Unsurprisingly, the minor revelation was leapt on both by fans of the series and by libertarian cultural critics, who quickly blamed “social justice warriors” for inhibiting freedom of speech (and bikini wear) thanks to their incessant hand-wringing over sexism in the games industry. But if you really want it, you can import EN ver. This seemed to be confirmed later when a moderator on Koei Tecmo Europe’s Twitter account, added support for the Kudos to the TN's CM for being honest. In other words, it seemed to some that Koei Tecmo’s decision not to release the game in the west was due to fears of a feminist backlash. But certainly we have gone through in last year or two to come to our decision.
The staff member informed fans that an official release was unlikely outside of Japan and Asia, and when pushed on the reasoning wrote: “Do you know many issues happening in video game industry with regard to how to treat female in video game industry? We do not want to talk those things here. In November, a community moderator on the Dead or Alive Facebook page was answering questions about the possibility of a western release for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, the latest title in the series. It seemed to some that Koei Tecmo’s decision not to release the game in the West was due to fears of a feminist backlash A new gaming franchise was born.īut now that same franchise is in trouble. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball sold hundreds of thousands of copies. There would be a lot of bikinis and thanks to a then cutting edge graphics engine, a lot of bounce physics. It decided to take the female characters from its successful fighting game series Dead or Alive and put them into a beach volleyball simulation set on a tropical island. T en years ago, Japanese video game publisher Tecmo had a brilliant money-spinning idea.