"Sparking! NEO" (PS2/Wii)

AceSharp · Post by **AceSharp** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:44 pm

I liked the animation on the Cell cover, but I still think they could pull off something much better.

All three seem really... unoriginal.

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:03 pm

That picture of Trunks won't be the final cover; it's more like a place holder until the art is done. That's more like an example of what it will be like, only it will be much more detailed.

m121akuma · Post by **m121akuma** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:09 am

Not necessarily a bad concept, for once, but poorly executed. Hopefully the final will look better. I'm sure the Japanese cover will shit all over it anyway.

Leotaku · Post by **Leotaku** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:17 am

Demi wrote:
Leotaku wrote:Ugh. I hope that's not the final cover at all.
It doesn't even look like the hand matches the rest of him. For one, it's not shaded at all, and I don't even know if it's using the same skintone.
Who even holds their sword like that? When you look at how the rest of his body is, the hand being posed like that is just awkward.

Jebus. Who the heck makes these things??
He's holding it like that, 'cause in the larger version of that pic you can see Kid Goku, Goku and SSJ4 Goku reflected in his sword.
Personaly, i love the box art.

No no, I don't mean how the sword is positioned like that, I meant how his hand (and arm, I guess) is posed. I mean, try doing that exact pose in the mirror, the whole thing, not just the arm and hand; it's just totally unnatural.

If he was more hunched over, and so that his hand wasn't bent at a 90 degree angle to do that pose, I wouldn't have mentioned it.

AceSharp · Post by **AceSharp** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:50 am

I refer you to this link here... http://www.dbzonps2.com/forums/index.ph ... opic=26037

Now that is a nice cover. Lets hope we get something like this for the overseas release.

majinrod153 · Post by **majinrod153** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:53 am

The cover and pics were found here http://www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi-game/407 ... 66/#771987

Omega_57 · Post by **Omega_57** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:38 am

In the Netherlands we got the Japanese cover of "Sparking!", so I'm hoping we get the Japanese version of "Sparking Neo!" as well

Maphisto86 · Post by **Maphisto86** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:07 am

Damn! Why doesen't Atari just use the same cover art with a different title !? It's the same game anyway!?

P.S. I'm a member of DBZonPS2's forums as well. My screename there is Highlander

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sangofe · Post by **sangofe** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:10 am

Hmm...
Found a video where ADULT goku goes SSJ4:

http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/dbz+tenk ... enkaichi-2

Edit:
The second part of this clip, contains the LIVE of Hikari no Willpower.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:20 am

majinrod153 wrote:The cover and pics were found here http://www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi-game/407 ... 66/#771987

Now that is a nice cover. I hope this or something very close to it will be the final box art. One thing I find with the differences between the Japanese and American covers is that the American ones tend to be more action-oriented. Take Super DBZ for example. American cover: Vegeta blasting at Goku on a dark background; Japanese cover: all the of immediately selectable characters, brightly coloured and in cool poses, with an orange backdrop of Shen Long. See the difference?

Man, am I glad that Europe got the rights for the Japanese covers! Sparking!, Advanced Adventure, Super DBZ... you get the idea.

And before that, the custom European covers were cool, too.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:07 am

No no, I don't mean how the sword is positioned like that, I meant how his hand (and arm, I guess) is posed. I mean, try doing that exact pose in the mirror, the whole thing, not just the arm and hand; it's just totally unnatural.

Have you ever even watched the show?

99.9% of the motions and positions they do in the series are completely and utterly unnatural and physically impossible. Vegeta's BBA pose, for example. His hand is at a perfect 90' angle.

And, I doubt that's the final version of the cover. Those look like the concept covers. And personally, I think the Trunks one is cool. Even if that is the way the final version will look. I think a lot of you just aren't happy unless you're complaining about something.

kvon · Post by **kvon** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:16 pm

sangofe wrote:Hmm...
Found a video where ADULT goku goes SSJ4:

http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/dbz+tenk ... enkaichi-2

Edit:
The second part of this clip, contains the LIVE of Hikari no Willpower.

