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Published by: Tecmo
Developed by: Team Ninja
Genre: Sports
Number of Players: 1-2

Once again Team Ninja brings us back to the infamous Zack Island. It is supposed to be a big title for the XBOX360. Team Ninja had done an excellent job in putting the characters of a fighting game into a brand new style of gameplay. I’m sure a lot of fans are waiting for the sequel.

However, after playing for a while I found out that everything in the game looks really familiar. Instead of playing a sequel, I feel like playing the original. The gameplay is the same as the original. Besides of graphics and a few new mini-games, not much new element has been added or improved.

Suppose you’ve to earn some cash and go buy collectables for the chicks. But the money earned is still not enough and this really lower your incentive to play those mini-games.

One thing good is the adding of the Marine racing. It’s fun! Something like the Radge racer, you could even turn on the turbo. Comparing to other newly added mini-games, it proves to be a star addition of the game.

No doubt Team Ninja failed to create a successful sequel due to too much recycling of the original and the lack of new elements. Bouncing boobs are terrible. Instead of creating new courts, those volley ball courts are actually the same as the original but with higher resolution only. Even the songs in the game are the sames as the original.

In short, no more DOAX3 please.

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