Earlier this year we shared the news of Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden being announced for release in Japan - it's a fighting title in the franchise with 20 playable characters and "more than 100 support characters".
Of course, Dragon Ball Z seems to have had a big year in the West, helped along by Dragon Ball Xenoverse being a hit, so it's not hugely surprising to now hear that this is making its way out of Japan. It's been confirmed that this title will head to Europe and Australasia on 16th October and North America on 20th October.
It'll add to a small but decent batch of fighting titles on the 3DS; you can warm up with the rather neat Japanese promotional video below.
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I have never played a handheld DBZ game, so I will keep my eyes on this.
im excited. might not able pre-order on the game's date, but i'll able get soon.
Thank GOD! I've been quietly dying for this. Sold.
The sprites look FANTASTIC!! Can't wait!!
I probably pick this up as I like DBZ and most of its related games.
def has and arcade framerate @_@
Woah, we're actually getting one of those DBZ 3DS games over here? It's actually really nice to see a modern 2D fighter here, as well...
They had a demo of it on the Japanese eShop recently. I played it, and it's actually a pretty fun game. I'm a little bit unsure about the production value: it seems like they took sprites from the DS and they've barely dealt with the 3D effect either, but pure fun imo. You can switch between 3 characters using the touch screen! It was pretty cool.
Awesome, I was about to import this title too lol
I really want this. I've gotten back into Dragonball lately.
With the new movie and a new series starting this could do pretty well.hopefully vegeta is rocking the pink "bad man" shirt.
Looks pretty fun for like an hour or two.
2D DBZ Fighter with lovely looking sprites? Sold!
Had already suppressed the fact this game was being made, since I didn't expect it to come West, but here we are.
This is really exciting news to me! I will be getting this promptly. Very good decision to bring this west!! The 3DS is by far my favorite system ever... I can't wait for this.
This might be the first Dragon Ball game I'm getting for myself. I like the visual style, the stronger focus on balanced combat - and Arc System Works is making it! In Arc I trust!
All I see is "consolation prize" after XV skipped Wii U.
I am glad for all those who are glad, the 3DS calendar does look a little weak for late 2015, but it's no substitute for XV.
I can dig it
Those sprites are some of the best sprites I seen in a long time, after seeing a lot a indie games go down a 8 bit route it nice to see something different. It also nice to finally get a DBZ game on the 3DS, and a 2D one at that. I'll probably pick it up.
Nappa: VEGETA! What does the scouter say how many "Club Nintendo" points we'll get for this game?!
Vegeta: IT'S 0!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only 20 playable characters? I should be expecting more right?
YES!! Great news !!
24 playable characters.
Much more interest in this than Xenoverse or any of the other console DB games of late.
Oh, man. Don't tell me that. I just got deep in a Dragonball kick, due to having finally watched the Abridged series.
How come this is not in E3.
It looks pretty good, but seriously? 20 characters? Are we back on the Super Nintendo? This is ridiculous. The 3DS can hold Xenoblade Chronicles, it can hold AT LEAST 50 characters...
Was expecting it to come over! Can't wait for this!
@Kosmo, this isn't supposed to be a simple anime fighter where most of the characters play exactly the same. Each character has a lot of depth to them so you have 20 really unique characters you can truly master as opposed to having 150 characters where every other character has the same "Mash A" fighting style.
Looks great! Roster is a little low but that's OK. Would be great to have a fighter like this on 3DS. Hope it has local/online battles.
Did someone said sold? Because sold. Hot damn dem sprites looking good.
Super Sonic Warriors 2 was awesome, so I'll be buying this game for sure...
Not a fan of fighting game so wouldn't get it, but I'm happy this is coming. Hopefully, more localization on the way!
Definitely buying this. Looks great. I haven't really played a DBZ game in years.
Only having 20 characters doesn't bother me. I usually only play as Vegeta, teen Gohan and Android 18 anyway.
Awesome, why didn't show this at e3?
Seems cool, but how does the rest of the world get super saiyan 4 if no where else got that other game.
Not a dragonball fan but I love 2d fighters. Will be picking this up.
SH-WEET.
Thank god we're getting more 3rd party localization or my 3DS year would be looking pretty dry.
@Kosmo I really liked the Super Famicom DBZ games, thank you very much.
In fact, it seems like one such game may be included in this one: https://youtu.be/3qv1YMg-074
That sounds like Iwata saying "Bandai-Namco" at the end, there.
I guess the takeaway here is that Frieza would wear a bowtie.
@Genesaur I did too, but we're so much farther now. I expect a LOT more.
@Genesaur o_0! If it includes Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 [in the West too] that would be really sweet IMO! Not something I see developers do very often, but I sure would love to see it more.
@Kosmo Well, to be fair, it is giving more than any game in the Butoden series before it. The first one had, like, eight, and even Hyper Dimension had only ten. We're getting double, so not bad, when you look at it this way. Heck, it's only three less than the original Budokai's full roster.
From what I can tell, the playable characters this time are Goku, Vegeta, young Gohan, adult Gohan, Gotenks, Future Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin, Android 18, Cell, Frieza, Captain Ginyu, Raditz, Nappa, Bardock, Broly, Majin Buu, Kid Buu, and Beerus. Assuming Super Saiyan God Goku is a separate character slot, that makes twenty. While I could do without God Goku and Beerus (rather have Tien Shinhan or Vegito than either of them), that's still a decent lineup. Plus, that's not taking into account the special characters like Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta that may or may not make their way into our version of the game.
Sure, it's not Xenoverse numbers, but to be honest, that level of character availability kinda bothers me. I mean, there's no real, proper balance when you have characters like Mr. Satan and no-name Frieza henchmen. I prefer a somewhat more modest character roster, myself; like for instance, I'll play Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown over Tekken Tag Tournament 2 any day.
Sheer numbers don't impress me nearly so much as finely tuned mechanics. Of course, if Extreme Butoden is poorly balanced, then my argument means jack squat, but whatever, I'm buying the game, anyway.
Sold Sold Sold!!!!!
I can't wait for this game to come out!! It's freaking awesome I loved the demo <3!!
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