Hotel/Casino
After your three activities are finished for the day, you have no choice but to go to the hotel. But, your night doesn't have to end there. The casino offers endless hours of video poker, slot machines, and even roulette. But even if you're not interested in gambling, don't instantly choose to 'go to bed' the moment you pop into the hotel. Each night there are things you'll want to do.
Casino
Receive Gifts
Gifts are delivered to you each night. Zack will always give you something, but will often give you little trinkets. These are good for adding to your collection, but generally aren't worth much excitement. Get Zack to take an interest in you by performing well on the court and mixing up your bikini-wear and you'll see more suits come your way. He'll also toss in various DOA promo tapes and the latest Ninja Gaiden trailer, which was revealed at TGS 2002.
Gifts are delivered to you each night. Zack will always give you something, but will often give you little trinkets. These are good for adding to your collection, but generally aren't worth much excitement. Get Zack to take an interest in you by performing well on the court and mixing up your bikini-wear and you'll see more suits come your way. He'll also toss in various DOA promo tapes and the latest Ninja Gaiden trailer, which was revealed at TGS 2002.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball for backwards compatible. I mean I can’t be the only one who was thinking about this. Perverted jokes aside the game did really well for itself, it did so good that it spawned a sequel. The mini games were fun, the soundtrack was ok, and you even got to interact with the characters in the way that you.
If any girls take a shine to you, you may receive gifts from them. Some will offer items or accessories. And if a girl really digs you, she'll toss you one of her favorite swimsuits. Buttering up the girls, and kicking ass at volleyball, will get you more and better gifts. If your partner gives you something to wear, always put it on the next day. If you don't, she may actually take less of a shine to you. We'll talk about buttering up the ladies from the comfort of your hotel room a little later on down the page.
Your Collection
If your personal goal includes collecting every item, one of the first things you should do each night is check your item list and place all your new goodies into the closet by selecting keep. You can view your collection and see how close you are to finding every item, accessory, and swimsuit. This collection is only for the girl you're currently playing, so if you start your next vacation as someone else, none of these items will appear in her collection. So, if you want everything, you're gonna have to play quite a lot with one particular girl. Check out our Shops section for more collecting strategies.
If your personal goal includes collecting every item, one of the first things you should do each night is check your item list and place all your new goodies into the closet by selecting keep. You can view your collection and see how close you are to finding every item, accessory, and swimsuit. This collection is only for the girl you're currently playing, so if you start your next vacation as someone else, none of these items will appear in her collection. So, if you want everything, you're gonna have to play quite a lot with one particular girl. Check out our Shops section for more collecting strategies.
Giving Gifts
During the day, especially once you've earned some money, you should be buying items and accessories from the shops to give to the girls. One strategy, as mentioned in Shops section, is to focus on only one girl. Give only her gifts and keep all your attention on just her (and make sure she's your partner for the full two weeks). If this is your plan of action, always make sure you have a gift for her each day. Keep in mind that perishable items (flowers, food, juice) need to be bought in the evening so they don't spoil before you get to the hotel. It's best to stock up on items, especially those from the Zack of All Trades shop, to ensure you always have something for your lady.
During the day, especially once you've earned some money, you should be buying items and accessories from the shops to give to the girls. One strategy, as mentioned in Shops section, is to focus on only one girl. Give only her gifts and keep all your attention on just her (and make sure she's your partner for the full two weeks). If this is your plan of action, always make sure you have a gift for her each day. Keep in mind that perishable items (flowers, food, juice) need to be bought in the evening so they don't spoil before you get to the hotel. It's best to stock up on items, especially those from the Zack of All Trades shop, to ensure you always have something for your lady.
If you don't want to get every item and would rather get a large assortment of bathing suits quickly, then you need to be pleasing every girl. Every day, before playing your last session, you must make sure you have a gift for each girl. Of course, make sure it's a gift they will actually like. What the ladies love is covered in our Girls section. Give each girl a gift every night before going to bed. A heavy dose of gift giving and good volleyball will ensure that you get at least one bathing suit a day, if not more, from your collection of hunnies.
Leaving Tomorrow
After playing through DOA Volleyball once, you'll be able to end your stay early with any of the girls. Just choose the 'leave tomorrow' option from the hotel menu and you'll be off the island the very next morning. Why would you wanna do this? Well, depending on your game goals, you may be done with a particular girl early in a week, or you may simply have screwed up all your relationships so royally that you need to just start fresh. Whatever the case, only choose this option if you really want to end your vacation early. All items you collected and all your cash will carry over for the next time you choose this particular girl.
