{"id":40001,"date":"2024-11-18T14:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T05:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=40001"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T05:36:01","slug":"dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacations-meg-was-created-to-serve-as-a-mischievous-accomplice-to-the-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacations-meg-was-created-to-serve-as-a-mischievous-accomplice-to-the-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation\u2019s Meg was created to serve as a mischievous accomplice to the player\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/games\/356\/G035685\/20241110009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4Gamer<\/a> interview that coincided with <strong>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation<\/strong>\u2019s seventh anniversary, producer Yasunori Sakuda revealed how the developers created the game\u2019s newest character Meg. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-doaxvv-new-girl-reika-was-created-entirely-by-the-international-dev-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her more serious predecessor Reika<\/a>, Meg\u2019s rascally nature makes players second-guess her true intentions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-001.jpg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation Meg Venus Island cafe waitress\" class=\"wp-image-40007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Meg<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Sakuda, each girl introduced in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation is created with a vision in mind. The developers find something unique that a girl can provide to the player regarding their mannerisms and personality and work from there. In Meg\u2019s case, however, the team members in Japan didn\u2019t have a concrete vision for her at the beginning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, the team decided to center Meg\u2019s character around one of her lines- \u201cI&#8217;ll be your accomplice\u201d. Meg works as a waitress at the Venus Islands caf\u00e9; the location of which the player oversees as a tenant. With her at the player\u2019s side, the Venus Islands could prosper into the ultimate resort.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010DOAXVV\u3011\u65b0\u5973\u795e\u767b\u5834\uff01\u300c\u30e1\u30b0\u300d\u7d39\u4ecbPV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5W4LcAR7LeA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakuda says that Meg was initially too naughty at first, so the development team toned her down to be mischievous instead. In the final game, Meg has a habit of slacking off while making sly comments directed at the player. Meg\u2019s quirks helped show her laid-back and lighthearted personality, which Sakuda says is a great contrast to the cold and serious Reika. He is also very grateful for Miyu Tomita\u2019s voice acting, which in addition to helping the development team get the character just right, made Meg feel at home on the Venus Islands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation Reika\" class=\"wp-image-40006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-002.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-002-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118-40001-002-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Reika<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the reason why Meg was released just a few months after Reika, Sakuda reveals that Reika was initially supposed to succeed Meg in the Japan version of Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation. However, due to negative player feedback regarding the separate releases of characters in different countries, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacations-new-character-to-launch-worldwide-simultaneously-for-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sakuda decided to release Reika worldwide in June 2024<\/a>. Since Meg was the second girl to come out in this revised timeline, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/doaxvv-dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-announces-mystery-new-character-to-mixed-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it was her August release that received the brunt of player backlash.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakuda has since apologized to both the development team and management for this decision, as they were hard at work developing and promoting Meg before he chose to release Reika early.&nbsp;<br><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation producer Yasunori Sakuda sheds light on how Meg, the game&#8217;s latest character, came into being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":40005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-40001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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