Hele Dead or Alive-universet er kendt for at seksualisere deres kvindelige karakterer, men særligt Xtreme-underserien er blevet kritiseret for at tage tingene lidt for langt. Dog har Team Ninja altid stået ved deres kreationer, indtil nu. Nu indrømmer de at særligt i Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, der gik det hele lidt over gevind.
I et interview med PlayStation Universe fortæller producer Yohei Shimbori at de ønsker at blive taget mere seriøst med Dead or Alive 6, så derfor har de i sinde at skrue ned for seksualiseringen.
"There are a lot of different things involved in this approach. With DOAX3 we probably took it a little too far with the way things were shown in that game, and with the VR version we got a lot of flak for that. With DOA6 it's unlike X3. We want to be able to show it as a proper fighting game."
Dead or Alive 6 ankommer tidligt næste år.
