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

pandamix · Post by **pandamix** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:19 am

Of course there will be no animated cutscenes besides the opening.

DBZAOTA482 · Post by **DBZAOTA482** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:29 am

I hope Hironobu Kageyama makes a return.

DBZGTKOSDH · Post by **DBZGTKOSDH** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:34 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote:I hope Hironobu Kageyama makes a return.

We'll get Flow. BUT, he will return for J-Stars Victory VS, along with the 2 guys that sung the 1st openings of One Piece & Toriko respectively.

dbboxkaifan · Post by **dbboxkaifan** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:59 pm

Namco Bandai has shared a new image and looks graphically nice:

pandamix wrote:Of course there will be no animated cutscenes besides the opening.

* Opening
* Shen Long cutscene
* Polunga cutscene
* Credits

I'm guessing these will all be there, dunno about some actual animated cutscene (not counting the opening).

It would be nice if Namco Bandai bundled one of the Dragon Ball specials like... the 2008 OVA (Goku and Friends Return) like they've done before (2011-2012).

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:07 pm

GogetaSSJ2 wrote:I'm interested in seeing how BoZ will do sales wise the 1st week its out. Anybody have any good educated guesses?

I think it will do alright. I think it might do well enough to give us a sequel in 2016.

Drev · Post by **Drev** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:10 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:
GogetaSSJ2 wrote:I'm interested in seeing how BoZ will do sales wise the 1st week its out. Anybody have any good educated guesses?
I think it will do alright. I think it might do well enough to give us a sequel in 2016.

rb and rb2 are just one year from one another, so Boz 2 or zenkai porting should come in 2015, i guess

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:31 pm

It took two years for them to make BOZ. I guess Namco Bandai will start doing DBZ games once every two years now which I think they should have done after 2008 or 2009.

Drev · Post by **Drev** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:01 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:It took two years for them to make BOZ. I guess Namco Bandai will start doing DBZ games once every two years now which I think they should have done after 2008 or 2009.

Because it’s a new game. RB2 is not a new game compared to RB1, it’s an improvement on various aspects but still (a) RB1 improvement.

What about Vegetto and Bardock DLC for Japan?

EXBadguy · Post by **EXBadguy** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:18 pm

Found some interesting stuff! http://youtu.be/0KAZk79V3Oo

Credit goes to IKevinX. Proves that most of the characters on the game play differently.

DarkPrince_92 · Post by **DarkPrince_92** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:19 pm

All characters, max stats and card amounts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tW3FIjsQNw

So SSJ Bardock ain't shit, like I figured, and Beerus is OP... like I figured.

thatdbzguy · Post by **thatdbzguy** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:33 pm

DarkPrince_92 wrote:All characters, max stats and card amounts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tW3FIjsQNw

So SSJ Bardock ain't shit, like I figured, and Beerus is OP... like I figured.

I don't understand how normal Bardock is more powerful than SSJ Bardock.

JeffJarrett · Post by **JeffJarrett** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:10 pm

The video was useless, everything is in the description:

Spoiler:

LordMoonstone · Post by **LordMoonstone** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:54 am

Regardless of this chaospunishment's reputation, you're all devolving to power level comparisons lol. This says nothing about their kit. Krillin is ultimately useless without his heal and unblockable super. Take into consideration that their stats aren't reflective of their moves. I'm anticipating that every character will fill some role somewhere (hopefully). This is all conjecture at this point, but given my lengthy experience with the demo, people like Krillin are unexpectedly useful because of their kit, not their card amounts.

These numbers also don't take into consideration items, or the two final card slots, which seem to be varying abilities such as Guldo or Chaotzu's cards draining Energy from connecting melee/ki blast hits. With only four characters that play totally different (from the Saiyan saga no less), I can only hope that as their techniques spread the characters will become even more varied. Hell, how do we know Guldo won't be broken with his time-stopping ability? Or Buu turning people into candy? It doesn't matter how strong they are if you use their kit correctly.

