The General Bandai-Namco Discussion Thread

[MattX20]

Some questions !

1st. The DB Games are owned by BNamco can i talk about them????

2nd. What about their non Videogame stuff?????

I need Answers

also

herp a derp

The DB games are not owned by Bandai Namco, they are merely licensed to them by Toei. Non-video game characters are very unlikely to happen

 

[Oracle Link]

The DB games are not owned by Bandai Namco, they are merely licensed to them by Toei. Non-video game characters are very unlikely to happen

HELLO EVERYONE! AND WELCOME TO THE GENERAL BANDAI-NAMCO DISCUSSION THREAD!



Here we discuss the potential Bandai-Namco newcomer or newcomers and speculate about anything Bandai-Namco or anything relating to Bandai-Namco characters or games.


Im not talking about Newcomers im talking about GENERAL disscusion

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Some questions !

1st. The DB Games are owned by BNamco can i talk about them????

2nd. What about their non Videogame stuff?????

I need Answers

also

herp a derp

Here you can discuss anything Bandai-Namco related so yes, you can talk about the Dragon Ball Z Bandai-Namco developed games. And yes, you can also talk about non video game stuff if it's from Bandai-Namco.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Here you can discuss anything Bandai-Namco related so yes, you can talk about the Dragon Ball Z Bandai-Namco developed games. And yes, you can also talk about non video game stuff if it's from Bandai-Namco.

Does that mean I can talk about wanting a My Hero Academia fighting game made by the same people behind Dragon Ball FighterZ, or is that not allowed?

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Does that mean I can talk about wanting a My Hero Academia fighting game made by the same people behind Dragon Ball FighterZ, or is that not allowed?

I guess you can. But as long as it's Bandai-Namco related or relating to Bandai-Namco developers.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Does that mean I can talk about wanting a My Hero Academia fighting game made by the same people behind Dragon Ball FighterZ, or is that not allowed?

I want them to make a successor to Jump Force that DOESN’T suck

where my boi Tanjiro at???

 

[Oracle Link]

Pacman sorta needs new Stuff

I think about a Jumpnrun Series With a Bunch of Mazes Ala Pac World

I would design the Ghosts Diffrently giving Blinky angry eyebrows, inky would look bored, Clyde getting a open drooling Mouth and Pinky getting Eyelashes they do keep their Shapes identical Tho

A lot of Classic Npc would return together with some redesigned Ghostly Adventures ones

The Main Baddy would be the Devil Ghost Dinky with a lot of old obscour Pacman Baddys like Tok Man the Witch and this one Bearded Ghost from GA BUT IN CUTE ARCARDE STYLE

Pacman himself would use his Pacman World look!

 

[Pizza Robo]

If we do get a Bandai Namco Character it should be a character from the Tales Of Series

 

[RetrogamerMax]

If we do get a Bandai Namco Character it should be a character from the Tales Of Series

I think a Tales Of rep like Lloyd or Yuri is most likely for the potential 2nd Bandai-Namco rep position, but I would say Tekken, Soul Calibur and Dark Souls would all be just as deserving of a rep as Tales Of.

 

[MattX20]

As far as Bandai Namco reps are concerned, I'm looking at Lloyd, KOS-MOS, and Nightmare as potential top contenders in that order.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Given the current trend of Sm4sh Miis that have all returned but Lloyd and Monster Hunter. I think it's certain to say Lloyd is gonna return as a Mii costume.

At this point, I find if Tales gets any rep it's Yuri which Lloyd's Mii could potentially come with.

 

[MattX20]

Given the current trend of Sm4sh Miis that have all returned but Lloyd and Monster Hunter. I think it's certain to say Lloyd is gonna return as a Mii costume.

At this point, I find if Tales gets any rep it's Yuri.

Tales of Symphonia is hands down the most popular installment of the series outside of Japan much like how FF7 is to Final Fantasy. If we get a Tales rep, it's going to go to Lloyd hands down.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Tales of Symphonia is hands down the most popular installment of the series outside of Japan much like how FF7 is to Final Fantasy. If we get a Tales rep, it's going to go to Lloyd hands down.

Why is it then Yuri gets purposely removed from polls given he'd win them?

