Dead or Alive: Restoration

This group is for the unification of the Dead or Alive fanbase and restoration of the franchise itself. Since the 5th game's release and its numerous iterations (each with its own set of problems), there has been much hatred and vitriol between those...

[doa-restoration]

30th Anniversary Ideas

These are all ideas for how Tecmo Koei could celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Dead or Alive franchise and, by extension, the formation of its development studio, Team Ninja. All of these events, announcements, and/or products would serve to keep the brand alive and well, whilst honoring the memory of its recently deceased creator, Tomonobu Itagaki.

In order for this to be done, nothing about the brand must be censored to appease shareholders, special interest groups, or those who other are not and were never going to be interested in engaging with DOA in the first place. Those people are not important. The fans are.

Dead or Alive: Dimensions 2 (Nintendo Switch 2, Sony PlayStation 5, Steam, Amazon Luna)

A game that, like the first Dimensions, retells the DOA saga, this time from DOA 1 to DOA 5 and all the notable events in between. An amiibo of Kasumi would be released for the Switch 2 version.

Dead or Alive 6: Ultimate (Microsoft Xbox Series, Sony PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam)

DOA 6 as it is meant to be: fierce, epic, sexy, Fighting Entertainment! Including two returning fighters – Leon and Shiden – and all previously released DLC. An amiibo of Hayabusa would be released for the Switch 2 version.

Dead or Alive 7 (Microsoft Xbox Series, Sony PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam)

It all comes down to this. The final phase of Victor Donovan’s plan is put into motion, and the world will never be the same again.

Dead or Alive: Code Chronos (Microsoft Xbox One, Sony PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Mobile)

What were the lives of Kasumi & Ayane like before the Dead or Alive tournament? This action RPG would explore their untold stories, one of light and one of darkness. An amiibo of Ayane would be released for the Switch version.

Kasumi, Honoka, and Nyotengu added to Warriors: Abyss

Nyotengu DLC chapter for Nioh 3

Collaboration Events

DOA characters being added to the following games as guests or, alternatively, their costumes being made available:

The Battle Cats

Zenless Zone Zero

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE

The First Descendant

Halo: Infinite

Hayabusa/Dragon Armor added

AFK Arena

Street Fighter VI

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Naraka: Bladepoint

Genshin Impact

Lost Sword: Tales of Britannia

Monster Hunter: Wilds

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Kasumi as either a Fighter or (more likely) a Spirit

Fortnite

Wuthering Waves

Lastly, the following releases and re-releases would be considered crucial for the brand in order to best honor Itagaki-san, make them playable for modern hardware, and (along with this entire list) show the world that Tecmo Koei is NOT ashamed of DOA.

Xtreme Beach Volleyball 1 & 2 added to Xbox Backwards Compatibility

Dead or Alive 1 and DOA 2: HardCore added to PlayStation Plus with improved localization for the latter

Xtreme Beach Volleyball 3 – Scarlet, Venus Vacation, and Prism released internationally for Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 4/5, & Microsoft Xbox One/Series, & Steam. An amiibo of Honoka would be released for Switch version.

Dead or Alive 1 added to GOG.com

Most of this list isn't likely to happen, I know, but I'm at least hoping that the right people at least see this. I don't want this milestone to be met with a whole bunch of nothing when there's potential to be realized, fun to be had, and money on the table.

~Ryan Brown

[theblacksun36]

[doa-restoration]

DEAD OR ALIVE New Project - Teaser Trailer

Wasn't expecting this either!!! Here's hoping that Team Ninja has learned from their mistakes.

~Ryan Brown

[doa-restoration]

DEAD OR ALIVE 6 Last Round - Announcement Trailer

Was anyone expecting this? I sure as heck wasn't!!

~Ryan Brown

[segacity]

Lei Fang Sketches ‘Dead Or Alive’ SEGA Saturn Source: Segapolis - Gamest Mook #45 scan by @ComfortFoodVG https://archive.org/details/segapolis-gamest-mook-45

[playstationpark]

Counter Hold ‘Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore’ PlayStation 2

[doa-restoration]

This is what separates Dead or Alive's combat from other fighters. The mind games involved are ridiculous. Seriously, one successful or failed hold can decide an entire match if you're not careful.

~Ryan Brown

[doa-restoration]

Tomonobu Itagaki

遺す言葉 私の命の灯は、いよいよ尽きようとしている。 この文章が投稿されたということは、遂にその時が来たということだ。私はもうこの世にはいない。 （この最後の投稿は、大切な人に託しています。） 私の人生は、戦いの連続だった。勝ち続けた。 たくさん迷惑もかけてしまった。 自

This hurts. This really, really, REALLY hurts.

~Ryan Brown

[lei-fang82]

Kasumi

[suzakucastle]

3D Fighters

Tekken Project's Katsuhiro Harada recently lamented his series being the only active 3D fighter around right now. Which of his competition do we need back the most?

Virtua Fighter

Dead or Alive

Battle Arena Toshinden

Bloody Roar

Soul Edge/Calibur

Star Gladiator/Plasma Sword

Rival Schools

Fighting Vipers

Bushido Blade

Tobal

ALL OF THE ABOVE.

None. 3D fighters (including Tekken) suck.

Voting ended onOct 16, 2024

Bear in mind that the cultural climate is not the same as it was back in the day. For some of these, it may be next to impossible for a proper return.

~R

[playstationpark]

High Kick ‘Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore’ PlayStation 2

[homareworks]

こんにちは。 

PatreonにLeifangのイラストを投稿しました。 

Hello. 

I submitted an illustration of Leifang to Patreon. We appreciate your support.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/leifang-82879356

[playstationpark]

All American ‘Dead Or Alive’ PlayStation Support us on Patreon

[9mmreligion]

[doa-restoration]

Dead or Alive: Venus Fighters (Round 1)

If another Venus Vacation character were to join Tamaki in the ring, who would it be?

Luna

Fiona

Nagisa

Kanna

Monica

Sayuri

Patty

Tsukushi

Lobelia

Nanami

Elise

Koharu

Voting ended onMar 11, 2024

[hoshinpo]

jeez Kasumi

[sakura-mayoi]

//Reblogging this for the 3rd time because I *still* can’t believe she said this.

[officially-hitomi]

// No but who is she talking about bc Raidou is already dead–

[doa-restoration]

I'd say...the guy who kidnapped her and her brother, corrupted her sister's surrogate father, and is trying to take over the world with clones of her.

One of which is among the CHEAPEST bosses in fighting game history.

Yeah, I'd want Victor Donovan dead, too.

~Ryan Brown

[ladyorlandodream]

Every facial expression in this picture is priceless

[doa-restoration]

Someone draw the Dead or Alive cast like this, please.

~Ryan Brown

[phantomrose96]

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

[pendragyn]

it's probably from assholes making asks a minefield of trolling/harassment for years with no real blocking ability, which turned people off from allowing asks on their blogs so as a whole the site moved away from it

but now that we do have better blocking, we should try to revive it.

[triflesandparsnips]

Reblog if your ask box is open.