Dead or Alive Extreme Topless Volleyball?

[Murph]

I'm just gonna do a copy-and-paste job of what Gamespy has posted, so deal with it...

Dead or Alive Extreme Volleyball, Tecmo’s newest game in the Dead or Alive series, was somewhat of a shocker when announced at E3. Never had characters from one genre been moved to another so completely different. In recent weeks, rumors concerning a "Topless Mode" have been going around the Internet. Hoping to put everything in perspective (or possibly make everyone more curious), a member of Tecmo’s Internal Testing team said the following in Tecmo’s forum:
"We're creating a Beach Volleyball game that we envisioned a long time ago. Yes, it will have beautiful women and some objectionable material. We're creating the game the way we want it to be, we are not striving for a Teen or Mature rating. Whatever ESRB gives us, is what we have to live with. We will not have any Sexual Intercourse or Penetration in the game, that is the only thing that can make it a Adults Only game. Having nudity will not necessarily mean will receive an Adults Only rating. Rated "R" movies is like having a Mature rating in a way."

When specifically asked if these comments alluded to confirmation of the "Topless Mode" he said, "There could be? But then again?"

[Anonymous]

I already think that this game is going to sell VERY well. At least far better than any vollyball game in the history of the universe.

I mean, maybe it won't be a 3-million-seller. But I can't imagine it's the most expensive game to make in the world, either. I think Tecmo is looking at a lot of profit off 500,000-1 mil sales.

But damn, if they have a topless mode, my GOD will it sell. Every sixteen year old boy in the country is going to run to the store and pick it up on the first day (then stop by the bookstore to grab the latest Maxim).

I still don't know what to make of this game. I mean, I'm disgusted by it in a lot of ways. But I'm also impressed by the genius of the idea from a marketing standpoint. People like DOA because of the girls, why not give them a legit excute to jump around a lot in bikinis? It's a dumb game that's brilliant to make, if that makes any sense. :)

And from what I've seen, it looks like a pretty good vollyball game, curvy girls aside.

[Martinez]

Topless jiggling chicks on a console?! :shock:

..oh yeah!!! I'll buy it!

Of course, I paid retail price for panty raider too. :oops: I didn't even see an exposed nipple! Trust me, I looked! :evil:

[Sparky]

Sigh. So when am I gonna get 3DO's "Going Commando: Bottomless Army Men"?

[Brad Grenz]

Topless mode my ass. This guy is such a cock-tease. There is no way in hell there will be a bunch of nudity in the game, but the suggestion is being used to encourage sales.

There was a hacked version of DoA2 with nudity being sold by pirates in HK and Tecmo sued the company.

[Murph]

There is no way in hell there will be a bunch of nudity in the game, but the suggestion is being used to encourage sales.

You don't think so? I don't know -- it seems like news would get out quickly enough that they wouldn't tease like that...But maybe I'm giving them way too much credit.

[mtkafka]

Clothed women are more erotic anyway. I say DOWN with nudity! At this last bachelor party I went to I was suprised how impotent I was in front of 3 nude women serving drinks and rubbing boobs on my back. I was like, hey, im tired. Sheesh. it was all the fake boobs i guess. There was one stripper who had clothes on thewhole time and everybody was hot for her!

etc

[Sparky]

Clothed women are more erotic anyway.

Whoo! Good thing I'm wearing my down-filled parka, ski mask, flannel pajamas with feeties, parachute pants, knee-high combat boots, that much-too-large tee shirt I won for getting a humorous quip printed on the "Abort, Retry, Fail" page of PC Magazine...two pairs of socks...pith helmet...

Ooh -- and MITTENS!

[Murph]

Excuse me...I have to go take a cold shower.

[Bub, Andrew]

There was one stripper who had clothes on the whole time and everybody was hot for her!

I guess she wasn't a very good stripper though... was she?

[Anonymous]

[quote="Bub, Andrew" I guess she wasn't a very good stripper though... was she?[/quote]

Maybe she was a trainee?

[Tom Ohle]

Here's the thing--if they can make it anywhere near as good as Super-Spike VBall (NES), I'll pick it up. Infogrames released a Volleyball game a couple years ago that was pretty attrocious, but it was still fun for a quick fix. Volleyball games are a lot of fun if you're into sports games...I just hope they actually put some sort of effort into the game itself, and not just the boobs.

[wumpus]

Clothed women are more erotic anyway. I say DOWN with nudity!

