Virtua Fighter 3

Welcome to the future of 3D fighting games, and the showcase for the mid-90s technological spectacle of the Model 3 board. Unfortunately, $10,000 cabinets meant that Virtua Fighter 3 didn't get anywhere near as much traction in Europe and the US as it did in Asia, and Western players had to actively search out the nearest machines to them. Some cabinets even had dollar bill acceptors built in!

When was the last time you were happy? Your towel awaits you.

This version of Virtua Fighter 3 did not have an official home port much like Virtua Fighter 3tb until Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, where this version was included alongside the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 3tb (the latter is not to be mistaken for its outsourced Dreamcast port).

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Prerelease Info

Unused Voice Samples#

As with Virtua Fighter 2, all characters except for Lau and Shun have a "Game Over" voice clip recorded to play for when the continue timer runs out. However, unlike Virtua Fighter 2, ranking mode is always on by default, so a play summary is loaded when the timer runs down. Even with ranking turned off (which requires changing the game's settings on the operator level), you only get a "Game Over" announcer voice at the end. Thus, these clips are never heard outside of the sound test.

Unused Music#

Alternate Stage Themes#

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Some default stage tracks were changed between the location test and the final release. These tracks can be heard in the Dural variants of each stage in Virtua Fighter 3tb's versus mode, with some of the tracks later appearing in Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown via Legendary Pack DLC.

Short Tracks#

These non-looping tracks go unused in both versions of the game, all which now have an official release thanks to the release of Virtua Fighter 3tb Online and the VF3tb PREMIUM MUSIC COLLECTION. The first closely resembles the song "Midnight Rendezvous" by Casiopea, but it's now titled as "Unused/True Behind The Scenes Beginning (VF3/1996)". The second could most likely be an earlier version of the results screen music, with a full version of the track later used in the re-release as a menu selection for Virtua Fighter 3tb Online, now titled as "Entry (VF3tb Online/2023)". The third unused track was originally supposed to be used for the Game Over and Result screen.

Oddities#

Sarah's Stage Train#

Not unused, but an incredibly tough Easter egg. The train in the background of Sarah's subway stage is actually a stage hazard – the only such thing in series history. If you are fast enough at the start of a round, you can actually maneuver a character smack into the side of the moving train, which reduces its victim to a single point of life. It's virtually impossible for this to happen by accident – you have to be trying it intentionally, and even then it's tough to pull off.