New version of Virtua Fighter 5R coming

Sega has announced that at their Yappa Sasobi Fest ‘09, there will be a new version of Virtua Fighter 5R available for demo. The company has made it clear on the official Virtua Fighter website that this is not the version that was on location test in several arcades last week, but rather a wholly new version of the game, complete with new title screen. This should be the upcoming version B of the game, but until Sega makes a formal announcement, everyone will just have to wait and see.

The demo will be free of charge to play, however players cannot use their existing IC cards with this demo, and there will be a win streak limit enforced. Yappa Asobi Festa 09 runs from March 14 - 15, at the TFT Building in Tokyo.

Edit (1:00pm)
Sega also updated VF.net with their official list of Star Players, who are recognized as the very best players in the country. It seems that Sega will be doing this on a regular basis, but we’ll see how this works out, as this listing is entirely up to Sega, and not based on any rankings of any sort.

☆Star Players☆(As of March 2nd)
Chibita / ちび太 (Lion)
Fuumin / ふ～みん (Lei Fei)
Fuudo / ふ～ど (Lion)
Koedo / こえど (Jean)
Gorgeous / ゴージャス (Eileen)
Yuucha★/ ゆうちゃ★ (Aoi)
Shindo Jacky / 新道ジャッキー (Lau)

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