It's not the nudity so much as the unnecessary, egregious gynecology lessons. If I was a speculum, perhaps I would find that sexy.

[Sparky]

If I was a speculum, perhaps I would find that sexy.

You know, one of my favorite folk songs of the '60s was that sequel to Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer", "If I Was A Speculum". We used to sing it around the campfire. Mom would play her old Martin guitar, Sis would accompany her on a diaphragm & tissue paper kazoo, I would bang two forceps together in time, and Dad would just sit there looking mortified.

[Aszurom]

ok, I'm officially in love with you now. My god you're delightfully twisted.

Hey, where's my movie monster game? Dammit, I'm chompin at the bit here. Nintendo is about to sell me a GCN based on 6 screenshots of some vaporware Godzilla game and yet I know in my heart yours will be superior. Where the hell is it?

Please send me some personal effect that I can hold hostage until you deliver the goods.

[Sparky]

Hey, where's my movie monster game? Dammit, I'm chompin at the bit here. Nintendo is about to sell me a GCN based on 6 screenshots of some vaporware Godzilla game and yet I know in my heart yours will be superior. Where the hell is it?

It's looking November-ish. And I feel fairly confident the G-game *is* going to come out - it looked pretty far along at E3. There's no monster vs. monster fighting in our game, though, it's an entirely different 200-foot tall animal.

Please send me some personal effect that I can hold hostage until you deliver the goods.

Here ya go -- it's an orange '76 MG Midget that doesn't pass smog inspection. Heck, you don't even have to give it back when we finish.

[TimElhajj]

You know, one of my favorite folk songs of the '60s was that sequel to Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer", "If I Was A Speculum".

Oh, shit. That was funny.

That settles it: I am buying your game. If I get as many chuckles from it as I have from your posts that past few days, it's money well spent.

[Mark Asher]

You know, one of my favorite folk songs of the '60s was that sequel to Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer", "If I Was A Speculum".

Oh, shit. That was funny.

That settles it: I am buying your game. If I get as many chuckles from it as I have from your posts that past few days, it's money well spent.

Sparky's tops! Note that's close to topless, but not quite. We love her for her brain anyway -- not that we don't all imagine what she's like with that pith helmet off.

Sparky, are you going to have a "Woody Allen" mode in They Came from Hollywood? I'm thinking a secret code to unlock the giant breast monster from "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...."

[Tom Ohle]

Oooooh, that's where I recognized the name Sparky from--They Came From Hollywood... for a second there, I thought you were a Tecmo employee. heh.

[Sparky]

Sparky, are you going to have a "Woody Allen" mode in They Came from Hollywood?

Sure, there's a mission where the monster must seek out and marry its own children. Kinda like if Godzilla hooked up with Godzooky.

However, you'll be able to name the tiny people, if you'd like (they all have generic names created by a random generator, but you can edit the list). So you can add all your favorite Qt3ers, and see "Giant Mantis is devouring WUMPUS" or "Giant Spider is carrying MET K" in the action field. It might be cathartic.

And I really DO own a pith helmet.

[wumpus]

However, you'll be able to name the tiny people, if you'd like (they all have generic names created by a random generator, but you can edit the list). So you can add all your favorite Qt3ers, and see "Giant Mantis is devouring WUMPUS" or "Giant Spider is carrying MET K" in the action field. It might be cathartic.

Why don't you pull the names from the e-mail directory on the user's machine (with the user's permission of course)? One of the few new features in Black and White that really worked, and it was damn funny in practice.

I think B&W was limited to outlook or outlook express (I use OE), which have open directory APIs But still, that's gotta be a huge percentage of your audience.

[Murph]

I read that if you got an e-mail from someone in your address book while you were playing Black and White, the villager whose name was taken from that person would run aroun waving a little note at you. How fun.

Shame that game missed on so many points, 'cause it sounds like it did so many little things well. Never bought it, myself, but it sounds...interesting.

[Sparky]

Why don't you pull the names from the e-mail directory on the user's machine (with the user's permission of course)?

Yeah, I know B&W did that, but I found it kinda creepy rather than amusing. I realize you had to opt-in, but still.

Also unlike B&W, our giant monsters will never take a dump on anyone.

[Supertanker]

Also unlike B&W, our giant monsters will never take a dump on anyone.

That's actually a little disappointing. I always figured if Godzilla's breath is that bad, what the hell comes out of his ass? What is the half-life on a huge radioactive turd?