"Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3" Official Discussion Thread

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Post by Grimlock » Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:53 pm

Cool that they brought back that character soul thing appearing when using an Ultimate Attack, wished they have kept it in XV2. Assuming difference stances is also interesting, especially if it changes your playstyle, the way the character moves and attacks. But don't go expecting a lot of stances, there will probably be just for the obvious characters, the main ones, that is.

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Post by The Dark Knight » Tue Jun 16, 2026 11:33 pm

It seems like the battle system will get a far bigger upgrade compared to what XV2 got from XV1. One thing I hope they do is tighten up the overall feel of the combat, as although XV2 was overall serviceable, it didn't feel as refined as it could be.

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Post by Yuli Ban » Thu Jun 18, 2026 9:28 pm

Oh! It seems they might actually have done what I asked? Adopting a mentor's stance? Perhaps customizable fighting styles will be a thing after all...
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Post by comicstar100 » Sun Jun 21, 2026 8:19 pm

They could do a lot with this new future setting. But I really doubt time travel isn't involved somehow to get us replaying the same missions from Z and Super over again. If that's the case more battles in original Dragon Ball and GT would be nice just to mix it up. Honestly though I'm just hoping for more races. Android, Bio Android, Tuffle, all would be nice to see.


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Post by PhantomSaiyan » Tue Jun 23, 2026 10:29 am

Saw the trailer, I'm conflicted

I love the world, how different and fresh it feels from every other DB videogame, reminiscent of DB Online, we even got to see a Saiyan with a tail in the far future which is nice to know that Saiyans genes will keep going strong

But I absolutely loathe the idea of the "turn into another character" mechanic, wtf's the point of that? What's the point of our character then? To feel like even more of an empty shell? I'm not even sure he's gonna be customizable since he was designed by Toriyama

I like how the hair changes in Super Saiyan though, finally lol

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Post by Trouser » Tue Jun 23, 2026 10:48 am

I like how the Z-Fighters are a little bit slimmer than XV1 and XV2 versions.
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Post by Lord Beerus » Tue Jun 23, 2026 11:00 am

Still not really sold on the game, judging from the snippets of gameplay I saw. And I feel like your OC morphing into characters from the original series feels unnecessarily gimmicky. You already use the moves from the characters of the original story; why would you need to completely change your appearance as well when you're doing some of their techniques? Feels like putting a hat on top of another hat.

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Post by Bardock God of Time » Tue Jun 23, 2026 11:57 am

Lord Beerus wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 11:00 am Still not really sold on the game, judging from the snippets of gameplay I saw. And I feel like your OC morphing into characters from the original series feels unnecessarily gimmicky. You already use the moves from the characters of the original story; why would you need to completely change your appearance as well when you're doing some of their techniques? Feels like putting a hat on top of another hat.
I'd assume the developers want people to use the Main Cast more

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Post by PhantomSaiyan » Tue Jun 23, 2026 12:48 pm

Bardock God of Time wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 11:57 am I'd assume the developers want people to use the Main Cast more
But we use them anyway in free matches and online matches, there was no need to shoehorn this mechanic in, all it does is lessen our playable character

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Post by The Dark Knight » Tue Jun 23, 2026 12:49 pm

Turning into your mentor for a bit is such an odd choice when you already use their move sets and fighting styles. Didn't we just do this with FighterZ ?

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Post by Zinnia » Tue Jun 23, 2026 1:24 pm

PhantomSaiyan wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 12:48 pm
Bardock God of Time wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 11:57 am I'd assume the developers want people to use the Main Cast more
But we use them anyway in free matches and online matches, there was no need to shoehorn this mechanic in, all it does is lessen our playable character
There is a chance the game may not even have a character select screen to use them...

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Post by Bardock God of Time » Tue Jun 23, 2026 1:38 pm

There's demos across the United States and one happens to be in my state, I'm definitely going to try it out when it comes time.

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Post by The Dark Knight » Tue Jun 23, 2026 1:39 pm

Zinnia wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 1:24 pmThere is a chance the game may not even have a character select screen to use them...
I think that would cost them a lot of sales.

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Post by ZeroNeonix » Tue Jun 23, 2026 4:38 pm

It seems implied that this character was isekai'd from the real world. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I wonder if the playable character will be able to shapeshift into the other playable races, similar to how they take the form of their mentor.

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Post by Grimlock » Tue Jun 23, 2026 4:40 pm

"Transforming" into an original character might be interesting in long matches, especially if they finally remove the time limit, but I would prefer it to be without time limit, let me go back and forth between my character and the original one whenever I want.

The lack of Goku in the marketing so far is refreshing and commendable. :)

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Post by Bardock God of Time » Tue Jun 23, 2026 4:47 pm

ZeroNeonix wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 4:38 pm It seems implied that this character was isekai'd from the real world. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I wonder if the playable character will be able to shapeshift into the other playable races, similar to how they take the form of their mentor.
They've confirmed other races besides Saiyan & Human so what if we can transform into our other Created Characters?

This mechanic could give us saucy combos

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Post by kiarasuraru » Tue Jun 23, 2026 5:28 pm

Daima and GT being spoken about in the same breath, put together into the same category, in that one interview thing is super funny.
Straight-up stated to be full-on Super anime continuity. That's that for anyone with common sense, I suppose. Too bad we'll still have people continuing to argue otherwise. The Kid Boo Is the Strongest Boo of the Reiwa Era.

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Post by super michael » Tue Jun 23, 2026 5:34 pm

I like the idea that our created characters can transform into a Z fighter character. It looks like our character can gain Super Saiyan, at least from what I saw in the video. I am interested in the game.

I hope Xenoverse 3 isn't a pain to get clothes, skills, transformation, items, etc from PQ like in Xenoverse 1 and 2. I didn't like how in Xenoverse 2 I could do the PQ 100 times and more and not get what I wanted.

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Post by ZeroNeonix » Tue Jun 23, 2026 5:51 pm

super michael wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 5:34 pm I like the idea that our created characters can transform into a Z fighter character. It looks like our character can gain Super Saiyan, at least from what I saw in the video. I am interested in the game.

I hope Xenoverse 3 isn't a pain to get clothes, skills, transformation, items, etc from PQ like in Xenoverse 1 and 2. I didn't like how in Xenoverse 2 I could do the PQ 100 times and more and not get what I wanted.
I'm hoping I won't need a mod to dye the clothes this time.

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