Dragon Ball Zhas been a prominent video game franchise for a while now, crossing multiple genres over the years. Yet despite its modern resurgence with games includingDragon Ball FighterZandDragon Ball Legends, the series has been neglecting its RPG roots. Bandai Namco hopes to correct that starting this year, with a newDragon Ball Zaction RPG.
Virtually no information about the new game has been shared beyond the game’s existence and that it’s an action RPG, which itself isn’t particularly enlightening. Nonetheless, the announcement was made in conjunction with Japanese manga magazine V Jump. And while V Jump has made the announcement, it’s really much more of a teaser for a broader announcement in the magazine’s upcoming monthly issue.
Though V Jump seems to have the exclusive initial reveal of thisDragon Ball Zaction RPG, there’s much more than that to look forward to. Over the weekend there was a specialDragon Balllivestream event in Bandai teased the reveal of a new game during theDragon Ball FighterZRed Bull Final Summoning tournament starting January 26. It’s now clear that this game will be thisDragon Ball Zaction RPG.
The more disappointing side of today’s announcement regards whenDragon Ballfans can expect this action RPG to be fully available. The tweet at hand implies, rather unclearly, that this newDragon Ball Zaction RPG is either just starting development or early on.Bandai Namco’s tweet reads:
“In 2019, the project of a New Game focusing on the World of Dragon Ball Z begins!”
While this may simply be a poor translation of V Jump’s announcement tweet, it sounds as though thisDragon Ball Zaction RPG is years away from completion. Still, if Bandai Namco is so excited to announce the game this early, it must believe it’s something special. Or maybe justDragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
Stay tuned for more information onDragon Ball Z’s upcoming action RPG in days and weeks ahead.
