Dead or Alive 4 Update

On Friday, Tecmo updated Dead or Alive 4. Here are some of the changes, most of it being with the online aspect:



1. On the character select screen and the stage itself, you now are able to view the rank of all the participants of the current fight.
2. When entering a lobby, the contents of the match is now preloaded. It means once you join the match, you can see the match in progress a lot quicker than previously.
3. The handicap is now determined by your proximity to the character's rank (as opposed to the letter grade in the past). Basically, if there are two 'C's fighting, the higher rank now gets a small handicap.
4. "Now saving" is now on most loading screens - if only to state the obvious.
5. Last character (costume, too!) and stage picked are now remembered within a session.
6. You have the option to perform a one time reset of your ranking and wins/losses. Again, this is optional. This reset does not reset any money and items you have earned.
7. Sparring exercise position remembered.

There may be other changes, but there are the obvious ones.