In conjunction with the EVO France 2025 fighting game event this past weekend (10-12 October 2025), Bandai Namco announced an extensive balance patch for Dragon Ball FighterZ, along with a surprise announcement of an all-new forthcoming playable character: Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku from the Dragon Ball Daima series.

While no footage of the new Goku form (set for release in Spring 2026) is shown, the character speaks aloud: “Sorry to keep you waiting. Now, let’s get started.” (待たせたな。さあ、始めようか。).

Son Goku from Dragon Ball GT was included as a playable character in the game’s “FighterZ Pass 2” back in 2019. As part of the character’s skill set, he transforms up to different stages for various moves, and reaches Super Saiyan 4 as part of his Dragon Fist Meteor Attack:

The game’s 1.40 patch — which released over the weekend — features extensive gameplay updates (including unique adjustments for individual characters). Global gameplay updates include:

Ki Charge

• Able to cancel out faster now
• Sped up timing at which Dragon Rush and Super Dash can be performed

Dragon Rush

• Now deflects Ki Blasts during the movement if unleashed after a Ki Charge

Z Reflect

• Blocking the opponent’s physical attacks with the right timing will now trigger a special screen freeze (except for Videl)
• If the above screen freeze is triggered, Vanish can be performed

Vanish

• The move is now invincible on start-up when performed from a Z Reflect

Sparking Blast

• Reduced blockstun

High Jump

• Increased controllable distance moved mid-air during Sparking Blast (except for Master Roshi)

Z Assist (A-Type, B-Type)

• Reduced cooldown time needed before next usage

Z Change

• Reduced cooldown time needed before next usage

Guard Cancel Change

• Can now act mid-air if guarded against from a high position

Limit Breaking Power

• The Ki Gauge now fills over time when active

Boot Camp Mode

• Added items to Caulifla

Dragon Ball FighterZ was originally released 26 January 2018 in North America and Europe, and 01 February 2018 in Japan, across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Alongside its Japanese release, Bandai Namco announced that they had shipped two million copies of the game, making it the fastest-shipping game in the franchise’s history. The game also shipped on the Nintendo Switch back in September 2018, and received updates (including rollback netcode) for the PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 in February 2024.