DLC characters...not entirely out of the question

[Rikuto]

Leon and Bayman haven't been the same character since DOA 3, and were even more distinct from one another in 4 and Dimensions (from what I understand. I didn't play it). As for Ein and Gen Fu being more popular, cutting characters due to their popularity (or lack thereof) would be a bad move in my opinion because there will never be a character that absolutely no one plays. Everyone has both a fanbase and a userbase, which is why these decisions shouldn't be made based on popularity alone. For the people who are upset about Ein being apparently cut, Ein and Hitomi are way more similar than Leon and Bayman are at this point, not to mention the fact that from a storyline perspective, Ein has been irrelevant and pointless for the past two games, not including Dimensions. At least Leon still has a storyline going on, and it would be weird to just drop him out of nowhere without at least resolving it. Just to be clear, I'm not saying it's a good thing Ein's gone (if he actually is), just that getting rid of him makes more sense than getting rid of Leon.

Besides, I fucking love Leon.

Bayman's story: I slept with the Kremlin's daughter, got kicked out of the russian special forces, assassinated an important guy and now my former employer wants to kill me so I have to kill him first, played knife frisbee with Hayabusa, I'm currently accepting payment from the woman whos father I murdered (trolololol), I took some really bad acid, and recently discovered I enjoy playing Battlefield.

Leon's story: My girlfriend is dead and I hate everybody. Especially Zack.

Okay, so, Leon is kind of under-developed. Cool guy though. I can totally relate. And there is definitely pure rage in his attacks compared to Bayman's, which is great for when you're ready to start playing angry.

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

I dunno you guys ...
I'm kinda worried ...

After seeing the Bayman changes, I'm hoping that Leon would get the same kind of treatments at the hands of Shinbori and Co. And get more body breaking epicness.
Another Part of me feels like he might not make it in ... which really really sucks.

If hes not in the Story line at least, He better be unlockable.

And for some reason I feel like Eliot might join the circus ... >__>
I swear that character was the least interesting to me in 4... Considering the short time I've played it. I hated his face, his stupid fashion sense and his dumb Dragon Ball Z taunt.

Bayman's story: I slept with the Kremlin's daughter, got kicked out of the russian special forces, assassinated an important guy and now my former employer wants to kill me so I have to kill him first, played knife frisbee with Hayabusa, I'm currently accepting payment from the woman whos father I murdered (trolololol), I took some really bad acid, and recently discovered I enjoy playing Battlefield.

Leon's story: My girlfriend is dead and I hate everybody. Especially Zack.

Okay, so, Leon is kind of under-developed. Cool guy though. I can totally relate. And there is definitely pure rage in his attacks compared to Bayman's, which is great for when you're ready to start playing angry.

Well, theres also the Bayman-Leon relationship, I think in both DOA3 and 4 when they meet they have a special intro and exit.

They might have been Ballet partners

 

[TRI Mike]

Fine fine, point taken. Let's all hope Leon makes it in.

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

we all know helena and lisa are confirmed officially (based on the CE swimsuit survey)

Chin said there will be a reveal around a week or 2 after paris this month. so ... we'll see
I hope its a big reveal showing like 4 characters at once or something...
times running out and we need to see our characters !

Come back to us, Leon!!

 

[Shinigamimatt]

Anyone remember in DOAU2 if you picked Leon and Bayman. Bayman would sometimes just laugh at the start. Totally set the mood for the fight. You knew there was something between them.

Also: DOA5 needs to bring back character specific dialogue.

 

[Dr. Teeth]

If hes not in the Story line at least, He better be unlockable.

This is what happened in DOA 4, so I'm not too worried. I have faith we'll see Leon in DOA 5, hopefully with a beard to amplify the manliness.

Leon's story: My girlfriend is dead and I hate everybody. Especially Zack.

Hey I never said his story was good, just unfinished. It did seem weird to me that he wasn't in DOA 4's story mode though. Like, he fought Jann Lee to a draw in DOA 3, and then just didn't come back in 4 without any explanation.

Also, he hates Zack? I thought they had a weird friendship based on DOA 2's tag mode.

 

[Rikuto]

Does Leon look like the type of individual who has friends?

 

[PhoenixVFIRE]

I hated his face, his stupid fashion sense and his dumb Dragon Ball Z taunt.

I always thought that was his constipation taunt. It's my favorite.

Does Leon look like the type of individual who has friends?

In his mind /derpface.

 

[Dr. Teeth]

Does Leon look like the type of individual who has friends?

I'd be his friend! Dude seems like he has a ton of good stories. Like that one time his girlfriend died in the desert.

 

[Matt Ponton]

Well I oh you a coke.

That timeline was a little iffy to follow though, looked at the last chapter and it seems Kasumi Alpha was still present between the DOA3 and DOA4, so that's what got me.

