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Dragon Ball FighterZ is a 3v3 multiplayer fighting game based on the characters of Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. The game is developed by Arc System Works, the same studio behind the Guilty Gear series, and published by Bandai Namco.^[1] Since the game's announcement at E3 2017, online interest has spiked, leading to many fan-made videos as well as comparisons to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, another 3v3 fighting game.

Origin

The game was revealed worldwide at the Microsoft press conference as a part of E3 2017 on June 11, 2017. The trailer shown at said conference was uploaded to YouTube shortly after (shown below)

Online Prescence

Since the Dragon Ball FighterZ reveal various online sources have made videos about the game. On YouTube, search results for the game come out to around 57,000 videos. Excluding trailers and demos, the two most viewed videos related to the game were uploaded by YouTuber AfroSenju XL™^[2] (shown below, left) and IGN (shown below, right) with over 243,000 views and 213,000 views respectively.

Comparison with Marvel vs Capcom

Much comparison has been drawn between FighterZ and Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite with many commentors on YouTube joking about how FighterZ has beaten Infinite even before wither have been released, much akin to a classic Hype Train. On June 18th, 2017, YouTuber Jikizy^[3] uploaded a video titled DRAGONBALL FIGHTERZ KILLED MARVEL VS CAPCOM INFINITE HYPE!? (shown below, left). On June 22nd, 2017, YouTuber Beardy Nerd^[4] uploaded a video titled E3 Discussion: Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, Dragon Ball FighterZ and More! in which he discusses how the two games relate. (shown below, right).

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