Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Appearances [ ] In video games [ ] Dead or Alive series [ ] Kasumi is the main character and of the first two games in the series. She and her brother Hayate are the respected heirs apparent of their clan, the Mugen Tenshin ( 霧幻天神流).
In the series' backstory, she was destined to become the 18th Master of the Mugen Tenshin ninja clan when Hayate was left comatose after an attack by their renegade uncle. On a personal quest of revenge, Kasumi, highly skilled in the Tenjin Mon ( 天神門) style, fled to enter the Dead or Alive tournament and defeat Raidou, becoming an outlaw and outcast to her clan.
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Kasumi kills Raidou and avenges not only the supposed death of Hayate, but also the rape of Kasumi's mother Ayame, winning the. After the Dead or Alive 1 World Combat Championship, she is abducted by Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee (DOATEC)'s Super Human Development Project, which uses her genes to create a clone called Kasumi Alpha as part of its project to develop. Kasumi escapes, defeats her clone and attempts to return to her village; but she is banished because a dishonored ninja cannot rejoin their clan. She is labeled a traitor because leaving the village is punishable by death, and she is constantly hunted by assassins. Despite this, she still wishes to see Hayate—the clan's leader—and half-sister, and she enters the to meet them for the last time. She eventually meets her brother, and after trying to persuade him to forget DOATEC and return to the Mugen Tenshin village with her, she is attacked by Ayane, but is victorious.
Kasumi follows Hayate to the DOATEC Tri-Tower to confront, who has taken control of DOATEC. Kasumi fights her way past Helena and heads for the laboratory to destroy her powerful clone, the Alpha-152. Kasumi fights to the best of her ability, but Alpha-152 escapes in the chaos caused by a Mugen Tenshin attack. Upon spotting Helena entering the blazing helipad, Kasumi risks her life trying to intervene, but Ayane prevents her and saves Kasumi's life seconds before the building explodes.
Kasumi returns in, where she is unable to return to her village, lives on the run and continues to be a target. Kasumi joins forces with Helena to find Alpha-152, refusing help from other characters, including her brother. After defeating her clone, she is attacked and killed by Hayate and Ayane.
However, it is revealed that she was an Alpha clone programmed to believe she is the original, while the real Kasumi is in Japan with Ninja Gaiden 's Muramasa at a hidden village. Kasumi receives a message from the ninja master, telling her that Hayate is in danger and she is needed in battle.
She reaches the oil platform where her brother is, and discovers a secret laboratory belonging to 's new organization, MIST. Kasumi finds that he has created several Alpha clones to sell to the militaries of powerful countries. She frees Hayate, who helps her, Ayane and Ryu destroy Alpha-152 and the laboratory.
Afterwards, Kasumi decides to find Donovan and defeat him. Kasumi clones [ ] In the series' storyline, DOATEC uses Kasumi's to create many clones as part of its Project Alpha, which aims to create a perfect fighter. The first of these to appear in the series was Kasumi Alpha ( カスミα （アルファ）, Kasumi Arufa), which appeared as Kasumi wearing a crimson ninja suit.
Kasumi Alpha is a in Dead or Alive 2 and also appears in Dead or Alive Ultimate. She is defeated by Kasumi and the project undergoes another phase known as Project Alpha-2. Most of Kasumi's chapters in the story mode of Dead or Alive 5 are actually following her other, unknowing clone. Kasumi's clone Alpha-152 in The character was later redesigned to appear as a translucent, liquid-like form of Kasumi—the ultimate stage of Alpha series human weapons known as Alpha-152 ( アルファ・イチゴーニ, Arufa Ichi-gō-ni), who 'detests all things and her goal is only to destroy.' At the end of Dead or Alive 4, Alpha-152 flees DOATEC's Tri-Tower after a brief fight with Kasumi. Although not designed as one by the series' original designer and director,, Alpha-152 is known as a very challenging final boss in several characters' story mode and the time attack mode in DOA4, and is an especially difficult opponent for slower characters.
Alpha-152 can be as a playable character in Dead or Alive Dimensions. She returns in Dead or Alive 5, in which she can be unlocked again as a playable character. In the story mode of DOA5, Alpha-152 is again the last opponent. She takes on Kasumi's exact form and can also transform into Ayane, Hayate and Ryu during the final battle. Phase-4 ( フェーズ・フォー, Fēzu-Fō) has first appeared in Dead or Alive 5 during the story mode's introduction cutscene, where she attacks and destroys 's special forces team in a war zone.
