NINJA Gaiden 4 Discussion & Release

Neutral at the moment in terms of costume design ahaha, but I may enjoy it once the game is in the palm of my hands in 4 days.

Personally the biggest win for me is seeing Ayane older. Ayane was 18 in DOA6 and 15 in NG2. We've reached a point where the characters finally age to be perfectly presentable to the audience without looking weird sometimes that clashes with their initial design, and what I mean by that is that TN had a habit of making characters look like they are in their 20s or 30s, but get slapped age 18 on it (exception of Marie Rose and Honoka obviously). I know it's a Japan thing, but was hoping they could more often escape from that, and they finally did lololol.

Ayane being 25 is like perfect in my opinion as a design base and the look.
Is it confirmed Ayane is 25 in this game with this game taking place 7 years after DOA6? I've seen some people say that, but I haven't seen confirmation yet. I hope it's true because DOA is in need of a time skip and it will be refreshing to see the rest of the cast with a new look. Lovin' Ayane's new design.
 
you think they will be happy with old girl..no way

Characters in their 20s and 30s is not old though..... it's a legitimate fact. Your mid 20s and early 30s is where characters (and sometimes people in real life) are considered to be in their prime.

Ayane being in the mid 20s (or just 20s in general) means we'll likely have peak prime Ayane. That's a blessing in my opinion. These characters cannot be 18 forever.
 
Characters in their 20s and 30s is not old though..... it's a legitimate fact. Your mid 20s and early 30s is where characters (and sometimes people in real life) are considered to be in their prime.

Ayane being in the mid 20s (or just 20s in general) means we'll likely have peak prime Ayane. That's a blessing in my opinion. These characters cannot be 18 forever.

I agree with you wholeheartedly, but I see where HHH is coming from. Some gooners just have ridiculous standards.
 
I agree with you wholeheartedly, but I see where HHH is coming from. Some gooners just have ridiculous standards.

Heck it's not even some gooner ideology for standards. It's just common logic at this point to make these characters grow. DOA already had tons of issues presenting to an audience without some stigma attached. Titty fighter, gooner fighter, those are whatever... but the minimum 18 age thing or adding characters with kid like designs on constant is a bit disrespectful for like years now, and something that DOA should try it's best to get away from by no longer capping themselves at a lower age or characters with kid like features, and start designing characters at age that looks the part, regardless of Japan gaming studios having some fanatics favoring below the cap.

Even Japan isn't perfect (least their game studios that is), and sometimes people do have to call it out if stuff like that gets bloated over time lol. Stuck on age 18 is no different. TN/KT could do whatever they want to their games, but having these characters get older and match their age with their designs is like one of the best things they've done in years. Obviously they can make characters be 18 and look like they are in their 20s, but that's just coping on major escapism to dodge the problem.

If it's because of the gooners, then they need to seek mental help because they are gooning to low level nonsense ahaha.
 
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