Is Namco Bandai even developing a new DBZ game FOR Europe?

[supersaiyan DbZ fan]

Hello, This is my very first post on kanzenshuu!!! Well all I wanted to know was namco bamdai already announced a cross over but it is only for japan. Is there even going to be new DragonBall Z games in Europe,America or even South africa because that's where I'm from

[dbboxkaifan]

They've gave out the hints that they are. Be patient sometime during this month something will pop up.

[VegettoEX]

Is a/the game literally being developed in Europe? Unlikely. Basically zero chance of this ever happening. Sure, there was WebFoot (based out of Illinois) back in the early 2000s developing (portable) games sub-licensed under Atari, but that's definitely the furthest I can ever see a DB-franchise game getting farmed out.

Will whatever the next/upcoming DB-proper game is get released fully internationally? Undoubtedly so. Things like Budokai HD Collection and Dragon Ball Z for Kinect were ONLY released internationally, so you're pretty much guaranteed that the next console game will come out overseas.

I understand and realize that both Ultimate Butoden and Heroes: Ultimate Mission didn't/haven't received international releases, but those were under specific circumstances that were understandable (tail-end DS game / spin-off-focused merchandise tie-in game).

[supersaiyan DbZ fan]

Oh sorry I meant FOR europe and other parts of the world because I'm worried this year we won't get a DragonBall Z game outside of Japan

[VegettoEX]

Gotcha. Like I said, I don't think you have to worry about that. North America and Europe have historically always supported whatever console games for the franchise come out and lend a huge helping-hand to Namco-Bandai's bottom line. As you noted, it's really only in cases like crossovers (such as the previous generation's Battle Stadium D.O.N. and the upcoming J-Stars Victory Vs) that you have to worry about Japan-only releases.

[supersaiyan DbZ fan]

Thanks VeggetoEX

[Rukura]

When you consider that the North American and European branches of Namco Bandai merged a while back, you kinda have your answer.

It'd actually be more likely for the games to be developed IN a region outside Japan than FOR that region alone (excluding Japan here, of course). For example, there were 2 Naruto Xbox360 games developed by Ubisoft Montreal but they were still released in both North America and Europe.
Of course that would never happen now, with the rights belonging to Namco Bandai. (I think lol)