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Contents
Pro l o g u e In t ro St r at e g y Ga m e p lay M o d e s Ro s t e r K asumi Ry u Haya b u s a Ge n Fu He l e na Ti na A r m s t ro n g Ba s s A r m s t ro n g Z ac k Leon Ja n n L e e L e i Fa n g Aya n e Ei n Locales Se c r e t s 2 6 8 11 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 79 84 90

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Prologue
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive®: The Legacy
Way back in the middle ‘90s, Tecmo of Japan released a brandnew 3D fighting game via a licensing deal with Sega of Japan, using the latter’s most current arcade technology to drive this new game—Dead or Alive. Though it was extremely difficult to find back then, the game made waves, though not necessarily for its innovations to the genre, like the novel inclusion of a reversal button, for example. Created by Team Ninja and spearheaded by producer TomonobuItagaki, Dead or Alive was one of the first forays into then-new 3D fighting territory, following in the wake of the immensely popular (in Japan) Virtua Fighter 2. It brought a number of innovations to the genre, primarily the aforementioned reversal button and the incorporation of “Danger Zones” that led to an explosive end for anyone unfortunate to be driven beyond the boundaries of the ring....