DOA5LR has 30+ stages (37 total variations), Most fighting games have less than 20 stages. How many stages and characters does DOA need? 34 is too many characters IMHO from a MU perspective. 30 was a good number.
There's already a ton of interesting characters in this game. Also, with Tengu getting a sex change and Honoka copying moves I don't really have a lot of faith anymore.