Today, Bandai Namco revealed the release date trailer for its Dragon Ball meets Dead By Daylight game Dragon Ball: The Breakers, showing off the many daring ways you can escape the dastardly villain Frieza.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers is slated to release on October 14 on PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Players can register for the upcoming closed network test, which runs from August 5 and 6, where you can play as Raider Frieza and Cell (think the hunters in Dead By Daylight) or as survivor Oolong and Bulma now.
Dragon Ball: The Breakers is a multiplayer survival action game whereâin contrast to the power fantasy found in a majority of Dragon Ball games like Budokai series or The Legacy of Goku Game Boy Games where you blast poor squirrels and snakes for experience pointsâyou take on the role of a civilian running for your life from major series villains Frieza, Cell. and Majin Buu.Â
In the game, seven players called âSurvivorsâ are mysteriously placed in an area called the âTemporal Seam.â An eighth player serves as a âRaiderâ who is tasked to hunt down survivors as the seriesâ iconic villains before they can reach the Super Time Machine and escape. As a Raider, you gain powers throughout the match until you reach your final form as an unstoppable killing machine. Survivors, in turn, must cooperate at all costs and avoid obliteration by Raiders.
Now, I assume youâre still reading this to try and figure out why the hell I went with that headline. Buckle up, Iâll explain myself. As shown in the trailer, smoke bombs, flying drones, Tienâs solar flare technique, and even the dragon balls are fair game as a means to escape Raiders. But the most bizarre escape tactic goes to Dragon Ball-era Bulmaâs bold attempt to flirt with a Second Form Friezaâand it works.
Dragon Ball fans know Bulma is notorious for trying to soften villains up to become a Z-fighter ally. Look no further than her future-hubby Vegeta. But this isnât about her. Aside from being a deep-cut reference to Bulma attempting to snag Gokuâs prized four-star dragon ball and later failing in Dragon Ball, the effects of Bulmaâs flirting technique in The Breakers all but confirms Frieza as bisexual. Hard to believe, I know. But follow my logic here. Iâve got receipts.
You see, in the story mode for Dragon Ball FighterZ, the space titan makes a pass at Bulmaâs then-boyfriend Yamcha calling him âhandsome.â To each their own. Of course, this doesnât last long before Yamcha is roasted by Frieza and the rest of the villains for being the seriesâ notorious L-holder. See, proof (please clap).
Anywho, aside from being a refreshing spin on games about Akira Toriyamaâs popular shonen series, Dragon Ball: The Breakers now serves as yet another example of Frieza committing gay wrongs across the galaxy. Cheers.