Dragon Ball Fighters announced for PS4, Xbox One, and PC

According to a press release from Bandai Namco Japan, a new title of the Dragon Ball franchise would arrive in early 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.

[gangsta_red]

Wow, a Dragon Ball game by Arc System Works?? I think this is the first time in yeeeeeeeears that I am actually excited for a new DB fighting game

[sinjonezp]

I know for myself every time I played Blaz or Guilty Gear, I think to myself, (what if arc made a dbz game? That would be incredible!) and here we are, about to have it in less than a year. Beyond excited for this.

[PurpHerbison]

It will be the first time in years that DBZ sees a real traditional fighting game. Those Naruto style 3rd fighters never did DBZ justice. This title is about 5-10 years too late for me but I am eager to spectate the highest level of play.

[gangsta_red]

Agreed, I liked the way they looked but never liked the rock, paper, scissors style gameplay those anime type games had.

I also seriously hope they don't fill the roster up with the same characters. For example, Goku, Goku SS, Goku SS2 and so on. I always hated the DBZ games that did that. Make it to where you build meter and then transform to SS. Same goes with the villains of DBZ.

[TheOttomatic91]

Are you fucking serious? This is AWESOME!!!!!! I'm absolutely in love with the idea of Arc System Works making a Dragon Ball fighting game in the vein of Guilty Gear Xrd

[PurpHerbison]

If only Capcom would just give up and let ASW make a new Darkstalkers.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Nice this is great news!

Is this 100% confirmed? There's no Switch version

That's actually sort of surprising considering Xenoverse 2 got ported.

I wonder if it's because the game is much more demanding. These games don't really look that Demanding so who knows.

[sinjonezp]

Have to disagree. I have a Gtx 970 and can play Tekken 7 at 1440p. I play blaz or GG and the frame rate crawls. The anime styles when they cut to supers or player intros are extremely taxing on the gpu not to forget that the backgrounds are extremely detailed. If they got it running on switch with a decent frame rate and reso I would be impressed.

[_-EDMIX-_]

That might have to do with the optimization of the game.

Consider the first game was running on the PlayStation 3 and 360 in the second game doesn't really look that different.

https://youtu.be/_krLdDwjOH...

But I'm not sure how much more demanding the second game really is you're probably correct it might be much more demanding to run then I really know of. I'm just Going off of assumption.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Not surprising because they did Dragon Ball Extreme Butoden and the One Piece Fighting game for 3DS.
And Harada stated on Twitter that Namco is strict about the games they have for Switch.

Arc System Works has a BLAZBLUE game coming to Switch.

[Godmars290]

Nintendo hasn't been in the tech war aspect of the console war since the SNES. If even then. Sony, if not Phillips, messed them up that badly.

No matter what's been said, the Switch just isn't up to par to the XB1 or PS4. Nevermind Pro or Scorpio.

EDIT:
Maybe there'll be a Switch port a year or less afterwards? Announced sometime after this reveal?

That said, really wish Arc Syatems would make a JRPG that uses their version of the UE.

[nOoka]

Looks cool

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Besides Blazblue and Guilty Gear, they also did the DBZ Supersonic warrior games on DS and those were pretty damn good. I'm excited to see what they do with this game.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Same, they have a good reputation in regards to making quality fighting games so I definitely I'm looking forward to this game.

[Pookandpie]

I loved Guilty Gear for years, and BlazBlue became my thing for a while, too.

I did not know they did Supersonic Warriors, though. Supersonic Warriors 2 was my *jam*. My friends and I played it all the time, and I'd use Piccolo and Krillin all the time.

Even now when we chat on Discord, or something, I'll shout out, "This is the result of my training!" when I do something right and one of my friends will yell at me for it because he *hated* Krillin due to how often I used that attack, haha.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

They did the 3DS game as well. They also did this One Piece game. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[subtenko]

So how would this compare to xenoverse 2? (i only own xenoverse 1)

[TC731]

Xenoverse 2 is basically X1 with a larger, more up-to-date cast and a bigger hub world. This looks to be more like a traditional fighter.

[Pookandpie]

Xenoverse 1 is a 3D DB fighting game, and XV2 is basically that but significantly improved (seriously, I enjoyed the hell out of XV2 and it had fewer flaws than the first).

This is most likely going to be a traditional fighting game a la Guilty Gear or BlazBlue because Arc System Works is making it, and those are their signature fighting series.

[GameBoyColor]

something like the difference between budokai vs budokai tenkaichi

[Princess_Pilfer]

Xenoverse/ Xenoverse 2 are basically Dissidia Final Fantasy. but Dragonball. It's intended to simulate the battles as shown in the cutscenes/shows (respectively.)

What Arc Systems does is more traditional 2d fighters concerned with "proper" fighting game mechanics, More along the lines of Street Fighter or Marvel VS Capcom.

[ShadowWolf712]

...Xenoverse plays nothing like Dissidia. lol

[Princess_Pilfer]

Yes, yes it does. It's mechanically deeper which enables more varied strategies and (in this case) requires more physical skill, granted, but otherwise they're very similar.

