Virtua Fighter Quest By 2003!...For Japan....
The newest hall of famer, Yu Suzuki from SEGA has mentioned that the earlier announced Virtua Fighter Quest for GameCube will have many RPG elements but will still keep intact with the VF series. Suzuki also says VFQ will be kid-friendly (whether that’s a good or bad thing, we can’t tell yet). SEGA-AM2 themselves has said that they are planning on releasing this game by 2003 in Japan. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Virtua Fighter series, which makes SEGA more intended on getting the game out this year for Japanese GCN owners.
All we know about Virtua Fighter Quest so far is that it is not a fighter game but a balance of adventure elements and RPG. There is no official North American announcement for VFQ yet, but it is planned to reach all of Japan by the holiday season 2003.
Source: http://www.n-philes.com