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156-527: A sequel, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was released in 2016. The game is set almost entirely within a number of 3D areas, which are mostly modeled after notable locations in the Dragon Ball universe, accessed from the main hub – the Toki-Toki City. Fighters can traverse the levels free-roaming in large spaces and can fight on ground, in the air and underwater. The game features spoken dialogue from

312-459: A " side story of the original Dragon Ball ". Chief character designer Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru said he agonized over designing Super Saiyan 4 Goku, which was the idea of the show's producers, questioning whether it was necessary to go further with the transformations. Because Super Saiyan 4 is brought about while in a Saiyan's Great Ape ( 大猿 , Ōzaru , lit. "Great Monkey") form, he made the hair more "wild" and covered Goku's body in red fur. There

468-545: A Frieza Race they will investigate Frieza's Spaceship, & if a Majin they will investigate Majin Buu's House. Eventually the Supreme Kai of Time will task the protagonist with looking into each Time Miniature rift which they can investigate at their leisure, as the rifts' large size makes them stable & though the history contained within is altered, its altered history isn't recorded in the time scrolls thus they are less of

624-455: A Golden Great Ape and then into a Super Saiyan 4. Baby then has Bulma, also under his control, fire a radiation beam at him from her Blutz Wave Generator which enables him to transform into a Golden Great Ape as well. After a lengthy battle, Goku emerges victorious with the help of Uub, who weakens Baby from inside him, and Trunks, Gohan, and Goten, who were freed from Baby's control by Kibito Kai. Baby separates from Vegeta and attempts to escape in

780-459: A battle with Towa and Mira. After their defeat, Towa and Mira go to Trunks' original timeline and after manipulating time, Trunks is nearly erased from existence. The Warrior is sent to rescue Trunks from Androids 17 and 18 . As she escapes, Towa reveals that she made two changes to the timeline that put Trunks in danger. With no clues as to when the second change occurred, the Warrior is met with

936-488: A box full of Pudding cups. While Mira takes the opportunity to flee with Bardock, Beerus invites Goku, Whis, & the Time Patroller to enjoy some pudding. However Whis stops when the Supreme Kai of Time reveals she made the pudding (it had been previously established that she is a notoriously bad cook). The Pudding is so bad that it incapacitates Goku with stomach pain, while Beerus is simply enraged (with Whis noting

1092-674: A concern to the Time Patrol. By completing certain activities within each Time Miniature rift, the protagonist can obtain various rewards and take part in special missions to unlock their race's exclusive Awoken Skill (aka transformations), in the Time Miniature rift that they investigate in the prologue. Saiyans can unlock the Super Saiyan Awoken Skill which allows them to access the first three levels of Super Saiyan (by training with Vegeta they can also access

1248-585: A figurine of the character Trunks, has also been announced. Jaco the Galactic Patrolman , a character from the manga Jaco the Galactic Patrolman , a prequel to Dragon Ball , appears as a Japanese pre-order bonus, along with a Master Roshi costume set to customize the player's character with, a Trunks card for Dragon Ball Heroes , and a code that unlocks Trunks in Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle . Dragon Ball Xenoverse

1404-478: A formula that was already used in its predecessors. Although, it did call it "a fun ride when not taken very seriously." In his 2008 Funimation season set review, Todd Douglass Jr. of DVD Talk stated that the series became the "bastard child of the series", and was "a bad idea that spawned out of someone's desire to make more money on the back of Toriyama's work." He goes on to write, " Dragon Ball GT isn't all bad. There are some nice fights scattered throughout

1560-465: A free-to-play "Lite Version" was released on PS4 and Xbox One with a subset of the full game's content and a lower level cap. The Stadia port was revealed on December 17, 2019, on the "Stadia Community Blog" by the official Stadia team and released three hours later. The versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were announced in October 2023. Available as a free upgrade to existing owners,

1716-579: A future defender of Earth and as an opponent that he can battle. During the Baby arc he would merge with the benevolent incarnation of Majin Buu ( 魔人ブウ(善) , Majin Bū (Zen) ) , (lit. "Demon Person Buu (Good)"), and become Super Oob ( スーパーウーブ , Sūpā Ūbu ) ("Majuub" in the English dub), a being powerful enough to face threats such as Baby , Super 17 , and Omega Shenron . After fusing with Buu, he experiences

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1872-587: A hero who would help him restore the timeline. After resolving changes in history during the Saiyan Saga, the Future Warrior is introduced to the leader of the Time Patrol, the Supreme Kai of Time, and her bird, Tokitoki. After resolving more changes in the midst of the Frieza Saga, the Warrior encounters Towa and Mira and engages in a battle with the two, barely defeating Mira. After returning to

2028-709: A home video release until June 15, 2005, eight years after its broadcast. This was a remastering of the series in a single 12-disc DVD box set, that was made-to-order only, referred to as a "Dragon Box". It was released by Pony Canyon . The content of this set began being released on mass-produced individual 6-episode DVDs on August 6, 2009, and finished with the eleventh volume released on June 4, 2010. In North America, Funimation began releasing Dragon Ball GT on both VHS and DVD in edited and uncut formats in April and September 2003, starting with episode 17, after they made their own clip show episode titled 'A Grand Problem' to bring

2184-487: A hub city that is seven times larger than its predecessor, and would also feature a new transportation system. An open and closed beta for Xenoverse 2 was announced by Bandai Namco in August 2016. Both the open and closed beta were available exclusively on PlayStation 4. The closed beta began on October 8, and ended on October 10, and the open beta began on October 14, and ended on October 17. The Collector's Edition of

2340-430: A lot of the same issues, but there's just something so endearing about how it all came together." Heidi Kemps of GameSpot awarded the game a 7 out of 10, praising the combat and fan service, while criticizing the combat for being repetitive and the missions with a non-combat focus as "generally poor". Kyle Hilliard of Game Informer also awarded it a 7 out of 10, praising the addition of Conton City, but criticized

2496-415: A machine mutant copy of Android 17 by the name of Hell Fighter 17, who is capable of mentally controlling Red Ribbon Androids like 17 and 18. Android 17 is compelled into fusing with his machine mutant replica and become the villainous Super 17. Super 17 is capable of absorbing an opponent's incoming attacks, but he is unable to move and absorb energy at the same time. Sometime after Goku kills Super 17 using

2652-414: A majority of main characters while in battle, and characters show facial expressions when they strike an opponent or take damage. Although limited, the players have some freedom to explore the planet Earth as it exists in the Dragon Ball universe along with a handful of other locations, including the aforementioned Toki-Toki City. Xenoverse is the third Dragon Ball game to feature character creation,

2808-562: A metal form. Towa hacks into the Time Nest and tricks Beerus and Whis into leaving the battle, which allows Frieza to destroy the planet. Whis is able to rewind time and the Time Patroller, along with Goku and Vegeta, kill Metal Cooler and Frieza. Shortly after the victory, the Duo of the Hero and Trunks are Ambushed by The Masked Saiyan and Towa, the former revealed to be Bardock, Goku's Father who

2964-461: A much greater role in the story, as their choices can affect how the story unfolds. Multiplayer servers hold up to 3,000 players at once. The game also has a training mode called Training School. The player can use different kinds of ki blasts (Power, Homing, Rush, Paralyze and Bomb), and the ki blast type depends on the player's race or Super Soul. Additionally, players are able to transfer their save data from Dragon Ball Xenoverse . This results in

3120-548: A mysterious individual that offers to take them there, which the Player accepts. The Warrior then rescues Trunks from Cell, who had absorbed Trunks' original 17 and 18. Trunks and the Player defeat Cell, and the Warrior returns to the Time Nest. Shortly after a change in history in the Buu Saga, the Warrior is sent to stop Towa and Mira, destroying Mira in the process and stopping Towa's plans. After successfully defeating Kid Buu,

