The forbidden topic
. I had the same line of thought once and wanted to know why people were suddenly so outraged at DOA6.
Intriguing, let's see here...
Why are people only now having an issue with the same face syndrome/ similar body type when it also existed in 5?
Perhaps people are seeing how distinguishable characters are in other fighting games and feeling like the odd one out.
Why is the age 18 so bad/creepy now when in DOA1-4 there were multiple characters who were either 18 or younger?
In previous DOA games prior to 5 outside Japan, it was never explicitly stated that Kasumi and Ayane were under the age of 18. Times have changed since then, and there's a great deal of people who weren't in the know about this fact back then. So of course it comes as a shock to a lot of people.
How does blue and pink hair not fit or make a character too anime when DOA has purple, red, white, etc?
It's not so much hair color as it is that the recent new kids on the block strongly resemble other popular anime characters. More specifically Honoka, who almost blatantly resembles a character of the same name from Love Live, and NiCO, who closely resembles Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Why does Nico's lightning not fit in DOA when we have ninjas with magic?
I think some people wanted the game to be slightly over-the-top, but not too much. To some people, NiCO's lightning-based abilities are considered "too much".
How is Nico being an evil scientist any blander than Rig being an evil henchmen in 5?
To be fair, Rig hid this fact until the very last minute. NiCO is upfront about being a henchman from the very start, or so it seems.
Also, the kuudere anime girl archetype (cold and blunt personality for the uninitiated) is far more played out than a Canadian TKD practitioner disguised as a bad guy. Honestly... how often do you hear about the latter?
How are the new characters blander than Mila who barely did anything in 5 besides have a couple lines and showered?
To be fair, they're all in the stages of infancy in character development, so this is baloney.
In reality, it boils down to personal preference.