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Ayane
Dead or Alive / Ninja Gaiden character
Ayane from Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate
First game Dead or Alive (1998)
Created by Tomonobu Itagaki [1]
Voiced by
Motion capture Samantha Jo (NG3)
Portrayed by Natassia Malthe (film)
In-universe information
Fighting styleMugen Tenshin Ninjutsu (Hajin Mon style) [6]
Origin Japan
Nationality Japanese

Ayane ( Japanese: あやね)is a fictional character in the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises by Team Ninja and Tecmo ( Koei Tecmo). She debuted as a hidden character in the PlayStation version of the fighting game Dead or Alive in 1998, and has appeared in all of its sequels and spin-offs. Ayane is a teenage master of ninjutsu and is the half-sister of series protagonist Kasumi.

She is also prominently featured as a recurring supporting character in the Ninja Gaiden series since its revival in 2004 and has made multiple guest appearances in other games, in particular in the extended Dynasty Warriors franchise.

Conception and designs

When developing Dead or Alive, lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki found the ninja concepts submitted by the design team to be the coolest, and chose to apply the concept to the game's protagonist, Kasumi. [7] While she was originally intended to be a "kuru kuru ninja", a type of ninja that incorporates spinning movements into their behavior, however as work progressed Kasumi's characterization strayed from the concept. When developing the arcade version of the game, as the team had decided to introduce the character Bass Armstrong, Itagaki felt it would be nice to incorporate another ninja into the title, creating Ayane. [1]

While a basic version of Ayane had been incorporated into the PlayStation version of the game, they fleshed her out more fully in the Arcade version, giving her the movements they had originally planned for Kasumi. Itagaki noted however due to their technical capabilities they had some trouble still with the concept, in particular noting they had difficulty finding "a balance between onset, duration, and rigidity, as well as the coolness of the motion" due to the rotating aspect compared to Kasumi's more linear movement. He felt they reached a level of perfection with her in the game's sequel, Dead or Alive 2. [1]

In addition, though her attacks were weaker than other characters, they balanced them gradually. Itagaki wanted to aim for a character that would have a psychological impact on players as they fought her, regardless of her strength. Her character story was also meant to have an impact on players, designating her as Kasumi's half-sister, but with a significantly hard background. In particular, Kasumi and Ayane were both representative of "many unhappy women who have been at the mercy of a male society", feeling it gave them some depth and importance. Instead of telling it outright in-game though, he included a relationship chart with the title so players would recognize the key details between each of the cast and imagine the rest, though in later games fleshed out the sister's relationship through in-game cinematics. [1]

Standing 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) tall, Ayane is a young Japanese woman with red eyes and measurements of 93-54-84 cm (37-22-33 in). She has purple hair extending to her neck, with bangs in the front. [8]

Appearances

In video games

Dead or Alive

Ayane was originally introduced as an unnamed training dummy in the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive, [9] before she became a player character in the 1998 PlayStation port, [10] in which she is an opponent character in the practice and tournament modes (Ayane was later included in the Dead or Alive ++ arcade edition) as well as an unlockable secret character. In the original DOA, Ayane has had neither a written background nor in-game plot-line (according to the later canon, Ayane was sent to secretly follow Kasumi). [11]

In Dead or Alive 2 (1999), Ayane joins in the Dead or Alive World Combat Championship as an assassin in pursuit of her half-sister Kasumi, a runaway shinobi who has left the Mugen Tenshin behind and been branded a "traitor" to their clan. [6] Ayane encounters and rescues an amnesiac Hayate, who goes by the name " Ein". When confronting Helena, Ayane is accused of murdering Helena's mother Maria, but the assassin is later revealed to be Christie.

In Dead or Alive 3 (2001), her former teacher and beloved foster parent, Genra, has disappeared. Ayane, now the most powerful member and de facto leader of Hajin Mon, [6] learns that Genra has been turned into a puppet by the DOATEC and its sinister Omega Project and realises that fate commands her to put Genra out of his misery. [12] Achieving this, she emerges as the official winner of the third DOA championship. The introductory sequence to Dead or Alive Ultimate, accompanied by Aerosmith's " Dream On", was the first to hint at the origins of Ayane and Kasumi's enmity. [13] Itagaki confirmed Ayane as the game's main protagonist. [14]

In Dead or Alive 4 (2005), Ayane has pledged her life to her half-brother and Mugen Tenshin clan leader Hayate, in his cause to destroy the DOATEC for the suffering the company has caused the ninja clans. Ayane has a threefold stake in this plot: she wants revenge for Hayate being brainwashed in their attempt to realize Project Epsilon, and for the manipulation and death of Genra. At the end of the game, Ayane uses her ninpo ("ninja arts") spell to help blow up the DOATEC Tri-Tower. [15]

She returns as a playable character in Dead or Alive 5, [16] [17] set two years after the events of Dead or Alive 4. Ayane follows Kasumi upon Hayate's orders, and later discovers that she is in fact really an Alpha clone. Ayane and Hayate learn from Helena that Victor Donovan and his new organization, MIST, plan to sell his Alpha clones as super soldiers to various countries around the world. They infiltrate the oil rig platform where Helena believes MIST's secret laboratory is hidden. After Ayane and Hayate kill Kasumi's clone, they breach into the lab, but Hayate is captured by Rig and Ayane is forced to flee. After Ryu summons the real Kasumi to battle and Hayate is rescued, they destroy the laboratory and Alpha-152.

