For those of you curious about the US Version's story: In the distant future, the Solar Cannon apparently DOES exist on the moon, so the government sends terminals that control the Virtuaroids to the past (our present) disguised as the Virtual On arcade machines (yes, really), hoping that players (like you!) can skillfully pilot the Virtuaroids to unknowingly save future Earth, while thinking it's just a game... Yeah, I think if our last hope against an apocolyptic moon cannon in the future is sending arcade machines to the past, we're pretty screwed 😜

I used to throw my birthday bash at the arcade until it closed in my area around 2008 and this was a favorite amongst my friends to duel it out because we were no good at street fighter at the time. The controls always felt precise and snappy and the dual joystick thing was always so cool to play... Thanks for the cool video nostalgia I randomly thought of this and I didn't even know they had a remake for the PS2

You missed out on an interesting bit about VOs story: Only pilots that are VO+ (a special factor rarely found in people) are capable of piloting the virtuaroids. And the war against the MoonGate was going badly, with almost every VO+ pilot available dying. Desperate for VO+ pilots, the DN group (the world dominating megacorporation) develop specialised remote cockpits disguised as arcade cabinets and sent them back in time to videogame arcades in the 90s. Every time a player (YOU. YES. YOU) plays the game, you are being evaluated for your potential VO+ factor through various simulated battles on Earth (the first 5 stages in arcade mode). After your evaluation, your cockpit is connected to an orbital hanger as you are told that you are now fighting for real (the warning notification before you get your ranking and connected to space). The 3 stages after are against the resistance you face at 3 separate areas as you traverse from your landing point at the Space Dock, the entry point of the MoonGates Moonbase. And travelling down the elevator in the Death Shaft. This games story is criminally underrated for it creativity for being meta.

ive just played the original virtual on machine today at a local arcade and i think its my new favorite game, its so fun and cool i love how it feels!

Used to play this at the arcade back in the day. Had the PC version of it too which was great. Underrated series!

18:00 - 19:00 something to add when it comes to maneuvers - Learn to Jump Cancel (Jump then Crouch/Guard, Twin Stick Out -> Twin Stick In) It instantly homes you in facing the opponent and lands you on the ground immediately with no delay to dash There are ranged crouching attacks you can use to your advantage as well

I never new there were such adorable girly Giant Robots! 💖 Awesome video!! 🤟

Beautiful collection on the background man, congratulations ! Also crazy good video on the Virtual On and everything

Bro you unlocked me a memory. I remember when I was child and my grandfa used to take me to the arcade called "futurama" near of my house . I met Virtual On and I played so much that game. My grandfa past away but this game reminds me when I visited Futurama Arcade with him. My grandfa introduce me to the gaming. :) Thanks for this video. I will look for the twin stick accesory I wanna live that memories again.

This gives me to much nostalgia, I've been looking for this game for years but could never remember the name!

It turns out the English patch for Bulk Slash includes compatibility for the twin sticks! Between this, that, gungriffon, and Dreamcast support, I might have to pick one of these up.

This game came included for free with the purchase of a Compaq Presario pc in 1997, and I played it ALL the time when I was growing up. 😂

Your intro made me think of the Dreamcast bios boot screen

Virtual On is the best fighting game of all time. It was an absolute huge game in Japan, drawing Street Fighter II numbers to the arcade. I played my first Virtual On game at E3 in LA. This game is notoriously difficult to learn and has extremely high mastery level. Not only are their the standard moves and attacks, including jets (flying in a straight line on the ground, jumping which is a flying up in the air, single and two button attacks, etc. plus a whole series of close-up melee attacks, plus blocking. ) However, if you really REALLY know how to play, you not only knew how and when to use these moves, you know how and when to cancel these moves. Each of the major motion moves (jump, jet, 2 button weapons) has a cancel mode where you execute the move, then cancel it immediately, for a huge functionality and also avoiding the drawbacks of such moves. All of these moves, uncancelled, will leave you vulnerable afterward. Think of performing a special move in SF2 like throwing a fireball or landing after a missed attack...you can get thrown easily. Jets cancel lets you stop right away and lets you fire weapons/attack again right away. Jump cancel lets you quickly turn to auto face/target your enemy. 2 button weapons cancel, by far the toughest move to pull off, basically turns you into a hyper mode that reminds you of when Super Mario picks up a star buff.

fun review from a fellow New Jerseyan

Wow watching you explain the twin stick controls blew my mind, I was figuring it was gonna be, left stick moves the mech and the right controls the camera, that looks likes a learning curve

Regarding that $400 price tag, that came with a game and built in memory. With a PlayStation, you had to buy the game and buy a memory card. Even though the battery life dies, and I think mine last well over a year and I play it often, it is still cool to be able to save your memory internally, without having to use a memory card, like on the PlayStation.

10:50 review part 19:32 twin stick

Standard gameplay would be a dash into dash cancel, jump cancel, dash forward then beam attack. Almost always hits except against speedy foes like Viper and Feiyen and even Bal Bas Bow, and those with beam cancelling bombs (Temjin and Dorkas). Against AI is just a 100% hit rate.

I wish this was more avaible on modern consoles other then the one included in yakuza kiwami 2

I always wanted a Virtual On machine. Maybe a Saturn.

Sanshiro is literally just a prototype kazuma kiryu

Awesome and excellent review! I played the heck outta this demo on the Sega Screams vol. 2 demo disk. I need to buy it for my 13 year old self. Did you try playing the game with the 3D control pad as well? Appreciate you documenting all the games in the series. Had no clue it was on Xbox 360 or PS4!

I'm interested in Virtual On. I do need some Twin Sticks though.

dat intro is fire ngl whats the inspiration from?

I never realized that Jag was a punishment for going too slow. I always fought him and just killed them. I loved the arcade machines and the pc version. Too bad windows 10 cant run it. Windows 7 could run it till you died. Then it would crash. I remember the robot that I did the best with was the floating one. For some reason on the pc version if you used the jump version of your middle it would chunk the final bosses health. No other robot did this so I found it funny.

i like sonic r music also! other peeps hate on it tho

I wish they would at least rerelease the virtual-on series on modern consoles. The only version I can play is the xbox arcade port.

HAJIME KATOKI.

the saturn twinstic has an annoying input delay

Honestly the American storyline looks so stupid I want to hear it! By the way, great professionalism opening up the video! High quality video and deserves more views!

HEY EINSTEIN!! all you say about Virtual On up to this point 3:11 is literally how ANY fighting game is play.... you NEVER win in a fighting game by BUTTON SMASHING.

yakuza kiwami 2 brang me here

Mfw clearly a gm

So ,you are bankrupt.

I'd be honest after that review I'm...still not convinced to give this game a try sorry I'm not mostly a robot mech fighting guy I sometimes enjoy watching anime on robot mech's but games mostly not and I am bummed you didn't put the joke I wanted to see in the review but great review.