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''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' is a compilation fighting game developed by Team Ninja and released by Tecmo for the Xbox in 2004. It is a collection of the two previous games in the series ''Dead or Alive'' and ''Dead or Alive 2''. It marks the only game in the series to date to be a compilation. It introduced new features, online play, and various unlockables. The compilation contains the Sega Saturn version of ''Dead or Alive'' and an enhanced remake of ''DOA2'' which utilized the ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' graphics engine and offered ''DOA3'' game mechanics, new game content, online multiplayer capabilities and the inclusion of Hitomi as a playable character. The game requires Xbox Live in order to play online, and includes 12 different game modes, 15 different characters from the ''Dead or Alive'' series, as well as bonus content for ''Dead or Alive 3''. ==Gameplay== ''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' is a compilation game that includes a remade version of ''Dead or Alive 2'', with re-developed graphics and new stages for the Xbox gaming system. It also includes the original Sega Saturn version of the first ''Dead or Alive'', with smoothed graphics, but lacks the additional content received in the later-released North American PlayStation version (no Bass or Ayane characters or extra costumes). Both editions include online play. ''Dead or Alive Ultimate 1'' is essentially identical to its original Sega Saturn version, and is generally considered more of a collector's disc than for its content. ''Dead or Alive Ultimate 2'', 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 ''DOA3'', and Hitomi is now a playable character albeit outside story mode. Other elements have been kept intact from ''DOA2''. These include higher damaging counters than in ''DOA3'', environmental hazards not warranting a knockout on a character, and a counter mechanism that is much harder to execute. Despite being able to freely move on a 3D axis in the ''Ultimate'' version of ''DOA2'' however, most moves cannot be sidestepped as in other 3D fighters, as well as in ''DOA3''. Another major change is in the revamped holding system in ''DOA2''. The final major set of changes instituted in ''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. Xbox Live support for this compilation makes it the second online console 3D fighting game 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 ''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' 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 parameters that is determined by its creator, allowing for tournament-style play. While this game brings back the old mechanics of the Dreamcast version of ''Dead or Alive 2'', some changes to the music and remixes were added. Each character except Hitomi has their own remix. The remixes only appear in the Dance Floor stage, The Ray House. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dead or Alive Ultimate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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