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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Switch launches September 22 in the Americas and Europe
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AlexFlame116
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Seems to be 50. Also we still don't know about Xenoverse 1 Story DLC.
royox
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The game is on sale just now. Pretty sure it was full priced before the sale as I had it targeted waiting for it to happen (for PS4).
Undead Fantasy
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It's a big fuck you to fans.
Same, I don't consider it a fighting game at all and it bugs me when people do.
The_Intruder
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there wasn't a dlc on the ps4/xbox one japanese version to get original soundtrack from the anime? If so this could be interesting to pick it up in japanese.
I think i'll just go with Pokken and then wait for DBfZ
The_Intruder
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UserDoesNotExist
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Coming from someone that likes the game (admittedly due heavily to being a competent DBZ game): it's not a fighting game, it's a brawler with a versus mode.
This is not true for NA though. Puyo Puyo released three days before Mario Kart. Disgaea dropped three days before USF2. And Fate/Extella is scheduled to launch four days after Spla2oon.
DBZ is definitely launching the same day as Pokken though, which is an odd choice to say the least, lol. I guess they figured there'd be no overlap but I am interested in both and will probably only be able to pick up one at first.
I haven't played Pokken at all but I'd personally pick Xenoverse 2.
I'm a huge Dragon Ball fan, so I'm a bit biased but Xenoverse 2 is meaty as heck, especially if we're getting Xenoverse 1 as well. IMO, Pokken just looks like a kind of bad 3D fighter with a Pokémon skin. I'm honestly a little surprised there's even a debate on which to get that day but I guess it depends what IP you're more invested in.
Pokken is hella fun.
Yeah, I think launching Xenoverse 2 and Pokken together is actually not a bad move. They target different gaming audiences but similar IP audiences in the West - most people that watched DBZ probably watched Pokemon. So if you want a serious 1v1 fighting game there's Pokken, but if you want a more flashy, fanservicey fighter there's Xenoverse.
The hub is set up like Splatoon, so there aren't any live players, but since it's such a large hub, it's rather busy-looking.
Oh, I'm sure it is and not trying to shit on Pokken - which now reading my previous post, sounds like I'm doing - but what else is there than just fighting? Is there a campaign? Things to unlock? Special modes? Etc. I'm admittedly uninformed about the game, but it doesn't look like there's more than just the fighting. Which is fine, but to me looks like the lesser package of the two. But then again, like I said before, I'm a huge DB fan.
I'm most likely going to get Pokken... one day, but I'm definitely double dipping on XV2 day one for the portability aspect alone.
What? When you are playing online there are live players in the hub.
Offline hubs are like that though.
Toadthemushroom
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I guess we'd be going into semantics there - it's the same release week timing and a few days doesn't matter when it comes to online pre-orders where games are shipped ahead of release.
Really? I guess a lot of people are AFK then, because all they do is stand around.
TheAggroCraig
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I wasn't a big fan of Xenoverse 1 on the PS4, but I may give this a go when it drops in price... then again I might just hold off for FighterZ to scratch that DB game itch though.
I was under the impression that the DLC is there, but it has to be purchased like the other consoles.
It's a fighting game, why would you expect anything else than fighting in it.
Eolz
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That's what people mean by that yeah.
Not an Injustice WiiU situation. Just that when the game will be released on Switch, all the DLC woukd have been out on other consoles and could have been at least partially free in a full price port coming one year later.
PaulExcellent
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July is going to make my wallet hurt. :/
I'll be going with Xenoverse and Odyssey for the other months, tho.
I don't think they expected FighterZ to be the hype fueled machine that it is. People arguably want that game because it looks straight from the anime. No DBZ game has really ever been like that graphically before. It made sense that XV2 got ported instead of a new IP they'd have to take a chance on. What sucks now is that they don't seem to want to consider it and I'd bet they're waiting to see how many people buy XV2.
clarknova156
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TDLink
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More of this dumb third party logic that was employed on Wii U.
"We'll only consider porting our new game that everyone wants if you buy this older game in the franchise that has nothing to do with the new one...6 months - 1 Year late...without the DLC included and still sold separately...at full MSRP."
