New Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball

[JACK-2]

Looks like someone beat me to it. I should translate SF5 profiles since nobody did that. I tend to wait, because eventually someone will translate something. But, if you guys need something translated, I'll do my best.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 24, 2015 1:25:25 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Looks like someone beat me to it. I should translate SF5 profiles since nobody did that. I tend to wait, because eventually someone will translate something. But, if you guys need something translated, I'll do my best.

Wonderful. Hop to it!

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

Nov 24, 2015 1:25:25 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Looks like someone beat me to it. I should translate SF5 profiles since nobody did that. I tend to wait, because eventually someone will translate something. But, if you guys need something translated, I'll do my best.

Lets just say you could translate as soon as I find more character bios (since I can snatch DOAX3 information like a hawk) get it posted in this community, giving you the chance to translate Momiji, Helena, & Hitomi when it comes to the voices.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

I'm not sure what annoys me more. The SJW's or the fact that these companies put these losers in front of their own customers. This is getting bad when even Japanese companies are buckling over to other people who decide what others enjoy when they don't play the games themselves.

Here's the facebook post from them about the issue.

xhttps://www.facebook.com/deadoralivegame/posts/757819724322115?comment_id=757869560983798&hc_location=ufi (remove "x" for link)

"Dead or Alive Game: We do not bring DOAX3 to the west and won't have any plan change in the future. Thank you for asking."

And...

"Dead or Alive Game: Do you know many issues happening in video game industry with regard to how to treat female in video game industry? We do not want to talk those things here. But certainly we have gone through in last year or two to come to our decision. Thank you."

And a news article.

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Isn’t Coming to the West Because of Social Justice Warriors

playeressence.com/dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-isnt-coming-to-the-west-because-of-social-justice-warriors/



Sorry for the title guys…. but I couldn’t think of any other way to describe what the developers of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 said on Facebook, when answering why their game will not be coming to the West. When asked by a Facebook user on the Official Dead or Alive Game page, if there was any word on Xtreme 3 coming to the US and EU, here is what the developers responded with.

“We do not bring DOAX3 to the west and won’t have any plan change in the future. Thank you for asking.

Do you know many issues happening in video game industry with regard to how to treat female in video game industry? We do not want to talk those things here. But certainly we have gone through in last year or two to come to our decision. Thank you.”

My Take past the link….


This is just pathetic….seriously. Social Justice Warriors are now effecting games even coming to regions? Sorry…. but I might just have to channel my inner “Furious” Francis rage with this one…… video coming soon.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 24, 2015 17:44:26 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

I knew it! I fucking knew it! Gamers really need to get their act together now if they want to stop this from being commonplace in the future.

This is only going to get worse. Catering to non-customers is stupid anyways.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Play-Asia is the boss right now. Look at this. These cucks are being burned the fuck out. Lol.

blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2015/11/former-ign-and-gamespot-journalists-threaten-play-asia-for-supporting-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3/



Apparently supporting a game that’s no longer coming to a region because the publisher wants to avoid all the political nonsense surrounding gender politics is now a bad thing. Popular import e-tailer Play-Asia came out and made a statement supporting Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja’s Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, a sexually suggestive beach volleyball game for the PS Vita and PS4. However, game journalists, former game journalists and some recognized names in the gaming industry have threatened Play-Asia with blacklists.

Koei Tecmo decided to avoid releasing the game in America due to all the gender warriors attacking games that don’t depict females the way they want. Play-Asia will offer imports of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 for gamers in the West.

The tweet that the company sent out was as follows…

And here’s a backup just in case the pressure gets to them and they fold in under.

By using the term “SJW” – a “Social Justice Warrior” – they incurred the wrath of various usual suspects and a few people you may not have expected to see standing against a free market.






Before getting to their responses, one user claimed that perhaps it wasn’t SJWs to blame for Koei Tecmo pulling the release of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 in the West, with Shivam Bhatt [backup] stating…

“heya social media guy, the publisher chose to not put it out on their own. no one has complained, so let’s not scapegoat folks.”

“if folks are going to blame “sjw nonsense”, at least prove that it exists.”

