"Dragon Ball Online" Discussion Thread

Teclo · Post by **Teclo** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:03 am

It doesn't even load for me. I PM'd Mike about it but he ignored me. I guess that's because it does actually work and the problem's at my end...

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:39 am

Teclo wrote:It doesn't even load for me. I PM'd Mike about it but he ignored me. I guess that's because it does actually work and the problem's at my end...

Hurray, I'm not alone!

DragonBalllKaiHD · Post by **DragonBalllKaiHD** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:42 pm

Chuquita wrote:You know, I read a news article earlier about how Korea's got the fastest internet speeds in the world (they average 20MB. Where I live in NJ, average speed is 8MB) and I could see how such a fast internet speed would benefit this type of game. I think http://dbo.netmarble.net/main.asp is purposely set up for that type of internet speed.

It's working for me, but it still stutters at times.

Heh. Karin got a pair of glasses.

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:52 pm

Teclo wrote:It doesn't even load for me. I PM'd Mike about it but he ignored me. I guess that's because it does actually work and the problem's at my end...

I had a similar problem and then I refreshed a few times and got it to load REALLY FUCKING SLOW!!!

is there an alternative site with the video on it?

B · Post by B » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:41 pm

Got it to load. It's nice looking. Nothing too special since it's basically the same trailer.

Really did love the She-Buu with the antennae as a ponytail.

.:PoetikaL:. · Post by **.:PoetikaL:.** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:52 pm

Does anyone know an estimated release date for DB Online?

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:15 pm

.:PoetikaL:. wrote:Does anyone know an estimated release date for DB Online?

I'm thinking its going to be awhile until this game hits stateside. Last I checked the game is still in beta in North Korea. Depending on how long they want to test it this game could take a few months to a year for the full release, and just in the Pacific areas. If they do decide to bring it over(has that even been confirmed?) it would take time for them to translate.

I'd say we still have a long wait.

Choujin Daizenshuu · Post by **Choujin Daizenshuu** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:01 am

Okay, who wants to volunteer at the next con in order to bug FUNimation about bringing Dragon Ball Online stateside?

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:14 am

But what has FUNi ever had to do with games.....

Ok. Ok. *rubbing temples* I want to like this game really, but right now all it's doing is making me twitch uncontrollably. I still want to find out more info because hopefully it'll get decent sometime soon.

Question. people have mentioned a new actual video but I haven't yet found it running through the posts here. Did I just miss it?

B · Post by B » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:25 am

Velasa wrote:But what has FUNi ever had to do with games.....

Ok. Ok. *rubbing temples* I want to like this game really, but right now all it's doing is making me twitch uncontrollably. I still want to find out more info because hopefully it'll get decent sometime soon.

Question. people have mentioned a new actual video but I haven't yet found it running through the posts here. Did I just miss it?

FUNimation has a contract with Namco Bandai to release Dragon Ball games in North America, although, besides the plain old Bandai logo, I don't see anything for Namco Bandai Games, which is a separate department from plain Bandai.

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:03 pm

Velasa wrote:
Question. people have mentioned a new actual video but I haven't yet found it running through the posts here. Did I just miss it?

Its on Daizenshuu's main page there is a link in the August 24th news update.

Teclo · Post by **Teclo** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:53 am

But, possible language barriers aside, we can still play the Korean or Japanese versions, right? Or would we need to use a proxy (which would completely ruin the experience with lag)?

Amaranth Sparrow · Post by **Amaranth Sparrow** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:17 pm

Most Korean MMORPGs require at the very least a valid KSSN (Korean Social Security Number) for signup, and it's fairly common for them to block foreign IPs as well.

The little round guys are Yardratians. If you slow it down while the history book is flipping through pages, there's a page that says "YARDLAT STAR" and something about Yardratians in Engrish.

Stuff I managed to pick out from the history book:

778: 28th World Martial Arts Tournament results; Mr. Satan is the winner, with Mr. Boo in second place.

779: Lunch succeeded in her 100th breach (probably military activities). Something about Fortune Teller Baba.

780: Emperor Pilaf attempts to conquer the world; fails. Something about Karin.

790: Mr. Boo declared to take a lover.

8XX: Gohan does something.

8XX: Remnants of something.

825: "Something World", some sort of amusement park, I think.

8XX: Something about New Namek.

8XX: Something about meteors falling.

853: Something about the naming of a land.

891: Remnants of something have built something. Something about a World Martial Arts Tournament.

900: People of Planet Yardrat involved in building a time traveling machine.

974: Something about an "ethologist" Dr. H, and a Sacred Place.

988: Kinoko Rocks destroyed by a gang named Paeria.

998: Robots mass produced by Capsule Corporation.

999: ???

1000: A gulf in the sea of time. The Guardian of Time Trunks appears. Something about "Raise Rascals".

Also, here's some stuff I extracted from the website's flash files:

Humans:

Namekians:

Majin:

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:19 pm

Teclo wrote:But, possible language barriers aside, we can still play the Korean or Japanese versions, right? Or would we need to use a proxy (which would completely ruin the experience with lag)?

Can you read Korean or Japanese? I mean you would need to know what moves you have, what items do what, what your quest is etc etc. Not to mention server issues like you said(super lag).

I don't think porting it over would be to hard. Most MMOs use little voice acting and rely mostly on text so It shouldn't be hard to port over to the US...EVENTUALLY!

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:23 pm

Wow, that some incredible artwork right there. Absolutely incredible, really.

Teclo · Post by **Teclo** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:44 pm

SparkyPantsMcGee wrote:
Teclo wrote:But, possible language barriers aside, we can still play the Korean or Japanese versions, right? Or would we need to use a proxy (which would completely ruin the experience with lag)?
Can you read Korean or Japanese?

I can read hiragana and katakana and a very small amount of kanji. The kanji shouldn't be too much of an issue in terms of item names and so on, but it'll be a real bastard when it comes to understanding what I'm meant to do in quests. That's where online guides come in - I managed to play the Japanese DQIX for quite a long time with one until I thought I'd better stop and wait for the US/EU release. I also played several hours of the recent DBZ DS RPG without any guides or anything and I generally understood what to do next and what the items did from the descriptions. Hopefully with DBO I can transfer a character across to the US or EU servers if/when they go up.

As for that artwork above; I love it - particularly the human swordswoman.

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:58 pm

Impressive! If this game doesn't go state side then I will cry in my room and try to learn basic Japanese.

also that reminded me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwOys7qEhGU
about 2:00 minutes in.

B · Post by B » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:03 pm

Amaranth Sparrow wrote:

I CAME BUCKETLOADS

I'm almost at the point where I would consider paying a monthly fee for this game(that wasn't absurd).

If we can get more information on how the game actually plays, and it's at least half as good as the character design, FUNimation would have to at least try to milk this.

~since this has been on the table for a few years now, it better not suck

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:07 pm

Y'know, now I really want a Manga or Anime for this. With those two villainous-looking Namekians and Majin, I'd love to see how a series would playout. C'mon, V-JUMP!!!

DongHyun · Post by **DongHyun** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:44 pm

드래곤볼 온라인에 대해서 궁금한거 있으면 말씀하세요!