It's bullshit and it keeps happening. How do these companies seriously expect these late ports to perform like that. People aren't -that- desperate for Switch games, maybe if it was a launch title you could kind of get away with it. But in the Holiday season when all these other games are coming out? No Way. It at the very least should include all the DLC for $50, or be much cheaper to reflect the price, at the time of release, on other platforms. And a late port like this certainly shouldn't effect a completely different game, even if it utilizes the same license.
"We'll only consider porting our new game that everyone wants if you buy this older game in the franchise that has nothing to do with the new one...6 months - 1 Year late...without the DLC included and still sold separately...at full MSRP."
It's bullshit and it keeps happening. How do these companies seriously expect these late ports to perform like that. People aren't -that- desperate for Switch games, maybe if it was a launch title you could kind of get away with it. But in the Holiday season when all these other games are coming out? No Way. It at the very least should include all the DLC for $50, or be much cheaper to reflect the price, at the time of release, on other platforms. And a late port like this certainly shouldn't effect a completely different game, even if it utilizes the same license.
So I shouldn't expect a campaign, things to unlock and special modes in a fighter?
OK then...
Mr. Nice_Guy
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All the talk about FightersZ made me want to see if any DLC was included with this. Not that I'm surprised but has definitely cemented me not getting this. XV1 was okay, and FightersZ looks like a dream come true so I can wait.
Anime fighters have spoiled us.
This isn't really that uncommon, not a direct comparison in gamestyle but if you ever play an MMO or any game in which you can customize your character and show it off people tend to just go AFK in public spaces.
A good example is FFXIV, go to any major hub town in that game and there are tons of people just sitting there because they are showing off their glamours, or their new mount or raid weapon.
It's going to be harder and harder for other fighting games to excuse bare bones releases when you have devs like NR and many anime fighting game devs pushing out games with a ton of content and things to do.
Full Price this late and not including he DLC stings.
I would love to buy FighterZ, but I won't be able to really commit to Verse 2 until we know for sure how the Verse 1 DLC works for North America given they are likely to still want a premium this far out of the original release.
I would love to buy FighterZ, but I won't be able to really commit to Verse 2 until we know for sure how the Verse 1 DLC works for North America given they are likely to still want a premium this far out of the original release.
This is a very poor argument in 2017 when fighting games with heavy single player content are succeeding while while games without "anything else than fighting" are struggling to gain popularity. I think it's a fair question to ask, and decent single player content is absolutely reasonable to ask for.
Looks like there was a new commercial/trailer released in Japan. Honestly I think it's a pretty cool commercial. I'm curious now if Bandai Namco is going to advertise this outside of Japan. It releases next month. I haven't been checking out any kids channels lately so I don't know if ads have been showing there at this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMrEai_UtQ
Honestly I've been enjoying Dragon Ball Super so much lately, and while I want FighterZ (will get the PC version) I think I'm still going to pick this up in the end to satisfy that itch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMrEai_UtQ
Honestly I've been enjoying Dragon Ball Super so much lately, and while I want FighterZ (will get the PC version) I think I'm still going to pick this up in the end to satisfy that itch.
I just did a search and was wondering if anyone posted the recent commercial. I agree it's pretty good! I may get this mainly for the singleplayer content. Hopefully it sells decently well and DBFZ does end up coming later on.
Haven't a DBZ game since one of the early ones on the 360 haha.
Haven't a DBZ game since one of the early ones on the 360 haha.
Hero of Legend
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Ditto as far as day 1 is concerned. It's a guarantee purchase, but if the XV1 stuff is pre-order/day 1 DLC, then I'm in right away.
Edit: Asked their US twitter account, hopefully we'll find out.
IdreamofHIME
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Yeah, I'm still waiting for details on the X1 campaign. It's a deal breaker for me.
It does, I read it somewhere.
About the XV1 stuff, if someone who understand japanese could translate us what is said at the end of that trailer (around 3:45) it would help greatly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMrEai_UtQ
Bought.
StalkerUKCG
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I mean PC is ridiculously the definitive version due to the absolutely incredible mod support.
That said they couldn't have made this worse for switch fans. No DLC feels like a huge kick in the face.
That said they couldn't have made this worse for switch fans. No DLC feels like a huge kick in the face.
Short video of it running in handheld mode. Looks great.