18 November 2007
Ferry

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

Dragon 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.

To 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.

In 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.

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!

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.

11 July 2008 11:55
Luke

and they can have SS2 Future Trunks and Gokule and Tiencha because they have already made them in budokai 2 and 3

11 July 2008 12:52
sa dbz fan

what if characters are all well n fine but they were jus made for jokes n i don’t atari wnt to do that. and what if’s such as ss4 vegito and stuff are not going to happen coz they are too big. what if’s like gokule, tirncha and cell with krillin were there for jokes as they are funny what if’s and fusions.

also u can have what if story lines without what if characters. dat what tenkaichi series and even burst limits did. coz when i playd rwnd a friends the was a bardock what if.

11 July 2008 12:52
DominicDA DBZ fan

Yea I agree on that part since they were in past games

But people have been saying

“put ss3 vegeta”
“Let goku and Gohan Fuse instead of goku and vegeta”

“Let Bardock and Nappa and Raditz go Super Saiyan”

Ever since they started making “what if sagas” in Budokai 1

If its not there now I dont think there will

Not saying that Goku+Gohan fusion is bad, I just dont think it will ever happen

11 July 2008 12:53
sa dbz fan

sori tiencha, not tirncha

11 July 2008 12:56
sa dbz fan

also line is meant to say i don’t think atari wnt …….

11 July 2008 13:20
Luke

well after everything everyone has written it mine not even matter

we dont even know if their making the game yet

11 July 2008 13:45
Luke

but ok sa dbz fan you seem to be the dragon ball z expert,

all I want is SS2 Future Trunks and Gogeta(Base)

11 July 2008 14:23
ABC

Something else I’d like to see is when your charging up for a Kamehameha you should be able to use instant transmission [while charging] like Goku did against Cell in the cell games.

11 July 2008 14:52
DominicDA DBZ fan

If dey dont release info @ E3
I think im givin up hope

11 July 2008 15:59
Luke

In the next game there shouldn’t be any fusion, fusion characters should be characters on their own and you shouldn’t be aloud to edit there custom slot
thhe fusion characters strength and items should be the sum of the characters used to fuse him

And please just this one time make Gogeta: Super Saiyan And Gogeta: Super Saiyan 4 one character
Its so much better to transform into the level and make a Gogeta: Base

Gogeta(Base, SSJ, SSJ4)