Dragon Ball: Raging Blast Facts (Updated Frequently) -- 9/02/09

[kibitoshin]

Title:
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast ( Official Website )

By:
Developer - Spike ( Official Website )
Publisher (JP) - Namco Bandai ( Official Website )
Publisher (NA) - Namco Bandai ( Official Website )
Publisher (EU) - Namco Bandai ( Official Website )
Publisher (France) - Atari ? ( Official Website )

Systems:
PlayStation 3 & XBOX 360

Release Dates:
North America - November 30th, 2009
Europe - September 30th, 2009
Japan - December 31st, 2009

Confirmed Characters:
Goku - Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3
Kid Gohan
Gohan (Teen) - Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2
Gohan - Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2
Goten - Super Saiyan
Gotenks - Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3
Vegeta (Scouter)
Vegeta - Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2
Majin Vegeta
Trunks (Sword) - Super Saiyan
Trunks - Super Saiyan, Super Trunks
Kid Trunks - Super Saiyan
Piccolo
Yamcha
Krillin
Chiaotzu
Videl
Raditz
Saibamen
Nappa
Ginyu
Guldo
Burter
Jeice
Recoome
Zarbon - Monster Form
Dodoria
Frieza - Final Form, Final Form Full-Power
Android 16
Android 17
Android 18
Android 19
Dr. Gero
Cell - Imperfect Form, Perfect Form, Perfect Form 100%
Cell Junior
Dabura
Majin Buu
Super Buu - Gotenks Absorbed, Gohan Absorbed
Kid Buu
Broly - Super Saiyan, Legendary Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3

Confirmed Stages:
Wasteland
Planet Namek
Rocky Area (Noon)
Kami's Lookout
Cell Games Arena
City Ruins
Islands
Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Supreme Kai's Planet
World Tournament Stage

Features:
It IS Sparking!/Budokai Tenkaichi!
Raging System
"Mega Blast" Destructive Moves
Expected DLC in the future (Possibility; Not Final)
Roster of the most popular characters
Enhanced character features (such as facial expressions)
New "Super Rising" Move
Attacks such as Super Dash, Health Drain, Time Stop, Rocket Punch, Wolf Fang Fist & more
Over 80 Characters (Two are exclusive to this game)
10 Stages
Online Play with 16-Player Budokai Tournaments, Single or Tag Battles, or Spectator Mode where fighters can be rated
Runs at 60 FPS
More interactive Stages with deeper destructive capabilities
Story Mode w/ over 100 "Battle Frame" Chapters

Videos:
Trailer - 6/03/09
Trailer - 8/19/09
Gameplay (Cell vs. Android 18)
Gameplay (Frieza vs. Krillin)
Gameplay (Frieza vs. Piccolo)
Gameplay (Frieza vs. Piccolo) 2
Gameplay (Goku vs. Frieza)
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Frieza)
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Frieza) 2
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Frieza) 3
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Vegeta)
Gameplay (Piccolo vs. Goku / Vegeta vs. Goku)
Gameplay (Piccolo vs. Vegeta)
Gameplay (Piccolo vs. Krillin)
Gameplay (Cell vs. Vegeta)
Gameplay (In-Game Transformations Confirmation)
Gameplay (Goku vs. Cell)
Gameplay (Goku vs. Frieza)
Gameplay (Goku vs. Frieza) 2
Gameplay (Goku vs. Kid Buu)
Gameplay (Goku vs. Kid Buu) 2
Gameplay (Goku vs. Kid Buu) 3
Gameplay (Goku vs. Kid Buu) 4
Gameplay (Goku vs. Kid Buu) 5
Gameplay (Goku vs. Krillin)
Gameplay (Goku vs. Krillin) 2
Gameplay (Goku vs. Piccolo)
Gameplay (Goku vs. Piccolo) 2
Gameplay (Goku vs. Vegeta)
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Frieza)
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Goku)
Gameplay (Vegeta vs. Goku) 2
Gameplay (Krillin vs. Cell)
Gameplay (various)
Gameplay (Melee Demo)


Screenshots:
PlayStation 3 Button Layout
Character Select Screen (Early Demo)
Final Form Frieza - Character Art
Imperfect Cell - Character Art
Perfect Cell - Character Art
Krillin - Character Art
Piccolo - Character Art
Goku - Character Art
Super Saiyan Goku - Character Art
Super Saiyan 3 Goku - Character Art
Super Saiyan Teen Gohan - Character Art
Super Saiyan 2 Teen Gohan - Character Art
Gotenks - Character Art
Super Saiyan Gotenks - Character Art
Super Saiyan Trunks (Sword) - Character Art
Trunks (Fighting) - Character Art
Super Trunks - Character Art
Super Saiyan Vegeta - Character Art
#17 & Krillin - Story Mode
Final Form Frieza - Story Mode
Ginyu - Story Mode
Goku, Piccolo & Raditz - Story Mode
Super Saiyan Goku - Story Mode
Trunks (Sword) & Imperfect Cell - Story Mode
Vegeta, Trunks & Cell (Form 2) - Story Mode
Story Mode Screen (1)
Story Mode Screen (2)
Story Mode Screen (3)


Magazine Scans:
V-Jump
V-Jump (2)
V-Jump (3)
V-Jump (4)
V-Jump (5)
V-Jump (6)
V-Jump (7)
V-Jump (8)
V-Jump (9) SSJ3 Broly 1
V-Jump (10) SSJ3 Broly 2
V-Jump (11) SSJ3 Broly 3
V-Jump (12) SSJ3 Broly 4
Weekley Shonen Jump (Japan)


Articles:
CheatCC Hands-On Preview (with video)
Comic-Con Preview (with video)

[Dreiko]

Where's the new info?

