If only it was released in the West, the course of gaming history would be changed forever...

You're tiresome and not funny.

I hate "what if" threads, either invent time travel and make it happen or fuck off

>>11879639 (OP)
They did release it in the west. I bought a copy.

Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate on the original Xbox came bundled with a port of the Saturn version of DOA 1.

https://youtu.be/Zcuahqya9MU

>>11879639 (OP)
I love DoA1 but the games didn't sell until they got Microsoft money behind them with the third one.
Western release of Saturn DoA would've sold around as much as Last Bronx did.

>>11879639 (OP)
Half the Saturn's US library were already fighting games.

>>11879639 (OP)
wrong pic

Serious question, is DoA1 better than VF2?

Bouncing Breasts: The Game

>>11881468
It's a matter of perspective.
if anything, they share the same control scheme, but DoA is a bit easier to pick up with it's simplified movelists. Though, nothing is stopping you from styling over your opponent with Hyabusa's Izuna Drop. So in general. Easy to pick up and play, but takes a bit to master. also the PSX version adds an additional character to the mix with Bass Armstrong.

>>11881468
No. VF2, although slow as molasses, is still a more technical game.
DOA's gameplay innovation was trying to simplify inputs - there's only a Punch, Kick and Hold button. However, what ended up happening was that it became kind of a rock-paper-scissors situation, where a Hold would overpower everything else, because it came out fast and if you missed it was no big deal. Only in DOA2 they improved on this system, making it so holds now offer a risk and reward. Now, if you get hit during a Hold you are put into Counter status, which increases damage taken and leaves you open for combos that weren't possible if you were hit normally.

People may shit on DOA after 5, but DOA2 was basically a bleeding edge experiment - for a good year after its release, it was the most advanced fighting game in the market. Too bad they dropped the ball on that one since then.

>>11879792
was about to say

Sigh... if only

>>11879660
>>11880278
I haven't even been browsing 4chan that much lately but just by checking the catalog a few times this week I could notice there's a guy spamming this kind of "X thing could have saved the Saturn" in an obvious ironic, disingenuous way, to mock Saturn fans.
Not sure what's his endgame.

>>11881468
DOA is only really fun against human opponents. the universal parry mechanic has an answer to every option you could throw out which as an absolute auto-win button for a bot that can read your inputs. offline against NPC's it's a nightmare.