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

18 November 2007

Posted by:Ferry

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!
Dragon Ball Z: Raging Blast scan 1

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.

Categories: News, PS2 News, PS3 News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News

Valentin

Is vegetto a separate character or do you have to choose goku or vegeta to do the fusion
Valentin

it would be cool for captain ginyu “change body” technique if another person from the ginyu force comes and grabs the opponent so ginyu can do it
dbZ fAn

Here is something that explains why Gohan and trunks SHOULD be able to reach SS4 “It is hypothesized by Bulma that only full-blooded Saiyans can achieve the Super Saiyan 4 form; however, it is equally plausible that the part-Saiyan children of Goku and Vegeta merely never became Golden Great Apes by sheer coincidence, and that Vegeta did not originally transform in the Baby Saga because it was Baby himself, not Vegeta, that was in control. This would mean that any Super Saiyan that could obtain Golden Great Ape status could theoretically become a Super Saiyan 4.” the quote is from dragon ball wiki
dbZ fAn

So will there be a character creator?
kenji

Is there gonna be a character creation mode cuz to be real its get boring playin the some old characters over and over again thats why I think why people keep askin that question?
Felipe

One of the thins that would be cool for the game, it’s if they put it all the characters in one game. But don’t separete all transformations from the characters. For example: in tenkaichi 2 and 3 we have goku with SSJ, SSJ2 and SSJ3 to tranforme, and we have GT Goku with SSJ, SSJ3 and SSJ4 to transforme, and kid Goku with the great ape to transforme. But, what we don´t have for example, is one Goku with Kaiken, SSJ, Ascended Super Saiyan, SSJ2, SSJ3, SSJ4, great ape, golden Great ape, Vegito, Super Vegito(SSJ), Gogita(SSJ2), Gogita(SSJ3) and Gogita(SS4). The problem is that i don’t like to have many types of goku like they were different persons. I want to have just one with all the transformations that i can make it during the game. And I have the same opinion for the other characters.
jay

Are they going to put characters from GT ??
http://videogameblogger tarrance

you should add super saiyan trunks with long hair like the one off of dragonball z movie 9 Bojack Unbound and add all of Bojack’s henchmen.
Natas

GAME LOOKS AMAZING! Plus I’ll be happy as long as I get to say “It’s over 9000!!!”
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2009/06/23/official-dragon-ball-raging-blast-character-list.htm SS5 Guy

everyone who wants a character creation feature copy and paste this comment

DBZ Raging Blast Custom Character Feature FTW!!!!!!!!!!