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Is there any proof that Samus Aran of the Metroid series is actually appearing in this game? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.109.164.139 ( talk) 20:35, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Who ever wrote that some characters might die, can you please site your work, because if that's just your opnion, don't post in the article, post it here.
There (as far as I know) hasn't been any indication of what platform it's going to be on, as likely as X360 being the target is, there's not really any proof. Removing, for now. 59.101.97.250 09:05, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
The only known characters are Ryu Hayabusa and Hayate. Unless someone has proof of the other characters listed are confirmed, then only Ryu and Hayate are allowed in that section only since they are the first to be in that trailer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.38.247 ( talk) 03:26, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
You can propose previews or lists to add to the article. -- Niemti ( talk) 17:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
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"Vastly" is not necessary, and the sentence feels redundant.
Depending on how you count, I'm seeing either four or seven. If you're not counting "extras", word it differently. Also, just cut the specific three names and say something like "The gameplay is divided into three main categories: the game's main story, offline modes such as Versus, Arcade, and Time Attack, and online fighting modes.
Similar to 'that.' Also, 'innovations' is not a very neutral word - try 'changes' or 'updates.'
Awkwardly constructed. Try "an interruption system like rock-paper-scissors."
'A' new feature.
Undertaken 'the' task. Also, comma between DOATEC and but.
what the heck is this
To my knowledge, it is not currently 2010. PS3 is informal. Try for "By January 2010, rumors about the game being developed for PlayStation 3 had already circulated."
You don't need to give specific dates for everything. In September, in June, in July, in late August... that would suffice.
Sounds like an advertisement, almost. Axe "exclusive" somehow.
Don't put (8/10), (7.7/10), et cetera after every review. It looks unprofessional, especially when the information is in a chart directly to the right.
Shorten it. You shouldn't need more than twelve reviews. There are, of course, special circumstances, but you shouldn't put EVERY review in the box.
News and update are separate words, 580 000 should be either "580,000" or "580000", "10,9 million $ should be $10.9 million", present should, I believe, be 'present', and the last bit is full-on crystal-ball OR.
So yeah.
There's nothing wrong with Complex or Crunchyroll, Play-Asia is simply selling this stuff, YouTube and Facebook are all official accounts. This last stuff was added by somone else recently, I rewrote it completely. -- Niemti ( talk) 22:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Oh, and the policy you linked to talks only about "blogs, fansites, or forum posts", as OPPOSED to "official sources" and "information released by the game developer"! (Maybe you linked to a wrong one.) -- Niemti ( talk) 11:05, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
The story's up now. -- Niemti ( talk) 18:13, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
I'll give you a slight time extension, because I'm a slowpoke. However - I linked to the correct policy. It details "official information" published in "unreliable sources", which can and does include Facebook and Youtube. It lists "blogs, fansites, or forum posts" as examples of this.
Despite intentions of examining the article a bit earlier than this, sometimes life conspires against one. So I'll re-examine now and give you 72 hours from the posting of the reassessment. Emmy Altava 23:13, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
The following sources are of undetermined reliability. Can more reliable ones be found?
Facebook is a 100% official account of Team Ninja. Look, here's a link from their official website teamninja-studio.com: [1] (also to their twitter). Same for the YouTube accounts. You misunderstood this policy - it's about unofficial (fan-made) Facebook and YouTube accounts, something that anyone can start with any content.
There was really only a problem with Eventhubs one, because they forwarded an info from a Blogspot blog which in turn took it from a forum, and this is where the trail abruptly ends (I didn't add nor check this one before). The rest is fine, especially since many of them just post the trailers, and the pre-order offers were taken down after the release and in case of of doaworld.com one can't link directly to Amazon because Wikipedia blacklists it. -- Niemti ( talk) 23:31, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
OK, so? And yes, the story is brought down to the most important stuff (it was over 2 hours of cutscenes), and I had to explain things for everyone who don't know anything about any of these characters (and how they relate to each other, at the start of the game). You know - "all relevant information regarding the entirety of plot and characterization". -- Niemti ( talk) 19:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
I'll gladly do this one, since I'm getting to know Niemti and to prevent it from going to another pile at GAR, I'll take this one up. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 04:17, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
No disamb links, none to fix.
