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PS4/Xbox One/PC Dragon Ball Fighting Game From Guilty Gear Dev Announced

The new fighter is due out "early 2018."

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Bandai Namco has inadvertently revealed a new Dragon Ball fighting game for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (via Gematsu).

In a Japanese press release dated June 12, the publisher announced a new 2.5D title called Dragon Ball Fighters. The game features three-on-three team battles and is being developed by Arc System Works, the studio behind the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue fighting series.

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While the press release didn't reveal which characters will be making an appearance in Dragon Ball Fighters, it did include a screenshot of Goku clashing with Frieza. A second image also features Vegeta, Cell, and Majin Buu.

Dragon Ball Fighters is due out in "early 2018." Given the date of the press release, it seems likely Bandai Namco will officially unveil the title next Monday during E3 2017. Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch version of the most recent Dragon Ball game, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, is scheduled to arrive later this year.

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So I guess Extreme Butoden didn't do well enough to keep the Butoden DBZ games running on the 3DS?

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I love dragon ball but don't understand it's fighting system. Would love a simple fighting version of it.

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Speaking of dragon ball. How many eps of dragon ball super English version have aired on t.v or funimation ?

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@lastofus234: Episode 94 available tomorrow wooh~!! ^.^

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@lastofus234: 20 Atm

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I just want a good DB character action game in the vein of DMC. I wish they would give Platinum a shot at it.

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still they are not making never version of budokai tenkaichi 3, Add better graphics copy combat system from that improve it bit and add new roster TADAAA...

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Hell yes finally since PS2 we'll have a dragonball REAL fighting game n one of that one punch button mash to combo, one kick button mash to combo and one ki attack/charge button to throw small ki blasts crap. Day One buy definitely... Now Naruto just needs to make one.

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@DuoMaxwell007: What the hell are you talking about? Budokai on PS2 was exactly like that....

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Edited By DuoMaxwell007

@metallinatus: Umm you CAN read right? Read the first 5 words in my comment

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@DuoMaxwell007: So you mean "finally since PS1"? If you say "since PS2", you are saying that console had a game that doesn't fall into your description, but Budokai couldn't possibly be that game.... am I missing something?

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@metallinatus: No Im saying Since PS2 because as you said Budokai WAS the last DBZ game to fit that description and Budokai was a PS2 series. Thus we havent had a DBZ fighting game like that SINCE PS2.

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@DuoMaxwell007: What? Budokai was the FIRST to fit that description:

"that one punch button mash to combo, one kick button mash to combo and one ki attack/charge button to throw small ki blasts crap."

I don't know what you are seeing in that game that is different from the description....

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Edited By oromashu

so i'm going to have a team of krillin, yamcha, and mr. satan. i mean in the story they're as low tier as you can get, but in the game, they can beat super saiyans.

also krillin and freeza on the same team sounds like a match made in heaven.

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Even if they just made it play exactly like blazblue or guilty gear or some weird fusion of both i'd be super pumped for this xD.

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"Dragon BallfighterZ" would have made for a more creative title.

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Oh god finally yes. I am so pumped for this. Was getting tired of all the 3D releases after I think that Budokai game was the 3D Budokai Tenkaichi crap.

Hyped!

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I really wish they would do a full on RPG someday. I know theres been stuff like Fusions, Legacy of Goku, etc. in the past. But I havent owned a handheld in over 25 years lol.

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So it looks like we will finally get a good DBZ game.

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not sure...

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Edited By Jd234

Honest wish they'd just do a Gt Final Bout style with upgraded graphic's being able to do meters and having beam battle's,actually having do like foward,foward,back,up to start the cast for spirit bomb. They actually had real combo's to enter that would do move's,not just rage mode two buttons launch you into a cinematic.Having it the side scroll but being able to go left and right dashing to dodge stuff.Also bin dying for a fucking build up mode like it had was cool actually leveling your character and having bigger life bar's etc **** putting item's all that shit just stat's growth with Hp,Ki bar's.

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@Jd234: I haven't played Final Bout for AGES lol... since it's on Playstation. I still remember my favourite was getting Super Saiyan 4 Goku and battling Baby Ape Mode with the bottom half of the body on screen.

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@rickjamesia: Ya man basically that's what I have wanted from a dbz game and haven't gotten it, I never understand why they don't do it with the technology they had back when they made it compared to now.They could easily fix the mistake's animations and better frame rate well having the core mechanic's intact.

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Sounds like potentially the best dragonball game ever

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Blazblue is an awesome fighting game so hearing that they're making a Dragon Ball fighting game has definitely piqued my interest.

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You might want to edit this post. You can clearly see ssj2 teen gohan just in front of majin buu.

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meh, still wating for the RPG dbz game

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This actually has immense potential. Sounds pretty awesome!

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3-on-3? Like Jump J-Stars? But 2.5D? Or something like Marvel vs Capcom 3? It would awesome to see a regular Dragon Ball fighting game instead those 3D flying chase stuff. My opinion.

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@marcio_br: I personally see it being more like MvC rather than J-Stars, that game kinda sucked, I met 4 guys in the story before dropping it... Lol

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@marcio_br: Same thoughts. Sick of the 3D shit we've been getting. They feel so shallow for a fighting game. That or my idea of a fighting game is really dated lol.

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@marcio_br: Or something like The king of Fighters....

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@metallinatus: So I hope! But then, I think they'd call it a 3-vs-3 team fighting game instead 3-on-3 (this last one sounds like 6 characters fighting at the same time). But oh well! Who knows! We'll have to wait and see.

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Edited By NativePixel

Awsome!! More options for the DB fans for current gen!! Let's see how this plays out. Kinda annoying to see the usual characters being that DB Super is on a whole different level though.

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Nice! I cant wait for this. Havent been excited for a dbz game since Raging blast 2

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A competitive DBZ game ? HELL YEAH

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Wow. It might actually be a great fighting game then.

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SCHWEEEEEEEET!

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Nice

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I just want Budokai Tenkaichi 3 with more characters and updated graphics.

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Pass. Might rent this from game fly but im not. buying a 2d fighting game with DBZ characters. Its played out as much as zombies.

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@lilhurk1985187: Guilty Gear is arguably the best fighting game series ever.

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@lilhurk1985187: We haven't had a 2.5D in forever. and this one is gonna be made by developer season in the fighting game genre. This can easily be the best DBZ fighting game ever.

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@lilhurk1985187: 2.5D ala, Street Fighter 4 & 5/MK X

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@rickjamesia: looking at the fight scenes in the last 2 Dragonball movies (BotG & RoF) they're nearly identical to certain camera pans within the GG universe, I'm more than ready for some gameplay lol

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