3276-540: A party in celebration of both Towa and Mira's defeat and the hatching of the Egg. Due to the Supreme Kai of Time's being awful at cooking, Tokitoki convinces her there are too many people to cook for so she summons Conton City's Shenron to wish for a feast big enough for the Time Patrol & their allies. After the festivities, the previous Hero & the protagonist (now known as the Conton City Hero for their role in

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3432-401: A portal from Hell to Earth opens up, leading to a mass invasion of the planet by revived villains. The original Android 17 attempts to mentally manipulate Android 18 as well, but Krillin intervenes. Enraged, 17 murders Krillin by shooting an energy beam through his heart. The two Android 17s then fuse into Super 17 ( 超１７号 , Chō Jū Nana-Gō ) , who vows to destroy all of humanity and avenge

3588-407: A projection of the player's custom character from the previous game appearing as Toki Toki City's "Hero" in the middle of the square. Players may also select a premade avatar to serve as the "Hero" if they do not transfer save data. Two years after the events of Dragon Ball Xenoverse , the protagonist receives a mission from Elder Kai, which involves correcting history after it has changed. They meet

3744-479: A quest to collect the Black Star Dragon Balls, a more powerful set of Dragon Balls which are hidden throughout the galaxy. Despite the series being a non-manga adaptation, series creator Toriyama designed new characters for Dragon Ball GT . Until the release of Dragon Ball Super in 2015, Dragon Ball GT was the last televised animated series in the Dragon Ball franchise. Five years after

3900-464: A score of 3.5/5 on Trusted Reviews , and said that "Combat is fun if you know how Dragon Ball works, but newbies will struggle to get their bearings, as Xenoverse 2 ' s tuition system is, at best, hit-and-miss". "Smoother combat and great multiplayer options make Xenoverse 2 worth a play for fans of the series" was Benjamin Shillabeer-Hall's conclusion on PlayStation Universe , with

4056-461: A score of 7/10. Dragon Ball GT Dragon Ball GT ( Japanese : ドラゴンボール GT , Hepburn : Doragon Bōru Jī Tī ) is a Japanese anime television series based on Akira Toriyama 's Dragon Ball manga that ran from February 1996 to November 1997. Produced by Toei Animation , the series premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and ran for 64 episodes. Unlike Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z ,

4212-473: A sense of himself, betrays his mentor and ends up absorbing both her and the egg, becoming a powerful foe capable of destroying all existence. At the last minute, Goku comes to the aid of the Time Patroller and with the combine might of both warriors, Mira is destroyed, and the egg is recovered. The group then return to the nest just in time for the egg to hatch, birthing a new universe and the group along with Whis, Beerus, The previous Hero, and Goku stay and attend

4368-592: A separate timeline where a separate incarnation of Trunks elects to act upon said desire & joins Future Gohan in his battle with the Androids. Thanks to Trunks' strength & his presence in the battle causing Future Gohan to be able to tap into his latent potential due to his desire to protect Trunks, the pair are able to defeat the Androids bringing peace to their timeline creating a new future timeline where Trunks chose to save his mentor & remain to protect this new timeline he created. The Supreme Kai of Time wants

4524-536: A sequel titled Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows . It was released for said consoles and Steam in October 2016, and for the Nintendo Switch on September 22, 2017. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 ( Japanese : ドラゴンボールゼノバース2 , Hepburn : Doragon Bōru Zenobāsu Tsū ) is an action role-playing fighting game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment based on

4680-605: A slight alteration of his physical appearance and gains a massive boost in power as well as new abilities such as Buu's signature ability to turn enemies into candy. He is voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi in Japanese, by Scott Roberts and Brendan Hunter in the English Blue Water dub, and by Sean Teague in the Funimation dub. Doctor Myuu ( ドクター・ミュー , Dokutā Myū ) is a recurring character that first appears in

4836-498: A spaceship, vowing to return to destroy the Saiyans. Goku blasts the spaceship with a 10x Kamehameha attack, sending it into the sun and obliterating Baby. The character made his manga debut in the first chapter of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission in October 2012. Baby is voiced by Yusuke Numata in Japanese media and by Mike McFarland in the Funimation anime dub. In the "Super 17" arc, Doctor Gero and Doctor Myuu create

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4992-794: A streaming service Funimation acquired a year prior. In 1997, a Dragon Ball GT stage show was performed in Japan. It featured Goku, Pan, and Trunks battling against villains from the series, as well as new forms of Cell and Frieza. All actors wore large mascot costumes for the performance. There are two companion books to the series, called the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files , released in May 1997 and December 1997 by Shueisha 's Jump Comics Selection imprint. They include series information, illustration galleries, behind-the-scenes information, and more. They were out of print for many years but were re-released in April 2006 and this edition

5148-500: A strong attachment to the franchise may not be able to stomach the compromise." GameSpot also gave the game a score of 6 out of 10, praising its detailed character customization system and a "new, interesting take on a tired story" while also criticizing its loose controls, repetitiveness and unbalanced gameplay. Destructoid gave it a score of 4.5 out of 10 or "below average", stating that it "has some high points, however they soon give way to glaring faults". While giving praise for

5304-556: A year if the Balls were not collected within that period of time. Goku, his granddaughter Pan , and the son of Vegeta, Trunks, travel the universe to search for the Black Star Dragon Balls and return them to Earth to prevent its destruction. After acquiring the Super Saiyan 4 transformation, Goku battles the evil Tuffle Baby , Super 17 , and the evil Shadow Dragons. His final challenge is against Omega Shenron , whom he destroys using

5460-447: Is about to be killed by Frieza, he is pulled through a wormhole. As Trunks begins looking for further changes from Demigra's wormholes, he sends the Warrior to the events of Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming . Broly is eventually pulled through a wormhole as well. It is discovered that Broly (and Bardock) was sent to the events of the destruction of Namek and Goku's fight with Frieza for the sole purpose of killing Goku. However, due to

5616-520: Is accessed from the Toki-Toki City, which serves as a hub where players can form groups and take on cooperative, time-traveling missions. Xenoverse features an entirely original story starring the player's custom character. The story itself borrows elements from the Dragon Ball Online MMO , which sees returning villains Towa and Mira manipulating the history of the Dragon Ball universe. Time Patrol Trunks asks Shenron to send him

5772-512: Is announced that TokiToki is laying an egg, which gives birth to another universe. During the Namek Saga, the Time Patroller helps Gohan and Krillin escape from Dodoria and Zarbon. After the battle, the Time Patroller returns to the Time Nest only to find out that Captain Ginyu had switched bodies with Vegeta. and Trunks attempt to fix this but in doing so, Ginyu switches bodies with Trunks. After

5928-418: Is conflicted & realizes he won't survive his confrontation with the Androids, though recognizes that Trunks is alive & stronger, concludes that his death has purpose, decides to confront his fate on his own, convincing Trunks not to abandon his friends to save him, as he accepts his fate confident that Trunks will bring peace to their world. Trunks must take a break from time patrolling. The Time Patroller

6084-525: Is dangerous as Majin's risk losing their "heart" and becoming another incarnation of Kid Buu, though the Majin protagonist is able to retain their heart thus retains their original personality allowing them to freely transform into their Pure Majin form at will). In addition to the Awoken Skills for each race, the protagonist can obtain one Distorted Time Egg for each of the five Time Miniature rifts which

6240-411: Is defeated, who after which, Goku fights him. Trunks later encounters more powerful threats, such as Luud, and General Rilldo. He is then later briefly controlled by Baby during the Baby arc, but is able to free himself from control, but not before Baby implants a mind-control seed. Trunks travels through space with Pan and a de-aged Goku in search of the Black Star Dragon Balls during the first half of

