All the Dragon Ball video games for the Nintendo Switch

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, or DBZ: Sparking!, is the 5º Dragon Ball game released for the PS2 in 2005. This game was released exclusively for PlayStation.

In Europe and America, the game was known as Budokai Tenkaichi, but in Japan it was called Sparking!. The name change for the western market was a marketing strategy to make players associate it with the Budokai saga, even though they are unrelated. That is why in Japan the names are completely different. This naming strategy was dropped starting with the fourth entry: Sparking! Zero.

It is a 3D fighting game with 2-player multiplayer. The stages are semi-destructible, as are the characters’ clothes.

It features more than 50 playable characters, with unique transformations and forms usable in combat.

Its Story Mode covers all of DBZ, the 90’s movies, DBGT, and in almost every storyline you can activate a What if... to explore alternate endings and stories beyond the canon.

Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiyan is the fourth game/cartridge of Dragon Ball released for the NES in 1990, and the first one to carry the Z title. It was released while the DB anime and manga were still ongoing. This game was also never officially released outside Japan.

It can be considered the continuation of Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden, since its gameplay system is practically the same, with some differences. It is a turn-based card battle RPG, where players explore the map to collect new cards while progressing through the story and engaging in battles.

Its story covers the first three arcs of Dragon Ball Z, telling the entire Saiyan Saga, from Raditz’s arrival, the training of the Z Fighters, to the battles against Nappa and Vegeta. Additionally, it includes the extra story of Garlic Jr.

Dragon Ball Online is the first Dragon Ball MMORPG released. Akira Toriyama himself was involved in its story and the design of characters and races, allowing players to choose between Humans, Nameks, and Majin. You complete missions, level up, and explore dungeons with other players; it’s the WoW of DB. Unfortunately, the game was only available in Japanese, and its servers shut down in 2013.

Rumor has it that unofficial servers and translations exist, but you’ll have to find those yourself.

Protective cases or shells for your Joy-Cons, Grips, or Dock from Dragon Ball.

The SNES (EU) or Super Nintendo was the second home console with interchangeable cartridges released by Nintendo for the European market, replacing the Nintendo NES and surpassing it in every aspect.

This console has two sister versions: one for Japan and one for America. In America, it was also called Super Nintendo or SNES, since in both regions it replaced the NES, the equivalent of the Japanese Famicom. However, while the Japanese and European versions shared the cartridge system and design (only the printed name and the electrical system changed), the U.S. version had a different design and cartridge system.

Regarding cartridge compatibility between regions, this console only has the physical limitation of the cartridges, as Japanese and European cartridges are smaller and only have 60 pins instead of 72 like the American cartridges. Therefore, to play a U.S. game, we need an adapter, but no Dragon Ball games were officially released in the U.S.

The Nintendo GameCube, or DOL-101, was a revision of the first GameCube made to reduce costs and make it slightly cheaper; it was released 3 years after the original.

Essentially and visually, it is the same console: it supports connections for up to four controllers and memory cards, but it has lost the peripheral ports that allowed interconnection with other consoles like the GBA.

This console weighs less and removes the AV-Digital port, Serial 2, the back panel is always black regardless of the console’s color, and the GameCube logo is no longer removable.

In addition, this revision was only released in Japan and America, and it keeps the original’s region lock. Therefore, neither games nor memory cards are compatible between consoles and games from different regions, but there are methods like Freeloader or tinkering with the console to bypass these locks and play your games for collection purposes.

Dragon Ball: Origins 2 is the second of two platform-style games created for the NDS. It covers the entire story of Goku as a child, focusing on the saga of the Red Ribbon Army.

Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu is the second game/cartridge of Dragon Ball released for the NES in 1988, while the DB anime and manga were still airing. Officially, it never left Japan.

It is a card battle game where we move around a map to earn cards, fight opponents, and progress through the story.

The story tells the events of the Piccolo Daimaō Saga from classic Dragon Ball, but with many creative liberties. For example, the story begins with Krillin’s death, but at Kame House, instead of during the Tenkaichi Budokai.

A game for true enthusiasts of the card game genre.

The PS Vita Slim (PCH-2000) is the second version released of this console, characterized by being thinner than the previous version, with some redesigned buttons, but the most important novelty was the inclusion of OLED technology in the screen.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – Deluxe Edition was released on the same day as the standard edition of the game, which only contains the base game. This edition, in addition to the base game, gives you access to the first season pass, which includes 4 DLCs.

With this edition, you will also have access to the content of each DLC in the pass 4 days before its official release.

The 4 DLCs included in the first pass feature over 20 characters based on DB: Super and DB: Daima, as well as cosmetics, and some story and battle content.

This edition can only be purchased digitally through the Nintendo Shop on our Nintendo Switch console, and once purchased, it will work on either of the two consoles, Switch 1 or 2, as the game is linked to the account.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot – Ultimate Edition was released on the same day as the base game. This edition includes the base game, all the Deluxe Edition content, plus exclusive extras: access to the first Season Pass with two extra episodes based on Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, permanent upgrades for cooking items, the Additional Music Pack with 11 anime songs, and an exclusive travel item to move around the map while exploring or completing missions: Tao Pai Pai’s Pillar.