After playing through DOA Volleyball once, you'll be able to end your stay early with any of the girls. Just choose the 'leave tomorrow' option from the hotel menu and you'll be off the island the very next morning. Why would you wanna do this? Well, depending on your game goals, you may be done with a particular girl early in a week, or you may simply have screwed up all your relationships so royally that you need to just start fresh. Whatever the case, only choose this option if you really want to end your vacation early. All items you collected and all your cash will carry over for the next time you choose this particular girl.
A Peaceful Slumber
If you're done giving all your gifts, putting away items in your collection, and dead-broke from the casino, then it's time to head to bed so you can start a fresh day as soon as possible. If any girl didn't like her gift, you'll see a message telling you she's tossed it in the trash. A girl may toss a gift because she doesn't like it (you gave Leifang a blue flower, for example) or because she doesn't like you (you gave Leifang yellow sandals but she hates your guts and tossed them anyway). Figure you why the girl junked the gift and make certain to avoid the mistake in the future. Then get ready for another day of beach volleyball action!
If you're done giving all your gifts, putting away items in your collection, and dead-broke from the casino, then it's time to head to bed so you can start a fresh day as soon as possible. If any girl didn't like her gift, you'll see a message telling you she's tossed it in the trash. A girl may toss a gift because she doesn't like it (you gave Leifang a blue flower, for example) or because she doesn't like you (you gave Leifang yellow sandals but she hates your guts and tossed them anyway). Figure you why the girl junked the gift and make certain to avoid the mistake in the future. Then get ready for another day of beach volleyball action!
Casino
The casino serves two purposes. First, there are plenty of clues in the casino letting you know what the girls like and a bit about their personalities. Just check out the slot machine to see some favorites for each of the ladies. And you can judge a girl's aggressiveness by the way she plays roulette. The second purpose if more obvious -- the casino is there to give and take money.
The casino serves two purposes. First, there are plenty of clues in the casino letting you know what the girls like and a bit about their personalities. Just check out the slot machine to see some favorites for each of the ladies. And you can judge a girl's aggressiveness by the way she plays roulette. The second purpose if more obvious -- the casino is there to give and take money.
Playing at the casino is gambling and tossing your money on a roulette table is no guarantee of coming away smiling. However, the odds at the casino are somewhat better on Zack Island than in Vegas. Maybe because Zack wants you earning enough cash to buy some sexy outfits. You don't have to gamble, but if you do, here are some tips for each game.
Chip amount
Before you run off to gamble, make certain you have the write chip amount set. Unless you have oodles of cash, you don't want to go to the roulette table with $10,000 chips. And at the same time, it's pretty useless to bet $100 chips on Black Jack. You'll be playing BJ till the end of time to earn enough for the elusive Venus swimsuit that way.
Before you run off to gamble, make certain you have the write chip amount set. Unless you have oodles of cash, you don't want to go to the roulette table with $10,000 chips. And at the same time, it's pretty useless to bet $100 chips on Black Jack. You'll be playing BJ till the end of time to earn enough for the elusive Venus swimsuit that way.
Don't go home broke
Be smart. Don't bet all your earnings in one night at a casino. You've got far more than two weeks at stake here, as your earnings carry over each time you play the same girl. Your goal at the casino should be to come away with more than you started with. Bet smart and leave before the house odds turn on you.
Be smart. Don't bet all your earnings in one night at a casino. You've got far more than two weeks at stake here, as your earnings carry over each time you play the same girl. Your goal at the casino should be to come away with more than you started with. Bet smart and leave before the house odds turn on you.
Slots
The slots offer the worst odds and overall some of the worst rewards in the entire casino. Losing is common and half of the slot machines can actually take money away from you. The rewards on these machines doesn't come close to matching the money lost, especially considering you may win big once every 30 plays, but will lose major money about once every 8 pulls of the slot. Not good odds at all. The slots, for the most part, should be avoided unless you have an absolute hungry for watching them spin.
The slots offer the worst odds and overall some of the worst rewards in the entire casino. Losing is common and half of the slot machines can actually take money away from you. The rewards on these machines doesn't come close to matching the money lost, especially considering you may win big once every 30 plays, but will lose major money about once every 8 pulls of the slot. Not good odds at all. The slots, for the most part, should be avoided unless you have an absolute hungry for watching them spin.
Black Jack
The one casino game that gives you a modicum of control, Black Jack is a conservative game. If you manage 21, you are paid back 2-to-1, but otherwise you will merely double your bet with each win. This is a good way to pass the time and a safe way to earn some small cash, but isn't recommended if you want a big score fast. Here are a few tips to help you make some dough at BJ:
The one casino game that gives you a modicum of control, Black Jack is a conservative game. If you manage 21, you are paid back 2-to-1, but otherwise you will merely double your bet with each win. This is a good way to pass the time and a safe way to earn some small cash, but isn't recommended if you want a big score fast. Here are a few tips to help you make some dough at BJ:
- Always double-down on a 10 or 11 score (with one exception). Double down means you double your bet, but only get a single extra card. You can never bust here, so it's always worth a shot. The only time you should avoid doubling down is when the dealer shows a 10 or 11, because they have a decent chance of 21 as well.
