
We’ll also keep it strictly Dragon Ball Z centered while the games can definitely feature Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, and Dragon Ball Super, they can’t be the primary focus.īut enough about that nonsense. The roster and gameplay is always repetitive across every game, so we’re actually going to cancel those as criticisms for the sake of this list sounding, well, repetitive. Whatever the case, with that many under the name, someone ought to rank the best Dragon Ball Z games – and we’re here to do just that.Ī quick disclaimer in that many of the games have the same pitfalls. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Dragon Ball is one of the single most iconic franchises of the modern era and publishers can get by on name while sacrificing quality. To that end, there’s been dozens of Dragon Ball games over the years and a majority of them are, well, bad. Being around since the mid-80s and becoming exceptionally popular in Japan, when the anime received a slight name change and gained a ‘Z’ and then proceeded to make way to Europe and North American at the turn of the millennium, Dragon Ball Z became a global phenomenon that shapes the way many in the west view anime to this day.īeing around for that long and as action-packed the entire franchise is, it couldn’t make for more perfect video game material.

Dragon Ball is, simply put, one of the single most iconic franchises of the modern era.
