Alisa Bosconovitch
Alisa Bosconovitch | |
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Tekken character | |
![]() Alisa in Tekken 7 | |
First appearance | Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (2008) |
Portrayed by | Michelle Ballee (TTT2 "Girl Power" trailer) Amandine Desprez (TTT2 short film) |
Voiced by | English Cristina Vee (BV) Michele Knotz (SFXT) Japanese Yuki Matsuoka |
Motion capture | Ami Shimazaki (BV) Fusayo Fujita (BV) (stunts) |
In-universe information | |
Occupation | Protector of Jin Kazama |
Fighting style | "Unique" |
Origin | Russia[1] |
Nationality | Russian |
Alisa Bosconovitch (Japanese: アリサ・ボスコノビッチ, Hepburn: Arisa Bosukonobicchi, Russian: Алиса Босконович) is a video game character from the Tekken series developed by Namco Bandai Games, first appearing in Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion. Created by Dr. Bosconovitch, Alisa is a gynoid with detachable body parts. She and Lars Alexandersson are the main protagonists of the console versions of that game's Scenario Campaign mode. Her surname is commonly misspelled as "Boskonovitch", because her creator's surname is spelled that way. Alisa has received a generally positive reception from fans of the series, proving to be one of the more popular characters introduced in Tekken 6. She has been both praised and criticised for her character design.
Character design[]
Unlike other new Tekken 6 characters who were based on fan input, both Alisa and Lars were created using a different approach, focusing on their importance to the game's story.[2] In an interview, Tekken project director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada said, "Alisa's quite popular overseas as well. Personally, I didn't think we would get much of a following. We usually do research for new characters, but Alisa was something we created based on internal staff feedback. We really wanted a character with chainsaws on her arms." Scriptwriter Dai Satō then asked, "Influenced by Ash by any chance?" Harada replied, "Exactly. (laugh) I'm a huge fan of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead. I just didn't think Alisa would catch on, considering her vast differences from the other characters."[3] Satō said in 2011 that he had chosen her as one of the two lead characters because he felt Alisa is "the face of the franchise's future".[4]
Katsuhiro Harada, described her as "a robot created in the image of Dr. Bosconovitch's daughter."[citation needed]
Gameplay[]
Alisa is entirely bionic and amplifies many of her attacks with collapsible jet pack like wings from her back and rockets from her feet she can also extend chainsaws from her lower arms. Her body parts are detachable, they instantly grow back in what appears to be nanoparticle-assisted regeneration. All of her body parts appear to be non-critical, some of her attacking moves involves removing her own head to use as a weapon or even a makeshift explosive device with no ill effects, and arms can be torn off by the opponent or even used as improvised missiles. Alisa uses attacks such as rockets, an explosive head and attacks from her chainsaw appendages.[5][6] Her fighting style has been listed as simply "Unique".
In the Korean version, Alisa's chainsaws are changed into energy beams reminiscent of lightsabers, and body parts can not be removed. However, all of her moves remain intact such as Alisa's head explosion replace with a small ball.
Appearances[]
In video games[]
Alisa Bosconovich was created to protect Jin Kazama and serves him through her travels. Alisa is placed in a starring role in the console-only Scenario Campaign mode in Tekken 6. After being activated following a botched raid on a Mishima Zaibatsu lab,[7] she joins Lars Alexandersson in his pursuit of his lost memories (which occur as a result of the events at the lab).[8] She is controlled by the CPU in this mode (unless the player chooses to play as Alisa herself, at which point CPU control is given to Lars). Alisa helps Lars (or whoever the player has chosen to use in Scenario Campaign) battle the waves of enemies and has an AI system that grows as she participates in battle. She keeps a journal which she constantly updates with entries regarding the events of her journey with Lars, as well as her own personal opinion about them. It is later revealed that she is actually an android in the employ of Jin, to which she has been serving as a way for Jin to observe what has been happening in the world at large. She is commanded by Jin to disable safe mode (including her personality and behavior inhibition programming) and attack Lars.[9] After a stalemate battle with Lars, she leaves for the desert to join Jin. When Lars arrives, she attacks him again where this time she is ultimately defeated and shuts down. Lars rescues her body and takes her to a robotics corporation (run by Lee Chaolan) where she can be revived.[10] Although the scenario campaign was removed from PlayStation Portable's port, the developers added background information for the character.[11]
In Tekken 7, Alisa has been revived, though suffers memory loss and attacks Lee in self defence upon rebooting. Upon losing, Alisa remembers who Lee is, though questions why she is at Violet systems. Lee then uses his machinery to restore Alisa's memory, which then gives her the desire to find Lars. Before Lee can take her to Lars though, Violet Systems is attacked by the Tekken Force. Lee and Alisa fight them off and flee to another of Lee's facilities, where Lars had been waiting. Alisa happily jumps on Lars in excitement, though the Tekken Force attack again, searching for Jin's body. Alisa assists Lars and Lee in fighting off the Tekken force but Alisa is stopped by Nina Williams who stalls Alisa long enough for a Tekken Force helicopter to capture Jin.[12] Lee proceeds to blow up his facility, killing countless members of the Tekken force, whilst Alisa flies away happily holding Lars.
