We are not going to hide it, no other anime has had as great a success in the world of video games as the famous Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. The Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super licenses have all been used by major studios since their release, and many new games have been created over the years to pay homage to the franchise. 🎮
However, some games in the license have not managed to achieve the hoped-for success. Some worked very well, of course, but others like Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 or for certain Dragon Ball Z sagas turned out to be unfinished. 😐
With the recent resurgence in Dragon Ball's popularity stemming from the anticipation of the famous and long-awaited Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot , let's look back a bit to survey the absolutely massive amount of Dragon Ball games, here is our TOP 10 Best Dragon Games Ball including fan favorite classics and some hidden gems. 💎
10. DRAGON BALL: RAGING BLAST
Raging Blast attempted to take the action-packed, 3D fighting formula to the next level with more cinematic elements and very flashy attacks worthy of the DBZ series . Still today, the game has a graphical beauty that captures the feeling of the manga and anime well and that's a good point. 📺
However, where these DBZ games fail is in their monotonous and repetitive gameplay. We notice that the combat is much dumber compared to previous games in the series and it focuses more on accessibility and pure appearance rather than a game with depth and greater gameplay. Dragon Ball: Raging Blast therefore ends up giving the impression that each character plays roughly the same way, from Gohan to Cell, including Piccolo or Trunks , this game will unfortunately age much more quickly than the others. 👴
9. DRAGON BALL Z: XENOVERSE 2
Dragon Ball Z: Xenoverse and its sequel Xenoverse 2 are the most overrated Dragon Ball Z games ever made. Unfortunately for true fans, it turns out that he never reaches the peak of his potential and that's a shame! Few characters really play differently, the level levels are so unbalanced that some characters find themselves completely useless and the story mode, although interesting, is still frankly disappointing. 📖
Of the two in any case, everyone will agree that the sequel is superior in every way, because it manages to improve the entire Xenoverse experience thanks to the advice (or complaints?) and recommendations of fans. Dragon Ball Z: Xenoverse 2 is therefore a perfectly suited arena game with RPG gameplay elements satisfying enough to pass the time. 🎮
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8. DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3
There is an intense divide between fans of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai and fans of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi . Budokai is a fighting game, but Tenkaichi , partly because the developers knew it couldn't compete, made it an arena game. 🥊
All DBZ fighting games (until FighterZ) have tried to copy the mechanics of these two games. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 also turns out to be the best arena fighting game in the entire DBZ line. ⚔️
While the gameplay is nothing special and most of the characters feel like they only swap aesthetic models, it's filled with iconic Dragon Ball universe characters that each have neat personalities. We will also notice the appearance of more obscure characters and villains, who have never been taken into account before or since this game, so this is good news for this opus. 👍
7. DRAGON BALL Z: MERGERS
Dragon Ball: Fusions is an unusual video game that no one expected to like. As an RPG type game, it will be considered even more of a rare piece in the universe of the saga. It's a quirky and cute role-playing game that mainly focuses on lots of nods to the saga for fans as well as a ton of references throughout the Dragon Ball universe. 📚
So yes, we could say that the game is certainly a little curious. It starts off very irreverent, but as it goes on it becomes... even more irreverent. It's a unique RPG experience, giving fans of the series things they've never seen before. However, it may leave some fans a little... taken aback. But it's definitely worth a try, so go for it if you've never taken the plunge! 💥
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6. DRAGON BALL: ADVANCED ADVENTURE
There are very few “ Dragon Ball ” games in the world. DBZ, yes, but not Dragon Ball, the original saga. In fact, it's because the old-school series is often overlooked in favor of more outlandish action, and fans returning to the old series don't appreciate Dragon Ball's softer, comedic tone. This is why many fans made a huge mistake by overlooking Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure , a beat 'em up game for the Gameboy Advance where you play from the beginning of the series until the final battle against King Piccolo . ⚔️
