Koei Tecmo has launched their character popularity campaign to decide which nine heroines in the series will make it into Dead or Alive Xtreme 3.

By purchasing and downloading summer character themes for 308 yen from the Japanese PlayStation Store on both PlayStation 4 and Playstation Vita, fans can vote for their favorite characters they want in the game. The highest downloaded female fighter will receive a unique costume for the first-print PlayStation 4 version (Dead or Alive Xtreme  3: Fortune)  and the runner-up will get an exclusive costume for the PlayStation Vita version (Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Venus). Here are the downloadable theme samples of all (Kasumi, Ayane, Christie, Kokoro, Marie Rose, Tina, Lei Fang, Hitomi, Nyotengu, Momiji, Mila, Rachel, Honoka, Helena and Lisa) the characters you can vote on.

The character popularity campaign officially started on August 20th and will end on September 10th. The winning characters will be announced in the following week at Tokyo Game Show.

Japanese publication 4Gamer has also shared a few Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 teaser screenshots of Kasumi playing volleyball and looking gorgeous as ever. Check out some bouncy glory just below this paragraph.

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is currently slated for a Japan-only release, but if fan demand in the West is high, the publishers are willing to reconsider their stance. Find out more how you can show your support for a DoAX 3 release in the Western world by reading our previous article on the matter.

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