Actually it’s everywhere. All Koei Tecmo needs to do is look no further than Google. Heck, their previous Dead or Alive 5: Last Round had critics hammering the game on the gender politics issue.

In the above link for Google that’s just a general search for “video games sexist”. A couple of those are from 2015. You can also try phrases like “toxic masculinity” and “fighting games sexist” to get bombarded with various articles attacking the industry up and down throughout the past couple of years.

If you narrowed the search to just 2015 you would be flooded with all sorts of examples from media outlets in the West decrying everything from the old Tomb Raider games to Super Mario to Dead or Alive being sexist in some way or another.

To address Bhatt’s imposition, the Google search results and the critical response to DoA 5: Last Round show that there is a lot of non-stop gender political debates within the gaming industry and it has affected game studios, mostly by altering content or removing features. The censorship tab on this site alone will give you an eye-full of examples.

But even more than that, just further down the Twitter thread of Play-Asia’s post, former game journalists from large outlets like IGN and GameSpot were found threatening to stop supporting Play-Asia for them openly supporting gamers who want to purchase Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. It’s insane. A former IGN writer, Carolyn McDowell, tweeted the following…

I know many people with industry connections to @playasia who will be re-assessing and examining their contracts/agreements shortly.
— Carolyn Velociraptor (@arumi_kai) November 25, 2015
A former GameSpot writer, Kevin Vonord, also made it known that he was no longer supporting Play-Asia with the following Tweet…

A novelist and indie interactive writer just came out in a Tweet and said Play-Asia was going on his “blacklist”.

(puritanical cuckold was gold)

Essentially, these former (and current) journalists and critics literally just proved Koei Tecmo right in their decision. Even without releasing the game in the West they’re already attacking and circling those supporting boob physics and virtual bikini slips with social justice pitchforks and ideological torches.

They’ve become a destructive hate mob masked under the banner of “social justice”.

For now, Play-Asia is holding their ground but who knows how long that will be? If gamers speak with their wallets it will most certainly help speak volumes above empty threats and veiled attempts to blacklist a distributor focusing on niche imports.

If you also want to continue to support Koei Tecmo or make your voice heard, feel free to join the e-mail campaign organized over on Kotaku In Action to let them know, as a gamer, how you really feel. Alternatively you can still import Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 through Play-Asia.com.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Good stuff.

[JACK-2]

Team ninja shouldn't cave in.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 25, 2015 10:13:38 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Team ninja shouldn't cave in.

I don't get why they do. You couldn't pay for better publicity. Many companies have done this in the past. Rockstar is a prime example and look how GTA sells.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

They censor people in their comments because they have no argument.

[JACK-2]

Damn the responses are hilarious.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 25, 2015 10:44:12 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Damn the responses are hilarious.

What's your favorite?

[JACK-2]

Nov 25, 2015 10:48:19 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Nov 25, 2015 10:44:12 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Damn the responses are hilarious.

What's your favorite?

Juan Valencia owning the dude about why he plays DOA. they tried to shame him and he responded that he was gay and he plays for the gameplay. Talk about wreckted.

[JACK-2]

How do you post tweets?

[JACK-2]

Appropriate:

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 25, 2015 10:49:46 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Nov 25, 2015 10:48:19 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

What's your favorite?

Juan Valencia owning the dude about why he plays DOA. they tried to shame him and he responded that he was gay and he plays for the gameplay. Talk about wreckted.

I didn't see that one, I'll have to search for it. Was it a response way down?

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 25, 2015 10:52:56 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

How do you post tweets?

If you post the link, it auto posts the tweet.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Nov 25, 2015 11:10:43 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

HuniePop dev just offered Koei tecmo ONE MILLION DOLLARS to publish the game in the States.

They're serious.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Sounds like more catering. What a shame.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 1, 2015 14:00:06 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

Somebody posted a comment on a YouTube video about the Koei Tecmo Statement

So a guy from Koei-Tecmo basically said "we don't want to deal with the toxic bullshit from releasing the game", and then when toxic bullshit did happen cause people could still buy the game via an import store, Koei-Tecmo's response is "that person's opinion is his own, we say nothing we know nothing!" ...Someone tell me again how this doesn't further prove that whole fear-mongering/self-censorship madness that the media is driving for.

