HokutoNoBen
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Hope you don't mind if I've been sharing these types of details on NeoGAF. In fact, pulling one of Rikuto's choice quotes on SRK has been very beneficial.
I see they're treating Akira like Jesus, so I won't be surprised if he's top tier.
Being quite honest, you see how they told us that the DOA5 demo will consist of 4 characters but yet today we seen not only the lovely Kasumi, but the hard hitting Akira from VF5, so that tells us DOA5 is deeper into Development than we know, or at least from what I feel.
Also, think of this...Akira isn't a actual DOA character and from what we know, the guest characters are normally some of the last to get completed and here we see Akira meaning that most to all the original cast is pretty much on the same level of completion as him...plus former employee Itagaki talked about DOA5 in pre-thinking stage and he'd like to see a VF crossover of some sort and looking at today shows me they are further along into Development and is holding a decent amount of characters back which we should be getting a glance at later this month hopefully...so September sounds about reasonable.
And don't get me started with the SF's move list layout compared to Tekken's layout...those games couldn't be more different but yet they meshed together damn well...so it's safe to say DOA n VF will mesh together much more tightly..
He has not played any version of the game, but is just basing his findings off of the OXM video and recent trailer. Is the Akira trailer the "GDC build of the game"?
I see they're treating Akira like Jesus, so I won't be surprised if he's top tier.
"In tomorrow's Weekly Famitsu, there's a straightforward article about "his" participation and the circumstances leading up to Dead or Alive 5."明日発売の週刊ファミ通で、今回のDEAD OR ALIVE 5での『彼』の参戦についての経緯を簡単ではありますが、語っています。
Someday we'd also like to go into detail on the relationship between Dead or Alive and Virtua Fighter.バーチャファイターとDEAD OR ALIVE の関係については、また日を改めて詳しくお話ししようと思っています。
The big news in crossover fighting earlier this week was that Virtua Fighter 5's Akira would be appearing as a playable character in Dead or Alive 5. He may not be alone.
In Famitsu this week, Team Ninja master Yousuke Hayashi reveals that it was he who asked Sega to let Team Ninja include Akira in the game. "Ask" may not be the right word -- something closer to attacking Sega in order to get approval would be more accurate.
Hayashi says that, because they're going to all the trouble of holding this collaboration, Akira probably won't be the only character. It's unclear if he means we'll get more Virtua Fighter characters, or if he's referring to other franchises.
Wondering how Akira will play in the Dead or Alive universe? Hayashi says that the character's commands are basically unchanged from VF.