Also as mentioned with all the Miis returned at this point, Lloyd and Monster Hunter are bound to be next up in line.

 

[SharkLord]

I've said this before, but both Lloyd and Yuri can be considered the most popular Tales character; Lloyd for the Smash fanbase and Yuri for the Tales fanbase. There's also legacy versus recency, since Vesperia is on the Switch and Symphonia isn't (Ironic, considering how Symphonia was one of the big games for the GameCube). Personally, I'm leaning towards Lloyd, since the topic at hand is Smash and I'd imagine Nintendo would want to appeal to their own playerbase.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Still never mind the fact that most of the Sm4sh Miis have returned meaning he and Monster Hunter are bound to return as such as well with the rest of them given the trend.

 

[DanganZilla5]

Still never mind the fact that most of the Sm4sh Miis have returned meaning he and Monster Hunter are bound to return as such as well with the rest of them given the trend.

Just because every other costume returned doesn't mean that every costume has to return.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Just because every other costume returned doesn't mean that every costume has to return.

But most of them have with there only being two left. This makes me feel they're next up in line.

 

[SharkLord]

Remember: Patterns are meant to be broken. We thought characters had to have close ties to Nintendo, but then Joker showed up. There had never been a true Western-owned character, but then we got Banjo. Spirits had never been promoted, but Min Min (Of all characters!) still happened. We were under the impression that we wouldn't get any repeat third-parties, and yet, Sephiroth. I wouldn't be surprised if the returning Miis are the next pattern to go.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Remember: Patterns are meant to be broken. We thought characters had to have close ties to Nintendo, but then Joker showed up. There had never been a true Western-owned character, but then we got Banjo. Spirits had never been promoted, but Min Min (Of all characters!) still happened. We were under the impression that we wouldn't get any repeat third-parties, and yet, Sephiroth. I wouldn't be surprised if the returning Miis are the next pattern to go.

Have any of those patterns been this late in the game though? Whose to also say this one won't?

 

[SharkLord]

Have any of those patterns been this late in the game though? Whose to also say this one won't?

It's not that late. It actually started with Tails and Knuckles back in Joker's wave, and the whole thing about Spirits only happened just before the base game's release, and that ended with Min Min. With that in mind, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that the Mii Costume pattern would be broken.

 

[Banado_Boy]

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If this trademark is a sign of a Direct-style presentation for Namco, any hopes and dreams you guys have? Personally, I need Season 3 for Soulcalibur VI to be confirmed. Also, maybe some Tales of Arise news please.

 

[DanganZilla5]

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If this trademark is a sign of a Direct-style presentation for Namco, any hopes and dreams you guys have? Personally, I need Season 3 for Soulcalibur VI to be confirmed. Also, maybe some Tales of Arise news please.

My wishes:

• Another season pass for Soul Calibur VI.
• Klonoa Encore, please! We need another Klonoa game.
• A surprise announcement in regards to a sequel to one of Bamco's series, maybe Dig Dug or Katamari Damacy.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

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If this trademark is a sign of a Direct-style presentation for Namco, any hopes and dreams you guys have? Personally, I need Season 3 for Soulcalibur VI to be confirmed. Also, maybe some Tales of Arise news please.

Well, Bandai-Namco recently bought a minority stake in German studio Limbic Entertainment:

Limbic Entertainment Will Develop Two Brand New Franchises for Bandai Namco

Bandai Namco announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Limbic Entertainment, set to develop two brand new franchises for the publisher

wccftech.com

They're going to develop 2 new franchises with Bandai-Namco publishing them. So I'm not surprise so potential Bandai-Namco like Direct or news drop is coming soon.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

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If this trademark is a sign of a Direct-style presentation for Namco, any hopes and dreams you guys have? Personally, I need Season 3 for Soulcalibur VI to be confirmed. Also, maybe some Tales of Arise news please.

Mr. Driller and Klonoa Encore, please. It's weird that they have yet to come up.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Well, Bandai-Namco recently bought a minority stake in German studio Limbic Entertainment:

Limbic Entertainment Will Develop Two Brand New Franchises for Bandai Namco

Bandai Namco announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Limbic Entertainment, set to develop two brand new franchises for the publisher

wccftech.com

They're going to develop 2 new franchises with Bandai-Namco publishing them. So I'm not surprise so potential Bandai-Namco like Direct or news drop is coming soon.

