Editing Dead or Alive Ultimate (section)

==Development and release==
[[File:Doa_tgs_booth_2004.png|thumb|right|''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' promo booth at the [[Tokyo Game Show]] 2004]]
In 2004, after the release of ''[[Dead or Alive 3]]'', Team Ninja once again remade ''Dead or Alive 2'', this time for the Xbox system. In the planning stages, this new game was originally named ''Dead or Alive Online'' for its addition of online support. On January 14, it was renamed to ''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' and promised fresh content, additional characters, re-recorded voiceovers, most notably [[Kasumi (Dead or Alive)|Kasumi]], which was now voiced by [[Houko Kuwashima]], and an upgraded version of the original ''Dead or Alive'' for the Sega Saturn. According to Tecmo, the name change was due to the opinion that ''"Ultimate'' would more accurately describe the feeling players feel upon experiences with the game"''.<ref name="rep8">{{cite web|first=Tor|last=Thorsen |url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/doaonline/news.html?sid=6086518 |title=Dead or Alive Online now Dead or Alive Ultimate |publisher=Gamespot |year=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525030420/http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/doaonline/news.html?sid=6086518 |archive-date=2011-05-25 }}</ref>

[[Hitomi (Dead or Alive)|Hitomi]] from ''Dead or Alive 3'' was added to the game roster as an unlockable character, and owning a copy of ''Dead or Alive 3'' makes Hitomi accessible in ''Dead or Alive Ultimate''. In Japan, ''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' was released with a crystal-clear blue version of the Xbox system that included a controller of the same color, a copy of ''Dead or Alive Ultimate'', and some bonus Kasumi-themed extras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6104105.html |access-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223008/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6104105.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011|title=Toned-down DOA Ultimate Xbox bundle hitting Japan}}</ref> In the United States, two 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 North American release also contains the Booster Pack for the North American version of ''Dead or Alive 3'', which adds numerous character costumes found in the European and Japanese versions of ''Dead or Alive 3''. This disc also included the [[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4]]-produced segment from their ''[[Icons (TV series)|Icons]]'' series entitled "Dead or Alive", detailing the history of the ''[[Dead or Alive (franchise)|Dead or Alive]]'' series, along with interviews featuring various people from the video game industry, including series creator [[Tomonobu Itagaki]].  A guide book titled ''Dead or Alive Ultimate: Prima Official Game Guide'' by [[Prima Games]] was released on November 4, 2004. The [[Platinum Hits|Platinum Collection]] of the game was released in 2005. 

===Backwards compatibility and re-release===
With the December 14, 2006, [[List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360|backwards compatibility]] update for the [[Xbox 360]], the Xbox release of ''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' can now be played on the Xbox 360.<ref name=xb/> On November 10, 2021, ''Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate'' and ''Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate'' became available to download separately on [[Xbox Live]] worldwide along with ''Dead or Alive 3'', hinting at the addition of the games to [[List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S|backward compatibility program]]. On November 15, 2021, all 3 games were added to the line up and became playable on [[Xbox One]] and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]].<ref name=verge/>