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

[Captain-Sora]

The thing is, they had barely 1 year to finish the Raging/Ultimate Blast games, which is why they were that rushed. This time however, they had been developing this game for 2 years. They should have time to make a big rooster.

If this game really did have the luxury of having a longer development time, it should be spent making it the best and most engaging Dragon Ball Z video game. Wasting that extra time on shoving in a buttload of characters would be the most moronic move they could make.

[GogetaSSJ2]

They should have time to make a big rooster.

You want a giant chicken as a boss fight?

[MasterVampire]

Hmmmm I'm not so sure about this trailer.

I hope they won't do that BS where it stops at the Cell saga so we don't get all the characters from the Buu arc. The trailer didn't show any like Buu or SSJ3.

And I bet they fucking took out that sweet enviroment and planet destruction they added in the last new game.

With DBZ games it's allways like one step forward two steps back.

I know it shows SSG but I can still see them only going upto the Cell arc and then having SSG as some extra bonus.

[Thanos]

I have a feeling that the roster will be pretty sizable. With the 4v4 style, it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to just have villains without their minions.

I do like the style, though. Something different. Pretty much anything is preferable to me than the same old "polished turd" Spike models.

I'm kind of disappointed that this isn't Spike, though, because I was expecting some sort of "Raging Blast done right" kind of thing. Variety is great and everything, but the one issue with brand new series is the fact that the engines are new and potentially flawed. I really, really, really am getting too old and tired to plow through to Battle of Z 3, buying each one and being disappointed by the lack of progress. Unless I'm initially really impressed, I think I'll wait for the reviews.

[Silkman3003]

how long does it usually take b4 the developers of a z game are "officially" revealed?

also, speaking of minions..

http://i.imgur.com/gdjy0Nx.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/1d8djzw.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/EzgSq7h.jpg?1

[SSJ6Goku]

First trailer and screenshots loook really hot!!

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... yK1_rEWBII

Box Art


Screenshots and Art

[Thanos]

That box art probably isn't real. It looks like someone's literally slapped on some logos to the image that was revealed.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

If this game really did have the luxury of having a longer development time, it should be spent making it the best and most engaging Dragon Ball Z video game. Wasting that extra time on shoving in a buttload of characters would be the most moronic move they could make.

The Raging Blast & Ultimate Blast rosters were bad. Raging Blast 2 had a nice roster, but it didn't have DB & GT. For me, the ideal roster would be this:

• 1) Son Goku: DB
  2) Son Goku: Z (base, SS, SS2, SS3, SSG)
  3) Son Goku: GT (base, SS, SS3, SS4)
  4) Son Gohan: Kid
  5) Son Gohan: Boy (base, SS, SS2)
  6) Son Gohan: Teen/Adult* (base, SS, SS2, Great Saiyaman, Ultimate)
  7) Son Gohan: Future (base, SS)
  8 ) Son Goten (base, SS)
  9) Son Goten: GT* (base, SS)
  10) Pan
  11) Vegeta (base, SS, SSG2, SS2, Majin)
  12) Vegeta: GT (base, SS, SS2, SS4)
  13) Trunks: Future (base, SS, SSG3)
  14) Trunks (base, SS)
  15) Trunks: GT* (base, SS)
  16) Gotenks (base, SS, SS3)
  17) Vegetto (base, SS)
  18) Gogeta (SS, SS4)
  19) Oob: GT (base, Super)
  20) Piccolo
  21) Kuririn: DB
  22) Kuririn: Z
  23) Yamcha
  24) Tenshinhan
  25) Chaozu
  26) Muten Roshi (base, max power)
  27) Nam
  28) Giran
  29) #8
  30) Norimaki Arale
  31) Pilaf Machine (base, merged)
  32) General Blue
  33) Taopaipai
  34) Taopaipai: Cyborg
  35) Commander Black (with Battle Jacket)
  36) Tambourine
  37) Cymbal
  38) Drum
  39) Piccolo Daimao
  40) Raditz
  41) Nappa
  42) Saibaman
  43) Kiwi
  44) Dodoria
  45) Zarbon (base, transformed)
  46) Freeza (1st, 2nd, 3rd, Final Form, Full Power)
  47) Mecha Freeza
  48) King Cold
  49) #16
  50) #17
  51) #18
  52) #19
  53) #20/Dr. Gero
  54) Cell Jr.
  55) Cell (1st, 2nd, Perfect, Super Perfect)
  56) Dabra
  57) Majin Boo: Innocent/Good
  58) Majin Boo: Pure Evil
  59) Majin Boo: Evil (Piccolo, Gotenks, Gohan absorbed)
  60) Majin Boo: Pure
  61) Rild (base, merged, metal)
  62) Baby (boy, adult form)
  63) Vegeta-Baby (base, Super 1, Super 2)
  64) Super #17
  65) San Xing Long
  66) Si Xing Long (base, true form)
  67) Yi Xing Long (base, super)
  68) Bardock (base, SS)
  69) Paikuhan
  70) Garlic Jr. (base, super)
  71) Dr. Uiro
  72) Tullece
  73) Slug
  74) Coola (normal, final form)
  75) Metal Coola
  76) #13 (base, merged)
  77) Broli (base, SS, LSS)
  78) Bojack (base, super)
  79) Bio-Broli
  80) Super Janenba
  81) Aka
  82) Chilled
  83) Beers
  84) Whis