Ayane is again a playable character in Dead or Alive 6. After witnessing Honoka utilize fight-copying abilities similar to that of Raidou, she keeps tabs on her, and eventually fights her in person to gauge her abilities. She eventually tries to capture Honoka to put her into protective custody, but instead ends up fighting Marie Rose, Honoka's bodyguard who recently became a friend of her. Because to this, Honoka ends up being captured by MIST while they were all distracted. Ayane eventually ends up working together with Marie Rose in a rescue attempt, but ends up being captured herself by MIST's head researcher, NiCO, who desires to revive Raidou. This causes a reveal that Honoka is actually Ayane's older half-sister. Ayane ends up sending Hayate and Kasumi a distress signal before being brainwashed by NiCO to fight against Kasumi, however, she is later brought back to her senses and fights alongside her family to destroy Raidou once and for all.

Besides the main DOA series, Ayane appears as one of the player characters in the beach volleyball spin-off games Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (2003), Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (2006) and Dead or Alive Paradise (2010), pursuing Kasumi. [18] Dead or Alive: Cronus, the series' prequel project which was intended to tell the story of Kasumi's and Ayane's childhoods and explore "the innocence and cruelty of children," [19] was officially cancelled in 2010 after Itagaki left Team Ninja and Tecmo. [20] Ayane was confirmed as one of the nine playable female characters in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, [21] when she was sent by the Mugen Tenshin clan to New Zack Island in a "mission" to find a certain "runaway ninja" and to bring back proof.

Ninja Gaiden

In Ninja Gaiden (2004), a younger Ayane (aged 14; she is 16-year-old in the DOA series) [22] plays a minor role as a non-player character, serving Murai and the Shadow Clan as a stealthy infiltrator and courier assisting Ryu Hayabusa during his bloody vengeance. In the 2005 Ninja Gaiden Black edition, Ayane stars in the "Ninja Dog" easy mode, where she treats the disgraced Ryu as her pet and leaves him various items through the game. [23] [24] [note 1]

In Ninja Gaiden II (2008), Ayane appears only in a cutscene [26] near the end of the game to give the Eye of the Dragon jewel to Ryu, turning his Dragon Sword into the more powerful True Dragon Sword. Ninja Gaiden Σ 2, the enhanced port of NGII for the PlayStation 3, features Ayane as a single player mode's playable character in one level, which shows how she obtained the Eye of the Dragon and defeated the remnants of the Black Spider Clan. [27] [28] She is also available as one of three new alternative player characters for the game in a cooperative multiplayer mode, [29] [30] and appears in the game's prologue digital comic, The Vampire War.

In the original edition of Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012), Ayane only appears in one cutscene, [31] in which she loans Hayate's sword, The Jinran-Maru (which translated from Japanese to English means Rapid Storm) to Ryu. [32] Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, an expanded version of the game, features Ayane as a playable character with her own new missions: a campaign involving the returning Black Spider Clan, [33] as well as being available to fight alongside Ryu—like in Σ 2—in an online cooperative multiplayer mode. [34] A new Chapter Challenge mode allows the player to attempt any part of the game using Ayane. [35] [36]

Ayane makes a brief cameo appearance in the comic book tie-in prequel of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (2008). She is featured in Zen Pinball: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, a 2009 pinball game for the PlayStation Network, [37] and in the 2013 smart phone action card game Hyakuman-nin no Ninja Gaiden ("Ninja Gaiden 1,000,000 People"). [38]

Warriors

Ayane made her debut in Koei's Dynasty Warriors franchise in 2009 with a non-player character guest appearance in Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, where her Fuma Kodachi swords are available as the player's optional weapons. [39] In 2011, Ayane's Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 costume parts were made available as exclusive DLC for Dynasty Warriors Online during the game's first anniversary promotion campaign. [40]

Ayane appears as a player character in the series' 2011 spin-off game Warriors Orochi 3 in her design and primary costume, as well as playstyle, from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. [41] In this game, set after DOA4, Ayane enters another world, named Orochi, [42] as she stars in the Siege of Hasedō-themed stage and joins Yoshitsune Minamoto's party to find a way back home, then follows Sima Zhao's army and helps them to locate and rescue the prisoners at Xuchang. Ayane returns—together with Ryu—as a playable character in 2012's Shin Sangoku Musou VS (which was abortively planned to be released in English as Dynasty Warriors Vs. or Dynasty Warriors 3DS), [43] as a free downloadable content (DLC) character, once again wearing her Sigma 2 costume. [44] In the 2017 crossover title Warriors All-Stars (Musou Stars), Ayane is playable by default, where she instead representing the Ninja Gaiden series to accompany the said series' original protagonist Ryu Hayabusa, rather than representing her original game series debut Dead or Alive, unlike Kasumi, Marie Rose and Honoka. [45]

