Dead Fantasy

Dead Fantasy I introduces the first six characters. The fight takes place inside, and later outside, of an enormous, abandoned temple situated atop a tower.

Dead Fantasy II is the first segment to show the use of magic on both sides of the battle, and the first to feature a character not directly linked to the series' namesake franchises: Kairi of Kingdom Hearts.

Dead Fantasy III, which shows the first of a series of one-on-one battles between the different sides, was released alongside Dead Fantasy IV.

Dead Fantasy IV was released only one week after Dead Fantasy III and features the series' first male character: Cloud Strife.

The fifth installment is a direct sequel to Dead Fantasy III, and shows what happens to Tifa and Hitomi after their one-on-one battle in the cathedral. It introduces the first male Dead or Alive characters of the series.

This episode takes place in a one-on-one battle between Ayane and Rikku in an underground cavern and its hidden laboratory. In both previews, they clash weapons until Rikku spherechanges multiple times but Ayane negates all of her attacks in her various forms. Rikku uses her special dressphere, the Machina Maw, and Ayane's primary weapon, Tokkosho, is replaced with Fuma Kodachi twin blades to confront Rikku's ultimate dressphere. The Machina Maw lands on the ocean waters creating a devastating wave. Ayane defends herself using her Fuma Kodachi twin blades to make her land on the upper steel ground, and she confronts the Machina Maw in its gigantic state. Tifa awakens in a white room covered in a silk sheet, knowing of her survival in her fight against Hayate and his shinobi (while being held captive in DOATEC headquarters). Her eyes light up as she is being experimented on by DOATEC.