Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z Character Types

Siliconera recently gave us another insight from producer Shuhei Sekii for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z team melee fighting game for the PS Vita, Xbox 360 and Play Station 3 entitled:  Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z.  The game will allow up to 4 players to play together as a team or go head to head with other 4 players for a 8-player death battle.

Each members of the team will have a different set of character types: Fighting type, Ki Blast type, Support type, and Interference type. This way, the game will be more balanced when engaging other teams online.

Sekii explains some sample scenarios for the fighting styles:

If the player picks a fighting style character such as Goku or Nappa, they are very good at attacking enemies close up. Characters that specialize in ranged attacks like Vegeta and Piccolo, they can move quickly, but their attack power is less than a fighting character. Kid Gohan is an example of a support type character. They can share energy with other players during online battles. These are small characters like Kid Trunks. The last type, Interference type, is like Krillin when he uses Solar Flare to make sure other characters doesn’t attack his friends. Tien is another Interference type character.

If the player picks a fighting style character such as Goku or Nappa, they are very good at attacking enemies close up. Characters that specialize in ranged attacks like Vegeta and Piccolo, they can move quickly, but their attack power is less than a fighting character. Kid Gohan is an example of a support type character. They can share energy with other players during online battles. These are small characters like Kid Trunks. The last type, Interference type, is like Krillin when he uses Solar Flare to make sure other characters doesn’t attack his friends. Tien is another Interference type character.
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If the player picks a fighting style character such as Goku or Nappa, they are very good at attacking enemies close up. Characters that specialize in ranged attacks like Vegeta and Piccolo, they can move quickly, but their attack power is less than a fighting character. Kid Gohan is an example of a support type character. They can share energy with other players during online battles. These are small characters like Kid Trunks. The last type, Interference type, is like Krillin when he uses Solar Flare to make sure other characters doesn’t attack his friends. Tien is another Interference type character.
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It was revealed that the will have alternative or "what ifs" scenarios for the in-game characters. Some of the possible alternate outcomes might include the first meeting of Vegeta and Goku.

Players may choose either heroes or villains from the Dragon Ball game roster to provide a different perspective on the story. Another reveal is that players might be able to fight other Goku's kins including Bardock. Previous announcements also mentioned that characters from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods film will be made playable including Goku's  Super Saiyan God form but Seiki didn't deny or confirm whether Bils will be part of the roster.

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z will allow up to 4 players to play together as a team or go head to head with other 4 players for a 8 player death battle. The game features story arcs from the Arrival of the Saiyans to the Frieza Saga. The game will have online multiplayer support and can build team attacks such as "Synchro Rush" or boosting each other's health via "Revive Soul." In addition, it was also announced that it will feature Super Saiyan God, Goku's form that was introduced in the movie, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods film. As of this post, confirmed characters included in this game are: Goku (Base, Super Saiyan God), Vegeta, Raditz, Nappa, Krillin, Tien, Piccolo, Kid Gohan, Ginyu, Jeice, Burter, Recoome, Guldo and Saibaman.