Part of the fun in the sun of Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation (DOAXVV) is collecting limited outfits for your favorite girls in the game. As the live service title approaches its 7^th anniversary, Producer Yasunori Sakuda was recently asked about DOAXVV’s sexy swimwear, dropping some behind-the-scenes insight on why it took so long for a maid style costume to get added into the game.

Japanese gaming news outlet 4Gamer asked Sakuda which of DOAXVV’s many swimwear designs have been the most popular over the years. Sakuda replied that this was difficult to answer. “All of our players have different tastes, so we can’t determine which is most popular,” adding that the “ ‘Kimagure nyan maid’ outfit that was added for the 6.5-year anniversary seems to have been well received.” He is referring to the black and white maid outfit with cat ears and tail below:

DOAXVV maid costume

Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation DOAXVV maid outfit — *Image source: DOAXXV 6.5 year anniversary promotional video.*

Although cute maid outfits may seem like an obvious choice for a game like DOAXVV, surprisingly, Sakuda reveals that “Up until then, we had deliberately not made any maid-themed swimsuits. (…) This was because Marie Rose’s occupation is maid, so we wondered if it would be okay to have someone other than her wear such an outfit.”

Apparently, the decision to exclude maid-themed swimsuits from the game was made to ensure that Marie Rose retained this element which makes her stand out from the other Venuses.

Marie Rose first debuted as the servant of Helena Douglas in Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade. “However, in DOAXVV, Marie’s image began to change, and we were able to strengthen her appeal through her True Color update. That’s when we decided to lift the ban on maid-style swimsuits.” Sakuda reveals. “We made this decision together as a team, and I’m glad we implemented (the Whimsical cat maid swimsuit) as it was very well received.”

As for Sakuda’s favorite swimsuit, he says he really likes the Radiant Red SSR.