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Dragon Ball

The game is a remake of the 1989 game Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden with improved graphics and sound. It relates all the Dragon Ball story until the fight against Piccolo Junior. The main character is Goku as a child…

20 November 2003

Dragon Ball is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Bandai, released 20 November 2003 on WonderSwan Color. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.

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What Dragon Ball is

Dragon Ball is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Bandai and released in 2003. It is available on WonderSwan Color only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is a remake of the 1989 game Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden with improved graphics and sound. It relates all the Dragon Ball story until the fight against Piccolo Junior. The main character is Goku as a child and as an adult, though Krillin and Yamcha are also playable characters in one battle.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dragon Ball series

Dragon Ball is the 45th of 179 entries we hold in the Dragon Ball series. The next entry was Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu in 2003.

See all 179 Dragon Ball games in release order →

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Dragon Ball launched on 20 November 2003, within three weeks of Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Need for Speed: Underground.

Released around the same time: Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Need for Speed: Underground.

Official trailer

Gameplay video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Dragon Ball — frequently asked questions

When did Dragon Ball come out?
Dragon Ball was released on 20 November 2003 for WonderSwan Color.
How long does it take to beat Dragon Ball?
The main story of Dragon Ball takes around 8 hrs, or 12 hrs for 100% completion.

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