6396-469: Is destroyed. Later, he fights Super Android #17, but again, he is knocked out and nearly killed. When Omega Shenron wreaks havoc, he fights with Goku as a Super Saiyan 4 but the two eventually revert to normal. Afterwards, Vegeta says a farewell to Goku, who leaves the duty of protecting Earth in Vegeta's hands before he flies off into the sky on Shenron. Giru ( ギル ) is a character that first appears in

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6552-482: Is from the future due to his age & knowledge of Future Bulma's time machine research. As Future Gohan is about to leave to confront the Android twins, Trunks tries to convince him to let him accompany him this time. The Supreme Kai of Time reminds Trunks that doing so will alter history which is taboo for a Time Patroller & orders the protagonist to intervene to stop him. Fortunately, Future Gohan recognizes Trunks

6708-422: Is given the choice of whether to fix it or allow the new timeline to remain. Regardless of the Conton City Hero's choice, final say on the matter is left up to the Supreme Kai of Time whose ultimate decision regarding the matter is left ambiguous. Now aware of what all five Distorted Time Eggs are capable of, the Supreme Kai of Time takes measures to prevent them from causing further alterations to history. The game

6864-476: Is in fact a newly created character, confirming the game's character creation feature. Pre-order releases from participating retailers of the game come with the exclusive Shenron Black Metalcase, Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta as a playable character and two exclusive versions of Frieza Soldier's Battle Suits for the player character. A collector's edition, called the Trunks Travel Edition , which includes

7020-481: Is renamed "Instant Translocation"). The names of various characters, such as the Shadow Dragon villains, were more accurate to the Japanese version when compared to the names given by Funimation. Unlike with the Funimation dub and Japanese version, the dub utilized a real child actress for Pan. A third English dub exists, also produced by AB Groupe, utilizing a different French-based cast. This cast only dubbed

7176-768: Is sent to aid Trunks' past self after he returns to his timeline following the Cell Games. Once again Android 16 appears & it is revealed that Towa found the Android 16 of Future Trunks' timeline who remained deactivated in his pod. Towa activated him either reprogramming him to attack Future Gohan & Trunks or Future Android 16 had been reprogrammed by Future Dr. Gero to target Future Gohan & Trunks after Future Goku died. In addition to Future Android 16, Towa also aided Future Cell in absorbing Future 17 & 18, allowing him to achieve his perfect form as she had done previously in Dragon Ball Xenoverse. However

7332-581: Is still in print. In 2013, an anime comic version of Dragon Ball GT , starting from the final arc, began running in Shueisha 's Saikyō Jump magazine. It began serialization in the January 2014 issue, which was released on December 4, 2013. Upon completing the arc, the comic resumed by starting from the beginning of GT in June 2019. There have been two video games produced based on Dragon Ball GT ,

7488-553: Is stopped by the Time Patroller. Vegeta sacrifices himself to destroy Majin Buu, restoring the current flow of history. Meanwhile, Trunks is sent to investigate a distortion in Hell. The Time Patroller arrives to find Trunks has been defeated by Janemba from the Fusion Reborn timeline to prevent Vegeta's resurrection by Fortuneteller Baba to join the battle against Super Buu leading to him & Goku fusing into Vegito. Fortunately,

7644-414: Is the fourth Dragon Ball video game to feature character customization, and allows players to choose from five races: Humans, Saiyans, Majins, Namekians and Frieza's race, each with different strengths and weaknesses. The game also features race-specific quests, minigames, and transformations (the latter of which was available only to Saiyans in the first game via the Super Saiyan forms). Players also have

7800-542: Is then revealed that Baby was the one who created and programmed Dr. Myuu, and not the other way around. He later joins forces with Doctor Gero while in Hell to create a duplicate of Android 17 using Myuu's machine mutant technology, who then manipulates the original Android 17 into converging their power together to open a rift between Earth and Hell, enabling him and his co-creators to escape. Android 17 and his Hell Fighter duplicate eventually fuse to become Super 17, who subsequently turns on and murders both Gero and Myuu. He

7956-413: Is used for all 64 episodes in Japanese. Vic Mignogna performs the English version. " Hitori Janai " ( ひとりじゃない ) , performed by Deen in Japanese and Stephanie Young in English, is used for the ending theme for the first 26 episodes. Starting at episode 27, the series begins using Zard 's " Don't You See! " for the ending theme in Japanese. Stephanie Young performed the song in English. Episode 42 marks

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8112-530: Is voiced by Kazuyuki Sogabe in Japanese media and Duncan Brannan in the Funimation anime dub. Baby ( ベビー , Bebī ) is a character that first appears in the 22nd episode of Dragon Ball GT . He is a parasitic alien created by combining the DNA of the king of the Tuffles ( ツフル人 , Tsufuru-jin ) with a cybernetic body. Baby desires to exterminate all of the Saiyans to avenge the extinction of his people and

8268-483: The Dragon Ball franchise, and is the sequel to the 2015 game Dragon Ball Xenoverse . It was released on October 25, 2016, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One , and on October 27 for Windows . In Japan, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was initially only available on PlayStation 4. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan on September 7, 2017, and later released worldwide on September 22, 2017. The game

8424-553: The Super Dragon Fist while the latter is distracted by 18, the original Android 17 is eventually revived with the Dragon Balls during the series finale. He is voiced by Shigeru Nakahara in Japanese media and Chuck Huber in the Funimation anime dub. The Shadow Dragons, known as Evil Dragons ( 邪悪龍 , Jaakuryū ) in the original Japanese, are a group of evil beings born from the evil energy caused by overuse of

8580-539: The 13th episode of Dragon Ball GT . A brilliant but mad Machine Mutant scientist, he is assisted by his enforcer General Rilldo ( リルド将軍 , Rirudo Shōgun ) and intends to gather the Black Star Dragon Balls to complete what appears to be his ultimate creation, Baby . His plans are eventually foiled by Goku, Pan, and Trunks after they arrive on the planet M-2 and defeat most of his minions. Myuu escapes and evades Goku and his companions after Baby's apparent defeat, only to be killed when Baby suddenly emerges from his body. It

8736-466: The 1997 A Hero's Legacy special, which aired on Toonami UK in 2005. Like with the Blue Water dub, it kept the original Japanese soundtrack. The French-based English cast also dubbed most of the other Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z films and specials, with their dub being known by fans as the "Big Green dub", because it changed Piccolo's name to Big Green. In Japan, Dragon Ball GT did not receive

8892-662: The 28th World Martial Arts Tournament ( 天下一武道会 , Tenkaichi Budōkai , lit. "The Number One Martial Arts Association Under the Heavens") (10 years in the Funimation dub), Son Goku is accidentally turned back into a child by Ultimate Shenron ( 究極神龍 , Kyūkyoku Shenron ) , a much more powerful version of Shenron created by the Nameless Namekian (before he split into Kami and Demon King Piccolo) who can grant any single wish, regardless of any restrictions placed on

9048-502: The 3rd episode of Dragon Ball GT . Originally known as T2006 or DB4649T2006RS, Giru is a Machine Mutant, fully mechanical beings with organic properties: they can mold, contort, and reshape themselves like organic lifeforms, absorb and integrate metallic and mechanical materials into their being, as well as restructure themselves. He is encountered by Goku , Pan and Trunks on Imecka. Giru consumes their Dragon Radar for energy in an act of desperation for survival, inadvertently integrating

9204-416: The Androids even if he dies doesn't occur though Trunks acts as if it is the unaltered history of his timeline. Elder Kai walks in and notes that while he doesn't approve of Trunks' use of his mother's Time Machine it is a moot point as the Supreme Kai of Time had already decided to allow his changes to remain as part of the official history in exchange for Trunks service as a mentor of the Time Patrol. Suddenly

9360-469: The Androids from The History of Trunks to be added to Trunks' past as a result of Future Gohan meeting Trunks as a minor alteration which the Supreme Kai of Time allows to remain as part of the official history. Time Patroller then travels to the Majin Buu era to fix the distortion in which Majin Vegeta sacrificed himself to defeat Majin Buu. Broly arrives, and attempts to kill Goku, Vegeta, and Buu, but

