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*{{nihongo|Martial Artist|武道家|무도인|Budōka}} - Fighters who specialize in martial arts, comparable to characters like [[Yamcha]] and [[Krillin]].<ref name="GameWatch"/>
*{{nihongo|Martial Artist|武道家|무도인|Budōka}} - Fighters who specialize in martial arts, comparable to characters like [[Yamcha]] and [[Krillin]].<ref name="GameWatch"/>
*{{nihongo|Spiritualist|気功家|기공사|Kikōka}} - Mystics who specialize in spiritual techniques, like [[Chaozu]] and [[List of Dragon Ball characters#Tien Shinhan|Tien]].<ref name="GameWatch"/>
*{{nihongo|Spiritualist|気功家|기공사|Kikōka}} - Mystics who specialize in spiritual techniques, like [[Chiaotzu]] and [[List of Dragon Ball characters#Tien Shinhan|Tien]].<ref name="GameWatch"/>
*{{nihongo|Engineer|엔지니어||Enjinia}} - Mechanics and inventors who build weapons and utilize technology, much like [[Bulma]].<ref name="GameWatch"/>
*{{nihongo|Engineer|엔지니어||Enjinia}} - Mechanics and inventors who build weapons and utilize technology, much like [[Bulma]].<ref name="GameWatch"/>


Revision as of 11:08, 4 August 2009

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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 KoreaNov 2009[dbmmo.com]
Japan TBA
United States TBA
Europe TBA
Genre(s)Fantasy
Science-Fiction
Action
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 with a Japanese beta to soon follow,[1] but has been delayed and is currently slated for the second half of 2009.[2] North America has set its current release to November 2009. [3] In March 2009, it was announced that TBWA\Korea obtained the marketing rights for Dragon Ball Online and would run a full-scale marketing campaign from April to August 2009.[4]

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.[5] It has been stated that Toriyama has been working on character designs for this project for the last five years.[3]

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. It is speculated that players may 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) AKA Future Trunks, in order to travel back in time and take part in notable aspects of the Dragon Ball history.

Playable Races and Classes

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

Human

  • Martial Artist (武道家, [무도인] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help), Budōka) - Fighters who specialize in martial arts, comparable to characters like Yamcha and Krillin.[1]
  • Spiritualist (気功家, [기공사] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help), Kikōka) - Mystics who specialize in spiritual techniques, like Chiaotzu and Tien.[1]
  • Engineer (엔지니어, Enjinia) - Mechanics and inventors who build weapons and utilize technology, much like Bulma.[1]

Namekian

  • Dragon Clan (竜族, [용족] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help), Ryūzoku) - Members of the Namekian support caste which have special abilities including healing, such as Dende.[1]
  • Warrior (戦士, [전사] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help), Senshi) - Members of the Namekian warrior caste, which includes Piccolo and Nail.[1]

Majin

  • Strange Majin (異魔人, [의마인] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help), Imajin) - Slender, evil-looking Majin who have a similar appearance to Majin Buu's original, pure form.[1]
  • Large Majin (大魔人, [대마인] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help), Daimajin) - Fat, happy-looking Majin who resembles Majin Buu's good form.[1]

Please note that this is a separate game from various fangames, which may or may not be by the same name.

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. ^ CJ Internet 3Q 2008 Earnings Results (PDF)
  3. ^ a b DRAGONBALL ONLINE -ドラゴンボールオンライン
  4. ^ TBWA\Korea wins Dragon Ball
  5. ^ 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)
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