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you have got to be kidding me! DBZ MMO!!

dizzyshkdizzyshk Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
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it's currently in development by a newly formed Korean development studio.

Akira Toriyama us personally supervising the development with Bandai & Bandai Korea(holding Korean license repectively) currently in search of a publisher.

wow, lego MMO and now DBZ? ;) i wonder what's next.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    MMOGs are a fad.

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    This will be as good as the Pirates of the Caribbean one.

    That's not good. At all.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Is there a reliable source for this?

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Why, do they all look like Goku?
    :(

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Everybody will either play as Goku or Trunks.

    There will be a total of 2 peoples playing it.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Looking at the second screenshot I notice that even in a DBZ game, it's still lame to have your name be SS *insert name*. Real players would play as the Ginyu force anyway. They get chocolate bars and other assorted candies.

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  • BaronVonSnakPakBaronVonSnakPak Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    those screenshots look like goku, but i dont think they are him. unless he wore orange and black at some point, and had black, fingerless gloves.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If this is true, it is awesomesauce. The only thing I want to be made into an MMO more than this is Starcraft.

    I don't even like DBZ all that much, but the games often turn out to be a blast. Just something about huge explosions and melee you can barely see turns me on.

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  • variantvariant Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Shoot trunks!
    WHICH ONE?!?!

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  • ClawshrimpyClawshrimpy Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I'm kinda on the fence on this one, part of me says this wouldent work out well, but hey, Mobile Suit Gundam spawned a really fun UO-alike.

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  • hambonehambone Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Is... is he punching a dog?

    Note: every MMO I've ever played is/was inhabited with several players who seemed to be under the impression that they were playing a Dragon Ball MMO.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Can you imagine what this could be like?

    Dear god the players alone could be the worse..

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    over 9000...yadda yadda...

    I'm totally going to try this out though.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    They need a Fraggle Rock MMO next.

    Or maybe a Smurfs MMO.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    MMO madness is getting out of hand. I want to pick up a game and put it down if i need to, Not be bound to a console or computer for hours on end :/

    damn you WoW. Damn you EQ for starting all of this :/

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Legacy wrote: »
    They need a Fraggle Rock MMO next.

    Or maybe a Smurfs MMO.

    You're thinking about the wrong 80s properties.

    Transformers MMO.

    Ghostbusters MMO.

    My Little Pony MMO.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    That's a complete rip of the WoW interface. That's even the Rain of Fire icon on the toolbar.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Rami wrote: »
    That's a complete rip of the WoW interface. That's even the Rain of Fire icon on the toolbar.

    One of many reasons why I'm skeptical this is even legit.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    Those wacky koreans.

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  • ClawshrimpyClawshrimpy Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Japan should run with the sucess of Gundam Online.

    Nadesico Online

    Super Robot Wars Original Generations Online

    or of course.....

    GO NAGAI ONLINE (Mazinger, Grendizer, Getter, Kotetsu Jeeg etc.)

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  • PolagoPolago Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    There's going to be MMOs of every 80's property soon enough, so soon i'll be able to achieve my life's dream of watching ninja turtles eating captain crunch while fighting player controlled foot soldiers.

    Seriously though, does it not cost money to make an MMO in korea? These things are pumped and pimped twice a week.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    And they're all Ragnarok Online with a different skin.

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  • DigitoDigito Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I dunno about this... as a large DBZ fan, I'd love for there to be an actually GOOD DBZ MMORPG, I know the community would be horrible at best, but I know enough friends who would be interested for us to just have fun with it ourselves.


    But there's something fishy about this that I can't quite place my finger on...


    If this is real though, and AT is supervising it? It seems like it could potentially prove interesting, or at the very least amusing. Wonder if they'll use a traditional level/skill system, or one more like those seen on the DBZ MUDs out there, where instead of levels, all you have is a powerlevel that increases from fighting in general. (Fighting stronger things = More powerful increase. Simple, yet effective.)

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    now people have a reason to name themselves SSgoku991

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    MMOGs are a fad.

    in the same way that regular multiplayer was "a fad"

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  • AndorienAndorien Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I have yet to find an MMO that's held my interest.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Legacy wrote: »
    They need a Fraggle Rock MMO next.

    Or maybe a Smurfs MMO.

    You're thinking about the wrong 80s properties.

    Transformers MMO.

    Nameless developers out there. Are you listening to this man?

    Something in the vein of CoX but with customisable transformers.

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  • ZeonZeon Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If this is real, im really excited right now. Sexually.

    Seriously, if there was ever an MMO most suited to grinding, it would be a DBZ MMO.

    Links? Official site? Betas? Any more information?

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    It'll be interesting to see an entire MMO with a single, clearly-defined end goal.

    Find the Dragon Balls.

    Now, what do you suppose happens in game when you do that? I mean, I don't think they can just let you "win".

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  • The_LightbringerThe_Lightbringer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Everybody will either play as Goku or Trunks.

    There will be a total of 2 peoples playing it.

    Naw I think they'll be OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!

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  • SpeedySwafSpeedySwaf Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If your character gets strong enough you should have the option of blowing up the planet. Otheriwse, it's not Dragonball.

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If you blow up the planet, the game is over. No one can play anymore, but they still have to pay the subscription fee.

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  • CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Eh, I don't think I have the time for a game where the battles take weeks to resolve themselves.

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  • SpeedySwafSpeedySwaf Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Squirminator2k wrote: »
    If you blow up the planet, the game is over. No one can play anymore, but they still have to pay the subscription fee.
    Which reminds me: if you die, you should be given the option of traveling snakeway to King Kai's house for training.

    The hitch is that you would have to travel the entire million kilometer journey in real time.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    As a fan of Dragonball, I have to say this is the worst idea for an MMO ever.

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  • SiliconStewSiliconStew Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    CyberJackal wrote: »
    Eh, I don't think I have the time for a game where the battles take weeks to resolve themselves.

    That's why it's so perfect for a subscription game. They hit the attack button, then every week or so they check back in to see how the power charge is going. Server and bandwidth load and thus running costs are low since nobody is actually doing anything, users won't mind waiting a month for one attack to complete since it's an expected part of the mythos, plus they'll keep paying their monthly fee because OMG DBZ111!. It's brilliant.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Elaboration on why it is a terrible idea:

    Because the Dragonball universe just doesn't make a good setting for a game where you're not playing someone from the show. Period. The universe is based AROUND these characters. It's not like Star Wars or The Matrix where he's a lot of material based around other characters in a fully fleshed out universe. It's Goku and his friends and family. They're the focus. That's it.

    Also this game is going to have SWG's everyone-wants-to-be-a-Jedi problem in fucking spades.

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  • JensenJensen Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    "THIS IS GAME.COM" lol

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  • CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    SiliconStew wrote: »
    CyberJackal wrote: »
    Eh, I don't think I have the time for a game where the battles take weeks to resolve themselves.

    That's why it's so perfect for a subscription game. They hit the attack button, then every week or so they check back in to see how the power charge is going. Server and bandwidth load and thus running costs are low since nobody is actually doing anything, users won't mind waiting a month for one attack to complete since it's an expected part of the mythos, plus they'll keep paying their monthly fee because OMG DBZ111!. It's brilliant.

    Nope, that won't work. You can't power up without hours of taunts, monologues, inspring speeches, empty threats, etc. You have to sit there and type out your entire life story before every attack.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If they had any balls or cared a shit about the universe they'd just make humans the only playable race.

    But that wouldn't nearly be as marketable, plus...y'know...Korea.

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