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Awesmic
Happy Thanksgiving, FSD!
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inochinagi
inochinagi
Well, for the USers in FSD, but for Cakucks it was last month, lol. Although several countries celebrate their own version of it, they all have different dates.

But yeah, have a great Turkey Day Awesmic and the rest of you in the US. :D Get yourselves some sweet potato casserole (I've made it a few times now.. great stuff!)
deathofaninja
deathofaninja
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND ALL!
limitbreakfull
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Happy Thanksgiving! Have a Christie fanart.
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deathofaninja
When people say DOA is an anime game, what do they mean by that?
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inochinagi
inochinagi
That said, I don't think it's right to apply the label of anime to some Japanese games and not others. It shouldn't be a label at all for games, imo, unless a game is literally based on an anime series. Games arent anime. In Japan, you could say some games contain anime (animations, like cut scenes), but it's not a style.
Derock
Derock
@inochinagi In other words, Japanese games are, not a style of anime, but an influence by and from anime. DOA is technically in the category. Art-wise, there are anime influence prior to 5, following a "realistic" look that Street Fighter did in 1-2 and 6 (Alpha/Zero, 3, EX and 5 have anime looks, though 4 was more calligraphy with cartoonish exaggerations).
DestructionBomb
DestructionBomb
DOA being anime is not inherently a bad thing either, because without the exaggeration of it's fantasy then it wouldn't be DOA. It all stems to fantasy one way or another.

The moment a ninja teleports, I already know that's anime-as-heck. It just happens to be an anime with a realistic look that has the anime power fantasy. Heck Jann Lee kicked a dinosaur, that's pretty anime/fantasy to me lol.
inochinagi
DOA series turned 29 today. Next year is the big 30.

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Btw, still astounds me how I can get DOA++ emulation to work so well but I can't with the original DOA, lol (it works, but its slower and has choppy sound). If emulation experts can't get the original DOA to run well and KT/TN won't or can't rerelease the original game in some form then I fear outside of getting a DOA arcade machine (for as long as they're able to last) they'll never be preserved properly.
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Derock
Derock
@inochinagi I got the original DOA running. You need to find and download the Model 2 emulator.
inochinagi
inochinagi
and it runs well? Thanks, I'll look into that then.

edit: looks like Ive tried it a while back but I couldnt get it to boot up even, maybe had the wrong DOA1 romset or lacked the right bios

edit 2: just found the right romset :D it works now
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DOA4 was the boldest in terms of design, DOA5 was the best competitively, DOA6 lost its identity trying to please everyone (and making Nico, Honoka, and Marie Rose story driven characters. IMO they made story mode so unserious).
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Rikuto
Rikuto
Something to be said for DOA 3 though. Simplified movelists and controls with extremely fast movement speed and large stages. It was unintendedly good once you understood how it was played, particularly with 3.1/3.2. And nothing in the series has really come close to its dark tone and palette, with perhaps the original DOA 2 being a runner up.
inochinagi
inochinagi
I've always thought that 3.1/3.2 was considered the best competitively.
DOA4 was the most ambitious presentation-wise and gameplay-wise, or boldest like you said.
DOA5 was the most successful in terms of pleasing everyone (competitively and otherwise).
DOA6 was the worst in terms of pleasing anyone.
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