Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball – A Quick Peek

“Fans of the Dead or Alive fighting games have always appreciated the beauty of the female form. With this game, we are giving fans what they have been asking for all along – the ability to admire gorgeous ladies at play… more specifically, as they jump and dive after a volleyball. The appeal of this game is universal, and with the tremendous power of Xbox, the ladies of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball will look and move more realistically than ever before.”

“Extreme Beach Volleyball – We Never Knew Volleyball Was So Popular!” – XboxSolution

With all the hype around Xtreme Beach Volleyball,
with it’s barely-dressed characters, it’s hard to concentrate on the
story alone, without touching on the rumors of, ahem, certain modes of gameplay,
but we’ll try our best . . . here’s the story:

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball takes place on Zack Island, a tropical
island which he purchased and named after himself, after winning big at a casino.
Zack declares the island the official location of the fourth Dead or Alive tournament.
When the invites are sent and people start arriving, everyone realizes that
only women were invited to the island. What is the meaning of this and how will
the ladies amuse themselves in their free time on the tropical island?

Read on for the full Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach
Volleyball Preview, and larger versions of the screenshots. . .

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball stars all the ladies from the Dead or Alive
fighting games and a new character named Lisa. In the game, the
women amuse themselves with volleyball and the many diversions offered by the
tropical island paradise. The new character, Lisa, hails from the United States,
is a former Olympic volleyball player, and works as a stockbroker in Manhattan.
She will be a regular character in future Dead or Alive games.

In addition to the standard beach volleyball tournament, players will have
a wealth of other recreational activities to choose from on the island. Gamers
can spend time in the arcade, where they can play a mini game of Dead or Alive
3; a movie theater, where they can view a trailer of Ninja Gaiden or other Dead
or Alive games; or a casino, where they can try their hand at special Dead or
Alive versions of slots, poker, blackjack, roulette, and more. Other mini-games
include a lifeguard drill, a dance competition, and a beauty contest.

Players can also cultivate relationships with other potential volleyball team
partners by buying them gifts. If a character likes the gift you bought her,
she may wear it during a match and reciprocate by buying you something in return.
Strong relationships off the volleyball court will lead to better tag play on
the court.

Nearly everything in the game can be customized to the player’s liking. The
volleyball environment can be customized with different times of day, volleyball
used, and net types. Characters’ appearance can be completely personalized,
with over 100 different swimsuits to choose from and over 50 accessories to
equip as well. Swimsuit patterns can be chosen or custom-made depending on your
artistic skills. The local radio station broadcasts licensed music throughout
the game (over 20 songs in the game soundtrack) or players can opt to listen
to their own custom soundtrack. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball(tm) supports
user ripped soundtracks allowing you to copy your favorite music tracks from
your CDs and play them back in the game. Photo and video replays of matches
can also be saved to the hard drive.

Media:
Screenshots
@ XboxSolution
Trailer from HitPops.jp [1/2 trailer]


Our Take:
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball has excellent looking graphics, as it
should coming from the creators of Dead Or Alive 3, the gameplay sounds interesting,
and it seems that Tecmo is trying to add more gameplay options to keep your
interest as well.

What can we say, we never knew Volleyball was so popular!
This game may turn out to be an excellent sports game, but by far the most discussion
has been about the outfits, or lack of outfits in the game. We’ll stray from
commenting on this topic at this point, and just take a closer look at the game
once released. Expect more coverage on this game as it becomes available.
Expected release date: November 1st, 2002.

Related Links:
Tecmo
Official Site: Not Announced

Look for the Official XboxSolution Review
shortly after this games’ release.

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