Other than the main games of the series, Alisa also appears in the portable game Tekken 3D: Prime Edition as well as the non-canon Tekken Tag Tournament 2, in which her ending (as well as other character's) reinforces her friendship with Ling Xiaoyu first shown in the animated CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance. Outside of the Tekken series, she is a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken as downloadable content, alongside her official tag partner, Lars. She appears as an assist unit in Project X Zone, alongside fellow Tekken characters Jin, Xiaoyu, and a younger Heihachi Mishima. She appears as an unlockable character in the free-to-play game, Tekken Revolution.[13]
Other appearances[]
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Alisa appears as one of the main characters in the 2011 CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance. She is a student in the Kyoto International School and befriends Ling Xiaoyu but hides the fact that she is a robot. She acts upon the orders of Jin to find Shin Kamiya along with Xiaoyu under the forced orders of Anna Williams. After Xiaoyu saves her from an ambush attack from Anna, she joins Xiaoyu in finding the truth about the M-cell experiments done on Shin. Throughout the film, she starts to develop a sense of humanity in which she would often hesitate even under her normal protocol commands and her fondness with her friendship with Xiaoyu. During the final battle between Heihachi Mishima and Devil Jin, a severely damaged Alisa sacrifices herself by distracting Heihachi with a blast allowing Jin to defeat him. In the end Jin reverses her standby mode and end credits show her fully restored and discussing how she and Xiaoyu should enter the Tekken tournament. Alisa appears in the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 live-action short film portrayed by Amandine Desprez.[14]
Alisa appears in Tekken Comic, a manga based on Tekken 6. A live-action Alisa, portrayed by Michelle Ballee, also appears in the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Girl Power Trailer, shown at Comic-Con in 2012.[15] In 2012, Kotobukiya released an Alisa Bosconovitch action figure as part of their Tekken Tag Tournament 2 toyline.[16]
Reception[]
Randolph Ramsay of GameSpot praised Alisa for her move list the fact that she uses her head as an explosive and attacks from her chainsaw appendages, after stating "Alisa is just sheer fun to play as given her frankly bizarre move list".[5] GameSpot opined that Alisa is the most fun to play as out of all the new characters in Tekken 6, stating "She has a charge-up attack that results in her firing her forearms in a devastating rocket attack. As with all such moves in Tekken, it's generally easy enough to dodge but can be pulled off with some aplomb when you really want to ram home your superiority against a showboating or incompetent opponent--or just someone who elects to play as Eddy or Christie."[17] Ryan Clements of IGN also commented on her move list, calling it "ridiculous", but in a good way, since he enjoyed using her.[18] GameSpy commented that "Alisa's style is wild," but called her getup "completely absurd."[6] 1UP.com commented that Alisa is sexy, cute and has a bubbly personality and stated that she's "the coolest new Tekken character to emerge in years," praising her chainsaws and head bomb.[19] GameZone said she is a good character and commented that her attacks are devastating, stating that "You’ll catch on to her secret whenever her robotic parts creep out and pummel an opponent."[20] Team Xbox declared the move where Alisa removes her head as "one of the most hilarious moves in the franchise's history."[21]
Alisa has also been given comments on her looks. VideoGamer.com called her a "sexed-up cyborg" and thought her rocket projectile attack was coming out of her breasts.[22] They also opined that she seems overpowered at first "but upon closer inspection lacks the essential Tekken tools to ensure long-term usefulness".[23] NZGamer said that she is "as cute as a button" and comments that she has a mismatched wardrobe.[24] Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb commented that for a robot, Alisa is pretty.[25] In a list of "12 match-ups we want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken" article by GamesRadar, they listed a match-up between Alisa and Juri, stating "What do nerds love even more than robots? Hot girls that are robots. Alisa and Juri both fit the bill perfectly".[26] In GamesRadar article for Street Fighter X Tekken, they stated "Though new, the mechanically winged android has become one of the lead stars of the franchise."[27] In 2012, she was listed as one of the most "ridiculous" Tekken characters by Game Informer, who said "Why is a stupid robot fairy in a fighting game? I don't think even Namco Bandai knows the answer to that".[28] In 2013, Complex listed Alisa as the tenth "most badass Russian character in video games", where they observe "Alisa is known to be a real sweetheart once you get to know her."[29] In a 2012 official fan poll held by Bandai Namco, Alisa was the seventh-most requested Tekken character for inclusion in Tekken X Street Fighter, receiving 10,650 (12.09%) of 88,280 votes.[30][31]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "alisa bosconovitch - TEKKEN OFFICIAL". tekken-official.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ Shuman, Sid (April 10, 2009). "Tekken 6: PS3 interview with Katsuhiro Harada". GamePro. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ As quoted in The Art of Tekken Hybrid (Namco Bandai Games Inc., 2011), 26.