She was announced to debut a playable character in the Arcade version of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, after which she is going to be made available as (DLC) in console version after with the new character Marie Rose. Unlike the other clones, Phase-4 wants to live as a human being. She has her own, very different fighting style, which mixes the moves of Kasumi and Ayane. According to, Phase-4's various costumes 'bear the trademark that infuses into all of its games' but 'generally revolve around a hood, making her the most brooding, angsty version of Kasumi to date.' DOA spin-offs [ ] Kasumi appears in the 2003 sports video game ( DOAX).
Kasumi is invited to a; upon arriving she discovers the invitation is a hoax, and she and the game's other characters play beach volleyball. Kasumi also appears in the sequel, (2006), and in the portable version (2010). She also appears in the game (2009) as a dealer. She is one of the nine playable female characters in (2015). In this case, Kasumi, while reading her fortune, returns once again to New Zack Island, and she decides to spend some time in order to find of about her fortune., a DOA series' prequel game which was to star Kasumi and Ayane in the leading roles.
Itagaki said in 2003, 'the fact that we registered this trademark for Kasumi-den should tell you that we have a big plan for it.' Code Chronos was cancelled following Itagaki's departure from. Other games [ ] In the Ninja Gaiden series, Kasumi appears as a playable character in the 2012 action game, which was made available as free DLC for the, and was included in the and versions. In it, she is armed with a long sword and throwing knives and by default wears hooded black armor with a scarf; the player can also select three of her costumes from DOA5. In 2013, Kasumi appeared in the smart phone action card game Hyakuman-nin no Ninja Gaiden, in which from Dead or Alive and Rio from also appear dressed in Kasumi's DOA costumes. Kasumi appears as an optionally playable 'monster' in the games (1999) and (2003).
Kasumi also appears as a playable character in a minor role in ( Musou Orochi 3 Ultimate, 2013), where she suddenly falls through a space-time distortion while pursuing Alpha-152 and arrives in another world wearing her standard costume and armed with a short sword. She is a playable character in the crossover crowd-fighting game ( Musou Stars, 2017) in a larger role, including appearing on the game's cover art. Kasumi makes a cameo appearance in 2009's wearing a new outfit. Her blue ninja outfit is an unlockable costume for Arin in (2006) and (2007), and is an alternative costume of Mio Amakura in the Director's Cut version of for the (2004).
Her costume is also available for character avatars in 's social game My GAMECITY, and for player characters in (2013). 's free-to-play game Samurai & Dragons added a rare Kasumi card in 2013.
Character design [ ] Kasumi is 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) and weighs 106 pounds (48 kg). Some scholars used her and 's as examples of the characters embodying 'unique aesthetic for perfection' - a, exaggerated 'hyperbody'. Like the other female characters in the Dead or Alive franchise, Kasumi was designed with large breasts; her official measurements are 35-21-33. She wears many types of costumes through the series, including outfits, feminine casual clothes, and. Adobe Flash Cs6 Download Portable Windows. Her hair has been variously blonde, auburn and red.
According to, she had the best outfits of the characters in —the expanded compilation of the first two DOA games—in which 'she looks great and her outfits are fantastic.' Reportedly, a new costume in 'upset' fans when the game was announced in 2010. She was the youngest character in the original version of the first game. Tomonobu Itagaki said his 'daughter' Kasumi 'has been a main character of the Dead or Alive series, and please understand, she is like a to me.' When asked if he was comfortable with a 17-year-old character, Itagaki answered, 'In Japan, that's okay.
Maybe it's 20 in America.' He also said, 'I was 27 when I created Kasumi. I'm older now, but 17-year-old girls are still gorgeous.'
Itagaki said the Dead or Alive series contributed its character Ayane, rather than the 'very soft' Kasumi, for a cameo appearance in 2004's because Kasumi did not fit with the game's 'very hard-edged' basis as ' DOA is based on a 'softer' concept, and she is rather symbolic of the game as a whole'. He said that if Ninja Gaiden had featured Kasumi, it would have become less a 'story of [Ryu] Hayabusa and ninjas' and more a story of Kasumi (' Kasumi-den') and a ' DOA action game'. Itagaki has described himself as personally 'a fan of Kasumi' as his favorite DOA character. He also said he felt 'responsible for her' and was 'very close to her'. When hackers found a way to remove her clothing in DOA2, Itagaki felt this 'was an attack on her'.
