akira IMO is one of the harder character to use despite being the poster boy for the series. my advice for starting players is not to pick akira because hes cool looking but to get a feel for the basics such as guard and combo
virtua fighter 2 was a pain in my ass. I feel like everyone did their parries and reversals alot more back then than they do now. Especially him and pie. I expected to lose at least 5 times to akira before I won
If you start practising now, you'll still never be able to do half of what's in these videos in a real fight! Not sure I agree with Sega's philosophy for Akira, games should revolve around tactics and skill in battle, not skill in actually pressing the buttons in my opinion. Giving him very powerful moves that are hard to do just results in some people having access to them and everyone else unable to use them.
@retread01 That is why Akira is so loved though. Yes, you can be just as effective with Jacky with much less effort, but it just doesn't look as cool.
In Japan Virtua Fighter is considered as legendary as Street fighter...
Virtua fighter is for 3D fighting games what Street fighter is for 2D fighting games, Without Virtua Fighter there would be no Tekken, No DOA, No Soulcaliur etc...
vf is great but will never be as legendary as street fighter. not saying that because one is eaiser than the other, i just get more enjoyment out of street fighter always have always will. both games are amazing. just my opinion
@hellocrazy1 Virtua Fighter actually has depth, and Tekken is all juggles. Not to say this series doesn't have juggles, it just relies 90% on them as the core focus of gameplay. You'd might as well be playing a Capcom vs. game if you just want to juggle people all day with the same two moves.
IDK, for 1 both have their Similarities, both are always looking forwards to their next bouts and also always seeking self improvement; 2 their fighting styles are very brutal- at times deadly if unleashed at full power, 3 both are Japanese- wear keikogi (tattered usually) and hachimaki
i play street fighter and virtual fighter my main in street is ryu in vf is akria but man akira is a man with balls its a fucking bad ass and when i do the combos i feel the fucking ground to sake Juunen hayaindayo!akira for ever
Never could play as him but I cannot help but be impressed by Akira. He makes counter games and defensive shoving look awesome. It'll be cool if there is a fighting style like his in real life.
hmmm, impressive combos nevertheless - however, I couldnt help but notice tho that between 0:25 and 0:50 the game mode was "Watch Mode" - 2 ai computer controlled characters selected by the player to play against each other. A lot of those reversals are actually very hard to pull off within the millisecond you get! Take it from someone who has owned a copy of VF2 for quite some time now =) nice video tho.
Akira Yuki is definitely one of the top fighters if not the top of the virtual Fighter series. The Japanese ass kicker w the cool hair. What every teengage boy and man looks up to or would like to be. And he is definitely a "shover". Just observe his style Hokyokuken. tyring to imitate it looks ridiculous if you don't have power behind it. AKIRA RULES!!!
Without a doubt, Hakyokuken is a martial art without equal in VF. The "Eight Direction Fist" has a technique to adress nearly any type of attack. It is no wonder that Ryo Hazuki from the Shenmue series was based off of Akira Yuki of VF.
akira is the most difficult fighter to master in vf but once you do you're like a god!btw he's completely based of ryu,even his bg music in vf 2 its very similar to ryu's frm sf2.
Sure he was, if you never played any other figthing game.
Karate Champ`s japaneze guy, had a headband and a long blond haired rival just like Ken. The artwork is the same. SF Ryu didnt even had torn cloathes in SF1.
A 7 year old moron who cant type properly played a 20 year old franchise? Get the fuck out.
Karate Champ was the figther of the 80`s, and it had numerous spin offs for several arcades. The primitive sprite work not showing what is in the artwork means diddly. You can barely tell Ryu and Ken apart in SF1 if not for the color of the Gi.
So, if you know about Champ, and know other figthing franchises also older than SF. like Fist of the North Star, or Dragonball, or Karate Kid (Jonny from Cobra Kai Dojo) and shit, why do you give a hard time to a character that only follows Ryu`s karate look with a 2nd costume and not Ryu himself?
