DragonBall Heroes Manga & Character Updates
VegettoEX @ 9:30 am EST -- We noted (as what we called "non-news") on our podcast a few weeks back that while "something" related to DragonBall Heroes appeared to be coming soon in V-Jump, contrary to other reports, Naho Ooishi's (DragonBall SD) name was not attached to whatever that project happened to be.
While that was true at the time (and props to Hujio for sticking to his guns about proper fact-checking), things have changed so that her name has indeed shown up... but still to a project we know very little about! In the August issue (due out in Japan this week), a "special manga" from the author will appear, though all we know about the story is that some "super warriors" will attack. There will also be a special "Dragon Hero Times" extra included with the magazine, and everyone who applies (presumably through an included postcard, special e-mail address, or what have you) gets a free "Ultimate Bag".
UPDATE: By way of Kanzentai and our Japanese buddy Peking Duck, we now know the new manga as "DragonBall: Episode of Bardock", a three-part short by Naho Ooishi based on a new "What If?" story in which Bardock becomes a Super Saiyan in his fight against Freeza, tying in with his new transformation in DragonBall Heroes (see below). The series will span over three issues of V-Jump.
While the third card in the promotional image above on the V-Jump website is obscured, it has since been revealed to be Super Saiyan Bardock, who will presumably show up soon in the card-based arcade game.
New Super Saiyan 3 transformations for both Broli and Vegeta showed up in the card-based arcade games (previously Dragon Battlers) before appearing in the Raging Blast console games over the last two years, making this new transformation for Bardock at least a semi-likely candidate for this fall's new fighting game.