Checked this morning:
No listing for Core Fighters. Only accessible by searching for Dead or Alive, selecting one of the character unlocks, and going to 'game page' listed in the product description.
Unable to purchase Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, with the reason given by the store as: 'you...
That was kinda my opposite point. Why bother legitimately unlocking all those "win x times with..." titles, or facing down real players to get to ~C rank, when you can simply beat up an idle free-to-play account on your second machine.
Pretty silly choice on TN's part, imo. Guess the FTP cash...
Have answered that for myself;
http://teamninja-studio.com/doa5/ultimate/uk/home.html#ftp
Latest update of the table states DoA5U vs DoA5Core functional in ranked, but only with the characters purchased for DoA5Core.
Judging by the fact that everyone I know that has a PS3, has more than one...
Is there any official information on how all that is gonna work yet? Will FTP accounts be able to play ranked? Would seem a bit self-defeating if that were the case...
Props for this, Emp - as Fox said above, really informative and helpful. Has made approaching her learning curve much less daunting, and I'm already finding my matches with her more rewarding. <3 4P+K and her parries ^^