Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, the open-world action-RPG from Bandai Namco, continues to reveal its lofty aspirations. The game covers a broad swathe of theDragon Ball Zuniverse and story, revealing more content and characters week-to-week. A new leak from the latest V Jump manga magazine has even more new information forDragon Ball Zfans. Three new support characters will be joining theDragon Ball Z: Kakarotroster, as Bandai Namco starts sharing details for the game’s Buu Saga storyline.
The three new support characters confirmed forDragon Ball Z: Kakarotinclude Android No. 18 as well as the mischievous pair of Trunks and Goten, who all really come into play inDragon Ball Zstarting with theMajin Buu Saga. It’s likely that the three characters will actually make just two different supports, as Trunks and Goten will likely be grouped into one as the Gotenks fusion.
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Support characters inDragon Ball Z: Kakarotare an interesting feature. While players will be able toselect from half of a dozenDBZfightersfor their playable character, they’ll also be able to choose from a range of supports, who will be called for assistance in combat. They’ll even be able to have abilities used by the player, even though they won’t be wholly controlled.
Other support-only characters announced forDragon Ball Z: Kakarotinclude many of the Z-fighters. Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Chaiotzu, and Yamcha are already confirmed to be support-only characters. Like in theDragon Ball Zanime, they’ll do what they can to help but aren’t going to be taking any villains out other than Saibamen.Playable characters like Piccoloare also believed to work as support characters, though more information is needed about that feature.
Support characters offer a great way to include moreDragon Ball Zcharactersin the game outside of just being NPCs. It would be odd for characters like young Trunks and Goten to not be part of some big fights. But at the same time, it’d be hard to justify making them playable protagonists. Supports fill that area in-between. It’s a great way toDragon Ball Zfans to see all of their favorite characters in the action.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarotreleases July 05, 2025, on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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