Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi

[Insanecyclone]

I would say 'Another year, another dragonball game' but, it's not the cod/madden case just yet.

The trailer was released 11th May 2011 along with the second scan of the game. According to the advertisement, the game will include graphics that are faithful to the manga, destructible battlefields, along with design and controls aimed to bring a much closer experience to the Tenkaichi series.

And while I'm at it. THIS is the DBZ game we need on consoles. It's arcade only in Japan.

[Insanecyclone]

[Lucavi]

Its the Tenkaichi fighting engine upgraded, essentially, with a few new angles thrown in and a lot of visual work done. The mouths still move the same (no lip tracking). Many of the animations are still the same (Base Vegeta's "default" combo still looks the same, complete with upside down kick to finish it), and I've already spotted 2 of the exact same "specials" (Gohan's ultra is the same combo with now new angles and Goku's Kaiyoken is simply far more red than it was before, but same angles).

I'd put it in the madden box, and I'm a fan that gets it every year, but it is what it is. They need to bring out that 4-way DBZ game that's out in the arcades in Japan, or they need to style a multiplayer DBZ in the line of Legends for the PSX (THAT was a fucking game). I like the Tenkaichi series, but once you've seen the animations once, you've seen them a million times.

[Insanecyclone]

[Callisto]

Is this still the same line of games as the Budokai ones? I haven't played a DBZ game since Budokai 2, it wasn't particularly deep but pretty fun, wondering how this would compare.

[SephYuyX]

Also wondering if this one is a good one to buy.

Havent played a DBZ game in several years, but they are pretty fun.

Id like to play one with a full roster that has the most sayian transgressions as possible. These tend to go in to GT characters to, dont they?

[Insanecyclone]

Nah the Budokai to Burst Limit games were like your typical fighter. The Tenkaichi off branch has always been flying around and spamming attacks when you could. The Tenkaichi games on ps2 were more in your face fights than spamming. Sadly Raging Blast 1 & 2 relied more on attack spam than actual fighting.

[Insanecyclone]

Also wondering if this one is a good one to buy.

Havent played a DBZ game in several years, but they are pretty fun.

Id like to play one with a full roster that has the most sayian transgressions as possible. These tend to go in to GT characters to, dont they?

Raging Blast 2 roster is pretty big.




Also missed this new trailer

[Lucavi]

Glad to see they're finally at the point where they can begin to push the PS3, graphic and framerate-wise. It's only been forever. From the looks of it, they've been taking notes from the Naruto Storm series and finally from what fans have been crying for for years. I'm seeing quick time events for both obvious story battles and possibly even for standard vs. matches, there's finally wind effects for more than just a few blocky chunks of hair, they've included the rare follow ups (ping-pong attack, ect.) more commonly now, the environments are far more destructible, and it looks like they've wisely chosen to mask the load times for all of this by means of a few stock moments of the attacked character reeling in pain. I think its pretty smart if it allows for far better graphics and freedom while actually fighting.

Edit: What I don't like is the obvious marketing ploy of releasing 3 of each game, always in the order of Freiza, Cell, then Buu. If you can pack it all into one game, fucking do it. Also, make sure my Future Gohan is in and we're cool.

[takethistoyourgrave]

Faithfull

[StarScream18]

Here is my character roster for Ultimate Tenkaichi so far. Now these are Obvious & Speculated characters that will be in the game.

I added a little Legend so you can see what I mean.

Spoiler: show

! Characters || Transformations *Predictability*
|-
| [[Android 14]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Android 15]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Android 16]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Android 17]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Android 18]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Android 19]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Android 20]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Bardock]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Bojack]] || Full Power *Obvious*
|-
| [[Broly]] || Base, *Restrained Super Saiyan-Speculated*, Super Saiyan ,Legendary Super Saiyan *Obvious*
|-
| [[Burter]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Captain Ginyu]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Cell]] || Imperfect Form, Semi-Perect Form, Perfect Form, Perfect Cell *Obvious*
|-
| [[Cell Jr]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Cooler]] || Form 4, Final Form *Obvious*
|-
| [[Chiaotzu]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Cui]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Dabura]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Dodoria]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Eis Shenron]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Frieza]] || Form 1, Form 2, Form 3, Final Form, Final Form (Full Power) *Obvious*
|-
| [[Fasha]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Fusion Gogeta]] || Super Saiyan 2 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Fusion Gogeta]] (GT) || Super Saiyan 4 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Fusion Gotenks]] || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Fusion Vegito]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Obvious*
|-
| [[Future Gohan]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Speculated*
|-
| [[Futre Trunks]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Obvious*
|-
| [[Garlic Jr]] || Full Power *Speculated*
|-
| [[Goku]] || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Goku Jr]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Speculated*
|-
| [[Gohan (GT)]] || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Goten]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Obvious*
|-
| [[Goten]] (GT) || Base, Super Saiyan *Obvious*
|-
| [[Great Ape Vegeta]] || None (Not Playable) *Obvious*
|-
| [[Great Saiyaman]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Guldo]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Haze Shenron]] || None *Speculated-Low Chance* (Not Playable)
|-
| [[Hercule]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Hirudegarn]] || Final Form *Speculated*
|-
| [[Janemba]] || Second Form *Obvious*
|-
| [[Janempa]] || First Form (Not Playable) *Obvious*
|-
| [[Jeice]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Kid Buu]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Kid Gohan]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Kid Goku]] (GT) || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, Super Saiyan 4 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Kid Trunks]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Obvious*
|-
| [[Krillin]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Ledgic]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Lord Luud]] || None *Speculated-Low Chance* (Not Playable)
|-
| [[Majin Buu]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Majin Vegeta]] || Super Saiyan 2 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Majuub]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Mecha Frieza]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Meta Cooler]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Nail]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Nappa]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Naturon Shenron]] || None *Speculated-Low Chance* (Not Playable)
|-
| [[Nuova Shenron]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Oceanus Shenron]] *Speculated-Low Chance*
|-
| [[Pan]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Piccolo]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Pikkon]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Rage Shenron]] || None *Speculated-Low Chance* (Not Playable)
|-
| [[Radditz]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Recoome]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Saibamen]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Salza]] || None *Speculated*
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| [[Super 17 (GT)]] || None *Speculated*
|-
| [[Super Buu]] || None *Obvious*
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| [[Syn Shenreon]] || Omega Shenron *Obvious*
|-
| [[Tapion]] || None *Speculated*
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| [[Tarble]] || None *Speculated*
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| [[Teen Gohan]] || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2 *Obvious*
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| [[Tien]] || None *Obvious*
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| [[Trunks]] || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Trunks *Obvious*
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| [[Trunks (GT) || Base, Super Saiyan *Speculated*
|-
| [[Turles]] || None *Speculated*
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| [[Ultimate Gohan]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Uub]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Vegeta (Scouter)]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Vegeta]] || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Vegeta, Super Saiyan 2 *Obvious*
|-
| [[Vegeta Jr]] || Base, Super Saiyan *Speculated*
|-
| [[Vegeta]] (GT) || Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2 *Speculated*
|-
| [[Videl]] || None *Obvious* ~Saiyawoman ALT.Costume-Likely~
|-
| [[Yamcha]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Zangya]] || None *Obvious*
|-
| [[Zarbon]] || Monster Form *Obvious*

