He fights with a sword. The entire roster focuses on physical combat. Doing so will force Ryu to pull out his sword and eliminate the character from existence. No offense.
Oh right...guh, I forgot that he used a weapon XD. Is there anyone from Persona who fights barehanded? Maybe Kanji? Oh never mind, all the characters I'd want in are seriously underage, that's a definite no no.
There is Chie, however the idea would be a waste. It's too late anyway since they picked KOF and Atlus publishes them. If you are looking for weaponry you can go tell Soul Calibur but not DOA.
If a character isn't "physical in combat" and holds any weapon that can kill someone and isn't a projectile, they generally would make 0 sense to be added to DOA. Ryu Hayabusa is an exception because he knows combat without the Dragon Sword. (Rachel is questionable since they just placed a random moveset on the character yet her brute strength does compensate.)
Actually to be more into it. 3D fighters and 2D fighters make the most sense for cameos in general (In terms of DOA). Games like Soul Calibur have the most openings when it comes to weaponry.
I'd prefer a Persona crossover costume pack if they're going to do something with Persona. Personally, I think Ein would look dope as Yu Narukami or Minato Arisato.
Yeah, even if they can't actually bring a fighter over costumes collaboration is always a good thing, I'd definitely want Ein as Yu, maybe Naotora as Yukiko, and Eliot as Human Teddie complete with transformation XD
I love Yu or Naoto! Although I hated HATED JP Naoto and the way they treated her. But that's a long story. And also because I'm thinking critically in Japanese media, which makes me hate everything lmao!! Uh. Wow it's almost 3pm. That must be why I'm so hyper.