Dragon Ball games that used voice actors?

[JulieYBM]

Heya guys, while checking over the Horikawa Ryô biography at Kanzentai's cast page I came across this ordinary line:

In addition to anime, he's done voice acting for video games including the voice of Vegeta in all DragonBall games.

Which leads me to wonder...just how many games might this have been? I'm not sure if any of the games before 1997's Dragon Ball: Final Bout used voice work, but I'm interested in seeing just how many games the gang had to come in to record for over the years.

[linkdude20002001]

Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (1995) might've been the earliest. It's the oldest DB game I own, so I'm not 100% sure. So all home console games since then (at least) were all vocallized. With one exception: Dragon Ball Z: Super Goku Den — Kakusei-Hen (a SFC game). As for handheld systems, I know Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure and Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans had voices.

[Taku128]

I was bored, so I whipped up a list of every DB game to use voice clips. Not sure if you'd count recycled voice clips or not, I'm sure the voice actors didn't record anything new for at least one of these games. If anyone knows if the DBZ RPGs for the SNES had voice clips, please say if they do or don't. I'm not sure, so they aren't on this list.

1. DRAGON BALL Z: Suupaa Butou-den [SNES] (Dragon Ball Z: Super Legendary Fighting Warriors, released March 20, 1993)

2. DRAGON BALL Z: Suupaa Butou-den 2 [SNES] (Dragon Ball Z: Super Legendary Fighting Warriors 2, released December 17, 1993)

3. DRAGON BALL Z: Buyuu Retsu-den [Genesis] (Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Extreme Bravery, released April 1,1994)

4. DRAGON BALL Z: Shin Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku -Chikyuu Hen- [Playdia] (Dragon Ball Z: The True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans -Earth Compilation-, released September 23, 1994)

5. DRAGON BALL Z: Suupaa Butou-den 3 [SNES] (Dragon Ball Z: Super Legendary Fighting Warriors 3, released September 29, 1994)

6. DRAGON BALL Z: Itai Naru Gokuu Densetsu [TG16] (Dragon Ball Z: The Great Legend of Goku, released November 11, 1994)

7. DRAGON BALL Z: Shin Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku -Uchuu Hen- [Playdia] (Dragon Ball Z: The True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans -Space Compilation-, released December 23, 1994)

8. DRAGON BALL Z: Ultimate Battle 22 [PS1] (Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22, released July 28, 1995)

9. DRAGON BALL Z: Shin Budou-den [Saturn] (Dragon Ball Z: The True Martial Arts Legend, released November 17, 1995)

10. DRAGON BALL Z: HYPER DIMENSION [SNES] (Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension, released March 29, 1996)

11. DRAGON BALL Z: Itai Naru Dragon Ball Densetsu [PS1/Saturn] (Dragon Ball Z: The Great Dragon Ball Legends, released May 31, 1996)

12. DRAGON BALL: FINAL BOUT [PS1] (Dragon Ball: Final Bout, released August 21, 1997, retitled Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout in America)

13. DRAGON BALL Z [PS2/GC] (Dragon Ball Z, released February 13, 2003, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai in America)

14. DRAGON BALL Z 2 [PS2] (Dragon Ball Z 2, released February 5, 2004, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 in America)

15. DRAGON BALL Z: Bukuu Tougeki [GBA] (Dragon Ball Z: Dramatic War in the Skies, released March 26, 2004, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors in America)

16. DRAGON BALL: Adobansu Adobenchaa [GBA] (Dragon Ball: Advance Adventure, released November 18, 2004, retitled Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure in America)

17. DRAGON BALL Z 3 [PS2] (Dragon Ball Z 3, released February 10, 2005, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 in America)

18. DRAGON BALL Z: Sparking! [PS2] (Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!, released October 6, 2005, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi in America)

19. DRAGON BALL Z: Bukuu Ressen [DS] (Dragon Ball Z: Intense Battle in the Skies, released December 1, 2005, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 in America)

20. DRAGON BALL Z: Shin Budoukai [PSP] (Dragon Ball Z: The True Martial Arts Tournament, released April 20, 2006)

21. Suupaa DRAGON BALL Z [PS2] (Super Dragon Ball Z, released June 29, 2006)

22. Baturu Sutadiumu D.O.N [PS2/GC] (Battle Staduim D.O.N, released July 20, 2006)

23. DRAGON BALL Z: Sparking! NEO [PS2/Wii] (Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Neo, released October 5, 2006, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 in America)

24. DRAGON BALL Z: Haruka Naru Gokuu Densetsu [DS] (Dragon Ball Z: The Distant Legend of Goku, released March 21, 2007, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu in America)

