Interview with Shimbori. WARNING: LINK IS NSFW SITE. RELEVANT PART OF THE INTERVIEW QUOTED BELOW [https://doujins.com/blog/doa-6-director-comments-on-sexy-costumes-again-1077]
Interviewer: I'm sure you play other fighting games. Have you played Soul Calibur VI?
Shimbori: I have.
Interviewer: They went pretty far with the fanservice, and they seem to not have any problems...
Shimbori: The reason why they get away (with) it is one of the big mysteries of the world. Soul Calibur can do it and doesn't get a beating over it, but even when Dead or Alive doesn't do it, it still gets criticized.
If anyone can tell me why this happens, and how to fix it, please introduce them to me (laughs).
And it's actually a fairly good question; SC has been a fairly provocative series for almost as long as DoA has, including adding clothing destruction down to everyone fighting down in their skivvies WAY before DoA introduced even mild destruction, and has had fairly direct ads with Ivy compared to DoA's ads (except that one with the wall in Japan).
Yet other than some bashing on Ivy, SC generally gets away scot-free while DoA gets lambasted at every turn when it comes up. Even more so than explicitly sexual games like Senran Kagura, Sonicomi etc.
Interviewer: I'm sure you play other fighting games. Have you played Soul Calibur VI?
Shimbori: I have.
Interviewer: They went pretty far with the fanservice, and they seem to not have any problems...
Shimbori: The reason why they get away (with) it is one of the big mysteries of the world. Soul Calibur can do it and doesn't get a beating over it, but even when Dead or Alive doesn't do it, it still gets criticized.
If anyone can tell me why this happens, and how to fix it, please introduce them to me (laughs).
And it's actually a fairly good question; SC has been a fairly provocative series for almost as long as DoA has, including adding clothing destruction down to everyone fighting down in their skivvies WAY before DoA introduced even mild destruction, and has had fairly direct ads with Ivy compared to DoA's ads (except that one with the wall in Japan).
Yet other than some bashing on Ivy, SC generally gets away scot-free while DoA gets lambasted at every turn when it comes up. Even more so than explicitly sexual games like Senran Kagura, Sonicomi etc.