Tecmo's lawyers sued software company West Side, the authors of the hack, for violating Kasumi's dignity, and won the case and damages of two million (over US$20,000). Kasumi's nude model can be also accessed using a cheat device in the version of DOA2, and one fan-made for DOA5 modified her training suit to remove most of the clothing. In 2012, 16 years after her debut appearance, Kasumi was redesigned to look less cartoon-like and more realistic with a 'grown up' appearance in DOA5. The game's art director Yuta Saito said, 'From DOA4 we wanted to evolve the characters in a slightly realistic direction.
The most difficult, and you don't have to ask, is Kasumi. Kasumi is the face of DOA and the eternal heroine. And for such a popular character like Kasumi, to change her form we really needed a lot of courage and it really was a big challenge. But if we didn't do that, we couldn't make DOA5 and we wouldn't be able to show you anything.'
Producer Yasuke Hayashi said the process of remodeling Kasumi has sparked most disputes in the development team, especially since she is 'a character that is not so much out on the table, with hidden feelings, and it's been difficult to express such a 'hidden look'.' Noted that 'the influences on her facial features—while still apparent—have been scaled right back [a]nd her boobs seem less ludicrously unmanageable.' Itagaki, who has left Team Ninja in 2008, said in 2014: 'Straightly speakin’, my daughter was totally ruined, spoiled. I can’t/shouldn’t avert my eyes from that fact.
Many DOA fans here are crying, I will do something for DOA after I finished.' Gameplay [ ] -wise, Kasumi was noted as one of the top characters in the series. IGN called Kasumi 'one of the deadliest fighters in all of DOA, because she has surprising reach and can attack from greater distances than the other girls,' adding she 'is one of the rare characters to come equipped with a blade and with lightning fast attacks, she can take down opponents in record time.' According to Anthony Chau's guide for Dead or Alive 3, 'Kasumi's all-around game combined with her quickness makes her one of the best fighters for any level of player.
Strong stunning attacks, great combinations, and her speed, she's got it all.' In 's guide to Dead or Alive 4, Matthew Rorie wrote Kasumi is 'an interesting character for many reasons. While she doesn't rely on brute strength to get the job done, she has a dizzying array of quick strikes and more than a few teleportation moves to dazzle your opponents and pull them off guard, allowing you to sneak behind them and attack from the rear, or just confuse them mightily.' Beyond her dazzling beauty, Kasumi combines powerful kick attacks and great speed, with some of the best punch and kick combinations in the game.
With good throws to complement her punches and kicks, no player - scrub or master - can go wrong with Kasumi. Guide to IGN described her 'a great character for any level of player' of Dead or Alive 2 as 'novices will certainly enjoy her easy mechanics, while master players will find some of the most evil combinations in the game with Kasumi.'
According to Andrew Alfonso's GameSpy guide to Dead or Alive Ultimate, Kasumi's key moves include high kicks and a attack, which is perfect against low attackers. Kasumi's preferred and recommended tag team partner is Ryu Hayabusa. GameSpy's Chau wrote that in DOA3, 'Kasumi's got some very good long-range attacks; combined with her speed and she's able to hit opponents from a good distance away,' especially since many of her attacks can stun with one hit, allowing her 'to deliver her great punch and kick combinations, regarded by some as being the best in the game,' that are exceptionally dangerous since many of them end in a powerful launching attack. In addition, 'to balance her great speed and superb punch-kick combination game, Kasumi also can throw with the best of them.' Chau opined Kasumi is a good tag team partner for any fighter, but in particular for Ryu, Bass, Helena and Ayane. GamesRadar US recommended that DOA3 'beginners should start with Kasumi because she's got some nice '.
According to Bryan Dawson in ' official guide for Dead or Alive 4, this game's Kasumi is 'faster than ever' and her techniques have been modified considerably; she was ranked overall 8/10, while her clone Alpha-152 was ranked 10/10. In GameSpy's guide to DOA4, David McCutcheon wrote that 'Kasumi is a very well-rounded character that is diverse in usefulness,' that she 'can be a pure powerhouse character outside of her looks that will certainly drive the point across even to the most defensive of fighters,' and that novice players might especially appreciate her very accessible high combos. In an official description of Kasumi in Dead or Alive 5, she uses 'beautiful yet varied attacks executed at a high speed that few can guard against.' Dean James from Attack of the Fanboy recommended her especially 'for those who haven’t played the series in the past and are just starting with ' for her 'probably the most balanced setup in the series.'
