Dragonball FighterZ - arc system works are making a dbz fighter for non-handheld consoles/pc!

[Kingjackl]

How many characters are we thinking? Around about 15? Maybe more. I haven't played many of their games, but Arc Systems are all about the systems and making every character play differently. I'm not sure how you could do that with Dragon Ball since with a few exceptions (ie Buu) they're all kind of...the samey. Different projectiles and supers, but I'm not sure what else.

Since we got Trunks confirmation, I figure Piccolo is the next logical step. After that, I figure we'll get at least one other version of Buu, Goten, kid Trunks (and by extension Gotenks, as well as the other fusions), adult Gohan/Saiyaman, Krillin, Broly, and/or Beerus. Maybe some other movie villains, or some Super representation like Hit, Goku Black or Zamasu.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

I'm thinking 20-25 or so. Not a big roster but lots of uniqueness.

 

[PurplePonyArcade]

I wish the beta was coming to PC as well but I am not sure if I could obtain a code if it did.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

So, they just announced a playable demo will be at EVO, kinda predictable but at the same time good to have confirmation of it.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

EVO side tourney stream is live RIGHT NOW!


https://www.twitch.tv/bandainamcous

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

In case you missed the stream, youtube's here for you:

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Trunks revealed, beta test registration begins September 26!

 

[Fappy]

I wonder how big the budget for this is. Bamco probably gave them a rather big one considering their renown and the property they're adapting. The Blazblue series launched with 13 playable characters, but considering this is a 3v3 tag game with deeply fleshed out and explored lore/characters, they really should be shooting for the 20's.

That said, let's hope they manage to cram in all of the DBZ favorites AND some of the more recent DBS characters. Beerus, Black and/or Zamasu, Hit, and maybe one of the universe 6 female saiyans (might be a bit early though). Jaco could be fun too.

I'll be happy as long as we get Piccolo, 18, and ultimate/mystic Gohan, which are all pretty much shoe-ins.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

I wonder how big the budget for this is. Bamco probably gave them a rather big one considering their renown and the property they're adapting. The Blazblue series launched with 13 playable characters, but considering this is a 3v3 tag game with deeply fleshed out and explored lore/characters, they really should be shooting for the 20's.

That said, let's hope they manage to cram in all of the DBZ favorites AND some of the more recent DBS characters. Beerus, Black and/or Zamasu, Hit, and maybe one of the universe 6 female saiyans (might be a bit early though). Jaco could be fun too.

I'll be happy as long as we get Piccolo, 18, and ultimate/mystic Gohan, which are all pretty much shoe-ins.

Xrd's amazing graphics and gameplay were created with a 30-man team so even modest resources can produce amazing results here. Also, this being a tag game, a lot less work goes into each char as opposed to a GG game. In this game it's better to think of teams as single characters and combine their tools, meaning, it's actually realistic to expect a roster significantly larger than their typical games, but of course it won't be above 25 or so chars since it still takes a lot of work regardless.


I've been watching super recently (just finished Black arc) and I'm liking it a ton, I do hope they add some of those forms and fighters for sure.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/890026109898817540


DBZ beta signups are on! Need JP psn to get in as the USA ones were delayed for next month.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

SSB Goku and Vegeta, Androids 16 and 18 confirmed!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/323605490212929546/347796120317198336/image.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/323605490212929546/347795993544359946/image.png

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

New trailer!

 

[Fappy]

Considering 18 and Bulma's outfits, it looks like the story takes place during Super. Going to be interesting to see how they make Android 16 relevant in that case considering how far some characters have come since the Cell saga.

Also, the only character missing from my main team so far is Adult Gohan. Got Piccolo and 18!

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Based on footage on twitter, Android 16's self destruct is an instant kill slow grab that puts him at 1 hp but makes his life recoverable blue health. Very interesting/powerful char concept, he'll be scary.


edit: Go here for beta signups
https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/dragon-ball-fighterz-closed-beta-application
(atm the site has crashed due to high traffic but it should be up again hopefully lol, the hype is REAL)

 

[PurplePonyArcade]

So the game is apparently penciled in for February? That's close enough to keep attention and far enough to not give me any real strain.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Right, sometime in Feb is the release date. It just so happens that my birthday is in that month too so I couldn't ask for a better gift!

 

[Maximum Bert]

Looking forward to this game a lot have signed up for the beta but dont expect to get in (if I did it would be the first ever). It looks great and seems like it will be very fun it also has Injustice style stage transitions as people are calling them only not crap here (although to be fair I2s were ok).

Im still waiting for Chichi (adult version). I know her inclusion is unlikely but I would still like to see her in this game. I also look forward to seeing the story if they do indeed have a story mode as Arc do tend to do good ones even if tbh the slow build can leave some games a bit boring in that department but at least the pay off is always worth it. Even better maybe Akira Toriyama will write a story for the game but I am not sure if he is even involved.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Looking forward to this game a lot have signed up for the beta but dont expect to get in (if I did it would be the first ever). It looks great and seems like it will be very fun it also has Injustice style stage transitions as people are calling them only not crap here (although to be fair I2s were ok).

Im still waiting for Chichi (adult version). I know her inclusion is unlikely but I would still like to see her in this game. I also look forward to seeing the story if they do indeed have a story mode as Arc do tend to do good ones even if tbh the slow build can leave some games a bit boring in that department but at least the pay off is always worth it. Even better maybe Akira Toriyama will write a story for the game but I am not sure if he is even involved.

The big difference is that here you can only transition during a killing blow which means that the transition replaced the intro where the next combatant comes in and clashes with your point char, so it doesn't actually slow down the tempo of the fight for 20 seconds like in Injustice.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Beta keys are being sent out, keep an eye on your emails!

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

It's one game in, and I'm already getting tired of this bull.

Over a Month ago, Dragon Ball FighterZ producer Tomoko Hiroki had this to say about plans for a Switch Release [https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/aug/09/dragon-ball-fighterz-producer-responds-demand-switch-release-no-cross-platform-play-currently-planned/]:

"In regards to the Switch version, we couldn't really say about the situation," Hiroki began. "However, what we do know is we would like our Switch users to focus on our first Switch title: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.

"After the release of Xenoverse 2 on Switch, then we will start to consider whether we should have Dragon Ball FighterZ on Switch."

Basically, we already know you desperately want it, but we want to cash in on our old game first. So we're going to use it as a pay wall before we 'invest time into porting' Fighterz.

I put 'invest time into porting' in quotes because we all it can be done. They know the interest is there due to the large petition Hiroki and team knows about. But that just puts them in a position to make more money from Switch owners by forcing all of us interested in Dragon Ball Fighterz to purchase Xenoverse so they know we're "Serious".

This is becoming a disgusting trend with developers. Let's hold what you want for ransom. We'll make switch owners pay twice. Once for a game they don't give a crap about, and again full price for the game they actually want to play.