New Doa 5 Characters

[UncleKitchener]

A boxer is the last thing I'd expect to see in DOA, a TKD character on the other hand is a possibility since VF has Sarah.

 

[jonosono]

Shimbori does like hni. Though all of the boxer's opponents would effectively have a 3point hold.

Right... I was trying to think around that little issue. Maybe increased damage / deeper stun against opponents who hold incorrectly?

 

[Raansu]

I can't see a boxer working with DoA's mechanics. Personally if they make a new character I want it to have Spartans move set. Even though she was kind of my secondary/messing around character I still loved her style and she was always fun to play. Though getting a new animation for the plasma grenade through would be troubling I think =/. DoA4 was so bad, but that plasma throw was oh so satisfying lol.

 

[jonosono]

I see a more serious Zack with no kicks; advance holds that sets him up for punishing attacks to the left, right, or even back... Actually coming off that train of thought, positional throws that actually work this time around would be nice. For example, his guaranteed setups would all start with advanced holds or throws that act / look similar to Leifeng's Back F + P. Does that make sense to anyone? I'm not sure if I explained that well enough.

As far as replacing Spartan's plasma throw. I think C4 / Semtex a flashbang / concussion grenade would work well enough with the old or an updated animation.

 

[UncleKitchener]

They could take away that gay ass armour and keep the move sets. Seeing as they want to release this thing in a year, they'd probably want to recycle some old stuff.

 

[Rikuto]

Yea a flashbang goes off, and both combatants fall to their knees and start screaming.

I like that idea. lol

 

[jonosono]

LoL, whatever Rikuto. The grenade gets kicked into the opponents's stomach, they fall to the ground on top of it. Boom! No lasting effect to Nicole.

 

[Rikuto]

Hey, she's got armor/helmet. Plus, have you seen the tiny explosion radius from a plasma grenade? I swear it gets smaller every game.

 

[jonosono]

Maybe the easiest solution would be for Team Ninja to petition 343 Studios to keep Nicole, as she, as a guess character for the 360 DOA 5.

 

[Raansu]

Maybe the easiest solution would be for Team Ninja to petition 343 Studios to keep Nicole, as she, as a guess character for the 360 DOA 5.

MS owns the IP not 343 studios. And the game is going to be on the ps3 as well. Sooo ya not going to happen.

 

[jonosono]

Guest character for the 360 version. Other franchises have been doing this for "ages" now. And since there is a Spartan on DOA 4, it wouldn't be unprecedented to keep a trend going with DOA 5.

 

[Raansu]

I liked playing Spartan but lets stay away from the guest characters shall we? Nothing like having a character for one game then ripped out in the next. I really don't want to see that cycle with DoA.

 

[jonosono]

Raan, come on now. Now is exactly the time to talk about this. Especially now that we have Team Ninja's ear, early in development. Like I said, it has been done before. Why not try (at the very least) to keep Spartan around?

 

[UncleKitchener]

Darth Vader didn't make it to SCV and Spartan won't make it to DOA5 either.

 

[jonosono]

All this nay, nay, naying is going to be why she doesn't show up in DOA 5.

 

[Matt Ponton]

Maybe the pre-Spartan version of Nicole heh.

 

[grap3fruitman]

Raan, come on now. Why not try (at the very least) to keep Spartan around?

What posts are you reading? Raansu clearly wants Spartan around, he just doesn't like the idea of console exclusives and is trying to suggest how we keep the Spartan movelist since keeping the actual character doesn't seem likely. Plus, console exclusive characters are generally banned at offline events, aren't they? I'm sure this is another reason for Raansu's position, that he wants to be able to play with her at these events.

 

[jonosono]

Thanks, that makes more sense.

 

[Megawarrior]

A boxer is the last thing I'd expect to see in DOA, a TKD character on the other hand is a possibility since VF has Sarah.

yeah it would seem awkward.

 

[Rikuto]

How exactly would a boxer be awkward in DOA?

There are boxers in pretty much every single type of fighting game out there.