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Dead or Alive 4
North American boxart
Developer(s)	Team Ninja
Publisher(s)	Tecmo
Designer(s)	Tomonobu Itagaki
Aspect ratio	720p(original version) 1080p (Platinum Hits version only)
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Release date(s)	NA December 29, 2005[1] JPN December 29, 2005 EUR January 24, 2006 AUS April 13, 2006
Genre(s)	Versus fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer, Online Multiplayer
Rating(s)	CERO: D ESRB: M PEGI: 16+ OFLC: M
Media	DVD-ROM
Input methods	Gamepad

Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) is a fighting game developed by Team Ninja for the Xbox 360 video game console. As the latest entry in the Dead or Alive video game series, its plot follows the events of the 2001 title Dead or Alive 3. The game features 22 playable characters and many multi-tiered and interactive fighting arenas.

The game has a number of updates in reference to previous titles. The counter system has been tightened, making the window for counters shorter and more difficult to execute. The amount of damage that counters inflict has been changed. In Dead or Alive Ultimate, the counters were rather damaging and in Dead or Alive 3, the amount was much less, relying on players to strike or throw more to defeat their opponents. Characters' movelists have been vastly updated as well. Finally, four new characters have been added to the fighting roster, with returns from a couple of past characters as well.

Story

Dead or Alive 4 focuses on the story of Helena, the young woman taking over the mantle of DOATEC as its second chairman.

Pre-release

In an interview with Famitsu Xbox, Itagaki remarked that he spent 99% of his time developing Dead or Alive 4, while only sleeping 40 minutes in four days.^[2] On May 12, 2005, the first screens from the game were leaked on the internet via the elotrolado.net message boards.^[3]

The first official screenshots, in-game demos and cinematics were presented by Microsoft at press conferences [1] with the game originally slated to be a launch title for the Xbox 360. However, the game was delayed many times before eventually being released on 29 December 2005, more than a month after the console debuted.^[4]

Famitsu Xbox editor-in-chief Munetatsu Matsui pointed to Dead or Alive 4's absence as a launch title as the main factor behind the slow sales of the Xbox 360 in Japan.^[5]

Character roster

• ALPHA-152 (Non-playable character)
• Ayane
• Bass Armstrong
• Bayman
• Christie

• Eliot
• Ein/Hayate
• Gen Fu (unlockable)
• Helena
• Hitomi
• Jann Lee
• Kasumi
• Kokoro: Birthdate: April 23, 1983
• Leon (unlockable)
• Lei Fang
• La Mariposa (Lisa): November 6, 1977
• Nicole (UNSC Spartan-458) (unlockable): Birthdate: March 6, 1971
• Omega (unlockable)
• Raidou (unlockable)
• Ryu Hayabusa
• Tengu (unlockable)
• Tina Armstrong
• Zack

New characters

DOA4 contains three new playable characters: Kokoro, a young Geisha in training; Eliot, a 16 year-old boy from England and protégé to Gen Fu; and La Mariposa, a female Lucha Libre wrestler.

In addition, DOA4 features a playable unlockable character from the Halo series. The November 2005 issue of Game Informer revealed that this character is a female Spartan supersoldier, going by the name "Spartan-458".^[6] It would later be revealed that her real name would be "Nicole".^[7] In conjunction, a Halo-themed stage named Nassau Station is incorporated in the game.

Tournaments

Dead or Alive 4 was included in the Championship Gaming Series^[8] and World Cyber Games.^[9]

Reception

Dead or Alive 4 has received generally positive reviews.

IGN gave the game 9.0/10, calling it "a move in the right direction for the series", and praised the fighting system as "deeper and more sophisticated".^[10] GameSpot awarded the game a score of 8.8/10, with one of its only negative comments going to a couple of features during online play. The website calls the online lobby system "cute but feels needlessly tacked on", but still praises the online system as providing a "near-limitless challenge for competitive players".^[11] Gamezone.com gave it 9.3/10 praising its online lobby mode as "really cool, interesting, and very unique [sic]",^[12] while Teamxbox.com states that "Team Ninja have created a true work of art", and gives it 9.1/10.^[13] However, Jolt Online Gaming UK gives the game an average 6.5/10, calling the single player mode "an exercise in frustration and joypad throwing". The website also states that the online mode "is probably best locked away and only spoken of in hushed tones when you think no one who isn’t in the know is listening".^[14]

References

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Dead or Alive 4
Developer(s)	Tecmo
Publisher(s)	Tecmo
Release date(s)	December 29, 2005  December 29, 2005  January 20, 2006
Genre(s)	Fighting
System(s)	Xbox 360
Players	1-4 (offline), 2-16 (online)
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature PEGI: Ages 16+
Series	Dead or Alive

The premier fighting title for the Xbox has made its way to the next generation with Dead or Alive 4. Featuring seventeen returning favorites and four new characters, larger move sets and arenas, and of course, online multiplayer, this is one that should have fighting fans busy for a long time.

Blurb

The critically and commercially acclaimed Dead or Alive series once again rises to new levels in Dead or Alive 4 with more speed, power, new characters, never before seen moves, beautifully detailed interactive levels, stunning costumes, the ever-lovely DOA ladies, and raw head-to-head heart pumping excitement all while pioneering a new generation of gaming for the fighting game era.

• Advanced countering system bring the fastest fighting action ever made for a home console!
• Experience the DOA online world: form clans, play simultaneously in large groups, play in tournaments and chill out in the interactive DOA4 lobbies!
• New characters include Kokoro, La Mariposa and Eliot, plus, the return of DOA3 favorites, Christie and Brad Wong!
• Master level game design and unbelievably realistic graphics from the legendary development group, Team NINJA!
• All new DOA environments interact with your deadly moves!
• New revealing secrets from the dramatic and competitive world of DOA!

Supports

• Players 1 - 4
• Co-op 2
• 1 MB to save game
• HDTV 480p/720p/1080i
• In-game Dolby Digital
• Online Multiplayer 2 - 16
  • Co-op 2
  • Leaderboards
  • Voice

Table of Contents

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Dead or Alive 4
Developer(s)	Team Ninja
Publisher(s)	Tecmo
Designer(s)	Tomonobu Itagaki
Release date	December 29, 2005
Genre	Fighting, Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player
Age rating(s)	ESRB: M
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough

Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) is the fourth game in Team Ninja's famous Dead or Alive series. It was released on December 29, 2005. Itagaki has said that Helena would be the main character of the game, becoming CEO of DOATEC.

Characters

Returning Characters

Ayane
Bayman
Bass
Brad Wong
Cristie
Hayate
Hitomi
Helena
Jann Lee
Kasumi
Lei Fang
Ryu Hayabusa
Tina
Zack

New Characters

Kokoro
Elliot
La Mariposa (who is later discovered as being Lisa from Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.)

External Links

• Tecmo's Website
• DOATEC.com
• IGN's History of the Dead or Alive series
• Dead or Alive Central

Box Art

DOA 4 Preview boxart

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