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Dead or Alive 2 is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series. It was released on March 14, 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast. The graphics and gameplay were enhanced and based on a better game engine, which allowed the characters and stages to appear less angular and more detailed. The story involved a narrative continuation of the first game.

A popular and commonly discussed feature, one credited to Itagaki, was the level of graphical detail Tecmo put into the animated breasts of the female characters. Tecmo went so far as to create an entire physics engine dedicated entirely to the animation of said breasts. This feature boosted the overall popularity of the game with its primarily male audience, especially in Japan.

Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore

Itagaki and Team Ninja were still dissatisfied with the release versions of DOA2, and continued enhancing it on both Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 on each market as they worked towards their vision of the ultimate fighting game. On October 26, 2000, Tecmo released a last major update called DOA2: Hardcore for the PlayStation 2 which was based on the Japanese and second update of Dead or Alive 2 for Dreamcast, this "Limited Edition" was featuring new playable characters, new stages, extra costumes and introduced the "Gallery" option. The Hardcore release was finally the complete game Itagaki had envisioned at the time, featuring many changes compared to its predecessor:

Characters, pictures and moves were altered to appear more realistic, lessening the anime look.
Some fighting animations were elaborated upon and some were cut.
New stages were added (8 more than the Dreamcast update)
More character outfits were added.
Survival mode now only took place in the "Danger Zone" arena.
Overall gameplay speed was increased. The entire game, including cutscenes, now runs at a full 60 frames-per-second (In the Dreamcast version, the game ran at 60 fps while the cutscenes ran at 30).
A special "Items Collection" feature and menu section was added to appeal to videogame collectors. New artworks were added compared to the first update.
A CG Gallery section, featuring renders of the female characters, was added.
The player history files were enhanced and now included statistics on how often the player used each character and tag battle pairing.
Several special moves were added, but left undocumented.
English voiceovers were added in the U.S. PlayStation2 version, in addition to the original Japanese voiceovers.

The new release extended the success of Dead or Alive 2 in North America and Western Europe, and Dead or Alive became Tecmo's flagship series.

Tecmo also followed up on the release of DOA2: Hardcore in the USA and Europe with the release of DOA2: Hard*Core in Japan. This last version saw some minor updates, including new cut scenes, a few new costumes, and a new turbo speed option.

As a result, eleven different versions of Dead or Alive 2 were released, the first two were for the arcade market and the others were home versions. The Dreamcast version has been updated two times, first for the European market with new stages, costumes and cutscenes, and the second time was for the Japanese market with a "Limited Edition" featuring two new playable characters, two new stages, stage multipart extensions, new costumes, new cutscenes and the "Gallery" option was introduced. This edition was later updated with eight new stages, some new costumes and extra Gallery artworks and released as "Hardcore" edition on the PlayStation 2. The first PlayStation versions for America, Europe and Japan were updates of the Dreamcast editions, with a few new cutscenes, costumes and stages added on each localization. Comparing the first and the last home versions of Dead or Alive 2, namely the Dreamcast American edition and the Japanese Hardcore edition, would show a lot of improvements including an enhanced gameplay and a doubled number of stages and costumes.

Story

A great leader was killed at the end of the 20th century. His name was Fame Douglas, and he was renowned as the sponsor of the legendary Dead or Alive World Combat Championship. Since his death, and in the absence of his charisma and leadership, the world has become chaotic. Yet something appears to be transpiring. Amid this chaos, it is announced that the "Dead or Alive Championship 2" will be held. However, Douglas's passing has taken with it the purpose and significance of the tournament, Even worse, the promoter of "Dead or Alive Champion 2", who is fond of conflicts and jealous of the string, is responsible for Douglas's death. The new promoter is more than a corrupt mastermind, but a man of pure evil. His involvement in the tournament has brought a sense of terror to the world, resulting in the infamous Tengu disaster that occurred at the end of the 20th century, The climax of the disaster is about to begin with a roaring battle.

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