Battle Stadium D.O.N Discussion (DBZ, One Piece, Naruto)

Cap'n Carter

@Caracal:

Where did you find the opening?

I think he meant the new One Piece anime opening.

Caracal

Gear 2 has been shown in that as well? Need to go track that down.

Metalvirus

I posted the opening download link in the past page.

Caracal

Yes, I noticed that. I thought you mean the opening to the game was available (a bit surprising seeing as how it isn't finished yet, though it could have leaked onto the internet). Guess we got our wires crossed.

Metalvirus

Yea. Sorry I didnt notice that before, but I see how it could have been interpreted differently. Well, I hope this game has an AWESOME opening. Anyhoo, is there any clips of this game in action anywhere?

ninjuichi

There were some scans in Famitsu that are posted on Gaming age Forums now… but the screens are (mostly) the same from the first scan, so I won't post them here. I doubt there's any new information as well.

Caracal

@Metalvirus:

Yea. Sorry I didnt notice that before, but I see how it could have been interpreted differently. Well, I hope this game has an AWESOME opening. Anyhoo, is there any clips of this game in action anywhere?

I think it would be great if they animated a new intro, simular to DBZ Budokai 2 and 3, and perhaps have the characters exchange villains, say Goku vs Enel, Naruto vs Cell and Luffy vs….. Uh...... Gaara....? (don't know many Naruto villains at the moment).

warp

@Battle:

Wow, I'm stoked that Mizuguchi is heading this up, the guy's a freakin' genius!! But 'Eighting' tends to be a bit of a mixed bag, while their Naruto fighters are fairly solid, they also developed Fighting for One Piece, which was a total turd imo.

which naruto games did they do. I know tomy did gekito ninja taisen but fighting for one piece was done by bandai. So did they do narutiamate hero or gekito ninja taisen

Edit: i also found out it was issue 7 that had the scans

paptschik

@warp:

which naruto games did they do. I know tomy did gekito ninja taisen but fighting for one piece was done by bandai. So did they do narutiamate hero or gekito ninja taisen

Edit: i also found out it was issue 7 that had the scans

8ing made Gekitou Ninja Taisen.

Tokoro Ataru

@warp:

another naruto stage which name escapes me right now

Looks to me merely like the roofs of Konoha village. Ninjas like running around on roofs a lot. Then again, outside that and "Valley of the End" (and with what little I've seen of Naruto outside spoilers and the dub), I don't really know where else they could put in the game to balance out the OP/DB stages. (though it is Naruto's publisher) Maybe one of the Chuunin Exam arenas or some generic Fire Nation forest…maybe even the bridge from the Zabuza arc.

Oh, and one of the cliffside stages reminds me of one of the DB fighting areas...sort of like somewhere the DBZ characters fought one of the main baddies.

warp

"Here are some new images of Bandai Namco's cross over fighting game Battle Stadium D.O.N., the game will be coming to both PS2 and GC in Japan on July 20, 2006, for 7140 yen. Battle Stadium D.O.N. features over 20 playable characters from Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Naruto; there is a Real Burst combo system, which allows characters to execute their super moves in momentarily. Each character can also pick up and use the famous items from the 3 series in the battles. The battle stages also have a lot of interactive elements, such as you can be hit by cars in the DBZ city; and the One Piece Skypiea island is a vertical scrolling stage."

Yosh! Over 20 playable characters! Alright!

Metalvirus

Over 20 eh? So that means about 7 to 8 characters per series if they do it equal (Which they should). Lets start naming who we think will get in from each series.

One Piece-
Luffy
Zoro
Usopp (Sogeking alt costume)
Nami
Chopper
Sanji
Franky
Arg…hard to decide. I want some villains from OP, but Robin is a Strawhat... Oh well, Robin, even though I want Crocodile or someone like that more.

DBZ-
Goku
Piccolo
Gohan
Vegeta
Freeza
Trunks
Cell
Freeza

Naruto-
Naruto
Sasuke
Sakura
Kakashi
Rock Lee
Gaara
Orochimaru
Itachi

paptschik

I hope we won't see Itachi and instead get someone like Shikamaru…

warp

one piece:

luffy*
zoro *
nami
usopp
sanji*
chopper*
robin
franky
enel
crocodile
lucchi

dbz:
goku *
vegeta*
piccolo*
gohan*
kuririn
trunks
goten
cell
freeza
buu

naruto:
naruto*
sasuke
sakura*
rock lee*
kakashi
neji
kiba
orochimaru
itachi
shikamaru
gaara

ok so 32 might be an over the top number but eighting put like 34 in GNT (even tho they only put 13 in FOP >>)

*= confirmed

Metalvirus

But they only said "Over 20 characters" Having over 10 more would be a stretch. They might as well say "Over 30 characters!"

warp

@warp:

one piece:

luffy*
zoro *
nami
usopp
sanji*
chopper*
robin
franky
enel
crocodile
lucchi**

dbz:
goku *
vegeta*
piccolo*
gohan*
kuririn**
trunks
goten
cell
freeza
buu

naruto:
naruto*
sasuke
sakura*
rock lee*
kakashi
neji
kiba
orochimaru
itachi**
shikamaru**
gaara

ok so 32 might be an over the top number but eighting put like 34 in GNT (even tho they only put 13 in FOP >>)

*= confirmed

the double star means that i could do without those characters which means it would be 28 though i'd still like shikamaru,itachi,kuririn, and lucchi.