In the Dead or Alive Xtreme beach volleyball series, Kasumi has excellent technique and jump abilities, but average speed and defense, and very low power. Pairing Kasumi with her rival Ayane can lower their performance.
According to, 'Kasumi has almost the exact same strengths as Ayane [which means she is excellent at long spikes, digging, and soft dinks], but she's even weaker at the net. She must be partnered with a good spiker and kept in the back whenever possible.' Shelby Reiches of Cheat Code Central wrote Kasumi's fighting style in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge 'appears to fall somewhere between the more acrobatic Ayane and Ryu’s baseline swordsmanship' but she also 'brings rampant teleportation and a focused, laser-like Ninpo [magic attacks] to the table,' and David Lynch of noted all the 'girls' of Razor's Edge (Ayane, Kasumi and ) are 'just as deadly' as Ryu has always been in the Ninja Gaiden series. As Kasumi Kasumi appeared as a lead character in the 2006 action-comedy film, which is loosely based on the game series. In it, she was played by, an American actress of mixed ethnicity who has previously portrayed the ninja in the film.
Itagaki later expressed a preference for a Japanese actress, ideally Kumiko Gotoh, but had no authority over the casting process. Aoki said about Kasumi: 'Yes, she's pretty badass. and she's a princess. She's never been outside the palace walls. She's been very, very sheltered, because she's a princess and that's the way it is. until the point where she actually decides to leave, she's basically been pretty sheltered but she's a capable fighter.'
According to, DOA: Dead or Alive 'focuses its pugilistic mayhem on the eye-candy surrounding the mythos of Princess Kasumi'. In the movie, Kasumi escapes her clan and joins the tournament upon receiving an invitation. She fights against and wins. Later, Kasumi stabs the villain Victor Donovan with an needle. He is paralyzed and perishes in an explosion. In the end, she goes home with her brother despite being a runaway shinobi, but has to fight against her clan with her new friends to be allowed to stay. In the 2002 comedy film, the character Jerry Trellis (E.J.
De La Pena) is shown playing Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore as Kasumi in two different scenes. At the end of the film, Jerry uses some of her moves in a fight. Promotion and merchandise [ ] As a DOA mascot character, Kasumi has been featured in a wide range of merchandise, including figurines, statuettes and action figures that have been released by Tecmo, Sega,, Max Factory, Kotobukiya,, wall scrolls, and others.
One figure was bundled with a special edition of Dead or Alive Paradise for the (also sold separately ); another exclusive figure was bundled with the magazine in 2010. Some Kasumi figures can be stripped down to their underwear or stripped topless. Kasumi on a billboard for the at a store in, Tokyo Other items include an Xbox 360 face plate, a PSP protective cover, swimwear for women, '3D breasts' gel-filled mousepads and a '3D' mug, trading cards, a Dead or Alive 5 by Hori decorated with a graphic of Ayane and Kasumi, a 'squishy pillow', and a lifesize 160-centimetre (5.2-foot) 'love pillow' which was bundled by with the 5,000-unit 'Kasumi-chan Blue' limited edition batch of the Xbox consoles sold in Japan with a matching.
Kasumi and Hitomi were also used in an digital clock application Bijin Tokei, and a Dead or Alive was bundled with a figure of either Kasumi or Ayane. In 2007, Side A: Love! Kasumi was released as one of two picture books to mark DOA 's tenth anniversary and Kasumi-themed credit cards were also released on this occasion, while a 1/6 scale special limited figure was released in only 20 copies as part of the film's promotional campaign. 'Kasumi- Blue' Dead or Alive 4 in Japan included bonuses marketed as 'the most beautiful slipcase in the world' and 'the most beautiful poster in the world', the case having an almost-naked Kasumi on one side and Ayane in her standard fighting outfit on the other. Dead or Alive 5 pre-order bonuses included an exclusive Kasumi-themed iPhone case from the online retailer ShopTo.Net. Merchandise released for DOA5 include another Kasumi-themed 3D mousepad and body pillow cases.