Thoughts on this? Play-Asia definitely did taunt them but they also did get a backlash from SJW's threatening to boycott them. The statement from Koei also feels like Damage control rather than an actual answer as I mentioned in an earlier post the wording is suspect to me, almost as if they were talking to those that were offended.

Companies do damage control all of the time, wouldn't be surprising.

[Nyu Nozomi Hyuga]

From Siliconera, DOAX3 are going to have retailer bonuses from various Japanese shops when you pre order DOAX3 in Japan:

Game City:

Kasumi’s L-size portrait (for standard ver. PS4/Vita).

Marie Rose A4 Clear File (for Collector’s Edition and Strongest Package on PS4).

Honoka A4 Clear File (for Collector’s Edition and Strongest Package on PS Vita).

WonderGoo:

Kasumi B2 Tapestry (Collector’s Edition for PS4 and Vita).

Ayane Face Towel (Collector’s Edition for PS4 and Vita).

SofMap:

Marie Rose B2 Tapestry (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4).

Honoka B2 Tapestry (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS Vita).

Trader:

Kasumi B2 Tapestry (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

Fammys:

Marie Rose A3 Tapestry (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

Imagine Web Shop:

Marie Rose Giant Poster (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

EnterKing:

Marie Rose Quo Card (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

AmiAmi:

Marie Rose A5 acrylic plate (for standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4).

Neowing:

Honoka Smartphone Stand (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

Gamers:

Marie Rose A4 Microfiber Cloth (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

Game Shop Takarajima:

Honoka Microfiber Cloth (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

HMV:

Honoka A3 Clear Poster (standard and Collector’s Edition for PS4 and PS Vita).

Futaba Tosho:

Honoka Portrait (N/A).

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

For what it's worth the areas they deliver in they REALLY deliver in.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 3, 2015 16:32:27 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

Are all of these physical items? Hopefully someone will nab them and sell them for a somewhat reasonable price online.

Collectors items? Geek stuff is usually pricey. Statues and action figures tend to go more than what most fans want to pay.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 3, 2015 17:34:28 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

Dec 3, 2015 16:39:25 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Collectors items? Geek stuff is usually pricey. Statues and action figures tend to go more than what most fans want to pay.

I paid £120 for an Iron Man Statue and £150 for a Samus Aran statue. I'm willing to pay if it looks worth it.

Did you see that Cammy one?

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 3, 2015 18:01:18 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

Dec 3, 2015 17:52:46 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Did you see that Cammy one?

I think I have that in my Amazon wishlist, I'd sooner get a Chun Li or Juri one if I'm getting a Street Fighter one.

It's the SF5 one with her doing a divekick.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 3, 2015 18:22:46 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

Dec 3, 2015 18:02:57 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

It's the SF5 one with her doing a divekick.

$400 is way too much but it's 28 inches tall and that's massive, probably worth it to the big collectors but even if I wanted to buy it I couldn't justify the cost and I'd have nowhere awesome for it to go.

I guess it depends. The statues take a long time but the people who buy them don't often have a lot of money so it's hard to market it to a large group at that price.

It looks excellent though I would make the eyes just a tad bigger. Great work though.

[JACK-2]

Welp, looks like it's getting worst. I saw this coming afew years back which is why I statrted learning Japanese, looks like I made the right choice:

Idea Factory Will No Longer Localize Games Which Need Censoring for Western Regulations
BY: ALEXIS NASCIMENTO-LAJOIE ON DECEMBER 5, 2015, 10:50 AM EDT @stoneyducky

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Idea Factory President Haru Akenaga made a pretty eye opening statement regarding the issue of censorship of sexualized women in the West.

In an interview with Operation Rainfall, they brought up the recent Dead or Alive Extreme 3 debacle, and how that affected them in deciding what they bring to the west.

Haru Akenaga had this to say:

That’s honestly their decision, but yes, sadly, it has stopped us from localizing certain Compile Heart games. We don’t want to censor anymore because we know that’s not true to the original developed art.