References are dead. Ref 8 and 19 to andriasang. The Facebook link I cannot access, though for what it is referencing it is fine. Ref 33 redirects to PCworld, so its broken. Please fix those.
Let's go through the prose. The lede seems just fine.
Gameplay:
"The game has four main modes: Story (the main Story Mode and bonus missions), Fighting (offline modes, including Versus, Arcade, Time Attack and Survival), Online (Simple Match, Ranked Match and Lobby Match) and Extras." - Should be fixed and condensed. The parenthesis make reading it dull from the get go. And is the option really called 'Fighting'? Is 'Extras' really a mode?
"Training Mode has more features than the previous Dead or Alive games." That is a statement that doesn't do anything for the reader. Explanation is is order of why it has more features.
"Online modes include an ability to organize and host tournaments for up to 16 players, Spectator mode enabling users to chat with other players while watching fights, and Online Dojo, a training mode where one can practice with other players." Almost seems like a run on sentence. It is a dull reading, let's go with a more active tone.
"Extras include Spectator, where players can watch replay of their matches, or watch fights between two AI players, and also take photographs from a position and angle of their choosing with a fully controllable camera." So its not a 'mode'. Its just replays and photography, right?
Fighting system
"The fighting gameplay is similar to this of Dead or Alive 4, with several changes." Awkward wording 'is similar to this of'.
"Like in the other games in the series, fights in Dead or Alive 5 are based on an interruption system reminiscent of rock-paper-scissors, in which strikes (normal attacks) beat throws, throws beat holds (interception attacks), and holds beat strikes, all of such counterattacks causing extra damage.[6]" I've not played the game, but this seems to be a dumbing down of gaming mechanics. Is not timing, movement and range of attacks not important?
"Tag team battles have been retained and the fights take place in interactive and now more highly-destructive arenas." Nix the highly-destructive and explain it. Also 'have been retained' assumes prior knowledge of the series. I'd remove that.
"A new feature called Power Blow (a triggered powerful attack that can be executed when a character's health is below 50%) enables the players to knock the opponent character away in a selected direction, possibly into the series' characteristic Danger Zones or over a cliff in the multi-level stages, which might then initiate a cinematic quick time event called Cliffhanger." Technical overkill and this is all one sentence. Needs to be split, clarified and explained better.
"With Cliffhanger, if a character can grab onto the stage at the last second before falling into a lower level, an action sequence is activated where the opponent character can make an effort to inflict even more damage if the attack succeeds." Again, game mechanic 'coolness' over explanation here. Fix please.
"The game's Critical System features Critical Stuns (after having been hit with specific moves, characters get stunned and are unable to block, but can still perform holds), Critical Combos (striking a character in a Critical Stun state can prolong the amount of time they remain stunned, but the damage that can be inflicted is limited) and Critical Bursts (a specific strike that over the damage limit of a Critical Combo that leaves the target character completely defenseless for a moment)." Run on and has many issues from the previous points. Should be overhauled.
Plot - Needs to be expanded, cleaned up and streamlined to decide on what to introduce and how to introduce it. Seems scattered and discusses more on the plot's story system rather then the plot itself.
Characters and cast - Complete overhaul and clean up. You know what I mean from the previous GAN. Oh and if you could point out their voice actors by JP or NA that would be great for clarity.
Story - Finally the plot itself, never played it but the prose isn't special. Could use some clean up and a run through for effect.
The rest is the usual clean up and such, and do we really need a whole section on comments about breast physics and sexuality? Maybe trim for effect, try and retain a proper encyclopedic tone instead of a GameInformer feel?
Also, the claims and prose such as this, " Asked "what would you say to those people who think that the bikini-clad babes in DOA5 are sexist," he said their goal was to create "the cutest chicks in videogames" and so they made a lot of effort to develop an advanced breast physics model that works differently with various types of clothing." No part of that reads like an encyclopedia, quotes must always be cited, but only when you need them. Not for every comment.
