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“Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.” Producer Letter #5✉





Source: https://x.com/VF_SEGA/status/1935155510346428636

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Famitsu Sales: May 26, 2025 – June 01, 2025

1. [PS5] Elden Ring Nightreign (Bandai Namco, 05/30/25) – 42,758 (New)
2. [NSW] FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time (LEVEL-5, 05/21/25) – 11,756 (94,724)
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13. [NSW] Steam-Heart’s & Advanced Variable Geo Saturn Tribute (City-Connection, 05/29/25) – 2,753 (New)
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21. [NSW] Sonic Wings Reunion (SUCCESS Corporation, 05/29/25) – 1,387 (New)
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29. [NSW] Fuga: Melodies of Steel (CyberConnect2, 05/29/25) – 1,190 (New)
30. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos, 12/03/20) – 1,142 (341,231)

Article: https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/famitsu-sales-5-26-25-6-1-25

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Digital Eclipse head of production Stephen Frost expresses desire to work on a Saturn fighting game collection

When asked about what sort of retro game collections he’d like for Digital Eclipse to be able to make in the future, Mr. Frost, himself a former employee of Sega of America, first talked about how keen he’d be on a collection of games based around corporate mascots such as Cool Spot (1993), Yo! Noid (1990), and Pepsiman (1999). After that was when he talked about the games you really wanna hear about. (I can see it on your face from way across the internet)

“The other idea, because I’m a fighting game fan, would be to do a Sega Saturn-based fighting game collection,” he continues. “So all the fighting games from the Sega Saturn: the Virtua Fighters, Fighting Vipers, all that stuff in a collection. I think that would be really popular.”

Digital Eclipse’s collections tend to not only be pretty good at reproducing the look and performance of classic games, but they’re also known to jam pack their collections with a bevy of archival material, including high quality box art and manual scans, concept art, design documents, printed advertisements, and ...

Article : https://segabits.com/blog/2025/06/19/digital-eclipse-head-of-production-stephen-frost-expresses-desire-to-work-on-a-saturn-fighting-game-collection/

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Japan: Best-selling Nintendo Switch eShop games for May 2025

1. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Digital Deluxe Edition
2. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
3. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Destiny Remastered
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6. Tokimeki Memorial Forever with You Emotional
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16. Tokimeki Memorial Forever with You Emotional Deluxe Edition
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19. Capcom Fighting Collection 2
20. Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake

Article: https://nintendoeverything.com/japan-best-selling-nintendo-switch-eshop-games-for-may-2025-fantasy-life-i-dominates/

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Digital Eclipse head of production Stephen Frost expresses desire to work on a Saturn fighting game collection







Article : https://segabits.com/blog/2025/06/19/digital-eclipse-head-of-production-stephen-frost-expresses-desire-to-work-on-a-saturn-fighting-game-collection/

I'm hoping that iif we ever get a Sega roster fighting game, it will have the following:

• It will NOT be a platform fighter like Smash Bros. The critics never said a word over games like Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl or Multiversus being anything like Smash Bros., but the moment Sega will do it, they will be quick to regard it a "rip-off" or "answer" to Smash Bros. than regard it it's own thing.
• Maybe a blend of 3D fighting like Virtua Fighter and Fighting Vipers, but with some platforming like Power Stones or Dissidia.
• That it will be an official sequel to "Fighters Megamix". Critics can't argue or compare it to the Smash Bros. series if it's a sequel to an older game.

Maybe call it "Sega All-Stars: Fighters Megamix" or something like that. I'd rather the game rest on the laurels of Fighters Megamix over critics comparing it to Smash Bros.