{"id":1194,"date":"2015-08-21T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artmic.com\/doa\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2022-07-20T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:57:30","slug":"doa-xtreme-3-officially-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/doa-xtreme-3-officially-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"DOA Xtreme 3 Officially Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/doa5-last-round-update-announcements\/\" title=\"DOA5 Last Round Update Announcements\">reported earlier<\/a>, Team NINJA (TN) leader Hayashi briefly mentioned that they are already working on Dead or Alive Xtreme&nbsp;3 (DOAX3). Now the game is officially announced in Japan. The DOAX series are spin-offs of the Dead or Alive fighting games with female-only playable characters. Instead of fighting, your character goes on vacation in a bikini, plays beach volleyball and other mini games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Game Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Release Date: <strong>[Updated 19 Sep]<\/strong> Spring 2016<\/li>\n<li>Platform: PlayStation&nbsp;4 (PS4) and PlayStation Vita (PSV)<\/li>\n<li>Region: Japan and Asia only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Official Website:<\/strong>\u2002 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamecity.ne.jp\/doax3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gamecity.ne.jp\/doax3<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Official Twitter:<\/strong>\u2002 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/zack_island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@zack_island<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS4 version is called <strong>DOAX3 Fortune<\/strong>. PSV version is called <strong>DOAX3 Venus<\/strong>. Both &#8220;Fortune&#8221; and &#8220;Venus&#8221; are names of swimsuits from previous games.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"\" >\n<a  class=\"x-img logo x-img-link x-img-thumbnail\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-fortune-logo.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Fortune\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-fortune-logo.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-fortune-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Fortune\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2 last\" style=\"\" >\n<a  class=\"x-img logo x-img-link x-img-thumbnail\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-venus-logo.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Venus\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-venus-logo.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-venus-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Venus\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<span id=\"x-lightbox-1\" data-x-element-lightbox=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.logo&quot;,&quot;deeplink&quot;:false,&quot;opacity&quot;:&quot;0.85&quot;,&quot;prevScale&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;prevOpacity&quot;:&quot;0.6&quot;,&quot;nextScale&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;nextOpacity&quot;:&quot;0.6&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;thumbnails&quot;:false}\"><\/span>\n<ul  class=\"x-block-grid x-two-up\" >\n<li  class=\"x-block-grid-item\" ><a  class=\"x-img screenshot x-img-link\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-001.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Kasumi\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-001.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-001.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"x-block-grid-item\" ><a  class=\"x-img screenshot x-img-link\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-002.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Kasumi\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-002.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-002.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"x-block-grid-item\" ><a  class=\"x-img screenshot x-img-link\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-003.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Kasumi\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-003.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-003.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\"x-block-grid-item\" ><a  class=\"x-img screenshot x-img-link\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-004.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Kasumi\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-004.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-004.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n<a  class=\"x-img screenshot x-img-link\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-005.jpg\" title=\"DOAX3 Stage\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-005.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doax3-005.