Kasumi was featured on the covers of Dead or Alive 5 Postcard School Calendar 2013 and on 2005's comic anthology companion for Dead or Alive Ultimate. 'Kasumi-chan Blue' limited edition includes Kasumi-themed 3D mousepad, playing cards, lifesize tapestry and bath poster; the game's collector's edition also contains a Kasumi 3D mousepad and playing cards. She is one of four playable characters available in the 2013 free-to-play game, and free downloadable costumes for Kasumi were offered as pre-order bonuses for the full version of DOA5 Ultimate.
First-print copies of 's Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate (Japanese version of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate) were bundled with DLC costume codes for Kasumi's special “Orochi” themed costume in DOA5 Ultimate. Kasumi is also one of the four characters available for free play in Dead or Alive 5 Last Round. Last Round pre-order bonuses included her special 'Ninja 2015' masked outfit at Amazon, and, with an additional skimpy ' costume available at GameStop only.
Her wardrobe in Last Round also includes a destructible dress designed by and downloadable costumes of Dark Side Princess Laegrinna from Tecmo Koei's, Alisa Reinford from 's, Io Yaginuma from 's School Girl Strikers, Yatterman-2 from 's, and Kasumi Todoh from 's, while Phase 4 can be dressed up as Altina Orion from Trails of Cold Steel II and another outfit by Wakaki. In 2010, an erotic Destiny Kunoichi Kasumi (運命のくノ一かすみ) was published (as part of the series in the franchise), for which another Kasumi figure was released.
Kasumi's signature very high kick attack was featured in a television commercial for Dead or Alive 3. 's promotion of the Xbox in Japan included the 'Kasumi and ' campaign at the 2003, where several gamers would be 'invited by lottery to fly off to a sunny beach to be pampered like a king while playing the latest games.' A of Kasumi at 2011. Kasumi has become a frequent subject of cosplay, especially in Japan, including male Kasumi has been well received by gaming fans and professional critics for her sex appeal and her martial arts abilities, both in Japan and in the West.
In 1998, ( CVG) featured Kasumi as its Star of the Month, calling her 'so sexy, and so deadly (and so a-lively),' also telling the readers they are 'bound to fall in love with Kasumi,' and featured her on the cover with a caption stating 'Drop dead gorgeous!' In capital letters. Described Dead or Alive 2 as 'Kasumi and co' and called her 'more than welcome' on the, CVG stated she 'looks fantastic' in this game, and Dreamcast Magazine preview stated Kasumi 'makes a welcome return for her second all conquering appearance under the spotlight.' Brazilian edition of the Xbox Official Magazine compared Kasumi's role in Dead or Alive 2 to that of in games as a protagonistic type of 'character we all chose at the beginning, one of most versatile in all aspects, and possessing an overwhelming charisma.' In the Dreamcast 'Character Battle' in DC Magazine, Kasumi got to semi-finals before she was defeated. Reporting on Dead or Alive Ultimate in 2004, Video Games Daily called her 'everyone's favourite fighting chick'.
Kasumi was the second most popular character among online players of Ultimate, about which IGN declared that 'they love Kasumi because she has the best overall outfits in the game' and also noted her for having 'has, by far, the most bizarre background of any DOA girl.' In 2013, chose Kasumi as one of the 19 'coolest fighters from the last 30 years' and noted she is 'clearly the face of Dead or Alive.' Japanese magazine declared Kasumi as the 35th top video game heroine of the 1990s, with her being one of the only three non- fighting game characters on this list.
According to, Kasumi has become 'nothing short of an icon' in Japan by 2006. Talking about her popularity in the country, Itagaki said in 2004, 'It's almost like there are too many Kasumi covers. If you look at Japanese magazines, maybe 10% of them have Kasumi on their cover.' She was voted the DOA series' most popular character among the Japanese fans in the publisher 's official poll in 2014, receiving over 19% of votes.
Kasumi has also achieved a high popularity overseas. In 2005, she won 's show Video Game Vixens in the category 'Dressed to Kill'. That same year, Kasumi also won the 'Who is the hottest female character on Xbox?' Poll by Official Xbox Magazine, when 52% of all votes were cast on her ( Street Fighter 's came second with 11%), with the magazine's staff commenting that it was no surprise to them. She won the 2007 award in the category 'Best Hottest Babe', garnering 55% of all votes, came third after from and Chun-Li in a Korean Internet fan poll for 2009, just as she also later did in poll for the most erotic girl in the history of fighting games conducted by Japanese web portal Goo in 2016, and was voted second in the 'Miss of Video Games 2012' poll by Polish magazine PSX Extreme. Kasumi has been repeatedly named as one of gaming's top female ninja characters.
