Hi guys, I'm kinda new here, but I've known DOA for some time already : I used to play DOA2 on my PS2 back in time, and it was AWESOME !!!
However, last year, I bought a copy of DOA5 for 35 euros just to discover only 10 days later that TECMO was going to release an Ultimate version, argh... Sold it back immediately. I am currently WAITING for next september, just to see if Tecmo is gonna do it AGAIN and release another "more ultimate" version with more costumes and the new characters too... This is only to say that if Tecmo is preparing a NEW DOA game, they should spend more time on it so that everything (or at least the most) is in it from the start !
What I would like to see in DOA 6 :
First of all, I want a DECENT epic 3DCG Intro presenting the characters like there used to be in the Soul Calibur saga and the Tekken saga !
ROSTER : Tina, Christie, Lisa, Marierose, Kasumi, Ayane, Mila, Lei-Fang, Hitomi, Momiji, Rachel, Helena, Kokoro, Gen-Fu, Eliot, Brad Wong, Leon, Rig, Hayate, Ryu, Jann-Lee, Bass, Zack, Bayman.
BOSSES : New Boss (for Story Mode), Tengu & Resurrected Raidou (for Tag Mode), Alpha 126 (for Arcade Mode)
NEW CHARACTERS :
- Miyako who wants to stop Kokoro in order to protect her (uses Wing Chun)
- Sonia "Irene Lew" who wants to find Ryu (uses Krav Maga)
- Rio Tachibana who simply wants to test her skills (uses Savate)
- a Brazilian babe with curly dark hair (uses Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu mixed with Capoeira moves) who wants to punish Zack for seducing and abandoning her
- an Eastern-European guy who has middle-length wavy hair (like Brandon Lee in "The Crow") and glasses (uses a military form of Silat) who wants to defeat everyone starting from Leon and Jann-Lee and dreams of marrying Lei-Fang whom he sees as the perfect bride for the "strongest man on Earth". This guy should be the real psycho of the group !
GUESTS : I am not a big fan of this "guest" thing, but if Tecmo wants to do it really bad, I have a few ideas that could be a good compromise.
-> First of all, I'd say NO MORE THAN 2 GUESTS, just so that they could have their intros/endings for the Tag Mode. They should NOT appear in the Story Mode though.
They could be :
- Chun-Li & Albert Wesker from Capcom
- Jin & Asuka Kazama from Tekken or maybe Kazuya & Heihachi from Tekken
- Mai Shiranui & Athena Asamiya from K.O.F.
Possible Virtua Fighter come-back ? => IF Virtua Fighter characters really MUST return because Tecmo can't do a DOA 6 game without them, I'd keep only Akira and Sarah as they seem the most "iconic" characters of the series in my own humble opinion...
About the GAME MODES :
Story Mode => it should be a LONG story (that uses 3DCG cutscenes) divided in CHAPTERS with 3 fights for every character, but each fight would be a single-round fight (you win you go on with the story, you lose the story stops). the Final BOSS would be unique and TOTALLY NEW.
Arcade Mode => a series of 10 "standard fights" (2 rounds + final round) but the BOSS would be Alpha 126. Like in Tekken 5, at the BEGINNING of the Arcade Mode, you have a few Comics illustrations of your character that explain why he/she has joined the tournament. The ending however is DIFFERENT for each character and in 3DCG.
TAG Mode => Form a team and challenge all the other teams. The Bosses team is nonetheless than Tengu with a Resurrected Raidou directly from Hell ! (he should look all demon-like and partially zombified, hehe...)
Domination Mode => select a character and challenge EVERY CHARACTER in the game to prove you are the UNDISPUTED CHAMPION.
Challenge Mode => Like in Mortal Kombat 9, you must "climb the challenge tower" and beat about 100 mini-games to unlock costumes, accessories and pin-ups for each character. Every character has its own challenges, that can be combos but also totally new things like puzzle games or even slice a watermelon in 2 for Hayate and Hayabusa since they have a katana (like there was in the trailer of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance), hehe...
Tutorial => enter the DOJO and master your character's moves. You can fight against the CPU or another Player.
Costume Gallery => Select your character and watch him/her come out from a dressing room wearing the costumes and accessories you have UNLOCKED so far. That would be good to easily see what you have already and what is missing.
Otaku Mode => Select 2 fighters and watch them fight while you can RECORD, use SLOW MOTION, ZOOM and even TAKE A PICTURE. That would satisfy all the hardcore fanbase who wants only fanservice, hehe...
Hall of Trophies : Check out all your achievements, costumes, accessories and other unlockables you have already acquired so far.
COSTUMES : 15 costumes for every girl + 3 swimsuits (A,B and C) / 12 costumes for each guy + 1 swimsuit
Some costumes may be unlocked just with the Story mode, others with the other game modes, others only through Challenge mode... The important thing is that each costume needs to be unlocked in a particular game mode and following precise conditions, like in Soul Calibur.
Note : the costumes should be selected among the most popular costumes of the franchise. I'd leave the "themed" costumes for DLCs if people really want them, pay for it !
ACCESSORIES : 3 or 4 accessories that you'll have to unlock to customize your character (glasses, small purse, tattoo, scar, necklace...)
HAIRSTYLES : 3 or 4 different hairstyles (including HATS) you'll have to unlock to pimp up your character.
(example with Lei-Fang : normal, loose hair, pigtails or twin buns)
ARENAS : 10 totally new arenas with multi-level and danger zones
-> give us some OLD arenas with better graphics (Koku-An, Aerial Gardens, Great China Wall...)
oops, sorry for the wall of text guys, I hope I did not exagerate, hahaha... :-D
Feel free to give me feedback about my suggestions !