Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2has drawn from just about every piece ofDragon Ball’s canon source material, but the major story arcs that this game left out would be perfect for a potentialDragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
While it might not be coming out anytime soon, fans of the previous entries are already eagerly waiting for the announcement ofDragon Ball Xenoverse 3. For a series that is practically a celebration of all thingsDragon Ballthough, the first twoDragon Ball Xenoversegames almost completely overlook the story arcs and characters from the series' beginning. IfDragon Ball Xenoverse 3is going to avoid being a simple retread of what the previous games have done, it needs to feature the earlyDragon Ballstory arcs.
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Fresh Story Content
This might sound a bit strange, but there are manyDragon Ballfans that haven’t seen the original series. While just about everyDragon Ballgame has players revisiting key moments in the series' story, these moments almost always begin at the encounter with Raditz and move forward with the rest ofDragon Ball Z’s story arcs. While there have been a handful of games that focused exclusively on earlyDragon Ballmaterial, the two eras of the series rarely ever intertwined.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3could end up with a lot more content if it were to start with the series' beginnings. Events like the world martial arts tournaments or the return of evil King Piccolo seem like they’d be a perfect fit for theXenoverseseries' time warping shenanigans. Covering the originalDragon Ball’s story would not only likely makeDragon Ball Xenoverse 3the largestXenoversetitle yet, but it could also make itthe most completeDragon Ballgame to date.
Power Scaling and Additional Characters
ForDragon Ball, power scalingis usually a discussion. As the series continues, it seems more and more characters become obsolete to the series by not being strong enough to measure up the more powerful threat that eventually appears. Adding content from earlyDragon Ballwouldn’t necessarily solve this problem, but it would give a number of characters a lot more time to shine. Characters like Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, and even Piccolo (to an extent) have little to no place inDragon Ball Xenoverse 2because the game opens after their stories have basically reached their end.
Adding earlyDragon Ballcontent toDragon Ball Xenoverse 3would also add to the series' roster in a meaningful way, bringing in several fan requested characters that wouldn’t fit into previous entries. Characters like Master Roshi and mercenary Tao, or minions of King Piccolo like Tambourine and Drumwouldn’t fit in much inDragon Ball Xenoverse 2,butDragon Ball Xenoverse 3could introduce these characters as powerful fighters and showcase their unique abilities before moving onto greater power levels,
A Bigger World to Explore
AsDragon Ball Z: Kakarothas shown, the world ofDragon Ballis a big place with plenty of room for exploration. That game featured a number of landmarks that fans of the series would be familiar with like West City and Master Roshi’s house, there are way more that didn’t appear, likely because they’re not a relevant part ofDragon Ball Z’s story.
Expanding onDragon Ball Xenoverse 2’s Conton City,Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3should offer an entire world for players to explore. Players could journey to places like Mt. Fry Pan and Penguin Village, or invade enemy strongholds like Pilaf’s castle or any of the Red Ribbon Army bases scattered around the world. This would give a much more natural feel of exploration in comparison to theXenoverseseries' current method where portals take players to undefined arenas for battles. This would also add value to flight when players eventually unlock, being able to fly freely through a world that was once to be an adventure in itself to explore.
Deeper Combat and Customization Options
Fans who are familiar with earlier parts ofDragon Ballcan speak on just how different most of the fights are. Battles were mostly grounded since flight hadn’t been introduced, combat was a bit more technical by utilizing different styles of martial arts, and often keeping special techniques as last resort due to how much energy they would cost the user. Outside of tournament matches, all kinds of weapons and gadgets could end up being part of a fighter’s arsenal. Anything from swords and axes, to guns and even large robot armor. Elements like thesekeptDragon Ballfights freshand are something thatDragon Ball Xenoverse 3could really benefit from.
IfDragon Ball Xenoverse 3were to follow inthe spirit of earlyDragon Ball, players could have far more control over how their characters look and fight. A focus on the martial arts aspect of the series by allowing players to learn styles like boxing or Muay Thai would allow players to personalize their fighters more than ever and help to keep battles from becoming stale. Having access to a variety of world destroying special to moves at any given time should be something that players earn over times, much like in the series' source material.
The appearance options would benefit in a similar way by borrowing from Dragon Ball’s beginnings. Although there’s really only one body type for earthlings in theDragon Ball Xenoverse games, earlyDragon Ballcharacter designs came in all shapes and sizes from giants, to werewolves. Given that other universes have similar races, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to allow players more options when creating their characters beyondthe five featured inDragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
Though it might not seem like it, earlyDragon Balloffers a ton of varietythat the series has left behind in favor of others. It would be amazing ifDragon Ball Xenoverse 3could capture those elements and bring it all together into the ultimateDragon Ballpackage.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2is available now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
