Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot may have Goku as its titular star but there will be other playable character involved. Last week, the publisher confirmed that Vegeta, Piccolo, and Gohan will also be playable. At the recent Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong was present to showcase gameplay of Piccolo for the first time.

The footage sees Piccolo conversing with Tien and Chiaotzu before entering a sparring match with the latter. Tian and Chiaotzu won’t be playable but they will function as support characters like Yamcha and Krillin. Thus far, the game looks good and captures the series’ trademark art-style well.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will be releasing in early 2020 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. It will cover events from the Saiyan Saga and Namek Saga but also feature backstories that were never showcased in the manga. There will also be all-new character interactions, which should surely help freshen up this latest adaptation. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months.

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The blast of nostalgia that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot promises should please old and new fans of the series alike. It’s going to feature a lot of familiar, and possibly not so familiar, content. It seems that despite the name, it won’t just be the Goku show as Bandai Namco has confirmed that there will be more playable characters, and even those not playable will be in support roles.

On the official Bandai Namco Twitter account, it was confirmed that series regulars Vegeta, Piccolo and Gohan would be fully playable. Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu won’t be, but they will join in at some point as support characters. It’s not clear to what degree the playable characters will actually be featured, whether it’ll be full sections of the games when Goku is MIA, or more side stories that will stand alone. Alongside the announcement also comes some screenshots of the characters in game that you can see in the tweet.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will release sometime next year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For more information on the game, you can read our interview about it with the developers through here.

With the earth at stake, the Z Warriors stand to face the growing threats.
Gohan, Piccolo and Vegeta will be fully playable characters in #DragonBall Z: Kakarot, and fighters like Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu will appear as support characters! #DBZK pic.twitter.com/yAD9UGyuVC

— Bandai Namco Europe (@BandaiNamcoEU) July 21, 2019

We’re going back to the early Dragon Ball Z days with the upcoming RPG, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, next year. It’s been an often-traveled path in the franchise, which speaks to its nostalgia and iconic nature. But it seems that it won’t be a total retread, as a special message from the series creator reveals that there may be something different in store for those who pick up the game.

We’ve known already that Kakarot will have some interactions with characters that weren’t present in the original manga or anime adaptation, such as a special mission with Eighter/Android 8. It seems there may be some more beyond that too, as Bandai Namco’s official Twitter posted that the game will have some previously unknown backstories, coming directly from the franchise creator, Akira Toriyama. Whatever that will be is anyone’s guess, but should at least be something new for fans who’ve relived early DBZ many times.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will release some time next year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You can check out the tweet below, and also take a look at some maximum power screenshots recently released.

We’re excited to share a message from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama about DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT! #DBZKAKAROT

Are you ready to experience this fresh new take on Goku's story? Pre-Order your copy today: https://t.co/9HQl4Brct8 pic.twitter.com/Q4zR6NX13D

— Bandai Namco US (@BandaiNamcoUS) June 24, 2019

The title is set to be published by the series publisher Bandai-Namco Games (Dark Souls & Super Smash Bros on Wii U + 3DS). Serving as a direct sequel to Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, the game is set to launch on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows in Autumn 2014 in Japan, some time in September in North America and an unspecified date in Europe.

• 1. Development
• 2. Gameplay
• 3. Characters

Development

While not much is known about the development of this sequel, we do know that the Naruto series creator will be returning to the game to help create new costumes, character designs and the special technique of the newly introduced character Shisui Uchiha. The studio responsible for the the anime series will be returning to provide original animations for the latest entry into the video game franchise.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution remains largely unchanged at a fundamental level, rather a focus on new player attacks and narrative options have been included. One new story addition is that the games narrative will also support a number of new side stories that have a focus on the Akatsuki (literally translated as Dawn or Daybreak, the Akatsuki are a criminal organization comprised of rogue ninja, they serve as a series antagonist) and the character, Shuisui Uchiha. This new story content is going to be fully supported by the anime series developer Studio Pierrot who will be providing a full 50 minutes of original animation to coincide with this new story arc.

The games support system (similar to tag characters found in Marvel vs Capcom) has been reworked and offers the players with the option to perform a series of final techniques called Combination Ultimate Jutsu that can feature up to 3 characters at once. Outside of this new feature, a number of already established characters will be able to make use of two stage awakenings similar to Narutos nine tailed fox transformation.

 The original creator and artist for Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto has also been involved with the game’s development process to design and implement a new character that is essentially a Mecha-Naruto (a robotic version of Naruto) that will feature a dual stage awakening process.

The first stage being a Kurama (Kurama = a nine tailed creature, this time specifically in the form of a fox) transformation and a mecha kurama stage. Alongside this new character, the mangaka will also be creating new costumes for a number of already established characters in the Naruto universe. 

Characters

A number of these characters have been established as dead at one point in the series and brought back to life through evil abilities, these characters will have Reincarnated after their name, other characters will have their alliances after their name.

This is simply because some characters (Gaara for example) were at one point in the series actually enemies but are now an ally of the forces that fight for good. Other sub-titles are a reference to their transformation stages.

A list of currently known characters:

• Naruto Uzumaki (Tailed Beast Mode)
• Mecha-Naruto (Three-Tail Form and Mecha-Kurama Form)
• Sasuke Uchiha (Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan)
• Sakura Haruno (Allied Shinobi Forces)
• Kakashi Hatake (Allied Shinobi Forces)
• Sai (Allied Shinobi Forces)
• Hinata Hyūga (Allied Shinobi Forces)
• Might Guy
• Danzō Shimura
• Asuma Sarutobi
• Jiraiya
• Tsunade
• Gaara (Allied Shinobi Forces)
• Kankurō
• Temari
• Ōnoki
• Itachi Uchiha (Reincarnated) (Akatsuki, Anbu)
• Tobi (Fourth Shinobi World War)
• Madara Uchiha (Reincarnated)
• Mū (Reincarnated)
• Second Mizukage (Reincarnated)
• Third Raikage (Reincarnated)
• Fourth Kazekage (Reincarnated)
• Yugito Nii (Reincarnated)
• Yagura (Reincarnated)
• Rōshi (Reincarnated)
• Han (Reincarnated)
• Utakata (Reincarnated)
• Fū (Reincarnated)
• Pain
• Konan
• Kisame Hoshigaki
• Kakuzu (Pre-Akatsuki)
• Sasori (Pre-Akatsuki)
• Orochimaru (Akatsuki)
• Shisui Uchiha

Note: This wiki will be updated once we have more information about the game.