Ada was released in the Taiwanese two-issue comic Èlíng Gǔbǎo II by Ching Win Publishing in 1999. Capcom screenwriters created two Resident Evil 2 radio dramas broadcast on Radio Osaka in early 1999 and later released by publisher Suleputer as two separate CDs with the common title Biohazard 2 Drama Album, including Ikiteita Onna Spy Ada (lit. "Ada, the Female Spy, is Alive"). Set a few days after the events of the game, it deals with Ada's mission to retrieve Sherry Birkin's pendant with the G-virus sample from Umbrella enforcer HUNK. Ada intercepts the delivery of the locket in the village of Loire in France, eliminating HUNK and his men. She survives an accidental T-virus leak, escapes and realizes her feelings for Leon, deciding to quit the spy business and return to him. Canonically, the characters' story arcs are continued differently, as Ada keeps the pendant with the G-virus and resumes her activities as a spy. Merchandise featuring Ada includes action figures, statues, and figurines. Outside the Resident Evil franchise, Ada made her first guest appearance in the browser-based social game Onimusha Soul (2013), where she was re-designed to fit a feudal Japan theme. Ada also appears as a non-playable character in the tactical role-playing game Project X Zone 2. In Street Fighter V, Kolin can be dressed in Ada's costume from Resident Evil 6. On March 1, 2021, Ada was added as a playable character in Teppen; before this, she was already featured in multiple cards within the game. Ada also appeared in an online multiplayer battle royale game Knives Out as a costume at July 29 to August 12, 2021. In 2022, She appears as a playable character in asymmetrical survival horror game, Dead by Daylight. Reception The character was well received. Famitsu included her among the best Japanese video game characters of the 1990s. In 2007, Ada was listed among the 50 greatest female characters in video game history by Rob Wright of Tom's Games, who suggested she be played by Kelly Hu in the live-action Resident Evil series. GameDaily featured her as their "Babe of the Week" in 2007 and described her as a "gun-toting hottie" able to star in her own video game. Complex ranked Ada 19th on the 2011 list of "most diabolical video game she-villains", noting her "dragon-lady qualities." In 2013, Liz Lanier of Game Informer included Ada among the top ten female