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme 3\"><\/a>\n<span id=\"x-lightbox-2\" data-x-element-lightbox=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.screenshot&quot;,&quot;deeplink&quot;:false,&quot;opacity&quot;:&quot;0.85&quot;,&quot;prevScale&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;prevOpacity&quot;:&quot;0.6&quot;,&quot;nextScale&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;nextOpacity&quot;:&quot;0.6&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;thumbnails&quot;:false}\"><\/span>\n<p><strong>Characters Voting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only 9 female characters from Dead or Alive&nbsp;5 Last Round (DOA5LR) will be in the game. The 9 characters will be decided by download counts of the just-released character themes for PS4 and PSV. That means characters in the top 9 themes with the most sales will be in. This time, fans will need to vote with their money. Each theme costs US$2.99 (\u00a5308) and are sold separately for PS4 and PSV.<\/p>\n<p>The 15 &#8220;candidates&#8221; are Kasumi, Ayane, Honoka, Marie Rose, NyoTengu, Leifang, Hitomi, Kokoro, Helena, Christie, Momiji, Rachel, Mila, Tina and Lisa. Virtua Fighter characters Pai and Sarah, and Kasumi clones Phase-4 and Alpha-152 are not among the selection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOA5LR Character Themes for PS4\/PSV:<\/strong><\/p>\n<a  class=\"x-img theme x-img-link x-img-thumbnail\"  href=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doa5lr-ps4-psvita-themes.jpg\" title=\"Hot Summer Character Themes\"    data-options=\"thumbnail: '..\/images\/doax3\/doa5lr-ps4-psvita-themes.jpg'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/doax3\/doa5lr-ps4-psvita-themes.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Hot Summer Character Themes PS4 PS Vita\"><\/a>\n<span id=\"x-lightbox-3\" data-x-element-lightbox=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.theme&quot;,&quot;deeplink&quot;:false,&quot;opacity&quot;:&quot;0.85&quot;,&quot;prevScale&quot;:&quot;0.85&quot;,&quot;prevOpacity&quot;:&quot;0.65&quot;,&quot;nextScale&quot;:&quot;0.85&quot;,&quot;nextOpacity&quot;:&quot;0.65&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;thumbnails&quot;:false}\"><\/span>\n<p><strong>Voting Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only downloads from Japan and Asia PlayStation Network (PSN) accounts will be counted. Purchases from other regions are not included.<\/li>\n<li>If you buy multiple themes of different characters, each character gets one vote.<\/li>\n<li>If you buy both PS4 and PSV themes of the same character, it is counted as 2 votes for that character.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>End Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japan: <strong>7 Sept 2015<\/strong> (23:59, JST)<\/li>\n<li>Asia: <strong>30 Aug 2015<\/strong> (23:59, respective local time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Final result will be announced at <a href=\"http:\/\/expo.nikkeibp.co.jp\/tgs\/2015\/exhibition\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tokyo Game Show 2015<\/a> (17&nbsp;to 20&nbsp;Sept). Midway result will be revealed on the official website sometime before the end dates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Updated 01 Sep]<\/strong> The midway result has been announced at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamecity.ne.jp\/doax3\/vote_ir.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official&nbsp;website<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>[Updated 19 Sep]<\/strong> The final result has been announced at Tokyo Game Show and posted on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamecity.ne.jp\/doax3\/vote_result.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official&nbsp;website<\/a>.<br \/>\n<hr  class=\"x-hr\" >\nThe latest issue of Japanese game magazine <strong>Weekly Famitsu<\/strong> also did an interview with Hayashi. In the interview, he&nbsp;mentioned quite a bit of information about the game, all are summarized below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Development started in April this year.<\/li>\n<li>TN might release a modified version for US\/Europe if there is high demand.<\/li>\n<li>Soft Skin Engine upgraded on PS4, they called it version 2.0.<\/li>\n<li>Difficult to implement on PSV, hence used customized Soft Skin Engine Lite.<\/li>\n<li>PSV version will make use of Touch Panel and Gyro Sensor.<\/li>\n<li>Vacation gameplay remains unchanged<\/li>\n<li>Spending time with a character is more intimate than in previous games.<\/li>\n<li>Rewards unlock for completing a character is planned.<\/li>\n<li>Photography mode is included.<\/li>\n<li>Suntanning feature has major improvement.<\/li>\n<li>9 characters will be selected purely based on popularity (theme sales).<\/li>\n<li>Kasumi screenshots are mock-ups, if Kasumi is not in Top 9, she will not be included.<\/li>\n<li>No future character DLC is planned, or else will defeat the purpose of voting.<\/li>\n<li>Special swimsuits for top characters are planned.<\/li>\n<li>Swimsuit Design Contest is being considered.<\/li>\n<li>More than 300 swimsuits will be in the game.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Some information regarding DOA5LR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The design of the upcoming new character has been decided. TN plans to reveal or release him\/her in March next year. No gender is disclosed but Hayashi said even if the new character is female, she is not scheduled to include in DOAX3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported earlier, Team NINJA (TN) leader Hayashi briefly mentioned that they are already working on Dead or Alive Xtreme&nbsp;3 &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/doa-xtreme-3-officially-announced\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artmic.com\/doa5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}