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Roger Arias, whose responsibilites include defining the overall vision, scope, direction and execution of the DBZ license for Infogrames, has agreed to answer some questions pertaining to the series of new games his company will be producing. His position encompasses finding and reviewing new product or licenses, developing new game concepts, negotiation of terms, hiring of development teams and insuring overall compliance with all phases of the development life-cycle. The games, which were announced November 30th, are in the first phases of production. Don\'t expect any screenshots for a while...Here\'s a summary of what we know:There will be multiple games produced for several platforms. The games will be of fighter, RPG, and puzzle genres (possibly two or all three in one game). There will be multiple development teams working on the project, coordinated by a central team. Expect to see at least one game (if not more) released in 2001. There will be many to follow. Following are the actual Q & A sessions:(12/14/2000)Q1. Who is the official development team? There is a central group that has overall responsibility and will coordinate with all the other selected teams. This is to insure the quality and consistancy of the products, while avoiding redundancy. IOW, we don\'t want each team working in a vacum. Q2. What games has this team created in the past? A variety of 3D games. We have worked closely with this group even while obtaining the license, and I believe their deep knowledge of everything DBZ was instrumental in Infogrames being selected as the publisher. We strongly believe only true fans of DBZ are capable of doing the license justice. In this we are confident in the groups we selected. Q3. What type of games do you plan to make? (RPG, fighter, puzzle, etc) Yes! If you were a die hard DBZ fan, what games would you most want to see? Those are the games we are making. Q4. How many games are planned, and for what systems? There will be a variety of games on multiple platforms being created simoultaneously. We believe this is a long term project and additional games will be announced from time to time. Q5. What quarter do you anticipate the first game will be released (i.e, "Winter 2001")?Any game worth its salt takes time. This really depends on the platform and depth of each game. There will be some games released in 2001, and of course beyond. PS. We recognize they\'re many resident expert fans that have strong opinions on what they would like to see. We would like to extend an invitation to the many DBZ fans to tell us what they want, after all, we are building these games for you. And yes, there may be some opportunities to get involved on a deeper level. We will be expanding our development teams in all categories, artist, progammers, etc.The best news: WizardWorks will not be the only ones doing the games, if they are involved at all. The thought of WizWorks in charge of everything is quite dreadful. I\'m praying for someone like GT Interactive to get involved, but as for now, we have no developer names. They will probably surface in the near future. We would like to thank Roger Arias and the rest of Infogrames for taking the time to answer these questions. This page will be updated roughly once a week...we\'ll keep you posted... ^_^
Originally posted by Solid Snack I really never picked up on the Dragon Ball series. Sometimes I see them on the Cartoon Network, but I don\'t watch them. I really never liked them, so I really don\'t care about the games. But it is nice to see how popular the series is! I probably should watch a episode or two to see if it is good or not.
Originally posted by unknown QuoteOriginally posted by Solid Snack I really never picked up on the Dragon Ball series. Sometimes I see them on the Cartoon Network, but I don\'t watch them. I really never liked them, so I really don\'t care about the games. But it is nice to see how popular the series is! I probably should watch a episode or two to see if it is good or not. sadly to tell you the truth, even though the amercian version is ok, they censore to much, and make it suck, everyone says that it sucks cause they talk to much, well in the uncensored versions they fight way more, and it really bloody, i like the episode when krillin dies from frieza impailing him, but the series is good none the less [/B]
Originally posted by Solid Snack QuoteOriginally posted by unknown QuoteOriginally posted by Solid Snack I really never picked up on the Dragon Ball series. Sometimes I see them on the Cartoon Network, but I don\'t watch them. I really never liked them, so I really don\'t care about the games. But it is nice to see how popular the series is! I probably should watch a episode or two to see if it is good or not. sadly to tell you the truth, even though the amercian version is ok, they censore to much, and make it suck, everyone says that it sucks cause they talk to much, well in the uncensored versions they fight way more, and it really bloody, i like the episode when krillin dies from frieza impailing him, but the series is good none the less [/B]Cool! I love lots of blood and fighting. It\'s stupid that they censor it for the US viewing. How do you see the uncensored episodes? [/B]
