Facts about Dragon Ball games you know but most don't

[DBZAOTA482]

What things do you know about in the games that are little known throughout the community?

I'll start:

-You can deflect ki blasts with physical attacks and stop yourself from hitting the stage boundary by tapping the G button at the right time in Budokai 3/Infinite World
-There was a 2001 PS2 game with a similar concept to Sagas (an action/adventure game with fighting game elements) but was either cancelled or made into Budokai (a more traditional fighter):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOexjZLr6w

-Super Butoden 2 is the only DBZ game where Goku isn't featured as a playable character (though he and Broly can be unlocked through a cheat code) and is the first to feature movie/special characters
-Yamcha first debut in the first Budokai
-Videl first debut in Budokai 2
-Budokai Tenkaichi is the first game to feature all five members of the Ginyu Force. Up till then, only Recoome and Captain GInyu were playable characters

[Metis Connetis]

Nice post!

First, one correction;

-Budokai Tenkaichi is the first game to feature all five members of the Ginyu Force. Up till then, only Recoome and Captain GInyu were playable characters

That's not true. DBZ Legends has all Ginew Force characters.

Some funny facts;

- In DBZ Super Butouden 1 we can only recover ki faster in the sky. This it's lame.

- In DBZ Super Butouden 1, I guess that due to some glitch/memory leak, the characters only say some attacks. Piccolo doesn't says "Geki" when fighting other character. If he fights himself (Piccolo vs Piccolo) he says "Geki" when launching that attack. Same happens with Vegeta and his Big Bang attack.

- In DBZ Super Butouden 1 there are some "special" animations when a characters try to deflect an attack and fails. We can see Vegeta cleaning some blood in his face, Dr. Gero without his hat and Piccolo without arm. As far as I know it's the only game where we can see Piccolo healing himself.

- In DBZ Legends only two character have different skins; Vegeta SSJ (armor and Bu saga) and Trunks (in Cell Games stage he's wearing his combat armor and short hair).

- There's a bug in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 that makes dissapear the "SSJ2-SSJ3" lighting effects when you use the "rematch" option in vs. mode.

- The "block CPU transformation" it's just in Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3. Sadly, that option isn't in the Raging Blast series and Ultimate Tenkaichi. In Tenkaichi Tag Team you could prevent this using the "Broly Ring" item.

[Zenkashuu]

I have no idea if it's well known* but in Raging Blast 2, Goku has two hairstyles for Super Saiyan.




*main reason is RB2's poor sales.

[90sDBZ]

Off the top of my head:

-In Budokai 1 only you can choose to stay lying on the ground after being floored by holding down on the d-pad. Basically just like in Tekken
-On stage 6 of Budokai 2 Dragon World if you lure Vegeta and Fat Buu onto the same spot of the map Vegeta will actually blow himself up and you won't even have to fight Fat Buu as he'll turn straight into Super Buu and proceed to the next stage.
-Also in Budokai 2, if you select a stage with different areas that you can be knocked through like the red ribbon stage using square(or it might be circle) you can start off in the different area.
-In Budokai 3 if you go on practice mode and just leave the game unpaused for long enough your character will start to get bored and stare at you like in the old Sonic games.
-In Budokai 3 there's recorded voice data of SS4 Goku talking to 17, presumably Super 17.
-In Buu's Fury there's a glitch that lets you fly as a Super Saiyan by flying out the window at the Lookout. There's also a certain button combination that will make you successful at fusion every time.
-In Infinite World although you can no longer select destroyed versions of stages the normal way, you can still select them by choosing randomly.
-In BT3(or it might be 2) there's a glitch were if you have Goku and Vegeta fuse into Vegito in the middle of a match and then tag out to a different character it's still possible to tag Goku in which will cause the game to freeze as soon as he flies in.

[Yalos]

-Budokai Tenkaichi is the first game to feature all five members of the Ginyu Force. Up till then, only Recoome and Captain GInyu were playable characters

I'm pretty sure there was a arcade game where Burter was playable.

[Nejishiki]

I'm pretty sure there was a arcade game where Burter was playable.

