3 New Dragon Ball Games and Hope for Improvement

[Hellspawn28]

It's funny that people want Raging Blast 3 now seeing when RB2 was coming out, people where like "I'm so sick of the Tenkachi gameplay and I want something different". Then do give us something with Ultimate Blast and now people want another Raging Blast game. I think it likely be:

1. The Kinect game
2. The 3DS Dragon Ball game
3. A PSVita Dragon Ball game

[dbboxkaifan]

It's funny that people want Raging Blast 3 now seeing when RB2 was coming out, people where like "I'm so sick of the Tenkachi gameplay and I want something different". Then do give us something with Ultimate Blast and now people want another Raging Blast game. I think it likely be:

1. The Kinect game
2. The 3DS Dragon Ball game
3. A PSVita Dragon Ball game

PS Vita sales haven't been doing great, though the Wi-Fi units seem to sell better than the 3G ones, 3DS the same thing, hasn't been at its best, in Japan or internationally, but according to the Japan Hardware sales, 3DS is doing better than PSV.

26th February - Japan Hardware Sales:

3DS - 76,322
PS3 - 27,111
PSP - 15,928
Vita - 11,186
Wii - 7,878
Xbox 360 - 1,508
PS2 - 1,269
DSi LL - 977
DSi - 662

Source: http://www.m-create.com/ranking/

Only PSV 11,186 sold units..

Xbox 360 is as always a thousand-ish units sold, it's disappointing the Japanese gamers don't give the 360 and its wonderful online gaming world a chance. Darn those Frenchies talking French on LIVE! lol

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

Actually Vita sales have been doing just fine. They are on par(if not better) with what the 3DS was originally doing. However I don't think we are going to get a 3DS and a Vita game. It's going to be one or the other(if we get one at all). I'm guessing 3DS because of that untitled Dragonball game listed back when the 3DS launched. So it will probably be that, the Kinect game and the traditional seasoned title. Also, I don't want RB3. The first two games have been in poor quality and I'm just tired of Spike. I want someone completely different working on something new.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Also, I don't want RB3. The first two games have been in poor quality and I'm just tired of Spike. I want someone completely different working on something new.

Like it or not, this year we will have Spike again. I'm hoping for a RB3. Why? Because if Ultimate Blast 2 was to come, we would get characters like Dabra as "new" characters, while if we get RB3, Dabra would be an "old" character from RB2, and we would get more new characters that weren't in RB2 or UB.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Probably not going to happen...

"On october 7th (Namco Bandai community day), we've been told that the "Raging Blast" name wouldn't come back. The RB series was selling worst and worst, this is why they changed their strategy... and game name!" ~Nostal http://comments.deviantart.com/1/288363085/2440989558

[Innagadadavida]

Well, Ultimate Tenkaichi did even worse so we'll see if that works out for them.

[dbboxkaifan]

Like it or not, this year we will have Spike again. I'm hoping for a RB3. Why? Because if Ultimate Blast 2 was to come, we would get characters like Dabra as "new" characters, while if we get RB3, Dabra would be an "old" character from RB2, and we would get more new characters that weren't in RB2 or UB.

"Ultimate Blast" should've been the title for the international Dragon Ball Z game too but was replaced with "Tenkaichi", at least "Blast" means something in English while "Tenkaichi" doesn't.

Probably not going to happen...

"On october 7th (Namco Bandai community day), we've been told that the "Raging Blast" name wouldn't come back. The RB series was selling worst and worst, this is why they changed their strategy... and game name!" ~Nostal http://comments.deviantart.com/1/288363085/2440989558

If they think of how many people actually preferred RB2 over UT, they'll think twice and revive RB series with RB3.

RB3 or BT4, either way basically the same game with pumped up graphics, more characters, a story mode, character creation and a special video? Let's see.

I really do hope Zenkai Battle Royale gets developed for Xbox 360 + PS3 because DBZ games online are not worth playing.

[InfernalVegito]

It's funny that people want Raging Blast 3 now seeing when RB2 was coming out, people where like "I'm so sick of the Tenkachi gameplay and I want something different". Then do give us something with Ultimate Blast and now people want another Raging Blast game.

It doesn't help if the "new something" sucks even more than before.

[DonieZ]

Ah please, some of you are so boring! Don't you have any imagination outside of the Tenkaichi/RB style? And what makes anyone think if we don't get RB3 we will get UT2? I doubt it, it was hated by the majority almost universally from so many varying groups of fans. I want a brand new DB fighting games, whether in 2D or 3D, and I don't care if the amount of characters have to be sacrificed.

Why? Nostal is covering explanations for multiple gameplay styles; 2D Budokai/Burst Limit/Infinite World, 3D Sparking/Raging Blast, etc. I mean, what exactly are you asking for?

