Virtua Striker 2

Virtua Striker 2 (バーチャストライカー 2, Bācha Sutoraikā Tsū) is a sports video game developed and published by Sega for arcades in 1997. It is the sequel to the 1994 video gameVirtua Striker, and the second game in the Virtua Striker series. A series of updates was released from 1998 to early 1999, ending with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000. The latest update, titled Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1 (バーチャストライカー2 ver.2000.1, Bācha Sutoraikā Tsū ver.2000.1), was released for Dreamcast in Japan in 1999, and then internationally in 2000, with the North American version released as Virtua Striker 2.

Virtua Striker 2
Developer(s)Sega
Publisher(s)Sega
SeriesVirtua Striker
Platform(s)Arcade game, Dreamcast
ReleaseArcade
1997
Dreamcast
  • JP: December 2, 1999
  • EU: 2000
  • NA: March 15, 2000[1]
Genre(s)Sports video game
Mode(s)Single-player video game, multiplayer video game

Reception

The Dreamcast version received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Rob Smolka of Next Generation said that the game "may look good, but the poor controls drag this one down to rental status."[14] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it a score of 33 out of 40.[5]

References
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  4. EGM staff (April 2000). "Virtua Striker 2 (DC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 129. Ziff Davis.
  5. "バーチャストライカー2 ver.2000.1 [ドリームキャスト]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. "Virtua Striker 2 (Arcade)". Game Informer. No. 52. FuncoLand. August 1997. p. 52. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  7. "Virtua Striker 2 (DC)". Game Informer. No. 83. FuncoLand. March 2000.
  8. Mosquera, Fernando (March 28, 2000). "REVIEW for Virtua Striker 2: Version 2000.1". GameFan. Shinno Media. Archived from the original on May 10, 2000. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Chau, Anthony "Dangohead" (March 2000). "Virtua Striker 2". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 3. Shinno Media. p. 86. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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  13. Williamson, Colin (December 14, 1999). "Virtua Striker 2 v2000.1 (Import)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  14. Smolka, Rob (April 2000). "Virtua Striker 2 (DC)". Next Generation. No. 64. Imagine Media. p. 82. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
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