#Dead or Alive 3

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" The most techonologically advanced fighting game ever made! " Silicon Mag n38 - October, 2001.

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CHRISTIE | DEAD OR ALIVE 3

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Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox, Jan. 2002 EGM advert)

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Dead or Alive 3 - I don't believe it! [Zack]

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[ Dead or Alive 3 - Deep Impact w/Cube (JSRF) ]

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Requested by anon

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KASUMI WIN QUOTE

DEAD OR ALIVE 3 (2001)

TECMO

MICROSOFT XBOX (2001)

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*GOOD OLD TIMES*

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" This is the must have fighting game of the next year - And it's only on the XBOX! " NextGen Magazine n82 - October, 2001. - Pg. 50 -> Pg. 54

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Happy 27th Anniversary to Dead or Alive!

On the 26th of November, twenty seven years ago, the original Dead or Alive game was released in Japanese arcades.

The world was introduced to the fast-paced action of DOA, and with DOA2 and 3 heralded as two of the best fighting games in the genre, it established itself as a landmark title in the fighting game genre as well as gaming in general.

The plot centers on the fight between the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan and the giant conglomerate DOATEC, host of the Dead or Alive World Combat Championship tournaments. Featuring a cast of colourful and cool characters, all fighting in the tournaments in hopes of fulfilling their own personal goals.

The impressive counter-based combat system, beautiful graphics and crazy stage interactions, from exploding fuel tanks to jumping off cliffs and tumbling down staircases, are the three core pillars of DOA that set it apart from its competition. Of course, the female cast, for better or worse, is also central to DOA, gaining popularity with its fans as well as notoriety with the general public, who often thinks there is no actual substance under the massive catalogue of swimsuit DLCs and breast physics. Oversexualislzation of female characters in games, and fighting games specifically, is nothing new, but where DOA differentiated from other mainstream fighting games, is by launching a spin-off series, the notorious Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball sub-series, where the female cast and their sex appeal is put front and center, a factor that continued to spill over more and more to the main series in DOA4 and 5, with the team attempting to set the fighting game line of the series apart with DOA6, to mixed results.

As of 2016, the franchise has sold over 9.7 million units worldwide.

The future of the main fighting game series is currently unknown. Xtreme Beach Volleyball is still going strong, but after DOA6 failed to impress both the wider casual audience and the competitive FGC scene, while also pissing off longtime fans with predatory DLC practices on top of that, a DOA7 does not currently seem possible in the horizon, with Team Ninja currently enjoying the aftermath of Nioh's success.

I grew up with DOA and will be eagerly awaiting news of its eventual return, because a series with so much wackiness and genuinely fun gameplay will eventually crawl itself back from the dead, I'm sure of it!

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Today's Best Girl of the Day is…

Hitomi from the Dead or Alive series

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I love Kasumi 💙