Other games

Ayane's classic dress outfit is included in the 2004 Director's Cut version of the survival horror game Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly as an alternate costume for Mayu, one of this game's two protagonist sisters (the other one, Mio, may wear Kasumi's costume). [46] [47] It is also an unlockable costume for the character Kooh in 2007's Super Swing Golf: Season 2. [48] [49] In 2017, it was further added for players' avatars in Phantasy Star Online 2. [50]

Ayane herself is featured as a bonus playable character in her own side-mission in Koei Tecmo's 2014 survival horror game Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, where she has been requested to find a missing girl named Tsumugi Katashina. [51] In 2015, a cartoonish version of Ayane was added to Marvelous Entertainment's fighting game Senran Kagura: Estival Versus for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita as a playable paid DLC crossover character, along with bonus costumes for additional price. [52] [53] Ayane was also featured in Honey Parade Games' Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link in 2018. [54]

In film

In the live-action film DOA: Dead or Alive, Ayane is a ninja assassin and Kasumi's former servant who is dedicated to seeking out and killing her, as Kasumi is considered an outcast to the clan. Ayane first confronts Kasumi before she flees the temple, then several times on the island. She has romantic feelings towards Hayate (she is not his half-sister in the movie, and neither she is Kasumi's), [55] and initially believes him to be dead. Ayane fails to kill Kasumi but finds Hayate and aids him against DOATEC. During the film's finale, she saves him from a potentially fatal fall. [56] [57]

Ayane was portrayed by actress Natassia Malthe, a Norwegian of Malaysian descent, who was much older than Ayane is portrayed in the games. Malthe's Ayane uses a Japanese long sword and also wields two longs swords in the various promotional images in and out of character. [58] Malthe said she has undergone "weeks of martial arts training in China" for the film. [59] Tomonobu Itagaki later said he "wanted to have Japanese actresses portray Kasumi and Ayane" but the film's director Corey Yuen "believed strongly in his casting choices." Itagaki said he would have chosen Aya Ueto to play Ayane. [60] The film's producer Mark A. Altman said that he "was such a fan" of Malthe being "threatening and enigmatic as Ayane" that he cast her in Dead and Deader. [61]

Promotion and merchandise

Licensed merchandise items featuring Ayane include a variety of statuettes and action figures for the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series, including the figures by Kotobukiya, [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] Multiverse Studio, [67] [68] Mr Big, [69] Sega, [70] Shunya Yamashita, [71] and Volks. [72] [73] A high-quality statuette of Ayane came with the limited edition Japanese release of Ninja Gaiden. [74]

Other merchandise include "3D" coffee mugs for Banpresto's arcade redemption games, [75] posters, swimwear for women, [76] 3D mousepads and body towels, [77] wall scrolls, [78] arcade sticks by Hori decorated with a graphic of Ayane and Kasumi (released in two versions, for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360), [79] [80] credit cards, [81] and Dead or Alive talking clock that was bundled with another figure of either Ayane or Kasumi. [82] Dead or Alive 4 pre-order bonuses in Japan included "the most beautiful slipcase in the world" and "the most beautiful poster in the world", the slipcase having an almost-naked Kasumi on one side and Ayane in her standard fighting outfit on the other. [83] More Ayane-themed 3D mousepads were released as merchandise for DOA5 in 2012 and 2015 (chest) [84] [85] [86] and 2016 (butt),[ citation needed] along with dakimakura pillow cases, [87] [88] as well as for the Senran Kagura collaboration. [89] A life-size bed sheet of Kasumi and Ayane was offered as part of the Deluxe Edition of Dead or Alive 6 in Japan [90] and there is a life-size 3D mousepad of Kasumi from DOA Xtreme 3. [91]

Ayane was featured in a special edition of Playboy magazine in 2004. [92] The first batch of the unreleased Dynasty Warriors Vs. was supposed to contain DLC codes for Ayane's judo and volleyball outfit costumes. [43] Free downloadable costumes for Ayane were offered as pre-order bonuses for 2013's Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate at Amazon. [93] First-print copies of Koei Tecmo's Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate (Japanese version of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate) were bundled with DLC codes for blond haired Ayane's special "Orochi" themed costume in DOA5. [94] Dead or Alive 5 Last Round pre-order bonuses included Ayane's special "Ninja 2015" masked outfit at Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop, with an additional skimpy " Aloha" costume available at GameStop only. [95] [96] The game's fourth DLC season pass came with an exclusive costume for Ayane only, [97] and a download code for an exclusive bikini in DOAX3 was offered to visitors attending Dead or Alive Festival 2016. [98] Furthermore, the demo versions of Dead or Alive 5 featuring Ayane and Hayate as playable characters have been added as a downloadable bonus to the pre-order version of Ninja Gaiden 3 for the PlayStation 3, [99] and the collector's edition release for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. [100] [note 2] She is one of the four playable characters available from the start in the free-to-play versions of Dead or Alive 5 (Core Fighters). [103]

