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Namco Bandai Secures North American Rights For All Dragon Ball Games

JGaskill
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Posted July 2, 2009 - By Jake Gaskill

Namco BandaiIf you’re a Dragon Ball fan, and you have some kind of personal issue with mega publisher Namco Bandai, then you’re not going to like what I’m about to tell you.

For the next five years, Namco will be the exclusive North American distributor of all Dragon Ball videogames. And while the deal doesn’t officially kick in until January 2010, Namco will be publishing three upcoming games based on the popular anime and manga series: DB: Raging Blast for the Xbox 360 and PS3, DB: Revenge of King Piccolo for the Wii, and DB Z: Attack of the Saiyans for the Nintendo DS.

Namco executive vice president Makoto Iwai said via press release:

"This move reunites Namco Bandai Games with the Dragon Ball series in North America which will considerably increase our ability to develop titles that perfectly capture every nuance of what makes the Dragon Ball world exciting to the consumer.”
 
So it would appear that Goku is in kind and loving hands. Given that it’s practically a sure thing, I’ll go ahead and ask: Which Dragon Ball character are you most excited about seeing as a guest character in a future SoulCalibur game?

 


 

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  • whysoserious912

    scratch the soul calibur game! what about a dragon ball z vs capcom or something like that! i had a title like that on my computers some years back and it was nice. and what if it could do two-on-two at the same time. that would be sick (if they did it right atleast)

    Posted: October 31, 2009 10:45 AM
    whysoserious912
  • sasuke4life

    kid goku from dbgt

    Posted: August 23, 2009 5:37 PM
    sasuke4life
  • paco_lewis

    does this mean Funimation can't make Dragon Ball Season box sets, or are they a part of Namco?

    Posted: July 4, 2009 3:13 PM
    paco_lewis
  • paco_lewis

    i could see Future Trunks, cause he's got a sword, and the second most popular character in the franchise next to Teen Gohan

    Posted: July 4, 2009 3:10 PM
    paco_lewis
  • BryanHelp

    They gonna add unnecessary dialogue like all their tales games in dbz games too? =/

    Posted: July 4, 2009 12:15 AM
    BryanHelp
  • DEAThHEART

    plz, leave the dbz charaters where they are, soulcalibur is a downgrade for them.

    Posted: July 3, 2009 8:57 PM
  • Oinkness

    Vegeta wasn't in Dragon Ball, dumb dumbs... He was in DBZ.

    Posted: July 3, 2009 4:28 PM
  • magozel

    it would be weird seen kakaroto in one soulcalibur because...
    he can destroy a planet with his power...

    Posted: July 3, 2009 4:09 PM
    magozel
  • youconduit

    Raditz Nappa Vegeta Goku and

































    bulma

    Posted: July 3, 2009 1:50 PM
    youconduit
  • yogiboy789

    new db games finally but they should make those games long all the way to the end of gt not like burst limit

    broly would dominate in soul caliber

    Posted: July 3, 2009 10:08 AM
    yogiboy789
  • popsickle59

    yajirobe.... samurai sword ftw

    Posted: July 3, 2009 9:59 AM
    popsickle59
  • Tobi_IsAGoodBoy

    I agree with a lot on Trunks. And to those who think that any dbz/gt character is too over powered for the the game, there's already a jedi council member and a imperial sith lord in the game now that's over powered for a sword fighting game. Although I would like to see Master Chief with a plasma sword and enough plasma grenades to have fun for everyone.

    Posted: July 3, 2009 9:50 AM
    Tobi_IsAGoodBoy
  • patricksmeltzer

    OH thank god if this didnt happen we might get another horrid DBZ live action movie wich had NOTHING to do with the story of dbz

    Posted: July 3, 2009 9:39 AM
    patricksmeltzer
  • BloodKnight86

    LEMON CURD

    Posted: July 3, 2009 6:50 AM
    BloodKnight86
  • CALiiGeDDon

    lol i think its funny people are talking about soul caliber...i believe it that there WILL be DBZ characters in soul caliber though.

    Posted: July 2, 2009 11:11 PM
    CALiiGeDDon
  • kkotd

    Wait another company wasted... I mean invested money in making these games? I liked the first Budokai sp? game but cmon, it started to behave like Madden Football after a while, same game over and over with new menus and sometimes new characters... And instead of it being a small upgrade each time, I found it actually turning to be a small downgrade each time to the point where the game was so gimmicky that I couldn't / wouldn't play them anymore.

    Posted: July 2, 2009 5:22 PM
    kkotd
  • Straticus

    Sweet, cant wait to see how these batch of games go. Majin Vegeta in soul calibur. They need to just make a 2D fighter like Marvel vs Capcom since there are sooo many characters to choose from.

    Posted: July 2, 2009 5:19 PM
    Straticus
  • kikook

    I'm a fan of DBZ not DB (Never seen it all) so it doens't effect me, if it was Z on the other than I would be very intrested on how they would do the new game.

    Posted: July 2, 2009 5:19 PM
    kikook
  • feralstokes

    SSJ Trunks w/ sword

    Posted: July 2, 2009 5:00 PM
    feralstokes
  • kuroakuma

    as long as they dont over power with Kai attacks they can bring Mister Satan :P but if it has to be popular one XD its all bout Teen Gohan(Cell Games) he just looked too sick in Piccalos cloak

    Posted: July 2, 2009 4:58 PM
    kuroakuma

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