Big Bad Bandai Bully.

[MajinGohanZ]

Look at Ubisoft it only took them on their first try to get it right on their first Naruto game.

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

BIIIIIG BAAAAD BEEETLE BOOOORGS (yes this is the first thing that popped into my head why do you ask?)

That trailer actually didn't look super impressive to me, maybe it's because I don't care about Naruto but it seemed pretty "eh" for a current gen game.

I just want you to know, I was singing that song all day at work yesterday and I just now saw your post. It made my day, thank you.

Look at Ubisoft it only took them on their first try to get it right on their first Naruto game.

The games on the Gamecube? They were ok, but I had no idea that they were made by Ubisoft.

[Blue]

I just want you to know, I was singing that song all day at work yesterday and I just now saw your post. It made my day, thank you.

I am just glad someone else besides me remembers this show, that theme song let me tell you...

[Super Sayian Prime]

The games on the Gamecube? They were ok, but I had no idea that they were made by Ubisoft.

The Xbox 360 games were made by Ubisoft. Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is the first time that a Naruto game has been multi-platform. The reason being is that before Shueshia, and Viz had separated the license to the series to three companies; Ubisoft for Xbox platforms, Namco Bandai for PlayStation platforms, and Tomy Takara for Nintendo platforms. I don't even know how that worked out. Also interesting to note, both Ubisoft and Namco Bandai did almost all of their Naruto games in house, where as Bandai rarely does DragonBall games in house.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

(Naruto) is certainly more popular than Dragon Ball though.

The hell it isn't. Where are you getting that from? Naruto isn't even getting half the viewers Dragonball Kai is, and Kai is essentially a rerun show on top of that.

As I said before, I was talking about the U.S.A, where Naruto is Viz's top selling Manga and is currently topping the New York Times Manga Best Seller List (beating both One Piece and Bleach). I don't have any figures for the DVDs, but if the Manga is anything to go by, they're doing pretty well.

[Big Momma]

Oh my god man! This is not right! Is their any way we can petition or something to get these guys to do a DBZ game?

You do realize these guys made like 8-10 Naruto games before getting it right. How many DBZ games has Spike made?

6.

But even the ones on the ps2 were better than these DBZ games.
Look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7jV3QjcLM

All the UN games on PS2 were essentially the same, though(At least 1-4). Just with more characters and some Gameplay tweaks.

[mystic trunks]

All the UN games on PS2 were essentially the same, though(At least 1-4). Just with more characters and some Gameplay tweaks.

Boy does that sound familiar.

[Saimaroimaru]

Oh my god man! This is not right! Is their any way we can petition or something to get these guys to do a DBZ game?

You do realize these guys made like 8-10 Naruto games before getting it right. How many DBZ games has Spike made?

6.

But even the ones on the ps2 were better than these DBZ games.
Look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7jV3QjcLM

Yeah that was like what the 7/8th game? Lets see thats the 5th in main and after the card thingy and first psp game so 7th. Also if you played those games many on here would be whining on how the game play repetitive it only really diverged with the Storm games. Also that game you posted up was release a few months after its predecessor. Even so their latest game which was posted up by the Tc is 12th game they made. As far as Spike as concerned they just have less patient fans.

[Adamant]

(Naruto) is certainly more popular than Dragon Ball though.

The hell it isn't. Where are you getting that from? Naruto isn't even getting half the viewers Dragonball Kai is, and Kai is essentially a rerun show on top of that.

As I said before, I was talking about the U.S.A, where Naruto is Viz's top selling Manga and is currently topping the New York Times Manga Best Seller List (beating both One Piece and Bleach). I don't have any figures for the DVDs, but if the Manga is anything to go by, they're doing pretty well.

1) As mentioned before, if you're only talking about some random overseas market, you mention that.
2) Neither of the series are from the US, and none of the games are from the US, so I fail to see how this matters much.
3) I also really really doubt Naruto is more popular than Dragonball in the US, either. You specifically stated you were talking about the anime only, too, and the notion that Naruto DVDs sell better than Dragonball DVDs in the US is absolutely ridiculous. I don't know too much about these US ratings, but I don't think Naruto is doing better than this.

Also, the Dragonball manga got all 42 volumes released, while the Naruto manga got cancelled after 7 volumes. Do the math.

[mystic trunks]

Yeah that was like what the 7/8th game? Lets see thats the 5th in main and after the card thingy and first psp game so 7th. Also if you played those games many on here would be whining on how the game play repetitive it only really diverged with the Storm games. Also that game you posted up was release a few months after its predecessor. Even so their latest game which was posted up by the Tc is 12th game they made. As far as Spike as concerned they just have less patient fans.

Patience doesn't factor in that much.What you are forget is that this is like the 55th DBZ game.

[jjgp1112]

Holy shit, those graphics are just...

Excuse me while I go grab some toilet paper...

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

1) As mentioned before, if you're only talking about some random overseas market, you mention that.

Random overseas market? The U.S has the biggest Anime market outside of Japan. It was worth US$2.8 Billion in 2007.

2) Neither of the series are from the US, and none of the games are from the US, so I fail to see how this matters much.

