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RandomGuy96 Since: Apr, 2014
#6427: May 16th 2014 at 1:28:51 AM

It will have to stop at the Cell Arc.

It is tradition.

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#6428: May 16th 2014 at 5:43:55 AM

A tradition for every new Dragon Ball game on a New Console...?

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#6429: May 16th 2014 at 6:37:28 AM

[up][up] What tradition? Since 2004 practically every Dragon Ball fighting has gone from the Saiyan Arc to the Buu Arc and beyond (i.e. GT and Movies) Only Burst Limit and Budokai 1 ended at the Cell Arc.

Honestly, I'm praying this is Budokai Tenkaichi 4. But I doubt it...

edited 16th May '14 8:49:01 AM by FireShadow

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#6430: May 16th 2014 at 9:08:08 AM

That's the tradition.

The first PS 2 DBZ Fighting game, Budokai 1, ends at Cell.

The first PS 3 DBZ Fighting game, Burst Limit, also ends at Cell.

The first PS 4 DBZ Fighting game has to end at Cell. It's tradition. Then there will be sequels that add Buu, and then the movies, and then possibly GT/DB if they feel generous, and then the first PS 5 DBZ game will cut all of that out and end at Cell.

edited 16th May '14 9:09:52 AM by TobiasDrake

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#6431: May 16th 2014 at 11:01:43 AM

Well, it's not a very good tradition. In fact, if they follow it, it'll be a no-buy from me because roster reduction is completely fucking pointless.

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#6432: May 16th 2014 at 11:19:12 AM

It makes sense for a game made on a new console. They can't just port over the last game and then add a few new guys and mechanics to it, they have to start the entire thing over from scratch.

edited 16th May '14 11:19:25 AM by TobiasDrake

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#6433: May 16th 2014 at 11:58:52 AM

But the first Dragon Ball game for the new a console (Play Station 1), Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (Which is fucking terrible), didn't end at the Cell Arc did it? So this "tradition" is just pure coincidence.

In other Dragon Ball Video Game related news, Battle Of Z (Remember that game?) shipped 620000 copies worldwide, that's more than what Raging Blast 2 shipped! That's a pretty impressive number considering how underwhelming the game is.

edited 16th May '14 12:41:05 PM by FireShadow

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#6434: May 16th 2014 at 5:58:59 PM

From what I've heard from people that have played the game it's actually a lot of fun, but it really needs online to shine so I don't think I'll be trying it out myself with my poor internet.

Interested in seeing what this new game is like. I won't mind if it ends at Cell because as much as I like the Boo arc characters and forms the more you cover the less work each part will receive.

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#6435: May 16th 2014 at 7:35:05 PM

Although, really, I'm just hoping that the Dragon Ball Online classes will be playable.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#6436: May 16th 2014 at 8:33:10 PM

I don't remember them even having names beyond 'Male Fighter' and 'Female Martial Artist'. Dragonball Online was a failure, everything about that game is going to wither and it's a damn shame.

Then again, Dragonball Heroes is going into SSJ 3 Trunks/Broly/Frieza what-if territory, so maybe they'll take something from DBO.

edited 16th May '14 8:35:05 PM by Soble

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#6437: May 16th 2014 at 9:12:23 PM

SSJ 3 Frieza?

...that is so ridiculously impossible that I want it to be a thing.

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#6438: May 16th 2014 at 9:16:13 PM

[up][up]With customization, of course. :p

I imagined my fighters as having kind of unique styles and I want to choose unusual combinations of special moves to reflect that.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#6439: May 16th 2014 at 10:28:29 PM

Hey, is that red-haired guy in that new scan a custom character? Is that coming back? Also, is it just me or is that some sort of in-depth story mode I see in those screenshots?

edited 16th May '14 10:28:54 PM by Rinsankajugin

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#6440: May 16th 2014 at 10:32:22 PM

[up] I would say he's a custom character, yes. That alone will probably draw me into buying it, because I really really want a satisfying CaC. Ultimate Tenkaichi's version was a good start, but it's a long way off what it could be.

I also hope we get an indepth story mode. Even though Budokai 1 is over a decade old we still haven't had cutscenes like it.

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#6441: May 17th 2014 at 5:07:16 AM

[up](x5) Dragon Ball Online had great classes. There was so much diversity and variety in that game that it makes it all the more sad that got shut down last year and was never released outside of Asia.

As far as the classes go, this was how it was structured in Dragon Ball Online:

  • The Human Races (Male or Female):
    • Martial Artist - Warriors that specialize primarily in martial arts rather than utilizing their ki. Being a primarily melee class, Martial Artists generally focus on delivering damage within short range of their opponents. Wolf Fang Fist, Rock, Scissors 'N' Paper, Concentrated Kamehameha, Energy Barrage are in the Martial Artist skill tree
      • Fighter - An advanced version of a Martial Artist
      • Sword Master - Pretty self explanatory
    • Spiritualist - Mystics that specialize in spiritual, ki-based techniques and bleed damage. Krillin's Destructo Disk, the Kamehameha, and Yamcha's Spirit Ball in the Spiritualist skill tree.
      • Turtle Hermit - An advanced version of a Spiritualist and are equipped with rods to fight
      • Crane Hermit - An advanced version of a Spiritualist and are equipped with fans to fight
    • Engineer - Mechanics and inventors who build weapons and utilize technology.
      • Gun Maniac - An advanced version of Engineer that can create weapon machinery
      • Mech Maniac - An advanced version of Engineer that can create giant robot

