Dragon Ball Z MMO

[JKTrix]

I would have thought this happened already, but perhaps that's my fond memories of my brief stint with Bid for Power some years back.

BFP is the first thing I thought of when I saw this, but this is an entirely different (and entirely avec Toryiama legit) project. You can create your character as a child from either the Saiyan, Namek or Human races, and the child will grow up as the game progresses.

Seems interesting, but I'll probably never play it. Chances of it coming to the US are slim, but not impossible. DBZ is still pretty popular in the west, but it's nowhere near popular enough to make a dent in WoW in the MMO space--or even FFXI for that matter. I won't be spending money to import it either, despite my efforts to be learning Japanese.

[Slothy]

Hmm, hopefully this does come here, because it's probably the first MMO aside from FFXI that I've ever taken an interest in. Not that I ever actually bought FFXI. I did consider it though.

[Erdrick Holmes]

How do you make an MMO out of Dragon Ball?

[JKTrix]

Stick it 200 years into DB's future and introduce new enemies!

200 years is about enough for the Z-warriors genes to start spreading out to a larger group of people. Hence everyone starts as kids.

On 2nd thought, this would be pretty cool if it came out, especially if there's no monthly fee (which I doubt). I want the Crono hair.

[Jowy]

There's going to be far too many people screaming how their power levels are OVER NINE-THOUSAND! for my liking. xD

[JKTrix]

I think after about 2 weeks of the game being out, any newb who shouts that will be subject to instant PKing.

It would be awesome if the 9001st user to sign up got something special... like a Dunce cap or something.

[CimminyCricket]

This seems interesting enough to draw me in.

[No.78]

I would have thought this happened already, but perhaps that's my fond memories of my brief stint with Bid for Power some years back.

BFP is the first thing I thought of when I saw this, but this is an entirely different (and entirely avec Toryiama legit) project. .

I only needed to read this much to get excited.

EDIT: HOLY !!! NOW I'M EXCITED!!! Toriyama legit you say? So it's entirely based on the manga? No anime filler/movie/GT crap??? I freakin hope so!!!! *excitement* I dunno how this MMO is gonna fit into the story but I'm feckin excited anyway!!! =D=D=D

ANOTHER EDIT: If this is Jap only I am gonna import it and learn japanese!!! SRSLY O_O

[Erdrick Holmes]

Hopefully it isn't all flying around and fighting things that you go "Power level over 2 million" yet you still manage to beat them. I want some job classes in this.

[JKTrix]

By 'Toriyama Legit' I mean He's going to provide the visual designs (where as Bid for Power was a fan-made mod). 'Avec' means 'With' in French. This is set 200 years after the manga. So it's not based off the manga, but I think you can expect new enemies that come up to have some sort of reference to old ones.

Still, if you read more :P you'd notice that it's not coming out in English. It's only just been announced for Asia.

[DK]

Hahaha, I remember the BFP forums. They were a bunch of failures. :D

Anyway, this looks kind of suave. I'd want to be a descendant of Vegeta, though. The other characters sux.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Seeing as how Saiyan's are like the most powerful race in the game, why play anything else? Plus you'll only be able to get some very necessary SSJ action with a Saiyan.

[Erdrick Holmes]

I wanna be a smurfing Cell character. Cell>All DB characters.

[No.78]

This is cool, the storyline they've chosen fits into the manga and the anime, so it fits both parties. The only problems that could occur now is super saiyan 4 being present, if it is I'll slit my wrists or something.

Ooooooh, I wonder how the hell fusion would work...

Seeing as how Saiyan's are like the most powerful race in the game, why play anything else? Plus you'll only be able to get some very necessary SSJ action with a Saiyan.

My guess is that saiyans have intergrated with the human race by now, meaning a human would have to earn the super saiyan ranks, or some entirely new 'forms' that would be of equal power to perhaps some namekian forms. *shrug* They wouldn't make the races unbalanced.

[JKTrix]

Seeing as how Saiyan's are like the most powerful race in the game, why play anything else? Plus you'll only be able to get some very necessary SSJ action with a Saiyan.

*lets the DBZ nerd out*

Well, depending how closely they stick to the established plot elements, the Super Saiyan ability might be a very limited, endgame kinda thing. 200 years later, the Saiyan blood would be so diluted that it would make the Super Saiyan ability either more rare, or significantly less powerful. The first 1/2 saiyans were able to transform pretty easily, but aside from Gohan the others never got that much more powerful on their own.

I'd imagine the game would have some balancing elements to make the other races more attractive with similarly cool abilities, so as not to make Saiyans as broken as they are in most DBZ games.