Yeah, saw that before I went to bed last night. Really does look like a Gundam Vs. game with DBZ characters, just with different overall mechanics and such. :lol:
Any way, I am amused that they opted to use the classic JP OST, as opposed to Kai’s. And about 15 characters hopefully will do more to imply we’ll actually get unique playable characters, as opposed to just a whole bunch of characters that just feel samey, a la BT/RB.
Yeah it’s nice on paper to have tons of characters for the fans, but most of them end up being terrible and they tend all blend together, glad they’ve decided to just stick to key characters.
Hope they announce gundam vs is coming to ps3 so I can think this game has a chance, cause I’m not planning any trips to japan right now. :[
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If anything, it’s just the opposite in my opinion. Assuming Zenkai does well in JP arcades, it’s that more likely to get a PS3(360) port and NA localization than Gundam Extreme Vs., just because Bamco knows that DBZ is money in the bank in the West. Such a thing can’t be readily said for Gundam Vs., because Gundam hasn’t really been relevant in the West since back in 2000 and Gundam W.
Yeah I wasn’t really thinking of a NA release, but dbz is more popular in the west. Just figured since gundam vs is already out and zenkai is coming out? Idk when. That vs would be the 1rst to show that they want to bring titles like this over to consoles.
Well, according to the website, Zenkai is going through its first loke test now, with an official arcade run slated to start in February next year. To me, it sounds like Bamco really wants Zenkai to get the show started sooner, rather than later, which is quite opposite from how things were done on the Gundam end of things.
Gundam Extreme Vs. was allowed a loke test period that took the better portion of nearly half of this year, before finally going “gold” in arcades back in September. And it’s still getting time unlock stuff (new suits to play as and other frivolous stuff) even now, so it doesn’t seem like Bamco is any particular hurry to think about a console port in GEV’s case. After all, the only market to be concerned about in that case is, well, Japan and Asia, where the arcade sales are all that really matter to Bamco (and Capcom).
So, to me? I wouldn’t count on the notion that just because Zenkai is coming out after Gundam, translates to it not getting the port treatment before Gundam does. Because again, if the game does well in arcades, I can easily see Bamco then focusing their attention to making sure those in the West can get their shot at the game. It helps that it looks like this game could effectively be BT/RB’s replacement by this time next year…