- Split often. A split occurs when you're dealt two cards of the same value (i.e. two eights). You split them, put a bet on the split, and play them out as separate hands.
- Trust the house to bust. Unless the house is showing ace, don't hit on fifteen or higher. Your chances of busting are higher than of receiving a useful card. If you bust, it's all over. Hold and take your chances with the dealer's cards.
- Play big money. Unless your goal is simply to waste some time, always bet with $10,000 chips. Doubling up $100 chips means nothing in DOAX. Getting an extra $10,000 each hand helps a good deal.
Roulette
Certainly a game of chance, roulette can pay off big if you bet wisely. Roulette offers some of the best and worst odds in the casino. You can play it safe and get solid 50/50 odds, or you can go risky for a 1-in-37 chance of big cash. While getting a number right pays 35-to-1, your chances aren't so good. It's best to play it smart and a bit more conservative. Check out these tips to give you the best chance to win on Roulette and keep from crying to the poor house:
- Bet small chips. Unless you have over two million in the bank, don't even think about betting $10,000 chips on the wheel. It's far too risky. Build up some conservative cash and then switch to the bigger payoff.
- Play five zones each turn. Placing a chip where four squares meet is the safest bet. This means if a number from any of the four squares hits, you get paid 10-to-1. Put equal chips in five separate zones that do not overlap. This way you have 20 or 37 numbers covered, which are great Vegas odds. If any of those 20 numbers comes up, you'll end up with double what you put on the table. A safe way to gamble.
- Don't blow it all on one number. It's tempting to put your whole load on your favorite number, but you chances of losing far outweigh those of winning. Play five zones (see above) and then place a chip on one number each turn. Best odds are to keep putting it on the same number again and again. Sooner or later, it has to hit and will net you 35-to-1 payback.
- Don't always bet on black. Press Y to check out the board and see which numbers have come up recently. Look at the pattern. If black has come up five times straight, odds are it will hit red. The same goes for even and odds. This only pays 2-to-1, but with close to a 50% chance of success, it's a relatively safe bet.
- Know when to walk away. You may end up with oodles of cash and then think to yourself, okay, one last play with everything on black. That's a fool's bet. Take your money and run. Chancing the odds, after all your hard work, is a stupid idea. Keep your money so you can buy some hottie outfits rather than lose it all to one foolish whim.
Poker isn't normally the safest game in Vegas, but here at Zack's casino, it's by far the best way to make money fast. Don't even bother coming here, though, if you don't have at least half a mill. Come with $10,000 chips, and be prepared to take some risks for some very, very big rewards. Because you can double up any successful hand as many times as you like, you can quickly turn two pair into $2 million. Here are our tips to help you get rich quick:
- Come big. Winning is everything, don't believe otherwise. Don't come to poker with $100 chips. Come big, with $10,000 chips and take some chances. Don't bother playing poker if you aren't planning on taking some risk and earning some big rewards.
- Always double up. Win a hand, even with just a Joker, and you have the chance to double up. Always double up at least once. On the line is what you've won (including the $10,000 you originally bet). Your goal in a double up -- pick the higher card. Sure, sometimes the dealer will get an Ace (you can still draw with an Ace or win by finding the Joker) and you may pick a 3 and lose to a dealer's 4, but doubling up is the quickest way to DOA riches. If you are daring, double up multiple times. Though you'll lose sometimes, you'll also win. Follow your gut.
- Don't ignore a flush. Hopefully you know poker a little bit. Even if you don't, the computer will automatically hold cards for you if you're not sure what to do. Because you need at least two pair to win, Jacks or better do not count here and therefore the higher card really means nothing unless you are lucky enough to get a Royal straight flush. You'll be tempted too often to go for the straight, but don't ignore the flush (five cards of the same suit). If you have four cards of one suit on the draw, go for the flush every time unless you already have a winning hand. The flush will come through more often then a straight whether you have to draw one, two, or three cards. It's all about betting the odds.
- Winning big can take time. Because you're taking a chance by doubling up, you may see your winnings hover around the same amount. The key to poker in DOAX is patience. Take your time and you will eventually get a big hand (four of a kind is not uncommon thanks to the Joker) and can double up for a large reward.
- Sometimes luck is against you. For the most part, you'll win at least 20% of your hands in poker. But, sometimes fortune isn't smiling on you. In these moments, you've got to get up from the table and walk away. You've got thirteen nights for the casino, don't sweat winning it all in one night. Come back another night and luck may be a little more kind to you.