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Release date(s)	October 27, 2004
Genre(s)	Versus Fighting
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Dead or Alive Ultimate is a multiplayer fighting game for the Xbox. It is a remake of the games Dead or Alive and Dead or Alive 2 from the developer Tecmo. The game requires Xbox Live in order to play online. Dead or Alive Ultimate includes 12 different game modes, 15 different characters from the Dead or Alive series, and also includes bonus features for Dead or Alive 3.

1 Overview
2 Gameplay
3 Story
4 Character roster

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Overview

In 2004, Team Ninja released Dead or Alive Ultimate (DOAU), known in development as Dead or Alive Online. The DOAU compilation contains the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive and a remake of Dead or Alive 2 which utilized the DOAX graphics engine and offered Dead or Alive 3 game mechanics, new game content and the inclusion of Hitomi and Tengu as playable characters.

Xbox Live support for this compilation makes it the second online console 3D fighting game release to be released in America and Europe (Mortal Kombat: Deception being the first) and the first online console 3D fighting game in Japan.

The system set forth by Tecmo for online play in DOAU was intended to recreate the feel of playing at an arcade. Players would log onto a shared "lobby" and then observe other matches until it was their turn to participate. Each lobby has a set of gameplay paramaters that is determined by its creator, allowing for tournament-style play.

In Japan, DOAU was released with a crystal-clear blue version of the Xbox system that included a controller of the same color, a copy of DOAU, and some bonus Kasumi-themed extras.

In the US, 2 trading cards with character pictures on them were randomly included in each game, as part of a collector's edition. The game disc of the US release also contains the Booster Pack for DOA3, which adds numerous character costumes and a new opening cinematic for the game. This disc also included a G4-produced segment on the history of the series that offered a video interview with series creator Tomonobu Itagaki.

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Gameplay

Image:DOAUgp2.jpg Dead or Alive Ultimate, being a remake created after the debut of Dead or Alive 3, takes elements and mechanics from both its original iteration and successor. The action of 3D-axis movement is as free-formatted as Dead or Alive 3, and Hitomi, as well as Tengu are now playable characters (albeit outside story mode), but other elements have been kept intact from Dead or Alive 2. These include higher damaging counters than in DOA3, environmental hazards cannot warrant a knockout on a character, and the counter mechanism has been made much harder to execute per second.

Despite being able to freely move on a 3-D axis in the Ultimate version of DOA2, however, most moves cannot be sidestepped as in other 3-D fighters, as well as in Dead or Alive 3. Only a few, mostly jumping, moves are actually able to be avoided with a sidestep, such as Hitomi's back,forward+Kick.

Another major change is in the revamped holding system in DOA2. Formerly holds were performed simply based on the three heights of high, mid, and low. In the Ultimate version, however, mid punches and mid kicks have their own holds, requiring more thinking when using holds.

The final major set of changes instituted in Dead or Alive Ultimate is the inclusion of slopes, which are a type of environmental hazard where those knocked down them roll down the slope, taking damage as they fall. All of the characters also now have slope-based throws that are executed when they are near them instead of their normal throw. Image:DOAUgp.jpg

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Story

Being a compilation game of Dead or Alive 2, that introduces new features, online play, and various unlockables, Dead or Alive 2's story is exactly the same as the original. However, a new CG opening was included, further explaining the story behind Ayane, Kasumi, and Hayate.

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