I agree as a new port to a system that didn't already have DOA2 it makes a little more sense. When I was originally looking up info for the game, a lot of sites seem to be conflating DOA2 and DOA2 Hardcore. It's a little confusing because the original DOA2 was in fact released on the PS2...just only in Japan. So Japan got both DOA2 and DOA2: Hardcore on the PS2. The U.S. only got Hardcore.