

The physical energy meter could also be adjusted to infinity as well, giving you the advantage when beating opponents in the game or practicing moves against the computer player. The arena size could be adjusted up to a very small platform or all the way to 82 meters, which in the genre is considered very large this is the only game in the series - other than "Virtua Fighter Remix" - that could have such size adjustments. It became a huge hit in Japan and sold relatively well in other markets notably the UK, where "The Prince" (Hatim Habashi) was crowned by Sega Europe as the Official UK Virtua Fighter 2 Champion. The Saturn version was also extremely impressive for its time, especially given the system's 3D programming difficulties.

It used Sega's Model 2 arcade hardware to run the game at 60 frames per second at a high resolution with no slowdown. "VF2" was known for breakthrough graphics at the time. The Genesis/Mega Drive port was re-released on the PS2 and PSP in 2006 as part of " Sega Genesis Collection", and on the Virtual Console for the Nintendo Wii on Ma(Japan) and Ap(North America). In addition, "Virtua Fighter 2" was converted for the PlayStation 2 in 2004 as part of Sega's "Ages 2500" series in Japan. It was also ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1996, but because the hardware couldn't handle the complex visuals of the arcade version, it was re-made as a 2D fighter. In 1996, a super deformed version of the game, " Virtua Fighter Kids", arrived in arcades, ported to the Sega Saturn in the same year. It was subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn in 1995 and Microsoft Windows in 1997. It was created by the Sega's Yu Suzuki-headed AM2 and was released in the arcade in 1994. It is the sequel to " Virtua Fighter" and the second game in the "Virtua Fighter" series. "Virtua Fighter 2" is a fighting game developed by Sega. Input = 8-way joystick & 3 buttons, gamepad, mouse & keyboard

Platforms = Arcade, Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive, PlayStation 2, Windows, Virtual Console