What exactly is Limbic known for?

 

[MattX20]

What exactly is Limbic known for?

According to what I've read, 3 Might and Magic Heroes games and Tropico 6

 

[Rie Sonomura]

According to what I've read, 3 Might and Magic Heroes games and Tropico 6

So basically a sim game is what we can expect?

 

[MattX20]

So basically a sim game is what we can expect?

I've no clue. I just looked up their name and that's what I found on Wikipedia and other sources

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I'm real curious to see Pyra/Mythra's Mii costume wave as I think if we don't see either of the missing Smash 4 Mii costumes like the Lloyd, Monster Hunter or Rathalos Mii costumes, a Tales Of rep like Lloyd or Yuri or Monster Hunter could very likely be one or both of the remaining Fighter's Pass 2 characters. Or their Mii costumes could all be coming back woth someone else. But we'll wait and see what happens Thursday.

 

[MattX20]

People seem a little too eager to see Lloyd's costume return in other threads despite the fact that the Monster Hunter armor sets have just as likely a chance as showing up. All 3 remaining costumes are swordfighters after all

 

[Commander_Alph]

People seem a little too eager to see Lloyd's costume return in other threads despite the fact that the Monster Hunter armor sets have just as likely a chance as showing up. All 3 remaining costumes are swordfighters after all

I mean everyone eager about that because there's a vague pattern going on with Mii costume lately like Heihachi comeback with Min Min because ARMS is a fighting game and Gil has blue sword similar to the diamond sword (and coincidentally they are both Bamco character). Now with Lloyd having 2 swords and Pythra is basically 2 different blade means that a pattern will happened.

 

[chocolatejr9]

People seem a little too eager to see Lloyd's costume return in other threads despite the fact that the Monster Hunter armor sets have just as likely a chance as showing up. All 3 remaining costumes are swordfighters after all

For what it's worth, I think most people agree all the Mii Costumes are coming back eventually, and just want them to hurry up already.

 

[MattX20]

For what it's worth, I think most people agree all the Mii Costumes are coming back eventually, and just want them to hurry up already.

I'm just saying that people are seriously underestimating Lloyd right now. They keep forgetting Tales is the 3rd biggest JRPG series of all time in Japan, and Monster Hunter's popularity only recently got stronger thanks to World.

 

[SharkLord]

People seem a little too eager to see Lloyd's costume return in other threads despite the fact that the Monster Hunter armor sets have just as likely a chance as showing up. All 3 remaining costumes are swordfighters after all

I'd wager it's just an extension of the beliefs everyone's been holding since around Steve's era. The Bamco Miis starting showing up separately, and were the first to come back, so everyone started looking at Lloyd funny. That, and we still haven't gotten another Bamco rep since Pac-Man, so some felt like we just won't get another Bamco rep. Plus, Yuri means we can get both a Tales rep and the Lloyd Mii, so people started latching on to him.
Meanwhile, Rise served as a wake-up call for how big MH was. It was always huge in Japan, it had recently hit it big in the West, Nintendo was heavily promoting Rise, and it already had base game content, potentially fitting in with Second Chance Theory. Monster Hunter quickly shot up to become one of the big "safe" options, and everyone started going for them.
Really, I think the two swords thing is just a reason to go with what everyone's already been expecting for months. Though, by that logic, the MH Miis should also be returning because there's two Miis and two fighters.

 

[Commander_Alph]

I'm just saying that people are seriously underestimating Lloyd right now. They keep forgetting Tales is the 3rd biggest JRPG series of all time in Japan, and Monster Hunter's popularity only recently got stronger thanks to World.

I don't like when I justify a character by just listing things, I mean being the first and second in something is really phenomenal but when we get to the point that "ooh, this series is the 3rd biggest something something and this series is the 4th best something something" it's getting repetitive and so now people just choose a game that's in top 5 and say "yes, this should be in Smash". Weird that Tales has been brought up by just basing his "deservingness" off of being in the third place, but where's GTA? The series itself is the third best selling game in the world (at least for GTA 5) but barely anyone talk about it? And it's more funny that everyone just realizing Tales NOW than awhile back and it's surprising that people saying they forgot the series is one of the Top 5 RPGs because they never been informed ahead of time.

