Now you wonder the statements, first it's good and then it's not that good? Quite right, it's not AS good as Tekken was but would have deserved much more attention than it had. It's possible nobody took it very seriously because the bouncing breasts and somehow this is quite a paradox; Nobody ever took it very seriously because of that but remember it amongst the other fighting-games just because of that! At least the PSX version bouncing was ridiculous; it was more floating than bouncing....it looked really stupid.*Exploitation motor, ENGAGE* If you want "good" bouncing (whatever that means) then check out Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury (2D beat'em up from SNK).*Exploitation motor disengage* *Ahem* Well anyway, let's move on.

The game does have a little more higher exploitation factor than a regular fighting-game, that can't be denied. But thanks to Japanese skill and sense of style, it's not just about that. It's only a little 'enchantment' (yeah we don't have nothing against beautiful, strong women so it's a good thing! ^_^) by the development-team and I can't see why that could be a problem for someone? (As it most likely seem to be...) So if you ever think to spice up your product with a little female-exploitation, then DoA2 are absolutely best source of seeing how it's done with style. (If they would have left out the guys then it would have been a little more suspicious ^_^) More about Doa2 further below, by the way.

A brief note about the game-play as it does have few things that we're and actually still are DoA-only features. Everyone knows that even a good character-design is not enough to make the game good. Maybe the most exotic feature is Hold; a button which is an automatic counterwhen you hit it in the same time when you're being attacked. The effect is not as dramatic as in Tekken 3 (where reversals we're mostly take-downs), as the counter usually is only one kick/punch. But you can counter a counter etc.etc. so you can imagine what the game turns into when both the players know what they're doing! It's quite a ballet! Sceptics would say "That's all?" Well, mostly....but you would be surprised how it changes the usual, default concept of this genre! Too bad they spoiled this a little in DoA2 as the counter is automatric counter-attack which adds lots to visuality BUT inflicts too much damage :( Besides, it's pure HELL playing against AI as you can guess how good it is timing the hold...
 

It does have some outrageous features though (umm, did I say boucning? NO ^_^) The best is Kasumi in a pink, skin-tight fullbody with her hair open! Hubba-Hubba.... *Ahem* maybe it's fair to tell that it does have other cool/new features too (like a BLACK skin-tight fullbody! ^__^) but you can check them out from the official Tecmo/DoA2 site or various other unnofficial ones. Well, there's no point in lying, the game itself easilly manages to be the maybe best-looking game overally this far, but it simply cannot match calibur. 

Kasumi has turned into a buxom-queen in 2 though õ_ó... This smells like the marketing department's work :) DoA1 was new idea, and DoA2 is not actually much more than something DoA1 should have been about gameplay....it's most downside is the moving system, which is so damn sluggish compared to '8-way movement' Soul Calibur utilizes. And all character interaction-videos give a feeling that they end before they should. Final verdict: Good game, Excellent character design, Did we say gorgeous ladies, awesome levels...but could have been still so much better. Waisted potential :( Kinda pisses you off...oh, and you don't have to be an otaku to like this game, but at least that helps to enjoy the spesific part they absolutely didn't leave any gaps in ^_^)

She's Kasumi's half-sister and also the final boss in DoA. Nice hair, resembles Ivy's of Soul Calibur. She looks more like a bouncer. Okay, she is :)

"Hugest" of them all. Probably first AND last time you'll see a woman wrestler who looks that good  ^_^ Ooooh seems to be for american taste ;)

More oriental looking girl (that's rare in anime/manga) and it's quite fresh change. Seems to be 0% fat, 25% of silicone and the rest just plain muscle :) ...and she's supposed to bounce? But she's so cute anyway! ^_^

New face in DoA2, if every french opera-singer look like that then we're moving there immediately! Looks a little funny, but we got info from Mr. Bumpy these pics really are official. Called 'cell shading' but semi-cartoonizer-embosser would be closer. Don't let it bother ^_^