In 2007, Rob Wright of featured her as one of the 50 greatest female characters in video game history and one of 'the video game vixens of today' for being 'one of the most powerful—and sexy—ninjas in the world.' Ranked her tenth in its list of 2007 'video game hotties', describing her as 'freakin' hot' and 'the most attractive ninja you'll ever see.' Chris Buffa of ranked her at number eight in his 2008 list of top 'hottest game babes' due to their love of 'female ninjas, especially ones with gigantic breasts,' and wrote, 'Kasumi remains the most recognizable Dead or Alive girl, and one of the most dangerous.' In 2010, called her 'the iconic female ninja', and ranked this 'everyone’s favourite ginger ninja' as the second 'hottest redhead' in games. 's Steve and Larson placed her third on its 2011 list of 'top ten ninjas in all of gaming', and Gelo Gonzales of included Kasumi among the nine 'sexiest ninja babes in games' in a 2012 list, calling her 'about as pure as ninjas go' and comparing her to. In 2013, ranked further her as the fifth top playable ninja in video games. In a 2015 article 'The Truth About Ninjas', Kotaku's Matthew Burns included Kasumi, Ayane, and Mai Shiranui among 'the 'fan favourite' lady ninjas'.
Kasumi has also been positively received for her other traits. Sega Saturn Magazine named the 'beautiful' Kasumi the 'brains' of the first DOA, with Tina being the game's 'muscle', and stated bother are 'guaranteed to offend everywhere' as she is 'easily capable of holding their own against the game's macho male fighters.' 's James Hawkins described Kasumi as 'a deadly fighter when she has to be, and a caring, passionate person when she doesn't. In a game full of sexy, fatalistic fighters, separating from the pack is a truly impressive feat. And Kasumi has done just that.' Ranked her 36th on its 2008 list of the top 50 Xbox characters of all time and PC Games Hardware listed her as one of the most important female characters in video game history. GameDaily featured her in a 2009 article about gaming's 'greatest patriots' and stated that 'it's hard to imagine a video game world without the lovely Kasumi.'
In 2011, Polish web portal listed her as one of the 15 'girls that will kick your ass' and noted that even though she was created as a strong female character just to appeal to 'low tastes of some male players,' she is still 'a tough chick'. Together with Ayane, Hitomi and, Kasumi also placed tenth on the list 'video game hotties' by the Spanish edition of IGN.
In 2012, WatchMojo.com ranked her as the ninth most iconic fighting game character, calling her an arguably perfect woman, while included her among the 32 candidates for “ultimate fighting game champion”. WatchMojo.com placed 'this beautiful redhead' who 'wipes the floor with her opponents thanks to her speed' fifth in their 2014 ranking of top female fighting game characters. On the other hand, Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 criticized her as an 'insufferable,' particularly in Dimensions. We are a Japanese developer, and we're making the female characters with our common sense and our creative sense. When you take that to countries outside of Japan, it tends to be very misinterpreted in some cases, people considering it sexist or derogatory, etc. For us, within our culture, we're showing women like that, and we're trying to make them look attractive.
We can't help if other cultures in other countries around the globe think that it's a bad representation. Within our nationality and within our national borders, we obviously have morals that we create our female characters from, but within our Japanese sensibilities, we've made those characters the way they are and we're not going to stop doing that. Head Yosuke Hayashi in 2012 Negative reception of the game character included accusations of sexual objectification and a controversy about underage characters. According to Official Xbox Magazine, 'the nubile DOA girls have always been slightly controversial, with high-minded types lamenting the gratuitous use of bouncing bosoms. But on Xbox, these criticisms seem to have died away - the sheer brilliance of DOA3's gameplay must have made all gamers, included, realise that Tina, Kasumi et al are actually rather fit.'
The opined that 'the sexual titillation might be diverting for an 11-year-old boy as the panties flash and the boobs bounce but, in terms of content, it's hard to believe a scenario in which an 18-year-old Japanese girl like Kasumi, whose favourite food is strawberry yoghurt, would take on and hope to win.' Shawn Sines of GameFront used the images of Taki from and Kasumi from DOAX2 to illustrate the 2007 critical article about 'the video game implementation of modeling female breasts' and used the Dead or Alive series as an example. In 2010, David Houghton of GamesRadar chose 'Kazumi' [ ], Lara Croft and Soulcalibur 's as examples of the female video game protagonists who are 'all festering adolescent wank-fantasies'.
