In the Special Sparring DLC, the 4th opponent in the "Arcade Kids" team is an Aoi user named "Kobi". This Kobi has the same play style as professional Canadian Virtua Fighter player Dustin "Waverusher Kobi" Dagenais. Aoi is a nod to Waverusher Kobi's usual character in Virtua Fighter Tournaments.
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In the Special Sparring DLC, the 2nd opponent in the "VF Academy" team is an Akira user named "Plague". This "Plague" has the same play style as professional SoCal Virtua Fighter Player Talis "Plague" Baltgalvis. Akira is also a nod to Plague's usual character in tournaments.
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In the Special Sparring DLC, the "Creatures" team's first challenger is called "Myke", playing as Kage Maru. This "Myke" has the same play style as professional Australian Virtua Fighter player Mike "Myke" Abdow. Kage is also a nod to Myke's usual character in Virtua Fighter Tournaments.
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