We may not be getting this great game at launch like Japan and America but the PAL version has been tweaked (hence the HARDCORE) so it now has 2 extra characters and is generally a bit nicer in every way.
This looks to be a lot better than the first Dead or Alive, it may be the same sexy women with odd fighting attire but the graphics are like nothing else. As well as all that the stages are interactive. If you are fighting on a ledge of a building you can bet your life you can knock your opponent off the edge or next to a window...oh yeah...kick 'em straight through it. Strangely they manage to survive this and then you take the leap to go down and finish them off.
A brilliant looking game with great looking characters...definitely worth the wait until December 2000.Also check out Tekken Tag.