

Mai Shiranui: A guest character from the Fatal Fury/King of Fighters series. Killed in the first Dead or Alive game, he returns as an undead cyborg with the memories on what's good left in him from his past no longer exist, leaving only his obsession to copy the fighters' fighting skills remains. Raidou: An evil ninja and Ayane's biological father using techniques he has stolen from other fighters. Although she does not have any experience in combat, she uses some fighting moves from other characters and also a mysterious power. Honoka: An 18-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who uses has her own style that she calls "Honoka Fu". In addition, the game adds four new characters, including bringing back the original Dead or Alive game's boss Raidou to life and introducing a new female fighter named Honoka, for a total of up to 36. Last Round retains all 32 characters featured in Ultimate, including the four guest characters from the Virtua Fighter series (counting Ultimate's Jacky Bryant) and the three characters who first appeared in the arcade version and then as DLC (Marie Rose, Nyotengu and Phase-4), along with over 300 costumes for them. Since the appearance of the Senran Kagura DLC costume pack, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions have clothing breaker mechanisms for certain DLC collaboration outfits, including female characters' Valentine's Day DLC outfits when using a Critical Burst finisher on the opponent who wears some DLC collaboration outfit, similar to the Armor Breaker from other Sega AM2's Fighting Vipers.

These two versions also use the new game engine called Soft Engine and designed to better depict "softness" of character's bodies.

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions received upgraded graphics, running at 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second. Unlike the original Dead or Alive 5, as a download update for PS3 and Xbox 360, the game can convert either the digital versions of Ultimate or Ultimate: Core Fighters into Last Round.ĭead or Alive 5 Last Round features all the content from Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, adding new costumes and customizable hairstyles for outside PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, as well as two new characters and two new stages for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Notable changes from Ultimate include two additional characters and a graphical upgrade for the new generation of consoles. It is the third updated version of 2012's Dead or Alive 5, following 2013's Dead or Alive 5 Plus and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate. Game Review Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is a 2015 fighting game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Arcade.
