Variable Geo

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Variable Geo
Developer(s) TGL, Giga
Publisher(s) TGL, Giga
Designer(s) Takehiro Kimura
Release date(s) Flag of Japan 1993
Genre(s) Versus Fighting, H game
Mode(s) Up to 2 players simultaneously
Platform(s) PC9800, Turbo CD, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PC, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Input 8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons
This article refers to the the video game series, for the OVAs, see Variable Geo (anime).

Variable Geo (ヴァリアブル・ジオ?), also known as V.G., is a Japanese 2D fighting game series developed by Technical Group Labroratory (also known as TGL) and Giga in various of their releases. This game is very similar to Street Fighter gameplay and it is starred with a cast of females in various uniforms, a catgirl, bunnygirl, maid and others. Also has a touch of ecchi and hentai in all the games, where the loser girls finished with their clothes ripped and being raped, mainly in PC games.

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[edit] Gameplay

Satomi against Yuka in Advanced V.G. 2
Satomi against Yuka in Advanced V.G. 2

As see above, the gameplay of the series is basing in Street Fighter series and another fighting games. The game has 4 buttons, 2 punches and 2 kicks, similar SF command moves to their characters, a lifebar with 2 bars in 1 (like Darkstalkers series) and a Super Combo bar with various levels. Also, each character can make a Super version of some of their moves making the normal command and pressing 2 buttons instead one (2 punches or 2 kicks, depending of the move), apart of their own Special Super Move.

Different than other similar titles who only focused in hentai content than gameplay, Variable Geo evolves in gameplay terms, having improves in each title and always adding new moves for returning characters, as adding newcomers. The last game of the series, Advanced V.G. 2 is the ultimate evolution in the series, having a impressive gameplay, and a good roster of characters. This game is considerated as the best of the series.

[edit] Plot

The storyline is the same in all the games of the series and also in the anime, focused in a possible future. Exist a tournament between waitresses, hosted for an international company who organizates fights between them. The tournament is called Variable Geo and only allows girls who worked in restaurants, bars, pubs and cabarets.

The girls are competing for a large amount of money, a house in any city in the world they choose and converted in the "Virgin Goddess", the maximum prize for the warriors, as other prizes. If a girl wins in combat, she gains points to go to the next level and continue scaling in this tournament. But if she loses, she has to take off her clothes as symbol of humilation for the loss. Sometimes, the girl is raped or obligated to masturbate publicly for her defeat.

But in this dangerous circuit exists a girl who is known as a living legend in this tournament, one of the most powerful women of all V.G. circuit: Yuka Takeuchi.

[edit] Games

Title Platform Publisher(s) Release Date
V.G. - Variable Geo PC9800 TGL 07-09-1993
Advanced V.G. Turbo CD TGL 07-22-1994
V.G. II - THE BOUT OF CABALISTIC GODDESS PC9800 TGL 11-25-1994
Super Variable Geo SNES TGL 07-21-1995
Advanced V.G. Sega Saturn TGL 03-27-1995
Advanced V.G. PlayStation TGL 04-19-1996
Advanced V.G. 2 PlayStation TGL 09-23-1998
V.G. Custom PC Giga 02-19-1999
V.G. Max PC Giga 09-10-1999
V.G. Adventure PC Giga 03-17-2000
V.G. Rebirth PC Giga 09-28-2001
V.G. Rebirth Dash PC Giga 03-21-2002
Advanced V.G. 2 PlayStation TGL 02-27-2003
V.G. NEO PC Giga 12-19-2003

Those titles are the official releases from TGL and Giga. About them, exist some releases and spinoff of this series:

  • V.G. Adventure was the first title to deviate from the traditional fighting game formula. Fights are executed in a Paper-Rock-Scissors fashion.
  • The both Rebirth games (V.G. Rebirth and V.G. Rebirth Dash) and V.G. NEO aren't fighting games like the rest of the series, instead they are dating games with the girls of the series, also with hentai CGs in them.
  • The game V.G. Max is a special game in the series, since all her characters are played in anime-SD style.
  • Also, the company Success re-release both Advanced V.G. games for PlayStation in the same date that Giga releases V.G. NEO.

[edit] Characters

Some V.G. characters
Some V.G. characters

V.G. is one of the first fighting games who all their characters are only women, no men appearances in some of their titles, being a game focused mainly in male gamers. These are some of the characters from Variable Geo series:

[edit] From the first Variable Geo

  • Yuka Takeuchi: The main character of the series, a living legend in the V.G. circuit. She represents the classic hero steretype in the series.
  • Jun Kubota: A powerful woman, who is the wrestler of the series.
  • Manami Kusonoki: A cute little girl who wears a maid costume and fights with a cat-like boxing gloves.
  • Chiho Matsuda: The ninja-girl and the quicker character of the series.
  • Kaori Yanase: A computer genius who uses Tae Kwon Do as her fighting style.
  • Reimi Jyahana: The main boss of the series. A beautiful and sophisticated woman who fights with flower-based powers, especially roses.