Critical reception

Since her debut, Ayane has received mixed reception. Gen Gamachi of Inside Games described her "appearance and excellent style" as having "blossomed", feeling both helped make her very popular while also praising her as a "quiet, cool beauty" with a strong sense of responsibility. [104] The staff of Dreamcast Magazine meanwhile described her as a character "worthy of special attention", calling her equally glamorous as Kasumi and "just as much of an eyeful...if not more so!" They further praised how the series' clothing options increased her appeal, though called her gameplay "irritating". [105] Mike Fahey of Kotaku on the other hand approved of her toned down breast physics in Dead or Alive 5, stating she now "[looks] more like a young girl who'd studied martial arts all of her life and less like a young woman who only studied martial arts when she wasn't recovering from cosmetic surgery." [106]

Other outlets have focused more on her personality. Raymond Padilla of GameSpy stated he originally saw the character as an "uptight bitch with a massive chip on her shoulder", but that upon seeing her story which covered her upbringing and the root of her feud with Kasumi, helped him to like the character significantly more, and he emphasized it as an example of good writing in fighting games and the effects thereof. [107] Dengeki Online staff writer "Masked Imaichi" stated that while characters with tsundere or kuudere are not uncommon in gaming at present, at the time of Ayane's release "she was a little tough, but with her cute face, she struck a chord with my heart", finding her even more appealing as the series progressed. [108] The staff of Kakuchopurei meanwhile were more critical, describing her as "just a Terminator archetype who’s dressed to kill" and further complained that she had a "literal child-like demeanor." [109]

The staff of Chinese website Sina Games stated that upon debut her "icy demeanor" and purple hair color quickly drew the attention of players and helped make her a popular character. When discussing her movements, they stated they were "inferior to Kasumi in terms of elegance and noise" but highlighted "her petite and attractive figure". They additionally pointed out the significance of purple in her primary color scheme, noting the color was often believed to have "a healing effect, especially the healing light that people with hurt hearts". They felt it tied well into her backstory and personal traumas, especially as her character became more open as the series progressed. [8] Additional praise was given to voice actress Wakana Yamazaki stating that while some saw her delivery as having a "lack of presence" and giving a weak impression, in their eyes it naturally fit the image of a lonely ninja and called her a perfect fit for the character. [5]

Criticism regarding age and sexualization

In early Dead or Alive titles, Ayane was one of three characters whose in-universe age was stated to be under 18, a detail about her and the others Tecmo omitted from Western releases of the games. [110] However, this caused issues in some countries such as Sweden, particularly in regards to the Nintendo 3DS title of the series, due to allegations of the game portraying underage characters in "pornographic situations". [111] Kakuchopurei's staff in their earlier mention of her also acknowledged her underage status, expressing gratitude that she was made older in Dead or Alive 6 but the unease of "her previous incarnations with the skimpiest kunoichi outfits made for Japan strip clubs" lingered in their minds. [109]

James Stephanie Sterling in an article for Destructoid addressed the matter in her own commentary, jokingly stating they felt like a "pedophile" when discussing the character and her "huge busters" with a Tecmo rep at E3. She further criticized Tecmo for caving in to player demand for the model of her Dead or Alive face to be used for her appearance in Ninja Gaiden 2, as she felt its "child-like" appearance only added to the issue. [112] In an article for GameFront, Sterling further called Ayane's young age coupled with her sexualization an "obsession with youth", a perceived aspect Japan she found particularly disturbing. She questioned if it was "so important to see [...] that the girl with gigantic tits is sixteen-years-old?", though felt that even if her age was increased Ayane would still "look like a creepy, big-breasted infant". Sterling also called out Ninja Gaiden 2's sixaxis gimmick of moving her breasts with the controller, feeling the way it was advertised encouraged players to "Buy our game, and manipulate the jugs on this big-eyed lump of grade-A jailbait." [113]

Other aspects of her sexualization have also come under fire, such as the staff of Hyper questioning her usage alongside other characters for imagery in Playboy, feeling it could give those critical of video games ammunition to attack with. [114] Joe Newman of GamesRadar+ meanwhile criticized Ninja Gaiden 2's breast motion gimmick in regards to her as well as the Japanese wall fixture ad campaign, feeling both were out of place with not only the tone of the game but also her character, particularly for her role as a ninja. He further noted it followed a trend of Tecmo using such material to promote their games that to him suggested a lack of confidence in their works. [115]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ayane can be killed by the player when Ryu finds her wounded in Muramasa's shop, but this resuxlts in a game over. [25]
  2. ^ As well as in promotional demo versions various other games. For example, demo version of Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge available at the New York Comic Con 2012 featured Ayane fighting against an endless stream of enemies inside a closed room; [101] a different playable demo, also featuring Ayane, was shown at Tecmo Koei press event in Tokyo. [102]

