View Full Version : Dennis Rodman to appear in DOA Volleyball
digitalpress
12-12-2002, 06:53 AM
Ugh.
Worm Turn in DOA Volleyball Title [12/11/2002 11:57:51 AM ET]
Tecmo, Inc. has signed former NBA bad boy Dennis “The Worm” Rodman to voice the character Zack in its upcoming Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball videogame.
Rodman apparently is a fan of the DOA series and can relate to the character he is portraying in the game, “He (Zack) is one wild character, just like me, and a bit of a prankster which I can relate to. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is my kind of game, if you know what I mean.”
The game is scheduled for release on Xbox in mid-January 2003 and features all the female characters from the Dead or Alive series, plus one new character.
michael
12-12-2002, 06:57 AM
Why can't he die or fall off the face of the earth? Better yet I'll push him off the face of the earth! >) >:( >) >:( >) >:( >)
ManekiNeko
12-12-2002, 09:31 AM
Heh, Dennis Rodman always WAS in Dead or Alive. Tecmo's just lucky the flesh and blood Rodman is flattered rather than angry about "Zach".
JR
Achika
12-12-2002, 10:20 AM
They need to hurry up and release it already and stop pushing it back. Sponsers or not, I'm getting ansy!
slapdash
12-12-2002, 12:18 PM
Please tell me he won't be half- (or all-) naked in the game... And that's not homophobia talking; he's just an ugly, ugly man, and the tats & piercings just make it worse.
ManekiNeko
12-12-2002, 02:19 PM
No more naked than he was in the previous DOA games, I'd assume. You may have to worry about seeing his shiny, skintight alien costume, though. (shudder)
JR
Zaxxon
12-12-2002, 02:45 PM
Videogame designers sure love the name Zack. WTF were they thinking?! Let's take this game filled with hot chicks and then ruin it by sticking in a goofy looking, mumbling, acne-scarred, washed-up basketball player/freak. Here's hoping they include a code to make 'Zack' a hidden character.
Kid Fenris
12-12-2002, 03:05 PM
The headline: "Rodman to appear in Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball."
The sub-head: "Nobody to notice."
I wonder what Rodman thinks of that "man-zierre" thing that Zack's usually wearing.
kainemaxwell
12-12-2002, 07:35 PM
I hope this isn't a ploy to sell more copies of this title too...
punkoffgirl
12-12-2002, 10:02 PM
Uh, hey Kaine? I hate to tell you this, but.. companies make games to make money. Honest. They're just in it for the profit. I know it's hard to believe.
kobunheatforum
12-12-2002, 11:31 PM
How horrible.
Indeed, before this shocking turn of events, DOA Beach Volleyball was going to be a subtly nuanced piece of pure cinematic art and a new high-water mark for the medium of the electronic game, bringing a level of artistic merit comparable to Scorcese or DeMille.
Only NOW has it become hackneyed crap.
Oh well, did you hear about the special controller they're packing in?
http://members.aol.com/kobunheat/doaad.jpg
ManekiNeko
12-13-2002, 01:15 PM
Good one, Chris! It reminds me a little of my idea for the Glover/Tomb Raider crosspromotion.
JR
Kroogah
12-13-2002, 02:14 PM
How horrible.
Indeed, before this shocking turn of events, DOA Beach Volleyball was going to be a subtly nuanced piece of pure cinematic art and a new high-water mark for the medium of the electronic game, bringing a level of artistic merit comparable to Scorcese or DeMille.
Only NOW has it become hackneyed crap.
LOL LOL LOL
Ah....Scorcese....now I wanna watch Raging Bull again. ^_^
Still, why don't they get Hulk Hogan to do the voice of Bass Armstrong?
While we're at it, let's look at the Tekken series:
Jackie Chan should do the voice of Lei Wulong.
Bill Goldberg should do the voice of Craig Marduk.
Jennifer Lopez should do the voice of Christie Montierno. :D
I usually just turn on Japanese voices with subtitles anyway....
Trixie
12-13-2002, 02:30 PM
Dennis Rodman, eh?
:puke: :o
Ascending Wordsmith
12-13-2002, 05:49 PM
I heard there's going to be a secret code on the game to change Rodman's outfit. It's either his tight neon green body suit, or the wedding dress he occasionally wears whil riding his motorcycle.
http://cache.eonline.com/News/Photos/r/rodman.111798.jpg
Andy Rampage
12-13-2002, 06:01 PM
Yuk!
i MEAN YeeAaUUUK!! :puke:
it was "enough", at least for me, when it was"UnOfficial"...
Why'd they have to Go & do that for??!!
Kid Fenris
12-13-2002, 06:18 PM
And for the import-savvy (and lonesome) gamer on a budget, there's Ultimate Volume 6 Love Boxing (http://www.the-magicbox.com/game121202c.htm), guaranteed to be Rodman-free.
So far.
kainemaxwell
12-13-2002, 07:26 PM
Um, Jamie, I meant a ploy to make money as in "Well we dunno if this game will sell well, so let's attach a big-name star to the game and the title and it'll sell hundreds of copies!"
And we all know what happened after Shaq-Fu came out...
Andy Rampage
12-13-2002, 09:19 PM
And we all know what happened after Shaq-Fu came out...
Uhm, no ... :hmm:
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