#DOA5 Tina

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"BANG!"

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Tina

Dead or Alive 5

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142 icons of Tina Armstrong in Dead Or Alive 5, Dead Or Alive 6, and Dead Or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation

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Doa6 is on its way through the mail I can’t wait to actually play it, like literally I am so impaitent I WANT TO PLAY IT NOW.

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"I come as death."

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Might as well make a bit of a comment on this joke artwork by An1k1 on pixiv, not just as a Misty fan, but also as fairly recent Dead or Alive fan (and while I'm attracted to the opposite sex, the fanservice the game series is well known for is actually not a major factor in why I'm a fan, it's actually the overall story and the characters, having really good messages in there as well. Certainly better than Metal Gear, at least, especially after Kojima really went overboard in demonizing America in favor of communist terrorists):

While I see how it's to some degree funny, I really think Kasumi (by that, I mean DOA Kasumi) basically taunting Misty about her... "wealth" compared to her doesn't really work at all for her character, especially knowing her overall character and background. For one thing, going by the Xtreme games, Kasumi is a bit more of a shrinking violet regarding her overall appearance, usually being reluctant to wear particularly showy outfits or, in Xtreme 2 anyway, doing pole dancing (obviously, it's not to Misaki's level, but it's still there). Flaunting her huge assets is more Tina's style, and even with most Dead or Alive characters, much less Kasumi, they're not the types to put down anyone for being less-well-endowed than themselves or insecure (for one thing, in DOAXVV at least, Kasumi is very civil with Marie Rose, who actually IS closer to Misty's figure, and in fact, is most likely going to STAY with that figure due to being 18, while Misty at least in the anime is 10, and her game self is implied to be 12 during the events of Gen I/III, and thus logically could still get a growth spurt in. And Tina in both DOA5 and DOAXVV showed herself to encourage people like Mila, Nanami, and Misaki to be the best they can be, even if it meant they may surpass her in a competition. Even Leifang, no less prideful in her looks, went out of her way to encourage Misaki to embrace her beauty without hesitation at one point rather than put her down.).

Aside from that, I'd think DOA Kasumi is more likely to be sympathetic to Anime!Misty and have a more mentor/big sis role for her mostly due to a shared background in broken families (in particular, I suspect she'd see a bit of her half-sister Ayane in her, especially regarding implied parental neglect/abandonment going by Pocket Monsters: The Animation and to a lesser extent the flashback in Princess vs. Princess as well as generally being picked on by the Sensational Sisters, and make an attempt to make sure Misty becomes a more stable adult in the future as a way of fixing a mistake in her past involving not stepping in to stop the abuse to her half-sister Ayane in the Mugen Tenshin village sooner). While Kasumi herself had a fairly good background compared to Anime!Misty, her childhood friend/half-sister Ayane did not, and was basically treated terribly by her home village in large part due to the latter's background of being a "demon child" as a result of being the byproduct of Kasumi's mom being raped by her evil uncle. This also was a major factor in why Ayane eventually feuded with her and tried to kill her until recently where they somewhat buried the hatchet (and it's implied Kasumi was not even aware of Ayane's horrible treatment by the village until that time, or even their actual familial ties for that matter, and if anything genuinely viewed Ayane as a friend during childhood).

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What I'd love to see in the next Dead or Alive game, whenever it may come:

Arcade Mode

Eight stages minimum, fights tailored according to the character you pick to make it feel more customized. Character endings

Time Attack Mode, Survival Mode, Tag Mode and Team Battle Mode

Time Attack is self-explanatory, survival is a series staple and team battle should allow you to pick up to eight characters, seven is such a weird number? Tag mode is also a series staple and should be available for all of the above modes. Tag mode in particular was always interesting to me because I always waited to see who each character paired with! Like, you knew beforehand that Kasumi will be paired with Hayabusa and Leifang with Jann Lee but then there's the odd ones like Helena with Gen Fu or Hitomi with Zack.

Tutorial Mode

Dead or Alive has had some of the most detailed tutorial systems for the past few entries to get new players accustomed with its topnotch gameplay. Put the spotlight on it. When you boot up the game for the first time, ask players if they wanna go through the tutorial first. If they get accustomed to the mechanics early on they're much more likely to stick around.

Past DOA soundtracks

They did that first with DOA5 Ultimate and it was a great idea, especially since, at the time, Namco was actually charging money for their respective past Tekken and SoulCalibur OSTs to be available in-game for Tag 2 and SCV respectively. Tecmo had all that for free in DOA5U, you just had to play arcade mode to unlock them, and they even added more tracks in DOA5LR. DOA has always had great music so that was a clever move.

Costume variety

DOA is (in)famous for its costume variety. Have at least four different costumes per character, no palette swaps, that's just lazy. And don't go too ham with the schoolgirl / maid / police / fetish outfits.

A cohesive story mode

DOA doesn't have a bad story. The presentation for both DOA5 but DOA6 in particular however was terrible. If a player isn't already invested in the series they won't stick around to try and make sense of your weird messy random chapter unlocking story mode. You don't have to shove every single character in either. Like, Tina or Leifang or Jann Lee have nothing to do with the main story. That's why both an arcade mode with character-specific battles and an actual story mode work best alongside each other. That way you can showcase what each character is up to during the events of the game, without having to shoehorn them in the Mugen Tenshin and DOATEC storyline.

Beach Volleyball as a mini game

It's a series staple at this point. Bring it in the main games. Tekken has bowling so DOA can have beach volleyball. Let the guys play too. I mean imagine picking Bayman and Leon and going up against a team of Bass and Marie Rose. Hilarious! DOA can be fun and sexy without being ridiculous about it.

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Tina Armstrong from Dead Or Alive.

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Happy Fourth of July! (★ᴗ★)

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Nr.193

Yay, it’s Tina’s birthday!

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'Cause it might've been somethin', who's to say? 🎶

Does it help to get lost in yesterday? 🎶