DOA5U Master Guide (Japanese) will be released on September 5

[Leifang2000]

A DOA5U Master guide will be released on September 5 in Japan.
It is published by Koei
Language is Japanese
ISBN is 978-4775808900
Team Ninja guided
Suggested retail price is 2400 YEN

 

[grap3fruitman]

'k

 

[synce]

Oh just the Master Guide? I'm waiting for the Complete Guide, which will probably release after the Final Guide. Love Japan

 

[Forlorn Penguin]

Good to know.

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

Still not up on play-asia or CDJapan ..
Amazon.jp has the date set for the 6th not the 5th of september

 

[Brute]

Any indication on whether there will be an English print, or will I have to hire a translator?

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

Unlikely.. but we'll do our best to update the frame data on the stie: )

 

[Brute]

Unlikely.. but we'll do our best to update the frame data on the stie: )

I'd appreciate that greatly.

 

[Forlorn Penguin]

If it's anything like the other Japanese DOA guides that I have (and I'm sure it will be), it will be almost entirely in Japanese. Assuming you just want the frame data though, you don't have to be able to read another language to understand that, aside from a few specific sections.

All of Tengu's DOA2U, DOA4, and DOAD frame data that I put up on the wiki came from my Japanese guides and the only language I can read is English.

 

[Brute]

If it's anything like the other Japanese DOA guides that I have (and I'm sure it will be), it will be almost entirely in Japanese. Assuming you just want the frame data though, you don't have to be able to read another language to understand that, aside from a few specific sections.

All of Tengu's DOA2U, DOA4, and DOAD frame data that I put up on the wiki came from my Japanese guides and the only language I can read is English.

I have no idea how they do things over there. Always weirds me out to see that the DOA logo and character names in-game are still in English, even with Japanese copies of the game.

But if I can understand the frame data in there I'll probably buy it, then.

 

[Forlorn Penguin]

This is basically what you'll be looking at.

The six categories in that shot from left to right are input, hit level, frames, damage, hit advantage, and block advantage. To understand what the symbols for hit levels mean, you can just compare them to these smilies; , , .

 

[Brute]

Awesome! I can read that just fine.

Do you think they'll give a little character picture at the top so I know who's moves I'm reading?

 

[grap3fruitman]

Do you think they'll give a little character picture at the top so I know who's moves I'm reading?

Going by their last few guides (DOAD and DOA5), you're going to have to learn the characters' names in Japanese.

 

[Matt Ponton]

To understand what the symbols for hit levels mean, you can just compare them to these smilies; , , .

And that's pretty much why I made them that way lol.

 

[DR2K]

Going by their last few guides (DOAD and DOA5), you're going to have to learn the characters' names in Japanese.

Jeez a little picture wouldn't kill them.

 

[Matt Ponton]

Yeah DOA4 and DOA3 had pictures on the left/right margins so you can flip through the book to go by the picture on what page you were on.

 

[synce]

Jeez a little picture wouldn't kill them.

American guide was same way, I could never find anything easily

Doesn't look like 5U's getting one though

 

[Brute]

American guide was same way, I could never find anything easily

Doesn't look like 5U's getting one though

Prima guide for DOA5 has tons of pretty, color pictures.

 

[DR2K]

American guide was same way, I could never find anything easily

Doesn't look like 5U's getting one though

Considering how many patches it'll get, out won't be relevant for long.

 

[Zeo]

Wouldn't hold my breath on that. Vanilla only actually got one relevant balance patch.