Virtua Fighter (universe)

Virtua Fighter (universe)
Developer(s)	Sega Various
Publisher(s)	Sega
Designer(s)	Yu Suzuki Seiichi Ishii
Genre(s)	Fighting
Console/platform of origin	Arcade
First installment	Virtua Fighter (1993)
Latest installment	Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Version B (2015)

Virtua Fighter (バーチャファイター, Virtua Fighter) is Sega's long-running series of fighting games, notable for inventing the 3D fighting game.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Virtua Fighter is represented in this game by downloadable content costumes for Mii Brawlers based on Akira Yuki, the main protagonist of the series, as he appears in the first Virtua Fighter game, and Jacky Bryant as he appears in the fifth game.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Ultimate, Akira appears as an Assist Trophy, still in his original polygonal model from the first game, with recycled voice clips from Virtua Fighter 4. Both Akira and Jacky Bryant also return as downloadable costumes for the Mii Brawler.

Spirit

The following characters from the series are spirits.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Ability
1,294		Akira		★★★★ (Legend)	Fist Attack ↑

Trivia

• Virtua Fighter is the only third-party Assist Trophy universe to not have a standalone game on Nintendo Switch. The Sega Genesis version of Virtua Fighter 2 is available as part of the Sega Genesis Classics compilation for the Switch.