The Official Dragonball Evolution Game Thread

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:09 pm

Wow... it... actually looks... good.

But it's hilarious how it's the Shin Budokai engine. Oh well, at least its not some shitty in-house engine from some unknown small-time American company.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:30 am

I hadn't thought of it until later but; if they were going to use actual VA's to dub the game, why didn't they just have Funimation do it? I think aside from Funi's Roshi, the voices could still fit the live-action counterparts.

Does FOX have something against using the Funi VA's?

Nothing against Lowenthal, but why not just use Schemmel?

dragondyle · Post by **dragondyle** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:37 am

Does anyone know the cast list for this game?

VeggieXD · Post by **VeggieXD** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:05 am

Woah, the game actually looks pretty sweet. I'll deff be buying this. It looks really similar to the Shin Budokai Engine.

xzero · Post by **xzero** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:07 pm

I guess Roshi learned the Mafuba somewhere along the line... though if they're not going to have Kami in any human form, Roshi is the most logical character to know how to perform the Mafuba, so I guess it makes sense.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:16 pm

xzero wrote:I guess Roshi learned the Mafuba somewhere along the line... though if they're not going to have Kami in any human form, Roshi is the most logical character to know how to perform the Mafuba, so I guess it makes sense.

Uhh... like this?

worldmonsters · Post by **worldmonsters** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:50 pm

Thank you VegettoEX :p apparently some people forgot about that, even on the comments of the gameplay footage page. I mean... they're saying it doesn't look like Dragonball Z. Well? What doesn't look like Dragonball Z? ONLY how the characters look and I guess the background. They move and act EXACTLY like how you would expect Dragonball characters to move in a game that is based on the Shin Budokai engine.

Also Son Gohan had the nyoibo before Goku, duh. Gohan GAVE it to Goku! So he must've had it before him :S

Seriously, I think people really don't know about the King Piccolo saga and saying that it's not Dragonball Z. Well no, it isn't, it's like Dragonball (without the Z) :S I don't know, but I think the creators of the movie at least researched the manga quite a bit.

Super Sayian Prime · Post by **Super Sayian Prime** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:26 pm

Chuquita wrote:I hadn't thought of it until later but; if they were going to use actual VA's to dub the game, why didn't they just have Funimation do it? I think aside from Funi's Roshi, the voices could still fit the live-action counterparts.

Does FOX have something against using the Funi VA's?

Nothing against Lowenthal, but why not just use Schemmel?

Namco Bandai probably had a role in the voice changing. All of the games I own from them have dubs from LA, not Vancouver, Calgary, or Texas.

I hear Schemmel is in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds which is a New York dub, so yeah.

It could also be if Namco Bandai wanted to use non-unionized voice actors, since AFAIK Yuri isn't Union. And Union dubs cost more.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:51 pm

xzero wrote:I guess Roshi learned the Mafuba somewhere along the line... though if they're not going to have Kami in any human form, Roshi is the most logical character to know how to perform the Mafuba, so I guess it makes sense.

Roshi did it in the Manga and the Anime, how could you miss it?! Even Tenshinhan knows it.

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:47 pm

http://forums.toonzone.net/showpost.php ... tcount=935

From Toon Zone:

[QUOTE=Ishtar;3149702]Well, I played a lot of this game earlier today. It was pretty terrible. It was like Budokai, only much much more bland. The cutcenes were the worst part. Some of them I swear lasted 10-20 minutes. It's like "We only have so few characters and so few fights, so let's make the game feel longer by adding most of the movie script for cutcenes". I mean, they had a few cutcenes showing Goku in High School being bullied by these 2 guys, named Fuller and Agundes(who keep calling Goku "Geeko". Funny, right?). It's not like you actually fight them, so having those lenghty cutscenes of stuff like that was a complete waste of time. Reading the dialogue, it seems that supposed Ben Ramsey script was definitely an earlier draft, because quite a few of the same things showed up. Goku and Gohan's speech, the fact that Gohan wants to celebrate Goku's birthday but Goku decides to go to ChiChi's party, Oozaru is called "Oozaru the Destroyer", etc. Also, Bulma calls the Dragon Ball a "Promethius Orb" and there's a joke that because of that the DBE (Dragon Ball Energy Locator) was originally called the PEE.[/QUOTE]

Is 'PEE' suppose to be something Toriyama contributed?

