Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is Out! New Character announced!!

 By Mark Rodriguez

So Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is finally out! And they did what they should have led with from the start. The first all-new character has been announced! 

For those that missed out, Dead or Alive 6 has returned with a Last Round upgrade. However the new version barely has anything new if you compare how DOA5 Last Round was an upgrade to DOA5 Ultimate. Everything is mostly the same except for the new OBORO system that improves the lighting and details for the Lost Paradise stage with it being included in later stages down the line, and a new camera system. Kasumi, Ayane, Honoka, Marie Rose and NiCo will be getting a new costume each and there is a pre-order bonus costume for Marie Rose.

 

 

The main downside is the cost of Koei Tecmo having to pay for the SNK license to use Mai and Kula a second time. As a result, those two are not available in the base Last Round game and have to be paid for a second time. Luckily the other DLC characters, Nyotengu, Phase 4, Rachael, Momiji and Tamaki are here from the start.

The big deal is that the game, while mostly being a PS5 upgrade of classic DOA6, is that new costumes and characters were promised down the line. Now that the game is out, a new character, Minato, has been announced as the first new DLC character to be released later this summer.

 

So far her face is still obscured and she seems to be in the early phase where her in-game model isn't compete yet. Seems to have a very modern day Japanese look, though it's unknown what martial arts style she'll be using. She is also from-the-ground-up new, so she's not some older character or someone from the Venus Vacation spin-off games, like Tamaki was. 

Like I said before, I'm not getting the game until new characters are available, seeing as I already paid for the first game and would have to re-purchase Mai and Kula. I'll get it whenever Minato comes out. 

For some reason if you upgrade classic DOA6 from your PS4 purchase over to the PS5, the game is called Last Round. I noticed an update downloading so I was hopeful that Last Round was going to be a free update for people that already bought the first game. No such luck. The update turned out to be fixing some sort of issue with the Gust Mashup Costume Set. Um... OK. Guess when the time comes, I'll have to whip out the old wallet. I'll keep you posted if Minato will be just a DLC character or if she will be part of the first season/wave of DLC.