That same year, Jeff Marchiafava of chose Kasumi as a character that character would like because she 'is underage'. Wirtualna Polska also ranked Kasumi from Dead or Alive 4 as second only to among the 'most unrealistic and sexist depictions of women in games'. Rich Shivener of Joystick Division included 'She Kicks High' at number four on his list of the most controversial video game commercials, writing: 'In a way, Tecmo is making fun of itself for including excessive cleavage and the like in Dead or Alive games.
At least they're honest—Kasumi totally does kick high, and her fellow femme fatales are flashy, too.' In 2012, Kotaku's Harris O'Malley listed 'Kasumi, Ayane or Ivy' as examples of objectified female characters in video games. Stephen Crane of Bitmob included Kasumi among 'the most iconic female game characters' while arguing that almost all of which 'have been incredibly sexualized'. Josh Engen of Cheat Code Central used an image of Kasumi to illustrate the 'frustrating (and incorrect) preconception' that gamers are sexist. The naked version of Alpha-152 was also included in GamesRadar's 2014 list of top seven 'uncomfortably sexy video game characters'. The underage depiction of Kasumi and a feature in Dead or Alive: Dimensions called Figure Mode—which allows players to capture images of the characters from all angles and store them—were linked to Nintendo's decision to not sell the game in Sweden, allegedly due to the country's strict child pornography laws. Hearing of the Nordic ban and that Dimensions was being sold in Australia with a PG classification, the Minister for Home Affairs and the re-examined the game and revoked its classification, although assured the board that the game contained no material which could be considered child pornography.
Upon re-submission, the game was awarded the stronger (but not age-restricted) M classification and was re-released shortly after. The game's cover art, which featured a high-kicking Kasumi, was slightly altered for the United States release. Reports indicating it was done to appease the appeared, but a Tecmo Koei spokesperson claimed that 'this whole thing is getting blown way out of proportion. The truth is that when we submitted the box art as-is from Japan, there were a few parties both internal and external who thought there might be some issue with the image. Nobody 'demanded' anything be changed, it was just pointed out. You have to pick your battles, and covering up that small bit of the image seemed to be harmless.' Kasumi has also been subject of a number of unofficial pornographic works including an erotic film starring, a pornographic and a erotic game with a CD featuring erotic vocal sample; 14 of the game's songs were also released separately.
A fan mod adds Kasumi to, mapping her over Chun-Li. See also [ ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to.
Two Parts: MUGEN is a fighting game engine, which uses a proprietary compiled bytecode for audio and graphics (sprites of characters and other assets) for your computer. It has quite robust support for adding characters, stages, custom character select, and menu screens. There are countless characters available online that people have made, ranging from recreations of popular characters to completely original creations.
Adding downloaded characters to your MUGEN game requires editing the configuration files. Examine your files. The most important thing to look for when examining your new character files is the character's DEF file.
This file must have the same name as the folder that contains it. For example, if the folder name is 'LINK_3D', the DEF file must be named 'LINK_3D.def'. • If the new character folder has multiple DEF files in it, just make sure that the base one matches the folder name. For example, LINK_3D may have multiple DEF files for the different versions. As long as the 'LINK_3D.def' file matches the folder name, you should be OK. Type the name of the folder for your new character.
The name you type here needs to match the folder you added to your chars folder, which also needs to match the name of the character's DEF file. For example, if your new character's folder is named LINK_3D, type LINK_3D in the [Characters] section. • If your character came with multiple versions, add the base DEF file to the end of the folder name. For example, if your LINK_3D character came with multiple versions, type LINK_3D/LINK_3D.def instead of LINK_3D. This will tell MUGEN to load the base DEF file, which will process the rest of the versions • There may be lots of comments in your 'select.def' file.
These are indicated by; at the start of the line. Make sure that you enter the characters on lines that don't start with. Set the character's order for Arcade Mode (optional).
You can set the 'order' of the character, which determines where it will appear in Arcade Mode. For example, by default the Arcade Mode pits you against six Order 1 opponents, one Order 2 opponent, and one Order 3 opponent. You can set the order of a character from 1 to 10.
The game will randomly draw from all characters with the same order when determining a match-up. • Add, order= # to the end of the character's entry in the 'select.def' file. For example, to set LINK_3D as Order 3, type LINK_3D, order=3.