Did anyone else hear Kenny saying "I'M WIIIILD !" during Jeffrey's fight?

Isnt it crazy to think that more than half of the subscribers to maximillian werent even born when this game came out? I feel so blessed to have witnessed the entire fighting game evolution.

I would love SEGA to do some sort of VF anthology collection

"Virtua Fighter 2" is THEE GAME that made me fall in love with 3-D games. I was so astonished at how fluid, and visually appealing that game was for a 1994 (I was 10 at the time) arcade game, definitely ahead of it's time. It was also the first fighting game to use motion capture, the graphics had to take a dive on the Saturn, but it was still a good 60 FPS game.

The Saturn version isn't even close to being arcade perfect and still looks good, the arcade version looked like alien tech for the time.

Being able to clear this game on the hardest difficulty on Saturn is still probably my best bit of gaming bragging rights.

3:38 That random scream always killed me. That's not Sarah, that's the _ambient noise_ for the Chicago stage along with the cop siren and gunshot noises! You're fighting in a _baaad_ neighbourhood to have a drive-by around a fighting arena!

The music is SUPRISINGLY good! Really wish I'd had a chance to play this game more back in the day...

I remember most of the 32-bit era as an ugly mess of grey-brown textures but not here. Beautiful blue skies, silky smooth animation. This is one of those rare games that still looks good when you take the rose-tinted glasses off. I was a Sega kid during the 90's and this was one of the games that was my pride and joy.

Man this was literally the first game i got for my Saturn. Love VF2 man, this game was the cream of the crop for 3-D fighters in 1994-1995. The graphics, the music, the gameplay, it was all great. I started with VF1 in the arcade but VF2 was the game that made me fall in love with the series. This was an excellent port of the arcade version, there were some limitations here and there but overall this was an extremely well done port. Side note: Jeffrey was always THE hardest character for me to beat in this game, he's a nightmare to deal with. 70% damage Splash Mountains are a scary thing.

WOLFS ...THROWS double underhook suplex Tigerbomb Dragon screw Steiner screwdriver Dragon suplex Brainbuster Body slam Gutwrench suplex Frankensteiner Waist lock bridging suplex

If you can make the AI run towards you, they'll eat throws. This is really powerful tech for characters who can throw enemies behind them (ring out).

That Giant Swing into the head dive took me out 😂, I didn't own a Saturn growing up but had the chance to play this a lot with my uncle back in the day, good times indeed...

I can't believe it me this long before realizing that Jacky's throw is literally just the Snowplow, the finisher that wrestler Al Snow used. Also, got to love Wolf just throwing out Steiner Screwdrivers.

I got a Saturn instead of a PS1 for Christmas in 1995 mostly for Virtua Fighter 2 - No regrets

Great video, fellow VF and Saturn OG here! Regarding the release date though, it was 1994 in the arcades but late 95 in the US and Japan on Saturn - we didn’t get it in the UK until January 96! But yeah, this game is for me the single most impressive piece of software in that generation, given the hardware it’s running on. And it holds up insanely well today. What a game.

Virtua Fighter 2 soundtrack is definitely one of my favorite video game soundtracks of all time. Still have a copy of my Saturn disc that I made decades ago in the CD player of my car. Honestly it's the only thing missing from later VF games, they've all had rather forgettable soundtracks since.

Imagine being this ahead of the game to be where they are now…

1:04 It was a 704x480i game on the Saturn.

Played this in the arcade whenever I could and played the first one on my 32X so much I blistered my fingers practicing. What a great series, and another reason why Sega will always have a special place in my heart.

21:26 - The stuff that looks like glitches are actually Akira's reversals. VF2's got nasty option selects and some dirty tech nearing SF2 Turbo territory. VF2 made me love fighting games. Played this in hole-in the wall arcades when it was new.

I love this game! I got my 1st job at hungry jacks aka Burger king to buy a Sega Saturn VF2 and imported Ultimate MK3. I quit my job and just played VF2 when friends came over none stop for like 2 years! So much fun Then got Daytona and Sega Rally and paid $200au to import SF alpha 2 from Japan. This console was a fighting game beast! It loaded up way faster then the playstation 1 versions of the same games

Wait, it’s not just me? I’m not the only one who struggled to hell and back with these old games? I’m not alone! 😂

I am not much familiar to the Virtua Fighter franchise but I do know that this game defined 3D fighting as a whole,and this came way before Tekken. Even looking at this now on the Sega Saturn just shows that it still looks good even to this day.

Man, that AI was infuriatingly smart back when I played this. It never felt cheap though, like some of the older SF2s. So actually beating a character felt like a HUGE accomplishment, and I'd go to school the next day bragging with my chest out, like "Yeah, I made it all the way to Kage yesterday!!" The music, visuals, SEGA-style super-fast gameplay (its also n00b-friendly), this game on the saturn (or even moreso in the arcade) was basically the video game equivalent of an IMAX experience. Its amazing how Yu Suzuki's genius level of creation with this game literally changed the entire video game industry

The legendary VF2.😄 19:03 Cpu destroying tactics. Lion stage, Jacky stage, Jeffrey stage, Akira stage = some of the best music in VF2.😎

Sarah en dificultad alta era un dolor de trasero.

