characters age should be in factor, ayane and kasumi will be 20 years old before DOA3
Free Step Dodge
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deathofaninja
I think they should just reboot certain aspects and story shouldn't be one of the things rebooted. They have the content to follow up on Victor as the main villain and possibly maybe even as a playable character. If they do go hard-reboot your idea isn't bad.
inochinagi
Less scenes of dramatic slapping is all I ask.