MajinKing · Post by **MajinKing** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:28 pm

The graphics are not the best but the gameplay sure as heck looks awesome!

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:37 am

JulieYBM wrote:http://forums.toonzone.net/showpost.php ... tcount=935
Is 'PEE' suppose to be something Toriyama contributed?

From Toon Zone:

Ishtar;3149702 wrote:Well, I played a lot of this game earlier today. It was pretty terrible. It was like Budokai, only much much more bland. The cutcenes were the worst part. Some of them I swear lasted 10-20 minutes. It's like "We only have so few characters and so few fights, so let's make the game feel longer by adding most of the movie script for cutcenes". I mean, they had a few cutcenes showing Goku in High School being bullied by these 2 guys, named Fuller and Agundes(who keep calling Goku "Geeko". Funny, right?). It's not like you actually fight them, so having those lenghty cutscenes of stuff like that was a complete waste of time. Reading the dialogue, it seems that supposed Ben Ramsey script was definitely an earlier draft, because quite a few of the same things showed up. Goku and Gohan's speech, the fact that Gohan wants to celebrate Goku's birthday but Goku decides to go to ChiChi's party, Oozaru is called "Oozaru the Destroyer", etc. Also, Bulma calls the Dragon Ball a "Promethius Orb" and there's a joke that because of that the DBE (Dragon Ball Energy Locator) was originally called the PEE.

"Geeko"? Really?

Lack of creativity much, script writers?
Used it all up renaming the radar and thinking up OC character names, eh?

If I had to think up a bad-spirited name for Chatku in that vein, I'd pick something like "Jigoku". You know, "Hell". It's already got the word "Goku" in it. Or maybe "Gokuaku" which is "heinous".

I understand they gotta stick with English though, so I guess neither of mine would count.

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:33 pm

Geeko..

And also seems that Goku makes fun of ChiChi's name.. which is kind of funny because he doesn't think Bulma's weird at all (in the movie/game). Which was obviously the other way around in the manga.

Anyway, new things:
Goku kicking Bulma's ass... This would've killed her in the manga. XD
Goku about to finish off a cranky looking Piccolo
Piccolo showing Chatku who's boss
And again
Bulma spraying Goku with bullets
Poor Gohan :/
Bulma giving damage to Piccolo... Of course!
Bulma kneeing Gohan in the stomach.
Yamcha with what it seems a robotic arm?
Yamcha has an idea
Yamcha running away from Piccolo
Mai throwing Shuriken on ChiChi
ChiChi punching Gohan in the stomach (wow he sure gets it doesn't he?)
ChiChi breaking Bulma's neck?
It's payback for Gohan

Ah well, enough with the screenshots, there are also images of the characters separately.

Yamcha
Mai
Roshi
Gohan
Goku
ChiChi
Bulma
Piccolo

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:36 pm

Chuquita wrote:"Geeko"? Really?
Lack of creativity much, script writers?

Because high school bullies are bastions of creativity and wit.

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:08 pm

Rocketman wrote:
Chuquita wrote:"Geeko"? Really?
Lack of creativity much, script writers?
Because high school bullies are bastions of creativity and wit.

What's a bastion?

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:30 pm

Pain wrote:
Rocketman wrote:
Chuquita wrote:"Geeko"? Really?
Lack of creativity much, script writers?
Because high school bullies are bastions of creativity and wit.
What's a bastion?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bastion

You should bookmark that site.

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:50 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:
Pain wrote:
Rocketman wrote: Because high school bullies are bastions of creativity and wit.
What's a bastion?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bastion

You should bookmark that site.

I didn't really understand the definition.

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:44 am

It means "fortified housing of quality".

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:50 am

Bura wrote: Poor Gohan :/

Could always be the other way around.

..

I'd love to see what sort of signature moves (besides the Kamehameha, and Mafuba) they've stuck into the game.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:35 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bastion

"a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work."

English plz.