Sega brings Twitter to Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown arcade machines

Arcades may unfortunately be few and far between in North America these days, but they are still fairly big in Japan and, apparently, keeping up with the times. The latest big advance comes courtesy of Sega, which recently announced that its forthcoming Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown game will be Twitter-enabled -- a first for any arcade machine. That will let players link their Twitter account to their online VF.net profile and send a tweet whenever you hit a winning streak or mark another accomplishment -- like the fact that you're playing Virtua Fighter 5 in an arcade in Japan.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:26PM]

It's not like twitter isn't full of pointless crap already.

[DrScope Posted Jun 28th 2010 10:40PM]

@(Unverified) Crap on Twitter? That's like saying there is Crap in the garbage bin.... :D

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:26PM]

It's not like twitter isn't full of pointless crap already.

[sniperboy3 Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:26PM]

Because who don't love the Virtua Fighter...

[theonlysmr Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:50PM]

sweet

[kb24istrash Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:52PM]

VIRTUA FIGHTER > TEKKEN

This game requires actual skill rather than button crunching. I still suck at VF.

[gc3k Posted Jun 29th 2010 4:19PM]

@kb24istrash VF is the best fighting series ever, but Tekken > Virtua Fighter because you don't have to fly to Japan to play the latest Tekken.

[Plazmic Flame Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:52PM]

Will the arcade machine come with a slide out keyboard?? Entering your 3 letter name when you got a high score was pain-staking enough with just the joystick.... =/

[rbj Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:17PM]

@Plazmic Flame

All of your info is stored on a card you slide in before playing. It keeps track of your character and special unlocks. Remember: Japanese arcades continued to move into the future when the arcades in the US died.

[DrScope Posted Jun 28th 2010 10:42PM]

@rbj What's an Arcade? :)

[kof2000 Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:54PM]

I should tweet about me taking a dump right now.

[Killing Time Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:01PM]

when i last went to an arcade (years and years ago) it was $1.00 a pop.

whats VF5 up to, $5?

[lvsteven Posted Jun 28th 2010 7:35PM]

@Killing Time

In las vegas at the nyny casino it was like $3 to play a single game of whatever the latest Tekken game is.

At least it had a nice 1080p screen though har har

[DoctarPeppar Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:03PM]

Man I miss those days of chillin at the arcade playing virtua fighter and mortal kombat...FINISH HIM :)

[MrCheeks Posted Jun 28th 2010 4:16PM]

OK, win coming out.

[pfpflynn Posted Jun 28th 2010 5:35PM]

Who plays arcade games? Who actually even uses twitter for that matter?

[lvsteven Posted Jun 28th 2010 7:37PM]

@pfpflynn

Evidently people use it (twitter)

It hit 3.7 twitter updates (I refuse to say "tweets" in a message referring to twitter updates) PER SECOND yesterday during the world cup

[Ntovorni Posted Jun 28th 2010 6:09PM]

I love Virtua Fighter.....when i'm drunk...and bored enough to dust off my sega saturn.

[HektikLyfe Posted Jun 28th 2010 7:52PM]

Go ahead and type your password on an arcade screen with all those prying eyes.

Or is a USB key thing? Or perhaps those paper ID cards like the Initial D arcade?

[HektikLyfe Posted Jun 28th 2010 7:52PM]

Oh and what did I miss, why is the Engadget logo green?

[Arise Posted Jun 28th 2010 8:16PM]

@HektikLyfe I think you'll find it's because this is an .alt article...