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.

8 July 2009 16:37
swagger

u should add more of the shinron dragons and more gt and ball chars

8 July 2009 20:13
dbZ fAn

I had an Awesome idea if they do make a character creator then we should be able to upload them on the internet for others to download.

9 July 2009 06:41
JQ

I think you should be able to play as yoda! I’m bored of playing as Piccolo. JQ

9 July 2009 17:18
Manga Fan

Dude, english please. u remind me of don vito from Viva La Bam. And to DBZRB fan 3000, that would be awesome, but it would require alot of disk space. You basicly said the whole game.

10 July 2009 09:55
Kirstie

I think they should do a proper adventure mode pick a character and you get to move around as them and fly and walk and try to complete the levels like you have in other games

10 July 2009 15:08
vin

but then that wouldent make it a fighting game would it

11 July 2009 08:10
kaseop

uhm i think it could be ekstreamly cool if character creater was there and you could edit your own attacks just an idea and then uhm give the character a name lol

12 July 2009 11:59
JQ

God knows. JQ

12 July 2009 12:01
JQ

THAT’S IF YOU A CHRISTAN OF COARSE. No offence like! Lol!. JQ

12 July 2009 19:05
dbZ fAn

So pretty much all the tenkaichi games are the same so raging blast just needs something completely new to blow us away.