History VideoGame / DeadOrAlive5

* ConfusionFu: Brad Wong.

* EarnYourFun: ''[=DOA5=]'' challenges the hardcore among the hardcore players if they want to unlock 3 extremely skimpy swimsuits for Tina, Christie and Lisa; the game features a ''whopping total of 8 levels'' of difficulty: '''Rookie, Easy, Normal, Hard, Champ, True Fighter, Master and Legend''', with the last three being unlocked after the preceding difficulty is beaten; rest assured that your average player can’t go through Hard without losing continues, if you want those Rare Swimsuits you must mow through Legend – 4 difficulties beyond Hard – ''without losing a single continue'' on Arcade for Tina’s, Time Attack for Christie’s and on Survival for Lisa’s. Simply put it’s a nightmare to get these pieces of clothing for the girls, the computer on Legend is on an whole new level of [[TheAllSeeingAI reading and countering]] any attack the player tries to connect, just beating this mode is a nerve-cracking task, but beating it without losing continues is absurd, and that’s not enough, even though the task on Arcade and Time Attack is already beyond insane to complete, at the end of the day is just 8 Stages each, on Survival though, it’s 100 Stages, ''a-freaking-hundred quasi-unbeatable opponents to defeat with one small recovering life bar'', so yeah, even some of the most hardcore players stop at Tina and Christie’s swimsuits.

* ShirtlessScene: Most of the male characters have costumes that are shirtless. Eliot and Gen Fu are the only exceptions.

* CanonImmigrant: Momiji, who comes from ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'' and later ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2''. E3 also reveals that Rachel from the first game of the modern VideoGame/NinjaGaiden trilogy is also included.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leon disappeared without a trace in this game. We might learn more about him in ''Ultimate'', as he's [[TheBusCameBack slated to return]].

** Jacky Bryant will also cross over in the update ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate''

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[[caption-width-right:350:The cast of Dead or Alive 5--[[TheHero Kasumi]] in the center; counter-clockwise from the bottom right: [[{{CainandAbel}} Ayane]], [[{{ForeignFanservice}} Tina]], [[IdentityAmnesia Rig]], [[NinjaGaiden Hayabusa]], [[CuteBruiser Hitomi]], [[GuestFighter Akira]], [[DarkActionGirl Christie.]]]]
-->''[[{{Tagline}} I'm a fighter]].''

* From ''Dead or Alive'': ''[[TheHero Kasumi]]'', ''[[{{CainandAbel}} Ayane]]'', ''[[NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]]'', ''[[LethalJokeCharacter Zack]]'', ''[[ForeignFanservice Tina Armstrong]]'', ''[[AnimeChineseGirl Lei Fang]]'', ''[[BruceLeeClone Jann Lee]]'', ''[[ContractOnTheHitman Bayman]]'', ''[[ProWrestlingIsReal Bass Armstrong]]'', ''[[BadassGrandpa Gen Fu]]''

* New characters in ''Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Arcade'': ''[[PintSizedPowerhouse Mary Rose]]''

* New characters in ''Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Arcade'': ''Mary Rose''

* DesperationAttack: The Power Blow, a move that, if it connects, unleashes a cinematic combo and ends with the player aiming where they want to launch their opponent, like into a stage hazard. However, Power Blows can only be used when your fighter has less than half of their health remaining.

In May 2013, Team Ninja announced an UpdatedRerelease of [=DOA5=] for [=PS3=] and 360: ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate''. The game will include new stages and characters and likely some rebalancing. The game was released on Fall of 2013.

In May 2013, Team Ninja announced an UpdatedRerelease of [=DOA5=] for [=PS3=] and 360: ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate''. The game will include new stages and characters and likely some rebalancing. The game is scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2013.