*Teen/Adult Gohan should have his GT appearance as an alternative, and GT Goten & Trunks should have their 28th TB appearances.

That's the smallest & most complete roster that includes the most important characters from DB/Z/GT/Movies/Specials.

[Blade]

First trailer and screenshots loook really hot!!

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... yK1_rEWBII

Box Art


Screenshots and Art

The model anti-aliasing on those screenshots

From what we've seen so far the game looks like it only runs to the Freeza arc - which is kinda disappointing, especially when it seems that the Super Saiyan God form has been inexplicably lumped in.

[GogetaSSJ2]

If this game really did have the luxury of having a longer development time, it should be spent making it the best and most engaging Dragon Ball Z video game. Wasting that extra time on shoving in a buttload of characters would be the most moronic move they could make.

The Raging Blast & Ultimate Blast rosters were bad. Raging Blast 2 had a nice roster, but it didn't have DB & GT. For me, the ideal roster would be this:

• 1) Son Goku: DB
  2) Son Goku: Z (base, SS, SS2, SS3, SSG)
  3) Son Goku: GT (base, SS, SS3, SS4)
  4) Son Gohan: Kid
  5) Son Gohan: Boy (base, SS, SS2)
  6) Son Gohan: Teen/Adult* (base, SS, SS2, Great Saiyaman, Ultimate)
  7) Son Gohan: Future (base, SS)
  8 ) Son Goten (base, SS)
  9) Son Goten: GT* (base, SS)
  10) Pan
  11) Vegeta (base, SS, SSG2, SS2, Majin)
  12) Vegeta: GT (base, SS, SS2, SS4)
  13) Trunks: Future (base, SS, SSG3)
  14) Trunks (base, SS)
  15) Trunks: GT* (base, SS)
  16) Gotenks (base, SS, SS3)
  17) Vegetto (base, SS)
  18) Gogeta (SS, SS4)
  19) Oob: GT (base, Super)
  20) Piccolo
  21) Kuririn: DB
  22) Kuririn: Z
  23) Yamcha
  24) Tenshinhan
  25) Chaozu
  26) Muten Roshi (base, max power)
  27) Nam
  28) Giran
  29) #8
  30) Norimaki Arale
  31) Pilaf Machine (base, merged)
  32) General Blue
  33) Taopaipai
  34) Taopaipai: Cyborg
  35) Commander Black (with Battle Jacket)
  36) Tambourine
  37) Cymbal
  38) Drum
  39) Piccolo Daimao
  40) Raditz
  41) Nappa
  42) Saibaman
  43) Kiwi
  44) Dodoria
  45) Zarbon (base, transformed)
  46) Freeza (1st, 2nd, 3rd, Final Form, Full Power)
  47) Mecha Freeza
  48) King Cold
  49) #16
  50) #17
  51) #18
  52) #19
  53) #20/Dr. Gero
  54) Cell Jr.
  55) Cell (1st, 2nd, Perfect, Super Perfect)
  56) Dabra
  57) Majin Boo: Innocent/Good
  58) Majin Boo: Pure Evil
  59) Majin Boo: Evil (Piccolo, Gotenks, Gohan absorbed)
  60) Majin Boo: Pure
  61) Rild (base, merged, metal)
  62) Baby (boy, adult form)
  63) Vegeta-Baby (base, Super 1, Super 2)
  64) Super #17
  65) San Xing Long
  66) Si Xing Long (base, true form)
  67) Yi Xing Long (base, super)
  68) Bardock (base, SS)
  69) Paikuhan
  70) Garlic Jr. (base, super)
  71) Dr. Uiro
  72) Tullece
  73) Slug
  74) Coola (normal, final form)
  75) Metal Coola
  76) #13 (base, merged)
  77) Broli (base, SS, LSS)
  78) Bojack (base, super)
  79) Bio-Broli
  80) Super Janenba
  81) Aka
  82) Chilled
  83) Beers
  84) Whis

