"Dragon Ball Z For Kinect" Official On-Going Thread

[sintzu]

I want a brand new experience, a game which wipes the surface of these other games. One thing I hate about this franchise is that it lives in the past, trying to reproduce what seemed to work for them before. But this isn't Street Fighter, these games have no long-lasting quality and the depth in even the best of them is non-existant.

if there's any hope, it's up to Spike.

Lucky Us

[dbboxkaifan]

If we're lucky, Spike will produce an RPG DBZ game, they probably can but also depends from Shueisha, Toei Animation and Namdai's vote before developing anything, I think.

Toei Animation to Tanimation isn't a bad mix name, I like it, but not gonna use it or users would be confused.

[JulieYBM]

If this game doesn't hit Japan and no new games come out there this year I have to wonder how that will affect the market over there, assuming next year's game does get released over there.

[sintzu]

If this game doesn't hit Japan and no new games come out there this year I have to wonder how that will affect the market over there, assuming next year's game does get released over there.

Doesn't Shueisha make Bandai release a game in Japan every year?

So if Kinect isn't coming to Japan, what will?

[dbboxkaifan]

For UK members:

Play.com: http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/31 ... tails.html
TheHut: http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/x ... 05786.html
Zavvi: http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/x ... 05786.html

Features of Dragon Ball: Kinect by TheHut/Zavvi

Get closer to authentic Dragon Ball Z battles, combos, super attacks, and perfect your Kamehameha with the Kinect sensor
Perform 100+ different DBZ moves, including long range blast attacks (Kamehameha, Spirit Bomb, Special Beam Cannon) and close range melee attacks (Jab, Uppercut, Hook, Charge Ki, Guard, Kick)
Exclusive new anime footage - Debuting in US and Europe for the first time
Faithfully rendered Dragon Ball Z universe and storylines from DBZ series created by Akira Toriyama
Improved cell-shaded graphics closer to the manga will deliver a rich experience and deeper immersion.
The DBZ world in first-person view for the first time
Over 50 playable characters, including ones to unlock and a brand new character
Hold up special QR codes to Kinect and unlock characters and power ups
Over 20 different QR codes designed for the game
Kinect controls allow battles with a variety of enemy characters to be experienced first-hand.
Story Mode - Dramatic battles use anime-style camerawork and require the player to use Kinect to perform the attacks or movement from a particular famous scene, creating a fusion of dramatic demo scenes and battle controls. Experience giant boss battles unlike never before
Score Attack Mode - Defeat your opponent in 1-on-1 fight and get the highest score

Kinect's pretty popular in UK not just US, but overall, most Xbox 360 British gamers don't own a Kinect, they seem to prefer talk trash on Xbox LIVE.

Play dot com's the cheapest from those three. Come on BN, release a demo of it.

[Saimaroimaru]

I wonder if they are doing a Playstation Move version. Considering that Sony is more popular than Microsoft in Japan and the 360 apparently didn't have the success in Japan that Microsoft wanted.

[dbboxkaifan]

It's a fact that Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan, and the majority prefers Nintendo and Sony consoles over Microsoft, probably because they're accustomed to the companies who've they grew up playing with and Microsoft's a foreign in Japan.

As of today I registered on the Japanese Xbox LIVE to see what they had for downloads and whatnot, and was surprised to see the Inside Xbox Japan videos that they do like play with Kinect.

I grew up in the 90's with Sega SMD and Nintendo NES, both were fantastic, Sega's last console was Dreamcast and Nintendo started to drop their quality so seeing the similarities between DC and Xbox, I decided to move to Xbox, and I'm enjoying the system very much, it does all I want.

Honestly, I'd like to see Xbox 360 being sucesfful in Japan but it isn't likely, though Microsoft tried their best with the Japanese audience. One thing I'd like from the Japanese gamers would be, to play with them on GRID and hear them talk Japanese, than annoying German or French all the bloody time.