9516-564: The Australian version of Toonami. AB Groupe (in association with Chinook Animation and Blue Water Studios ) produced an alternate dub for Europe and Canada and was aired on YTV and Toonami UK , which divided the episodes into two seasons. The original Japanese music composed by Akihito Tokunaga was retained in the Blue Water dub. This dub ran in the UK from March 3, 2003, on CNX until August 17, 2003. The Dragon Ball Z Ocean cast, which

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9672-614: The Black Star Dragon Balls, until they encounter the artificial Tuffle parasite, Baby , who intends to destroy the Saiyan race as his revenge for their extermination of the Tuffles many years ago. After turning practically all of the Earth's population, including the Saiyans, into Neo-Tuffles, Baby decides to convert Vegeta 's body into his own and use it to kill Goku. Goku fights him and is quickly defeated, but, after having his tail regenerated by Kibito Kai and Old Kai, transforms and achieves

9828-545: The Blutz Wave Generator. Eventually, using the energy of every living being in the universe, Goku creates the incredibly powerful Super Ultra Spirit Bomb ( 超ウルトラ元気玉 , Chō Urutora Genki-dama , lit. "Super Ultra Energy Sphere") and uses it to destroy Omega Shenron once and for all. Afterward, the real and original Shenron appears from the restored Dragon Balls to grant Goku and his friends one last wish, which they use to revive everyone killed by Super 17 and

9984-542: The Conton City Hero is asked to look at a history change in Future Trunks' timeline. Previously, the Supreme Kai of Time decided to leave in Trunks' meeting Future Gohan shortly before his death. Though Trunks' ultimately was stopped from altering history any further by the intervention of the Time Patroller & Future Gohan accepting his fate, Trunks' desire to save his mentor causes the 5 Distorted Time Eggs to create

10140-462: The Conton City Hero's opinion on how to deal with this new timeline which was the result of a natural time distortion created by the combined power of the five Distorted Time Eggs (the Trunks who accepted Future Gohan's death still exists as a separate individual from the Trunks that did intervene as The Supreme Kai of Time says he is busy with another task) acting on the minor alterations that the Supreme Kai of Time allowed to remain. The Conton City Hero

10296-400: The Dragon Balls by destroying the Earth. All but the most powerful and evil, Syn Shenron, are defeated by Goku and Pan. Syn Shenron appears to be losing until he absorbs the Dragon Balls and gains tremendous power, transforming into Omega Shenron and surpassing even Super Saiyan 4 Goku's power. Goku is about to sacrifice himself to destroy the evil one-star dragon, but Vegeta intervenes and gains

10452-703: The Dragon Balls in Dragon Ball GT . They are named after the One-Star through Seven-Star Dragon Balls; One-Star Dragon ( 一星龍 , Īshinron , Chinese: Yī Xīng Lóng) , Two-Star Dragon ( 二星龍 , Ryanshinron , Chinese: Èr Xīng Lóng) , Three-Star Dragon ( 三星龍 , Sanshinron , Chinese: Sān Xīng Lóng) , Four-Star Dragon ( 四星龍 , Sūshinron , Chinese: Sì Xīng Lóng) , Five-Star Dragon ( 五星龍 , Ūshinron , Chinese: Wǔ Xīng Lóng) , Six-Star Dragon ( 六星龍 , Ryūshinron , Chinese: Liù Xīng Lóng) , and Seven-Star Dragon ( 七星龍 , Chīshinron , Chinese: Qī Xīng Lóng) . In

10608-468: The Dragon Radar's functionality into his software. Giru joins Goku's group and accompanies them to various planets in the galaxy on their quest to find the Black Star Dragon Balls. Giru would become good friends with Pan in the series; however, he is frequently the recipient of abuse, both verbal and physical, at the hands of Pan, which makes him somewhat fearful of her. Giru plays a pivotal role during

10764-413: The English dubs, their names are changed to Syn Shenron, Haze Shenron, Eis Shenron, Nuova Shenron, Rage Shenron, Oceanus Shenron, and Naturon Shenron respectively. When attempting to undo the damage caused by Super 17 , a cigar-smoking Black Smoke Shenlong ( 黒煙の龍 , Kokuen no Ryū , lit. "Black Smoke Dragon") , named Black Smoke Shenron in the Funimation dub, is summoned from the Dragon Balls instead of

10920-433: The Funimation anime dub. Oob ( ウーブ , Ūbu ) , known as Uub in the English anime dub, is the human reincarnation of the evil Majin Buu . After Buu was destroyed, Goku asked for him to be reincarnated as a good person, so they may battle again. Goku eventually senses Uub's hidden power and seeks him out ten years later, when Uub attends the tournament to gain money for his village. Goku ends up deciding to train him to be

11076-442: The Funimation dub. Syn/Omega Shenron is voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata in Japanese. Bob Carter and Christopher R. Sabat respectively voice Syn Shenron and Omega Shenron in the Funimation dub, while Victor Atelevich voices them both in the Blue Water dub. Unlike the previous anime series in the Dragon Ball franchise, Dragon Ball GT does not adapt the manga series written by Akira Toriyama , but tells an original story conceived by

11232-610: The GT series was intended to be a strong but constantly imperiled character who had to be rescued by Goku, essentially a “heroine who makes Goku a hero”. In Japanese media she is voiced by Yūko Minaguchi . In the North American versions of Dragon Ball GT , she is voiced by Elise Baughman in the Funimation dub (who also voices her in Dragon Ball Kai ) and by Caitlynne Medrek in the Blue Water dub. Sharon Mann voices

11388-595: The Grand Tour" was included on the original DVD/VHS volumes by Funimation, and appeared on all TV airings on Toonami and Nicktoons. However, subsequent home video releases and streaming have excluded the song in favor of an English version of the Japanese theme. Later releases also include an audio track that combines the Funimation voices with the original Tokunaga score. In Australia, Funimation's English dub aired on Network Ten 's Cheez TV morning cartoon block from March 2004 to June 2004. It also aired concurrently on

11544-521: The Hero's existence become ephemeral before disappearing entirely. Trunks' & the protagonist return to the Time Nest with the Hero's discarded mask. However it seems the memory of everyone from Conton City has been altered causing everyone to consider the protagonist to be the Toki Toki City Hero, while the Supreme Kai of Time & Trunks suspect their own history has been altered. The Supreme Kai of Time reveals that history changes effect

11700-516: The Masked Saiyan, Turles, & Lord Slug leaving these eggs within each location, resulting in the large Time rifts creation. Due to their stability and the altered history they contain not effecting the official history contained in the scrolls, the Supreme Kai of Time decides to not erase the Time Miniature rifts. She decides to keep the five Distorted Time Eggs contained to prevent them from causing any more rifts. Collecting all five unlocks

11856-586: The PS4 version has sold 87,105 copies in Japan. The Nintendo Switch version debuted at number three on the Japanese sales charts, with 24,045 copies sold and later sold 500,000 copies worldwide, by 2018. Total sales reached over 5 million copies by the end of March 2019. Bandai Namco announced sales of 6 million copies sold worldwide in May 2020; over 7 million copies sold worldwide by December 2020; and over 10 million copies worldwide by May 2023. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 received positive reviews. Critics praised

12012-640: The PlayStation 4 version holds the score of 69/100 based on 50 reviews, while the Xbox One version holds 67/100 based on 18 reviews. Popular Japanese video game magazine Famitsu gave the game an overall score of 30/40 saying that it "isn't without its faults and flaws" noting the repetitiveness of in-game missions and lag in team battles as its main drawbacks, concluding that the game is "aimed at Dragon Ball fans" and it might "appeal to fighting game fans and gamers that love fast action games". IGN gave