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External links

  • Media related to Ayane at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official websites DOA5, DOA6
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Ayane
Dead or Alive / Ninja Gaiden character
Ayane from Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate
First game Dead or Alive (1998)
Created by Tomonobu Itagaki [1]
Voiced by
Motion capture Samantha Jo (NG3)
Portrayed by Natassia Malthe (film)
In-universe information
Fighting styleMugen Tenshin Ninjutsu (Hajin Mon style) [6]
Origin Japan
Nationality Japanese

Ayane ( Japanese: あやね)is a fictional character in the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises by Team Ninja and Tecmo ( Koei Tecmo). She debuted as a hidden character in the PlayStation version of the fighting game Dead or Alive in 1998, and has appeared in all of its sequels and spin-offs. Ayane is a teenage master of ninjutsu and is the half-sister of series protagonist Kasumi.

She is also prominently featured as a recurring supporting character in the Ninja Gaiden series since its revival in 2004 and has made multiple guest appearances in other games, in particular in the extended Dynasty Warriors franchise.

Conception and designs

When developing Dead or Alive, lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki found the ninja concepts submitted by the design team to be the coolest, and chose to apply the concept to the game's protagonist, Kasumi. [7] While she was originally intended to be a "kuru kuru ninja", a type of ninja that incorporates spinning movements into their behavior, however as work progressed Kasumi's characterization strayed from the concept. When developing the arcade version of the game, as the team had decided to introduce the character Bass Armstrong, Itagaki felt it would be nice to incorporate another ninja into the title, creating Ayane. [1]

While a basic version of Ayane had been incorporated into the PlayStation version of the game, they fleshed her out more fully in the Arcade version, giving her the movements they had originally planned for Kasumi. Itagaki noted however due to their technical capabilities they had some trouble still with the concept, in particular noting they had difficulty finding "a balance between onset, duration, and rigidity, as well as the coolness of the motion" due to the rotating aspect compared to Kasumi's more linear movement. He felt they reached a level of perfection with her in the game's sequel, Dead or Alive 2. [1]

In addition, though her attacks were weaker than other characters, they balanced them gradually. Itagaki wanted to aim for a character that would have a psychological impact on players as they fought her, regardless of her strength. Her character story was also meant to have an impact on players, designating her as Kasumi's half-sister, but with a significantly hard background. In particular, Kasumi and Ayane were both representative of "many unhappy women who have been at the mercy of a male society", feeling it gave them some depth and importance. Instead of telling it outright in-game though, he included a relationship chart with the title so players would recognize the key details between each of the cast and imagine the rest, though in later games fleshed out the sister's relationship through in-game cinematics. [1]

Standing 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) tall, Ayane is a young Japanese woman with red eyes and measurements of 93-54-84 cm (37-22-33 in). She has purple hair extending to her neck, with bangs in the front. [8]

Appearances

In video games

Dead or Alive

Ayane was originally introduced as an unnamed training dummy in the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive, [9] before she became a player character in the 1998 PlayStation port, [10] in which she is an opponent character in the practice and tournament modes (Ayane was later included in the Dead or Alive ++ arcade edition) as well as an unlockable secret character. In the original DOA, Ayane has had neither a written background nor in-game plot-line (according to the later canon, Ayane was sent to secretly follow Kasumi). [11]

In Dead or Alive 2 (1999), Ayane joins in the Dead or Alive World Combat Championship as an assassin in pursuit of her half-sister Kasumi, a runaway shinobi who has left the Mugen Tenshin behind and been branded a "traitor" to their clan. [6] Ayane encounters and rescues an amnesiac Hayate, who goes by the name " Ein". When confronting Helena, Ayane is accused of murdering Helena's mother Maria, but the assassin is later revealed to be Christie.

In Dead or Alive 3 (2001), her former teacher and beloved foster parent, Genra, has disappeared. Ayane, now the most powerful member and de facto leader of Hajin Mon, [6] learns that Genra has been turned into a puppet by the DOATEC and its sinister Omega Project and realises that fate commands her to put Genra out of his misery. [12] Achieving this, she emerges as the official winner of the third DOA championship. The introductory sequence to Dead or Alive Ultimate, accompanied by Aerosmith's " Dream On", was the first to hint at the origins of Ayane and Kasumi's enmity. [13] Itagaki confirmed Ayane as the game's main protagonist. [14]

In Dead or Alive 4 (2005), Ayane has pledged her life to her half-brother and Mugen Tenshin clan leader Hayate, in his cause to destroy the DOATEC for the suffering the company has caused the ninja clans. Ayane has a threefold stake in this plot: she wants revenge for Hayate being brainwashed in their attempt to realize Project Epsilon, and for the manipulation and death of Genra. At the end of the game, Ayane uses her ninpo ("ninja arts") spell to help blow up the DOATEC Tri-Tower. [15]

She returns as a playable character in Dead or Alive 5, [16] [17] set two years after the events of Dead or Alive 4. Ayane follows Kasumi upon Hayate's orders, and later discovers that she is in fact really an Alpha clone. Ayane and Hayate learn from Helena that Victor Donovan and his new organization, MIST, plan to sell his Alpha clones as super soldiers to various countries around the world. They infiltrate the oil rig platform where Helena believes MIST's secret laboratory is hidden. After Ayane and Hayate kill Kasumi's clone, they breach into the lab, but Hayate is captured by Rig and Ayane is forced to flee. After Ryu summons the real Kasumi to battle and Hayate is rescued, they destroy the laboratory and Alpha-152.