25. DRAGON BALL Z: Shin Budoukai 2 [PSP] (Dragon Ball Z: The True Martial Arts Tournament 2, released June 7, 2007, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road in America)

26. DRAGON BALL Z: Sparking! METEOR [PS2/Wii] (Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor, released October 4, 2007, retitled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 in America)

27. DRAGON BALL Z: BURST LIMIT [PS3/360] (Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, released June 5, 2008)

28. DRAGON BALL DS [DS] (Dragon Ball DS, released September 18, 2008, retitled Dragon Ball Origins in America)

29. DRAGON BALL Z: INFINITE WORLD [PS2] (Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World, released December 4, 2008)

30. DRAGON BALL: Tenkaichi Daiboken [Wii] (Dragon Ball: World's Greatest Adventure, released July 23, 2009, retitled Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo in America)

31. DRAGON BALL: RAGING BLAST [PS3/360] (Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, released November 9, 2009)

32. DRAGON BALL DS 2: Totsugeki! Reddo Ribon Gun [DS] (Dragon Ball DS 2: Charge! Red Ribbon Army, released February 11, 2010, retitled Dragon Ball Origins 2 in America)

[linkdude20002001]

DRAGON BALL: Adobansu Adobenchaa [GBA] (Dragon Ball: Advance Adventure, released November 18, 2004, retitled Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure in America)

Why do people always say that? Adobansu usually means advanced. Game Boy Advance is a good example of the Japanese using advance (adobansu) to mean advanced. And Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation is written Poketto Monsutā: Adobansu Jenerēshon (Click link to see logo). See? It's just the Japanese being weird. Just like how Americans say carry-okey instead of kahrah-okay, Japanese will say monsutā instead of monsutāzu, and adobansu instead of adobansudo.

[ThunderPX]

Japanese will say monsutā instead of monsutāzu

That's because Japanese nouns don't really have a plural.

Additionally, I believe if you lose in Super Goku Den: Kakusei-hen, you hear Freeza saying something. Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've either played the game or seen the Freeza saga, I'm not sure what it is, but I believe it's something of a catchphrase...? I dunno. Now I gotta go play the game.

[linkdude20002001]

I know that Japanese doesn't have plural words, but my point was that seemingly English words in the Japanese language isn't always what we'd think it means. They do that all the time with words. "Get" (getto) is a good example of what I mean. Japanese will say "item get" to mean "got an item", and likewise, they'll say "advance adventure" to mean "advanced adventure". Does "Advance Adventure" even make sense to anyone? The adventure is advancing? What? Lol.

[Taku128]

It came out on the Game Boy Advance, which is the title of the system in both America and Japan. It's an Advance Adventure because it's an adventure on the Game Boy Advance. If the system was called the Game Boy Advanced you'd have a good argument, but it isn't. If the name of the system fucks it up you might as well be consistent with said name.

[linkdude20002001]

Well, I guess that makes sence... But it doesn't make "Advanced Adventure" wrong either. You can't really call something "re-named" when it's just a more accurate translation.

[VegettoEX]

Coulda sworn it was written with our alphabet on the cover (the Japanese release, that is)... but apparently not.

Anyway, for some other precedents, you may want to look at things like Final Fantasy Advance which uses the exact same kana (アドバンス) and does write it out in our alphabet as "Advance" (without the trailing "d"). There's also Advance Wars... though that's Famicom Wars in Japan since it has a much-richer history .

[Kendamu]

I know that Japanese doesn't have plural words, but my point was that seemingly English words in the Japanese language isn't always what we'd think it means. They do that all the time with words. "Get" (getto) is a good example of what I mean. Japanese will say "item get" to mean "got an item", and likewise, they'll say "advance adventure" to mean "advanced adventure". Does "Advance Adventure" even make sense to anyone? The adventure is advancing? What? Lol.

Yeah. It completely makes sense to me. It's the Dragonball adventure on the Gameboy Advance. Not Gameboy Advanced. Naming schemes like that, as you likely know, are a tradition that started with SNES and carried on to Nintendo's other hardware when applicable.

Advance Adventure was renamed Advanced Adventure in the US. Is it a big deal, though? Not really. It's just one letter. I just felt like showing how Advance Adventure makes sense to me.

[linkdude20002001]

I agree that "Advance Adventure" makes sense since it's on the Game Boy Advance. I guess my point was that "Advanced Adventure" is in no way an actual re-naming; it's just a different translation.

[Coola Yagami]

Yeah, all the Dragonball fighting games had their VAs do the voices, even the SNES ones, and yeah, Freeza says something if you die in that DBZ RPG game, I dunno what he says though.