I am basing this off RB2 & The Information they have released about DBZ:UT & How obvious some of these characters are.

[Souj]

now put it in spoilers so noone will ever have to look at that terrible list ever again.

[StarScream18]

I'm not saying i hope that what i posted is all the characters and no more. It's just speculation relax

[Vandole]

best idea souj has ever had. fixed

[AoE]

You post on GameFAQS?

[Katlan]

what garbage was that list? Why does it have to look all retarded?

[Insanecyclone]

Yeah the list could have been better formatted.

Official english site
http://www.namcobandaigames.com/cons...mate-tenkaichi

JPN
http://b.bngi-channel.jp/dba/

Confirmed Characters

These are the characters so far that have playable in expos or shown in trailers and/or scans.
Goku (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3)
Vegeta (Base, Super Saiyan, Great Ape)
Kid Gohan
Piccolo
Krillin
Yamcha
Tien
Trunks
Vegeta (Scouter) (Base, Great Ape)(Not playable)
Nappa
Saibamen
Frieza (Second form, Final Form, 100% Power)
Recoome
Ginyu
Cell (Perfect Form)
Android 18
Janemba (First form)
Broly (Ledgendary Super Sayian)

"In Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi prepare to dive into the world of the Dragon Ball manga, TV anime, films and video games head first, with brand new content and game play, a comprehensive character line up and faithful manga style graphics.
Development team Spike Co. Ltd. in Japan, the talented people responsible for sustaining the incredible worldwide success of the franchise over the past 6 years, have taken a new approach this time round, with the aim of creating a new landmark in the Dragon Ball videogame series. They've poured all their ki energy into upgrading the character and environment graphics, with character designs drawn straight from the original DBZ manga series, and totally destructible battle fields, including realistic craters and Kamehameha tracers cutting across the sky, delivering a heightened sensation of realism and dynamic immediacy.
Featuring the original Japanese voiceover and music, the enhanced story mode will immerse players in the rich variety of the Dragon Ball universe, where every element of the battle will thrill. The game will also include a special mode which allows the player to experience the brand new age of Dragon Ball Z. The controls are being designed to bring the experience closer to the previous Tenkaichi series, making the play accessible to all, but retaining all the tactical depth in battle."

[Insanecyclone]

[Odin'sLaw]

oct 28th 2011 looks good for Europe October is looking like a bad ass month for me

edit no super saiyan 4? October is not so bad ass looking

[Lucavi]

Just some early observations

Likes:
-Extra intro fluff with the teleport attacks
-Quick time events (nice to switch things up a bit, and us combo-whores had our fun with the previous game's crazy combo-chaining system)
-Looks like a combination of BT and Final Bout with the focus on being able to counter everything through quick time events
-Slightly more destructible arenas

Dislikes:
-Same canned intro speech/animations as last year's
-Lip-synching is still not anywhere near a priority (for any region's VAing)
-The quick-time-event craze (something new but why so many?!)
-Grating VA drowns out the combat (getting tired of NA Goku's "whoooaaa!!"'s after getting hit after hearing it since Budokai for the PS2.
-Hard to see how the game will be skill-oriented when there's so much quick-time; looks more rock-paper-scissors than actual skill - will probably lead to a lot of "you aren't more skilled than me, you're just luckier!"
-Still not enough arena destruction for a PS3 title this far into the console's lifespan. Companies should be pressing the limits of the console, not scratching the surface.
-Scrubs always playing it for the demos so we can never see the depth of the combo system; I saw Goku and Trunks using the same goddamn base strings that they had in the first BT for the PS2 as the default melee. While we always see this whenever a new BT game comes out (due to the aforementioned scrubs apparently never playing the previous titles - the controls never change so much that you can't do a series of follow-ups or even a cancel), its becoming extremely distressing as a fan of the genre to see the same. old. starter. combo. again. and. again.