Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4 might feature a character creator

18 November 2007
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Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 1 for PS2Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4 is already talked about by the game’s creators. They mention always listening to fan comments and admit that was the reason why they added online multiplayer on Wii and many more characters in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 after Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 on PS2 and Wii. One of the features still missing is a character creator, but that might change in 2008.

Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for PS2To quote Atari producer Donny Clay: “Unfortunately there are some things that are requested by several different fans that we aren’t able to do just yet. For example, one of things we get asked for quite a bit is a completely custom character system from the ground up. Meaning players want to be able to build their own character with their own moves and their own look. This is definitely something I would love to do as well, we just haven’t had the chance to get this into a game yet. Don’t worry though I won’t forget.”

That should come as no surprise since the upcoming Dragon Ball Online MMO game also features a character creator tool that allows you to make your own Saiyan, Human or Namek.

Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for PS2In recent interviews the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 team mentions working on a next-gen game and being a fan of the Xbox 360, so my guess would be that the next DBZ game is coming to not just Wii and PS2, but also Xbox 360 and PS3. Makes sense for them to want to make the graphics look even better and have more online features. Throw in the character creator on top of even more than the 161 characters in the last game and you’ve got yourself Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4.

As the official DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi blog says: “When we’re coming up with a new DBZ game, we first think about what the fans on the forums and message boards have been asking about.” So what do you want in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4?

PS: There’s also a Dragon Ball Z: Budokai “Burst Limit” game in development for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Burst Limit PS3 screenshot

Update May 19th, 2009: After 1.5 years of waiting, the first magazine announcement of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4 has been revealed in Japan, where the next Tenkaichi game for Xbox 360 and PS3 is titled Dragon Ball Z: Raging Blast!
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Update May 27th, 2009: Read the Dragon Ball: Raging Blast official announcement!

Update June 17th, 2009: Watch the first Dragon Ball: Raging Blast trailer!

Update June 23rd, 2009: Check out the Official Dragon Ball: Raging Blast character list so far.

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  • CJ

    i also think u should put in ss3,4,5,6broly and teen goten and when u go ss u must tap to power up then press a button to transform to make more realistic

  • ledgendary ss

    ATARI PLZ READ THIS//ATARI PLZ READTHIS//ATARI PLZ READ THIS!!!!
    VERY USEFUL PLZ READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i fink they shoul make a new type of dbz fighting it might sound a little farfetched but here it goes

    i think u first make a new character and depending on the type of character u r u will start on a different planet.
    u should be able 2 roam around the universe through about 50 different solar systems and if say u r a human u can only fly in space in a ship and if ur a tyrant u can fly freely.
    wen u land on a planet if u have a scouter u will use that 2 check the average power or if u have the ability to feel it u can do that to 2 check the power level on the planet and mabea u might just bump in 2 another force that even the z fighter dont no about.
    your own power level should be shown on da scrn so if u train hard enough u could be the next hero like goku or the next big evil.
    while u roam around planet ,fighters with scouters will read the incoming power in numbers but other will not read it in numbers but in another form that atari can think of.
    u should be able 2 reach new heights of power aka super saiyan 5
    and if u bump in to an enemy it should be free fighting unlike dbz tenkaichi 3 no boundarys u should be able to run away if ur fast enough or try to blow the planet up and escape if u cant beat the enemy in power

    and about the enemys and other fighters the should be random characters hundred of them but also the original.and how can u do that, well heres the good bit IT SHOULD BE ONLINE full of thousends of planets ruled by thousends of online villans and friends but u should start with power level 0. the original characters eg.goku vegeta piccolo.
    should be cpu and very hard 2 deafeat and through time they grow older stonger and then older and soon die.
    THIS COULD BE THE REVELUTION IN DBZ FIGHTING ACROSS THE WORLD /.ONLINE OR EVEN NOT ONLINE EVERY WILL LOVE IT!!!!!!!

    thank u for reading if u no any1 who if involved in atari co. polz tell them this just could be the new age of fighting games

    from dbz game worker

  • ledgendary ss

    and if u cant makke dat version of dbz at least make this one better
    -more arenas
    -more talking during fights
    -more characters
    -bigger areanas
    -wen both fighter do a blast (eg goku/kamehameha and vegeta/galik gun)
    and it makes a big collision it should last until one player pushes his/her blast alll the way to the other opponent
    -and definatly make it realistic aka. goku ss4 vs. frieza, frieza should not be able to lay a hand on him and her death ball shoul not even move or stun him and one kamehameha from goku and frieza should be out
    -make punches and kick less powerful but finishing moves more powerful
    -no more life bars .u only die wen ur power level drops to 0 lyke the real dbz series so if u r ss4 gogeta ur power level is billions so u cant die easily :lol: but if ur vegeta(scouter) ur power level is lyke 20k so depending on who u fight the quikness of someones power level drops is different
    -wen saiyans trans form power level skyrokets and moves become more powerful(same with transformations)
    -and make story mode lyke budokai 1 it hasdifferent kind of fighting lyke da first level were u dont actually fight u have to hold raditz it the hot spot 4 lyke 10 seconds or something. AND OF COURSE THE BEST PART THE LITTLE MOVIES THAT IS REALY INTERESTING ESPECIALLY WEN SAIYANS BECOME SUPER SAIYAN WEN THERE ANGRY AND THE COOL MUSIC COME ON

  • dj7

    fu

  • dj7

    that is not a pic of dragonball z budokia tenkaichi 4. that is a game called dragonball z burst limit coming to ps 3 and xbox 360 in 2008 no lie. search dragonball z burst limit to google looks cool

  • http://www.the-best-party-ever-1994.piczo.com Nomad

    I want to see the best CD in the world wich is Dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 4.
    I want arenas :
    -Uubs Village
    -Kaio’s planete
    -Planet Vegeta
    -Planet Namek

    As for caracters :
    -King vegeta
    -King piccolo
    -vegeta gt
    -Trunks GT

    Details
    -I want better grafics better music
    imean the tenkaichi 3 was great and awsome but i need th 4 better and better.
    So i hope you answer to hall my suggestions.