3d Chasecam? Check.
Moves you equip to limited slots? Check.
Transformations that make you super dangerous but for a limited time (or with a downside as with SSJ)? Check.
Strong inventive to chain from long strings of low damage (or bravery damage) attacks into HP (or ultimate) attacks? Check.
Strategies that revolve specifically around "breaking" a critical resource (stamina and EX/assist)? Check.
Ect.

I'm not saying they're they same, I'm saying they have the same framework, with the mechanics added on top being appropriate for the respective franchises. They're fundamentally similar in the same way almost all 2d fighters are or in the same way Onimusha and Dark Souls are

[subtenko]

well I like cinematic (like the show) fights more in that case...dang I wish I just didnt buy the first and got the second. too many games out now, will have to wait for a price drop or wait for a xenoverse 3 lol

[bacrec1]

Oh nice! Hopefully they throw in new characters from the current Tournament Arc in Super.

[Bronxs15]

PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Where is the Switch version? And N4G commentators say "xbox has no games" . . .

[Servbot41]

Switch is probably too weak. Gonna happen with most, if not all third-party games. It happened to the Wii U too, I dunno what people expected.

[Bronxs15]

Nintendo should just acknowledge it as a new handheld. Would of been much better received I think.

[q8kik]

Is it 3d?

[Majin-vegeta]

No 2.5D

[addictedtochaos]

Kinda surprising that no Switch version announced, considering that Bandai Namco and Arc System Works are both listed as 3rd party partners for Switch.

[Servbot41]

That list meant nothing other than "Maybe we'll give you an old port of an earlier PS4/Xbox game." If you thought that it meant you'd be getting actual current multiplats you must have been living under a rock during the entire lifetime of the Wii U.

[StormLegend]

Yes!

[slappy508]

Guilty gear are amazing fighting games,so I'm hyped AF for this

[masterfox]

"Dragon Ball Fighters would be developed by Arc System Works" <------OMFG!!! words can't describe how stunning this news is!!!!!!!!!!!!! O_O

[meka2611]

Will never see the point of making these games 2d. DBZ is a show about crazy speed, flying all over, and things getting destroyed. Can't do that with 2d, all that ends up being is guilty gear with dbz characters.

[ShadowWolf712]

Budokai 3 and Burst Limit say hi.

[meka2611]

Not sure what you mean, hated those. Nothing like the show.

[ShadowWolf712]

Pffft, you probably didn't even read the manga.

[ShadowWolf712]

Jokes aside dude, they very much felt like a proper fighting game of the show. And people been missing that.

[Princess_Pilfer]

Yeah, no. You definitely can do that in 2d. It's not the same as moving in 3d to do it, but it's been done before. Balance problems asside, if you think Burst Limit doesn't feel like DBZ I don't think we've been watching the same DBZ.

[meka2611]

Lol yea if the dbz show slows way the hell down they are the same.

[Princess_Pilfer]

No DBZ game is as fast paced as the fights in DBZ can be. It's literally not possible outside canned animations (like the aura chase in burst limit and strike clash in Xenoverse) because people can't think that fast, much less react that fast, and it's important for all fighting games to give characters appropriate tells which isn't possible if every attack is just a blurred flurry of limbs. So if you aregument is "it's not as fast as DBZ" then you haven't thought it though.

[MellauxGMNG]

Games dont have to be exactly like the show. If that was the case then it wouldnt be very fun for me if I like to play yamcha and all I go against is beerus.

Budokai 1, 2, 3 and burst limit were the best dbz games for me, I hate the 3d tenkaichi/xenoverse type gameplay so much and I cant help but feel that in all the 3d dbz games they are always shooting for quantity over quality. The gameplay in those games feel so tacky.

[JeremyJames]

YES!

[S-Word]

So expect it to be empty online within a month. Then about 3 months after the game releases they'll release an upgraded version that you have to pay an additional $60 for.

[mezati99]

never even knew i wanted this until now

Holy shit this is amazing

[TWB]

Pumped for this. Im more of a fan of the over the shoulder style DB games, but Xenoverse didnt interest me at all, so this seems very refreshing.

[trooper_]

I'm pumped for it.

[VTKC]

Arc systems doing DBZ fighting game?!! Bloody hell this is a dream come true!! I hope they lay off those season passes and deluxe preorder bonus charactersbullshit everyones doing and sell the game as its ment to be. Now thats wishful thinking.

[LordJamar]

new naruto fighter new dbz fighter both coming soon keep em coming lol we keep buying them

[UltimateRacer]

This could be brilliant, I just hope that they don't take away the ability to transform during battle, it's a key feature to me that I love, I'd hate it if they use SS Goku as a separate character, that really pisses me of and is completly lazy from the devs. I know it's only revealed and info is scarce but I'm praying that don't take away transformations.

[OoglyBoogly]

I just hope it's like Budokai 1-3 with a side facing camera instead of from behind your character like a lot of the newer ones. I just want a classic fighter based on DBZ with prettier graphics! Budokai 3 is starting to look a little dated...

[slavish0]

Another dragon ball fighting game 😒 really want a quality rpg

[Jon61586]

Really hoping for a DBZ RPG that follows Goku from DB to Super and has GT as DLC

[ShadowWolf712]

Keep that glorified chunk of messed up filler out of my DB. lol