12168-547: The Protagonist can bring to the Supreme Kai of Time. Eventually it is revealed that the Distorted Time Eggs are the byproduct of Towa's futile attempts to artificially recreate Tokitoki's Egg which the Supreme Kai of Time notes is impossible. However the Distorted Time Eggs are still powerful enough to produce the large Time rifts contained in the five Time Miniatures, thus each rift is the result of Towa, Mira,

12324-736: The Red Ribbon Army's defeat at the hands of Goku. Super 17 seems impervious to all of Goku's attacks, but when 18 attacks him to avenge Krillin's death, Goku takes advantage of the distraction to penetrate through Super 17 with his Super Dragon Fist ( 超龍拳 , Chō Ryūken ) technique, then unleashes a Rapid-Fire Kamehameha ( 続かめはめ波 , Renzoku Kamehameha , lit. "Continuous Turtle Destruction Wave") that completely eradicates him. The Dragon Balls are collected to revive those killed by Super 17, including Krillin. However, an evil black dragon emerges and then splits into seven Shadow Dragons , who set out to punish humanity for their constant misuse of

12480-483: The Shadow Dragons, and then proceeds to disappear – along with Goku and the Dragon Balls. Several decades later, Goku's great-great-grandson and descendant, Goku Jr., competes in the 64th World Martial Arts Tournament against Vegeta's great-great grandson and descendant, Vegeta Jr., as the now-elderly Pan cheers him on. Pan then sees a rejuvenated adult Goku and tries to approach him, but he quickly disappears into

12636-472: The Spirit Bomb. Goku leaves with the original form of Shenron, but not before saying his goodbyes to his friends on Earth. He then appears 100 years later at the next World Martial Arts Tournament as an adult, where he watches a battle between Goku Jr., his descendant, and Vegeta Jr., Vegeta's descendant. An elderly Pan sees him, but he quickly departs. Goku is the main protagonist of Dragon Ball GT, and

12792-537: The Super Saiyan 4 transformation with help from Bulma 's newest invention, the Blutz Wave Generator. Goku and Vegeta merge using the Fusion Dance technique to create Super Gogeta 4 , who uses his immense power to beat Omega Shenron to a pulp. However, after being too confident in his ability to defeat Omega Shenron, he uses up too much time in an attempt to embarrass him. Gogeta then defuses and Goku and Vegeta revert to their base forms because Omega Shenron destroyed

12948-910: The Super Vegeta Awoken Skill which grants access to Vegeta's version of Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 that appeared previously in Dragon Ball Xenoverse). Earthlings can obtain the Power Pole Pro skill which allows them to summon Goku's Flying Nimbus & wield the Power Pole as a transformation received from the Saiyaman Squad. Namekians can obtain Become Giant Awoken Skill which allows them to access Super Great Namek form that allows them to grow giant sized. Frieza Race can obtain

13104-545: The Supreme Kai of Time discovers and destroys a Majin emblem that the mysterious figure left on the Warrior, identifying the figure as the Demon God, Demigra. The Supreme Kai of Time reveals that Demigra was the previously mentioned invader of the Time Nest and was imprisoned outside of time for 75 million years, but appears to be growing stronger. After fixing changes to the final battles in the Buu Saga, Demigra then enters

13260-570: The Supreme Kai of Time, a deity who watches over time, and her bird, TokiToki. After meeting Elder Kai, they are granted their first mission, which is to correct Goku 's battle with Raditz after he's been enhanced by dark magic. Meanwhile, Towa and Mira, who've caused history to change, have gathered allies, from different parts of the timeline. During the Attack of the Saiyans Saga, Turles attempts to intercept Goku to prevent him from assisting

13416-438: The Time Nest & Conton City at a slower pace & tasks them with investigating Conton City where they find other Time Patrollers are confused by the alterations. Eventually Trunks is able to remember his partner thanks to the discarded mask & finds the scroll for Age 780 when his past self made the wish to Shenron to summon the Toki Toki City Hero. It turns out Towa altered history by killing Shenron before Trunks could make

13572-517: The Time Nest, The Supreme Kai of Time tells Trunks and the Warrior that Towa is stealing energy to break the seal containing the Demon Realm by manipulating events in history, and that there was a previous attempt to invade the Time Nest that had failed. The Warrior is sent back to the battle with Frieza and eventually to the Cell Games to resolve further changes in history, culminating in

13728-452: The Time Patroller & Trunks' past self are able to defeat both Androids, bringing peace to Trunks' timeline. Afterwards, the Supreme Kai of Time puts the scroll for Trunks' timeline back together now that history has been corrected, though she & Elder Kai decide to leave in Trunks' encounter with Future Gohan out of respect since Future Gohan chose to go to his death. This leads to Future Gohan's speech regarding someone appearing to defeat

13884-447: The Time Patroller is able to weaken Janemba enough for Vegeta to finish him off with a Final Flash allowing Vegeta to leave Hell & return to Earth to fuse with Goku. The Time Patroller then goes to the timeline where Goku and Vegeta defeat Kid Buu. After defeating Kid Buu, Trunks who has since recovered from his encounter with Janemba reveals there was a Masked Saiyan assisting Janemba & suspects they are nearby collecting energy from

14040-486: The Time Patroller to Age 850 to stop Towa from killing Shenron. Together with Trunks' Age 850 self, the Time Patroller defeats Towa forcing her to flee, while allowing Trunks to make the wish to summon the Hero restoring the history of Xenoverse. The Time Patroller returns to the Time Nest, as Trunks & the Supreme Kais wonder if Towa has truly been defeated. Realizing too late that the Hero's mask they brought back

14196-452: The Time Patroller. During Goku's fight with Frieza, Cooler , Frieza's brother, arrives to help Frieza kill Goku, but is eventually defeated by the Time Patroller and Goku. The protagonist finds Trunks reviewing the scroll containing his own past which is revealed to be the Android era of Future Trunks' timeline. They watch as Future Gohan confronts Future Android 17 & Future Android 18, though Future Gohan's speech regarding someone defeating

14352-838: The Turn Golden Awoken Skill after usurping control of the Frieza Clan's empire from either Frieza or Cooler (depending upon which brother they chose to serve under) inside the Frieza's Spaceship rift. Majin can obtain the Purification Awoken Skill which grants them access to the Pure Majin form from Dragon Ball Online which allows them access to the form and power of the Majin progenitor Kid Buu (as all Majin descended from Good Buu possess Kid Buu's potential, though Good Buu warns that Purification

14508-624: The UK on January 20, 2014, which are re-releases of Funimation's 2008 and 2009 sets. The first season set of Dragon Ball GT contains the first 34 episodes of the series on five discs, and was released alongside MVM Films ' release of Is This a Zombie? of the Dead . The series was made available on the FunimationNow app upon its launch. In March 2022, Dragon Ball GT along with the Dragon Ball titles were transferred to Crunchyroll ,

14664-565: The United States. Their English dub of the series utilized a new guitar-based musical score by Mark Menza, and a new rap metal theme, titled "Step into the Grand Tour". The theme was performed by rapper Marcus Hall (known as "Shorty the Man"). The Funimation dub aired on Cartoon Network 's Toonami programming block from November 7, 2003, to April 16, 2005, and had reruns outside of Toonami until June 13, 2005. Funimation decided to release

14820-461: The Warrior with fighting allies and foes that had fallen under Demigra's control. Demigra then directly enters the Time Nest and consumes Tokitoki before attacking the Warrior. Eventually Goku arrives to assist in the battle, with Goku and the Warrior pursuing Demigra to the Time Vault. However, Demigra successfully defeats the two and destroys the Time Vault. However, the Warrior is sent back to

