Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution is an upgraded version of Virtua Fighter 4 for the PlayStation 2, released in 2003. This installment introduced two new fighters, Goh Hinogami and Brad Burns, and made adjustments to existing characters for better balance. It also revamped all fight stages, notably changing the time of day in Lei-Fei's stage and altering Vanessa Lewis's fighting style to Vale Tudo.
Evolution was an updated version of Virtua Fighter 4. The game introduced two new characters and adjusted every other character as well. The two new characters were the Judoka-assassin, Goh Hinogami and the Muay Thai boxer Brad Burns. With the addition of Brad Burns, Vanessa Lewis's alternate Muay Thai style from Virtua Fighter 4 was removed and replaced with a Vale Tudo `Offensive` style; making her a solely Vale Tudo brawler.
All of the stages were adjusted. For example, Lei-Fei's stage in Virtua Fighter 4 previously took place during sunset, in Evolution it takes place during the morning.