1UP spoke with Hiroshi Kataoka, Sega Arcade bigwig responsible for the Fighting Vipers games and the newest Virtua Fighter and After Burner entries, dishes some hardcore dirt on Sega's arcade division. In addition to the Virtua Fighter 4 and 5 minutiae, Kataoka goes on about the current Japanese and American arcade markets and what he hopes to see on Nintendo's Revolution (hint: Virtua Cop and House of the Dead ports!).

Unfortunately, Kataoka gives very little info on console versions of Virtua Fighter 5 and After Burner Climax, or updates to other Sega arcade favorites but it's a good read nonetheless.

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