Fancy a beach holiday? How about a free trip to New Zach Island in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet? Soon you'll be able to visit paradise on your Nintendo Switch when Koei Tecmo releases the "Basic Free Edition" of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet on the Japanese eShop at the end of this month.
Provided you have access to a Japanese eShop account, on 30th May you'll be able to download and play this version of the game regardless of your own regional location. So, what's the catch? According to Japanese Nintendo, additional characters will cost ¥1,296 each and a casino membership will set you back ¥2,160.
In case you forgot, this Dead or Alive spin-off arrived on the Switch at the start of this year but was never released in Europe or North America. If you do end up enjoying the free version, you could always consider importing a full copy of the game, which includes English language support. Check out our import review for more details on this one.
Will you download the free version of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet when it arrives on the Japanese eShop? Have you already imported a copy of this game? Tell us below.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Imported a copy. Pretty fun, just a relaxing time. This 'free' version doesn't sound worth touching.
I wanna import it at some point. I'm just not in a huge rush for it.
I hate how Nintendo is putting like 10 of...these...typw of games on the switch a month. Like...it really annoys me. Dont act like you dont know why im saying this
I really don't see why anyone would choose this over just buying the full copy but okay, if you really wanna just buy characters individually...
There is better fan service around anyway. I saw that Nekopara Volume 3 is coming to Switch next month. Why look at anime girls, when I can look at anime cat girls instead?
@PBandSmelly I don't though. Is someone forcing you to go on the Japanese eShop and buy games you don't want? Nothing to be annoyed about otherwise.
@TossedLlama Close enough.
@Heavyarms55 One could treat it like a demo. Play it, see if it interests them, and if so, buy the full version. If not, not much is lost.
@Trvial Yeah, that's a good point I suppose.
Don't forget if you import it to get your $3 or $5 off codes to playasia there on the web everyday.
$3 off: no spending requirements
$5 off: on orders $60 or more
@BacklogBlues Love those Play-Asia coupons with their $60 US minimum spend. Sit in my room until they expire because my orders rarely cost that much.
@PBandSmelly Just ignore them and move on rather than getting worked up about it
@PBandSmelly Nintendo's not doing it, it's 3rd parties. This game is from Koei Tecmo, Nintendo had nothing to do with its development
@PBandSmelly no one is forcing you to play these and its great that nintendo is letting these type of games come to switch with less censorship.
@PBandSmelly you do understand Nintendo isn't releasing them? Nintendo owns the platform but the Publishers decide which games will be released.
@ALinkttPresent @Illustrathor
I know that, im just annoyed that these games are ALLOWED to be released SO OFTEN. In time this console will be known as the perv machine. Im aware that there will be these types of "games" but now there are more of these than FPS games which worries me very much
There are about half a dozen of these games and this is barely counting as existing compared to PSP / Vita / PS2 and PS3.
Aside that, why do you think your taste is more valid? There are people who think FPS are murder simulators, is their opinion valid too or does it only apply to your taste? Don't get me wrong, you can dislike whatever you want and voice it, but I wouldn't be so judgemental towards people who like this sort of stuff if the same discuss can be targeted at you
I got the collectors edition, wonderfull game.
Imported. Pretty fun and relaxing. And the most use I've had with the capture button.
@PBandSmelly - I do not know a single soul out there that has cited that Senran Kagura, Panty Party, Nights of Azure or this to describe (positively or negatively) the Switch's stylings of console in such a manner.
There is three (soon to be four) franchises that make sure that can never happen by simply existing.
@PBandSmelly lol at the idea these games will sully the reputation of the switch,as if that should even matter to you,the consumer.
99.999999999999999999% of the population will never know this game exists. It won’t hurt the reputation of the system. Nintendo is still the Mario company first and foremost.
@PBandSmelly Sony got censor heavy on these types of games, Nintendo don't seem to mind. Of course they would jump off the S.S PS5 and climb aboard the St Switch ship in many numbers.
DOA EXTREME BEACH VOLLEYBALL is one of my favorite XBOX games. The actual sport part is really fun. So yes, I will check this out.
@PBandSmelly More of these than FPS games? IF ONLY! There are barely any of them. Strictly fanservice games are a rare breed my friend, and we can only hope more come to exist on the Switch, and rapidly.
FPS games are a dime a dozen, usually all garbage, with little effort put into them (hey, hey, no disrespect, there are good ones too, like Wolfenstein.)
Fanservice is also not just about perverted content. It's literally what the term suggests. "Service" to the "fans". It's usually a different approach to a franchise than the normal, which can be refreshing for fans of said franchise. It can also just be something meant to excite or titillate, like some super cool high effort mecha transformation or a huge elaborate explosion (cool guys don't look at explosions).
A lot of horror movies actually use fanservice coupled with horror moments in the form of shower scenes as well.
Fanservice can be a clever thing, and using it is of paramount importance. Yes, including famous players in your FIFA games is also fanservice.
Educate yourself more.
@PBandSmelly “there are more of these than FPS games which worries me very much”
Ouch. Controversial opinion it seems. When it comes to perversions, I’ll take sex and nudity over violence any day.
So I would like to try this demo, how do I go about switching my switch account to jap region? I'm led to believe you can do this, play some games then switch back - is that right? Will this game still remain after I switch back?
I'll download the free version until I have the money to import the physical version. With so many good games coming out the next few months, it's going to leave my wallet running thin.
@Blofse You need to make a new Nintendo account and make the region Japan. then connect it to your switch and you will be able to use both profiles on the same Switch console. You can't have one profile access multiple regions. One profile per region.
...i just want doa 6....
I might download it because it's free but I'm not spending money on it. It's not really my type of game, but I know there's an audience for this type of thing...
@PBandSmelly "Perv Machine" I think you are overthinking things........
>DOA Xtreme article appears
>Some "Holier than thou" Gamers come in and voice their bias opinions
>Back and forth on topic
>We then go back to waiting for NL to drop more news for Pokemon Sword and shield
EVERY TIME!
I wasnt intending to ever get the game, but for the very least, this sounds like an interesting download. I might bite on that.
@PBandSmelly You're not forced to buy them, so I don't see why you're complaining...
So will this end up being more expensive than the base game to get everything in the base game like the DOA 5 free version was? (unless you waited and downloaded different characters when they were free)
@Trvial This is exactly what I'm planning to do.
I'll use this as a demo to see if i like the gameplay. If it turns out to be fun, i'll probably import the physical version.
Really Japan version is English? I tried and didn't get it changed to english? So how did others do it?
@SwitchForce I can't speak for the free version, but the retail copy of the game has English text. You just start it like any games, and its automatically in English.
Odd I'll have to check again. I have the Amazon Japan version.
Then I can't say why that is. I have the Japanese collectors edition, always started in English for me.
I grabbed the F2P version yesterday. If you've played the PSP game you know what you're getting into. Overall I feel more relaxed with this game. I love how the volleyball controls have been simplified a bit by using (B) + Stick combos versus multiple buttons. I still HATE the camera angle for volleyball play. I just want tennis view! Is that too much to ask for?! I really hope that the F2P save file can be used on the full version of this game. I plan to import the game some day. All of that said, I am definitely going to have to clear my SD card soon. So many pictures, so many! LMFAO!
If a sequel to this game is made, I hope it moves into "open world" territory. I'd like to stroll through Zack's Island and not just navigate via the menu. Some row boating and swimming would also be nice for a sequel.
@SetupDisk 60-80 to import vs 120 for the F2P version + all characters. -Just use the F2P version as a glorified demo.
@tobibra F2P version has English. You just have to boot the game with your English region account.
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