Are you referring to this? That would be true. It's still missing Ghurd and Jheese, but the previous claim of only Ginyu and Reacoom being available can be retracted.

[Xeogran]

-In Super Dragon Ball for PS2, you can call out Shenron with all of the playable characters. Even those who never showed care for the Dragon Balls, like Cell or Majin Buu. How cool is that

-Infinite World had Zarbon and Dodoria in the logo, yet they never appeared in the actual game

-Yamcha first debut in the first Budokai

Huh? Didn't he debut faaaar earlier back in the first DB game for NES?

[Nejishiki]

Huh? Didn't he debut faaaar earlier back in the first DB game for NES?

He wasn't playable, if I remember right. It's been ages since I played that game. He was a usable character, alongside Kuririn, against Mummy in Dragon Ball 3 for Nintendo though.

[PelicanDynasty]

-Infinite World had Zarbon and Dodoria in the logo, yet they never appeared in the actual game

Ok maybe I'm blind but where is Zarbon in that picture?

[simtek34]

-Infinite World had Zarbon and Dodoria in the logo, yet they never appeared in the actual game

Ok maybe I'm blind but where is Zarbon in that picture?

Yeah, where is Zarbon?

[Desassina]

The PAL-version of Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension was only released in France due to the local popularity of Dragon Ball Z in Europe. Unlike the Japanese version, it does not have the Story mode - retrieved from here

[Sandubadear]

-Infinite World had Zarbon and Dodoria in the logo, yet they never appeared in the actual game

Ok maybe I'm blind but where is Zarbon in that picture?

Yeah, where is Zarbon?

Probably next to Dodoria, but the logo covered him.

[Xeogran]

Ok maybe I'm blind but where is Zarbon in that picture?

Yeah, where is Zarbon?

Probably next to Dodoria, but the logo covered him.

Yeah he is there, I just googled this pic and didn't pay attention that the logo is covering him.

[TheOverlyMadHatter]

Dunno how common-knowledge this is but:

-In Xenoverse 2, the Villainous form of characters from Xenoverse 1 are still present in the game's files (Freeza Full Power confirmed, at least), and can sometimes be encountered randomly in Expert Missions.

-In the International versions of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 1-2 (including RB2's re-issue in 2011) and Ultimate Tenkaichi, the sound files for the Japanese BGM are present in the games files and can be swapped with the replacement BGM through modding. The same is inversely applicable in the Japanese versions.

-Similarly, in the Japanese versions of Spike's Sparking! and Blast series, the sound files for the English voice tracks are still in the game, but just not accessible through the games' options.

-In Xenoverse 1 and 2, incomplete characters, such as Demigra (Base, Final Form), Supreme Kai of Time, and Great Ape characters can be unlocked to be playable via mods. In additions, the same can be done with Elder Kai, Dende, Grand Elder Guru and the final boss (don't want to spoil) in Xenoverse 2.

[Dbzfan94]

In BT1, with the English voices, if you have SSJ4 Goku fight SSJ4 Vegeta, they'll speak Japanese during their opening and ending quotes

[Draconic]

In BT1, with the English voices, if you have SSJ4 Goku fight SSJ4 Vegeta, they'll speak Japanese during their opening and ending quotes

Wait, with the JP cast or the English one?

[Dbzfan94]

In BT1, with the English voices, if you have SSJ4 Goku fight SSJ4 Vegeta, they'll speak Japanese during their opening and ending quotes

Wait, with the JP cast or the English one?

The English cast. It randomly switches to Nozawa/Horikawa during the SSJ4 fight.

[Xeztin]

-Budokai Tenkaichi is the first game to feature all five members of the Ginyu Force. Up till then, only Recoome and Captain GInyu were playable characters

I'm pretty sure there was a arcade game where Burter was playable.

I remember playing Budokai 1 and wanted to play as Burter so bad!

[ShadowBardock89]

- In Budokai 3, when you unlock all the "Memories of..." for all the characters, it becomes increasingly apparent that the Dragon Universe mode was going to be much larger and include all of the playable characters, each having alternate endings as well.