{"id":48887,"date":"2018-09-19T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/android_17_is_being_added_to_the_character_roster_in_dragon_ball_fighterz"},"modified":"2018-09-19T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T23:30:00","slug":"android-17-is-being-added-to-the-character-roster-in-dragon-ball-fighterz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/19\/android-17-is-being-added-to-the-character-roster-in-dragon-ball-fighterz\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 17 Is Being Added To The Character Roster In Dragon Ball FighterZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cf2df230d0836\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cf2df230d0836\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Dragon Ball Z V Jump Android 17 IMG\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3393f4b12903f\/dragon-ball-z-v-jump-android-17-img.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3393f4b12903f\/dragon-ball-z-v-jump-android-17-img.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Ball Z V Jump Android 17 IMG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The former villain and twin brother of Android 18 will soon be added to Bandai Namco&#8217;s hit game, <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_ball_fighterz\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/a><\/strong>. According to a reveal in the latest issue of Japanese publication V-Jump, the DLC fighter Android 17 is due out in late September for approximately $4.99 \/ 500 yen.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this, Bamco is releasing a free update including a new &#8220;Space Arena&#8221; stage and will also be distributing seasonal Z Capsules until late November, including Halloween-themed stamps and outfits for lobby characters.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the description of Android 17&#8217;s special move set, courtesy of <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gematsu.com\/2018\/09\/dragon-ball-fighterz-dlc-character-android-17-announced\">Gematsu<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBarrier Explosion\u201d \u2013 Surrounds his body in a barrier before charging forward. This can also be used in the air.<br \/>\u201cEnd Game\u201d \u2013 Goes around behind the enemy and continuously attacks.<br \/>Meteor Attack: \u201cSuper Electric Strike\u201d \u2013 Swirls around energy that builds up in his hands, then fires it off. This can also be used in the air.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The date this new DLC fighter and free content will be added to the Switch version is currently unknown. The free arena will reportedly be released at a later date and while Android 17 is due out later this month on other platforms, there&#8217;s no word on when exactly he&#8217;ll be added to the Switch version, keeping in mind this release arrives for Nintendo audiences on 28th September.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you glad to hear Android 17 is being included as a DLC character in Dragon Ball FighterZ? Will you be joining the battle when the game arrives later this month on Switch? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former villain and twin brother of Android 18 will soon be added to Bandai Namco&#8217;s hit game, Dragon Ball FighterZ. According to a reveal in the latest issue of Japanese publication V-Jump, the DLC fighter Android 17 is due out in late September for approximately $4.99 \/ 500 yen. Alongside this, Bamco is releasing [&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-48887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48887","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=48887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}