And that is exactly why I wonder what on earth he thinks. One of his idea sheets includes having two styles of combat in a single game. One being the usual 3D RB type, and the other being a 2D sort of Marvel (I think) type. Now realistically and logically, why on earth would we and do we need two gameplay styles? It's a waste of dev. time, especially because it's likely that both are going to act as hindrances overall, resulting in two inclomplete battle systems. To be honest, I find his ideas for the "fighting" non-innovative, and actually non-existant. He doesn't go into depth on how he wants the combat to be. He just states, supers this way (UT), battle like RB 3D perspective. He doesn't go in depth, and his best ideas are those that have nothing to do with the 'fighting', but rather how the loading screens should look. Plus, why is that no one can move away from what we've already had? I don't want Budokai or Tenkaichi again.

This is a fighting game after all, and frankly I don't think Treevax/Nostal knows his stuff.

[dbboxkaifan]

Ah please, some of you are so boring! Don't you have any imagination outside of the Tenkaichi/RB style?

To be honest, I'd like a Kart Dragon Ball Z to be developed than another 2D/3D fighting game, because, it's just getting too repetitive with the same genres all the friggin' time.

A football DBZ would probably be similar to Inazuma Eleven, so no, unless it was FIFA-ish with DBZ characters.

[Hellspawn28]

I personally want Dimps back which is unlikely seeing how busy they are.

[goku the krump dancer]

I wonder whats it gonna take for Namdai to realize that they've been doing something terribly wrong when it comes to current gen DBZ games and at the rate that they're going its only going to get worse and worse.. By the way, shouldn't we hear something about a new game sometime this month?

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

Like it or not, this year we will have Spike again. I'm hoping for a RB3. Why? Because if Ultimate Blast 2 was to come, we would get characters like Dabra as "new" characters, while if we get RB3, Dabra would be an "old" character from RB2, and we would get more new characters that weren't in RB2 or UB.

"Ultimate Blast" should've been the title for the international Dragon Ball Z game too but was replaced with "Tenkaichi", at least "Blast" means something in English while "Tenkaichi" doesn't.

Umm, Ultimate Tenkaichi was a title picked by the fans. So if you are upset at that, you have only the fans to blame. Also, seriously I wouldn't count on a RB3. If Spike is coming back we'll probably see the same style of gameplay, again but with a different name. Also, chances are if they do go down this road you will see Dabra marketed as a new character yet again.

This is why I don't want Spike to touch these games anymore.

[mysticboy]

"Ultimate Blast" wasn't even a choice for US/UK fans.

[Jaruka]

The most logical is this:

1) Dragon Ball: Kinect (360)
2) Dragon Ball: Zenkai (PS3)
3) Dragon Ball: Blah Blah Blah Exciting Title Super Ultimate Fight Budokai 7 (PS3/360)

By now Namco has realised that only the hardcore fans buy anymore and we'll buy anything, this gets them 3x the revenue

[dbboxkaifan]

This is why I don't want Spike to touch these games anymore.

Spike can't be that bad, at least their Crimson Tears' looks like a decent game (PS1-ish).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lj8NI91UBQ

If Spike were to make an action adventure game about DBZ than just another RB/BT, they'd be doing an effort.

Ultimate Blast did seem like an excellent idea of joining 2D and 3D to the same game, but Spike pretty much screwed it up.

"Ultimate Blast" wasn't even a choice for US/UK fans.

Yeah, it was renamed to Ultimate Tenkaichi.

Stupid idiots who chose this ridiculous name. --"

[Super Sayian Prime]

How is it logical to release 3 different games on the same 2 platforms within 6 months?

[Hellspawn28]

Since this year is the 10th anniversary of the Budokai series then maybe Dimps will give us a HD collection of the games? As for the Vita, give it time and more people will buy it once more games comes out for it. I can see a Tenkachi Tag Team sequel working for the Vita.

[DonieZ]

How is it logical to release 3 different games on the same 2 platforms within 6 months?

Lol, exactly what I am wondering.

Unless the community managers have lied to me though (or've been mistaken to be less harsh) then apparently we'll get a game this year which caters more to the people who care about a good fighting game, 'hardcore' was the term used. Things could always change though, so if it doesn't turn out as so then I won't hold it against the CM's.

Best Case Scenario (for me anyway):

Dragonball Kinect!
Dragonball PSP/3DS (more likely 3DS)
Dragonball Hardcore Fighter Project 2012 PS3/60 (completely new game)

Namco know they've been losing fans each year since RB, so it's possible they make changes to their audience. Otherwise, let the decline continue!...

[Rocketman]

Unless it's BT4 or I can play as Adult ChiChi (or it's that Vegeta-centric God of War style game idea I had), I don't much care by this point.