You can read the full statement from Koei Tecmo below. It is unclear if Shimbori will instruct Koei Tecmo to halt producing the titles for the PC platform after the nude mods found their way online and for sale. While Yohei Shimbori didn't mention nudity specifically, he did declare that if the Dead or Alive games were not played in 'good moral and manner,' they would not make them for the PC anymore. In 2015, ahead of the release of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, which was the first DOA game to come to PC, game director Yohei Shimbori asked PC gamers to 'play our game in good moral and manner.' The 3D fighting game is a massive worldwide franchise. According to a new report, Koei Tecmo is 'pursuing the suit as a case of malicious copyright infringement, and plans to bring both a criminal case and a civil suit against the alleged' author of the nude modded disc. Japanese outlet Famitsu says the Dead or Alive footage was modded for 'the removal of character clothing,' and that it was being sold. Regardless, Koei Tecmo was not amused when they discovered that a DVD with nude mods was being sold on an auction site.

The franchise is best-known for its female characters, but there is never any nudity included in the games themselves, though some of the bikinis are barely there.

The specific game in question is the Japanese-only release Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation, which features the characters in extremely small bikinis. An unnamed man is being sued by Koei Tecmo for selling a Dead or Alive DVD full of nude mods.

Dead or alive characters nude