Drev · Post by **Drev** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:31 am

LordMoonstone wrote:Regardless of this chaospunishment's reputation, you're all devolving to power level comparisons lol. This says nothing about their kit. Krillin is ultimately useless without his heal and unblockable super. Take into consideration that their stats aren't reflective of their moves. I'm anticipating that every character will fill some role somewhere (hopefully). This is all conjecture at this point, but given my lengthy experience with the demo, people like Krillin are unexpectedly useful because of their kit, not their card amounts.

These numbers also don't take into consideration items, or the two final card slots, which seem to be varying abilities such as Guldo or Chaotzu's cards draining Energy from connecting melee/ki blast hits. With only four characters that play totally different (from the Saiyan saga no less), I can only hope that as their techniques spread the characters will become even more varied. Hell, how do we know Guldo won't be broken with his time-stopping ability? Or Buu turning people into candy? It doesn't matter how strong they are if you use their kit correctly.

agree

Post by **VegettoEX** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:34 am

Drev wrote:agree

You don't need to post just to say you agree

. I'd love to hear more on the subject. Make sure you really have something to say before making a post.

Metrite · Post by **Metrite** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:01 pm

Question: Are ssj Bardock and ssj Vegetto that you get by pre-ordering this game at GameStop/Best Buy just means of immediate unlocking? As in, you can still get them both eventually by playing through the game? Or is this a case where you'll have to pay extra to get the full roster? If so, I will be quite disappointed, and praying they don't make make a habit of that. Something like Sage Costume Goku I don't mind, but having the actual characters from the story missing makes it feel like I'm buying an incomplete game (especially if it's any of that BS where they're on the disc, but you have to pay just to unlock them

). Speaking of the Sage Goku bonus, do you get that from both places? I fully paid for the game a couple months ago at GameStop, so I guess I'll be getting codes for ssj Bardock and Sage Goku?

Post by **VegettoEX** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:07 pm

There's really no clarification yet. If I had to assume, you'd get immediate access to SSJ Bardock / Super Vegetto (depending on who you're getting) right from the start, immediately selectable in whatever mode you can select them.

As for the Naruto costume, that's something that comes with the game itself. It should be a code inside the game box. It will come with the first-pressing of the game regardless of who you purchase it from, even if it's not Best Buy or GameStop.

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:22 pm

As far as the Sage Mode Goku is conserned, I can say you get both him and Bardock when you pre-order at Gamestop and I'm assuming you'd get both Vegetto and Goku at Best Buy too. Like VegettoEX said, it will probably be a download code that comes with early releases of the game.

As for Vegetto and Bardock, I'm assuming Namco-Bandai will do what they did with Soul Calibur IV. If you don't remember, the PS3 version got Darth Vader and the 360 got Yoda. After a few months or something the opposite character was available for purchase for both systems. The scary thing was that it was a $5 purchase. I imagine with this being a Dragonball game, the price(if it's not free) will be significantly cheaper.

LordMoonstone · Post by **LordMoonstone** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:36 pm

SparkyPantsMcGee wrote:As for Vegetto and Bardock, I'm assuming Namco-Bandai will do what they did with Soul Calibur IV. If you don't remember, the PS3 version got Darth Vader and the 360 got Yoda. After a few months or something the opposite character was available for purchase for both systems. The scary thing was that it was a $5 purchase. I imagine with this being a Dragonball game, the price(if it's not free) will be significantly cheaper.

Yeah -- given Namco-Bandai's past outings, it's safe to assume that both characters are on the disc, and you get a code to unlock one of them. Recently they've been doing free DLC with their Gundam titles in Japan, so I believe that we'll see both characters available in that form a few months out from release. Or as SparkyPantsMcGee mentioned, they might be paid, but I don't foresee it past $2.99. Probably going to be $1.99 if I had to bet on it. I wouldn't sweat worrying about exclusive DLC. It's a stupid gimmick, but you'll get your characters one way or the other.

I'm curious, has it been confirmed that they'll be providing DLC characters in the future? I remember hearing this floating around but couldn't pin it down to a direct source.

thatdbzguy · Post by **thatdbzguy** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:47 pm

Not sure if this has been talked about yet, but Famitsu gave the game a 32/40.

Let it be known that they had previously given Ultimate Tenkaichi a 31/40.

Kanzenshuu

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