There are more problems, but lets start with this. Its a lot of work to cover. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 05:39, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Breasts physics and stuff is what the series is famous and infamous for (no, really - and it's in all reviews of the game, too; there wre also some major controversies including underage characters, including one recent game being banned in Scandinavia over Swedish child pornography laws, and then in Australia too), they first tried to change this, and then came back and embraced it all over again. What's "a GameInformer feel"? Also the words that he used after a 180 turn from his previous talk about "real women", "high class" and what not is very telling and "the cutest chicks in videogames" reversal thing was even in the original interview's title (and it was noted by several other publications, and even commented that, to quote, "once again, Team Ninja proves the amounts of fucks they don't give is the stuff of legends"). -- Niemti ( talk) 10:34, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Apparently. (No, even Wikia doesn't have it.) -- Niemti ( talk) 22:56, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
The game begins in an unidentifed war zone, with Bayman's patrol being ambushed by a mysterious hooded attacker of superhuman speed, cutting them down with a Japanese sword before dissolving into thin air. Few days later, Bayman meets Helena aboard Freedom Survivor to discuss the incident, as he is suspecting DOATEC's involvement, which Helena denies, suggesting it might be rather the work of Donovan's breakaway faction. After Bayman leaves, Helena is approached by Kasumi who is looking for information regarding Alpha-152, with Helena promising her help in finding Alpha and wondering about Donovan's plans. Helena sends Zack to bring Hayate to her yacht. Back at her yacht, Helena arranges a meeting between Hayate and Kasumi, who insists the pursuit of Alpha is only her fight, rejects Hayate's offer to help by their clan and sets out to find more clues about Alpha's whereabouts. Kasumi approaches and defeats Lisa Hamilton in the New York City, where she is also forced to fight off Ayane. Few days later, in the Antarctica, Kasumi fights and defeats Bayman, who was following her. Helena tells Hayate him she will stop at nothing to find Project Alpha and invites him and his associates to a new DOA tournament, but he is not interested. In a South American jungle, Ayane comes upon Hitomi, who informs her she enters a new tournament. In China, Ayane is molested by the drunken Brad Wong and is informed by Eliot that he is also joing the new DOA tournament. Eventually, Ayane arrives in Antarctica, where she fights Bayman when he stops her from chasing after Kasumi.
In Tokyo, Kokoro sees Helena's announcement and decides to join so she can meet Helena again. There and in Kyoto, Kokoro spars against Jann Lee, Lisa and Akira, before meeting Zack. Meanhwile in New York, Mila, who is also is planning to enter the tournament, meets Tina Armstrong, who agrees to spar with her, as do Brad and Eliot. After that, Tina decides to return to the ring, gets recruited by Zack, spars against Sarah Bryant and duels Mila in a ring match. Zack is then seen finding, fighting and recruiting first Jann Lee in South America and then Brad Wong, Jann Lee, Mila and Tina in New York. Meanwhile at Rig's platform, he is paid visit by a mysterious lady who claims to be a woman from his past and to came to "test" him, and who is actually Christie. After defeating her, Rig also fights against Jann Lee and then Eliot. All of sudden, the platform comes under attack by a mysterious helicopter, but Rig and his friend ans spar partner Bass succeed in putting down the fire. Soon, Bass learns that Tina has joined the new tournament and decides to enter it as well, defeating Zack to do this and taking a ring name of Mr. Strong. The Dead or Alive Tournament 5 begins, taking place at the platform, and the father and daughter fight in it against each other and then reunite as a team. Brad Wong and Eliot also decide to join the DOA5 tournament and they spar against Hitomi and Leifang in a Chinese circus. Eliot is being seduced by and fights against Christie at Rig's platform. At the tournament, he fights against Kokoro and loses, after which he reunites with his original master, Gen Fu. The story then follows Leifang and Hitomi, and their own journey of training. The new tournament, for which they are recruited by Zack, gives Leifang a chance to fight Jann Lee once more. Stalking Jann Lee, Leifang and Hitomi travel to South America and then follow him to New York, sparring with each other and with Mila, before Leifang's confrontation with Jann Lee ends with a scene of sexual tension. Meanwhile, Hitomi, who still hopes to see Ein (Hayate), advances to the quarterfinals of DOA5, defeating Mila and then Eliot. During a break, she actually meets Hayate, who spars with her and wishes her good luck. However, Jann Lee wins constructive DOA5 matches Leifang and Mr. Strong, and then defeats Hitomi as well, emerging as the winner from the tournament but not showing up for a championship award ceremony.