 

[MattX20]

I'd wager it's just an extension of the beliefs everyone's been holding since around Steve's era. The Bamco Miis starting showing up separately, and were the first to come back, so everyone started looking at Lloyd funny. That, and we still haven't gotten another Bamco rep since Pac-Man, so some felt like we just won't get another Bamco rep. Plus, Yuri means we can get both a Tales rep and the Lloyd Mii, so people started latching on to him.
Meanwhile, Rise served as a wake-up call for how big MH was. It was always huge in Japan, it had recently hit it big in the West, Nintendo was heavily promoting Rise, and it already had base game content, potentially fitting in with Second Chance Theory. Monster Hunter quickly shot up to become one of the big "safe" options, and everyone started going for them.
Really, I think the two swords thing is just a reason to go with what everyone's already been expecting for months. Though, by that logic, the MH Miis should also be returning because there's two Miis and two fighters.

Yet the deal for a MH rep fell through and Byleth's moveset leans heavily toward it intended to be the Hunter.

I don't like when I justify a character by just listing things, I mean being the first and second in something is really phenomenal but when we get to the point that "ooh, this series is the 3rd biggest something something and this series is the 4th best something something" it's getting repetitive. Weird that Tales has been brought up by just basing his "deservingness" off of being in the third place, but where's GTA? The series itself is the third best selling game in the world (at least for GTA 5) but barely anyone talk about it?

Mostly because Bandai Namco is developing the game and Tales is one of their biggest IPs. GTA has largely been a series that has not appeared on Nintendo hardware and instead focused more on just its own thing. Plus, there hasn't been a new game in the series since GTA5

 

[Commander_Alph]

Mostly because Bandai Namco is developing the game and Tales is one of their biggest IPs. GTA has largely been a series that has not appeared on Nintendo hardware and instead focused more on just its own thing. Plus, there hasn't been a new game in the series since GTA5

Well true but I don't really blame the people for not knowing Tales is one of the Top 5 RPGs and make a big deal out of it.

 

[SharkLord]

Yet the deal for a MH rep fell through and Byleth's moveset leans heavily toward it intended to be the Hunter.

The Imran "leak" means nothing. He straight-up said "This might not be real, don't trust me." Either way, Three Houses released far too late for Byleth to be considered in the base game. We can't just go around taking everything an insider says for granted, especially when they flat-out say to not trust them.

 

[Commander_Alph]

I feel like out of all the information we get from a person I trust Imran Khan the most, not saying I believe in everything he is saying but his track record (even if there's a slight 'maybe' in his every statement) he's pretty credible yet vague. And I mean there's already signs of something when he started commented on a character out of a thousand.

 

[Ornl]

In both sales and Google Trends results, Tales equates to the success of Megami Tensei including Persona.
However, something else happens: Tales games are rarely underlined by Famitsu readers.

Top by Famitsu readers
/ number of times the series appear
• Top 10 by consoles, 2016*
Final Fantasy 17 · Dragon Quest 12 · MT/Persona 9 · Monster Hunter 3 · Xeno- 3 · Tales 2.
• Top 100 of all time, 2017*
Final Fantasy 11 · Dragon Quest 6 · MT/Persona 5 · Xeno- 2 · Monster Hunter 1 · Tales 0.
• Top 20 of RPG, 2017*
Final Fantasy 6 · Dragon Quest 3 · MT/Persona 3 · Xeno- 2 · Tales 0.
Monster Hunter appears 1 time in the Top 20 of action games, 2017*
• Top 20 of all time, 2019*
Final Fantasy 4 · Dragon Quest 1 · Monster Hunter 1 · Xeno- 1 · MT/Persona 0 · Tales 0.

According to Famitsu's readers, Tales is weakly considered in front of the 3rd-party JRPG represented in Ultimate. The podium would already seem ultimate without Tales. There are only 2 DLC left, and I think there is no longer a good reason for Tales to arrive :
– as a penultimate or an ultimate fighter behind Joker, Hero and Sephiroth,
– as a paid upgrade from Sm4sh.