The character models are based on the live action actors, as opposed to the anime characters so familiar to DBZ fans. We're not sure how well this game will fare, considering it looks just as bad, if not worse, than the movie.
The character models are based on the live action actors, as opposed to the anime characters so familiar to DBZ fans. We're not sure how well this game will fare, considering it looks just as bad, if not worse, than the movie.
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Posted: Jan 19th 2009 2:57PM (Unverified) said
Well, it worked for Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game, didn't it?
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:11PM xxxScorpion said
Words escape me.
Flop.
Flop.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:12PM (Unverified) said
The movie and game are going to make me start hating DB
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:12PM (Unverified) said
DBZ + Live Action = EPIC FAIL
If they used Asian actors then maybe it could have been less of a fail, but white Goku is not cool. Not cool at all...
If they used Asian actors then maybe it could have been less of a fail, but white Goku is not cool. Not cool at all...
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 8:50PM (Unverified) said
is not wheater his white o asian o hispanic,, dude the story kill the movie .. goku in highschool? give me a break.. picolo brown? roshi with hair? no krillin? chi chi a fighter? bulma with guns? all those kill the movie.. they should of just stared with the raditz and vegeta saga period.. it has more sence of what the dragon ball are all about.. brother kill younger brother then his get resurrected by the dragon balls , prince vegeta knows of the power of the balls want eternal life to kill freeza.. but no the filmakers wanted a new story a fuck up story if you ask me.. and I don't think an asian actor could play goku, they can't act.. lol
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Posted: Jan 19th 2009 9:57PM (Unverified) said
@josh:
In the original, Chichi WAS a fighter, and Bulma DID wield guns.
Still, they did change a lot of the original concept, to make the film nearly unrecognizable, which most fans believe to be not in a good way. Based on the trailers that I've seen, I tend to agree.
Even though Bulma did wield guns, she was clearly not a fighter. So, based purely on the original story, it wouldn't make sense to put her in a fighting game with the rest to the Dragonball characters.
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In the original, Chichi WAS a fighter, and Bulma DID wield guns.
Still, they did change a lot of the original concept, to make the film nearly unrecognizable, which most fans believe to be not in a good way. Based on the trailers that I've seen, I tend to agree.
Even though Bulma did wield guns, she was clearly not a fighter. So, based purely on the original story, it wouldn't make sense to put her in a fighting game with the rest to the Dragonball characters.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 10:46PM (Unverified) said
@ Josh:
".. and I don't think an asian actor could play goku, they can't act.. lol"
Aaaand I'm assuming you're American, right??? That, or some ignorant, ethnocentric Westerner. But my point is that...you can't spell worth sh*t.
/rant
On topic: This movie=epic fail. Besides, a live-action Dragonball has already been made...and honestly, it kind of sucked, but had a better storyline/cast than Hollywood's take.
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".. and I don't think an asian actor could play goku, they can't act.. lol"
Aaaand I'm assuming you're American, right??? That, or some ignorant, ethnocentric Westerner. But my point is that...you can't spell worth sh*t.
/rant
On topic: This movie=epic fail. Besides, a live-action Dragonball has already been made...and honestly, it kind of sucked, but had a better storyline/cast than Hollywood's take.
Posted: Jan 20th 2009 9:03AM phizzyphizzy said
Ah yes, Josh, you're right. And since you're right and you're not asian, then that must make you an EXCELLENT actor. Come on, then. Show us your skills.
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Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:32PM (Unverified) said
Hahaha. this looks very wack. and no screens of Goku? they're hiding something.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:43PM (Unverified) said
wow so much hate and no ones even seen the movie or game, well i for one am looking forward to the experience of both and i hope they'll be good, and the rest of you should remember don't judge something until you've experienced it for yourself, otherwise you'll miss out on the best parts of life, for example, if you had never tried to walk yourself you'd have never found out how fun it is to run while playing tag or to climb a tree. so remember give it a chance before you condemn it, because you never know it might be the best movie/game the world has ever seen
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:49PM xxxScorpion said
True but we know for a fact that this certainly wont be it.
Also it's not that we don't want to try something new but that we identify Dragon Ball by the characters that we've seen and these aren't even close to what was, so in mind this isn't Dragon Ball at all
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Also it's not that we don't want to try something new but that we identify Dragon Ball by the characters that we've seen and these aren't even close to what was, so in mind this isn't Dragon Ball at all
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:45PM (Unverified) said
is it so hard ot believe this game can be good? actually yes. but you never know. thsi could be the next chronicles of riddick!!!
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 3:57PM (Unverified) said
It's so awful me and most fans waited since kids for a live action dbz, and now when the time seemed right.
After the fight with neo and ag.smith proved we had the special effects for it, and the myriad of comics based movies proved they're worth money when done right.
They f**k it all up, they change goku into a emo kid, and remove krillin so we have no hope of sequels and any resemblance to the original story..
Worst of all we'll have to wait almost a decade before someone can touch the title again and do it right.
It kind of reminds me of batman, where krillin is police commissioner james gordon..
After the fight with neo and ag.smith proved we had the special effects for it, and the myriad of comics based movies proved they're worth money when done right.
They f**k it all up, they change goku into a emo kid, and remove krillin so we have no hope of sequels and any resemblance to the original story..
Worst of all we'll have to wait almost a decade before someone can touch the title again and do it right.
It kind of reminds me of batman, where krillin is police commissioner james gordon..
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 4:17PM 11235 said
errr....it's still a new game, right?
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 4:21PM (Unverified) said
And people say there are no good games for PSP.... hahahahaha
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 4:41PM maxchain said
That the characters look like their movie counterparts but the backgrounds definitely don't not remind me of the anime is a little off-putting. But hey, like with the movie, I just might be willing to give it a look, horrible expectations and all. Who knows? Maybe they'll actually give us a reason to want to play it, like fine-tuning the Shin Budokai engine or something.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 4:53PM (Unverified) said
Namco, what are you doing?!?!