[Super Sayian Prime]

It's a fact that Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan, and the majority prefers Nintendo and Sony consoles over Microsoft, probably because they're accustomed to the companies who've they grew up playing with and Microsoft's a foreign in Japan.

No.

[dbboxkaifan]

^ lol, that was years ago, I'm talking about the here and now.

5/20 (20th, May, 2012)

3DS 45,752
PS3 12,026
PSP 10,652
Vita 6,347
Wii 5,956
PS2 1,166
Xbox 360 825
DSi LL 683
DSi 425

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

These Xbox 360 sales are pretty depressing but it's Japan, so it makes a bit of sense, not even the original Xbox was very successful in Nippon neither, unfortunately.

[Saimaroimaru]

The original Xbox sucked. If it weren't for Halo and the shooter market, the 360 would of have probably never been made.

[Super Sayian Prime]

^ lol, that was years ago, I'm talking about the here and now.

5/20 (20th, May, 2012)

3DS 45,752
PS3 12,026
PSP 10,652
Vita 6,347
Wii 5,956
PS2 1,166
Xbox 360 825
DSi LL 683
DSi 425

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

These Xbox 360 sales are pretty depressing but it's Japan, so it makes a bit of sense, not even the original Xbox was very successful in Nippon neither, unfortunately.

You said people in Japan own Sony and Nintendo platforms because they grew up with them. I showed you a very successful Microsoft platform that people in Japan grew up with.

[dbboxkaifan]

The original Xbox sucked. If it weren't for Halo and the shooter market, the 360 would of have probably never been made.

Since the PM of Saima is off, here's the message:

That's complete bullshit about "Xbox sucked", Saimaroimaru, here are some Original Xbox titles, for you:
Burnout Revenge
Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Doom 3
DRIV3R
Forza MotorSport
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Halo: Combat Evolved
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Midtown Madness 3
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Ninja Gaiden
OutRun 2
Prince of Persia: Within Warrior
Pro Evolution Soccer 04
Pro Evolution Soccer 05
Project Gotham 2
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
RalliSport Challenge 2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
The Chronicles of Riddick: Espace from Butcher Bay
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Top Spin
Unreal Championship 2
Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II
GTA San Andreas
Need for Speed Underground
Lego Star Wars
Manhunt
Fahrenheit
Otogi: Myth of Demons
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Def Jam Fight For NY
Black
The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
Crazy Taxi 3

I'm thinking Xbox to Microsoft was a BETA console to the market and see if it worked, and it did, it didn't in Japan but the rest of the world, and that's what mattered.

Saimaroimaru, don't tell me you're a console fanboy? That's absolutely childish and illogical. I'm a gamer who enjoys playing games on every console (Atari, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sinclair, Sega, Sony, etc) and I don't avoid any console, and Xbox is one of my favourites to play on as of today. PS3 is too but Sony has disappointed me many times so I've kinda given up on PS3, though, I still pick it up sometimes to watch Blu-rays.

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Back on-topic:

Xbox in Japan doesn't work but in the rest of the world it does and that's what matters, lets see how Dragon Ball Z For Kinect does in Japan, that Japanese chick on Inside Xbox playing Crimson Dragon looked like she was enjoying the game a lot.

DBZFK will be an interesting experiment.

[Hellspawn28]

Xbox is not popular in Japan because it's a American made console and it has no appeal to the Japanese gamers. Anything that is too western never seems to be that popular in Japan. For example, Akira Kurosawa movies where not that popular in Japan since every Japanese film studio refused to let Kurosawa direct a film since his films were considered too western.

I won't be surprise if the Kinect game does not get released in Japan and I could see it doing poorly in the US too.

[Saimaroimaru]

The original Xbox sucked. If it weren't for Halo and the shooter market, the 360 would of have probably never been made.