- ^ Ciolek, Todd (July 24, 2011). "The X Button at Comic Con". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ramsay, Randolph (2009-10-28). "Tekken 6 Review, Tekken 6 PS3 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "GameSpy: Waiting For Tekken 6 - Page 2". Ps3.gamespy.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Tekken 6 - Characters - Alisa Bosconovich". Tekken.namco.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ Namco Bandai Games. Tekken 6. Namco.
Alisa: Who are you? / Lars: I'm... Where am I? Who are you? / Alisa: You don't remember anything do you?
- ^ Namco Bandai Games. Tekken 6. Namco.
Alisa: Who are you? / Lars: It's me, Lars! / Alisa: Standing by for next command. / Lars: What did you do to her? / Jin: Are you really that stupid? She was created to serve me.
- ^ Namco Bandai Games. Tekken 6. Namco.
Lars: It was the only favor I could think of. / Lee: Excellent. I owed you big time. / Lars: Just promise me you'll fix her. / Lee: Don't worry.
- ^ "Portable Tekken 6 Fleshes Out Lars And Alisa's Stories". Siliconera. November 3, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Bandai Namco Studios. Tekken 7. Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Lars: Alisa, we'll distract them! You go get Jin!
- ^ McWhetor, Michael (February 21, 2012). "Street Fighter X Tekken Comes to PS Vita This Fall With 12 New Fighters". GameTrailers. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ "TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 - Live Action Short Film by Wild Stunts Europe". YouTube. 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - 'Behind the scenes of Girl Power 'trailer". YouTube. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "The Tekken Figure of Your Pink-Haired Dreams". Kotaku.com. 2011-12-26. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ Sassoon, Alex (2009-10-27). "Tekken 6 Updated Hands-on - PlayStation 3 Previews at GameSpot". Gamespot.com. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Clements, Ryan (2009-10-23). "Tekken 6 Review - PlayStation 3 Review at IGN". Ps3.ign.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ Bettenhausen, Shane (2009-10-27). "Tekken 6 Preview for ARC from". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "TEKKEN 6 - PS3 - Review | GameZone.com". Ps3.gamezone.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Tekken 6 Review (Xbox 360)". Reviews.teamxbox.com. 2009-10-26. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ "Tekken 6 First Look Preview for PS3". VideoGamer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Tekken 6 Review for Xbox 360 - Page 2". VideoGamer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ "Tekken 6 Review". NZGamer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Review". Giant Bomb. 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Page 2 of 12 matchups we want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter x Tekken Xbox 360 Features".
- ^ "Street Fighter X Tekken roster: Meet all 55 characters". GamesRadar. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ^ King, Writtin (2012-08-27). "The Most Ridiculous Characters Of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - Features". www.GameInformer.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ "10. Alisa Bosconovitch — The 10 Most Badass Russian Characters In Video Games". Complex. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ "Tekken vs Street Fighter". Fb.namcobandaigames.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ^ @47drift (8 August 2014). "@Harada_TEKKEN Remember the Tekken x Street Fighter poll you posted years ago? I'll never forget! Gimme Karin back <3" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links[]
Media related to Alisa Bosconovitch at Wikimedia Commons
- Anthropomorphic characters in video games
- Female characters in anime and manga
- Female characters in video games
- Fictional gynoids
- Fictional Russian people in video games
- Namco protagonists
- Robot characters in video games
- Tekken characters
- Woman soldier and warrior characters in video games
- Video game characters introduced in 2008