Like you Max, I got into fighting games with my sister! We used to go to arcade machines at Alabama called Goody’s and played them every weekend. We love fighting games! Virtua Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom, and many other games crossover games! You’re the best, bro! SHINE ON! WE’RE TEAM MAX DOOD!😊👊🏾

Virtua Fighter 2 really took fighting games to a new level of quality. I grew up playing the Saturn port and it blew my mind visually.

Can you imagine Akira as a playable fighter in the next smash game and if they kept the previous fighting game character's Terry vs Akira could actually happen

An underwater level in a fighting game. Damn.

@7:56 That backflip into the ring was clean.

I played this for the first time back in 1995, on a Sega Saturn kiosk at my local toys r us. A year later I got the Saturn system that has this, Daytona USA, and Virtua Cop as a pack in.

94/95? This is impressive, Tekken 1 was very blocky in comparison. And the fighting animations here are very smooth and realistic, isn't this where Shenmue got it's fighting from?

Wolf,"Kick me at your own peril," Hawkfield

That Wolf counter throw at 17:41 was a thing of beauty!

I've never really enjoyed let alone been good at fighting games, but this one will always hold a special nostalgic place for me as it was one of the first games I ever played.

This game defined an entire era of my childhood

Bruh SEGA was the master of OST's in the 90's

Considering how much more powerful the Arcade was compared to the Saturn, this game being so close to the Arcade version was nothing short of a miracle.

While I’ve gotten into the Virtua Fighter series last year through VF5 Ultimate Showdown (I did once play Virtua Fighter on the Nokia when I was 6 years old). I respect how Virtua Fighter paved the way for 3D fighters and I’m fond of the various stages in the series(especially Sarah’s VF5 stage and Dural’s VF2 stage) as well of the various music choices (Jacky’s VF1/VF2 theme is great). While, I haven’t played any old school Sega consoles (Dreamcast, Saturn) or games (Nights, Sonic Adventure, Virtua Fighter) there’s something that feels quite nostalgic about them that I appreciate. On a side note. I recommend the Virtua Fighter anime it’s actually pretty good too bad season two is hard to find.

I also have a special place in my heart for VF2. It was the game that convinced me into buying a Saturn instead of the PS1 in 1995. Love it. (actually bought a used japanese Saturn just the other year, to re-live some memories, with VF2, Fighters Megamix, SFZ2 and Guardian Heroes) Kudos Max!

Damn I thought the title read the fighting game that I made and I was getting excited

I totally forgot that Dural was fought underwater....had a lot of fun playing this with my friends when it came out on the Saturn

I’ll take massively underrated series for $100?

So nostalgic. Growing up playing the shit out of this game on pc. I was struggling so hard to use Jacky and his flipping jumping backward kick. I also kept checking Sarah's bio in the extras. Theres this one picture of her wearing a summer dress while shes posing on the beach. 😂 I was legit simping for that one picture of her.

That game on Saturn was crazy. It felt like you were playing in arcade. I'm hoping and crossing my fingers you do the good old Dreamcast soul Calibur.

So this game invented the lag mechanic.

Good to see you play this. Personally, I’m the one of three people who enjoy the sega genesis version.

12:58 you piece of sh*t Jeff, funniest part of the video 😂

I have never played this and I am blown away with how good this still is

1:03 You mean, 480i. 480p for consoles didn't exist until the Dreamcast came along with its VGA adapter.

I always liked how realistic the fighters move/animations, when I was young I was really in pro wrestling so I always picked Wolf.

If you master these throws ,the correct scenarios and the reflex time, the computer will not have an answer to any of this and the game will be cake

Virtua fighter is a fantastic series that deserves more attention. For vf6 there needs to have story for each character instead of using an article to get the story.

VF2 was my first tournament win at a recreation center. went undefeated. Then our Saturn was dropped and VF2 broke 😓😢

VF2 was literally the first Fighting Game I ever played. I had it on PC and hated having to play it on a Keyboard. It took forever to learn how to play but The glorious soundtrack solely motivated me to get through it. To this day it’s one of my fondest memories.

I super love Virtua Fighter's iconic jingle . Tururuu!

Remember getting this on the saturn!!!

Arcade was 1994, Saturn was December 1996. Still super impressive at the time.

Jacky's downward closed fist punch ... my friend called "the bitch slap"

VF2 is easily the best fighting game of the 90's. As a kid who had a Saturn while everyone else had a PS1, this was the game that made all my friends think twice about their choice of console. I actually managed to score a Virtua Stick still in the shrinkwrap a few years ago. Best fight stick I have ever used.

What an amazing game, playing as Wolf and Kage was so awesome. My top 3 games.

