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The online mode lets you take on another competitor in ranked or unranked matches. Sega's Virtua Fighter 5 is the next fighting game to take the plunge into online play, and it does so quite well. And it's just in time because the ability to find competition anytime, anywhere is just the sort of thing this style of game needs to be successful. This is a romanized version of how "Siba" would be written in Japanese (シーバ).It's been a bumpy ride with its share of disappointment, but the quest to bring fighting games kicking and screaming into homes with smooth online play seems to be nearing its end. The name Shiiba also has a select screen graphic. In addition, there is a select screen graphic for the name Yagyu, an early name for Kage. Majido is used for an unused character seen above, as is Jeff. Jeffry and Lau's names were likely changed due to copyright concerns: Jeffry is quite obviously modeled after real-life martial artist Willie "Bear Killer" Williams, while a similar-looking character to Lau named Tao appears in Dragon Ball. Lau and Jeffry's final, altered names are not pre-made sprite maps, but instead rendered using the in-game font. Strangely enough, the name of "Willie" also appears in the ranking screen if the player completes the game using Jeffery Buckman. Takeru is completely unused through normal means, but appears in the ranking screen upon finishing the game with the early Akira design, indicating that the name was attached to this character. Willie is an early name for Jeffry and Tao is an early name for Lau (as seen in pre-release screens). The names Takeru, Tao, Willie, and Jeff can be seen amongst the character names. (Source: mountainmanjed) Unused Name Graphics Replace Akira with unnamed character and Dural: Replace Akira with unnamed character models 1 and 2: Temp0 Model and Model 2 and Character Select Name P1 Character Select Name P2 Bio To play as these characters, insert these codes into the MAME cheats vf.xml file.
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Here are movies of all four characters in action: Dural's name and moveset are attached to him, making it likely that he may have been intended as a boss character. All 3 of his models appear after Akira in the character data tables. This unnamed character is unique in that he's the only character to have three different outfits. Like the other unused characters above, he has only a very basic moveset with no throws.
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This character appears before Akira in the character data table (and uses Akira's name in combat), indicating that he may have been an early design for Akira. However, his move list is also quite sparse, cribbing from Sarah and Lau, and lacks basic throws.
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At the point in development where he was scrapped, his name had been changed to Majido. He later appeared as a hidden character in Fighters Megamix. He was seen in pre-release screenshots and even featured on the international arcade cabinet for the game (albeit mislabeled as "Akira"). While playable, his moveset is clearly unfinished: he uses a handful of Jacky's techniques and lacks throws. Jeff is a military character who wears camo gear, a hat, and shades, of which the latter two can be knocked off in a fight. Four characters not accessible normally can be enabled through the use of MAME cheats.