Vanessa Lewis is a Vale Tudo/Muay Thai kickboxer with two completely separate moves sets that can be switched between on the fly, and Lei-Fei, a Shaolin monk, employs many stances that flow into one another. The two new characters, Vanessa Lewis and Lei-Fei, had moves that employed these properties significantly more than the returning cast, and were quite experimental for Virtua Fighter characters. A new move type called a Sabaki was added an attack that also doubles as a reversal versus one or more move types. Virtua Fighter 4 allowed the player to escape as many throws as they could, and lengthened the window for performing a successful throw escape during an evade. The evade + throw escape option select, which was an advanced technique discovered in Virtua Fighter 3, was expanded upon. When evades were not performed with the proper timing, they were unsuccessful, leaving the fighter vulnerable. The evasion system was revamped from Virtua Fighter 3, the evade button was removed, and evades were split into two types: successful and unsuccessful. Virtua Fighter 4 became much more streamlined and user-friendly than its predecessors, while expanding on old ideas and adding new techniques. VF4 allows the option to skip the current command, view the move (computer controlled), or enable advice.Ĭhanges from Virtua Fighter 3 Gameplay changes The command for the move is displayed and the player executes the command-moving to the next one.
VF4's training mode consists of three sections: The mode consisted of an encyclopedia of fighting game terms, complete character command list walkthroughs, tips on all of the games mechanics, recommended character combos, alternative options for failed combos, detailed command input timings, slow motion for frame counting and timing, and other useful training tips. Virtua Fighter 4 introduced a comprehensive training mode. Dural is unlocked by completing this mode along with Arcade Mode. Virtua Fighter 4's version of Quest Mode. Conveyor Belt (Character: Dural wall: no wall size: 10 x 10m).Temple (Character: Lei Fei wall: breakable size: 12 x 12m).Shrine (Character: Aoi Umenokouji wall: no wall size: 14 x 14m).Gymnasium (Character: Akira Yuki wall: breakable size: 12 x 12m).Garden (Character: Kage-Maru wall: no wall size: 14 x 14m).Colosseum (Character: Sarah Bryant wall: breakable size: 12 x 12m).