Editing Dead or Alive Ultimate (section)

{{Short description|2004 video game}}

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{{Infobox video game
| title     = Dead or Alive Ultimate
| image     = Dead or Alive Ultimate.jpg
| caption   = European cover art
| developer = [[Team Ninja]]
| publisher = [[Tecmo]]
| director = [[Tomonobu Itagaki]]
| producer = {{ubl|Tomonobu Itagaki|Yasushi Maeda|Mitsuo Osada}}
| programmer = Takeshi Sawatari
| designer  = {{ubl|Katsunori Ehara|Motohiro Shiga|Yōhei Shinbori}}
| composer = Ryo Koike
| series    = ''[[Dead or Alive (franchise)|Dead or Alive]]''
| released  = {{vgrelease|NA|October 26, 2004|JP|November 3, 2004|EU|February 18, 2005}}
| genre     = [[Fighting game|Fighting]]
| modes     = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
}}

{{Nihongo foot|'''''Dead or Alive Ultimate'''''|デッドオアアライブアルティメット|Deddo oa Araibu Arutimetto|group=lower-alpha|extra=abbreviated as '''''DOAU'''''|lead=yes}} is a 2004 [[fighting game]] [[Video game compilation|compilation]] developed by [[Team Ninja]] and published by [[Tecmo]] for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. It is a collection of the two previous games in the series, 1996's ''[[Dead or Alive (video game)|Dead or Alive]]'' and 1999's ''[[Dead or Alive 2]]''. It marks the first game in the series to be a compilation. ''DOA Ultimate'' contains a high-resolution edition of the [[Sega Saturn]] version of ''Dead or Alive'', and an [[enhanced remake]] of ''Dead or Alive 2'' which utilizes a new graphics engine and offers ''[[Dead or Alive 3]]'' game mechanics, new game content and the inclusion of [[Hitomi (Dead or Alive character)|Hitomi]] as a playable character. The game offered [[online multiplayer]] capabilities, making the compilation among the first fighting games to offer online play. 

''Ultimate'' received generally favorable reviews from critics who praised the games' online functionalities. In 2006, both games became [[List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360|backwards compatible]] on [[Xbox 360]].<ref name=xb>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm |access-date=May 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512032530/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |title=Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360}}</ref> In 2021, both games were made available to download on [[Xbox Live]] worldwide, and were later added to the [[List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S|list of backward compatible games]] on [[Xbox One]] and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]].<ref name=verge>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/15/22782746/microsoft-xbox-backward-compatibility-76-new-games|title=Microsoft's Xbox backward compatibility program returns with 76 new games|website=The Verge|date=15 November 2021 |language=en|access-date=2021-11-24}}</ref>