Just curious why you'd believe a wiki with now references to where the information came from? It makes sense that Alpha was upgraded, but it also makes sense that Kasumi defeated her in DOA2 and that Alpha-152 was just another one of the 500 Kasumi clones they had growing all around the world throughout DOA2 and DOA3.

 

[Rikuto]

I'd be his friend! Dude seems like he has a ton of good stories. Like that one time his girlfriend died in the desert.

And then there was that one time, when he was like "im gonna kill tengu" but then he was like "nah, i dont give a damn about tengu".

 

[Shinigamimatt]

And then there was that one time, when he was like "im gonna kill tengu" but then he was like "nah, i dont give a damn about tengu".

Leon does what he pleases.

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be in DOA5 he's on the list and so far it's been 100% accurate.plus Shimbori seems to like Bayman and I automatically assume he would like Leon to.

to me Leon represents the rage of the low teir gamers cause I know there have been many times I just want to pin the ninjas down and repeaditly smash their face in when they won't stand still,that's where Leon comes in

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

ローランの愛してる男。。世界一強い男。。 Oh yes. The way a woman can fuck with a dude's head and turn him hostile.. lol

I love his rage taunt as well .. lol
Best taunt EVER !!

 

[DrDogg]

i have no qualms passing on a fighter if they don't include my main(Namco still won't get a cent from me for SCV for scrapping yun seong/hwang) so if leon is scrapped it just makes the choice of choosing TTT2 over DOA5 that much easier for me

I get the whole character loyalty thing. I'd be upset if Helena were excluded from DOA5. However, there are 20+ characters in the game. It was your choice to limit yourself to only playing less than 0.5% of those characters. I can very much understand being disappointed that your main isn't in the game, and even opting to only play casually, but to say that you won't buy/play it simply because that 0.5% isn't included is kind of weak... especially when that 0.5% wasn't integral to the story and wasn't a popular character to begin with.

I almost always play only one character in fighting games, but even in DOA4 I played two characters... and I'm looking at playing 4-5 in DOA5, which will probably end up being 2-3 when it really gets down to it.

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

I get the whole character loyalty thing. I'd be upset if Helena were excluded from DOA5. However, there are 20+ characters in the game. It was your choice to limit yourself to only playing less than 0.5% of those characters. I can very much understand being disappointed that your main isn't in the game, and even opting to only play casually, but to say that you won't buy/play it simply because that 0.5% isn't included is kind of weak... especially when that 0.5% wasn't integral to the story and wasn't a popular character to begin with.

I almost always play only one character in fighting games, but even in DOA4 I played two characters... and I'm looking at playing 4-5 in DOA5, which will probably end up being 2-3 when it really gets down to it.

dude I thought you were smarter than that.you basically just said you shouldn't care about a character that isn't story involved or popular.I picked up Bayman BECAUSE he was unpopular I wanted something to break the monotony of ninja,ninja,ninja.your more involved in fightings games than I am you of all people should know what it's like to get attached to a character.smh

 

[Dr. Teeth]

I picked up Bayman BECAUSE he was unpopular

Wait I'm confused. Do you play Bayman or Leon? If it's Bayman, he's been confirmed for a while now and was even in the E3 build of the game, so no need to worry about him not being included.

Also, I don't think Dr. Dogg has a problem with character loyalty. I think the point he was making was just that skipping out on an entire game because of one character being absent is a tad silly, and that if you're going to make a decision to skip a game it should be for gameplay reasons as opposed to who's in it. What if DOA 5 turns out to be the best game in the series? Would you willingly deprive yourself of an awesome game just because Leon isn't in it? Believe me I'm a character loyalist myself and I'd be pissed if Tina were absent, but I certainly wouldn't skip DOA 5 if she was.

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

From the tone of Doggs comment ...
Leon might acctually not be in it ..

Just sayin .. >__>

As for Helena, she is deffinately 110% confirmed along with Lisa...
they already announced them by name at least in the last CE costume special thing..

 

[Shinigamimatt]

I'd be royally pissed if Kasumi was not in DOA5. But it wouldn't stop me from getting it. I mean, you have so many interesting characters. And DOA does amazingly well with capturing different martial arts. There has to be some characters you find fun. Even if you only got good with one character, there has to be some you'd try instead.

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

I'd be royally pissed if Kasumi was not in DOA5. But it wouldn't stop me from getting it. I mean, you have so many interesting characters. And DOA does amazingly well with capturing different martial arts. There has to be some characters you find fun. Even if you only got good with one character, there has to be some you'd try instead.

Saying Kasumi wont be in is like saying Ryu wont be in SF .. don't be silly

I said this before, Its never the same when your character is gone. It always sucks.

No1 in the game has a rough aggressive style like Leon. You would think they would want him in with the whole darker tone of the game. I guess not it seems... which is unfortunate.