Looking for his attacker, Bayman rejects the DOA invation and infiltrates the platform, where he confronts and defeats Christie, who is working for Donovan. It is then reveled it was Helena who has destroyed the DOATEC headquarters to get revenge on Donovan for the death of her parents during the power struggles within the organization. Helena meets Bass at a bar at the platform, where she also defeats Christie. In Japan, Ryu Hayabusa feels evil rising again. He is approached by his close friend, Hayate, whom he provokes into a fight by insulting him, in order to teach him to control his emotions. Donovan, his face hidden behind a white porcelain mask, is seen plotting the final stage of his Project Alpha, Phase Four (Alpha turns out to be identity of the mysterious attacker who killed Bayman's team), whom he plans to sell to "the client". Donovan orders Lisa, who is still working on her research, to go to Tokyo and to find Miyako, who is part of their organization, MIST, to join them in the lab. In Tokyo, Lisa is confronted and defeated by Ryu, who learns about their plans and then refuses an invitation by Zack, defeating him too. Frustrated with her failure to track down Alpha, Kasumi returns to Helena and demands to be told truth. Helena sends her to the platform, telling her that she has sent Hayate there too. Few days later, Helena meets Kokoro, learning that her mother Miyako has just taken a business trip somewhere, and defeats her in a spar fight. The next day, Helena notices the arrival of Miyako accompanied by Lisa, whom she defeats too. She welcomes the arrival of Hayate and Ayane and tells them and Ryu that Phase Four will see a mass production of Kasumi clones in order to sell them to the top militaries around the world, and how she has sent Kasumi to the location, after which they embark there too. Feeling that something is wrong with Kasumi, Hayate orders Ayane to follow her and discover her real intentions. Few weeks, later, back at the platform, Hayate fights Bayman for the right to be the one to follow Kasumi, who is his "mark". Defeated, Bayman leads him to Kasumi, before leaving her to them. At the platform, Kasumi is menaced by Rig, but manages to defeat him. Kasumi infiltrates into the lowest level, where she defeats Lisa and discovers a secret laboratory and in it Alpha-152. Kasumi appears to destroy her clone, but she is then attacked and mortally wounded by Hayate and Ayane, and dies in Ryu's arms.
The whole DoA series is by now pretty infamous for its highly sexualized boobage. It's extremely easy to find references to this both in reviews and other media coverage. Part of this is mentioned in the article, but kinda glossed over as part of the physics engine rather than sexualization of the female characters. This has been a major pat of media discussions in the past few years and ought to be included more overtly in our articles as well.
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I mentioned this discussion at the Video Game project. Also, this was brought up involving Totalbiscuit but its best if you found a Reliable Source on the FemFreq video instead of just a link to one of her videos. GamerPro64 21:53, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
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<Start of discussion> There isn't enough notability for the other three versions of the game to have their own article. There's a massive overlap in information; The content that is in the other article can easily be moved and merged with the original article, as an extra section, similar to Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game) and other pages, like Persona 4 Golden. Kyoushu~ ►Talk Page 02:02, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
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I don't believe these articles to have notability still, as there's a massive overlap of information. All four articles describe what the game is, and how it plays - after wards, most of the article is occupied with describing the roster, which not only is against guidelines, but multiple articles aren't needed for that. A large part is used to describe the "update", which can easily be done in their own section, as with other pages, such as Persona 4 Golden. Kyoushu~ ►Talk Page 22:42, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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Is there any proof that Samus Aran of the Metroid series is actually appearing in this game? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.109.164.139 ( talk) 20:35, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Who ever wrote that some characters might die, can you please site your work, because if that's just your opnion, don't post in the article, post it here.
There (as far as I know) hasn't been any indication of what platform it's going to be on, as likely as X360 being the target is, there's not really any proof. Removing, for now. 59.101.97.250 09:05, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
The only known characters are Ryu Hayabusa and Hayate. Unless someone has proof of the other characters listed are confirmed, then only Ryu and Hayate are allowed in that section only since they are the first to be in that trailer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.38.247 ( talk) 03:26, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
You can propose previews or lists to add to the article. -- Niemti ( talk) 17:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
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"Vastly" is not necessary, and the sentence feels redundant.
Depending on how you count, I'm seeing either four or seven. If you're not counting "extras", word it differently. Also, just cut the specific three names and say something like "The gameplay is divided into three main categories: the game's main story, offline modes such as Versus, Arcade, and Time Attack, and online fighting modes.
Similar to 'that.' Also, 'innovations' is not a very neutral word - try 'changes' or 'updates.'
Awkwardly constructed. Try "an interruption system like rock-paper-scissors."
'A' new feature.
Undertaken 'the' task. Also, comma between DOATEC and but.
what the heck is this
To my knowledge, it is not currently 2010. PS3 is informal. Try for "By January 2010, rumors about the game being developed for PlayStation 3 had already circulated."
You don't need to give specific dates for everything. In September, in June, in July, in late August... that would suffice.
Sounds like an advertisement, almost. Axe "exclusive" somehow.
Don't put (8/10), (7.7/10), et cetera after every review. It looks unprofessional, especially when the information is in a chart directly to the right.
Shorten it. You shouldn't need more than twelve reviews. There are, of course, special circumstances, but you shouldn't put EVERY review in the box.
News and update are separate words, 580 000 should be either "580,000" or "580000", "10,9 million $ should be $10.9 million", present should, I believe, be 'present', and the last bit is full-on crystal-ball OR.
So yeah.
There's nothing wrong with Complex or Crunchyroll, Play-Asia is simply selling this stuff, YouTube and Facebook are all official accounts. This last stuff was added by somone else recently, I rewrote it completely. -- Niemti ( talk) 22:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Oh, and the policy you linked to talks only about "blogs, fansites, or forum posts", as OPPOSED to "official sources" and "information released by the game developer"! (Maybe you linked to a wrong one.) -- Niemti ( talk) 11:05, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
The story's up now. -- Niemti ( talk) 18:13, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
I'll give you a slight time extension, because I'm a slowpoke. However - I linked to the correct policy. It details "official information" published in "unreliable sources", which can and does include Facebook and Youtube. It lists "blogs, fansites, or forum posts" as examples of this.
Despite intentions of examining the article a bit earlier than this, sometimes life conspires against one. So I'll re-examine now and give you 72 hours from the posting of the reassessment. Emmy Altava 23:13, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
The following sources are of undetermined reliability. Can more reliable ones be found?
Facebook is a 100% official account of Team Ninja. Look, here's a link from their official website teamninja-studio.com: [1] (also to their twitter). Same for the YouTube accounts. You misunderstood this policy - it's about unofficial (fan-made) Facebook and YouTube accounts, something that anyone can start with any content.
There was really only a problem with Eventhubs one, because they forwarded an info from a Blogspot blog which in turn took it from a forum, and this is where the trail abruptly ends (I didn't add nor check this one before). The rest is fine, especially since many of them just post the trailers, and the pre-order offers were taken down after the release and in case of of doaworld.com one can't link directly to Amazon because Wikipedia blacklists it. -- Niemti ( talk) 23:31, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
OK, so? And yes, the story is brought down to the most important stuff (it was over 2 hours of cutscenes), and I had to explain things for everyone who don't know anything about any of these characters (and how they relate to each other, at the start of the game). You know - "all relevant information regarding the entirety of plot and characterization". -- Niemti ( talk) 19:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
I'll gladly do this one, since I'm getting to know Niemti and to prevent it from going to another pile at GAR, I'll take this one up. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 04:17, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
No disamb links, none to fix.
