Dragon Ball Z: Goku RPG (series)

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The Dragon Ball Z: Goku RPG series is a series of RPG-styled fighting games based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama. Both games in the series were developed and published by Bandai, and released only in Japan for the Game Boy.

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[edit] Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishōden

Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishōden (ドラゴンボールZ: 悟空 飛翔伝, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Gokū Hishōden^?) is the first installment in the Goku RPG series, released on November 25, 1994.^{[citation needed]} Despite the title, the game starts out during the end of Dragon Ball with Son Goku's fight with Piccolo at the World Martial Arts Tournament and ends with the battle against Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z.

[edit] Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden

Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden (ドラゴンボールZ: 悟空激闘伝, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Gokū Gekitōden^?) is the second installment in the Goku RPG series, released on August 25, 1995.^{[citation needed]} It features five playable characters, as well as Son Goku's Super Saiyan transformation. Goku Gekitōden takes place immeditately after Son Goku's battle with Vegeta, and ends with Son Goku's final battle with Freeza.

In Goku Gekitōden, moving about and fighting is real time, unlike its predecessor. The game also features many extras, such as minigames and a tournament mode. Most characters from the Namek Saga can be fought during the story mode, including ones such as Zarbon and Frieza's transformed states.

[edit] Playable characters

In Goku Hishōden, the player takes control of Son Goku. However, the SNES GB emulator makes available a multiplayer mode which allows player one to take control Son Goku while player two is free to choose any of the other characters in the game.^{[citation needed]} Goku Gekitōden's character selection features Son Goku (in both his regular and Super Saiyan state), Son Gohan, Kuririn, Piccolo, and Vegeta as playable characters.

[edit] See also

• Dragon Ball Z
• List of Dragon Ball video games

[edit] References

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