Dragon Ball Online game coming to Xbox 360! PC MMORPG storyline revealed

15 April 2007

Posted by:Ferry

After the PC announcement, Japanese Dragon Ball Online developer NTL has posted a job advert on Gamejob, asking for a “Collection of MMORPG Dragon Ball Online Xbox 360 Edition development programmer.” Which clearly states they need someone with Xbox 360 development experience. Hopefully this Xbox 360 version will be released worldwide, since the PC version is so far only announced for Korea.

Dragon Ball manga/anime series creator Akira Toriyama is personally supervising the development of Dragon Ball Online with Bandai and Bandai Korea. He’s also designing the new characters, buildings, and backgrounds. Since he originally wanted the TV series to stop after the Frieza saga, this is his way to get a fresh start. As a result the Dragonball storyline goes as follows…

Story: It was Age 784 when Goku snuck away from the Tenkaichi Budokai with Uub. Then, about 200 years later, in Age 1000, the stage is set for “Dragon Ball Online”! One day, during rigorous training, you sense a disaster has struck the world! The Earth is divided into parts by the Dark Eye, a lively group of scoundrels, whose mastermind is a total enigma… With the guidance of Time Patroller Trunks, who suddenly appeared, you set out on a journey to reclaim the lost peace. On your adventure, you will meet many other players who have the same goal. Together, can you overcome your limits, defeat the mastermind, and save the world!?

As you can see in the below screenshots, you get to choose between playing as your own customized (change your hair, costume, etc.) kid Saiyan, Human or Namek and in-game you grow into an adult character. (correction: it was later revealed that Saiyans only appear during timetravel, in the game you cannot be a Saiyan and instead can choose for Majin).

An open Dragon Ball Online beta test is promised for the PC MMORPG in the summer of 2007, with a release following in 2008. Nothing is known about the possible Xbox 360 release yet. Nor are any fees or payment schedules decided on at this time. One thing’s for sure, it won’t be free with a development investment by Namco Bandai of 15 trillion yen, it costs over $125 million to make!

Thanks to Snaku for the pics.

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karthikeyan

hey i am a big fan of all dragon ball z games.i have dragon ballz sparkling neo,dragonballz sagas. i hope dragon ball online comes to INDIA.
karthikeyan

for PC……………………
http://videgamesblogger nikhil

i am big fan dragon ball z i like in super saiyan form 1 when will dragon ball z with cool graphics like in ps2 come in pc version ?if comes how much MB of graphic card we need?
Ryoku Hayabusa

will u be to tranform to legendary ssj?
Ryoku Hayabusa

wicth races will be available ?

and will there be a multy choice for super saiyan tranformation (legendary ssj, ssj 1 2&3, great ape=ssj4)……Broly is the saiyan of legend
Power G

Do you guys know when it is comming to holland?
Tyler D

Saiyans aren’t going to be in the game.

The three races announced are

Human

* Martial Artist – Fighters who specialize in martial arts, comparable to characters like Yamcha or Tien.

* Spiritualist – Mystics who specialize in spiritual techniques, like Chaozu.

* Engineer – Mechanics and inventors who build weapons and utilize technology, much like Bulma.
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Namekian

* Dragon Clan – Members of the Namekian support caste which have special abilities including healing, such as Dende or Kami.

* Warrior – Members of the Namekian warrior caste, which includes Piccolo and Nail.
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Majin

* Strange Majin – Slender, evil-looking Majin who have a similar appearance to Majin Buu’s original, pure form.

* Large Majin – Fat, happy-looking Majin who resemble Majin Buu’s good form.
Bonquchko

it’s because the sayians were wiped out right? So since Akira Toya and his team are helping in the devlopment process, it’s gonna stick to the canonical DB/DBZ/DBGT universe
http://AOL.com Kyle

I’am a big fan of dragon ball z and I would love to have a version of Dragon ball online for the xbox360 I’ve always wanted to make my own character into the game and play through the story. If you did decide to make this game you should concider it for the PS3 and Wii consuls, this could be a big money maker!!!
smarterthanyou

they just said at the top if you read the article that you can choose to be a sayan. where the hell did you get majin from? and at no point did majin become a race in dragonballz. vageta became a majin and it wasnt his race cause he was still a sayan he was just under a spell. majin has nothing to do with race so you could be a human or namek and still be a majin. i know your not blind so im going to assume you didnt read the article. dumbass