Koei Tecmo Comments on Controversial Dead or Alive 5: Last Round Farewell Message

A farewell message from the Dead or Alive 5: Last Round team sparked debate on whether the series is continuing or not. Koei Tecmo provided a comment.

[DillyDilly]

I would not mind a new hot babe franchise from these guys

[Altovoltage]

I rather have a new ninja gaiden game

[TheOttomatic91]

After NG3 I wouldn’t be too sure about that.

[Yi-Long]

They've managed to screw up every Ninja Gaiden game without Itagaki...

[bluefox755]

With hot babes?

[The_Hooligan]

@Yi-Long What ever happened to Itagaki??

[yeahokwhatever]

..if they can only figure out how to make women's faces look like they belong on an adult. i think the current art is somewhat creepy.

[UKRsoldja]

Lol. You people are sad.

[Pantz]

Hope there is more DoA to come in the future

[TheOttomatic91]

What’s controversial about it? Anybody with a shred of brain cells could figure out they are moving on to DOA6

[Flewid638]

Everybody's crazy but you? LOL.

Sure.

[rainslacker]

Some people who are confused equals everybody?

[PapaBop]

Because they hyped it up? You don't talk up a special announcement only to announce you're done supporting a game. Many fans assumed they were announcing a new game.

[Double_O_Revan]

I'm sure the series will go on hold for a bit before returning. But DOA5: Last Round came out in Feb 2015!! Almost 3 years ago. Go search up the list of every DLC they released, it's insane!! I just scrolled through it all. I think they deserve a break and a chance to do something else.

[Summons75]

There better be a DOA6. It's been an amazing fighting game that gets overlooked and not taken seriously.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

It doesn’t get taken seriously because the counter system is flawed. They tried to fix the frames on the counters but it’s still can be abused. It’s a great fighter for people who are not very good at command inputs or who like to get away with mashing but it’s far from a serious competitive fighter like say Virtua Fighter or Tekken

[Flewid638]

That would be true if the same people didnt win but they do. The reason why DOA isnt taken seriously is because of the over-titted nippon ichi art style....which I think they need to get rid of.

Gameplay wise, especially now on a competitive level, the game is solid.

[Rachel_Alucard]

@CDzNutts

They already did and tried that when 5 was in beta testing and the whole japanese and Western community was fully against the change so they reverted back to a middle point. Artstyle has nothing to do with it if games like Blazblue, Guilty gear, and Uniel are taken seriously despite actually being overly cutesy.

[Cobra951]

People actually care about this game as a fighter? All the images I always see associated with this are more about titillation than fighting. Don't get me wrong. I have no objection to games about staring at and manipulating impossibly beautiful depictions of semi-naked women. Let's just be honest about what we have here.

[yeahokwhatever]

I like it because the characters dont have ranged weapons. Fighting games with ranged weapons are really, really stupid.

[LgbtWarrior]

Pretty safe bet DOA6 is in the works. Game sold like crazy and the dlc was off the hook. Love doa.

[Max-Zorin]

i hope we have another DoA. Nothing better than embarrassing Ninja spammers with Zack.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

They need to improve their breast engine.

[The_Kills]

Ninja Gaiden 4.. Still waiting.