[edit] From Advanced V.G.

  • Satomi Yajima: Yuka's rival and best friend. She remains Ken Masters even in his powers, mainly from fire.
  • Elena (Elirin) Goldsmith: A half-American woman who fights with a Playboy bunny costume.
  • Ayako Yuuki: A constantly smiling woman who manages a cabaret and fights with a fan.

[edit] From V.G. II

  • Yumiko Watanuki: A Japanese girl who looks and fights in a Chinese outfit. She's the main character of this game, along with Yuka. **
  • Terumi Kannaduki: A serious woman who looks as a man. She resembles King from Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters series. *
  • Kotoe Kashima: The second final boss after Reimi. A powerful woman who looks like a butterfly. *

[edit] From V.G. Max

  • Tamao Mitsurugi: A young girl who's a hard-die fan of Yuka, who tried to imitate all the moves of her idol. She resembles Sakura Kasugano and Shingo Yabuki in the series.
  • Masako Houjouin: A strange girl who uses various weapons in her fights. Maybe could be one of Miranda's assassins. *

[edit] From Advanced V.G. (PSX)

  • K1 & K2: Two prototype female fighters from Jyahana Corp., who are secret bosses in this game. *

[edit] From Advanced V.G. 2

  • Kyoko Kirishima: A short-haired woman in a modified kimono, performer of Jiu-jitsu. Also is rival of Chiho. **
  • Saki Shinjo: A sadistic woman, her intentions are unknown. She resembles Iori Yagami and Vice from The King of Fighters series. *
  • Material: The perfect bio-elemental model from the same experiments than K1 and K2, similar to the last one. Also is Miranda's bodyguard. *
  • Miranda Jyahana: The supposed dead-mother of Reimi, revived by the experiments of the Jyahana Corp. and much more powerful than her daughter. The new and ultimate boss of the series, only comparable with Rugal Bernstein or M.Bison. **

[edit] From Rebirth series

  • Hiyori Sakuragi: A very shy girl who doesn't like fights, but has many potential in the circuit. She is one of the main character of these series. Also befriended Yuka, Satomi and Tamao. *
  • Keiko Hatano: A heart-kinded girl who is a vigorous fighter. Her power could be close to Yuka. *

All the characters marked as * only appeared in those games, doesn't be mentionated in other titles. The characters marked as ** has appeared in at least 2 titles, being playable characters or just mentionated in the story.

[edit] Variable Geo Neo

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of this game series, Giga releases Variable Geo Neo (also known as V.G. NEO), a game based many years after the first V.G. tournaments, with a new generation of warriors, only returning one character from the original series, as a secret character. A few months later, in February of 2004, is released the anime serie, basing in this game. For more info, see Variable Geo (anime).

[edit] Anime

Main article: Variable Geo (anime)

The general aesthetics of the game, with character designs and stereotyped personalities, is basing in anime series, having all the designs resembling this style. Also have elements of another Japanese subcultures like Cosplay and Otaku.

Also, the music of the series (mainly from the openings of the series) resembles anime music, mainly used J-Pop. The most known songs from the series are Endless Life, singed by Masami Okui (Advanced V.G. 2 Opening) and We Survive, singed by KOTOKO (V.G. NEO Opening).

Because all of those elements, 2 anime series (a 3-chapter OVA and a hentai series) have been adapted from the game. The KSS Studio made a OVA based in this game between 1996 and 1997, and ADV Films releases the VHS in 1998 and the DVD in 2003.

[edit] Controversy

This game series since the beginning has been oriented for male audiences, specifically for adult audiences. Almost all the games contain explicit adult content, with CGs where the females defeated by the players have their clothes ripped off, and then raped. Especially in Rebirth games, where the characters have dates that ends in sexual relations. This game is characterized for using sex as a selling point, even more than Dead or Alive series or titles like Rumble Roses.

Some of the console versions (like SNES or PlayStation ports) omitted those CGs, only using the portraits of the defeated characters, with their clothes ripped.

[edit] Trivia

  • The designer and creator of the game series, Takehiro Kimura, also is the man behind another famous fighting series: Asuka120% Burning Fest.
  • Many of the restaurants where V.G. fighters come from, are parodies of existing Japanese restaurant chains, like Yuka's Hanna Miller's.
  • The main character, Yuka Takeuchi has a personality resembling Ryu from Street Fighter series, even having the same background story, and similar goals. Also, her rivalry with Satomi Yajima is similar to Ryu and Ken Masters from the same game series.
  • Jun Kubota is one of the first female wrestler in fighting games, along with Angela Belti from Power Instinct series.
  • Ayako Yuuki is the first lesbian character to appear in a video game.

[edit] External links

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