First teased last month, Bandai Namco has announced that the paid downloadable content pack for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot featuring the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai will release on 21 February 2024.
The downloadable content pack’s title in Japanese is “And So, After 10 Years” (そして10年後 Soshite Jūnengo); as with the previous packs this season, its title is a direct nod to a prior work’s title, in this case being the exact same title as Dragon Ball manga chapter 518. The English localization will sport a title of “Goku’s Next Journey“.
Set at the very end of the original manga and television series, the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai takes place ten years after the defeat of Majin Boo, and sees Goku face off against Boo’s own reincarnation, Oob.
The three entries in this second “season pass” are all “story arcs” rather than “story episodes”; in the first season pass, the Battle of Gods and Resurrection ‘F’ DLC entries were much shorter with a focus on boss fights and level increases, while the third entry — that of Trunks’ future timeline — told a comprehensive, multi-part story. Alongside this 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai pack in “season two” are a pack for the original 1990 Bardock television special, as well as one for the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai.
Developed by CyberConnect2 for Bandai Namco, the action role-playing game released 16 January 2020 in Japan and 17 January 2020 internationally on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam). A Nintendo Switch edition came later in September 2021.
Reviews of the base game, Trunks DLC, Bardock DLC, and 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC can be found on episodes #0481, #0490, #0497, and #0505, respectively, of our podcast.