DOA: Paradise revealed for PSP

By Robert Purchese Published 16 December, 2009

Bikini hijinks due early next year.

Tecmo Koei reckons melons are what you PSP owners want, so Dead or Alive: Paradise is what you'll get.

Out early next year, the handheld game recreates beach volleyball with female Dead or Alive characters clad skimpily in bikinis and tight tops.

There are new islands and "naughty" modes to explore, the publisher told Eurogamer, plus the addition of DOA's casino dealer Rio to the roster.

The marketing line for the game? I'm glad I/you asked: "Paradise in the palm of your hand."

Head over to our Dead or Alive: Paradise gallery for the first screenshots.

Or take a trip down mammary lane with our Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Xbox) and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360) reviews; the series is as shameless as our puns.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • bad09 #1 2 years ago

    Wouldn't time be better spent on DOA5?

  • DFawkes #2 2 years ago

    I might've been the only one, but I thought DOA Xtreme 2 was a bit of harmless fun. Mostly the Jet Ski racing - it's certainly my favourite Jet Ski racing game on 360. That may be by virtue of it being the only one, but that doesn't stop me liking speeding about in the water, doing flips for extra boost.

    Not sure why it's coming to PSP though, doesn't seem like the best format for it. I'll end up buying it and transporting home in a brown paper bag though ;)

  • davisorle #3 2 years ago

    Indeed... Wasting time recoding to remake a game old which wasnt eitherway interesting. I mean... If this game isnt that much appealing in HD on a big screen from the 360 how can you expect them to like it more on the PSP on a small screen. Since when Boobs etc didnt look better on the bigger screens? Then again when you think of Ninja gaiden 2 and their aproach of boob jiggling with its own tv spot just showing of that .. that was pathetic so this doesnt sound that bad anymore. :p nvm

  • Monkey_Puncher #4 2 years ago

    I guess the chances of Team Ninja moving away from their godawful art style now that Itagaki has left are gradually depleting...

  • Retroid #5 2 years ago

    One-handed mode confirmed?

  • EmiliasHorse #6 2 years ago

    I loved the 360 version, it was relaxing, easy on the eye and upbeat. Achievements however were virtually impossible, Team Ninja wants you to suffer at all times. If they were not making the game tv destroyingly hard they just make the Achievements needlessly difficult. Un-Fun.

    Rant over

  • Caimbeul #7 2 years ago

    X360 version is a great relaxing game...PSP will be appalling in the looks department though...shame. Anyway I am not sure if you could get away with half naked babes prancing about on your screen whilst on the train to work...

  • Chrispynutt #8 2 years ago

    DOA Xtreme 2 Sigma please ;)

    or is this a stop gap to DOA Xtreme 3 Natal Edition? in which case I really will have to buy a 360.

  • Caimbeul #9 2 years ago

    "Wouldn't time be better spent on DOA5?" more like DOA Extreme 2 please, in fact both would be good. They can do so much more graphically too compared to the earlier games (and no i am not talking breasts that wobble more, just less plastic looking)

  • Zebula77 #10 2 years ago

    ...so how long till a game comes along with realistic penis physics? That would be something.

  • dominalien #11 2 years ago

    This game will be very bad indeed.

    However, if they sell loads and have lots of money to spend on making the next ninja gaiden, it's all good in my book.

  • Malek86 #12 2 years ago

    Hopefully it will be more like DOAX1 and less like DOAX2. The first one was actually a decent time waster, despite being obvious fanservice power to the max. But the second one was just awful.

  • Kami #13 2 years ago

    "Breasts"

    That's all that needs to be said here. Whether it has game mechanics or not, it doesn't matter.

    It has big bouncy boobs. It'll sell.
    Edited by 2 at 16/12/09 @ 12:04

  • wanderingkid #14 2 years ago

    Look, they make these games for Japanese salary men/teenagers, not you.
    If they can make some extra yen selling a few copies in the west then it's all good !

  • PlugMonkey #15 2 years ago

    "Or take a trip down mammary lane"

    :D

  • Bander #16 2 years ago

    So where's DoA: Code Chronos then? Or whatever Project Progressive was supposed to be?

    At least with Itagaki it wasn't always about boobs. Most of the time, but not always.

  • jonsaan #17 2 years ago

    Sweet. I really like DOA Xtreme. It's a shame that most people don't give it a chance and can't get past the wanking fixation. The core games inside the fluff are great fun. And the fluff is all part of the experience. These games are a nice change of pace from Space Marines etc.
    Edited by 1 at 16/12/09 @ 13:25

  • ArcMonkey #18 2 years ago

    "Tecmo Koei reckons melons are what you PSP owners want, so Dead or Alive: Paradise is what you'll get."

    So, Santa exists and works with Tecmo Koei!!!!!

  • Beek4257 #19 2 years ago

    pocket rocket

    /sigh

  • consignia #20 2 years ago

    Oppai! Oppai! Oppai!

  • neonxaos #21 2 years ago

    The more I play other fighting games, the more I realize the brilliance of DOA4. It simply delivered all the feature you could wish for, and an online experience that hasn't really been bested in the genre, apart from some lag issues. The game had the speed of a 2D fighter, great graphics for the time, fluid and deep gameplay that was easy to learn but fiendishly difficult to master... It just really nailed what a fighter should be. I really hope that Tecmo can still build on it, and maybe now that Itagaki is gone, we can tone down the stupid boob factor.

    Unfortunately, games like the one announced here don't make me confident in the latter part of my statement. DOA: Xtreme Beach 2 is truly one of the worst games ever made, and I can't see why they would EVER continue in that vein.
    Edited by 1 at 16/12/09 @ 16:25

  • Futaba #22 2 years ago

    I agree, neonxaos: I am totally addicted to DOA4 online.

  • Chufty #23 2 years ago

    DOA was actually a brilliant fighting game, disappointed to learn this is some knock-off volleyball game.

  • JonFE #24 2 years ago

    MrMarc,

    What's the point of a breast game if breast-less men are not allowed to play???
    Edited by 1 at 16/12/09 @ 19:52

  • DarkMoon #25 2 years ago

    oooo yeah a new doa xtreme game. i hope it has a gazilion bikinis in it so dat i can collect ( i 'should' be able to get them all in the doax2 game by the time this comes out) and they better keep the glicth in like the one they had in doax2. it b a pain to play volleyball all day just to scrape 1,000,000 zack dollars to afford a venus. even then theres' no guarantee it'll be accepted.

    where do i preorder?

  • photoboy #26 2 years ago

    @DFawkes

    I would imagine it's coming to PSP to make it easier for lonely Otakus to marry their PSP. It's got to be trickier carting your wife around when she's got to be plugged into the wall and suffers from red rings every few years.

    Still, the PSP format should make it easy for people with a hacked firmware to run the inevitable nude patched version.

  • jonsaan #27 2 years ago

    Methinks you doth protest too much.