Virtua Striker 2

Virtua Striker 2 (バーチャストライカー 2, Bācha Sutoraikā Tsū) is a sports video game developed and published by Sega for arcades in 1997. It is the sequel to the 1994 video game Virtua Striker, and the second game in the Virtua Striker series. A series of updates was released from 1998 to 1999, starting with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 1998 and ending with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1 Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1 (バーチャストライカー2 ver.2000.1, Bācha Sutoraikā Tsū ver.2000.1), that latest update being released for the Dreamcast in Japan in 1999, and then internationally in 2000, with the North American version re-titled to Virtua Striker 2.

Virtua Striker 2
Developer(s)Sega AM2
Genki (Dreamcast)
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Satoshi Mifune
Producer(s)Yu Suzuki
Satoshi Mifune
Designer(s)Kaori Yamamoto
Composer(s)Hideaki Miyamoto
Fumio Ito
SeriesVirtua Striker
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast
Release
June 1997
  • Arcade
    June 1997[1]
    Dreamcast
    • JP: December 2, 1999
    • EU: February 29, 2000
    • NA: March 14, 2000[2]
Genre(s)Sports video game
Mode(s)Single-player video game, multiplayer video game
Arcade systemSega Model 3

The arcade game was a major success in Japan, where it was the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1998 and the overall highest-grossing arcade game of 1999. The Dreamcast version, however, received mixed reviews from critics.

Amusement Arcades UK list

Virtua Striker 2

Virtua Striker 2 ver. 1998

  • Tenby (2001–2006) (In Arcade Games Room Amusement In Heatherton Activity Park and New Minerton Leisure Park)

Virtua Striker 2 Version '99

Reception

Arcade

The arcade game was a major hit in Japan, where it became the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1998, below Tekken 3.[19] Virtua Striker 2 was later the overall highest-grossing arcade game of 1999 in Japan.[20]

Dreamcast

The Dreamcast version received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 33 out of 40.[7] In the United Kingdom, Computer and Video Games scored it 5 out of 5 stars. They said the arcade gameplay "will initially dismay" International Superstar Soccer (ISS) fans, but that it is not a "simulation, it's a full-on arcade game." They called it "the finest arcade football game ever" and said, though some might criticise the lack of depth, "the massive andrenaline rush you get" from playing "more than compensates." They compared it to Crazy Taxi, in that both provide "instant" fun gaming.[5] In North America, Rob Smolka of Next Generation said that the game "may look good, but the poor controls drag this one down to rental status".[17]

References
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  6. EGM staff (April 2000). "Virtua Striker 2 (DC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 129. Ziff Davis.
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  8. "Virtua Striker 2 (Arcade)". Game Informer. No. 52. FuncoLand. August 1997. p. 52. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  9. "Virtua Striker 2 (DC)". Game Informer. No. 83. FuncoLand. March 2000.
  10. Mosquera, Fernando (March 28, 2000). "REVIEW for Virtua Striker 2: Version 2000.1". GameFan. Shinno Media. Archived from the original on May 10, 2000. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  11. Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Chau, Anthony "Dangohead" (March 2000). "Virtua Striker 2". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 3. Shinno Media. p. 86. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  12. G-Wok (April 2000). "Virtua Striker 2 Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on April 19, 2004. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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  14. Tren (March 15, 2000). "Virtua Striker 2". PlanetDreamcast. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  15. Williamson, Colin (December 14, 1999). "Virtua Striker 2 v2000.1 (Import)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  16. Dunham, Jeremy (March 20, 2000). "Virtua Striker 2 Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  17. Smolka, Rob (April 2000). "Virtua Striker 2 (DC)". Next Generation. No. 64. Imagine Media. p. 82. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
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  19. Akagi, Masumi, ed. (1 February 1999). ""Tekken 3", "House of the Dead" Top Annual Chart" (PDF). Game Machine. No. 580. Amusement Press, Inc. p. 22.
  20. Akagi, Masumi, ed. (1 February 2000). "Sega's CG Videos Top Game Charts" (PDF). Game Machine. No. 603. Amusement Press, Inc. p. 18.


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