FAKE: Dragon Ball Sparking! Omega announced for PS3 and 360

[DBZGTKOSDH]

So every hope is now lost...
Darn, I really don't want the DBZ For Kinect to be the main game of this year!
Also, shouldn't the title note now that it was fake?

[ChahikoDBZ]

We need someone to translate what he says about the Dragon Ball themed pages.

Not really. The only one he stops and shows (and even talks about) is related to Dragon Ball Heroes.

I know. Just curious as to what he was talking about.

[dbboxkaifan]

There's 1% (maybe more) of this being real and the rest of being a fraud, I don't really expect much from Spike but another BT/RB game? It's possible.

You guys shouldn't really have brought up such high expectations 'cos now you Spike fans feel quite disappointed.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

You guys shouldn't really have brought up such high expectations 'cos now you Spike fans feel quite disappointed.

From Spike, I've only played Sparking! METEOR on Wii, and Raging Blast 2 on PS3, and I was very pleased from both of them. So, I really hoped that Sparking! OMEGA was real.

[JeffJarrett]

Here is what appears in most Japanese website/blogs announcing the game:

Vジャンフラゲ来たね

PS3/XBOX360
ドラゴンボール スパーキングOMEGA
原点にして頂点
スパーキングシリーズの最終形態　登場キャラは過去最多
超４悟空と超４ベジータがいる
今冬発売予定

[dbboxkaifan]

I came to V ジャンフラゲ

PS3/Xbox360
Dragon Ball sparking OMEGA
Vertex's origin
Past the last form appeared character of the spark series is most
Super 4 is Goku and Vegeta 4 Ultra
On sale this winter

But without scans or actual proof this remains as a rumour.

[Hellspawn28]

You guys shouldn't really have brought up such high expectations 'cos now you Spike fans feel quite disappointed.

Who knows? Spike could finally give us something good after three lackluster games.

[dbboxkaifan]

Budokai Tenkaichi 1
Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Raging Blast 1
Raging Blast 2
Tenkaichi Tag Team
Ultimate Tenkaichi

Plus all the other non-DB Spike games haven't been anything amazing. But who knows, there might be the day Spike finally produces a decent DBZ game.

[Super Sayian Prime]

I didn't feel the need to point this out because Bandai Namco has been very weird in their naming schemes for Dragon Ball games this generation, but the "rumor" for Sparking Omega had the game's title written out as:

ドラゴンボール スパーキングOMEGA (Dragon Ball Sparking! Omega)

However, previous games in this series by Spike were written out in Japanese as:

ドラゴンボールZ Sparking! (Dragon Ball Z Sparking!)

While it's true that the game's logos did have a Japanese subtitle for Sparking! and things like Neo / Meteor the games officially always had "Sparking" written out in English, even the Amazon Japan listings for the older games have it as "Sparking!" instead of "スパーキング". One could say that maybe the Japanese people reporting the issue typed it out in Japanese out of ease, but then why is "Omega" written out in English? Omega being written out in English makes sense in the series naming schemes as long as it's paired with "Sparking!", it does not make sense in the series naming scheme paired with "スパーキング". There is also the fact that Omega apparently would be the first Sparking game to drop the "Z" moniker. But as anyone who knows where the name "Sparking!" comes from, they know it's a reference to the final line in Head Cha-La, the Dragon Ball Z opening theme...

This doesn't necessarily condemn the game as a fake as I said earlier, Bandai Namco has been very weird in naming schemes this generation.

That could be it was the first HD DBZ game and the game got decent reviews. Most fans that I talk to either like Burst Limit or dislike it. From what I've seen that casual fans enjoy the Sparking games over the Budokai games.

Anecdotal evidence means very little to me. People in my circle, who watched Dragon Ball when it was on TV, and never more prefer Dimps' games. Unless you have sales figures (VGChartz isn't truthful) for the Budokai Tenkaichi games vs. the Budokai games there's no point in arguing. This generation Burst Limit is the best selling game. That is fact.

What else can they possibly do?

Stop allowing Spike to make games.

Fixed.