This so UN-Dragonball-ish to the 10th power!
This vid says it all....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7PfvN8xWR4
This so UN-Dragonball-ish to the 10th power!
This vid says it all....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7PfvN8xWR4
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 5:03PM (Unverified) said
Proof that they are trying to kill the PSP: It's the exclusive proprietor of the world's latest failure, the live action DBZ movie game.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 7:08PM milespieri said
What's worse than no PSP games at all? Crappy shovelware based on even crappier movies.
Perhaps, if we ask really nicely, we'll get a Streetfighter: Legend of Chun-Li movie tie-in game too?!?!
Perhaps, if we ask really nicely, we'll get a Streetfighter: Legend of Chun-Li movie tie-in game too?!?!
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 8:40PM (Unverified) said
This will be just as awesome as the "Street Fighter: The Movie" video game.
And by awesome, I mean, of course, fail.
And by awesome, I mean, of course, fail.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 9:37PM (Unverified) said
Besides the character models being based on actors... I don't see how this game can turn out bad... it seems to have the same gameplay as Burst Limit or previous DBZ games... its just weird to look at...
Never thought I'd see the day where Joon Parks in a video game...
Never thought I'd see the day where Joon Parks in a video game...
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 10:23PM cylet said
Here's what they should have done:
Taken the budget projected for the movie (while knowing that poor casting and a retarded script was a complete stupid and epic failure to begin with) and bought everybody a copy of Great Saiyaman helmet
:D
Oh, and complimentary and a Master Roshi walking-stick/back-scratcher.
Taken the budget projected for the movie (while knowing that poor casting and a retarded script was a complete stupid and epic failure to begin with) and bought everybody a copy of Great Saiyaman helmet
:D
Oh, and complimentary and a Master Roshi walking-stick/back-scratcher.
Posted: Jan 19th 2009 11:45PM Deadpool said
No no no. This is just a bad dream, a very bad dream. There is no Dragon Ball : Evolution movie and tie-in game because I'm just dreaming this. I'm going to wake up any moment now, put this all behind me and have a nice bowl of Coco Puffs. This will be no different than all the bad dreams I had of Willem Defoe.
Posted: Jan 20th 2009 1:41AM (Unverified) said
so now after reading all the comments listed above this one, my only question is this....
Taking away the "Dragon Ball" from the title of not only the game but also the movie, and removing any connection to anything that might potentially have to do with Dragon Ball, could this possibly be at least a playable game and watchable movie?
Just remember I mentioned to take away any connection to Dragon Ball, meaning name and characters and all (which they did save for keeping the name)
Taking away the "Dragon Ball" from the title of not only the game but also the movie, and removing any connection to anything that might potentially have to do with Dragon Ball, could this possibly be at least a playable game and watchable movie?
Just remember I mentioned to take away any connection to Dragon Ball, meaning name and characters and all (which they did save for keeping the name)
Posted: Jan 20th 2009 5:41AM (Unverified) said
OH MY GOD! This is a day one purchase for me!!
Posted: Jan 20th 2009 10:40AM (Unverified) said
yes considering both the movie and the game without taking to account the dragonball name
the movie might be a decent dvd rental for a boring afternoon and the game probably won't be worth even a rental since it's the same engine with different models
and at least the other 2 are based on dragon ball =)
the movie might be a decent dvd rental for a boring afternoon and the game probably won't be worth even a rental since it's the same engine with different models
and at least the other 2 are based on dragon ball =)
Posted: Jan 20th 2009 11:45AM (Unverified) said
you just dont quit do you? how much they pay you to put up links on blogs? like a nickel a click or somethin like that?
Posted: Jan 22nd 2009 10:38PM (Unverified) said
Well in the original Dragonball Chi Chi was a Fighter Goku WASNT ASIAN (he was an alien... not all asians are aliens seriously stupid people) and to whoever said Piccolo was brown in this movie *Look up a better quality video* he is green the only thing wrong is no antennaie but in dragonball he can make them not visible anyway which he does when they learn to drive in DBZ
Posted: Jan 24th 2009 3:57AM (Unverified) said
to everyone who complains about Goku not being asian...
NOT ONLY is he an alien, but NOBODY in dragonball is designed to look asian (excluding Korin, who's a cat, and Yajirobe), Toriyama designs most of his characters to look white, as most asian cartoons and game development is based on traditional western cinema.
Just because it's FROM Japan doesn't mean it's supposed to BE japan. even the Farmer with the Shotgun who tries to shoot radditz is driving a chevrolet, you think they drive chevy's in Japan!?
NOT ONLY is he an alien, but NOBODY in dragonball is designed to look asian (excluding Korin, who's a cat, and Yajirobe), Toriyama designs most of his characters to look white, as most asian cartoons and game development is based on traditional western cinema.
Just because it's FROM Japan doesn't mean it's supposed to BE japan. even the Farmer with the Shotgun who tries to shoot radditz is driving a chevrolet, you think they drive chevy's in Japan!?
Posted: Jan 27th 2009 12:23PM sgtZipper said
Asians cant act, jean claude van damme has to play goku
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 1:34AM (Unverified) said
*facepalm*
And this is what Namco Bandai has been doing all along!? >_>
This is a blatant resource waste; they should had focused them on bringing over MORE Tales, Summon Night, and Super Robot Wars Original Generation instead of this.
And this is what Namco Bandai has been doing all along!? >_>
This is a blatant resource waste; they should had focused them on bringing over MORE Tales, Summon Night, and Super Robot Wars Original Generation instead of this.
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