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23.02.2024
Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2024 Event Report! Event-Exclusive Booths Included!
DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2024 took place in beautiful Los Angeles on January 27-28, 2024 (local time)!
This year's event featured intense tournaments and exciting reveals, a portion of which can be enjoyed in the archived video versions available right now.
Archived Videos for DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2024 Released!
In this report, we'll be giving you a quick rundown of the super cool stage events covered in each archived video. And on top of that, we'll also be sharing photos we took at this year's event!
So, without further ado, let's just jump right into the fun that thrilled fans from all over the world at DRAGON BALL GAMES Battle Hour 2024!
Dragon Ball SUPER CARD GAME Fusion World Exhibition Match
To kick things off, let's take a look at the exhibition match held for DRAGON BALL SUPER CARD GAME Fusion World, the exciting new card game that hit shelves on Friday, February 16. It offers all the high-energy Dragon Ball action that you'd expect, and you'll be able to team up with your allies to pull off devastating combos and even awaken your Leader in a pinch to pull off a comeback victory.
To make things even better, Fusion World also offers a digital version of the card game, and for this Battle Hour exclusive event fans were able to check out all the action in a demo match!
In this exhibition match, the iconic Saiyan warriors Goku and Broly faced off in a battle for supremacy! Goku grabbed an early game advantage and took Broly down to a mere 1 life while holding on to 4 lives himself. It seemed like the Earth-bred Saiyan was destined to win, but then...
This Fusion World version of Broly is a green Leader Card that can jump to astounding levels of power by manipulating energy, and the legendary Super Saiyan did just that in the late stages of this match. After a fierce 30 minute long back and forth battle, Broly managed to pull off a comeback and secure victory.
You can learn how to play DRAGON BALL SUPER CARD GAME Fusion World and even check out some of the amazing cards here on this site! See the following article for details.
DOKKAN & LEGENDS DATA’24
The app games Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle and Dragon Ball Legends teamed up for this special stage event! Lots of fascinating data was revealed here, including player trends, in-game rankings, and more!
The first reveal was the total amount of ACT (the in-game energy used to play stages) consumed by players in Dokkan Battle, which turned out to be a staggering 68,996,232,818! The audience was stunned by this incredible statistic!
*Based on data from January 1, 2023 – October 31, 2023.
And for Legends, the total number of PvP matches played was revealed! The grand total came to a whopping 406,186,493 matches, which could very well take a single player a lifetime to achieve!
Battle Hour 2024 also featured a stage event where Ryo Mito, producer of the Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! series (or "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi" in the West), and DRAGON BALL Games General Producer Masayuki Hirano shared tales from when these iconic Dragon Ball games were being developed.
These producers answered questions gathered from fans before the event, their responses included fascinating development tidbits and revealing their all-time favorite games.
The producers reflected on the Sparking! series while looking at scenes from the games' development. The passion that went into this series is apparent when you look at the awesome battles, cool character models, freely explorable stages, and massive roster of characters contained within!
Fans were thrilled to watch some exhibition matches from past Sparking! games.
New footage from the upcoming game "DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO" was also revealed here!
Goku and Vegeta faced off, and transformations like the Great Ape, Super Saiyan 3, and even Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan were shown! The new game will continue all the awesome stuff from previous entries in the series while implementing exciting new additions to help it evolve to even greater heights. We personally can't wait for the release!
You can enjoy a trailer for this new game in the following article!
DRAGON BALL SUPER CARD GAME World Championship 2023 Final Round
This year's Battle Hour also held the World Championship for DRAGON BALL SUPER CARD GAME Masters!
In this truly international tournament, the 8 strongest players from regions all around the world gathered to fight for the title of champion.
The fierce battles continued until at long last the last 2 remaining players duked it out on-stage in the final round! Neither side yielded an inch, but in the end Michael Kerrick, the North American champion, pulled off an impressive win! Congratulations on your hard-fought victory!
Hironobu Kageyama SPECIAL LIVE
Japanese singer Hironobu Kageyama also appeared at Battle Hour 2024 to perform "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" and various other iconic songs from the Dragon Ball anime live on-stage!
Make sure to check out this Super Saiyan-level performance in the archived version!
Dragon Ball DAIMA Special Panel
The brand-new Dragon Ball DAIMA anime is coming in fall of 2024! DRAGON BALL Executive Producer Akio Iyoku made a guest appearance at Battle Hour to reveal character designs from DAIMA drawn by Akira Toriyama himself.
You can check out the Dragon Ball DAIMA trailer and revealed illustrations in the article below!
Photos from the Venue!
In addition to all the stage events we talked about above, the Los Angeles venue also featured tons of awesome stuff like a stamp rally and exclusive merch for sale.
We took tons of photos while at the event, so check them out!
DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2024 was truly a blast from start to finish, and the passion of Dragon Ball fans gathered from all over the globe was truly a sight to behold!
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