Character list leaked from Demo's EXE

EMPEROR_COW

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But his moveset was evolved in 4 ;)

true ...
but still something about him always felt .. DOA2ish .. u know what i mean ? and that made him kinda awesome...
I just think it would be kinda sad to loose him... as he is quite a popular character and does have quite a big fanbase..
its not like he would be hard to make, his model is technically already in the game (Hayate) .. all they need to do is strap on some shades and a leather jacket and bam .. instant Ein. it would be a wasted opportunity not to have him in my opinion.

and I disagree with people that say .. oh if you miss him so much just use Hitomi they're basicly the same .... thats kinda like saying If you miss Setsuka in soul calibur 5 you might as well use alpha patroklos ... and personally even if the move sets are essentially identical ... i would never touch that smug character... ever ... setsuka had a personality that appealed to me ... alpha pat is just an annoying brat that needs a slapping ... i would never enjoy him...

and even then I think hitomi and Ein's move sets have some differences ... both in the way they look and the fact that one might have something the other didn't ..

as for Tengu ... as much as I personally liked using him ... (HA HA HA HA AIR-THROW... lol) I have a feeling we wont be seeing him sadly ... but you never know ... tecmo might acctually be nicer to us than we think .. we'll see...
 

TRI Mike

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For me, it makes no sense that Leon makes it to the game and Ein doesn't... Leon doesn't participate in the story and nobody plays as him while Ein has a big fanbase (myself included) in the four games he's appeared.
 

x Sypher x

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For me, it makes no sense that Leon makes it to the game and Ein doesn't... Leon doesn't participate in the story and nobody plays as him while Ein has a big fanbase (myself included) in the four games he's appeared.

Nobody except Rikuto lol.
 

synce

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That's what makes Ein a good candidate for DLC. In MVC3 for example they didn't cut the least popular character, they cut Jill.

And what's with the racism a little further up? あたまにくるんだ・・・ You try pronouncing a sound that doesn't exist in your language. Japanese don't have la or ra, just a combination la/ra sound.
 

Awesmic

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For me, it makes no sense that Leon makes it to the game and Ein doesn't... Leon doesn't participate in the story and nobody plays as him while Ein has a big fanbase (myself included) in the four games he's appeared.
Seeing how easily offended you still were after Game Over - of all people - tried to explain things to you nicely before, I'll start by saying I'm not here to talk trash, just truth. And if you're offended by this, I am truly sorry for speaking out. With that out of the way...

Leon would serve a purpose in the story here if they dug deeper than him only fighting for his dead lover. Remember, he has a history with Bayman back when they were trained in Command Sambo. Chances are he may have taught him everything he knew. If Bayman gets more backstory than expected in DOA5, it could be the most logical reason he still serves a purpose there. For all we know, Team Ninja probably had writers block at the time with some characters in DOA4 during Itagaki's time, and is picking a time like now to give characters like Leon (who had connections to more involving characters) more insight after the feedback on DOAD's admittedly biased storyline. There was also another question that remained unanswered: Why did Zack remind him of someone in DOA2?

Ein, at this point of the DOA storyline, is unfortunately an amnesiac persona. When Hayate gained his memories, his impact with the story has been little to none because technically, he doesn't exist anymore. Until there's a plot device that suddenly tells us Project Epsilon was successful all along, his only purpose would be in the other single player modes and versus modes as a bonus character (if not eventual DLC). And to make Offbeat Ninja happy. But that's all.
 

EMPEROR_COW

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did u guys seen this ?
http://kotaku.com/5895801/is-this-the-full-dead-or-alive-5-roster

down at the bottom it says ...
Kotaku is following up with Tecmo.

Update: A Tecmo Koei spokesperson told Kotaku: "The entire Dead or Alive 5 cast has not been confirmed as of current date, but Tecmo Koei and Team NINJA will have more to reveal in the coming months leading up to its release which is on track for 2012."

>___>
... I wonder ....
 

Rikuto

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I love how the PR guys of Japanese companies always totally ignore the implications of what is being brought to them and simply hand out a blanket statement that answers nothing.

"What, our customers were smart enough to data mine the demo? Now they have questions? Hmmm we were not prepared for questions, it doesn't fit in with our time table. Let's just treat them like idiots instead and pretend nothing they said ever happened. If they become upset with us in six months time as a result of whatever they found today, we can just ignore that too."

For me, it makes no sense that Leon makes it to the game and Ein doesn't... Leon doesn't participate in the story and nobody plays as him while Ein has a big fanbase (myself included) in the four games he's appeared.

Good thing the one guy who plays Leon can scrape the entire Ein fanbase then.
 

Rikuto

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That's not just Japanese companies.

Had a feeling you'd say that.

American companies tend to be more blunt about their refusal to answer questions or address issues. The japanese like to pretend they don't understand the issue which, in some cases may be true, but that is entirely their own fault for being the most indirect society to ever grace the planet.
 

DrDogg

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Are you talking about Worf from The Next Generation or Worf from Deep Space Nine?

Worf can't be in a fighting game... he'd just own everyone... then hook up with Troy.

I love how the PR guys of Japanese companies always totally ignore the implications of what is being brought to them and simply hand out a blanket statement that answers nothing.

"What, our customers were smart enough to data mine the demo? Now they have questions? Hmmm we were not prepared for questions, it doesn't fit in with our time table. Let's just treat them like idiots instead and pretend nothing they said ever happened. If they become upset with us in six months time as a result of whatever they found today, we can just ignore that too."

They have a PR schedule designed to keep the game in the public eye periodically until the release of the game. I'm sure a lot of that PR had to do with revealing characters. Now that all of the characters are likely known, they can't just scrap the original plan. The best course of action from a marketing standpoint is exactly what they've said/done.
 
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