I hope gear 2 luffy will be in the game for like a power up.

(ex: goku ssj forms, naruto-kyubbi, luffy-gears)

And other for people. The game does seem to have power ups…though i hear burst is a combo system for special attacks (kinda like FOP?!)

Metalvirus

Wait….so, there is a Zoro's sword weapon... Just how would Zoro hold it?

Tokoro Ataru

OK, so going on the fact that we want the seven SH + Franky, I guess I'll try to see if we can get a good line-up. (minus villains, since if the SH don't have villains, then the odds should be even for all three sides)

One Piece:
-Luffy (confirmed)
-Zoro (confirmed)
-Nami
-Ussop
-Sanji (confirmed)
-Chopper (confirmed)
-Robin
-Franky

DB/Z:
-Goku (confirmed)
-Vegeta (confirmed)
-Piccolo (confirmed)
-Gohan (confirmed)
-Krillian
-Goten/Trunks/Gotenks
-"Mr. Buu" (yeah, its Majin Buu, but we could get away with it as such)
-Hmm…the last slot would be a coin toss between Tienshinhan, #18 or Future Trunks

Naruto:
-Naruto (confirmed)
-Sasuke
-Sakura (confirmed)
-Rock Lee (confirmed)
-Kakashi
-Neji (though I rather have Hinata :p)
-Gaara
-The toughest slot since I see several equally fitting. Best bets for an eight hero slots go to the likes of Shikamaru, Kiba, Jiraiya or someone as such.

As for bosses, I could see villains as bosses. For some reason though I sort of see a double tiered thing where there are two sets of allied villains, one for most levels and one for the hardest one. And since there are six, this is an easy enough choice:

-Frieza
-Cell
-Orochimaru
-Itachi
-Crocodile
-Ener (though I could see Lucci replacing one of them too...or Aokiji if you want to go for more variety)

Pick and choose the weaker of each group for the lower-tier and the stronger for upper-tier.

Metalvirus

Im really excited on how specials might look in this game. I hope its like GNT, some cinimatic, some real time, but they are short, and dont interupt the fight.

warp

Meh i would kinda like it to be the ougi's in NH series but i doubt it. I think they should have specials and an ougi in the game. Specials would be the ones that dont interupt the game

Metalvirus

The reason I dont want it to be like ougi's in NH, cuz I feel that they are too long, and even though they are SUPER awesome the first time you see them, they get old after a while. Even though I have never played NH :P, but the way it looks, it looks like it might get old really fast.

Demon Rin

Actually Metalvirus, this game is being Developed by 8ing (they developed GNT1-4 for those who dont know) so I think (and greatly hope) it will be as good and will probabily borrow some Elements from GNT (Like the Cinematic Specials)
if they do, I hope all the Specials Have 2 Randomly cycling animations like GNT4

warp

Well the good thing about NH (tho i have never played my copy, need magic keys.) Is that you can unlock different ougi's so you can equip different ones. It givies more of a variety. I think that would be awesome if you could unlock more then 1 ougi but i dont think 8ing will do that. I am really glad the stages are bigger in don then GNT. That was probably the #1 downside in GNT. It got old fast.

Demon Rin

well, GNT had a lot of Small Levels but The Bridge Level was MASSIVE, even though the whole stage was the same thing, there was a lot of it.
I've never Played NH (Im guessing that's Narutemeit Hero) but I want to. Alas, no PS2 mods to play it. although, Joanne (this nice Gamer who owns a Game store near my house) is gonna get me something, so Around then im gonna Buy NH3 (if 4 isnt out by then) and Fighting For One Piece.
anyway, I like the sound of that Equipting Different Specials thing, They may or may not do that but it's a good Idea

warp

Also it would be awesome (there would be no chance of hell in this happening), but in NH (yes it does stand for narutaimate hero) you can pick different specials (not ougi's) and equip them to other people.
(ex: Luffy using goku's kamehameha <3) That would totally kickass, but that wont happen. I heard fighting for one piece (Fop) sucked which is disapointing because it looked pretty fun.

Demon Rin

…... I now want to play this game and Have sakura or Naruto do the Ura Renge.....

Neophos

That's impossible ;D

You can only switch up techniques (like Thousand Birds, Spiral Sphere, Konoha Whirlwind etc), not specials. I always use a Tenten with Thousand Birds and a healing technique, for example ;D

Metalvirus - Unless the ones playing are complete newbies, you won't get the specials off so often that you'll get tired of them (and most of them are pretty awesome, so you don't get tired of them anyway ;D).

