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This is a "Wild Mass Guess" entry, where we pull out all the sanity stops on theorizing. The regular entry on this topic is elsewhere. Please see this programme note.

Dead or Alive

There was going to be a connection between Ayane and Christie but it was dropped when Ayane became more of a Heroine

While Ayane was never depicted as flat out evil, her role was a bit more morally ambiguous namely on how Ayane was originally known as the one whom killed Helena's mother. Granted Christie has been revealed to be the one whom killed Helena's mother and was sent to kill Helena. However in Dead or Alive 2 when Helena tried to approach Ayane in rage accusing Ayane of killing her Mother, Ayane was pretty much mocking her questioning on whether if that was true. Granted Ayane wasn't flat out confirming it but she wasn't exactly denying it either. It seems oddly coincidental on how Ayane would make cover-up attempts over a murder she had nothing to do with. However by the time that happened Ayane was becoming more of a heroine especially during the modern Ninja Gaiden series. Which is the real reason why Ayane no longer had anything to do with the murder of Helena's Mother. I mean what? Where they worried about the potential implications of a teenager getting involved with a grown adult whom occasionally dabbles in nudism if Ayane and Christie did work together? (Granted I am sure certain fans wouldn't mind the "Potential Mental Imagery" there but still.)

Xtreme Beach Volleyball is real and Dead or Alive is fake.

The DOA tournaments were as real as professional wrestling, the DOA girls are just actresses, and their backgrounds are just made up for the sake of plot. They're only fighting merely for entertainment and Fetish Fuel. In Xtreme beach volleyball the girls act as who they really are.
- What about the male characters other than Zack?
  - I think they're BOTH "real", it's just that the Volleyball games are the equivalent of a Beach Episode - canon, perhaps, but not important to the plot. And my apologies if I'm Comically Missing the Point.

Ninja Gaiden (Sigma and Sigma 2), DOA, and Volleyball is the past of the Halo Universe

DOATEC in Dead or Alive is trying to create super soldiers in the form of Project Epsilon (Hayate and Kasumi), and Project ALPHA-152 (Kasumi X and ALPHA-152). The data from the research is preserved long enough to be used by Project Orion aka the Spartan I project and Project HAYABUSA. This explains why Master Chief is so good at his job, he is an enhanced Ryu Hayabusa clone.
- Well, Nicole's story in Dead or Alive 4 suggest that she's from the ilovebees alternate universe of Halo, so this theory may hold some ground.

The Samus cameo in Dead or Alive Dimensions is a nod to Haloid

The Fan Video was popular among Team Ninja, so they decided to put the Metroid stage in as a Shout Out.

Kokoro will not be returning in DOA 5

The canon storyline will have her defeated before reaching Helena, thus she'll just have gotten her confidence beaten out of her and sent home to mummy.

The code of the demo seems to have Jossed this as Kokoro's name is in the demo code.
- Indeed, something to bear in mind about Dead or Alive is that the series does include characters who either don't participate or can't participate anymore (like Gen-Fu or Ein, respectively) as bonus characters with no story. So in this case there's a chance you may both be right (she has no plot relevance and thus cannot be selected for Story Mode but will still appear as playable in other areas of the game; based on the leaked character roster).
  - Jossed to the deepest part of Hell. E3 shows that Kokoro is in the roster, and part of the story to boot.

The next game will REALLY push the boundaries of it's "M" Rating... No, not THAT way...

Considering how Kasumi is now a guest star in Razor's Edge, and perfectly capable of committing the same bloodletting violence as Ryu and Ayane, this Troper thinks it's some Foreshadowing that DOA 6 will have scenes that are Bloodier and Gorier to match. Granted, there probably won't be any fatalities in any in-game matches, but the story mode can easily escalate in serious violence and drama onscreen, especially towards the climax. Bonus points if the other, non-ninja fighters get caught up in the whole mess in the worst way possible...

Deadly Premonition

WMG/Video Games

Dead Rising