Thanks to a series of stages of platforming, flying with the magic cloud and combat, the game is incredibly varied, even before you consider being able to play the entire game with multiple characters. For fans who enjoyed it at the time, it arrived just as the oversaturation of Dragon Ball Z games was reaching its peak. It offered a different dimension to the franchise in order to remind us that, yes, Goku 's adventure did not only begin with Radditz and end with Buu . 😉
5. DRAGON BALL Z: ATTACK OF THE SAIYANS
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans on Nintendo DS is often forgotten by fans of the series. This isn't the first adventure game to tell the story of the Saiyans - or even the first RPG to tell the saga of the Saiyans. 📕
Although this game doesn't seem to have a lot of content, it starts in the Dragon Ball era and adds a lot of content to flesh things out for our enjoyment. However, what it offers is more of a complex and interesting JRPG (Japanese role-playing game) game system . For fans who are tired of DBZ fighters, this game is great. 🥊
4. DRAGON BALL Z: INFINITE WORLD
As the PlayStation 2 neared its end in 2008, one final Dragon Ball game was released to complete the already fantastic lineup that the PS2 was known for, so that was Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World . This game essentially feels like a Budokai 4 , taking most of the good elements from Budokai 3 and fixing a few major flaws. 💣
The exclusion of Budokai 's " Dragon Rush " feature is left out entirely here, which is seen as a huge plus. Although it is not as popular as its predecessors and has received some poor ratings from critics, this Dragon Ball game is loved by many fans and is considered one of the most underrated games. esteemed and least played in the franchise. 🎮
3. DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
As you know, the latest entry in the long list of games in the Dragon Ball franchise and from Bandai Namco is obviously the essential Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot . It attempts to do what has been done countless times, that is, the player must punch and kick bad guys while carefully following the story of the Dragon Ball series , but this time the game adds key RPG elements, polishes the 3D combat system and gives us a hint of open world. 🌎
Kakarot is a fantastic experience for a single player, it really appealed to die-hard fans of the DBZ saga, and one of the only drawbacks to deplore would be the lack of content for players who did not grow up with this titan of Japanese anime. The RPG elements are fun and intuitive, but they become extremely repetitive and get stale pretty quickly. But, beyond the small flaws, it is an essential game for any aspiring Saiyan warrior ! 💥
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2. DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI 3
For a while, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 was the best fighting game in the series. It featured a terrific balance of characters, gameplay mechanics, fast-paced and original actions, a rich story mode, and the fun of playing any Dragon Ball Z game . No other game has managed to integrate a "rock-paper-scissors" mechanic as well as Budokai 3 . No other game (except the last one) had managed to integrate a team of fighters as well balanced as that of Budokai 3. ⚖️
Budokai 3 is a love letter to the entire franchise and its fans, featuring characters from across the franchise's timeline. It gave fans a way to compete (in a sense) during the pre-online era of video games. It also made the Dragon Ball GT series, less popular with fans, a little cooler. And finally, above all, he gave the character transformations an unrivaled feeling of value. 🎁
1. DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ
We couldn't finish this TOP 10 without mentioning the essential Dragon Ball FighterZ of course! When Dragon Ball FighterZ was announced, fans went wild. It had been years since Dragon Ball's last intense, gameplay-driven fighting game released for Akira Toriyama 's series. This game will turn out to be an incredible fighting game, focused on intense and balanced gameplay, technical combat-oriented combat, and a huge team of characters from the entire Dragon Ball saga. 🎥
And there you have it, this TOP 10 of the Best Dragon Ball Games is over! 🎮 As you can imagine, not all the games in the franchise are presented in our article. Because in fact, since 1986, more than 70 Dragon Ball games have been created on all the most famous consoles such as the NES, the Super Nintendo, the Gameboy Advance, the Playstation, including all the new generation consoles of type PS4 or Xbox One… And we obviously hope that the saga so dear to us will add more to the count in the coming years!
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In any case as always, leave your opinion and don't hesitate to leave a comment to tell us what your favorite DBZ game was! 💭