In this corner we have Virtua Fighter 2, the Saturn sequel to one of the most influential fighting games of all time. In the other corner, we have Tekken 2, Namco’s mega-popular 3D fighter that came to the PlayStation with even more characters and cinemas than the arcade original. These two games fought it out in 1996 to see which system would win the 32-bit war. But what did the critics say 29 years ago? Was it a hotly contested battle or was there a clear winner in this fifth-generation showdown? To answer that question, I decided to flip through the pages of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Game Fan, Next Generation and more classic magazines that reviewed both of these fighters back when they first came out. Get ready to memorize combos and frame count, because this is going to be a brutal episode of Magazine Match-Up!
0:00 – Introduction
1:02 – Commercial: Tekken 2 (U.S.)
1:34 – Electronic Gaming Monthly
3:16 – Game Fan
4:51 – Next Generation
6:18 – Edge
8:03 – Commercial: Virtua Fighter 2 (Japan)
8:35 – Hyper
10:19 – Computer & Video Games
11:55 – VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine
13:19 – Results
13:47 – Commercial: Tekken 2 (UK)
14:28 – Question of the Day
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