After the somewhat surprising news that Virtua Fighter 5 would ship February 8th in Japan comes good news for us North Americans. We're getting the new-gen fighter just 12 days later.

Sega announced today that VF5 would hit storeshelves on our side of the Pacific on February 20th, which also translates into good news for our Euro friends. The game will be one of the launch titles for that region. Aren't you doubly glad you waited?!

No word yet on whether Sega will be bringing that nice arcade stick to the States, but I've got an e-mail in with them now, with just a smidge of begging. Michael McWhertor

Virtua Fighter 5 Dated, Sticked In Japan [Kotaku]