Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is the latest update to the Dead or Alive 5 series. It will be released in February 2015. It has been confirmed that downloadable content and characters from Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate will be compatible with Last Round.

Pre-release
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round was officially announced in Japan at the "Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade Fighting Carnival" on August 31st, 2014. A trailer released on September 1st showed the return of Crimson from Dead or Alive 2 and the Danger Zone stage from the first Dead or Alive, as well as new tag intros, a new costume for Eliot and Marie Rose, and new hairstyles for Kasumi, Kokoro, Hitomi and Tina. Later on, new hairstyles for Helena and Mila will be usable. The Japanese trailer also mentioned a collaboration with Marvelous' fighting game Senran Kagura Estival Versus.

A playable version of the game was shown at Tokyo Game Show 2014, which included two new blanks on the character select screen. On September 19th, the official website announced the "Soft Engine", to make skin appear softer in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions. Famitsu also confirmed that two new characters, a male and a female, will be introduced. On October 23rd, it was announced that the game will be released in February 2015. Details of a free-to-play Core Fighters version for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as well as Collectors Editions in Japan were also given.

On November 20th, it was announced that Raidou would return as one of the two "new" characters.

Characters
Returning from Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate


 * Kasumi
 * Ryu Hayabusa
 * Alpha-152
 * Nyotengu
 * Brad Wong
 * Eliot
 * Marie Rose
 * Mila
 * Tina Armstrong
 * Momiji
 * Helena Douglas
 * La Mariposa/Lisa Hamilton
 * Gen Fu
 * Kokoro
 * Akira Yuki (Guest)
 * Pai Chan (Guest)
 * Bayman
 * Sarah Bryant (Guest)
 * Jacky Bryant (Guest)
 * Christie
 * Bass Armstrong/Mr. Strong
 * Ein
 * Rig
 * Leifang
 * Rachel
 * Jann Lee
 * Hitomi
 * Leon
 * Zack
 * Phase 4
 * Ayane
 * Hayate

New in Last Round
 * Raidou - The boss from the first Dead or Alive, revived as a cyborg.
 * New female character

Stages
Returning from Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate


 * Aircraft Carrier
 * Dead or Alive / Arrival
 * Depth
 * Desert Wasteland
 * Dojo
 * The Ends of the Earth
 * Fighting Entertainment
 * Flow > Primal
 * Forest
 * Fuel
 * Haunted Lorelei
 * Home
 * Hot Zone
 * Lab
 * Lorelei
 * Lost World
 * Sanctuary
 * Temple of the Dragon > Sakura
 * Scramble
 * Sky City Tokyo
 * The Show / Coming Soon / The Tiger Show
 * Street
 * Sweat
 * Zack Island

New in Last Round The new stages will only be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.
 * Crimson - Returns from Dead or Alive 2.
 * Danger Zone - Kasumi's stage from the first Dead or Alive.

Costumes

 * Main article: Dead or Alive 5/Costumes

The game will include some of the DLC costumes from Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, along with additional costumes and hairstyles for the cast. Team Ninja has confirmed that over 400 costumes will be in the game. As in Ultimate Arcade, players can choose different hairstyles and accessories from a sub-menu in the character select screen, but only on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.

The preorder bonuses are costume sets that will depend on the store the game was preordered from. For Gamestop, the prerelease costume sets include "Ninja" (for Ayane, Hayabusa, Hayate, and Kasumi) and "Aloha" (for Ayane, Hitomi, Kasumi, and Mila). For Amazon and/or Best Buy, the prerelease costume sets include Showstopper (for Christie, Helena, Lisa, and Tina) and Beach Party (for Kokoro, Lei Fang, Momiji, and Rachel). The preorder costume sets are only for physical copies of the game and are not included among digital downloads. A banner on the official site also implies that, in addition to the four preorder costumes, there will be additional costumes for either Kasumi or Phase 4, and an additional costume for Nyotengu, depicting a green bikini bottom, green vest, and a hat made of leaves with a blue flower, and a black bathing suit, respectively.

In addition, Marie Rose, Phase 4, and Nyotengu as well as the new female character are getting a DLC costume pack simply titled "New Challengers."

Marie Rose, Tina, Mila, and Alpha-152 will also be getting a new set of costumes/hairstyles in the game. Marie Rose in particular is given a swimsuit alongside Nyotengu, Phase 4, and the new female fighter as part of a "first point bonus" for Japanese players (which also included their own set of Gravure movies), while Alpha-152 will be wearing a uniform resembling a schoolgirl uniform, and Tina and Mila, respectively, has her hair tied in a ponytail and in a bobcut.

Releases
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will be available as both retail and digital download, priced at $39.99 USD. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions will be digital download only, priced at $29.99 USD.

Core Fighters
Similar to Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, a free-to-play Core Fighters version will be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Kasumi, Ayane, Hayate and Hayabusa will be available to play for free on both consoles, with Hitomi, Tina, Jann Lee and Bass also available on Xbox One. Additional characters must be purchased separately for $3.99 USD each. All stages will be included, but some must be unlocked. The Story Mode will be available only as a separate purchase for $12.99 USD, the story unchanged from Dead or Alive 5.

Players of the Core Fighters versions will be able to play against the full version on the same console, and players of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will be able to play against Last Round.

Collectors Editions
In Japan, a Collectors Edition and a Strongest Edition will be released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Both will include a download code with 18 new costumes for female characters (12 of which were also included among the preorders for the main game), soundtrack CD, an artbook, and Marie Rose mousepad. The Strongest Edition will also include a life-size tapestry and a B2 (20" x 29") poster.

PC/Steam version
An ESRB listing revealed a Windows PC version of Last Round, in which later confirmed for Steam as well in official website. This would make it only the second game in the series on PC, after Dead or Alive Online's open beta, and third game for Virtua Fighter guest characters since their last PC game appearance on PC version of Virtua Fighter 2. This version will be available worldwide on Steam on February 17, 2015. Online features will be added in a patch within 3 months of release.