BASIC WIKKI
Dagon Ball Online (ドラゴンボールオンライン, Doragon Bōru Onrain, Korean: 드래곤볼 온라인) (officially abbreviated as DBO) is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) being developed simultaneously in Japan and South Korea by NTL, set in the Dragon Ball universe, first introduced by theDragon Ball Japanese manga in 1984. Dragon Ball Online takes place on Earth, 216 years after the events at the conclusion of theDragon Ball manga series. A beta testing of Dragon Ball Onlinewas initially announced to begin in South Korea, during the summer of 2007, though development was delayed by a year and it was then scheduled to go live in Korea by the end of 2008, and in Japan in 2009 [1]. Further delays set in until April 2009 when closed beta testing began in South Korea[citation needed]. No North American release has been announced as of yet, though in a press conference held in South Korea on February 14th, 2008, NTL expressed interest in releasing the game to a worldwide audience. [2]
Series creator Akira Toriyama has a great deal of creative control over the project, both contributing to and supervising the story and art design, including character and location arrangements.[3] It has been stated that Toriyama has been working on character designs for this project for the last five years.[4] To date, it is possible to play the game's current development phase (Patch 1.0.25) through acquiring a Korean Netmarble account. It is reported that the Korean version of the game will be free to play with a cash shop. [5]
