Mai Shiranui from KOF joins DOA5LR in September

Dead or Alive is slowing turning into the cross-over many dream about.

Had a blast playing with the VF characters since the launch of vanilla DoA5 (which already had Akira, Pai and Sarah I think).

Getting some more characters from Namco and Capcom would be great.
 
Showmeyamoves said:
Lots of fire

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Wouldn't hold my breath for that kind of effort.
 
OmegaDL50 said:
Well that was one of my points

Her specials like Kachousen (Fan Toss), and stuff like Ryuuenbu and the Flame Wall move, as well as her wall jump shenanigans. I have no idea how they would work in DOA5.

KOF as a whole is a very distinctly different sort of fighting game in terms of mechanics than DOA is with characters having moveset comprised of 60 to 70 attacks.
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SFxT's Tekken characters and Tekken 7's Akuma. Accommodations and compromises to movesets can be made, while maintaining the spirit of the character's overall design archetype.

Dead or Alive had a Halo Spartan as a guest character before.
 
Looking at her she fits even better in DOA than KOF.

OmegaDL50 said:
Well that was one of my points

Her specials like Kachousen (Fan Toss), and stuff like Ryuuenbu and the Flame Wall move, as well as her wall jump shenanigans. I have no idea how they would work in DOA5.

KOF as a whole is a very distinctly different sort of fighting game in terms of mechanics than DOA is with characters having moveset comprised of 60 to 70 attacks.
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After Akuma making a transition into Tekken, anything is possible.
 
Kinda drunk right now, but props to Koei-Tecmo for securing ties to yet another third party. I sure as hell tried to craft a ghetto Mai in the DW Empires games.

EDIT: I don't see the Steam logo anywhere in that trailer. Damn you SNK, I knew you'd be the one to sell me on a console :p
 
Yea a lot of DOA characters tend to have "same face syndrome".

Still hawt tho. Dem eyes. Dem thighs. Dat delicate skin. Unnnf.
 
Not a fan of how some people here want basically every fighting game to be represented in DOA now. What's next, Bloody Roar? :P
VF characters made sense due to the history between the two, Naotora was weird but is from a Koei Tecmo game, Mai was the other bustiest ninja around and collaborations is part of SNK's new era.

Would be ridiculous to put Soul Calibur and Tekken in since they are competitors in the 3D genre and nothing alike.
 
2+2=5 said:
She looks bland honestly, she looks like a DOA character cosplaying Mai, not Mai.
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Given the universe she's already in, I'm not sure how you can improve her design. The "female ninja" already exists.
The only other option would be to make her stylized.
 
GuardianE said:
Unless you count Cody, Guy, Rolento, and eventually Hugo and Poison from Final Fight. Still all Capcom, though.
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Oh yeah, forgot about those guys. Still Capcom, like you said, and it was very early on, both in the history of the franchise and the genre in general.
 
Wow. I cant believe this is happening. Mai will obviously be a great fit, but I had no idea the brains behind KoF and DoA had the relationship to make this possible.
I expect Mai will require a little more technical skill to use than the last DLC character (Naotora). At least, I hope she will.
Cant wait for Mai to come to PC.
 
She looks like Kasumi in an alt costume. Why do they use the same face and body for nearly every female character? It really comes off as cheap.
 
I really don't want to see her with DOA boob physics. But she would have a interesting playstyle for the game thats for sure.

I'm personally loving all these FGC guest appearances. They work much better than crossover games, bar Marvel.

I'd love Ryu hayabusa in Tekken.
 
Guys come on, even Mai is aware she isn't the most unique character ever created.
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Anyway, consider this game revisited in September.
 
I guess DOA 6 isn't being worked on any time soon. If 5 is going to stay around longer then I would like to see more modes or a way to earn some of those 4 million costumes.
 
Crankshaft said:
I guess DOA 6 isn't being worked on any time soon. If 5 is going to stay around longer then I would like to see more modes or a way to earn some of those 4 million costumes.
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Yeah, I was really holding out hope for a DOA6 announcement this weekend, but once I put two and two together with the contest for new Halloween costumes and that meaning there having to be another season pass, those hopes diminished. Oh well... New character is nice, I'm just no longer as invested in 5 as I once was.
 
KingBroly said:
I'm wondering what jiggle setting that's at, given previous KOF's infatuation with that. DOA5 goes total comedy in that regard.
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Pretty sure it's the Last Round/"Soft Skin" setting. OMG is a lot more ridiculous and "natural" doesn't move like that.

FHIZ said:
Yeah, I was really holding out hope for a DOA6 announcement this weekend, but once I put two and two together with the contest for new Halloween costumes and that meaning there having to be another season pass, those hopes diminished. Oh well... New character is nice, I'm just no longer as invested in 5 as I once was.
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There's still TGS and the 20th anniversary official date is in november, so there's still hope for a tease here...
 
Eolz said:
Not a fan of how some people here want basically every fighting game to be represented in DOA now. What's next, Bloody Roar? :P
VF characters made sense due to the history between the two, Naotora was weird but is from a Koei Tecmo game, Mai was the other bustiest ninja around and collaborations is part of SNK's new era.

Would be ridiculous to put Soul Calibur and Tekken in since they are competitors in the 3D genre and nothing alike.
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Yup, people have their priorities all wrong. It's DOAX that should be getting crossovers. :P
 
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