For those who say DBZ fans eat crap, sales say otherwise, those assertions would make since if the sales actually supported such opinions this gen. I think its more of hate for the ps2 Tenkaichi era that has gained steam and transformed into the hate that is the Raging Blast era combined with the already fan dissatisfaction with this gen.

You say this yet Ultimate Tenkaichi, which is by far Spike's worst "thing" (I hesitate to call it a game) shipped more copies than RB2. Though, RB2 got reshipments that we didn't get figures for.

Why is Stage 2 partially repeated?

I made that image early in the morning. I apologize for that oversight:

Who are the "you guys"...? There are dozens upon dozens of people responding, all with their own individual thoughts. It seems a little unfair to lump everyone together into a single viewpoint.

Dark Souls sold well over a million copies in North America and Europe alone, in addition to whatever From Software sold on their own in Japan. A PC port of that game (and specifically that kind of game) made financial sense. Yeah, Ultimate Tenkaichi/Blast seems to have done better than expected, but the last time they released a "real" DBZ fighting game, the larger fanbase neither bought nor supported it. Why would they do it again? Just because a few folks seems to have rallied behind it six years later?

You're not thinking about this from a business perspective, but instead from a die-hard fan's perspective... which, unfortunately, never works with this franchise.

This generation has seen a fighting game renaissance. I do believe that had Super DBZ been launched this generation instead of on the PS2 it would've been better received outside of Japan, because not only would the game have had the renaissance on its side, it also would've had franchise nostalgia working for it.

However, at this point it seems Capcom has begun to kill the fighting game genre just as they did in the 90s. So I feel it's too late to revive Super DBZ.

Yesterday I took a look at the games Spike developed and they really were low quality, such a shame to not find one decent game.

Do you mean Spike's overall output or their Dragon Ball games? If it's their overall output, Spike has made plenty of great games. They've just shown themselves to be very poor at making Dragon Ball games for HD platforms.

What would you have to gain with this being fake? If the game exists and is trash, then you don't buy it... and you aren't affected by it at all, right?

I'm of the opinion that bad products can lead to a bad stigma being attached to a brand. Had Spike not put out terrible samey games this generation I really doubt Dragon Ball would've ever made this list. Spike has proven themselves to be an incompetent studio when making these games, and have shown little in the way of improvement. They are hurting this franchise's reputation in the video game realm. The less opportunities they have to dig themselves a deeper hole the better off Dragon Ball is for it.

That cycle breakdown is on point. That last part is hilarious to read.

I didn't actually write the content of the Dragon Ball cycle, that was VegettoEX's doing.

[dbboxkaifan]

Do you mean Spike's overall output or their Dragon Ball games? If it's their overall output, Spike has made plenty of great games. They've just shown themselves to be very poor at making Dragon Ball games for HD platforms.

Spike has made great games, which are they?

/semi-offtopi

[Rukura]

I didn't feel the need to point this out because Bandai Namco has been very weird in their naming schemes for Dragon Ball games this generation, but the "rumor" for Sparking Omega had the game's title written out as:

ドラゴンボール スパーキングOMEGA (Dragon Ball Sparking! Omega)

However, previous games in this series by Spike were written out in Japanese as:

ドラゴンボールZ Sparking! (Dragon Ball Z Sparking!)

While it's true that the game's logos did have a Japanese subtitle for Sparking! and things like Neo / Meteor the games officially always had "Sparking" written out in English, even the Amazon Japan listings for the older games have it as "Sparking!" instead of "スパーキング". One could say that maybe the Japanese people reporting the issue typed it out in Japanese out of ease, but then why is "Omega" written out in English? Omega being written out in English makes sense in the series naming schemes as long as it's paired with "Sparking!", it does not make sense in the series naming scheme paired with "スパーキング". There is also the fact that Omega apparently would be the first Sparking game to drop the "Z" moniker. But as anyone who knows where the name "Sparking!" comes from, they know it's a reference to the final line in Head Cha-La, the Dragon Ball Z opening theme...

