Team Ninja Twitter

[FakeSypha]

I just hope Jann's original VA (Toshio Furukawa) will return to reprise his role. Nobutoshi Canna's rendition of him in DOA had no real "OOMPH" to those yells!

Even if I'm not a Jann's fan, I'm totally with you on that. Jann's VA on Dimensions sucked ass. He just didn't carry that Bruce Lee essence on his yells.

Of course it's not a deal breaker but I appreciate little things like that.

 

[grap3fruitman]

今日はDEAD OR ALIVE 5のボイス収録。私もどこかの声で参加してます。サウンドディレクターにボツにされなければ・・・。 http://pic.twitter.com/51AOL6zM

"Voice recording for Dead or Alive 5 today. I'm providing my voice for somewhere too. Unless the sound director tosses it..."

 

[grap3fruitman]

「DEAD OR ALIVE 5」公式サイトを更新しました。「マニュアル」や「意見を送るページ」を用意しましたので、体験版をプレイした方はぜひチェックしてください！

"The official Dead or Alive 5 site has been updated. We've put up a manual and an "opinion page" for those who have played the demo, please check them out!"

「NINJA GAIDEN 3」を購入された方は、ぜひDEAD OR ALIVE 5体験版もプレイしてみてください。まだα版ですが、目指しているものを感じていただける内容になっています

"If you bought Ninja Gaiden 3, please try out Dead or Alive 5. It's only the α version but it gives you an idea of where we're going with it."

対戦格闘は「対戦」が一番面白いと思うので、ぜひ友達と本気で対戦してみてください。本気で対戦すると、また新たな楽しさが発見できるはずです。

Finicky translation but...
"I think fighting against people is the most interesting, so please try your best against your friends. There's pleasure to be had from finding new things while trying your hardest."

 

[grap3fruitman]

『DOA5』体験版はお楽しみいただけているでしょうか？今日はそのDOA5のディレクターを紹介します。 #DOA5

"How are you enjoying the DOA5 trial? Today I'm going to introduce the director of DOA5."

【新堀D】みなさん、はじめまして。私はDOA5のディレクター新堀（シンボリ）です。（分かりやすいように私のツイートには【新堀D】マークをつけておきます） #DOA5

"I'm [D] Shimbori, nice to meet you. I'm the DOA5 director. I'm going to mark all my Tweets with [D-Shimbori] so they're easy to recognize."

【新堀D】簡単に自己紹介をすると、私は格闘ゲームが大好きで、旧テクモに入社して依頼ずっとDOAシリーズに携わってきた格闘ゲーマーです。今はプロからカジュアルまでが楽しめる「格闘エンターテインメント」のディレクションを担当しています。 #DOA5

"[D-Shimbori] I love fighting games, when I first started in the old Tecmo, I always requested to be invovled with and join on DOA. Now I'm responsible for bringing "fighting entertainment" to casuals and pros."

【新堀D】今後は製作の合間に、私からもDOA5のゲームシステムや細かい情報を発信していこうと思いますので、どうぞよろしくお願いします！ #DOA5

"[D-Shimbori] In the coming time, I'm going to provide you information and detailed game system changes in DOA5. Thank you very much!"

 

[grap3fruitman]

So how is everyone liking the DOA5 Alpha Demo? There's still time to fill out the survey! Let us know what you think! #DOA5

Today, we're going to get some tweets from the director himself! #DOA5

[D-YS] Hi everyone. I'm Yohei Shimbori, and I'm the director for DOA5. (My tweets will start with [D-YS].) #DOA5

[D-YS] I love fighting games, and I've been working on DOA ever since I joined Tecmo. #DOA5

[D-YS] As director, I am responsible for deciding the game specs and direction for creating fighting entertainment. #DOA5

[D-YS] "Fighting entertainment" for us means something that pro fighters and casual gamers can enjoy. #DOA5

[D-YS] Moving forward, I'll be sharing info about the game system and other details... #DOA5

[D-YS] ...When I get a break from development, that is. (Now back to work.) Stay tuned! #DOA5

 

[grap3fruitman]

【新堀D】今日はDOA5体験版の機能の一部を簡単にご紹介いたします。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] Today I'm going to quickly introduce some of the features of the DOA5 demo."

【新堀D】まず、体験版には『DOAD』で好評だったデジタルインストやスキルインフォが入っています。オプションやポーズメニューで表示を切り替えられます。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] First, the move info and button commands were popular in DOAD so we included those in the demo. You can choose between them in either the pause menu or the options."

【新堀D】デジタルインストは右側のアナログスティックで操作できて、押し込めば技も出るようになっています。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] The move list can be browsed by clicking-in the right stick."

【新堀D】それから、体験版の敵AIはプレイヤーが勝つたびに徐々に強くなっていき、次第にちょうどいい強さになるAIシステムのプロト版を採用しています。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] The demo's enemy AI will gradually get stronger the more you win. The protocol in place is to so the AI is gradually going to be the right strength."

