The last time I wrote a news piece regarding this particular video game, it’s official name hadn’t even been revealed.
Regardless of one’s reasons for attending – be they to purchase the latest Funko Pop! Vinyl figurines or to meet, albeit briefly, a pop culture icon that you find particularly awe-inspiring – hordes of dedicated fans will battle the seasonal Sydney wet weather year … Many see this as a negative, but few look to this cultural change as a step forward in humankind’s ability to accept and understand, and Supanova 2016’s numbers alone make this quite obvious. We’re now living in an age wherein which being a “nerd” is no longer a title only designated to those with a penchant for science-fiction and higher level learning, as the stereotype incorrectly suggests, but to anyone willing to purchase a full-price ticket to the latest Avengers film. The travelling Pop Culture Convention Supanova has been congregating likeminded audiences from across Australia since 2002, and since then this meeting of the fandoms has only gotten more and more extensive, changing to occupy the ever-growing crowds which, in this day and age, have never been more dense in number. How huge? Well, huge enough that you will be able to cross-title battle, meaning Goku can go up against Luffy, Vegeta against Zolo, Piccolo against …
Bandai Namco Entertainment Japan have recently revealed that, sometime in November, Arc System Works is set to release a free update for both games that will allow them to interact in huge ways. This game is also an exclusive for the Nintendo 3DS. This game, which is so far unreleased even in Japan, is titled One Piece: Grand Pirate Colosseum and features a similar gameplay design to that of Extreme Butoden. Well something you may not be entirely aware of is the existence of another Arc System Works fighting game based on another Shonen Jump staple of equal popularity One Piece. It’s a fighting game developed by Arc System Works that is very much reminiscent of older Dragon Ball Z handheld titles. Naturally this means Shenron is in order, and both Pinich and (insert customisable main character …īecause it was actually released outside of Japan, many people living in the West would have, at least, seen the Nintendo 3DS exclusive Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden. Somewhere on the mystical planet of Earth, or at least the Dragon Ball equivalent of said planet, two impetuous youths decide to test their mettle against the greatest fighters in the world. Yes friends, no more must these ideas lie in the minds of the populace, for now there is an outlet for insanity, a vessel for nonsense, a game cartridge that houses far more what ifs, how coulds and why nots than most though possible Dragon Ball Fusions. Since the concept of fusions first entered the Dragon Ball Z canon, fans have pondered one simple question: What if? What if, instead of Vegeta, it was Gohan who combined with Goku? What if permanent fusions were actually so? What if the Z fighters decided to mix and match and create a plethora of new combo fighters? Unfortunately for fans however, these musings were relegated to the realm of fan fiction, fan art and general friendly discussions…”were” being the operative word.