I always chose Akira in every Virtua Fighter game. I've mastered a lot of his moves, except the Hougeki Unshin Soukoshou (1:29). I always had a hard time performing that technique since it's really tricky to do.
sic man. your mad nice wit akira. i finally learned all his combos buti cant link em togethor as fast as you can. and i cant get the reversals down yet either.
Akira has probably the strongest and sickest combos, plus i like the combo in 1:24. I also like when the lightning strikes nearly at the end of the combo along with Akira's roar! As if a sign of Akira's true strenght.
akira is the most hadest charater to use in the game his moves have to be so precised and timed just right or they will not work nice move at 01:29/30
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that attack at 0:31? what stinks about the virtua fighter series, is that if you master it, you can sail straight to the end of the game without being touched. no joke; if you perfect the timing down to RIGHT as they strike, or attempt a throw, its possible to sail through the entire game without losing a single round. Akira is just cheap as hell; I hate using him. The game just isn't fun playing as Akira.
dam at the end you metaphorically raped dural XDD
sicknez999 1 month ago
leo from tekken has the same fighting style as akira! awesome. but akira > leo
rjlegarte 2 months ago
Akira is Chuck Norris's #1 student.
Mitjitsu 3 months ago
akira IMO is one of the harder character to use despite being the poster boy for the series. my advice for starting players is not to pick akira because hes cool looking but to get a feel for the basics such as guard and combo
go555ace 4 months ago 2
wow.....awesome video great job....virtua fighter always had great music!! :D
hwoaranghotness 4 months ago
Counter elbow assault ? 0:49
SickHedgehog777 4 months ago
Bravo !!! very good video, thumbs up :)
alundrin 5 months ago
Akira doesn't need hadouken and all those all lame moves.
DarKKnightt07 5 months ago
virtua fighter 2 was a pain in my ass. I feel like everyone did their parries and reversals alot more back then than they do now. Especially him and pie. I expected to lose at least 5 times to akira before I won
JayBiggz 10 months ago
1:09 Ring out! haha funny he's suppose to say OMG!
zaraki888 10 months ago
Akira's style is brutal. Prolly the most brutal in a 3D fighting game.
NMFlemzy 10 months ago
@NMFlemzy Goh Hinogami, Astaroth and Bryan Fury beg to differ.
Lioyd1rving 9 months ago
@Lioyd1rving Not Astraroth, Bryan has a good shout though
NMFlemzy 9 months ago
If you start practising now, you'll still never be able to do half of what's in these videos in a real fight! Not sure I agree with Sega's philosophy for Akira, games should revolve around tactics and skill in battle, not skill in actually pressing the buttons in my opinion. Giving him very powerful moves that are hard to do just results in some people having access to them and everyone else unable to use them.
retread01 11 months ago
@retread01 That is why Akira is so loved though. Yes, you can be just as effective with Jacky with much less effort, but it just doesn't look as cool.
D31C1D3 8 months ago
akira is ryu brother
joyced1971 1 year ago
YOUYINDHINDAYIYO!!!!
THeBeAtLe121 1 year ago
@THeBeAtLe121 Juu'nen hayain dayo!*
ninjaguy4 11 months ago
In Japan Virtua Fighter is considered as legendary as Street fighter...
Virtua fighter is for 3D fighting games what Street fighter is for 2D fighting games, Without Virtua Fighter there would be no Tekken, No DOA, No Soulcaliur etc...
superwhootyshaker5 1 year ago 4
@superwhootyshaker5 indeed
FIGHTFANNERD3 1 year ago
can somebody tell me the name of the bgm? i heard it in a vf5 video. is it from vf5, vf5r, or vf5 fs?
go555ace 1 year ago
i used to just play paper scissors stone with akira in VF3 when counters were piss easy. Loved it.
Staff777 1 year ago
Epic song! Good old Vf2... Miss you so much xD
danteMdie 1 year ago
Imagine a Virtua Fighter v.s Dead or Alive isnt that going to be fucking cool?
jokerxXxjenny 1 year ago
loool this guy looks like the poor mans ryu
borninthe90sdecade 1 year ago
vf is great but will never be as legendary as street fighter. not saying that because one is eaiser than the other, i just get more enjoyment out of street fighter always have always will. both games are amazing. just my opinion
icon3867 1 year ago
WHAT A BEAST!!!
dexterme 1 year ago
this game good but boring
might aswell play tekken cause its just the same
tel me whats different about tekken and this game then
hellocrazy1 1 year ago
@hellocrazy1 Virtua Fighter actually has depth, and Tekken is all juggles. Not to say this series doesn't have juggles, it just relies 90% on them as the core focus of gameplay. You'd might as well be playing a Capcom vs. game if you just want to juggle people all day with the same two moves.
TofuTehSurvivor 1 year ago
@TofuTehSurvivor yeah true
hellocrazy1 1 year ago
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this is just like tekken
no fucking difference
just the same but less less less moves
hellocrazy1 1 year ago
Im a tekken fan and a virtua fighter fan AND these 2 games are totally different...
ShiroKreuz 1 year ago
@ShiroKreuz Thank you. I'm glad someone knows the difference. It bothers me to see people calling them the same game.
TofuTehSurvivor 1 year ago
VF FOREVER!!!
F U C K ALL VF HATERS!!!
VirtuaFighter5R 2 years ago 2
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Ryu pwns Akira
Funny how this song is trying to rip off Ryu's SF2 theme song hahahahahahahaha
LVL95ForumTroll 2 years ago
Gotta Love Bajiquan.
eidairman1 2 years ago 3
@ 1:08
Akira used his telekinetic powers!
chamillionator8 2 years ago 5
the counter system for akira back then was fucking retarted and hard to pull off
2005cbc 2 years ago
btw Akira is alot cooler than Ryu will ever be
KevinPhil1990 2 years ago 35
stop ur fucking whineing and shut the fuck up so annoying jit...
tman3276 2 years ago
IDK, for 1 both have their Similarities, both are always looking forwards to their next bouts and also always seeking self improvement; 2 their fighting styles are very brutal- at times deadly if unleashed at full power, 3 both are Japanese- wear keikogi (tattered usually) and hachimaki
eidairman1 2 years ago 2
i play street fighter and virtual fighter my main in street is ryu in vf is akria but man akira is a man with balls its a fucking bad ass and when i do the combos i feel the fucking ground to sake Juunen hayaindayo!akira for ever
MetatroN197924 1 year ago
@KevinPhil1990 Hell no Ryu is love by the world but Akira is cool too
MALDASF 1 year ago
@MALDASF both seek perfection in their techniques and their next challenge
eidairman1 1 year ago
@eidairman1
They both are my favorite fighter cause they fight to get stronger but Ryu will always be the original
MALDASF 1 year ago
@KevinPhil1990 ryu came 1st and he can do HADOOOOKEN!
Thegoldstarman 1 year ago
@Thegoldstarman For the love of God man, the comment you rplied to is OVER A YEAR OLD!
KevinPhil1990 1 year ago
@KevinPhil1990 for the love of god its still a great comment!!!
Thegoldstarman 1 year ago
@KevinPhil1990 Who isn't these days?
Neofcon 1 year ago
@KevinPhil1990 i wouldnt count on that.
roclee11 1 year ago
@KevinPhil1990 noo ryu is classic and will destroy akira :D
TomnMazProductions 7 months ago
@KevinPhil1990 great music my favourite player what else can i ask in this video akira forever
MetatroN197924 6 months ago
Akira Yuki OWNED!!!!!
Stormdarkness02 2 years ago
Never could play as him but I cannot help but be impressed by Akira. He makes counter games and defensive shoving look awesome. It'll be cool if there is a fighting style like his in real life.
DaELFGokulio 2 years ago
Bajiquan, look it up
7SaintChristopher7 2 years ago
Best virtua fighter BY FAR => 3
Any arguments against it will fail, considering 3 is the most pro oriented one
Second best => vf 4 evo
Thanks all, and dont talk unless you dont know the stuff
Xecutionner2K 2 years ago
This japanese character is a copy from Ryu ^^
Xecutionner2K 2 years ago
He may have a slight resemblance to Ryu in appearance but the similarities end there. There fighting styles are nothing alike.
jjg624 2 years ago
If you are talking about the basic look, Ryu wasent the first figther to use it in a figthing game.
Karate Champ used 8 years before.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
yeah but they did'nt wear headbands and torn sleeves LOL!
anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
Wu Lianzhi all the way!
7SaintChristopher7 3 years ago
wow graphics are bad untiill number 5
kigo555 3 years ago
Have you played 3 and evo?
Give it a chance. They look great in person, if you noticed the years they were made.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
love the music. akira's theme from vf2
ginnopogi2 3 years ago
check the top left hand corner of the screen during 0:25 - 0:50 if you dont believe me =)
xDriver4 3 years ago
hmmm, impressive combos nevertheless - however, I couldnt help but notice tho that between 0:25 and 0:50 the game mode was "Watch Mode" - 2 ai computer controlled characters selected by the player to play against each other. A lot of those reversals are actually very hard to pull off within the millisecond you get! Take it from someone who has owned a copy of VF2 for quite some time now =) nice video tho.
xDriver4 3 years ago
karate kid XD
Xemguil 3 years ago
Akira Yuki is definitely one of the top fighters if not the top of the virtual Fighter series. The Japanese ass kicker w the cool hair. What every teengage boy and man looks up to or would like to be. And he is definitely a "shover". Just observe his style Hokyokuken. tyring to imitate it looks ridiculous if you don't have power behind it. AKIRA RULES!!!
carnotaur 3 years ago
Without a doubt, Hakyokuken is a martial art without equal in VF. The "Eight Direction Fist" has a technique to adress nearly any type of attack. It is no wonder that Ryo Hazuki from the Shenmue series was based off of Akira Yuki of VF.
DevilTC 3 years ago 2
akira is the best fighter
melatten 3 years ago
akira is the most difficult fighter to master in vf but once you do you're like a god!btw he's completely based of ryu,even his bg music in vf 2 its very similar to ryu's frm sf2.
anirudhkrishnamani 3 years ago
And Ryu is based on other figthers,
The basic "karate look" isent original by any means.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
plz!
but why should he have torned sleeves?? with a headband??
he could wear normal karate clothes right??
anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
You can ask the same about SF Ryu. Why wear the headband and torn sleeves that others have showed?
For the record, Akira`s original suit looks definatly more like a real martial arts suit.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
sf ryu was the first with the headband and torn sleeves everybody knows it dumbass!
anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
Sure he was, if you never played any other figthing game.
Karate Champ`s japaneze guy, had a headband and a long blond haired rival just like Ken. The artwork is the same. SF Ryu didnt even had torn cloathes in SF1.
Get out here with your ignorance.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
dude your such a f*cking liar!
i've played karate champ my-self yes the japanese guy wore white and the other wore red but he was'nt blonde!
and no headbands!!
btw they had full sleeves!
DUDE!
stop supporting the design blindly!
btw have you watched karate kid??MOVIE??
he wore a headband its common in most games but not a headband and torn sleeves..
anyways i'm done arguing with you because u are incorrigible!
anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
A 7 year old moron who cant type properly played a 20 year old franchise? Get the fuck out.
Karate Champ was the figther of the 80`s, and it had numerous spin offs for several arcades. The primitive sprite work not showing what is in the artwork means diddly. You can barely tell Ryu and Ken apart in SF1 if not for the color of the Gi.
Moron.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
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anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
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you fucking blow job!
i knw dat karate champ came way b4 sf but akira yuki is still a clone of ryu.
go fuck your self!
anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
So, if you know about Champ, and know other figthing franchises also older than SF. like Fist of the North Star, or Dragonball, or Karate Kid (Jonny from Cobra Kai Dojo) and shit, why do you give a hard time to a character that only follows Ryu`s karate look with a 2nd costume and not Ryu himself?
