We've gotten our hopes up for a Virtua Fighter 6 more than a few times before, and more than a few times have we had those hopes dashed on rocks of disappointment.

It seems it's about time to once again start wondering about a follow up to 2006's Virtua Fighter 5, though absolutely nothing is certain right now.

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. The announcement will be made on the 25th of March 2020. What could it be?"

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..

Plenty of speculation for a VF6 has ensued, but we're taking this with a very large grain of salt. 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. We waited and watched, but only wound up seeing Sega employees play older VF titles on the stream.

The figure in the image below does look like it could potentially be Akira, Virtua Fighter's main poster boy. That said, it could also very easily be Segata Sanshiro, a Chuck Norris-like mascot and parody of legendary judo fighter Sugata Sanshirō. Segata Sanshiro served as the company's main marketing tool from 1997-1998 and became popular to the point of garnering a cult following.

In any case, we'll get our answers in just six days. 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.



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Thanks to Jedi Outcast for the tip.