Nicole (Dead or Alive)
Nationality:	Human
Gender:	Female
Birthdate:	December 19th
Age:	21
Blood type:	O
Height:	Without Armor: 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) With Armor: 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in
Weight:	Without Armor: 139 kg (370 lb) With Armor: 445 kg (980 lb)
Measurements:	B89 W54 H85 cm (B49 W30 H41 in)
Fighting Style:	CQB (Close Quarters Battle)
Occupation:	Commando
Favorite Food(s):	Halo-halo (Filipino dessert)
Hobbies:	Watching Anime, Competition shooting
Voice Actor(s):	Lyssa Browne
First Appearance:	Dead or Alive 4

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History

Dead or Alive 4

Nicole was born in the year 2531 in the city of New Legaspi on Mars. At six years of age, she was abducted by agents of the Office of Naval Intelligence and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program. The SPARTAN-II program was the UNSC's highly successful military project to augment and hone perfect soldiers.

Spartan-458's unit was preparing for a classified mission on Nassau Station when the ONI stealth ship Apocalypso tumbled into real-space – being carried along in the wake of a freak slipspace anomaly. The anomaly intersected Nassau Station; creating a semi-stable "bubble" in the space/time continuum on its way back to the 21st Century.

For the time being, Nicole is trapped in the 21st century; guarding Nassau Station's secrets with all but lethal force (she realizes killing someone in the past could have dire consequences), waiting for the "bubble" to collapse and hopefully returning her to the year 2552.

Personality

Spartan-458 is a stone-cold killing machine who has killed countless times in the name of humanity. Like all other Spartans, she is dedicated to the mission, straying from it only to fulfill a more dire cause.

Gameplay

Nicole's fighting style is very quick and powerful, a variation of standard military close quarters combat. It is a style meant to incapacitate an armed opponent in a matter of seconds and take advantage of the Spartan's enhanced strength, as well as exploit any environmental advantages. Many of her moves have names alluding to the Halo universe such as "The Great Journey" and "The Grunt Punt", the former of which is a powerful move to send an opponent down stairs or off a ledge. Several technologies from Halo also appear in Nicole's repertoire including active camouflage and the plasma grenade. The Covenant is a fictional galaxy-wide, militaristic, theocratic imperial alliance of alien races from the Xbox video game franchise Halo. ... The Covenant is a fictional galaxy-wide, militaristic, theocratic imperial alliance of alien races from the Xbox video game franchise Halo. ... Illustrating the concept, i. ...

Development

Nicole sticks Ryu Hayabusa in DOA4 with a Plasma Grenade.

Nicole is the result of a collaboration between Tecmo's Team Ninja, and Microsoft's Bungie Studios. Team Ninja originally approached Bungie asking to use the Master Chief. That proved impossible due to storyline restrictions. But the staff at Bungie were intrigued with the idea and wanted to go forward with something similar. As a result, Bungie developed the concept of a Spartan not entirely connected to the Halo storyline that could conveniently (and somewhat plausibly) be inserted into the DOA universe. This concept evolved into the character of Nicole. Nearly all of the resources for her design came straight from the Halo 2 game data. The data was modified to work in the DOA game engine as a female combatant but keeping with the traditional Spartan design, as a feminine figure would not be very plausible for such a heavily armored individual pushed well beyond normal human limitations in regards to fitness and power. Image File history File links Nicole_PlasmaStick. ... Image File history File links Nicole_PlasmaStick. ... Ryu Hayabusa is a fictional video game character who stars in the Ninja Gaiden series of video games, as well appearing in the Dead or Alive fighting game series, all developed by Team Ninja, a part of publisher Tecmo. ... Tecmo, Ltd. ... Team Ninja is a video game developer and has been credited on the following games: Dead or Alive 2 Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore Dead or Alive 3 Dead or Alive Ultimate Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack: Volume... The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of US$39. ... Bungie Studios is an American video game developer founded in 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation (more popularly shortened to just Bungie Software) by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones. ... Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan John-117 (alternatively known by his rank, Master Chief or John-117; to the Covenant, as the Demon) is a fictional character featured in the video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and in a fan made free download game Halo Zero. ... Halo 2 is a first person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. ...

Trivia

• Nicole is the only character in DOA4 to speak English. (Other characters in the game speak in Japanese.) However, she also speaks Japanese in two of her victory phrases, the reason as to why is unknown.
• The ship Nicole is from, the Apocalypso, is also featured in the story The Haunted Apiary, as being the ship which the AI Melissa took refuge -- or was taken -- from.

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Links and resources

• Bungie press release Announcing Spartan-458