This doesn't necessarily condemn the game as a fake as I said earlier, Bandai Namco has been very weird in naming schemes this generation.

While that's a good point to note, even in the spine of Sparking! Meteor's box was completely written in katakana (except for the "Z", of course). But, like you said, that doesn't really say much one way or the other.

I still wonder why Raging Blast 1, 2, Tag Vs and Ultimate Blast have been titled as simply "Dragon Ball" when they only cover Z, while the Sparking! games titled under "Dragon Ball Z" covered Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT as well. The logic is...well, just not there, really lol.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

There is also the fact that Omega apparently would be the first Sparking game to drop the "Z" moniker. But as anyone who knows where the name "Sparking!" comes from, they know it's a reference to the final line in Head Cha-La, the Dragon Ball Z opening theme...

It would be normal for the game to drop "Z", since every video game after Burst Limit is just called "Dragon Ball: ..." or "Dragon Ball Kai: ..." in Japan.

[Super Sayian Prime]

While that's a good point to note, even in the spine of Sparking! Meteor's box was completely written in katakana (except for the "Z", of course). But, like you said, that doesn't really say much one way or the other.

I still wonder why Raging Blast 1, 2 and Ultimate Blast have been titled as simply "Dragon Ball" when they only cover Z, while the Sparking! games titled under "Dragon Ball Z" covered Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT as well. The logic is...well, just not there, really lol.

Was "Meteor" and "Neo" written in Japanese on the spine?

AS for the name changes, I don't know.

Spike has made great games, which are they?

/semi-offtopi

Their Firepro Wrestling, Kenka Bancho, and Dangan-ronpa games are all well regarded.

There is also the fact that Omega apparently would be the first Sparking game to drop the "Z" moniker. But as anyone who knows where the name "Sparking!" comes from, they know it's a reference to the final line in Head Cha-La, the Dragon Ball Z opening theme...

It would be normal for the game to drop "Z", since every video game after Burst Limit is just called "Dragon Ball: ..." or "Dragon Ball Kai: ..." in Japan.

None of those games used a moniker previously attached to a Z game like Omega is. This would be the first Sparking! without Z.

[Rukura]

Was "Meteor" and "Neo" written in Japanese on the spine?

Can't say anything for "Neo" since I don't have it, but I'm looking at the Meteor's box right now and the spine has it all in katakana.

Same with Raging Blast 1

[Super Saiyajin Luffy]

Was "Meteor" and "Neo" written in Japanese on the spine?

Can't say anything for "Neo" since I don't have it, but I'm looking at the Meteor's box right now and the spine has it all in katakana.

Same with Raging Blast 1

Official Neo Logo also has Kana for Neo:
http://dbzs-neo.jp/game_07.html

[Maphisto86]

Overall I enjoyed the direction Spike took in the Budokai Tenkaichi series but sadly the franchise has been over used and needs a hiatus for some new ideas. Still like others have pointed out already it is likely that will not happen until Namco Bandai is convinced Dragonball as a video game franchise is no longer profitable. After that the hiatus could be quite some time, perhaps even indefinite. Then again who knows what a third party could have done with it."Omega" may be fake or not but I cannot say I was invested in it until we got a lot more information so no disappointment here.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

There is not any possibility for this to be real, right?

[Rukura]

Actually, there is. We don't really know for sure what's happening there.

Who knows. Even if there's nothing in this V-Jump, Namco Bandai might end up having to make it just because of the worldwide hype that it got in a single day without existing lol. (But it does make it even funnier if it really doesn't exist LOL)

[Hellspawn28]

I will laugh if this ends up becoming fake since I see threads on other forums that over 10 pages long on what the game could be. Everyone is going to be up for a big disappointment.

[LeprikanGT]

Just a question for a generic topic for a new game; after watching the new DragonBall Heroes trailer, say Funi couldn't get the rights or what-have-you for any of the movies or specials; do you think they would have their own storyline in a new game and just animate new cutscenes to go along with the events of that timeline? IE; they animated some new SS 3 Trunks and Majin Buu and also some of the new avatar characters in fights with villians from the show.