  • Neji4

    is there a website i can go to to see it

  • Neji4

    you should put budokai budokai 2 budokai 3 tenkaichi tenkaichi 2 tenkaichi 3 and tenkaichi 4 in this game

  • Hanku

    Ofcorse I think there should be a character creation, from selecting race to eye color and mucle tone and body size. For moves for your characters they should let you use moves from main characters like goku’s, gohan’s, goten’s and etc. kamehameha(spelled that right?), but ofcorse you can’t use any fighters special techniques like Dragon Fist for example. And for some people who prefer beat-em up attacks like Vegeta’s Spirit Breaking Cannon or Goku’s Meotor Smash, the creators should already have moves like your character will rush in and do a flurry of kicks and punches and then they will knock the enemy away, and there should be a bunch of these moves so when you go to equip them to your character there will be three slots where your first slot could be where your character goes in and kicks and punches them then knocks them away and that where the second slot comes in where your character flies at them and does a different set of moves maybe a throw or some more kicks and punches but different looking like spinning kicks and hook punches and stuff so it won’t all look the same, then the third slot where you get to pick how you finish the beam-em up attack, like your character will fly at them and do some power kick to the ground or a flurry of fireballs or a beam or a grab that sends them slamming into the ground, or a power punch that sends them flying to the ground also. And allow all created characters to use blast 1 and let them pick what they want, either it be a Explosive Wave to Wild Sense or a Power To The Very Limit move. Now making your characters appearance, there should be many different style of faces and adding things on to the face like scars and such, and you should be able to choose skin tone. Clothes you should be ables to select color and they should give you different style of shirts, wrist bands gloves, belts, headbands, pants, boots and maybe give you main characters clothes like Goku’s Yardjron(spelled that right?) outfit, you know the one he has on when he arrives on earth and first meets and learns about Trunks and the Android attack two years later, but only allow characters outfits if they’ve been worn by other fights such as: Goku’s outfit, Vegeta’s Saiyan Armor from the Android saga, Piccolo’s outfit, and Different types of Saiyan Armor but allow which part of the armor you want to use from gloves to boots and maybe you just want to where the Saiyan torso armor with different style of pants or something. Then theres hair styles which gives your character most of its uniqueness. So there should be tons and tons of hair stlyes and you pick your hair color ofcorse. For those who pick a Saiyan you should be able to turn super saiyan and get to choose what your Super Saiyan hair looks like, but when you turn Super Saiyan u can’t pass the level of the highest already main characters level, like SSJ4 Goku and Vegeta. And after you pick all these things for your character you should have some kind of training type thing where you level up your character and for Saiyan characters once you reach certain levels thats when you learn the ability to turn Super Saiyan, and then you get to set moves for that Super Saiyan level. And give the players the ability to go back and change the clothing on thier character and allow them to have two slots for character clothes so they won’t have to go back and change everytime they want to wear something different. Well thats about it for Character Creation. Now to the main characters and stuff. Ofcorse better graphics and such on characters and levels. Give the Player more levels and allow them to actually make thier own levels by letting them select terrain and add buildings, trees, and etc. Main characters move should have more uniqueness and change them up a bit so they won’t look the same from Tenkaichi 3. And go through every character and make sure all the moves work accordingly as planned, for example SSJ2 Adult Gohan’s grab, he grabs the opponent and does his flurry of punches and kicks them away but the hits aren’t added in until after he does the whole grab instead of adding the hits as he lands them on the opponent. Ok now story mode, you should put every single fight there was from Dragon Ball to the end of Dragon Ball GT in the story line, because I beat all the fights in one night when I bought the game. And Ultimate Battle should have more and harder to beat fights. Dragon Tour Tournament should let you have the ability to pick which tournament and difficulty level you want to do instead of doing the clock time thing. And in Duel fights you pretty much have it perfect but add something like 2vs2 or a battle royale and make the levels bigger so you can have more room to fight. And maybe don’t have the characters do so much damage so the fights will last longer. And ofcorse add more characters, pretty much anyone that fights such as: GT Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Vegeta and all the other GT fighters. And give them thier own moves different from thier DBZ selves. Thats about it really. Well if you do read this please take all I have said into thinking because I know I have some pretty solid ideas.

  • Luke S.B

    I think In Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 4.
    It should Also be like Tenkaichi 3 in Dragon History.
    There Should be Charactes like:
    Dr.Myuu
    Pie Pie
    Hirudengarn (First Form)
    Goten Gt SSJ, SSj2
    Trunks Gt SSJ, SSJ2
    Robot Willdow
    Ultimate Cell
    Evil Goku SSJ3
    Andriod 22
    Lord Zeel
    Freiza-Buu
    Pan SSJ
    Bio Brolly
    Brolly SSJ4
    Eis Shenron
    Haze Shenron
    Naturon Shenron
    Oceanus Shenron
    Rage Shenron
    Goku JR.
    Vegeta JR.
    Baby (Out side of Vegeta)
    Gotenks SSJ4
    Goku SSJ5
    Vegeta SSJ5
    Xicor
    Motchani
    Hitsorashi
    Bibadi


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