References are dead. Ref 8 and 19 to andriasang. The Facebook link I cannot access, though for what it is referencing it is fine. Ref 33 redirects to PCworld, so its broken. Please fix those.
Let's go through the prose. The lede seems just fine.
Gameplay:
"The game has four main modes: Story (the main Story Mode and bonus missions), Fighting (offline modes, including Versus, Arcade, Time Attack and Survival), Online (Simple Match, Ranked Match and Lobby Match) and Extras." - Should be fixed and condensed. The parenthesis make reading it dull from the get go. And is the option really called 'Fighting'? Is 'Extras' really a mode?
"Training Mode has more features than the previous Dead or Alive games." That is a statement that doesn't do anything for the reader. Explanation is is order of why it has more features.
"Online modes include an ability to organize and host tournaments for up to 16 players, Spectator mode enabling users to chat with other players while watching fights, and Online Dojo, a training mode where one can practice with other players." Almost seems like a run on sentence. It is a dull reading, let's go with a more active tone.
"Extras include Spectator, where players can watch replay of their matches, or watch fights between two AI players, and also take photographs from a position and angle of their choosing with a fully controllable camera." So its not a 'mode'. Its just replays and photography, right?
Fighting system
"The fighting gameplay is similar to this of Dead or Alive 4, with several changes." Awkward wording 'is similar to this of'.
"Like in the other games in the series, fights in Dead or Alive 5 are based on an interruption system reminiscent of rock-paper-scissors, in which strikes (normal attacks) beat throws, throws beat holds (interception attacks), and holds beat strikes, all of such counterattacks causing extra damage.[6]" I've not played the game, but this seems to be a dumbing down of gaming mechanics. Is not timing, movement and range of attacks not important?
"Tag team battles have been retained and the fights take place in interactive and now more highly-destructive arenas." Nix the highly-destructive and explain it. Also 'have been retained' assumes prior knowledge of the series. I'd remove that.
"A new feature called Power Blow (a triggered powerful attack that can be executed when a character's health is below 50%) enables the players to knock the opponent character away in a selected direction, possibly into the series' characteristic Danger Zones or over a cliff in the multi-level stages, which might then initiate a cinematic quick time event called Cliffhanger." Technical overkill and this is all one sentence. Needs to be split, clarified and explained better.
"With Cliffhanger, if a character can grab onto the stage at the last second before falling into a lower level, an action sequence is activated where the opponent character can make an effort to inflict even more damage if the attack succeeds." Again, game mechanic 'coolness' over explanation here. Fix please.
"The game's Critical System features Critical Stuns (after having been hit with specific moves, characters get stunned and are unable to block, but can still perform holds), Critical Combos (striking a character in a Critical Stun state can prolong the amount of time they remain stunned, but the damage that can be inflicted is limited) and Critical Bursts (a specific strike that over the damage limit of a Critical Combo that leaves the target character completely defenseless for a moment)." Run on and has many issues from the previous points. Should be overhauled.
Plot - Needs to be expanded, cleaned up and streamlined to decide on what to introduce and how to introduce it. Seems scattered and discusses more on the plot's story system rather then the plot itself.
Characters and cast - Complete overhaul and clean up. You know what I mean from the previous GAN. Oh and if you could point out their voice actors by JP or NA that would be great for clarity.
Story - Finally the plot itself, never played it but the prose isn't special. Could use some clean up and a run through for effect.
The rest is the usual clean up and such, and do we really need a whole section on comments about breast physics and sexuality? Maybe trim for effect, try and retain a proper encyclopedic tone instead of a GameInformer feel?
Also, the claims and prose such as this, " Asked "what would you say to those people who think that the bikini-clad babes in DOA5 are sexist," he said their goal was to create "the cutest chicks in videogames" and so they made a lot of effort to develop an advanced breast physics model that works differently with various types of clothing." No part of that reads like an encyclopedia, quotes must always be cited, but only when you need them. Not for every comment.