* From ''Dead or Alive 4'': ''[[HotScientist Lisa Hamilton]]''/''[[MaskedLuchador La Mariposa]]'', ''[[{{Geisha}} Kokoro]]'', ''[[TheApprentice Eliot]]'', ''[[CloningBlues Alpha-152]]'' [[hottip:*:[[FinalBoss Final Boss]]

* From ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'', ''[[IdentityAmnesia Ein]]''[[hottip:*:Hayate's amnesic persona that originally debuted in ''Dead or Alive 2'', separate character in ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate'']]
* New characters in ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate'': ''[[CanonImmigrant Momiji]]''[[hottip:*:Debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'']], ''[[CanonImmigrant Rachel]]''[[hottip:*:Debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}} (Xbox)'']]

* ArcadeGame: ''[[UpdatedRerelease DOA5: Ultimate]]'' will be the first Dead Or Alive game to have an arcade release since DOA2.[[http://shoryuken.com/2013/07/06/dead-or-alive-series-returning-to-arcades-with-dead-or-alive-5-ultimate-arcade-in-winter-2013/]]

* BigBad: Victor Donovan

* IdentityAmnesia: Rig

* Returning from ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'', ''[[IdentityAmnesia Ein]]''[[hottip:*:Hayate's amnesic persona that originally debuted in ''Dead or Alive 2'', separate character in ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate'']]
* New Fighters to ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate'': ''[[CanonImmigrant Momiji]]''[[hottip:*:Debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'']], ''[[CanonImmigrant Rachel]]''[[hottip:*:Debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}} (Xbox)'']]

* ComebackMechanic: ''5'' has the Power Blow, a move that, if it connects, unleashes a cinematic combo and ends with the player aiming where they want to launch their opponent, like into a stage hazard. However, Power Blows can only be used when your fighter has less than half of their health remaining.

* New Fighters to ''[=DOA5=]: Ultimate'': ''[[CanonImmigrant Momiji]]''[[hottip:*:Debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'']]

* CanonImmigrant: Momiji, who comes from ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'' and later ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2''.

* Guest Characters: ''[[VirtuaFighter Akira Yuki, Sarah Bryant, Pai Chan]]''

* Guest Characters: ''[[VirtuaFighter Jacky Bryant]]''

* ShirtlessScene: Some of the male characters have costumes that are shirtless.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The ending of ''[=DOA5=]'' reveals that [[spoiler:Rig is Victor Donovan's son and together they had plotted the events of the story.]]

Characters added in the UpdatedRerelease revision ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate'':

In May 2013, Team Ninja announced an UpdatedRerelease of [=DOA5=] for [=PS3=] and 360: ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate''. The game will include new stages and characters, being confirmed so far [[CanonImmigrant Momiji]] from the ''NinjaGaiden'' series (debuting for the first time in [=DOA=]) and the return of Leon. The game is scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2013.

* Returning from ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'', ''[[IdentityAmnesia Ein]]''[[hottip:*:Hayate's amnesic persona that originally debuted in ''Dead or Alive 2'', separate character in ''5: Ultimate'']]
* New Fighters to ''5: Ultimate'': ''[[CanonImmigrant Momiji]]''[[hottip:*:Debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden}}: Dragon Sword'']]

* Returning from ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'', ''[[IdentityAmnesia Ein]]''[[hottip:*:Hayate's amnesic persona that originally debuted in ''Dead or Alive 2'']]

* Returning from ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'', ''[[IdentityAmnesia Ein]]''[[hottip:*:Hayate's amnesic persona that originally debuted in Dead or Alive 2]]

* From ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[KickingAssInallHerFinery Helena Douglas]]'', ''[[LightningBruiser Hayate]]''
* From ''Dead or Alive 3'': ''[[CuteBruiser Hitomi]]'', ''[[DarkActionGirl Christie]]'', ''[[DrunkenMaster Brad Wong]]''

* Returning from ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'', ''[[IdentityAmnesia Ein (separate character from Hayate)]]''

* From ''Dead or Alive 2'': ''[[KickingAssInallHerFinery Helena Douglas]]'', ''[[LightningBruiser Hayate]]''[[hottip:*:Was first introduced as [[IdentityAmnesia Ein]], ''[[RatedMForManly Leon]]'' [[hottip:*:Added in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''

* New characters in ''Dead or Alive 5'': ''[[IdentityAmnesia Rig]]'', ''[[AscendedFangirl Mila]]'', ''[[CanonImmigrant Momiji]]'' [[hottip:*:Added in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''
* ''Guest Characters'': ''[[VirtuaFighter Akira Yuki, Sarah Bryant, Pai Chan]]''

The long awaited installment to the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series ([[DevelopmentHell seven whole years!]]).

* TheSinger: [[spoiler:The ending of ''[=DOA5=]'' reveals that [[spoiler:Rig is Victor Donovan's son and together they had plotted the events of the story.]]