Operation Rainfall also asked if we can start seeing more Asia releases like Moero Chronicle in the future. Akenaga seemed more concerned in trying to fix the situation in the West:

That’s actually Compile Heart Asia’s decision, not really ours. We could start seeing that more in Asia, but maybe we should do something to change in the West in the future. Anyway, we just don’t want to censor anymore.

Despite Japan’s attitude towards sexuality being quite lax, it seems as though the West’s attitude is making it more difficult for certain kinds of games to make it here unchanged.

nichegamer.com/2015/12/idea-factory-will-no-longer-localize-games-which-need-censoring-for-western-regulations/

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 8, 2015 8:37:55 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Welp, looks like it's getting worst. I saw this coming afew years back which is why I statrted learning Japanese, looks like I made the right choice:

Idea Factory Will No Longer Localize Games Which Need Censoring for Western Regulations
BY: ALEXIS NASCIMENTO-LAJOIE ON DECEMBER 5, 2015, 10:50 AM EDT @stoneyducky

Share6.9K Tweet24 Tumblr3 Reddit2 Share7K
hyperdimension neptunia re birth 3 12-05-15-1

Idea Factory President Haru Akenaga made a pretty eye opening statement regarding the issue of censorship of sexualized women in the West.

In an interview with Operation Rainfall, they brought up the recent Dead or Alive Extreme 3 debacle, and how that affected them in deciding what they bring to the west.

Haru Akenaga had this to say:

That’s honestly their decision, but yes, sadly, it has stopped us from localizing certain Compile Heart games. We don’t want to censor anymore because we know that’s not true to the original developed art.

Operation Rainfall also asked if we can start seeing more Asia releases like Moero Chronicle in the future. Akenaga seemed more concerned in trying to fix the situation in the West:

That’s actually Compile Heart Asia’s decision, not really ours. We could start seeing that more in Asia, but maybe we should do something to change in the West in the future. Anyway, we just don’t want to censor anymore.

Despite Japan’s attitude towards sexuality being quite lax, it seems as though the West’s attitude is making it more difficult for certain kinds of games to make it here unchanged.

nichegamer.com/2015/12/idea-factory-will-no-longer-localize-games-which-need-censoring-for-western-regulations/

You gotta make a new thread on this.

I want these idiot SJW's who go around saying that this is all "make believe" to look like we're a bunch of conspiracy theorists. To see that they're lying.

It has gotten that bad. Japanese wasn't a bad idea. I like learning new stuff but it might be best to avoid censored games and whatnot for the time being.
Glad I have lots of creative and productive activites to engage in. I can have fun, make money, and not be censored.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Dec 14, 2015 5:54:30 GMT -5 MGNoxa said:

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is now a normal priced game!

www.play-asia.com/doax3-price-update-now-49-99-(psv)-and-59-99-(ps4)-+-updated-ce-prices/5f/7473v

Play-Asia tweeted saying this was only possible due to the amount of orders they received! Fuck Yeah Gamers!

Better yet if you order before December 20th and enter the code ShareJoyWealth you'll get an extra 10% off!

If you want to import now is the best time and I'm definitely importing now, If I get bit in the ass by import charges at least it's not going to be a ridiculous amount of money now.

Sounds great, let me know if it hits PC lol.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

This says everything.

www.dualshockers.com/2015/12/14/shuhei-yoshida-talks-about-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3s-lack-of-western-release-loves-dragons-crown/



The denied western release for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 caused quite a lot of discussion among fans, and SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida was asked to give his opinion by the Japanese site 4Gamer.

“Instead of being conscious of an overseas release, it was probably judged to be better to aim only at the Japanese market. After all, there is a cultural difference. That’s because in the west the awareness on how women should be depicted in media such as games is different than in Japan.

As for my personal opinion, if a representation is generally acceptable to the public within the Japanese culture, I think Japanese people don’t mind, but it is a difficult problem.

I really liked Dragon’s Crown for PS3 and PS Vita, but the title was harshly criticized and received some very low review scores.”
Update: Yoshida-san further clarified the statement on review scores:

One thing is for sure: while Dragon’s Crown did get a few criminally low review scores, with some calling it “gross and alienating,” reception was generally positive. It surely didn’t get a low score here.

Now, where’s that Dragon’s Crown PS4 remaster, Shu?