
Toriyama himself personally designed some of the video game original characters, such as Android 21 for Dragon Ball FighterZ, Mira and Towa for Dragon Ball Online, and Bonyū for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The games are of various genres, most prominently fighting games, role-playing games, and platform games, all featuring a varying roster of characters as depicted in the original series. From 1990, these games were released under the Dragon Ball Z banner, after the second anime television series. The Dragon Ball video games are based on the manga series of the same name created by Akira Toriyama. Super Cassette Vision, NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Playdia, PC Engine, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, PlayStation Vita, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, WonderSwan Color, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Portable, Mobile Phone, Android, iOS, iPadOS We can expect to hear more about this, and the newly-announced Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi game, in the coming months.Bandai, Banpresto, Infogrames, Atari SA, Bandai Namco Entertainment
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These fighting games sparked a revolution in what anime games could look and feel like, and contributed to the rise of other, stellar anime fighting titles – including games like Naruto Ninja Storm – which, coincidentally, also currently has a new entry in development with Bandai Namco. Regardless, the return of the beloved Budokai Tenkaichi series is worth celebrating. It is unknown whether the original developer, Spike (now Spike Chunsoft), will return. So far, we know very little about what’s on the way beyond the involvement of Bandai Namco, Toei Animation, Bird Studio, and Shueisha – the companies currently helming the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise. Despite this, the enduring popularity of the Dragon Ball series has seemingly led to a major revival.

Read: Bandai Namco reports 55% rise in game sales, despite economic downturnīudokai Tenkaichi 3 was released a whopping 16 years ago, and the last franchise entry – Tenkaichi Tag Team – launched in 2010, for PlayStation Portable. Many assumed that the popular 2D Dragon Ball FighterZ had surpassed the 3D-oriented fighting games, and that Bandai Namco had long moved on. Notably, the Budokai Tenkaichi series has laid dormant for more than a decade. Frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share" allowfullscreen>
