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February 12th, 2010, 23:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_doap_01.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/doap_01.jpg)It's not often that the ESRB describes a video game with such vigor (http://kotaku.com/5463130/esrb-describes-creepy-voyeurism-and-dental-floss-thongs) as the ratings board did with Tecmo's Dead or Alive: Paradise. It's equally rare for a publisher to thank the ESRB for calling its game "creepy."
But that's how Tecmo Koei America is promoting the mini-game-filled, jiggle-packed Dead or Alive spin-off. "Thank you ESRB for labeling the game 'cheesy,' 'creepy' and 'bizarre'" reads a new press release sent our way. Sure it highlights the marketable points, that Dead or Alive: Paradise lets players "mingle, flirt, play, take snapshots and challenge them in mini-games found throughout the island." And there's a Valentine's Day card, of sorts, that asks you to "get your heart on."
So, armed with that knowledge, maybe having looked at some of the game's older screens (http://kotaku.com/5454875/dead-or-alive-paradise-brings-bikinis-galore-to-north-america-this-spring) and the game's NSFW trailer (http://kotaku.com/5456122/dead-or-alive-paradise-a-trailer-comparison), it's time to judge. Creepy? Or just bizarrely cheesy?
Maybe a palmful of new gameplay screens that look more realistic for a PSP game will help.
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But that's how Tecmo Koei America is promoting the mini-game-filled, jiggle-packed Dead or Alive spin-off. "Thank you ESRB for labeling the game 'cheesy,' 'creepy' and 'bizarre'" reads a new press release sent our way. Sure it highlights the marketable points, that Dead or Alive: Paradise lets players "mingle, flirt, play, take snapshots and challenge them in mini-games found throughout the island." And there's a Valentine's Day card, of sorts, that asks you to "get your heart on."
So, armed with that knowledge, maybe having looked at some of the game's older screens (http://kotaku.com/5454875/dead-or-alive-paradise-brings-bikinis-galore-to-north-america-this-spring) and the game's NSFW trailer (http://kotaku.com/5456122/dead-or-alive-paradise-a-trailer-comparison), it's time to judge. Creepy? Or just bizarrely cheesy?
Maybe a palmful of new gameplay screens that look more realistic for a PSP game will help.
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