It's a shame a great series like OP only seems to get mediocre games, while a mediocre series like Naruto gets great games =(

Buccaneer

This is where, as a fighting game fan, I have to learn to compromise. Switching character moves (wrestling game style, not Budokai style) takes pretty much all of the fun out of a fighting system, I think.

this game's shitty, because the sick attacks from dbz against one piece and naruto will be unfear

Neophos

Yeah, because they obviously won't balance the game.

I'm sure Goku will instantly win the moment he steps onto the field just by powering up.

Buccaneer - Why? The characters still have all of their individual moves, not to mention that there's still over the majority of the characters that doesn't have any techniques that you can freely use. There's only 18 diffrent techniques that can be used by everyone, and there's over 50 characters with 2 techniques each, so there's still plenty of individuality ;D

Taleran

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0605/game060521c.shtml

new screens / characters / how the stages work revealed

Buccaneer

Uh, no. Their source most likely just came from here.

Neophos, pro and con attributes make up nearly all of the fun about picking a character, besides getting good with them. Only select moves to be transfered isn't bad, but 50 characters with 2 moves each is a bad situation. MvC2, for example, wouldn't have had nearly 60 characters if they only had a certain amount of moves like that.

Neophos

No, not two moves each, two techniques each >_<

A technique is a special move (up up circle and down down circle), like Thousand Birds or Dynamic Entry. And there are 18 techniques in total, out of roughly 100, that almost everyone can use (certain characters cannot use certain techniques, like Lee can't use Thousand Birds and Exploding Shadow Clone, and certain characters can't specify their techniques at all, like the Sound four and any transformed character.), of which many suck, so it's not like every character is the same.

And besides, certain characters can't use the techniques as well as others ;D It's still a lot of weighing between pros and cons, perhaps just not as much.

warp

@Demon:

…... I now want to play this game and Have sakura or Naruto do the Ura Renge.....

Yeah what nephos said that is impossible and you can only equip justus's in NH not ougis. Ura Renge is an ougi. Though naruto can do chidori. Go to shishi-rendan.com for all justus that can be quipped in customzation.

This game looks like it will be fun i really hope there is a story mode…

Buccaneer

@Neophos:

No, not two moves each, two techniques each >_<

A technique is a special move (up up circle and down down circle), like Thousand Birds or Dynamic Entry. And there are 18 techniques in total, out of roughly 100, that almost everyone can use (certain characters cannot use certain techniques, like Lee can't use Thousand Birds and Exploding Shadow Clone, and certain characters can't specify their techniques at all, like the Sound four and any transformed character.), of which many suck, so it's not like every character is the same.

And besides, certain characters can't use the techniques as well as others ;D It's still a lot of weighing between pros and cons, perhaps just not as much.

I refer to special moves as moves, of course they won't just do two regular attacks. I also don't know how high up the moves you just named are, that causes a little confusion.

Neophos

Oh, sorry ;D

Anyway, it's not an NH3 topic, so let's just end it with saying that customization probably wouldn't fit very well in a crossover game.

Demon Rin

@Monkey:

this game's shitty, because the sick attacks from dbz against one piece and naruto will be unfear

oh yeah, and Jump Superstars Just Quit Being Fun when I got to the Dragonball Part, because You know They all just Own Without having to fight.
Seriously, They WILL balance things. They Sucessfully did it With JSS

Cap'n Carter

@Taleran:

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0605/game060521c.shtml

new screens / characters / how the stages work revealed

Battle Franky

http://battlestadium.com/index.html

Battle stadium site has just launched. Not a lot of new info or screens yet, but still worth checking out from time to time.

J-Sack

Hopefully some videos will appear soon. Also, I am gonna see if the bookstore has the new VJump. If there are pages for D.O.N., I will get and scan.

Tokoro Ataru

It just feels weird that it starts off with the four characters from the first pics on the character page (Luffy, Goku, Naruto, Chopper), yet the weapons page also has Zoro. They could at least have a character page for him too. (would be too much to have some of the others also confirmed)

Battle Franky

Apparently the official boxart.

Metalvirus

Luffy is on the top, so its all good.

paptschik

@Battle:

[qimg]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3048/1250432yd.jpg[/qimg]

Apparently the official boxart.

My god…that's terrible. :ohmy:
I've seen fan-made-covers that looked better...

Cap'n Carter

Wow…. that's remarkably lame.

J-Sack

I'm surprised Goku isn't on top. But yeah, it is lame. Quick question though. Where was this image found?

Metalvirus

Well, it is disspointing for such a cool concept. But hey! Its only the boxart. It doesnt really matter.

Demon Rin

I can't find any website that announces that boxart, where'd you find it Battle Franky?
even if it did come from an Official Source, it could just be one of those Mock ups that are done for the Preorders. A lot of times its just a Blank Gamecube/PS2 cover with the logo on top of a Gradient or some other Generic background.
it would surprize me if this was the real game box. American Game Boxes are usually The Bland ones and Japanese Game boxes usually rock

Demon Days

What about the GC boxart? That been revealed?

Battle Franky

@EvilGamerX:

Quick question though. Where was this image found?

Found it on the Ruliweb boards via 2ch. It could possibly be a mock-up.

(let's hope so)