[-Saiyan Universe-]

Nice job, this is actually a useful thread.

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Dreiko

Where's the new info?

Release date and scan translations.

[Dreiko]

Originally Posted by kibitoshin

Release date and scan translations.

The scans had been translated for a few days actually...and didn't really reveal something we didn't know anyways.

As for the release date, where did you get it from?

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Dreiko

The scans had been translated for a few days actually...and didn't really reveal something we didn't know anyways.

As for the release date, where did you get it from?

The scan. :P

I have a friend who is Japanese that lived there for 20+ years, and speaks fluent English. He knows nothing about Dragon Ball (as much as a non-fan in JAPAN can anyway), and his translations go smoothly along with what others have said and DBZ itself. Either way, even if there wasn't any new info, this is a "one-stop shop" as it were for the game's info. I did it altruistically for sure, but it's darned handy for me. :P

[Dreiko]

Originally Posted by kibitoshin

The scan. :P

I have a friend who is Japanese that lived there for 20+ years, and speaks fluent English. He knows nothing about Dragon Ball (as much as a non-fan in JAPAN can anyway), and his translations go smoothly along with what others have said and DBZ itself.

Where in the scan does it say that, specifically? I know japanese too and i don't see any kind of date listed.


If you were referring to the "23" listed on the bottom of the orange scan above the "6" , that refers to the katekyo hitman reborn! game obviously...so your friend may not know japanese after all >_>.

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Dreiko

Where in the scan does it say that, specifically? I know japanese too and i don't see any kind of date listed.


If you were referring to the "23" listed on the bottom of the orange scan above the "6" , that refers to the katekyo hitman reborn! game obviously...so your friend may not know japanese after all >_>.

Uh, he is Japanese. I've heard him speak it fluently. He said "one version of the game" would be released then. I think he thinks that that scan has info for DBZ games only, so maybe he thought "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" was the subtitle for a DBZ game.

My bad, I'll fix it.

[-Saiyan Universe-]

No way is this game coming out july 23, they would of hyped it well before then.

Just take that out, the rest is good though and this thread will be quite useful in the future that's for sure.

[Dreiko]

Originally Posted by kibitoshin

Uh, he is Japanese. I've heard him speak it fluently. He said "one version of the game" would be released then. I think he thinks that that scan has info for DBZ games only, so maybe he thought "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" was the subtitle for a DBZ game.

My bad, I'll fix it.

The fact that it said it would be released for the DS, while above it said the game was for ps3 and 360 didn't make him wonder?It listing another game's release date below it for august 6 for a bleach game would also show that...and the part is titled hiroku G+ calendar...meaning it's listing other summer releases.

What other things has he translated for you? Just double checking here lol.

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Dreiko

The fact that it said it would be released for the DS, while above it said the game was for ps3 and 360 didn't make him wonder?It listing another game's release date below it for august 6 for a bleach game would also show that...and the part is titled hiroku G+ calendar...meaning it's listing other summer releases.

What other things has he translated for you? Just double checking here lol.

Yeah, he did mention "some DS game" that he wasn't sure if it was DBZ or something similar to RB. And he didn't know what system the game was supposed to be released on except for what the screens said.

EDIT: Also, is it my imagination (probably), or is that, in the third scan, on the bottom screenshot, Bojack Goku has just sent flying? I know it probably isn't, since we've only seen a few characters (major ones) and Bojack would be quite random, but you never know. Just... there's a big maroon blob (hair) above a mess of green, it looks like to me. And it looks like below that, a bit of white (pants), a small blob of blue (the tail of his belt) and what looks like maybe yellow boots. Hmm...

EDIT 2: After doing some investigation on the bottom screenshot of the third scan, I've deduced that the character Goku has sent flying is Final Form Frieza. Not entirely exciting or surprising, but for those of you wondering I'm almost positive that's who we're looking at there.

[Rockalot]

Hey nice, useful thread, I approve *nod*

I hadn't actually heard about the translations of the scans. It's interesting, the wording they use. What are these Mega blast moves mentioned?

[MajinObaDBZ]

Nice thread. Awesome!

[kibitoshin]

Thanks for the positive feedback, friends.

Originally Posted by Rockalot

Hey nice, useful thread, I approve *nod*

I hadn't actually heard about the translations of the scans. It's interesting, the wording they use. What are these Mega blast moves mentioned?

My translator friend got this from the scan:

"The characters also have the ability to do some mega blast destruction moves."

