When will a DBZ game ever have a true grappler character?

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When will a DBZ game ever have a true grappler character?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:17 am

I mean... you gotta look out for the grabby players too, y'know. They matter folks.

The closest we ever got to a true grappler in a DBZ fighter was Nappa in Burst Limit as while he was slow as molasses and lacked range he had devastating attacks that could penetrate through an opponent's defense. Heck, his strongest ultimate attack was a grapple move.
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Re: When will a DBZ game ever have a true grappler character?

Post by Viewtiful Jess » Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:02 am

Nappa is always fun to play in the games, especially Burst Limit!

I think all Big Men(tm) in Dragon Ball could be qualified to be grapplers, especially since most of the games give them grapples in one way or another. In the Budokai games Nappa, Dodoria, Zarbon, 19 and Recoome had some grappling moves in there movesets. Not particularly SPD inputs, but their grabs and believe some of their physical attacks.

It'd be cool if we could have another DBZ styled fighter. I could totally see Recoome giving powerbombs, and Zarbon going back to his Budokai Izuna Drop...
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