Free Step Dodge

Yup, it was big mistake producing the DOAX games before DOA was established as a "legit fighter". That was on Tecmo/Team NINJA of the 2000's.

mistake? DOA1 already made towards fan service , even DOA2 got gravure picture mode in it.

They did but those were far buried under the actual game, plus doa1's I feel were overlooked because of the graphics at the time

Swimsuits were already in the main game before Xtreme Beach Volleyballs existence it started with DOA1 Saturn (also on Xbox) with just Lei Fang which she had 2 string bikinis (which PS1 didn't have), then PS1 version which Tina, Kasumi, & Newcomer Ayane had swimsuits.

And there is DOA2 while there were no playable swimsuits in Dreamcast & PS2 versions, there were plenty of girls wearing swimsuits in the unlockable CG Gallery (which some of them were part of box arts & magazines).

This is why I love the DOA community lmao

Oh look, you actually can reply? @human013, the only times you can reply is when other losers are defending you.

If you played DOA2 Millennium in the arcades, there were no swimsuits or stuff like that. There was no in-your-face fan service. You had to play DOA2 Hardcore a fair bit in order to unlock the "Bikini gallery". I really doubt that fan service turned people off from DOA2.