Virtua Fighter RPG: Akira's Quest (lost early Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast builds of "Shenmue" action-adventure game; 1996-1998): Difference between revisions

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Revision as of 13:44, 19 December 2017

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The title card of footage of Virtua Fighter RPG: "Akira's Story" that played after beating Shenmue II

Status: Lost (Sega Saturn)
Lost (Sega Dreamcast)

Virtua Fighter RPG: "Akira's Story" is a role-playing video game made for the Sega Saturn under the project name, Project Guppy. But during development, the game got ported to the Sega Dreamcast and during development, the game was renamed to the now famous game, Shenmue.

Builds

Sega Saturn

After being done working on a prototype that featured a full conversation system that featured a full conversation system, facial expressions, collisions, clipping, and 3D graphics, it was decided to use it to be a full roleplaying game that used the same engine that Virtua Fighter used as well as the same motions that were used in-game. This was done so that AM2, the development studio that was working on the title, could use characters from the Virtua Fighter series such as Akira, Lau, & Pai. The plot would go along with 11 chapters, with every major area in China that would go along with that particular chapter, such as Hong Kong, and would be 45 hours long. The story would along like this:

Akira would witness his father's death and face other setbacks. He would then go to China to meet with martial artists so that he can learn about kenpō. After his training, Akira faces off against Randi, presumably the person who killed his father. After it was set and done, he would set off on another journey, along with a new friend.

Today, allegedly, there has been a total of 12 copies of the game that's been produced for the Sega Saturn that is in the hands of AM2 representatives and Japanese collectors. The only footage of this version is a cutscene in Shenmue II, after beating the game.

Sega Dreamcast

In 1997, the game was then completely redone for the Dreamcast just to make the game nicer. However, in 1998, the game then became Shenmue to make the game to appeal more than the Virtua Fighter fans. While not much was known about this version before it became Shenmue, there was a model called "AKI" found in the game's code that does resemble a lot like Akira from the Saturn version of the game.

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Gameplay footage of Virtua Fighter RPG: "Akira's Story."


A showcase that features the Akira model.