{"id":54040,"date":"2025-11-18T15:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54040"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:33:09","slug":"dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-producer-wants-players-to-keep-thinking-this-game-is-crazy-even-as-it-enters-its-9th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-producer-wants-players-to-keep-thinking-this-game-is-crazy-even-as-it-enters-its-9th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation\u00a0producer\u00a0wants players to keep thinking \u201cthis game is crazy\u201d even as it enters its 9th year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Koei Tecmo\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation&nbsp;<\/strong>(DOAXVV) celebrated&nbsp;its 8th&nbsp;anniversary on November 15, commemorated by&nbsp;a large in-game update&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ph4h0ZVX9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebratory livestream<\/a>&nbsp;by the&nbsp;devs&nbsp;and cast on the 17th. Series producer Yasunori Sakuda also gave an interview for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/games\/356\/G035685\/20251111040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4Gamer<\/a>, where he talked about his&nbsp;vision for the game\u2019s&nbsp;future&nbsp;direction&nbsp;as it enters its ninth year of service and approaches the big ten-year mark.&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\u6700\u5927100\u9023\u7121\u6599\uff01 \u795d8\u5468\u5e74\u8a18\u5ff5PV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3wxXpPlE7o?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>Along with a new Beach Party photo spot,&nbsp;tropical-themed&nbsp;swimsuits&nbsp;and new lighting presets,&nbsp;DOAXVV\u2019s 8<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary update includes a new comprehensive skip&nbsp;function for Festivals, letting players skip through&nbsp;auto-playable&nbsp;S-rank Festivals&nbsp;they\u2019ve&nbsp;already cleared. These kinds of&nbsp;quality-of-life improvements will continue being the dev team\u2019s&nbsp;focus&nbsp;going forward, according to Sakuda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of our major goals is to make the game&#8217;s environment more comfortable for Owners. The new Skip All feature we implemented this time has&nbsp;been requested for a long time. Still, we were careful about not going too far in simplifying the gameplay, and the reason we delayed this feature was&nbsp;because&nbsp;we were prioritizing&nbsp;enhancing&nbsp;the photography system.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another point Sakuda brings up is \u201cnot being bound by past decisions\u201d&nbsp;when it comes to improving the game. This is&nbsp;something he considers&nbsp;especially&nbsp;important given how much player lifestyles and broader trends have changed during DOAXVV\u2019s long life cycle.&nbsp;Interestingly, the coming year will, according to Sakuda,&nbsp;be a year of preparation for DOAXVV\u2019s big 10-year&nbsp;anniversary.&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s a big milestone for us, so I want players to feel not only how fun the game is, but how far it\u2019s come throughout the past decade.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"671\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251118-54040-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251118-54040-001.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251118-54040-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251118-54040-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some things&nbsp;won\u2019t&nbsp;change, though. Reiterating on the series\u2019 core values, Sakuda comments, \u201cas we approach the 9th and 10th anniversaries, I want DOAXVV to continue being a title that makes people say (in a good way)&nbsp;\u2018This game is still as crazy as ever,\u2019&nbsp;\u2018They\u2019ve added another wild swimsuit,\u2019&nbsp;\u201cThey\u2019re doing something ridiculous again.\u201d&nbsp;With the team adding skiwear-themed swimsuits to their tropical island game, this stance hardly comes as a surprise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation is available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/958260\/DEAD_OR_ALIVE_Xtreme_Venus_Vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>. Other announcements made to commemorate the anniversary include a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Venus_Vacation\/status\/1990026218184585719?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">browser-based cloud\u00a0version<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme on\u00a0TapFun\u00a0(Japan Only), a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/quesq_info\/status\/1990329065136676870?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honoka figure by QuesQ<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.koeitecmo.com\/brand\/2\/products\/list?category_id=527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebratory merch<\/a>\u00a0(Thanks, J).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-leaps-to-steams-top-10-bestsellers-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation leaps to Steam\u2019s top 10 bestsellers in Japan<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-producer-surprised-by-strong-overseas-response-to-the-series-despite-lack-of-western-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation producer surprised by strong overseas response to the series, despite lack of Western release<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation (DOAXVV) producer talks about the game&#8217;s future direction as it approaches its 9th and 10th anniversaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":54043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-54040","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 v27.2 - 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