You can check out the image for yourself below, and then sound off in the comments to let us all know what you think is coming on March 25. In any case, we'll get our answers in just six days. Segata Sanshiro served as the company's main marketing tool from 1997-1998 and became popular to the point of garnering a cult following. According to Yu Suzuki, he prefers the players to be focused on tactics instead of mastering inputs.

That said, it could also very easily be Segata Sanshiro, a Chuck Norris-like mascot and parody of legendary judo fighter Sugata Sanshirō. According to Yu Suzuki, if he ever created a Virtua Fighter 6 he would want to simplify and improve the controls and interfaces further. The figure in the image below does look like it could potentially be Akira, Virtua Fighter's main poster boy. We waited and watched, but only wound up seeing Sega employees play older VF titles on the stream. The most recent instance wherein we speculated a new Virtua Fighter entry took place just over two years ago when Sega Europe held its Gameblast 2018 24 hour charity stream. Plenty of speculation for a VF6 has ensued, but we're taking this with a very large grain of salt. The image included features a silhouette of a fighter wearing a ghi, and a Japanese message that roughly translates to 'six days until birth.' Six seems like an odd number to randomly start a countdown with, unless, of course, it holds a particular significance for the situation. Hopes for a Virtua Fighter 6 begin to mount after Sega releases cryptic 60th anniversary celebration image Posted by John Velociraptor Guerrero Maat 6:40 p.m. The announcement will be made on the 25th of March 2020. We first caught wind of this thanks to a Twitter post by VFdotcom, which read, 'As a part of SEGA's 60th anniversary, something is being teased that's seemingly fighter related. Soulcalibur and Samurai Showdown, but also by the long-term success of games like Tekken 6 and Dragon Ball FighterZ.

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