15 April 2007
Ferry

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

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.

5 September 2007 11:07
japhe

i cant’ wait to play
thise game
im DBZ players
in PHILLIPINES

10 September 2007 12:27
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hola como se juega dragon balonline

11 September 2007 18:36
I bet youd like to know

it comes out for Japan And Korea in 2008 it will take like 2 more years for the us so probably 2010

20 September 2007 12:23
dbz man

make it come out now now i say

27 September 2007 09:48
BRASIL

SEU FILHOS DA MERDA VAI SE LASCAR OS AMERICANOS.
DRAGON BALL Z O MELHOR DESENHO DO MUNDO

28 September 2007 17:24
Artagnan

Erm…. this looks like a cheap copy of wow…

No way that this will ever beat wow, ur not gonna get 9 million subscribers to this junk

28 September 2007 17:29
Artagnan

Oh the reason why it wont win over wow?

cuz this is just like ANY other MMORPG these days, i mean seriously, if this is to be any major seller in U.S and E.U it needs to be more creative than this shit…

Asia doesnt count, people are crazyies over there

1 October 2007 09:43
addel

i cant wait till this comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 October 2007 11:21
Ejyqi

Does anyone know if this game has a player vs player mode and if its coming out in america?

4 October 2007 10:50
MarvyMarv

Artagnan STFU. If you dont have any insightful criticism then gtfo. I like WoW but this game would be awesome. I hope its a game of good quality and content. I can’t wait i’m gonna be a Black Saiyan or a namekian.