Shimbori Talks about DOA5

Yohei Shimbori was interviewed for a video in Games Radar. Nothing really new is said in the interview, but I just wanted to share a Shimbori article as they are so rare. For those that don't know, Shimbori is the director of the Dead or Alive franchise. He is one of the key figureheads for the game's design and flow. He joined Team NINJA shortly before the Dead or Alive 4 project began.

View the article here.

 

Both were there to fight (as opposed to play volleyball sexily) and they fought as down and dirty as the guys, with especially nasty combos using the action button.

Gaming journalism protip # 256: When you are not certain of the subject matter, just make shit up. Really, nobody will notice.

 

I read that too. Must have been one of those guys like "Three-kick man".

 

Ah I want that lovely Ayane poster in the background of the video.

 

I couldn't finish the video at first. I had to force myself past the nerdy fat guy with slow speech impediment