【新堀D】初心者にもアクションを楽しんで欲しかったので、最初は弱い設定ですが、強くなるとお手本のようなコンボを使うようになっています。ぜひ勝ち続けてみて欲しいです。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] I wanted even beginners to enjoy the action, so the initial setting is weak, and have to use combos like your role models and become stronger. I want you to try by all means to continue to win."

【新堀D】さらに、DOA5はみんなが楽しめるように、「オプション」にもこだわっていこうと思っています。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] I also put in lots of "options" in DOA5 for everyone to enjoy." He's referring to the option menu here specifically.

【新堀D】ヒットエフェクトやカメラワークは「オプション」で切り替え可能なので、好みに合わせて設定してみてください。

"[Shimbori] You can set the camera mode or hit effects in the "options." Please set it how you like."

【新堀D】ちなみにチュートリアル表示中に文字が読めるように長いスロー演出が入っていますが、これも「オプション」でOFFにできます。操作に慣れたら「OFF」をオススメします。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] The demo includes short tutorial messages at the bottom of the screen. You can also turn these OFF in the options. Once you're familiar with them, it's recommended you set this to OFF."

【新堀D】そして残念ながら体験版にはセーブ機能がつけられません。でも製品版では、ちゃんと各種オプションや敵AIの強さ、対戦回数など、様々な要素がセーブされますのでご安心を。 #DOA5

"[Shimbori] The demo version doesn't allow for saving unfortunately. In the final version you'll be able to save the enemy AI strength and various items like the number of rounds properly."

【新堀D】ではこのへんで、開発の仕事に戻ります！ Thank you!

"[Shimbori] That's enough for now, it's back to work for me! Thank you!"

 

[Awesmic]

Just a few moments ago, some recent tweets suggest that DOA5 will have an AI Learning System. I haven't heard of this since the Saturn port of Virtua Fighter 2.

Now I'm really excited about this game.

 

[grap3fruitman]

I don't know about "learning" AI but the CPU definitely ramps up the difficulty as you win until you reset the demo again.

 

[x Sypher x]

Just a few moments ago, some recent tweets suggest that DOA5 will have an AI Learning System. I haven't heard of this since the Saturn port of Virtua Fighter 2.

Now I'm really excited about this game.

I used to hate that shit lol.

 

[UncleKitchener]

I don't know about "learning" AI but the CPU definitely ramps up the difficulty as you win until you reset the demo again.

Technically, it is learning every time you play it and it changes its behavioural algorithm to predict what you'd do next. The AI keeps track of the strings you use, how you may transition between different things in each round, what mix ups you use and then simply store them in a table or a vector (of whatever dimensions) and just refers to those the next round or later in the same round, while changing its behaviour every time.

The olds had a similar but more simplistic approach in terms of AI behaviour. They mostly tried predicting when to hold your attacks and sometimes ended their stings in lows or throw you when you blocked for a certain amount of time. The difference was that they didn't learn anything new, so if you played them for long enough, you could have predicted their next move, depending on difficulty.

 

[grap3fruitman]

TN posted some stuff regarding cliffhangers on Twitter earlier today. I'm at work and can't properly post so would someone else mind filling in for me and post everything here?

 

[Matt Ponton]

[D-YS] Lets talk Cliffhangers.
[D-YS] Cliffhangers involve a changeup in the gameplay. It's a quick, limited-time challenge.
[D-YS] It's like jumping over obstacles in DOA4, but you don't choose between a mid P or K.
[D-YS] Since your opponent is grabbing the ledge, you choose between a strike or throw. But...!
[D-YS] In order to make it a psychological game, we're balancing all the values mathematically based on game theory.
[D-YS] There's definitely still room for tweaking things, so please speak up if you have any thoughts!
[D-YS] Cliffhangers will only appear in certain stages, so they'll be pretty rare if you choose a stage randomly.
[D-YS] OK. Time's up. Back to work! More next time! Thank you!

 

[HokutoNoBen]

"Certain stages", hm? How interesting...

 

[Matt Ponton]

"Certain stages", hm? How interesting...

Well so far they're 2 for 2 haha.

 

[Allan Paris]

Well that's good, I wouldn't want to play on cliffhanger stages all day. That would get played out fast.

 

[grap3fruitman]

Awesmic made the observation on another forum that the only stages that would have a cliffhangers would be the ones with multiple tiers and seven of those fit the bill based on the leaked info from the demo.

 

[PhoenixVFIRE]

Every multi-tier stage might have cliffhangers? uh...I hope we have "some" just straight up knock offs, stairs or something.

 

[Einzelkind]

In order to make it a psychological game, we're balancing all the values mathematically based on game theory.

Using big expressions like "game theory" seems kinda funky, if you're talking about a 50/50 situation.

 

[Matt Ponton]

Using big expressions like "game theory" seems kinda funky, if you're talking about a 50/50 situation.

I believe he's referring to the damage such as a throw deals damage to the attacker they would want to do the attack but the defender might know this and decide to block

 

[Einzelkind]

Yeah, I know. Just seemed like "Oh look, we've found a fancy new expression for guessing!" to me. The cliffhanger would actually make a good example if you'd try to explain the game theory to someone, because it can't get any simpler than that.