Dragon Ball Racing Game or Mode ideas?

[mecha3000]

Bear with me, guys. A Dragon Ball racing game or mode (in a video game)? I mean, Dragon Ball sets this up pretty well and Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump had a Grand Prix from what I recall. I've already got a few character ideas, but the rule is that the characters can't use their flying abilities. It has to be something they drive at some point in the series. In fact, I want to have fun with this so if you want, feel free to post your ideas too.

GOKU (Driving episode car AND Cell Games era car)
GOKU (Any Additional Toriyama Artwork that featured Goku in a car or motorcycle)
KID GOKU (Nimbus)
CHICHI (Hovercar she rides to Roshi's)
GOHAN (What he drives in the DBZ Buu Saga eyecatchers)
PICCOLO (Driving Episode Car)
VEGETA (What he drives in GT maybe?)
BULMA (What she rides on Namek and any of her vehicles could work)
FREEZA (Hoverchair THIS WOULD BE SO HILARIOUS and a good way to include the iconic villain)
ANDROID 17 (Truck)
JACO (Spaceship)
KING KAI (Car he drives around his planet)

Sorry, if I took all the good characters. I could probably think of more, but I want to see if anyone can come of with more additional ones. Also, overall thoughts on a DB racing game or mode? In my mind, it'd be similar to Mario Kart and each vehicle or mode of transportation would have its own upgrades. For example, Kid Goku's nimbus cloud would shoot clouds to throw people off OR Freeza's hoverchair would use spikes or energy blasts.

[Ozotto]

Game Modes

Story Mode

[Story Mode is spit into two modes, first you play threw Hero Mode, once complete you unlock Villain Mode.]
[Plenty of side stories/ mini event/ games as you play threw eg. catching bubbles. These aren't mandatory to complete to progress threw Story Mode, but will attribute to the 100% complete gauge.]
[Plenty of Boss Battles, and Henchmen specific gimmick matches eg. Raisin and his brother being able to meld and ummeld during the match]
[Co-Op available for matches that have more than one character available for the players side.]

Multiplayer (Local & Online)

1 vs. 1
2 vs. 1 (Toggle in and out of active play with a friend)
2 vs. 2 (Both sides can toggle in and out of combat)

Stock Matches
1 vs. 1 (Each player can have up to 3 characters on his bench, as one dies, he is replaced by the next character)
2 vs. 1
2 vs. 2 (Each player can pick a team of 3, for a total of a 12 characters appearing in the match. The player can toggle out of combat and switch with his friend beside him)

Tournament Mode
- Can be played locally with one - four players. The rest of the competitors are CPU's. Player characters are spread into their own divisions, which will give better opportunity for player vs player semi finals and finals. Instead of eliminating each other early on.

- Online tournament mode fills the brackets up with live players, if none are found within a certain time frame, the are filled in with CPU's.
- If you go online with a friend at the local level, you will be put in separate divisions, to prolong the time before you hypothetically would have to battle each other.

Training Mode

Tower/ Ladder Mode
Single Player Only
Play through a series of pre determined enemies, climbing the tower/ ladder until all possible enemies are defeated.

Event Matches
An assortment of matches to choose from with ranging difficulties, novelties, gimmicks, stipulations and themes.
Single Player & Two Player Event Matches available.
The two player mode just allows for toggling each other in and out.

[FoolsGil]

It would definitely have to be a chibi, so there can be a good explanation of why everything isn't being settled with violence.

Story Mode
Grand Prix
Time Trials
Vs. Race
Battle

Characters are either racers or items.

[The S]

Bulma should have her car from when she first encountered Goku. Duh. Or at least make that a "Teen Bulma" character. Toninjinka had a rather iconic car too, neh?

Police Krillin could use his floating segway thing from Resurrection F.

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

I would love a Dragon Ball kart racer. If it is anything along the lines of Mario Kart 8 or Crash Team Racing then I'm sold. Vegeta on a bike would be really funny, kinda like on the spine art for the manga.

Why isn't a kart racer for this franchise a thing yet? There have been countless fighters and some RPGs here and there but they've never gone out of there way to try something different. Maybe someday in the future a kart racer will exist.

[SSJmole]

I'd love one BUT it needs to be Chibi looking and Mario Kart style. Something like :







Power up ideas :
An Instant Transmission item to warp you to next to the first place driver.

Solar Flare - Like the Blooper item in mario kart it blinds everyone

Kamehameha - Fires a large beam in-front of you

Nimbus - acts like bullet bill and zooms you forward fast a few places

Z - This would give each person a unique attack / move like Sonic & sega allstar racing. E.g Goku could go SSJ 3 and start running super sonic style down the course , Frieza would go final form and start finger zapping anyone he goes by, Buu could start firing chocolate beams to slow down people ect...



