{"id":2016972,"date":"2026-06-29T09:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2016972"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:17:40","slug":"virtua-fighter-crossroads-gets-a-new-trailer-for-the-mysterious-bakunawa-killer-but-who-are-they-speculation-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2016972","title":{"rendered":"Virtua Fighter Crossroads gets a new trailer for the mysterious Bakunawa Killer &#8211; but who are they? Speculation begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/virtua-fighter-crossroads\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Virtua Fighter Crossroads<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Virtua Fighter Crossroads gets a new trailer for the mysterious Bakunawa Killer &#8211; but who are they? Speculation begins<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Let&#8217;s see if you Chan guess.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/bakunawa-killer-virtua-fighter-crossroads.webp?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Bakunawa Killer in Virtua Fighter Crossroads reveal trailer.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"bakunawa-killer-virtua-fighter-crossroads.webp\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>RGG Studio<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-29T09:17:40+00:00\">June 29, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/virtua-fighter-crossroads-roster-bakunawa-killer-trailer?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"58551bc4-c638-476b-97a0-ff0aff13f2d4\" data-name=\"Virtua Fighter Crossroads\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Virtua Fighter Crossroads\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Virtua Fighter Crossroads\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Virtua Fighter Crossroads\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Virtua Fighter Crossroads\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Virtua Fighter Crossroads\" title=\"Follow Virtua Fighter Crossroads\"><br \/>\n  Follow Virtua Fighter Crossroads<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/virtua-fighter\">Virtua Fighter<\/a> Crossroads &#8211; the new mainline instalment in the Virtua Fighter series &#8211; got a new character trailer last night, with the mysterious Bakunawa Killer taking the stage as the next roster reveal for the upcoming fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Shown off at Evo 2026, the world&#8217;s biggest fighting game tournament, the trailer is a short blend of story moments and a brief move list demonstration.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS: Bakunawa Killer Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1YkdKpSrVM4?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1YkdKpSrVM4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS: Bakunawa Killer Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You can watch this new Virtua Fighter Crossroads trailer here!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1YkdKpSrVM4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, who this Bakunawa Killer actually is remains a mystery! Another character in the game, Pai Chan, is seen to have knocked their mask off and expressed disbelief at the identity of this fighter. Us viewers, sadly, don&#8217;t get to see who it is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That hasn&#8217;t stopped Virtua Fighter fans from speculating. The first prominent guess is &#8211; against all odds &#8211; this was Lau Chan. Another legacy character, Lau Chan knows a similar looking style of martial arts and as Pai Chan&#8217;s dad, would cause such a reaction in them. Some fans even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/virtuafighter\/comments\/1uifipr\/callback\/\">pointed to a previous clash in the series<\/a> between father and daughter as being closely referenced with this new trailer.<\/p>\n<p>There are problems with this being true, though. For one, Lau Chan would be <em>very<\/em> old, and judging by their dexterity and hair colour they don&#8217;t appear to be an aged fighter. On top of that, Lau Chan was battling a seemingly incurable, life-threatening illness in previous games. Unless J6 (the in-universe baddie group) bailed him out or juiced him full of plasma.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative is Lei-Fei. A Shaolin Monk, Lei-Fei was trying to learn the secrets of Lau Chan&#8217;s fighting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/virtua-fighter-5\">Virtua Fighter 5<\/a>. Hoping to become his student, Lei-Fei eventually got bored waiting around and tried to kill Lau Chan. He failed to do so, and Lau vanished, leaving Lei-Fei frustrated. Given the leap forward in time with Virtua Fighter Crossroads, maybe they patched things up.<\/p>\n<p>Other than those two main guesses, we&#8217;re talking about a video game so it could be anything &#8211; a long-lost sibling to Pai Chan; Lau Chan sent back in time, who knows? This new fighter does look mighty cool though, especially on the rain-slicked rooftop stage they&#8217;re coming with.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose we&#8217;ll all be able to find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/virtua-fighter-crossroads-trailer-2027\">when Crossroads releases<\/a>, which sadly isn&#8217;t until next year at some point.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/virtua-fighter\">Virtua Fighter<\/a> Crossroads &#8211; the new mainline instalment in the Virtua Fighter series &#8211; got a new character trailer last night, with the mysterious Bakunawa Killer taking the stage as the next roster reveal for the upcoming fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Shown off at Evo 2026, the world&#8217;s biggest fighting game tournament, the trailer is a short blend of story moments and a brief move list demonstration.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS: Bakunawa Killer Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1YkdKpSrVM4?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1YkdKpSrVM4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS: Bakunawa Killer Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You can watch this new Virtua Fighter Crossroads trailer here!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1YkdKpSrVM4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, who this Bakunawa Killer actually is remains a mystery! Another character in the game, Pai Chan, is seen to have knocked their mask off and expressed disbelief at the identity of this fighter. Us viewers, sadly, don&#8217;t get to see who it is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That hasn&#8217;t stopped Virtua Fighter fans from speculating. The first prominent guess is &#8211; against all odds &#8211; this was Lau Chan. Another legacy character, Lau Chan knows a similar looking style of martial arts and as Pai Chan&#8217;s dad, would cause such a reaction in them. Some fans even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/virtuafighter\/comments\/1uifipr\/callback\/\">pointed to a previous clash in the series<\/a> between father and daughter as being closely referenced with this new trailer.<\/p>\n<p>There are problems with this being true, though. For one, Lau Chan would be <em>very<\/em> old, and judging by their dexterity and hair colour they don&#8217;t appear to be an aged fighter. On top of that, Lau Chan was battling a seemingly incurable, life-threatening illness in previous games. Unless J6 (the in-universe baddie group) bailed him out or juiced him full of plasma.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative is Lei-Fei. A Shaolin Monk, Lei-Fei was trying to learn the secrets of Lau Chan&#8217;s fighting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/virtua-fighter-5\">Virtua Fighter 5<\/a>. Hoping to become his student, Lei-Fei eventually got bored waiting around and tried to kill Lau Chan. He failed to do so, and Lau vanished, leaving Lei-Fei frustrated. Given the leap forward in time with Virtua Fighter Crossroads, maybe they patched things up.<\/p>\n<p>Other than those two main guesses, we&#8217;re talking about a video game so it could be anything &#8211; a long-lost sibling to Pai Chan; Lau Chan sent back in time, who knows? This new fighter does look mighty cool though, especially on the rain-slicked rooftop stage they&#8217;re coming with.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose we&#8217;ll all be able to find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/virtua-fighter-crossroads-trailer-2027\">when Crossroads releases<\/a>, which sadly isn&#8217;t until next year at some point.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Virtua Fighter Crossroads Virtua Fighter Crossroads gets a new trailer for the mysterious Bakunawa Killer &#8211; but who are they? Speculation begins Let&#8217;s see if you Chan guess. 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