"DBZ: Battle of Z" (360/PS3/Vita) On-Going Discussion Thread

[dbboxkaifan]

After all this is what they give their loyal fans...



Seriously they should have kept their mouths quiet since they didn't plan to tell us anything.

Regardless of what their reason is to not reveal, it's a dick move that they're doing this to their fans who have been waiting anxiously and now they're telling us to wait months. God damn you Namco Bandai.

[VegettoEX]

Yes, that was already posted, and we've already had a wonderful cycle of, "Stupid! Hate! Oh, I understand. OK then. Whatever."

[Saiyan Prince Vegeta]

We'll have new content "during the upcoming months". That isn't that bad.

[dbboxkaifan]

The release month of DBZ game(s) seems to always be around October to November. Burst Limit was an exception by the looks of it.

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06 June 2008 ----- DBZ: Burst Limit
10 November 2009 - DBZ: Raging Blast
02 November 2010 - DBZ: Raging Blast 2
25 October 2011 -- DBZ: Ultimate Tenkaichi
02 October 2012 -- DBZ: For Kinect
02 November 2012 - DBZ: Budokai HD Collection

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I and others wouldn't have minded waiting months if they didn't give us false promises. Anyway, it's waiting again.

[Jaruka]

Yes, that was already posted, and we've already had a wonderful cycle of, "Stupid! Hate! Oh, I understand. OK then. Whatever."

I think people were actually angrier yesterday. I stick by the colourful term of 'twats' though as they must have known that doing all of this and then showing nothing would be such a terrible move.

Hopefully there's news soon enough for their page to not be flooded by hatred every day.

[Ryuman]

Hopefully we'll get some info in around maybe 2 weeks or so. But that'll be more likely to come out of Jump more than anything.

[miguelnuva1]

I actually happy they gave an update instead of just ignoring us after getting the 100K. If the likes came faster then they expected they could have said that or they could haven given us a date to expect info but other then that I'll still be waiting.

[Insertclevername]

Hey man, as long as this game ends up not being complete horseshit, I'm willing to bury the hatchet for this little "100K likes" fiasco.

[Hellspawn28]

Maybe they will show off next Saturday which is my birthday . Honestly, I knew that they would not show off once they reach 100,000 hints. Just get ready to be let down by the announcement.

[GogetaSSJ2]

Either way we wont have long to wait. UT was announced on May 3rd, Raging Blast 2 on May 8th and Raging Blast on May 19th.

Exactly! Every new DBZ announced these past years is usually in May. This is why I wasn't expecting anything revealed this month because its still too soon. Hopefully next month we get something if this pattern continues.

[dbboxkaifan]

Exactly! Every new DBZ announced these past years is usually in May. This is why I wasn't expecting anything revealed this month because its still too soon. Hopefully next month we get something if this pattern continues.

Well, May's going to be a great month for me filled with full of surprises.

List:
1) The Walking Dead: UK Disc Edition
2) Next-Gen Xbox Announcement
3) Arrested Development: Season 4
4) Dragon Ball 2013 Game Project
5) Race Driver GRID 2
6) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
7) Fast & Furious: Showdown

I think this is all. Can't wait for May.

[Super Sayian Prime]

It was rather clearly a case of, "Oh crap, we didn't think we'd get so many so fast, and we're still beholden to a timeline with Japan, so dammit someone just say that we'll share more soon."

Please don't hold it against them. I'm sure they're doing whatever they can.

I agree with you, but it's still a poor showing on the behalf of Namco Bandai EU's marketing team. Revealing a game logo, or a title wouldn't have stepped on anyone's toes and it would've drawn away some of the ire directed at them.

Of course there has to be a question of why Japan gets to call first shots for Dragon Ball game reveals. With the traditional big console releases they haven't been the predominant sales territory since before we got global launches. Companies traditionally cater to the audience that wants to hear them the most, and that's definitely not Japan for this franchise. Maybe it's a contractual thing with Shueshia? We'll never know ...

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

I'm mixed about the mess up. On one hand yea, they are probably stuck to Namco-Bandai Japan's time frame on what they can and can not show. And yea, I'm sure the 100,000 this fast surprised them but they should have at least prepared something. Even if it was another tease. Unfortunatly while all the backlash from fans is immature, this is still the internet and they should have known better than to poke the beehive. Now they're stuck dealing with this untill they can do something serious(and even then it wont fully go away).

[Cold Skin]

It's not that big a deal, but one thing is sure: next time they'll ask for likes for something to happen, people will remember that incident and it won't work as well as it did this time.
Classic "Raditz/Goku" morale that you find in many tales: people that have been fooled once will tend not to give a second chance when you try the same thing again on them.

So I don't think raging fans will last for long nor that fans will be vengeful about it once a few days/weeks have passed, it'll be quickly forgotten overall (but also quickly remembered if they ask for likes in the future).

[TheMightyOzaru]

They are just getting our expectations higher than they should be with that little statement. They should realize getting our hopes up after 2 piles of crap is not a good idea. They need to keep our expectations low and then surprise us with an actually good game later into it's development.

[THEGOKU]

At this point I would just like to know the reason behind getting all these likes when nothing new was revealed.

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

It's not that big a deal, but one thing is sure: next time they'll ask for likes for something to happen, people will remember that incident and it won't work as well as it did this time.
Classic "Raditz/Goku" morale that you find in many tales: people that have been fooled once will tend not to give a second chance when you try the same thing again on them.

So I don't think raging fans will last for long nor that fans will be vengeful about it once a few days/weeks have passed, it'll be quickly forgotten overall (but also quickly remembered if they ask for likes in the future).

People on the internet tend to hold grudges. Want to see what I mean, check out Insomniac's page every time they post a "Fuse" update. If you aren't familiar with the game, it use to be called "OverStrike" and it looked like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfUMw5KJ0Q

Now it looks like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijlVoaa1uqM

It's taken a darker turn with more realistic looking models. Because of the change, the facebook page can hardly post something without somebody(usually the same people) reminding everyone that they hate this new look and think it's stupid. Mind you the change was made almost a year ago, and it's only now starting to slow down. I'd expect no different from followers of NB's page. Expect to see a lot of "you guys are liars! Shut up and give us new info on the game." every time they post an update to their facebook for the next couple of months.

[Insertclevername]

I'd imagine that a really stellar game could make people forget; though your right. This is probably going to bite them in the ass the next time they use this strategy.

I mean, I'm really not angry but I'd say I'm somewhat disappointed in their judgement. I think we can all agree that this was a pretty bad move considering the time frame? Maybe announcing the 100K likes a couple of weeks from now would have been better.

[goku the krump dancer]

Woah, was the page removed? I used to be able to view with no problem, They must have really been getting some heat ..

[GogetaSSJ2]

Setting my expectations "low" at the moment....