Why was the 3DO game cancelled?

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Why was the 3DO game cancelled?

Post by Kid Buu » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:32 pm

I was reading on Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S. game today and apparently it was meant to be ported to the 3DO, but was cancelled. I know the 3DO wasn't breaking any records in terms of sales, but it did have a Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho fighter, so I imagine it must have had some niche among anime fighting games.

Also, the game apparently run on Sega hardware in Arcades, so I'm surprised it wasn't ported to the Saturn either.
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Re: Why was the 3DO game cancelled?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:05 pm

You just answered your own question...

The 3DO was a failure. Why would they wanna associate the biggest name in anime/manga of that time with a failed console?
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Re: Why was the 3DO game cancelled?

Post by Kid Buu » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:55 pm

DBZ games appearing on a failed system has happened quite a few times you know.
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Re: Why was the 3DO game cancelled?

Post by Lord Exor » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:27 pm

DBZAOTA482 wrote:You just answered your own question...

The 3DO was a failure. Why would they wanna associate the biggest name in anime/manga of that time with a failed console?
I don't believe sullying the brand was their rationale here; rather, it's likely they either never considered it, didn't want to commit the resources, or failed to adapt the game to the hardware.
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Re: Why was the 3DO game cancelled?

Post by Insertclevername » Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:19 am

Someone at Bandai had foresight.
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