*Teen/Adult Gohan should have his GT appearance as an alternative, and GT Goten & Trunks should have their 28th TB appearances.

That's the smallest & most complete roster that includes the most important characters from DB/Z/GT/Movies/Specials.

I can live without the Dragon Ball characters because they would be out of place with the fast paced stylized fighting DBZ is famous for. However, it would be an absolute dream if we get all those GT characters on this list.

[Silkman3003]

@Blade and Vamp

they could just be slowly revealing the characters and sagas as the upcoming months go by. The first ultimate tenkaichi trailer didn't reveal characters from the buu saga.

[Saiga]

My ideal roster would probably be 70 characters at most, including movie and GT characters.

[GogetaSSJ2]

1 trailer and a few scans.......

Or they could just.. you know..be slowly revealing the characters and sagas as the upcoming months go by.

Don't look at me, I buy every Dragon Ball Z game that comes out. DBZ games are my guilty pleasure

[Rukura]

how long does it usually take b4 the developers of a z game are "officially" revealed?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2AW8iL_pos - At 1:25, 4th line from the top, it says "Developed by ARTDINK". I guess it's as much of an official reveal as we need.

Seems like they've been around for quite a while (1988) but have been doing a lot of mecha games lately (Gundam, Macross, so forth). Don't know what to think from it, since I haven't really played any of them. The fact that it isn't Spike anymore is totally exciting to me.

[Jaetinh]

Fuck me, no Chaozu. Why add more minor villians and exclude a member of the Z-warriors.

Two years Namco, TWO years. Looks like the story mode will be shorter with battles because the just threw everything in one match with 4 v 4.

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

From what we've seen so far the game looks like it only runs to the Freeza arc - which is kinda disappointing, especially when it seems that the Super Saiyan God form has been inexplicably lumped in.

That's a hell of an assumption to make after ONE trailer. Obviously they're not gonna want to reveal everything at once. The whole 'Super Saiyans God thing' is probably just a teaser for what's to come.

Remember the initial trailer for Ultimate Tenkaichi's story mode? Only went up to Cell, but the game goes all the way to GT?

First trailer and screenshots loook really hot!!

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... yK1_rEWBII

Couple of pages late, mate.

[SSJ6Goku]

That box art probably isn't real. It looks like someone's literally slapped on some logos to the image that was revealed.

true, it says provisional. i think it looks good tho. i would not mind it gracing my tv stand

From what we've seen so far the game looks like it only runs to the Freeza arc - which is kinda disappointing, especially when it seems that the Super Saiyan God form has been inexplicably lumped in.

That's impossible since Super Saiyan God is in it. I think it will have all of DBZ, including the Majin Buu arc.

[songohan619]

Okay, guys, seriously, we haven`t even known about this game for a week, and you`re already complaining about the fact that we haven`t seen a lot of characters, and because of that, the roster will be small? CHILL! There will probably be more characters announced, you know, LATER! xD

[omegalucas]

Teaser website is up: http://dbzboz.bngames.net/e/
Apparently there will be no offline coop... it says "Number of Players: 1 (1-8 for Online play)"

Also, battle damage is in the game.

[Saiyan Prince Vegeta]

Oh man! That would suck! It makes sense though, I can't imagine how awkward it would be to play split screen with 8 players. I just hope they give us 2 player offline.