Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden

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Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden
Japanese
ドラゴンボール改　アルティメット武闘伝 Doragon Bōru Kai　Arutimetto Butōden Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Martial Arts Legend
Release Date	03 February 2011 (JP)
Genre	Fighting
Price	¥5040 + tax
Developer	Game Republic
Publisher	Namco Bandai (JP)
Rating	CERO A (JP)

Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden ("Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Martial Arts Legend") is a fighting game developed by Game Republic and published by Bandai Namco for the Nintendo DS, released 03 February 2011 exclusively in Japan. The game uses 3D models for its gameplay and cutscenes in a similar graphical style to Game Republic's previous Dragon Ball DS titles, with gameplay held on a traditional two-dimensional plane.

Ultimate Butōden is one of two Dragon Ball games to use the Kai title, the first being Dragon Ball Kai: Attack of the Saiyans released in 2009. The title Butōden is also a callback to the Super Butōden series of fighting games, which had not seen a titled release since 1995's Shin Butōden for the Sega Saturn.

Ultimate Butōden would be the final Dragon Ball title released for the Nintendo DS, and the last Dragon Ball title developed by Game Republic, who went defunct the same year.

Gameplay

Goku fights against Raditz

Though the game uses three-dimensional characters and environments, Ultimate Butōden plays as a 2D fighter, with fighters locked to a two-dimensional plane. Players are able to dash on the ground or take to the skies to maneuver and approach their opponents. Players can execute strong and weak physical attacks using the Nintendo DS's face buttons, or use standard ki attacks with the Right Trigger. Special moves and ki attacks can be triggered by inputting specific button combinations and the X button.

Defensively, the player can block or dodge attacks, as well as deflect ki blasts. In the event of an Ultimate Attack, the receiving player can trigger a mini-game to defend or deflect against the attack. The player who scores the highest wins the struggle.

Gameplay Modes

• Story Mode: Fight through the events of the Dragon Ball anime, as well as special what-if scenarios.

• Challenge Mode: Fight a continuous wave of enemies under special conditions to receive rewards.

• CPU Battle: Fight against computer controlled opponents.

• Wireless Mode: Fight against other players using the Nintendo DS's wireless connectivity.

• Training Mode: Practice your skills with no time limits.

Story

The game's story mode follows events from the Dragon Ball series, starting from the arrival of Raditz and ending at the final battle with Pure Boo. Along with main story missions are sub-missions and special what-if scenarios that realize situations which did not occur in the original story.

The game utilizes both of the Nintendo DS's screens for its cutscenes, taking advantage of the gap between the screens to create the impression of seamless action between the two. Some story scenes are also fully voice acted.

Codes & Secrets

Unlock Bardock

Inputting the button sequence UP, X, DOWN, B, LEFT, L, RIGHT, R on the start screen unlocks Bardock as a playable character. The sound of Bardock shouting indicates a correct input. This code is a reference to a cheat in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden, where it unlocked additional characters.

Bardock can also be unlocked without the code through the game's story mode.

Unlock Broli

Inputting the button sequence UP, X, DOWN, B, L, Y, R, A on the start screen unlocks Broli as a playable character. The sound of Broli shouting "Kakarrot!" indicates a correct input. This code is a reference to a cheat in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2, where it also unlocked Broli.

Broli can also be unlocked without the code through the game's story mode.

Characters

There are a 35 different playable characters in Ultimate Butōden, some of which have forms and transformations that occupy slots in the game. This totals to 52 playable characters including different forms. All characters are unlocked by progressing through the game's story mode. Some story characters require the completion of "IF" missions rather than the main story missions.

Portrait	Name	Forms	Notes	Status
	Son Goku	Base Super Saiyan Super Saiyan 2 Super Saiyan 3	TBD	TBD
	Vegeta	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Piccolo	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Tenshinhan	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Freeza	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Cell	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Son Gohan	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Kuririn	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Chiaotzu	TBD	TBD	TBD
	No. 16	TBD	TBD	TBD
	No. 17	TBD	TBD	TBD
	No. 18	TBD	TBD	TBD
	No. 20 (Dr. Gero)	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Yamcha	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Videl	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Ginyu	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Reacoom	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Butta	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Gurd	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Jheece	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Dodoria	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Zarbon	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Nappa	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Raditz	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Bardock	TBD	TBD	TBD
	North Kaiō	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Broli	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Majin Boo	Good Evil Pure	TBD	TBD
	Vegetto	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Gogeta	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Future Trunks	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Trunks	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Son Goten	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Gotenks	TBD	TBD	TBD

Merchandise

Vegeta promotional card PB-12 for the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game included with the release of Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden

Included with the game was a special Vegeta promotional card, PB-12, for usage with the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game.

Shueisha released an official guide for the game 03 February 2011 in Japan, day and date with the game itself.

Releases

Domestic Release

Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden was originally released 03 February 2011 in Japan. The game received no international release.

Domestic Media Coverage

After reports of two new trademarks for Dragon Ball video game titles by Namco-Bandai, one under the name アルティメット武闘伝 ("Ultimate Butōden"), Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden was officially revealed in the 2010 No. 51 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Commercials & Trailers

• Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden - Japanese Commercial
• Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden - Japanese PV

Legacy

TBD

Additional Notes

• Ultimate Butōden is the first Dragon Ball game to feature North Kaiō as a playable fighter.

Game Credits

TBD

External Links

• Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden - Official Bandai Website