Dead or Alive Ultimate (Japanese: ???????????????? Hepburn: Deddo Oa Araibu Arutimetto abbreviated as DOAU) is a compilation of fighting games developed by Team Ninja and released by Tecmo for the Xbox in 2004. It is a collection of the two previous games in the series 1996's 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 as a playable character. The game offered online multiplayer capabilities making the compilation among the first fighting games to offer online play.