Sounds to me like maybe something along the lines of the way Spirit Bomb and Supernova "destroy" the planet, but maybe since the games already had this feature, maybe you can completely destroy large plateaus or created craters in the ground? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

[Dreiko]

Originally Posted by kibitoshin

Thanks for the positive feedback, friends.



My translator friend got this from the scan:

"The characters also have the ability to do some mega blast destruction moves."

Sounds to me like maybe something along the lines of the way Spirit Bomb and Supernova "destroy" the planet, but maybe since the games already had this feature, maybe you can completely destroy large plateaus or created craters in the ground? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

In the context put i think this refers to the stage-altering ultimate attacks present in previous games.

[Namekianbattler]

Sounds more like their way to get attention. It's probably the same blast moves as usual, haven't they always described them like that ?

[MajinObaDBZ]

"Full-Out Fist-Fighting Deathmatch"?

[Dreiko]

Originally Posted by Namekianbattler

Sounds more like their way to get attention. It's probably the same blast moves as usual, haven't they always described them like that ?

I don't remember how the scans of BT3 described it due to them being nearly 3 years old lol.

But yeah, most everything they've said is stuff we'd know...anyone who's played a previous spike game should at least.

Originally Posted by MajinObaDBZ

Do you get what they mean by "Raging System"?

"A cool-sounding arbitrary name/description of a mode of which no details exist yet." would be it. Similarly to how "max power mode" was referred to as SPARKING! in the sparking games in the japanese version.

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Dreiko

I don't remember how the scans of BT3 described it due to them being nearly 3 years old lol.

But yeah, most everything they've said is stuff we'd know...anyone who's played a previous spike game should at least.

"A cool-sounding arbitrary name/description of a mode of which no details exist yet." would be it. Similarly to how "max power mode" was referred to as SPARKING! in the sparking games in the japanese version.

Indeed. "Realistic and super-speedy visual battles" apparently was at least close to the "Raging System" tag. I'm wondering if this just refers to the game engine or something.

Originally Posted by MajinObaDBZ

"Full-Out Fist-Fighting Deathmatch"?

I think the idea is to emphasize their intent to have it replicate the anime series as much as possible, or maybe it is a hint as to a more in-depth melee system? It's all in speculation at this point.

[MajinObaDBZ]

Originally Posted by Dreiko

I don't remember how the scans of BT3 described it due to them being nearly 3 years old lol.

But yeah, most everything they've said is stuff we'd know...anyone who's played a previous spike game should at least.

"A cool-sounding arbitrary name/description of a mode of which no details exist yet." would be it. Similarly to how "max power mode" was referred to as SPARKING! in the sparking games in the japanese version.

But "SPARKING" mode isn't new. It's been there since the first.

[Dreiko]

Originally Posted by MajinObaDBZ

But "SPARKING" mode isn't new. It's been there since the first.

Yes, and raging blast is not a direct sparking sequel.

[Rockalot]

Originally Posted by kibitoshin

Thanks for the positive feedback, friends.



My translator friend got this from the scan:

"The characters also have the ability to do some mega blast destruction moves."

Sounds to me like maybe something along the lines of the way Spirit Bomb and Supernova "destroy" the planet, but maybe since the games already had this feature, maybe you can completely destroy large plateaus or created craters in the ground? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

Mmmm, destructable enviroments sounds great. I'm hoping all the previous gameplay features make a return, and they just modify and add to it. They're usually pretty good with fan feed back, like making rushes easier to block from T2 to T3 etc. Anyone know what engine they're using? Looks to me like it was built from the gound up. It's possible it's a modified version of the Tenkiachi engine too

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Rockalot

Mmmm, destructable enviroments sounds great. I'm hoping all the previous gameplay features make a return, and they just modify and add to it. They're usually pretty good with fan feed back, like making rushes easier to block from T2 to T3 etc. Anyone know what engine they're using? Looks to me like it was built from the gound up. It's possible it's a modified version of the Tenkiachi engine too

I agree.

It appears to me to be a modified Tenkaichi engine (unless they're reusing animations from the Tenkaichi series)... which is fine by me. BT3 was damn-near close to a perfect DBZ game, so, a new engine would just be kind of a shame.

By the way, all available screenshots of the game are now on the first post of this topic.

[Kuricoloken]

Excellent work Kibitoshin. We appreciate the heads-up.

Sound off! TSHHH --

[Mtwarrior]

Originally Posted by kibitoshin

My translator friend got this from the scan:

George Glass

[kibitoshin]

Originally Posted by Kuricoloken

Excellent work Kibitoshin. We appreciate the heads-up.

Sound off! TSHHH --

Haha, thanks man.


More info from the Europe Namco Bandai website as well as release dates added.

[Dreiko]

See, told ya it wasn't on the 23rd of july .

[dragonballzgt]

You've forgot to add Base Goku.

[MajinObaDBZ]

Originally Posted by dragonballzgt

You've forgot to add Base Goku.

No pics of base Goku has been shown yet.

[Avi DBZ MASTER1]

one moment when they say most popular chars in rooster, by any chance does it mean most requested?
If so me And Sayain Universe are hopin 4 GT Goten!