Ayane is again a playable character in Dead or Alive 6. After witnessing Honoka utilize fight-copying abilities similar to that of Raidou, she keeps tabs on her, and eventually fights her in person to gauge her abilities. She eventually tries to capture Honoka to put her into protective custody, but instead ends up fighting Marie Rose, Honoka's bodyguard who recently became a friend of her. Because to this, Honoka ends up being captured by MIST while they were all distracted. Ayane eventually ends up working together with Marie Rose in a rescue attempt, but ends up being captured herself by MIST's head researcher, NiCO, who desires to revive Raidou. This causes a reveal that Honoka is actually Ayane's older half-sister. Ayane ends up sending Hayate and Kasumi a distress signal before being brainwashed by NiCO to fight against Kasumi, however, she is later brought back to her senses and fights alongside her family to destroy Raidou once and for all.

Besides the main DOA series, Ayane appears as one of the player characters in the beach volleyball spin-off games Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (2003), Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (2006) and Dead or Alive Paradise (2010), pursuing Kasumi. [18] Dead or Alive: Cronus, the series' prequel project which was intended to tell the story of Kasumi's and Ayane's childhoods and explore "the innocence and cruelty of children," [19] was officially cancelled in 2010 after Itagaki left Team Ninja and Tecmo. [20] Ayane was confirmed as one of the nine playable female characters in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, [21] when she was sent by the Mugen Tenshin clan to New Zack Island in a "mission" to find a certain "runaway ninja" and to bring back proof.

Ninja Gaiden

In Ninja Gaiden (2004), a younger Ayane (aged 14; she is 16-year-old in the DOA series) [22] plays a minor role as a non-player character, serving Murai and the Shadow Clan as a stealthy infiltrator and courier assisting Ryu Hayabusa during his bloody vengeance. In the 2005 Ninja Gaiden Black edition, Ayane stars in the "Ninja Dog" easy mode, where she treats the disgraced Ryu as her pet and leaves him various items through the game. [23] [24] [note 1]

In Ninja Gaiden II (2008), Ayane appears only in a cutscene [26] near the end of the game to give the Eye of the Dragon jewel to Ryu, turning his Dragon Sword into the more powerful True Dragon Sword. Ninja Gaiden Σ 2, the enhanced port of NGII for the PlayStation 3, features Ayane as a single player mode's playable character in one level, which shows how she obtained the Eye of the Dragon and defeated the remnants of the Black Spider Clan. [27] [28] She is also available as one of three new alternative player characters for the game in a cooperative multiplayer mode, [29] [30] and appears in the game's prologue digital comic, The Vampire War.

In the original edition of Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012), Ayane only appears in one cutscene, [31] in which she loans Hayate's sword, The Jinran-Maru (which translated from Japanese to English means Rapid Storm) to Ryu. [32] Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, an expanded version of the game, features Ayane as a playable character with her own new missions: a campaign involving the returning Black Spider Clan, [33] as well as being available to fight alongside Ryu—like in Σ 2—in an online cooperative multiplayer mode. [34] A new Chapter Challenge mode allows the player to attempt any part of the game using Ayane. [35] [36]

Ayane makes a brief cameo appearance in the comic book tie-in prequel of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (2008). She is featured in Zen Pinball: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, a 2009 pinball game for the PlayStation Network, [37] and in the 2013 smart phone action card game Hyakuman-nin no Ninja Gaiden ("Ninja Gaiden 1,000,000 People"). [38]

Warriors

Ayane made her debut in Koei's Dynasty Warriors franchise in 2009 with a non-player character guest appearance in Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, where her Fuma Kodachi swords are available as the player's optional weapons. [39] In 2011, Ayane's Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 costume parts were made available as exclusive DLC for Dynasty Warriors Online during the game's first anniversary promotion campaign. [40]

Ayane appears as a player character in the series' 2011 spin-off game Warriors Orochi 3 in her design and primary costume, as well as playstyle, from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. [41] In this game, set after DOA4, Ayane enters another world, named Orochi, [42] as she stars in the Siege of Hasedō-themed stage and joins Yoshitsune Minamoto's party to find a way back home, then follows Sima Zhao's army and helps them to locate and rescue the prisoners at Xuchang. Ayane returns—together with Ryu—as a playable character in 2012's Shin Sangoku Musou VS (which was abortively planned to be released in English as Dynasty Warriors Vs. or Dynasty Warriors 3DS), [43] as a free downloadable content (DLC) character, once again wearing her Sigma 2 costume. [44] In the 2017 crossover title Warriors All-Stars (Musou Stars), Ayane is playable by default, where she instead representing the Ninja Gaiden series to accompany the said series' original protagonist Ryu Hayabusa, rather than representing her original game series debut Dead or Alive, unlike Kasumi, Marie Rose and Honoka. [45]