14976-473: The Z Fighters against Nappa and Vegeta , only to be stopped by the combined forces of the Time Patroller and Goku. During the battle, Trunks and his partner, the protagonist from the first Xenoverse game, try to capture Turles, but he escapes before the Time Patroller can stop him. The protagonist then returns to the Time Nest after defeating Great Ape Nappa and Great Ape Vegeta, and correcting history. There, they are introduced to Trunks and his partner, and it

15132-710: The abilities of his brethren. After a long battle, he is killed by Goku's Super Genki-Dama , and the Dragon Balls are purified. The Shadow Dragons make their manga debut in the Jaaku Missions Saga of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission . When confronted by the Dragon Ball Heroes, Black Smoke Shenron creates Shadow GT Goku (シャドウ悟空, Shadō Gokū) to combat them. Shadow GT Goku is a replication of GT Goku created by Black Smoke Shenron as his primary method of fighting. Daisuke Gōri voices Black Smoke Shenron in Japanese, and Christopher Sabat voices him in

15288-473: The actual title was revealed on June 10, 2014 during E3 2014 . The 2014 V-Jump #7 issue, in which the game was announced, draws attention to a mysterious figure watching the first battle between Goku and Vegeta from the shadows. With red hair, a scouter, and the Capsule Corporation logo on his sleeve, this character's identity was not clear. However, it was later revealed that this character

15444-559: The audience up to speed with the story. After the final fifteenth volume, they released the first 16 episodes in five "Lost Episode" volumes between July 2004 and February 2005. They then released the series in DVD box sets; the first (beginning with episode 17) in October 2005 and finished in November 2006 with the first 16 episodes as a box set. Two years later, they began releasing the series again in DVD "remastered season" sets that finally put

15600-499: The battle. The Time Patroller chases after the Masked Saiyan and teleports to the era where Beerus and Goku are fighting. The Time Patroller defeats the Masked Sayian, breaking his mask and revealing him to be Bardock . Mira arrives and engages in battle with the Time Patroller. Beerus interrupts with the intention to destroy Mira, Goku, the Time Patroller, and Earth. The Supreme Kai of Time attempts to calm Beerus down by sending

15756-422: The combat system for being almost identical to the first Xenoverse game and the soundtrack as "consistently awful". Ashley Fonte from Games Mojo awarded it 4.3 out of 5 stars stating that " Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is an exciting anime game with a unique and ambitious concept that is familiar to the fans of the Dragon Ball Z series and will give them an enjoyable playing experience." Alastair Stevensons gave

15912-566: The creators of the game, Conton City is seven times larger than Toki-Toki City. Players are able to freely traverse the hub world, and in some areas are capable of flying, once they have unlocked the ability to fly. Players are also able to travel to other locations such as the Namekian Village and Frieza 's ship. As in the previous games, some skills have to be learned through masters and other non-player characters, some of whom are found exclusively in those additional areas. Xenoverse 2

16068-501: The crowd. Goku then leaves the World Martial Arts Tournament with a flashback covering all the events of his timeline. After the flashback ends, Goku then catches his Power Pole and rides off on his Flying Nimbus cloud, bringing the story of Dragon Ball to an end. Goku is descended from an alien warrior race known as the Saiyans, who sent him, originally named Kakarot, to Earth to prepare it for conquest. In

16224-471: The defeat of Mira & Towa) have a sparring session to see which one of them is stronger, though the results of the fight aren't shown. In addition to the main story (referred to as the critical mission by Elder Kai), the protagonist is tasked with investigating one of five large Time rifts contained inside the Time Miniatures located throughout Conton City. Each Time Miniature rift corresponds to

16380-401: The entire population is now under Baby's control. Baby defeats Goku, then he uses the Black Star Dragon Balls to restore the planet Tuffle and transport the Earth population to it. During this time, Baby evolves into an even more powerful form and defeats and eats Uub after his chocolate beam is reflected back. Goku returns for a rematch, but is swiftly defeated. This causes Goku to transform into

16536-487: The episodes in proper chronological order; the first on December 9, 2008, and the second on February 10, 2009. A Game Boy Advance Video cartridge containing the episodes "A Grand Problem" and "Pan's Gambit" was released on September 7, 2004, by Majesco Entertainment . A complete series DVD box set including the TV special was later released on September 21, 2010. Manga Entertainment began distributing Dragon Ball GT on DVD in

16692-429: The events of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods , attempting to take control over Beerus through his magic, which fails. Beerus and the Warrior fight Demigra together, succeeding in halting Demigra's plans, and Beerus and Whis follow the Warrior to the Time Nest. Shortly after Beerus and Whis depart, Demigra is revealed to have escaped from his prison. The Supreme Kai of Time gathers the Dragon Balls to summon Goku to assist

16848-488: The events of the Shadow Dragons Saga, and after defeating Omega Shenron, is consumed by a wormhole alongside Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta and Omega Shenron. They are all deposited in a wasteland alongside Baby and Super 17, with Trunks deducing that the wormholes were created for the express purpose of gathering enemies to finally defeat Goku. However, the three are defeated and Trunks arrives to greet Vegeta and return

17004-481: The fight and his rage over being manipulated. Ultimately Super Saiyan 3 Bardock defeats Mira before disappearing from the rift. Mira recovers gaining the resolve to become stronger that lead him to betray & absorb Towa. Future Trunks, Elder Kai, & Supreme Kai of Time conclude Bardock was either killed by power of Super Saiyan 3 or the sudden release of energy allowed him to escape the rift after defeating Mira. After witnessing what happened with Bardock & Mira,

17160-652: The first being Dragon Ball Online and the second being Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi . Player-created character has the option of becoming an apprentice of the original Dragon Ball characters in order to learn their special moves and access specific costume items. With character customization, players are able to customize their character's race, gender, facial hair, body features, clothing and character's voice effects. There are five available playable races: Saiyans, Namekians, Earthlings, Majins and Frieza 's race; all of which have race specific advantages and bonuses as well as shortcomings. The online multiplayer

17316-668: The first being Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout in 1997 for the PlayStation , which received international releases that same year, making it the first Dragon Ball game to be released in North America. The game featured a Californian-based voice cast for the North American version, rather than the Vancouver-based Ocean cast, who were doing the original North American dub of Dragon Ball Z during 1997. The 2005 Game Boy Advance game Dragon Ball GT: Transformation

17472-471: The first episode, Goku is transformed back into a child by an accidental wish made by the Pilaf Gang using the Black Star Dragon Balls, setting in motion the events of the entire series. The Black Star Dragon Balls were then scattered around the whole universe in different planets after the wish making, and due to the lethal side effect of these Black Star Dragon Balls, the Earth was set to be destroyed in

17628-438: The first few home video volumes several months ahead of the TV debut. Part of the reasoning behind this was so that Toonami could repeat the entirety of Dragon Ball Z in 2003 before airing the first episode of GT . The company's original home video release and television broadcast both skipped the first 16 episodes of the series. Instead, Funimation created a composition episode entitled "A Grand Problem" which used scenes from

17784-425: The game a score of 6.7 out of 10, praising its "true-to-form graphics", unique story and customizable characters while criticizing its "shallow combat" and "unfair missions", noting that the game might appeal to "someone who enjoys anime, fighting, and role-playing games". Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 3.5 out of 5, praising the "create-a-character functionality", game mechanics and multiplayer mode, while criticizing

17940-491: The game includes the game disc, a soundtrack CD, a collector's box, an exclusive steelbook case, a Time Patroller's Guide artbook (including an exclusive manga illustrated by Toyotarou based on the game), and a statue of Super Saiyan Goku. It is available for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. A Nintendo Switch port was revealed on January 12, 2017, in the Nintendo Switch's "Software Line-Up" Video. On March 20, 2019,

18096-543: The game's anime visual style, sound, and fighting gameplay but criticized the controls, repetitive nature and overall similarity to the previous installment. Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PlayStation 4 version 72/100 based on 57 reviews. IGN awarded it a score of 7.5 out of 10, saying " Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is an ambitious, if rough-edged experience, with deceptively deep RPG and brawling elements." Hardcore Gamer awarded it 3 out of 5, calling it "a minimal improvement over its predecessor while sharing

