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RUMOR: Bulma Playable in DBFZ (Rumor confirmed false)
- Thread starter Chindogg
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The issue is not female representation. I'm all for Videl, Zangya, Caulifla or Kale (only if she's not in the berserker state).
The issue is the character being asked. Bulma or Launch or Mai are not fighters. They should not be in this kind of games when they've never fought once. Especially at the expense of characters who actually did stuff.
When that happens in dragon ball super, I'll be sure to stand in line with you fighting for her spot in the roster. Until then...
What does it matter if a character is a fighter or not in a fighting game? It's one thing if you want FighterZ to be serious business in terms of its roster with no joke characters (but then the power level argument can come into play), but it's another to just say that characters who don't fight can't be part of a fighting game.
Why does it matter that they never fought. What should matter is that they are fun and unique characters. And Arc Sys getting creative with Bulma as a gadget character, Launch playing sorta like Elphelt, Videl as a stand character with Saiyaman like Relius, Chi-Chi the way Arika did in Super DBZ all more interesting than more beams everywhere.
Thankfully the obvious upcoming characters also have potential. Gotenks' Kamikaze ghosts, Kid Buu's whacky fighing style in general.
Yeah but we're already getting characters in the game that are completely new and have never been in the anime. A U6 Bulma variant is basically the same thing, right?
should be obvious considering this is a fighting game that pulls from the source material.
I'd rather get a character who has fought and has a cool moveset, like Dabura, than Bulma who hasn't done jack...
You're essentially trying to force on me a character who never once in the entire series, has performed any sort of martial arts while a fan favorite fighter with a cool moveset gets to stay behind.
Chi-Chi in super dragon ball was hated for the very same reason.
I'm aware I'm peddling my wares to the wrong crowd here. I just hoped people had a bit more common sense regarding the series that this game is adapting.
Android 21 hasn't been confirmed to be playable. And an U6 Bulma variant won't be Bulma in the same way that Frost isn't Freeza.
U6 Bulma is actually Emmy Rossum from Dragonball: Evolution.
Man, the deeper I dig this hole, the more I like it.
Man, the deeper I dig this hole, the more I like it.
Can we please make it a bannable offense in Resetera to mention or allude to any form of that thing?
Future Mai holds her own against Goku Black. I think she'd be a fine addition to the game (although not expected).
Have you not seen Dragon Ball Super?
Huh he's still right tho? There wouldn't be Bulma in U6. Just somebody like her. Kale and Broly aren't the same person.
All she does is try and snipe him. I don't know if I'd call that "holding her own".
She would have a different name, but it would still be Bulma. I also wouldn't put it past ASW to give you a special way to change the name to Bulma.
She did better than Trunks throughout most of that arc.
lol at "holds her own". She does a job as good as the farmer who shot Raditz.
No she didn't. Outside that snipe attempt she spends most of the arc "dead" or on the sidelines. Trunks was the one who actually held his own considering he had to fight off both Black and Zamasu alone while Goku and Vegeta retreated to the past to find a way to stop Zamasu.
He can't control Ki, throw beams or fly (jetpack doesn't count) this roster won't be quirky like the budokai games which is what I think a lot were expecting.
It's hard to convey tone at times so people think both sides are trying to force their desires but going off Hiroki comments characters like Bulma, Launch, Chi-Chi, Satan won't be in.
The fact that they made a new female character to have a female fighter who can keep up while talking about Videl, Chichi, and Bulma in the same article plud the fact they again confirmed they won't be doing that shows they have no intention of adding in a character who can not fire ki blasts of doom and punch mountains.
So unless they are just yanking chains or merely just discussing base roster, its best to give up on Bulma, Videl, etc. Unfortunately it seems they are going for serious fighters. I know Yamcha is a joke, but he is still a more important fighter in the series. It sucks. They could easilly do it. But at the same time there are bigger fan favorites they should be putting in over such a character.
I know they game needs more female fighters, but the masses of casual fans wouldn't like quirky fighter Bulma getting in while some of their faves were shafted or could only get in as DLC regardless as awesome as ASW's gadget fighters ways are.
Then again, they could just be hiding such a character, but I would keep my expectations low to be less disappointed. The team seems to have this small dilusion of needing to keep the spirit and accuracy of the series as much ad possible
Which sucks because Mr Satan would be rad
So unless they are just yanking chains or merely just discussing base roster, its best to give up on Bulma, Videl, etc. Unfortunately it seems they are going for serious fighters. I know Yamcha is a joke, but he is still a more important fighter in the series. It sucks. They could easilly do it. But at the same time there are bigger fan favorites they should be putting in over such a character.
I know they game needs more female fighters, but the masses of casual fans wouldn't like quirky fighter Bulma getting in while some of their faves were shafted or could only get in as DLC regardless as awesome as ASW's gadget fighters ways are.
Then again, they could just be hiding such a character, but I would keep my expectations low to be less disappointed. The team seems to have this small dilusion of needing to keep the spirit and accuracy of the series as much ad possible
Which sucks because Mr Satan would be rad
Except when Trunks went back to the past and left Mai to fend for herself...
I'm not saying Mai was equal to Goku Black, but she did way more than any other powerless character.
There's definitely a part of me that would like to see Future!Mai as someone who basically continues where Mamiya left off in HnK. Time will tell if Arc sees it the same way. I'd honestly rather see her than just another version of Future Trunks.
Edit: PlaystationEU twitter confirms this for good:
Edit: PlaystationEU twitter confirms this for good:
https://twitter.com/PlayStationEU/status/925468939454382084
An error... because we shouldn't've known yet? I'm going to keep holding out hope & be devastated when we get not-Saiyaman Gohan & yet another Buu tonight!
this was my first reaction. I never thought she was coming like... ever... Cant recall any DBZ game I ever owned that had her. But there's like over 50 dbz games but my point is the ones I played never had her and shes definitely not a fighter in DBZ Super
