Dead or Alive 5 Last Round - Character and Story Unlocking

Thanks for this Chris, also in the UK and unable to sleep, so tried looking into this further too (I'll regret this in a couple hours when the kids wake up).

Found three links which helped:

1. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/835976-dead-or-alive-5-last-round/74607305

2. http://teamninja-studio.com/doa5/lastround/us/ftp.html

3. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/835976-dead-or-alive-5-last-round/74673418

I'll not going into detail as your answer does that nicely - and for that I'll mark your answer as the correct one, thank you so much for your help. :)

In summary:

• The Retail version of the game includes 34 characters, story mode, and a few very minor bonus things (music etc)

• Core fighters includes 4 basic characters plus temporarily unlocks 2 characters every fortnight

• You can buy the 30 additional characters separately, and you can buy the Story Mode separately. If you want both they include (marginally) less than the retail game, but cost more (unless there is a deal on in the future)

• Xbox Live Gold occasionally gives you a free character (Chris is right above and I have already downloaded Koruko, but I don't know why or if all will eventually be available)

• There are at least 2 characters that ARE NOT included above and can only be bought as DLC - Mai and Naotora

• There is also one stage that needs to be bought to have the complete set - Attack on Titan - tho this is really out of scope from my original question

• Don't even get me started on the costumes!

In conclusion, I'll debate buying the DLC characters at some point and will look out for a deal on the retail version (although it sounds like story mode isn't much cop, so if the 30 character pack drops well below the retail version I'd probably just get that, but for a couple quid it hardly seems worth it in case I ever fancy playing through the story).

Thanks again. :)