18252-496: The game's fighting mechanics and aesthetics as well as its similarity to source material, the general game design from balancing issues to repetitiveness is heavily criticized; saying that " Dragon Ball Xenoverse has some of the worst design decisions ever embedded into a video game", going on to conclude that "it certainly has its moments and the core fighting mechanics are great, however the game falls flat in too many other areas to be standout title." The review also specifically noted

18408-416: The group's encounter with his creator Doctor Myuu as well as the parasitic Baby on the planet M-2, and aids them in their subsequent struggle against the villains. During the Shadow Dragons arc, Giru accompanies Goku and Pan to search for the seven Shadow Dragons using his built-in Dragon Radar functionality to track the creatures. He is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Japanese media and by Sonny Strait in

18564-403: The in-game camera movement and distancing from the established Dragon Ball continuity. GameTrailers gave it a slightly lower score of 6.0, noting the same flaws mentioned by both Famitsu and IGN , such as the "shallow combat" and repetitiveness as well as its potential appeal to mainly the franchise's established fan base rather than general audience while also noting that "those without such

18720-458: The lack of involvement from series creator Akira Toriyama. In 2010, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 producer Ryo Mito stated that "GT is popular with fans overseas. In Japan, it's not as popular." It was considered to be Funimation's second-biggest anime property during the 2000s, behind only Dragon Ball Z . GT's American release was labeled as "very successful" in 2005. Jeffrey Harris from IGN called it "downright repellent," mentioning that

18876-485: The last time he was this mad he destroyed two solar systems). In order to calm him down, Whis requests the Time Patroller assist him in fighting Beerus. Together they are able to calm Beerus down enough that he decides to spare Earth. Soon after, the Time Patroller travels to the Golden Frieza Saga , in which Frieza has been resurrected and wants revenge on Goku. During the battle, Cooler shows up again, but in

19032-454: The lingering online service related technical difficulties and poor performance on certain platforms. Toonami , during their aired video game review segments, gave the game a more favorable critique, giving it a score of 8 out of 10, stating that compared to the last few Dragon Ball games, Xenoverse "finally got it right" and that it's "a must" for Toriyama fans. As of March 17, 2015, 1.5 million copies have been shipped worldwide. The game

19188-562: The loss of their homeworld to the Saiyans. Baby is first reactivated from a sleep state by Doctor Myuu ; he attempts to fight Goku, Trunks, and Pan but is easily defeated. To boost his power, Baby infects various people with his DNA and begins gathering energy from them. After a second defeat at the hands of the three Saiyans, Baby infects Trunks and travels to Earth with his unsuspecting host. On Earth, he battles Goten and Gohan, infects them both, and eventually infects Vegeta to make him his primary host. Goku, Trunks, and Pan return to Earth to find

19344-405: The material and characters had lost their novelty and fun. They also criticized the GT character designs of Vegeta and Trunks as being "goofy." Anime News Network (ANN) also gave negative comments about the anime, mentioning that the fights from the series were "a very simple childish exercise" and that older fans will want to stick with other anime. The series's plot was also criticized for giving

19500-485: The mishap, Ginyu finally switches bodies with Goku. After fighting the Ginyu-possessed Goku, Ginyu returns to his body and attempts to switch bodies with the Time Patroller but Goku throws a frog in the beam, causing Ginyu to switch bodies with the frog. The Time Patroller must then help Nail fight Frieza in order for Gohan and Krillin to obtain the Dragon Balls, causing Trunks to intervene and help Gohan and

19656-453: The moment of their defeat by Tokitoki and pursues Demigra to a final battle, where Demigra is destroyed and Tokitoki is saved. Meanwhile, Towa recovers Mira's power core, and promises to restore him to his full strength again. Some time later, the Time Patrol discover that Demigra had timed attacks with his magic to disrupt history. Manifesting as wormholes, the first change appears during Bardock's assault on Frieza's forces. However, as Bardock

19812-468: The next ending theme change, with " Blue Velvet " by Shizuka Kudō in Japanese and Brina Palencia in English being used. "Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima o Uchinukō" ( 錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう ) , performed by Wands in Japanese and Justin Houston in English, is introduced as an ending theme in episode 51. It was used as the ending theme for the remainder of the series, except for the final episode, which reuses

19968-568: The older version of the character in AB Groupe's English dub of the GT TV special, which was recorded in France. In the English version of Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout , she is voiced by Julie Maddalena . In Dragon Ball GT , Trunks' second incarnation has become the president of Capsule Corporation, but does not take the job seriously. During his time on Imecka, Trunks battles with Ledgic, but he

20124-449: The opening theme as an insert song, which was omitted in the alternate soundtrack, composed by Mark Manza. When Dragon Ball GT was originally airing in Japan during 1996 and 1997, Funimation had already begun dubbing the first two seasons of Dragon Ball Z , in association with Saban Entertainment and Ocean Productions . Once Funimation completed work on Dragon Ball Z in 2003, they licensed GT for an English language broadcast in

20280-403: The other dragons before encountering Eis and Nuova Shenron. Being much more honorable than his brethren, Nuova helps Goku and turns on Eis. Syn Shenron, the most powerful of the Shadow Dragons, kills Nuova before absorbing both his Dragon Ball and the others as well to increase his power and become Omega Shenron, Super One-Star Dragon ( 超一星龍 , Sūpā Īshinron ) in Japanese, with access to all of

20436-427: The other dragons, summoned from the Black Star Dragon Balls ( 究極のドラゴンボール , Kyūkyoku no Doragon Bōru , lit. "Ultimate Dragon Ball") by his old enemy Emperor Pilaf . He is then forced to travel across the universe to retrieve them, accompanied by his granddaughter Pan and Trunks as, if he does not retrieve them within a year, the Earth will explode. The trio goes through various adventures in their journey to find

20592-489: The others help the people of Earth evacuate to Planet Plant, which Baby had wished back into existence using the Black Star Dragon Balls. A year after Baby's defeat, Dr. Myuu (Baby's creator) and Dr. Gero (creator of the Red Ribbon Army androids) create an evil replica of Android 17 ( 人造人間17号 , Jinzōningen Jū Nana Gō , lit. "Artificial Human #17") in Hell, and have it control the original Android 17 so that

20748-547: The overall main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise. Pan ( パン ) is the granddaughter of Goku and Chi-Chi and daughter of Gohan and Videl, as such her ancestry comes from both humans and the extraterrestrials called the Saiyans. Pan appears as a young child in the final installments of the original manga and Dragon Ball Z anime series and is featured as one of the protagonists of the Dragon Ball GT anime series and its television special A Hero's Legacy . According to Dragon Ball GT producer Kōzō Morishita, Pan's role in

20904-440: The ports were released worldwide on May 24, 2024. The Xbox One version was also released in Japan on the same date. A series of downloadable content packs have been released, generally including two to four characters, main/extra story missions, stages, new moves, skills, parallel quests, and other elements for the added characters. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 had shipped over 1.4 million copies worldwide. As of November 27, 2016,

21060-472: The power of Super Saiyan 4 ( スーパーサイヤ人４ , Sūpā Saiya-jin Fō ) . In this new form, Goku easily overpowers Baby before destroying the evil Tuffle by propelling him into the sun with a 10x Kamehameha ( １０倍かめはめ波 , Jūbai Kamehameha , lit. "10-Fold Turtle Destruction Wave") . Piccolo then sacrifices himself to permanently destroy Ultimate Shenron and the Black Star Dragon Balls when the Earth explodes after Goku and

21216-419: The previous two television adaptations in the Dragon Ball media franchise , Dragon Ball GT does not adapt the manga by Toriyama. Dragon Ball GT is an anime-exclusive alternate sequel to Dragon Ball Z with an original storyline using the same characters and universe, which follows the exploits of Son Goku , the series protagonist who is turned into a child; his granddaughter, Pan ; and their associates on

