Dragon Ball FighterZ was released in January of the year, but the hype for the game started pretty much when the game was announced during the 2017 E3 presentation.
Bandai Namco and Ark System Works really delivered something very special with
Dragon Ball FighterZ, which became a fan favourite almost instantly thanks to the popularity of the characters and the brilliant game design that Ark System Works put into the game; making it one of, if not, the best
Dragon Ball fighting games ever made.
All of this popularity made
Dragon Ball FighterZ become the most-viewed event during this year's EVO—the biggest esports event that focuses exclusively on fighting games—even managing to take the place from
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite.
Things aren't looking up for the game, though, as last week it was reported that
Dragon Ball FighterZ was being dropped from Anime Ascension. The news came from the Aksys Games verified Twitter account, where people offered their support and also blamed Toei Animation for preventing
Dragon Ball FighterZ to be part of the event.
Today, Toei Animation replied to a tweet on one of their One Piece 20th Anniversary post. The tweet in question blamed Toei for not allowing
Dragon Ball FighterZ to run at Anime Ascension, to what Toei Animation gave out their apologies and stated that they have no knowledge about preventing the game from any tournaments.
It is still too soon to jump to conclusions, as it was too soon to assume that Toei Animation were the ones not allowing
Dragon Ball FighterZ to be part of the Anime Ascension event; although everything is pointing to Shueisha, the ones who hold the
Dragon Ball series' rights, being the ones responsible for the whole debacle.
After the success of the Xenoverse series, it’s time to introduce a new classic 2D DRAGON BALL fighting game for this generation’s consoles. DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its allpowerful fighters.
Dragon Ball FighterZ is currently available for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC.