Mai has won tournaments as well (two in Japan in fact). Though winning tournaments isn't a guaranteed placement of character returns, but to leave a mark on history for a character on it's viability and seeing if the character was worth the money to play as. Mai has already made her contribution and yet people are severely optimistic or just shallow tolerate it on her return because it's what keeps their pipes activated. TN made a smart move in a business standpoint, but yet that also could of been applied for picking another female guest who's "new" and not reused with similar popularity scale.
It's like "Screw logic. Mai is in DB because i'm severely so assumed by Mai that every time I'm around her i feel so pure! DB why can't you understand that?" because finding comprehension within it is like finding magic unicorns.
What tournaments did she win in Japan? I've watched them all, but I must have forgotten. The guaranteed placement is something I agree with, and have tried to make my argument with that case. Most of the best players in DOA had pocket Rachel BTW and they didn't choose Raidou or Leon because they knew she was better.
I don't hate Mai, and I promoted the hell out of her when she released, and used her... but I don't think she felt like a better character than Rachel or Momiji even. She needs some stuff, and I'm thinking that Team NINJA will work out the kinks... but VF was acceptable because there would be no DOA without that series.
With the game scrapping even OG characters for the FIRST time -- it leaves a bitter taste to see the anime girls and Mai in their stead. Especially when we have plenty of characters like Mai. Leon would have been so much fun with the DOA6 system.
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