Other games

Ayane's classic dress outfit is included in the 2004 Director's Cut version of the survival horror game Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly as an alternate costume for Mayu, one of this game's two protagonist sisters (the other one, Mio, may wear Kasumi's costume). [46] [47] It is also an unlockable costume for the character Kooh in 2007's Super Swing Golf: Season 2. [48] [49] In 2017, it was further added for players' avatars in Phantasy Star Online 2. [50]

Ayane herself is featured as a bonus playable character in her own side-mission in Koei Tecmo's 2014 survival horror game Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, where she has been requested to find a missing girl named Tsumugi Katashina. [51] In 2015, a cartoonish version of Ayane was added to Marvelous Entertainment's fighting game Senran Kagura: Estival Versus for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita as a playable paid DLC crossover character, along with bonus costumes for additional price. [52] [53] Ayane was also featured in Honey Parade Games' Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link in 2018. [54]

In film

In the live-action film DOA: Dead or Alive, Ayane is a ninja assassin and Kasumi's former servant who is dedicated to seeking out and killing her, as Kasumi is considered an outcast to the clan. Ayane first confronts Kasumi before she flees the temple, then several times on the island. She has romantic feelings towards Hayate (she is not his half-sister in the movie, and neither she is Kasumi's), [55] and initially believes him to be dead. Ayane fails to kill Kasumi but finds Hayate and aids him against DOATEC. During the film's finale, she saves him from a potentially fatal fall. [56] [57]

Ayane was portrayed by actress Natassia Malthe, a Norwegian of Malaysian descent, who was much older than Ayane is portrayed in the games. Malthe's Ayane uses a Japanese long sword and also wields two longs swords in the various promotional images in and out of character. [58] Malthe said she has undergone "weeks of martial arts training in China" for the film. [59] Tomonobu Itagaki later said he "wanted to have Japanese actresses portray Kasumi and Ayane" but the film's director Corey Yuen "believed strongly in his casting choices." Itagaki said he would have chosen Aya Ueto to play Ayane. [60] The film's producer Mark A. Altman said that he "was such a fan" of Malthe being "threatening and enigmatic as Ayane" that he cast her in Dead and Deader. [61]

Promotion and merchandise

Licensed merchandise items featuring Ayane include a variety of statuettes and action figures for the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series, including the figures by Kotobukiya, [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] Multiverse Studio, [67] [68] Mr Big, [69] Sega, [70] Shunya Yamashita, [71] and Volks. [72] [73] A high-quality statuette of Ayane came with the limited edition Japanese release of Ninja Gaiden. [74]

Other merchandise include "3D" coffee mugs for Banpresto's arcade redemption games, [75] posters, swimwear for women, [76] 3D mousepads and body towels, [77] wall scrolls, [78] arcade sticks by Hori decorated with a graphic of Ayane and Kasumi (released in two versions, for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360), [79] [80] credit cards, [81] and Dead or Alive talking clock that was bundled with another figure of either Ayane or Kasumi. [82] Dead or Alive 4 pre-order bonuses in Japan included "the most beautiful slipcase in the world" and "the most beautiful poster in the world", the slipcase having an almost-naked Kasumi on one side and Ayane in her standard fighting outfit on the other. [83] More Ayane-themed 3D mousepads were released as merchandise for DOA5 in 2012 and 2015 (chest) [84] [85] [86] and 2016 (butt),[ citation needed] along with dakimakura pillow cases, [87] [88] as well as for the Senran Kagura collaboration. [89] A life-size bed sheet of Kasumi and Ayane was offered as part of the Deluxe Edition of Dead or Alive 6 in Japan [90] and there is a life-size 3D mousepad of Kasumi from DOA Xtreme 3. [91]

Ayane was featured in a special edition of Playboy magazine in 2004. [92] The first batch of the unreleased Dynasty Warriors Vs. was supposed to contain DLC codes for Ayane's judo and volleyball outfit costumes. [43] Free downloadable costumes for Ayane were offered as pre-order bonuses for 2013's Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate at Amazon. [93] First-print copies of Koei Tecmo's Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate (Japanese version of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate) were bundled with DLC codes for blond haired Ayane's special "Orochi" themed costume in DOA5. [94] Dead or Alive 5 Last Round pre-order bonuses included Ayane's special "Ninja 2015" masked outfit at Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop, with an additional skimpy " Aloha" costume available at GameStop only. [95] [96] The game's fourth DLC season pass came with an exclusive costume for Ayane only, [97] and a download code for an exclusive bikini in DOAX3 was offered to visitors attending Dead or Alive Festival 2016. [98] Furthermore, the demo versions of Dead or Alive 5 featuring Ayane and Hayate as playable characters have been added as a downloadable bonus to the pre-order version of Ninja Gaiden 3 for the PlayStation 3, [99] and the collector's edition release for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. [100] [note 2] She is one of the four playable characters available from the start in the free-to-play versions of Dead or Alive 5 (Core Fighters). [103]