There are more problems, but lets start with this. Its a lot of work to cover. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 05:39, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Breasts physics and stuff is what the series is famous and infamous for (no, really - and it's in all reviews of the game, too; there wre also some major controversies including underage characters, including one recent game being banned in Scandinavia over Swedish child pornography laws, and then in Australia too), they first tried to change this, and then came back and embraced it all over again. What's "a GameInformer feel"? Also the words that he used after a 180 turn from his previous talk about "real women", "high class" and what not is very telling and "the cutest chicks in videogames" reversal thing was even in the original interview's title (and it was noted by several other publications, and even commented that, to quote, "once again, Team Ninja proves the amounts of fucks they don't give is the stuff of legends"). -- Niemti ( talk) 10:34, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Apparently. (No, even Wikia doesn't have it.) -- Niemti ( talk) 22:56, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
The game begins in an unidentifed war zone, with Bayman's patrol being ambushed by a mysterious hooded attacker of superhuman speed, cutting them down with a Japanese sword before dissolving into thin air. Few days later, Bayman meets Helena aboard Freedom Survivor to discuss the incident, as he is suspecting DOATEC's involvement, which Helena denies, suggesting it might be rather the work of Donovan's breakaway faction. After Bayman leaves, Helena is approached by Kasumi who is looking for information regarding Alpha-152, with Helena promising her help in finding Alpha and wondering about Donovan's plans. Helena sends Zack to bring Hayate to her yacht. Back at her yacht, Helena arranges a meeting between Hayate and Kasumi, who insists the pursuit of Alpha is only her fight, rejects Hayate's offer to help by their clan and sets out to find more clues about Alpha's whereabouts. Kasumi approaches and defeats Lisa Hamilton in the New York City, where she is also forced to fight off Ayane. Few days later, in the Antarctica, Kasumi fights and defeats Bayman, who was following her. Helena tells Hayate him she will stop at nothing to find Project Alpha and invites him and his associates to a new DOA tournament, but he is not interested. In a South American jungle, Ayane comes upon Hitomi, who informs her she enters a new tournament. In China, Ayane is molested by the drunken Brad Wong and is informed by Eliot that he is also joing the new DOA tournament. Eventually, Ayane arrives in Antarctica, where she fights Bayman when he stops her from chasing after Kasumi.
In Tokyo, Kokoro sees Helena's announcement and decides to join so she can meet Helena again. There and in Kyoto, Kokoro spars against Jann Lee, Lisa and Akira, before meeting Zack. Meanhwile in New York, Mila, who is also is planning to enter the tournament, meets Tina Armstrong, who agrees to spar with her, as do Brad and Eliot. After that, Tina decides to return to the ring, gets recruited by Zack, spars against Sarah Bryant and duels Mila in a ring match. Zack is then seen finding, fighting and recruiting first Jann Lee in South America and then Brad Wong, Jann Lee, Mila and Tina in New York. Meanwhile at Rig's platform, he is paid visit by a mysterious lady who claims to be a woman from his past and to came to "test" him, and who is actually Christie. After defeating her, Rig also fights against Jann Lee and then Eliot. All of sudden, the platform comes under attack by a mysterious helicopter, but Rig and his friend ans spar partner Bass succeed in putting down the fire. Soon, Bass learns that Tina has joined the new tournament and decides to enter it as well, defeating Zack to do this and taking a ring name of Mr. Strong. The Dead or Alive Tournament 5 begins, taking place at the platform, and the father and daughter fight in it against each other and then reunite as a team. Brad Wong and Eliot also decide to join the DOA5 tournament and they spar against Hitomi and Leifang in a Chinese circus. Eliot is being seduced by and fights against Christie at Rig's platform. At the tournament, he fights against Kokoro and loses, after which he reunites with his original master, Gen Fu. The story then follows Leifang and Hitomi, and their own journey of training. The new tournament, for which they are recruited by Zack, gives Leifang a chance to fight Jann Lee once more. Stalking Jann Lee, Leifang and Hitomi travel to South America and then follow him to New York, sparring with each other and with Mila, before Leifang's confrontation with Jann Lee ends with a scene of sexual tension. Meanwhile, Hitomi, who still hopes to see Ein (Hayate), advances to the quarterfinals of DOA5, defeating Mila and then Eliot. During a break, she actually meets Hayate, who spars with her and wishes her good luck. However, Jann Lee wins constructive DOA5 matches Leifang and Mr. Strong, and then defeats Hitomi as well, emerging as the winner from the tournament but not showing up for a championship award ceremony.