  • The Namekian Races (Male only, duh):
    • Dragon Clan - Members of the Namekian support caste which have abilities that pertain to magic, such as Kami. Antenna Beam, Energy Cannon, Energy Bullets, Super Energy Bullets, among various healing buffs are part of the Dragon Clan skill tree.
      • Dende Priest - A master class with more powerful healing abilities
      • Poko Priest - A master class that grants them summoning abilities to bring forth monsters that do their bidding, similar to King Piccolo.
    • Warrior - Warriors balance weak, long-raged spiritual attacks and average physical attacks, but may later learn more powerful skills. The Warrior class and its master classes excel in high defense. Piccolo's Masenko, Charged Masenko, Special Beam Cannon, Mystic Attack, Mouth Energy Wave are a part of the Warrior skill tree. Warriors are balanced with decent strength, stuns and long-range energy attacks.
      • Shadow Knight - The Shadow Knight sub-class utilizes axe weapons and can deliver critical, long-ranged "area-of-effect" spiritual damage.
      • Dark Warrior - The Dark Warrior sub-class is comparable to Piccolo in the later arcs of Dragon Ball manga, and use Claw weapons, which grant them access to stronger physical skills than the previous Warrior class. Dark Warriors can additionally learn Piccolo's Hellzone Grenade, and Dragon's Punishment, which restores life points based on the percentage of damage dealt.

  • The Majin Races (Male or Female):
    • Wonder Majin - Techniques used by Wonder Majins that have appeared previously in official media are Kid Buu's "Imitation" Kamehameha and Vanishing Ball, along with the Super Vanishing Ball variation; Super Buu's Galactic Donut and Human Extinction Attack.
      • Plasma Majin - Increased strength in all department and wears a cool mask
      • Karma Majin - Increased strength in all departments and has an orbitar
    • Mighty Majin - Mighty Majins buffs pertain solely to defensive and have a balanced number of spiritual and physical attack, some with long range. These Majins have healing abilities that restore life-points and cure player effects like poison.
      • Ultimate Majin - An advanced class that use musical instruments
      • Grand Chef Majin - An advanced class that use clubs and food

Just out of curiosity, which race and class would you choose?

edited 17th May '14 5:08:07 AM by FireShadow

AfroWarrior27 Since: Apr, 2013
#6442: May 17th 2014 at 7:27:16 AM

She never did anything important in Dragon Ball either. There never really was a place for her in the show except for getting seats in the tournament.

So helping against against the Red Ribbon Army isn't important?

edited 17th May '14 11:35:49 AM by AfroWarrior27

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#6443: May 17th 2014 at 8:08:53 AM

[up][up]My characters before the shutdown were a female Karma Majin and a Poko Priest.

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RandomGuy96 Since: Apr, 2014
#6444: May 17th 2014 at 1:48:22 PM

[up][up] Oh she battled the RRA soldiers? I didn't get into original Dragon Ball that much until Tien showed up. Well I guess she was more important than Chiaotzu, or however the fuck you spell it.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#6445: May 17th 2014 at 2:16:31 PM

[up](x4)

Majins. I saw a video where they were able to transform into a Kid Buu form. :)

[up](x8)

Well now that you mention it, I'd be amused if there's Character Creator that lets you select hairstyles for different races. Create a "Frieza Race" with SSJ 3 hair.

edited 17th May '14 2:18:27 PM by Soble

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#6446: May 17th 2014 at 3:33:13 PM

[up]Yup, humans could go Super Saiyan, namekians could turn giant like Piccolo and Slug, and majins turned Pure. It got a bit weird if you were a female majin. :p

Apparently Pure Majins didn't have much control over themselves in-universe, either. I remember doing an early quest where I had to accompany someone to fight one that I think was going rogue – it wasn't translated at the time I did it. Of course, this didn't apply to you if you were one... getting the transformation from the Dragon Balls might have something to do with that.

edited 17th May '14 3:34:58 PM by BaffleBlend

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#6447: May 17th 2014 at 6:10:40 PM

How many Time Travel quests were there? How far did the story get before it shut down?

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#6448: May 17th 2014 at 6:41:31 PM

[up]I didn't get that far main-storywise. That quest I mentioned was just one of many, many sidequests.

The last update was, to my knowledge, another faction added to Miira's army — a mutated race of half-Perfect Cell-half-spider/scorpion things and they're exactly as disturbing as they sound.

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#6449: May 18th 2014 at 9:15:43 PM

I have questions about DB-. How did Raditz find Goku if there was no official record about Goku's trip in Freiza's operation records and did he just assume Goku was sent to conquer Earth?

edited 18th May '14 9:16:00 PM by theweirdKiddokun

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#6450: May 19th 2014 at 6:12:34 AM

[up]wild mass guessWhen Bardock realized that Raditz wouldn't be back to Planet Vegeta, he used the Scouter to tell Raditz about Kakarotto, so Raditz could know that his brother was still alive.wild mass guess

edited 19th May '14 6:13:02 AM by Fizzo


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