{"id":37612,"date":"2018-08-03T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/dragon_ball_fighterz_open_beta_on_switch_how_to_take_part_and_what_to_expect"},"modified":"2018-08-03T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:45:00","slug":"dragon-ball-fighterz-open-beta-on-switch-how-to-take-part-and-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/03\/dragon-ball-fighterz-open-beta-on-switch-how-to-take-part-and-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball FighterZ Open Beta On Switch: How To Take Part And What To Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/dragon_ball_fighterz_open_beta_on_switch_how_to_take_part_and_what_to_expect\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/dragon_ball_fighterz_open_beta_on_switch_how_to_take_part_and_what_to_expect\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"dragonball.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/dragon_ball_fighterz_open_beta_on_switch_how_to_take_part_and_what_to_expect\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/dragon_ball_fighterz_open_beta_on_switch_how_to_take_part_and_what_to_expect\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"dragonball.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bandai Namco has shared details on the upcoming open beta test for the Switch version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_ball_fighterz\"><strong>Dragon Ball\u00a0FighterZ<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The open beta test will feature\u00a023 characters from the game (all of which are listed below) and the new \u201cExtreme Type\u201d feature that has been specifically designed for the Nintendo Switch version. A &#8216;Practice Battle Tutorial&#8217; will be available, alongside an &#8216;Arena Match&#8217; for 1v1 fights, &#8216;Ring Match&#8217; and &#8216;Ring Party Match&#8217; options, and a replay channel to look back at your best moves.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list of characters you&#8217;ll find in the beta:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Goku (Super Saiyan)<\/li>\n<li>Vegeta (Super Saiyan)<\/li>\n<li>Gohan (Teen)<\/li>\n<li>Gohan (Adult)<\/li>\n<li>Gotenks<\/li>\n<li>Trunks<\/li>\n<li>Frieza<\/li>\n<li>Cell<\/li>\n<li>Majin Buu<\/li>\n<li>Kid Buu<\/li>\n<li>Krillin<\/li>\n<li>Piccolo<\/li>\n<li>Tien Shinhan<\/li>\n<li>Nappa<\/li>\n<li>Android 16<\/li>\n<li>Android 18<\/li>\n<li>Yamcha<\/li>\n<li>Ginyu<\/li>\n<li>Hit<\/li>\n<li>Goku (SSGSS)<\/li>\n<li>Vegeta (SSGSS)<\/li>\n<li>Beerus<\/li>\n<li>Goku Black<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The test session is scheduled to start and finish at the following times:<br \/><strong><br \/>PDT:<\/strong> 9th August, 9pm &#8211; 12th August, 12am<br \/><strong>EDT:<\/strong> 10th August,\u00a012am &#8211; 12th August,\u00a03am<strong><br \/>BST:<\/strong> 10th August,\u00a05am &#8211; 12th August,\u00a08am<strong><br \/>CEST:<\/strong> 10th August, 6am &#8211; 12th August, 9am<\/p>\n<p>To access the open\u00a0beta, players will need to download the option directly from the Nintendo Switch eShop. You should be able to grab this on your Switch right now, ready for the main event next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be giving the game a spin before its full launch on 28th September? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco has shared details on the upcoming open beta test for the Switch version of Dragon Ball\u00a0FighterZ. The open beta test will feature\u00a023 characters from the game (all of which are listed below) and the new \u201cExtreme Type\u201d feature that has been specifically designed for the Nintendo Switch version. A &#8216;Practice Battle Tutorial&#8217; will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}