Influential is right! VF2 remains in my top 10 fighting games of all time for a reason. Twenty eight years later it's still satisfying as ever to whoop people with Pai and Lion.

Kids today wouldnt understand how important and mind blowing virtua fighter 2 was back in 94... if it wasn't for virtua fighter it wouldn't be no tekken,dead or alive,and the rest of the 3d fighting games we know today.

20:45.... That redirect to the jumping double kick.... That a perfect end to that round. It was like clockwork. Lol.

Virtua Fighter 2 definetly made me. I grew up poor, we got a saturn on clearance in 1998/1999. Vf2 was one of the 3 free games and several other games because toys r us had their saturn games in clearance when I got it. A long with the 3 free pack I got clockwork knight 1 and 2, nights, and Last Bronx only cost my mom $5 a piece.

Man I loved virtua fighter on the sega Saturn

It looks so good. Hell, Ehrgeiz looked and played smoothly pretty much the exact same as this.

I've grown to really love the Saturn in recent years. Those arcade ports were just so damn good.

yeah my Saturn came with VF2, Virtua Cop and Daytona USA. Great times - my favorite thing to do in this was get Wolf's giant swing lol

I never own a Saturn but i still remember playing VF 2 for the first time on Arcade. The game was mind blowing. Oh man i can’t wait for VF 6 😣

*Wasn’t nothing like waking up early morning fixing a big ass bowl of cereal watching all you favorite cartoons then hoping on the Sega Saturn to play Virtual Fighter.....those were the days I wish Sega would have put more effort into making both the Sega Saturn & Dreamcast both consoles imo is highly underrated...Just imagine if Sega combined the Sega Saturn & Dreamcast together and make a powerhouse console with updated technology that would be dope as hell*

VF2 is a classic no doubt. SEGA also had great ports of Last Bronx and Fighting Vipers on the Saturn

VF2 is so good man. Thanks for playing this Max!

I always loved that Jacky and Sarah got a different stage and song. Also Pai with those dang shwooshing sounds were the bane of my childhood

Probably the most underrated fighter ever extremely good as proven to be the most respected fighter ever using real styles and moves real damage not projectiles and stuff like that a real fighting game also the music kicks ass

This music low-key slaps

Is crasy that Virtual Fighter 2 looks beeter than many Plastation 1 games.

Still one of my favorite older 3D fighting games. Fighting Akira at the time was probably the most different and difficult, but fun.

This unlocked a memory i didnt know i had, i was born in 2000 & i honesty didnt know i played this until the menu screen & was hit w a shit ton of memories durin the character select

Virtua Fighter 2 was my first fighting game I really got into. Before VF2 I only played 4D boxing and One Must fall: 2097. I remember my oldest brother was only playing Jacky, my other brother only played Sarah and I manage to master Kage! Didn't know how to say Kage so I always said Cage! Also, big crush on Sarah Bryant as kiddo, dem pixel arts back in the days! Lastly, Ride of the Tiger - Akiras theme is still my nr 1 favourite soundtrack from any fighting game (MK main theme doesn't count because it's legendary). It gets me way more hyped than any Street fighter song!

VF2 on Saturn was legendary.

Hell yeah, VF2!!

Easy way to cheese the AI is to back away quickly. They will almost always run at you and are open to a free throw with the right timing. Only works in 2.1 mode through.

sega is my favorite game company of all times; always wish they'd won the console wars... or at least not lost

Literally this morning I setup Sega Saturn emulator play this just because and then this video pops up in my recommend.

I don’t make it a habit to fight the elderly

Dural headbutted your groin area and then... the end hahaha!

The amount of hours I put in to this game on Saturn. 100s of hours. Submitted Akira FAQS to GameFAQS for it too. Just seeing this now, all the combos I'd use with him just popped back into my mind like I did them yesterday. What an excellent game.

For me VF2 still looks like it's coming from the future. SO GOOD. I was there when Sega was fighting back PSX with all they have. VF2, Sega Rally, Virtua Cop 1and 2, Panzer Dragoon 2. What a time. I still think one can argue VF2 is the best looking game on that gen.

Learning Akira Yuki character is the main reason why I am interest in understanding & analyzing animation frame speeds.

VF & VF2 were easily the 2 games I spent the most quarters on until getting it on console. I don't think it can be properly explained how groundbreaking VF was for fighting games, particularly 3D fighting games

this was defnitely the game that sold me on a saturn too i got one and never looked back.

Sega saturn was one of the consoles that eluded me at those times. Never owned one and i only got a chance to play it once at my friend's place. The only game he had was that college version of nba jam that midway made- i forgot the name of it, but i'm sure there some people who knows what the name was.

VF2 was my first fighting game on the Sega Saturn back when I was a kid.

That head dive to the nuts was a brutal way to end the game

Grew up with VF2 in the arcades, played almost every game in the series after that, VF2 and VFFS are my favorites.

13:12 👈😲 *.Jeffrey destroyed Jacky.*

💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA💖💖💖SEGA!!!