Story:
Simple like Mr satan has the dragonballs and will give a wish to the winner of his new tournament .... A GRAND PIX , that way it's fairer for his daughter. Also then if you win you get hilarious endings like Frieza wishes he can't die. Cut to 100 years later and hes a little old person thinking "I wish i had said agelessness". Or Vegeta wishing away Bulma's mouth lol

[mecha3000]

Awesome ideas guys! I like the idea of items that incorporate elements from the series like Instant Transmission, Solar Flare, and Nimbus items. Also, I just realized that they can incorporate Dr. Slump characters and maybe have the Dragon Ball characters travel to Penguin Village or something to participate in the races (with Mr. Satan and the Announcer there as well). Or just have the race be a worldwide event thing that invites both Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump characters (and other Toriyama characters like Neko Majin). Also, the campaign/story mode can be pretty simple too and I like SSJmole's idea about the prize being dragon balls (because it sets up the game perfectly) and motivates the characters to enter. Maybe you can even get funny interactions between Goku and Toriyama's other creations.

And I agree that the idea of Vegeta (short pants too, haha) riding a bike in the game is hilarious. Also I thought of more DB characters:

YAMCHA (Jet Squirrel, Mighty Mouse, Silverstar 4)
LAUNCH (S-Cargo)
RADTIZ (Space Pod)
NAPPA (Space Pod)
ANY SAIYAN (Space Pod)
TAO (Log)

Okay, I know the Tao (Log) idea probably wouldn't at all be able to work, but imagine how ridiculous it would be if you hear the Announcer counting down from 10 to 1 with Tao preparing to throw the log at 1, and then suddenly launching himself to begin the race. It would be awesomely hilarious!

[SSJmole]

Future Trunks - time machine - Special warps through time by pressing triangle a set distance and for a set time so you can keep doing it to skip through time if you picked up a Z

great saiyaman - something like this to complete the parody and Z move = He begins to do poses that distract the drivers and force them to skid like banana peel

Beerus - - Special : fires his Sphere of Destruction destroying everything for a few moments (effect = like the lightning on mario BUT leaves cars unable to move

Perfect Cell - but cell games ring because that amuses me - Z move is he summons Cell Jrs who all blast and bash opponents.

Bulma - Her bike from Dragon Ball , Z = Throwing capsules that turn into turrets or walls or spikes.

Goten + Trunks - Bike & side car - Z = gotenks firing ghosts while riding a tricycle (their vehicles fused )

[Sandubadear]

Crash Team Racing

YES!
It would be cool if it also had the "clashing" of CTTR, where two characters can fuse their cars. One of the characters drives, and the other can shoot ki or something else at the opponents.

[emperior]

Double Seat. A driver and an attacker, you can switch seats whenever you want, instantaneously (effect similar to high speed/instant transmission)

The driver, well drives, and can hurt other karts/bikes. The attacker charges up and driver's action affect his ki. If another attacker uses a ki blast and gets you, you lose Ki. Ki works like the last games and you can have an ultimate attack that covers more range.

Ex. Goku has 9 Ki Bars. With 3 bars, he can fire a Kamehameha. With 6 bars he can fire a Super Kamehameha. With 9 bars he can fire a Spirit Bomb OR choose to transform. If he transforms, the transformation lasts 10 seconds and Goku can spam Kamehameha as much as he wants during those 10 seconds.

[Hellspawn28]

I think a DB racing game would be cool if they did in on foot and on air similar to Sonic R, but way better.

[Lord Beerus]

I believe something akin to Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed would be the perfect style of racing to accommodate a Dragon Ball racing game.

[Gerzo]

Oolongs bus
Red Ribbon Army tank
Popo on his carpet
Kid Gohan on Icarus

They're all I can think of right now for racers but race tracks on the other hand could be awesome in the Dragonball world.

A snake way race track could be awesome

[MCDaveG]

I would actually love something without cars. The characters fly right?
Imagine Dragon Ball as Star Wars Racer, but instead of the podracers, you fly the characters trough the scenery.
There are rocks you can fly trough, obstacles.
You can tackle your racing oponent and smash him into some obstacle or speed him down otherwise.
You can shoot ki-blasts (simmilar to the racing game Blur).
There can even be enemies in your path. The options are endless.
It can be various, ''racer'' with laps or even get from the point A to the point B trough obstacles with points awarded or in designated time.
I haven't included ''checkpoint'' because I hate those as it ruins the atmosphere for me.

I think that the kart racing is overly done to the point of oversaturation.

[MostcallmeRay]

Just the thought of a racing game, all I can imagine is: what would be the Spiny(Blue) Shell of this franchise? It definitely has to be ki-related and homes in.

Thinking of vehicles, I certainly remember seeing something like..

Spoiler:

that before! It's most likely fanart, but I'd love to see Gohan(at least Cell Arc/"Teen" Gohan) in it. And with Goku in the back, I picture Double Dash in mind. Someone mentioned that there should be a driver and then attacker. I'd personally love that! I miss the whole two racers in one kart scenario.

[Xeogran]

Just the thought of a racing game, all I can imagine is: what would be the Spiny(Blue) Shell of this franchise? It definitely has to be ki-related and homes in.

Spoiler:

This thing definitely.

[MostcallmeRay]

Just the thought of a racing game, all I can imagine is: what would be the Spiny(Blue) Shell of this franchise? It definitely has to be ki-related and homes in.

Spoiler:

This thing definitely.

I was thinking more of an explosion, but hey, that works too.
But how would they drive if they're cut apart? You would only have hands on wheels and ghost feet.