More Reviews
REVIEWS GRiD 2 Review
Grid 2 surprised me. I was going through the motions, getting used to the cars and their handling, when suddenly something happened. I started having fun.

State of Decay Review
Undead Lab's zombie-infested action title has finally hit XBLA. Is it worth a few of your precious Microsoft Points, or should you whack it over the head with a two-by-four and continue on your merry way?
More Previews
PREVIEWS Alien Rage Preview
Sometimes you just want to walk into a space installation and unload on a bunch of aliens. For that, there’s Alien Rage.
Titanfall Preview
Battlefield 4 Preview
Release Dates
NEW RELEASES The Last of Us
Release date: Out Now

Deadpool
Release date: 06/25/13

Dynasty Warriors 8
Release date: 07/16/13

Mamorukun Curse
Release date: 07/16/13


HOT NEWS Viva La Consumer Viva La Consumer

LATEST FEATURES Xbox One Controller Hands-On
The more time I spend with the Xbox One's controller, the more subtle yet meaningful improvements reveal themselves.

Pokémon X & Y Nintendo Developer Roundtable [All Done]
GameRevolution is in Nintendo's E3 theater, ready to hear all about the first 3DS Pokemon game and the first Pokémon to receive a worldwide launch.
 
Coming Soon

More Cheats
LATEST CHEATS
Contract Killer: Zombies
Action
06/17/13
More Cheats
MOST POPULAR CHEATS
Temple Run
Action / Adventure
04/08/13

LEADERBOARD
Read More Member Blogs
FEATURED VOXPOP Starling
E3: PC or rather about the lack of it
By Starling
Posted on 06/15/13
E3 2013 has been very silent for me. There's tons of media, but most of it buzzes past my ears without them catching the important keyword that my ears are fine tuned to receive: "PC" or "Personal Computer". Microsoft, Sony, EA and Ubisoft have all shown their cards...

Home News Dead or Alive 5 Fans "Want Bigger Breasts"

GAMING NEWS

Dead or Alive 5 Fans "Want Bigger Breasts"

Posted on Friday, September 28 @ 12:18:13 Eastern by

I don't really need to get into why the Dead or Alive franchise has this certain stigma, right? I mean, there's a Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. And Ryu Hayabusa isn't exactly in it. Actually, I'm surprised that he can keep his composure in the first place with all his buxom, uh, friends. Perhaps chastity is his true ninjitsu form.

Anyway, Director Yohei Shimbori for Dead or Alive 5 revealed in an interview with Gamasutra that the fan feedback of the game's demo compelled them to lend more importance to the sexualized traditions of the franchise:
We were getting feedback from the overseas offices to tone down the sexuality—to tone down the sexiness of the game, and of the characters.

We actually got a lot of feedback from people who were playing it, saying, 'We want bigger breasts. Make the characters more like that.' That was kind of surprising.

There's definitely still room for having sexualized aspects. If you have a solid fighting game system there, there's nothing wrong with having beautiful characters as a layer on top of that—that's another layer of entertainment that there's a need for. If there wasn't a need for it, people wouldn't have responded to the alpha demo like they did, and send us feedback.
In this manner, the Dead or Alive franchise is paying for its past success, though it's difficult to single out this series from all the other fighting franchises for having busty women. Even with Tomonobu Itagaki not at the helm of Team Ninja, the "sex sells" philosophy that brought the series so much appeal at the beginning of its life is preventing it from being mature in the best way possible, especially when Dead or Alive 5 is trying its best to become involved in e-Sports. To sell more copies and please its fan base, this issue will likely never go away for the franchise.

Thankfully, Dead or Alive 5 certainly tones down the jiggly breast feature from past installments, enough so that I think that people can more easily focus on the fighting gameplay during competitions. It's important if it's trying to be more serious that it turns down the joke factor, and ridiculous breasts is one of them.
Related Games:   Dead or Alive 5
Tags:   Dead or Alive, Team Ninja


More from the Game Revolution Network




Comments
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
    Yes\r
    \r
    \r
    \r
    \r
    .
    0 0
  • Jessica_Vazquez
    Jessica_Vazquez
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
    They're surprised that MEN want to see bigger boobs? Seriously? I think they should increase the boob size as DLC and add an additional mud wrestling arena lol.
    0 4
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
    Bigger isn't always better. Great idea about the mud wrestling arena.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Sep 29th, 2012 at 1:58 am
    Considering they're always perfectly shaped in video games bigger is always better
    0 1
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
    "I'll buy that for a dollar"
    0 2
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Sep 29th, 2012 at 1:59 am
    "I'll holler for a dollar", said Honey Boo Boo Child.
    0 0
  • anandakin
    anandakin
    Joined: Sep 2012
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
    b(.)(.)bs.
    0 2
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
    Made a name for yourself early with cartoony tits, now you wanna be all respectable and make a good fighting game. We try it out and say "this is a nice game... but where are the cartoony tits?" Not every streetwalker marries a millionaire like Julia Roberts. Sometimes just be happy being a guilty pleasure and take our money.
    0 2
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
    Where's my Lara Croft boobies?
    0 0
  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
    Give me tits, or give me death!
    0 3
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
    Hey guys, i got a question for ya. Why won't everyone in the world take gamers seriously and actually recognize video game as an art?

    Answer: scroll up to the article.
    0 1
  • leavesofgrass611
    leavesofgrass611
    Joined: Aug 2011
    Posted: Sep 29th, 2012 at 7:33 am
    That may be reality, but it's still stupid. There's immature, silly crap in every medium...there's also semi-pornographic material in every medium. Just because 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Blood Meridian' are both printed on paper and sold as novels doesn't mean one negates the other.
    0 1
  • strangebiscuit
    strangebiscuit
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 9:40 am
    That sounds a little crazy to me...isn't that like saying every time someone films a dumb action movie with big titted girls in tight costumes, it invalidates the medium as an art form? Like every Michael Bay movie cancels out a Hitchcock, or something.
    0 0
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Sep 29th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
    The female figure is astonishing. I support this claim.
    0 0

Post a Comment
LOGIN or REGISTER to post a comment or rate this article.
More On GameRevolution
STAFF | CONTACT GR | ADVERTISING | GRADING SYSTEM | PRIVACY POLICY | TERMS OF USE | AdChoices
GameRevolution.com is a property of CraveOnline Media, LLC, an Evolve Media, LLC company. ©2013 All Rights Reserved.
monitoring_string = "9825918b2b361fb0e003f4935ce18ae6"