After six years of absence, publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Team Ninja announced back in June, Dead or Alive 6, a main series instalment.
This time around the development team discussed their focus is shifted more towards gameplay than the controversial sexualisation of characters in prior instalments of the series. As predicted, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) gave the title a Mature rating, mainly as a result of blood, foul language, and of course, sexual scenes, with female players jiggling physics and close-up shots. Here is the rating board’s description.
This is a fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one matches with martial artists from around the world. Players mostly use punches and kicks to drain opponents’ life meters in fast-paced matches. Fighters can perform specialized attacks (e.g., magic blasts, exaggerated impact strikes), which are highlighted by slow-motion effects, close-up camera angles, and blood-splatter effects. Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: robotic characters cut in half with a sword; helicopter machine guns shooting characters on the ground. A handful of costumes depict characters with narrow strips of cloth that barely cover their buttocks and/or pelvic areas. Some female fighters’ breasts jiggle while standing or fighting. In some sequences, players have the ability to zoom in on characters’ cleavage, posterior, or underwear, and take pictures. The word “sh*t” appears in the dialogue.
Dead or Alive 6 releases for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Check out the reveal trailer below.
[Source: ESRB]