
European copies in particular have become extremely rare which has pushed up the game's value.

In North America, the game was included on the same disc as the PlayStation 2 release of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, and in Europe it was offered as a promotional item in small supplies. More common is the "Fukkoku Ban" (復刻版) re-release with Akira Yuki on the cover - these were bundled with Japanese copies of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution and also given away as a bonus for those pre-ordering the PlayStation 3 version of Virtua Fighter 5 through the Sega Direct website (remembering that at the time, all PlayStation 3s could run PlayStation 2 games). It was originally released as part of the Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary: Memory of Decade package (which also contains a book and DVD video) in 2003 - copies which are very rare and feature Jacky Bryant on the cover.

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