See answer to question 1.

3) I also really really doubt Naruto is more popular than Dragonball in the US, either. You specifically stated you were talking about the anime only, too, and the notion that Naruto DVDs sell better than Dragonball DVDs in the US is absolutely ridiculous. I don't know too much about these US ratings, but I don't think Naruto is doing better than this.

The Naruto Manga is definately more popular than the Dragon Ball Manga. As for the Anime, it could really go either way. Naruto is going pretty well on Cartoon Network and Shippuden is doing okay on Disney XD. The DVDs are doing quite well also.

Also, the Dragonball manga got all 42 volumes released, while the Naruto manga got cancelled after 7 volumes. Do the math.

Uhh, Naruto volume 48 just got released in the states.



Jeez, it's like if you say any that other Anime or Manga is more popular than Dragon Ball here, you'll get hounds released on you. I obviously like Dragon Ball more than Naruto, but I have common sense people.

[goku the krump dancer]

I never understood why the Naruto characters we so overpowered in the games, but it doesnt matter because they're so nice to look at.

[Adamant]

Also, the Dragonball manga got all 42 volumes released, while the Naruto manga got cancelled after 7 volumes. Do the math.

Uhh, Naruto volume 48 just got released in the states.

That might be, but I was obviously talking about Norway.
(See, this is why we add that type of information to our posts. At least I was talking about the country I actually live in)

I still really doubt your claims, and you haven't presented any solid numbers to prove otherwise. It's DragonBall in the US. It's the least niche foreign show in the world's most xenophobic country.

[Chuquita]

Also, anime and manga sales in general are not what they were in 2007 (neither are a lot of things). The U.S. economy had a melt-down between then and now. A lot of manga and anime-related companies in the U.S. are either no longer what they once were or have closed shop altogether. Funi is one of the few who are still noticeably stable.

Here's a list of manga titles with the highest number of circulation and how many copies are in circulation.

Title Circulation Copies
ONE PIECE (1 ~ Volume 57) ONE PIECE（1～57巻） 890 000 000 000 1 million copies 1億8900万部
DRAGON BALL (Volume 42) DRAGON BALL（全42巻） 520 000 000 000 1 million copies 1億5200万部
KOCHIKAME (volumes 1 through 169)こち亀（1～169巻） The 142 million 1億4200万部
SLAM DUNK (all 31 volumes) SLAM DUNK（全31巻） 170 000 000 000 1 million copies 1億1700万部
NARUTO-Naruto - (Volume 1 - 51) NARUTO－ナルト－（1～51巻） 400,000 copies of 100 million 1億40万部
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (series)ジョジョの奇妙な冒険（シリーズ） 4700 - 70 million copies 4700～7000万部
Hokuto no Ken (all 27 volumes)北斗の拳（全27巻） 4700 - 60 million copies 4700～6000万部
BLEACH (1 ~ Volume 41) BLEACH（1～41巻） 60 million copies 6000万部
Muscle (Volume 36)キン肉マン（全36巻） 53 million copies 5300万部
Captain Tsubasa (+18 37 volumes)キャプテン翼（全37+18巻） 52 million copies 5200万部

Here's last year's chart:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/ ... 937829.jpg
Sources: http://www.geocities.jp/wj_log/rank/rank0.html , http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=22657 .

[Big Momma]

Boy does that sound familiar.

Don't get me wrong...I still enjoyed playing every game...just as I did with the new DBZ games coming out.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

Keep in mind that Naruto has volumes still yet to be released, Dragon Ball doesn't.

[Saimaroimaru]

Yeah that was like what the 7/8th game? Lets see thats the 5th in main and after the card thingy and first psp game so 7th. Also if you played those games many on here would be whining on how the game play repetitive it only really diverged with the Storm games. Also that game you posted up was release a few months after its predecessor. Even so their latest game which was posted up by the Tc is 12th game they made. As far as Spike as concerned they just have less patient fans.

Patience doesn't factor in that much.What you are forget is that this is like the 55th DBZ game.

*facepalm* I'm talking about a series of games made by a specific company, Spike has only made 6 games. While CyberConnect2, who works on the Naruto UN Series, has made double that. Reading comprehension. Of course it has more games overall it came out before Naruto. Again patience. Don't get made at Spike cause the other companies shelved out DB games over the years. CyberConnect has more patient fans. UN5 is the equivalent to RB2 in terms or main series number and its just the previous games with more characters and some tweaks. If CyberConnect had fans like Spike they would have never got to Storm 2. Especially sense unlike Spike they actually pay attention to the sales.

[Saimaroimaru]

I never understood why the Naruto characters we so overpowered in the games, but it doesnt matter because they're so nice to look at.

They let the manga and anime stay in the rules while they expand on the characters abilities concepts. Its a video game, its meant to be over the top.Besides, after making 12 Naruto games I'm sure making new specials is one of the things that keeps them interested.

[Saimaroimaru]

Look at Ubisoft it only took them on their first try to get it right on their first Naruto game.

Yet it took CbyerConnect2 their 10th try to get it right.