Bandai Namco has dated Dragon Ball FighterZ on Nintendo Switch:
Nintendo Switch fans should prepare themselves now for the impending Super Saiyan arrival of DRAGON BALL FighterZ on September 28 in the Americas.
While our Nintendo Switch brethren may be joining the DRAGON BALL FighterZ party a bit later compared to their PlayStation4 and Xbox One brothers & sisters, they will be joining the party with MORE in the form of an exclusive Nintendo Switch pre-order offer that will include the classic Japanese version of the DRAGON BALL Z: Super Butoden videogame that debuted on the Super Famicom along with early access to SSGSS Goku & Vegeta.
Head over to the BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America press room site (link below) to check out today’s assets for the Nintendo Switch version of DRAGON BALL FighterZ featuring some classic screenshots from DRAGON BALL Z: Super Butoden that will surely give everyone a dose of the nostaligia-fuzzies.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (June 22, 2018) – Leading interactive entertainment developer and publisher BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announced the latest details for DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour, a new tournament centered around the smash hit anime fighting game, DRAGON BALL FighterZ. The tournament was created in partnership with Twitch which is the exclusive livestreaming service for DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour and the managing partner for league operations, circuit events, and content on a global scale.
The inaugural stop for the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour will begin at the CEO Fighting Game Championships taking place from June 29th to July 1st in Daytona Beach, Florida. Living up to its billing as a worldwide tournament, the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour will feature “Saga Event” stops, including: Ultimate Fighting Arena (France), Thunderstruck (Mexico), Southeast Asia Major (Singapore), VS Fighting (United Kingdom), and CEO Fighting Game Championships (USA). Fans can catch all the action live on the World Tour’s official Twitch channel: twitch.tv/dragonballfighterz. For more information on the entire DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour, please visit thetour’s official website at: http://dbfzworldtour.com
“DRAGON BALL FighterZ is a massive international success and fans around the world have been clamoring for an official tournament series built around the game,” said Eric Hartness, Vice President of Marketing, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. “With the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment and Twitch are doubling down to create an epic worldwide tournament series of Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan proportions. We can’t wait to see the epic battles that will surely emerge from our highly skilled DRAGON BALL FighterZ global player pool.”
DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour tournaments will be held throughout 2018 in the countries listed above. The tournaments will culminate at a DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour Finals event to be held in January 2019. More details about the finals event will emerge later. For more information about the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour, please visit: http://dbfzworldtour.com. For more information regarding DRAGON BALL FighterZ and additional titles from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., please visit: https://www.bandainamcoent.com, or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BandaiNamcoUS, or join the conversation on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS.
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