Looking for his attacker, Bayman rejects the DOA invation and infiltrates the platform, where he confronts and defeats Christie, who is working for Donovan. It is then reveled it was Helena who has destroyed the DOATEC headquarters to get revenge on Donovan for the death of her parents during the power struggles within the organization. Helena meets Bass at a bar at the platform, where she also defeats Christie. In Japan, Ryu Hayabusa feels evil rising again. He is approached by his close friend, Hayate, whom he provokes into a fight by insulting him, in order to teach him to control his emotions. Donovan, his face hidden behind a white porcelain mask, is seen plotting the final stage of his Project Alpha, Phase Four (Alpha turns out to be identity of the mysterious attacker who killed Bayman's team), whom he plans to sell to "the client". Donovan orders Lisa, who is still working on her research, to go to Tokyo and to find Miyako, who is part of their organization, MIST, to join them in the lab. In Tokyo, Lisa is confronted and defeated by Ryu, who learns about their plans and then refuses an invitation by Zack, defeating him too. Frustrated with her failure to track down Alpha, Kasumi returns to Helena and demands to be told truth. Helena sends her to the platform, telling her that she has sent Hayate there too. Few days later, Helena meets Kokoro, learning that her mother Miyako has just taken a business trip somewhere, and defeats her in a spar fight. The next day, Helena notices the arrival of Miyako accompanied by Lisa, whom she defeats too. She welcomes the arrival of Hayate and Ayane and tells them and Ryu that Phase Four will see a mass production of Kasumi clones in order to sell them to the top militaries around the world, and how she has sent Kasumi to the location, after which they embark there too. Feeling that something is wrong with Kasumi, Hayate orders Ayane to follow her and discover her real intentions. Few weeks, later, back at the platform, Hayate fights Bayman for the right to be the one to follow Kasumi, who is his "mark". Defeated, Bayman leads him to Kasumi, before leaving her to them. At the platform, Kasumi is menaced by Rig, but manages to defeat him. Kasumi infiltrates into the lowest level, where she defeats Lisa and discovers a secret laboratory and in it Alpha-152. Kasumi appears to destroy her clone, but she is then attacked and mortally wounded by Hayate and Ayane, and dies in Ryu's arms.
The whole DoA series is by now pretty infamous for its highly sexualized boobage. It's extremely easy to find references to this both in reviews and other media coverage. Part of this is mentioned in the article, but kinda glossed over as part of the physics engine rather than sexualization of the female characters. This has been a major pat of media discussions in the past few years and ought to be included more overtly in our articles as well.
Peter Isotalo 11:40, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
I mentioned this discussion at the Video Game project. Also, this was brought up involving Totalbiscuit but its best if you found a Reliable Source on the FemFreq video instead of just a link to one of her videos. GamerPro64 21:53, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
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<Start of discussion> There isn't enough notability for the other three versions of the game to have their own article. There's a massive overlap in information; The content that is in the other article can easily be moved and merged with the original article, as an extra section, similar to Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game) and other pages, like Persona 4 Golden. Kyoushu~ ►Talk Page 02:02, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
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The mergeing was "contested" the last time, despite meeting guidelines, and reverted by a user. However, I didn't have the time and patience to revert everything and ask the user to move to talk page. I will now reopen discussion.
I don't believe these articles to have notability still, as there's a massive overlap of information. All four articles describe what the game is, and how it plays - after wards, most of the article is occupied with describing the roster, which not only is against guidelines, but multiple articles aren't needed for that. A large part is used to describe the "update", which can easily be done in their own section, as with other pages, such as Persona 4 Golden. Kyoushu~ ►Talk Page 22:42, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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