Dragon Ball Online

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Dragon Ball Online
Developer(s)NTL Inc.
Bird Studio / Shueisha
Publisher(s)South Korea CJ Internet Corporation
Japan Namco Bandai Games
Designer(s)Akira Toriyama (supervisor)
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseSouth Korea TBA 2008 (Beta)
Japan TBA 2009
United States United States 2009
Canada Canada 2009
Genre(s)Fantasy
MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Dragon Ball Online (ドラゴンボールオンライン, Doragon Bōru Onrain, Korean: 드래곤볼 온라인) (officially abbreviated as DBO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game being developed simultaneously in Japan and South Korea by NTL, set in the Dragon Ball universe, first introduced by the Dragon Ball Japanese manga in 1984. Dragon Ball Online takes place on Earth, 216 years after the events at the conclusion of the Dragon Ball manga series. A beta testing of Dragon Ball Online was initially announced to begin in South Korea, during the summer of 2007, though development was delayed by nearly a year, and it is currently scheduled to go live in Korea by the end of 2008, and in Japan in 2009 [1]. A North American release has been announced, though in a press conference held in South Korea on February 14th, 2008, NTL expressed interest in releasing the game to a worldwide audience.[2]

Series creator Akira Toriyama has a great deal of creative control over the project, both contributing to and supervising the story and art design, including character and location arrangements.[3] It has been stated that Toriyama has been working on character designs for this project for the last five years.[4]

Gameplay

As with other MMORPGs, players control a character avatar within a persistent game world, where they will be able to explore the landscape, search for the Dragon Balls, train to compete in the Tenkaichi Budokai, aspiring to become like the warriors of legend, as well as interacting with NPCs as well as other players. As in most MMORPGs, players will be able to obtain money and experience which will allow them to level up and obtain new abilities. Players will also be able to participate in "Timemachine Missions", in which they will receive guidance from Time Patrol Trunks (タイム・パトロール・トランクス, Taimu Patorōru Torankusu), in order to travel back in time and take part in notable aspects of the Dragon Ball history. Also, you can create your own ship and fly to different planets(e.g: Namek).[5]

Playable Races and Classes

File:Dbo-races.jpg
The three playable races and their selectable classes.

Human

  • Martial Artist (武道家, Budōka) - Fighters who specialize in martial arts, comparable to characters like Yamcha, Krillin, or Tien.[1]
  • Spiritualist (気功家, Kikōka) - Mystics who specialize in spiritual techniques, like Chaozu.[1]
  • Engineer (エンジニア, Enjinia) - Mechanics and inventors who build weapons and utilize technology, much like Bulma.[1]

Namekian

  • Dragon Clan (竜族, Ryūzoku) - Members of the Namekian support caste which have special abilities including healing, such as Dende.[1]
  • Warrior (戦士, Senshi) - Members of the Namekian warrior caste, which includes Piccolo and Nail.[1]

Majin

  • Strange Majin (異魔人, Imajin) - Slender, evil-looking Majin who have a similar appearance to Majin Buu's original, pure form.[1]
  • Large Majin (大魔人, Daimajin) - Fat, happy-looking Majin who resembles Majin Buu's good form.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 韓国最新オンラインゲームレポート
  2. ^ DRAGONBALL ONLINE -ドラゴンボールオンライン
  3. ^ Bandai Namco Games, "Dragon Ball Online" Officialy Announced, Akira Toriyama to Supervise All Aspects, Service to Start in South Korea in Summer of 2007, Japan in 2008 (バンダイナムコゲームス、「ドラゴンボールオンライン」を正式発表鳥山明氏全面監修、韓国で2007年夏、日本で2008年サービス開始予定)
  4. ^ DRAGONBALL ONLINE -ドラゴンボールオンライン
  5. ^ Press Conference 2008 gameplay demonstration

External Links

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