Isn't that clip just a compilation of Sparking! NEO preview clips from a while ago? The first part was during a demonstration with Ryo Mito at Gamespot. The idea about Goku transforming into SSJ4 was still intact at that time. But that was a while ago. Now, all screenshots indicate SSJ4 Goku as separate a character.

Edit: Finally! Gohan gets to be in the cover with everybody else (it looks like all of the Z-Fighters)! And shockingly, not a single villain in the cover. (Except maybe Piccolo and Vegeta.)

Demi · Post by **Demi** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:32 pm

http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/edigi-ga ... 58294.jpeg
Now that is a very nice cover. I love that Tien and Yamcha get to be on it. Trunks should be a little high up though, can barely notice him.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:57 pm

It's really colourful as well, even moreso than Super DBZ.

The only quibble I have with it is that the background is kinda plain.

Thanos6 · Post by **Thanos6** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:15 pm

They should have used older Gohan and thrown in Goten and chibi Trunks, too.

TheMajinRedComet · Post by **TheMajinRedComet** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:52 pm

This game should be interesting ... 130 character/tranformations, I like the sound of that.

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:41 am

Japanese cover ftw. Seriously, it seems like every other game relating to the DBZ fighting games that Atari brings up has an awful cover since Budokai 3.

Budokai 3 - Waaaay too plain.

"Budokai Tenkaichi" - Fairly decent.

Shin Budokai - Craptastic. Really badly drawn face of someone done with Flash and Goku drawn out of proportion (looks like Broli's chest with Goku's head and arms).

Super Dragon Ball Z - Many say it sucks, but I think it looks neat. The art and layout is fine, though the only irritating thing is the usual focus on just Goku and Vegeta (LOL SUPR SAYANZ!!)

"Budokai Tenkaichi 2" - Blech. I certainly hope this is only a temp job. Last thing we need is mixed artwork. DO NOT WANT Beckett/FUNimation drawn Trunks mixed with Toriyama's kid Goku. Hell, they're even using the usual art of Goku from movie 6 and a basic Super Saiyan 4 image.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:32 am

I really like the japanese Sparking 2 cover, but why use everyone's Cell Saga forms? Why not the ones from the Buu episodes?

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:15 am

Chuquita wrote:I really like the japanese Sparking 2 cover, but why use everyone's Cell Saga forms? Why not the ones from the Buu episodes?

Cause then Yamcha wouldn't be on the cover due to him qutting his training, Kuririn would have toned down his training after settling down and Tenshinhan would have been covered in obscurity due to only appearing when Boo was about to kill Gohan.

The Cell Saga forms are pretty much at a point where everyone at least did *something*, even if they weren't anything compared to the Super Saiyans.

Leotaku · Post by **Leotaku** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:02 am

Xyex wrote:
No no, I don't mean how the sword is positioned like that, I meant how his hand (and arm, I guess) is posed. I mean, try doing that exact pose in the mirror, the whole thing, not just the arm and hand; it's just totally unnatural.
Have you ever even watched the show? 99.9% of the motions and positions they do in the series are completely and utterly unnatural and physically impossible. Vegeta's BBA pose, for example. His hand is at a perfect 90' angle.

And, I doubt that's the final version of the cover. Those look like the concept covers. And personally, I think the Trunks one is cool. Even if that is the way the final version will look. I think a lot of you just aren't happy unless you're complaining about something.

I'd take the Big Bang Attack over that sword holidng pose any day. It's still more natural than that cover; it's like when someone goes, "Talk to the hand", you know?

The PERFECT 90 degree angle is still awkward in either pose, but I think the Big Bang Attack as a whole is still much more natural than that cover.

Hey, I'm not saying I'm judging the game at all on the cover, or that the cover will detract from my enjoyment of the game, or deter me from buying it. Like some people who think of picking up a Japanese version because the english version of whatever game only hass dub voices.
Heck, I've seen some people (not here) avoid buying a game because it's the GREATEST HITS version, with the "ugly red label".

The topic had shifted to talking about the cover; so I threw my opinion in. And I don't like it, so my opinion isn't going to be positive.