21372-410: The protagonist's selectable races (Saiyan, Earthling, Namekian, Frieza Race, & Majin) thus their selected race will determine the rift they investigate in the prologue before being called away by Elder Kai for the critical mission. If a Saiyan they will investigate Capsule Corporation, if an Earthling they will investigate Hercule's Mansion, if a Namekian they will investigate Guru's House on Namek, if

21528-434: The regular Shenron. He is a dragon who is formed from all the negative energy accumulated from the selfish wishes granted throughout the series using the Dragon Balls. Summoned from the same Earth Dragon Balls, he splits into seven Evil Dragons who each take the form of a tainted Dragon Ball, spreading out all over the world and proceeding to cause chaos, causing the heroes to defeat each one. Goku, Pan, and Giru manage to defeat

21684-616: The scroll shows signs of a history change & since it involves Trunks' own history, he is unable to intervene forcing the protagonist to intervene in his steed, saving Future Gohan from Android 16 who seems to have been reprogrammed to target Future Gohan. Together the two are able to defeat the Android, only for Mira to appear threatening to absorb Future Gohan's energy. Though the Supreme Kai of Time forbids Trunks from intervening, he can't bare to see Mira kill both Future Gohan & their Time Patroller comrade. Together with Trunks, they manage to force Mira to retreat. Future Gohan surmises Trunks

21840-518: The secret Unknown History Saga, which reveals what happened when Bardock trapped Mira inside the Time Rift. It turns out Bardock fought Mira as a Super Saiyan (Towa implied that he had escaped from them briefly by fleeing into the past resulting in the events of Episode of Bardock where Bardock went Super Saiyan while fighting Frieza's ancestor Chilled). As the fight goes on, Bardock achieves both Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan 3 as he grows stronger from

21996-425: The series, though his prominence in the series is reduced following the Baby arc. He also plays a very big part of giving energy to Goku to help him fight Omega Shenron. In the Baby arc, Vegeta is confronted by a Baby -possessed Gohan . Baby possessed Vegeta during their battle despite strong resistance by Vegeta, and the resulting Baby/Vegeta fusion battles Goku. Vegeta is later split from Baby's body before Baby

22152-490: The show and though the stories never quite reach the level we grew accustomed to in Z some of moments were entertaining enough to please Dragon Ball fans. It's just that those snippets are spread few and far between and when compared to its predecessors it comes up woefully short by all accounts." CBR stated that the character of Pan "embraces a tomboy aesthetic and prefers fighting over other activities that might be considered more conventionally feminine.", and claimed that

22308-527: The skipped episodes to summarize the story. The skipped episodes were later shown on Cartoon Network as "The Lost Episodes" after the original broadcast concluded. Funimation's English dub began re-airing in the US on Nicktoons from January 16 to December 13, 2012, (which also included the U.S. television premiere of Episode 16 "Giru's Checkered Past") and rerun until January 2, 2015, due to Adult Swim having air rights Dragon Ball Z Kai through Toonami. "Step into

22464-425: The staff of Toei Animation using the same characters and universe from the original Dragon Ball manga and it continues the story where Dragon Ball Z had left off. Toriyama did, however, come up with the Dragon Ball GT name, which stands for "Grand Tour", in reference to the series having the characters travel through the universe, and designed the appearances of the main cast. Toriyama himself referred to GT as

22620-503: The three villains to their rightful places. As the Warrior and Trunks return, they are treated to a meal made by the Supreme Kai of Time, but not without Trunks warning about the Supreme Kai's cooking. Dragon Ball Xenoverse is the first game developed by Dimps to feature full 3D battles, similar to Spike 's Budokai Tenkaichi and Raging Blast series. It was first announced as the Dragon Ball New Project , until

22776-464: The wish being made by Dende and the Z Fighters, everyone is sent to Earth. Broly is defeated by the combined forces of the Warrior, Bardock, and Vegeta, and the wormhole is destroyed by the explosion of Namek. Another wormhole is discovered to be altering the events of Dragon Ball GT , which results in Great Ape Baby and Super 17 being consumed by wormholes. The Warrior is eventually sent to

22932-401: The wish which causes a massive Time distortion which causes all the scrolls fixed by the Toki Toki City Hero to be effected, creating the doomsday scenario that could cause the Time Vault to reach critical mass potentially destroying the official history which is why the Time Patrol correct history to prevent this Doomsday scenario from destroying all of history. Fortunately Trunks is able to send

23088-470: Was a trojan horse , the group are ambushed by Towa and Mira again only to be brushed aside. During this, Towa made her objective clear; Earlier, the Tokitoki Bird who laid an egg, which when matured, births a new Multiverse. Seeing it as a source of power, Towa steals the recently conceived egg and plans to use it to rule the multiverse and Time. Before she can achieve her objectives, Mira, now gaining

23244-434: Was only a single final draft of the character; although Nakatsuru did consider making the hair blond, he ended up choosing black as it provides more contrast with the red fur. The music of Dragon Ball GT was composed by Akihito Tokunaga, although the series uses five pieces of theme music by popular recording artists. Field of View performs the series opening theme, " Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku " ( DAN DAN 心魅かれてく ) , which

23400-407: Was originally released on February 5, 2015, in Japan and was slated for release on February 13 elsewhere, before being delayed. Following a two-week delay, it was released on February 24 in North America and February 27 in remaining territories. Dragon Ball Xenoverse received "mixed or average reviews". On review aggregating website Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating in the 0–100 range,

23556-456: Was originally teased by Bandai Namco Entertainment on May 16, 2016, as a new " Dragon Ball project", with it being announced on May 17, 2016. A Bandai Namco spokesperson confirmed that the game would be released on the PlayStation 4 in Japan, and for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows in North America and Europe. Bandai Namco announced at E3 2016 that the game would run at a frame rate of 60 frames per second on all three platforms, would have

23712-476: Was released exclusively in North America. Despite being noncanonical to the franchise's current iteration in Dragon Ball Super , characters from the series continue to be featured in video games of the franchise, including Dragon Ball Xenoverse , Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero . The series is often considered the " black sheep " of the Dragon Ball franchise, due to

23868-399: Was released on Stadia on December 17, 2019. The game had sold over 10 million copies worldwide as of May 2023 . The game is very similar to its predecessor in terms of gameplay. It is primarily set in 3D battle arenas modeled after notable locations in the Dragon Ball universe, with the central hub being an expanded version of Toki-Toki City, known as Conton City. As reported by

24024-461: Was rescued by Towa from the destruction of Planet Vegeta and made to an ally for Towa. Freed from control, Bardock restrains Mira when Towa tries to trap Trunks and The Hero in a Black Hole in an attempt to trap the in a void, giving Towa no choice but to begin releasing the Hero from Xenoverse (Like Bardock, was made a slave by Towa). After defeating the Masked Hero freeing them, Towa flees &

24180-513: Was the second best-selling for PlayStation 4 on PlayStation Store for the month of February 2015, behind Dying Light . In April 2015, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that more than 2.5 million copies had been sold. In February 2016, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that a total of 3.13 million copies had been shipped worldwide. As of July 2018, Dragon Ball Xenoverse and Xenoverse 2 have collectively shipped over 10   million units worldwide. On May 17, 2016, Bandai Namco announced

24336-600: Was used in the Funimation/Saban dub of Seasons 1–2 and the Westwood Media/AB Groupe dub of Seasons 4–9, was originally contacted to dub Dragon Ball GT as well. Due to cost-cutting measures, this never came to fruition, with dubbing being moved from Vancouver to Calgary , where Blue Water Studios was based. The dub had a script that was independent of Funimation, with some techniques having different titles (such as "Instant Transmission", which

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