Since the PM of Saima is off, here's the message:

That's complete bullshit about "Xbox sucked", Saimaroimaru, here are some Original Xbox titles, for you:
Burnout Revenge
Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Doom 3
DRIV3R
Forza MotorSport
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Halo: Combat Evolved
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Midtown Madness 3
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Ninja Gaiden
OutRun 2
Prince of Persia: Within Warrior
Pro Evolution Soccer 04
Pro Evolution Soccer 05
Project Gotham 2
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
RalliSport Challenge 2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
The Chronicles of Riddick: Espace from Butcher Bay
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Top Spin
Unreal Championship 2
Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II
GTA San Andreas
Need for Speed Underground
Lego Star Wars
Manhunt
Fahrenheit
Otogi: Myth of Demons
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Def Jam Fight For NY
Black
The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
Crazy Taxi 3

I'm thinking Xbox to Microsoft was a BETA console to the market and see if it worked, and it did, it didn't in Japan but the rest of the world, and that's what mattered.

Saimaroimaru, don't tell me you're a console fanboy? That's absolutely childish and illogical. I'm a gamer who enjoys playing games on every console (Atari, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sinclair, Sega, Sony, etc) and I don't avoid any console, and Xbox is one of my favourites to play on as of today. PS3 is too but Sony has disappointed me many times so I've kinda given up on PS3, though, I still pick it up sometimes to watch Blu-rays.

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Back on-topic:

Xbox in Japan doesn't work but in the rest of the world it does and that's what matters, lets see how Dragon Ball Z For Kinect does in Japan, that Japanese chick on Inside Xbox playing Crimson Dragon looked like she was enjoying the game a lot.

DBZFK will be an interesting experiment.

Where did I say I avoided Xbox, I had one myself. Before Halo 2 came out, Microsoft was gonna get rid of it altogether, if all those games had the impact that you wanted then Xbox wouldn't have been on the chopping block in the first place. Not to mention that people preferred to buy those games pc version instead if they were available. Also,thanks for listing Halo and proving my point. Halo is one of the measuring sticks that Microsoft uses to gauge the health of its consoles.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011- ... -does-xbox
http://m.ign.com/articles/2011/11/23/th ... ginal-xbox

The system was making them no money for years and as such it got canceled and the 360 was released. The original Xbox sucked because it was a money sink, games were available on Pc, and it hit less than half the expected sales Microsoft wanted despite a price drop(to $100) in 6 months after its release. The original Xbox was considered a failed attempt that got redemption through the 360 which was released quite early because it predecessor was costing them too much money and was dying or dead in some markets, and besides some dedicated online communities; it was dead.

Also, lets stop throwing around the word "fanboy". I have not shown any favoritism towards any other game system other than disliking the Xbox, which coincidently I had the least amount of games for. Plus it was more useful as a dvd player and it was not the only console capable of that functionality.

It doesn't matter in Japan? A Japanese franchise, developed in Japan that is influenced more by its Japanese fanbase, and it doesn't matter? Ok.

Also, lets get something straight here before we move on. When I mean sucked, I mean from a business perspective. I have never said that the Xbox had a bad video game library and its a known fact that it did not do well in Japan. Japan like North America and Europe is an important market, especially for anime/manga franchises.

My point about the potential exclusivity of this game is that if they make this a 360 exclusive they would cut out a lot of PS3 owners.

Also, what consoles you like is up to personal tastes and opinions. I gave each console I owned a chance and it doesn't make me illogical or childish if I didn't get much enjoyment out of the original Xbox.

[Super Sayian Prime]

Games come and go, but memes last forever

[Saiga]

Games come and go, but memes last forever

Beautiful. We need more of these.

[dbboxkaifan]

Games come and go, but memes last forever

Any of Rebecca Black? Joking.

Oh yeah, a Jon Foo and Ian Anthony Dale ones would be pretty fuckin' awesome.

Maybe someday JF and IAD will play DB roles.

[Super Saiyajin Luffy]

Games come and go, but memes last forever

You made the picture? Looks like a reallife Pokemon Trainer to me xD

[Pokewhiz7]

Where did you get that from? Another commercial? Here's the one that I have.

[Raykugen]

Where did you get that from? Another commercial? Here's the one that I have.

For the love of God...