Blowjob, indeed. And a bad one at that.
MisterWhat 2 years ago
errrmm...
Akira is NOT a clone of Ryu.
Akira doesn't have stupid fireballs coming into existence out of nowhere from his hands, Akira isnt jumping rediculous heights...
Plus, the whole 'headband, torn sleeves thing' is rediculous.
Coe on honestly.
KevinPhil1990 2 years ago 2
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not interested in arguing anymore so fuck off!
anirudhkrishnamani 2 years ago
congratulations and thank you :-) !
FLOJO10492134 2 years ago
*baby cry*
MisterWhat 2 years ago
how the hell did you do that shitt?!?! I really suck on akira...
Omegashenron1992 3 years ago 4
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xDriver4 3 years ago
Could he really do the stun palm of doom in the very first VF?
tedlicious 3 years ago
No. That's from the anniversary version, which is basically VF4 with VF1 graphics and some tweaks (classic floaty jumps).
tapamn 3 years ago
He's by far the best character in the game but it takes so long to master his moves...
buck22dblaze 3 years ago 3
I always chose Akira in every Virtua Fighter game. I've mastered a lot of his moves, except the Hougeki Unshin Soukoshou (1:29). I always had a hard time performing that technique since it's really tricky to do.
Ryufan100 3 years ago
akira is pretty hard to master.....
glitch509 3 years ago 15
Bro, I dread if I have to fight someone while this song is playin. Ride the Tiger is my song I listen to it every day.
biglalways 3 years ago
sic man. your mad nice wit akira. i finally learned all his combos buti cant link em togethor as fast as you can. and i cant get the reversals down yet either.
JayBiggz 3 years ago
Throwback Virtua Fighter!!!!!
NuttyThug 3 years ago
Akira has probably the strongest and sickest combos, plus i like the combo in 1:24. I also like when the lightning strikes nearly at the end of the combo along with Akira's roar! As if a sign of Akira's true strenght.
Grayfox82 3 years ago 6
nice video, akira's cool, even tho I never rly used him bk in the day..
xDriver4 3 years ago
Akira's my favorite I like his F,F,P elbow move I can ace anyone with it. I do'nt know how to perform much on his moves though.
moochie102 4 years ago 2
akira is the most hadest charater to use in the game his moves have to be so precised and timed just right or they will not work nice move at 01:29/30
unbornmaster 4 years ago
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that attack at 0:31? what stinks about the virtua fighter series, is that if you master it, you can sail straight to the end of the game without being touched. no joke; if you perfect the timing down to RIGHT as they strike, or attempt a throw, its possible to sail through the entire game without losing a single round. Akira is just cheap as hell; I hate using him. The game just isn't fun playing as Akira.
stardingo747 4 years ago
doesn't make a difference in mutliplayer now haha.
guitarownzj00 4 years ago
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Heihachi from tekken v.s. Akira??
Akubushi 4 years ago
akira
guitarownzj00 4 years ago
Say, which music is this?
mansuru 4 years ago
AKira's virtua fighter 2 music
moochie102 4 years ago 3
you mean his theme music or the opening theme of the game? it's cool regardless, makes him legendary. Akira rules.
mansuru 4 years ago
Kokoro's Ba JI Quan looks much better then that
flamefrost 4 years ago
Neh, I like Akira's better
mansuru 4 years ago 3
I don't know, if you've seen actual Baji, I'd say the explosive, hard-soft-then hard nature of Akira's is fairly accurate.
WarriorBoy 4 years ago
In my most honest opinion, Kokoro's Baji does resemble the real deal alot more to me. However, I will always like the feel of Akira more, lol.
Grad3zer0 3 years ago
I like this Akira theme song. Also Lau's and Sarah's
shavoba55 4 years ago
oops at 1:08
Hippy777 4 years ago
lol.
mansuru 4 years ago
I need to practice a lot with Akira.
6arcsn1sky 5 years ago