Critical reception

Since her debut, Ayane has received mixed reception. Gen Gamachi of Inside Games described her "appearance and excellent style" as having "blossomed", feeling both helped make her very popular while also praising her as a "quiet, cool beauty" with a strong sense of responsibility. [104] The staff of Dreamcast Magazine meanwhile described her as a character "worthy of special attention", calling her equally glamorous as Kasumi and "just as much of an eyeful...if not more so!" They further praised how the series' clothing options increased her appeal, though called her gameplay "irritating". [105] Mike Fahey of Kotaku on the other hand approved of her toned down breast physics in Dead or Alive 5, stating she now "[looks] more like a young girl who'd studied martial arts all of her life and less like a young woman who only studied martial arts when she wasn't recovering from cosmetic surgery." [106]

Other outlets have focused more on her personality. Raymond Padilla of GameSpy stated he originally saw the character as an "uptight bitch with a massive chip on her shoulder", but that upon seeing her story which covered her upbringing and the root of her feud with Kasumi, helped him to like the character significantly more, and he emphasized it as an example of good writing in fighting games and the effects thereof. [107] Dengeki Online staff writer "Masked Imaichi" stated that while characters with tsundere or kuudere are not uncommon in gaming at present, at the time of Ayane's release "she was a little tough, but with her cute face, she struck a chord with my heart", finding her even more appealing as the series progressed. [108] The staff of Kakuchopurei meanwhile were more critical, describing her as "just a Terminator archetype who’s dressed to kill" and further complained that she had a "literal child-like demeanor." [109]

The staff of Chinese website Sina Games stated that upon debut her "icy demeanor" and purple hair color quickly drew the attention of players and helped make her a popular character. When discussing her movements, they stated they were "inferior to Kasumi in terms of elegance and noise" but highlighted "her petite and attractive figure". They additionally pointed out the significance of purple in her primary color scheme, noting the color was often believed to have "a healing effect, especially the healing light that people with hurt hearts". They felt it tied well into her backstory and personal traumas, especially as her character became more open as the series progressed. [8] Additional praise was given to voice actress Wakana Yamazaki stating that while some saw her delivery as having a "lack of presence" and giving a weak impression, in their eyes it naturally fit the image of a lonely ninja and called her a perfect fit for the character. [5]

Criticism regarding age and sexualization

In early Dead or Alive titles, Ayane was one of three characters whose in-universe age was stated to be under 18, a detail about her and the others Tecmo omitted from Western releases of the games. [110] However, this caused issues in some countries such as Sweden, particularly in regards to the Nintendo 3DS title of the series, due to allegations of the game portraying underage characters in "pornographic situations". [111] Kakuchopurei's staff in their earlier mention of her also acknowledged her underage status, expressing gratitude that she was made older in Dead or Alive 6 but the unease of "her previous incarnations with the skimpiest kunoichi outfits made for Japan strip clubs" lingered in their minds. [109]

James Stephanie Sterling in an article for Destructoid addressed the matter in her own commentary, jokingly stating they felt like a "pedophile" when discussing the character and her "huge busters" with a Tecmo rep at E3. She further criticized Tecmo for caving in to player demand for the model of her Dead or Alive face to be used for her appearance in Ninja Gaiden 2, as she felt its "child-like" appearance only added to the issue. [112] In an article for GameFront, Sterling further called Ayane's young age coupled with her sexualization an "obsession with youth", a perceived aspect Japan she found particularly disturbing. She questioned if it was "so important to see [...] that the girl with gigantic tits is sixteen-years-old?", though felt that even if her age was increased Ayane would still "look like a creepy, big-breasted infant". Sterling also called out Ninja Gaiden 2's sixaxis gimmick of moving her breasts with the controller, feeling the way it was advertised encouraged players to "Buy our game, and manipulate the jugs on this big-eyed lump of grade-A jailbait." [113]

Other aspects of her sexualization have also come under fire, such as the staff of Hyper questioning her usage alongside other characters for imagery in Playboy, feeling it could give those critical of video games ammunition to attack with. [114] Joe Newman of GamesRadar+ meanwhile criticized Ninja Gaiden 2's breast motion gimmick in regards to her as well as the Japanese wall fixture ad campaign, feeling both were out of place with not only the tone of the game but also her character, particularly for her role as a ninja. He further noted it followed a trend of Tecmo using such material to promote their games that to him suggested a lack of confidence in their works. [115]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ayane can be killed by the player when Ryu finds her wounded in Muramasa's shop, but this resuxlts in a game over. [25]
  2. ^ As well as in promotional demo versions various other games. For example, demo version of Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge available at the New York Comic Con 2012 featured Ayane fighting against an endless stream of enemies inside a closed room; [101] a different playable demo, also featuring Ayane, was shown at Tecmo Koei press event in Tokyo. [102]

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