestamps past about an hour! This puts me right at home with the old VF4 on ps2 which also had a very comprehensive tutorial to help get our feet wet. This new iteration of VF5 is pretty bare-bones so this is good in learning more of how the game wor...

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Here are the 5 essential steps necessary to becoming a pro at Virtua Fighter...(courtesy of VFDC.com) This is Step 1!

A. On Offense: - Basic offense revolves around the use of throws and mid strikes as a two-choice offense (more commonly known as nitaku).
- Anticipating opponent will stand and guard, use throws as your offense.
- Anticipating opponent will crouch and guard, use mid strikes as your offense. B. On Defense:
- Anticipating opponent to strike you, use standing guard and crouching guard as your defense.
- Anticipating opponent to throw you, crouch or use strikes as your defense.
- Move away from your opponent so that their technique entirely misses you -- a good opportunity to counterattack!   For the rest of this informative introduction to the metagame of Virtua Fighter follow the link here!   Consider joining the forums and take part of this enthusiastic community of players! This will be the first time in year...

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For those of you curious about the latest fighting game. or are just searching for something to try out because you're sick of Xfactor, Sega has put out the first of a series of tutorial videos to learn their newest home release! Remember the base package is only fifteen dollars on either PSN or Xbox! If you have joined PSN+ this game is FREE for members to download for the entire month of June! All the extra DLC portions are just costumes and accessories, nothing that affects gameplay or changes the balance! You already get all the meat, only pay for the sauce!

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
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