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Dragon Ball Legends

Dragon Ball Legends (Japanese: ドラゴンボール レジェンズ) is a free-to-play mobile game based on the Dragon Ball anime franchise. Developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, it was released in Japan for Android on May 24, 2018, and for iOS on May 31, 2018.[2][3]

Dragon Ball Legends
DeveloperDimps
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
ProducersTani, Toshi [1]
SeriesDragon Ball
PlatformsAndroid
iOS
iPadOS
Release
  • JP: May 24, 2018
(Android)
  • WW: May 31, 2018
GenreFighting
ModesSingle-player
Multiplayer

Gameplay

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Legends includes elements of fighting and strategic card battling games. The player can control the characters by tapping the touch screen to make them attack and swiping it to move around the 3D environment.[4] During the fights, players can use up to 3 characters, each of them has an element and depending on the opponent's element, their attacks can do more or less damage.[5]

Cards are automatically drawn from a deck, these allow to unleash combos of melee, ranged and special attacks.[6] The amount of cards you get are dependent on your card draw speed, which affects how much cards you will get. Certain cards used by the player grant them Dragon Balls. After getting 7 of these, the player unlocks "Rising Rush" for their characters. This allows the character to unleash a super attack that is much more powerful than the typical combo attacks.[6]

Legends also has a gacha system allowing players to collect specific characters from the Dragon Ball series, although not from the yet-to-be-animated manga, there are 5 rarities and a sub-rarity; these are HERO, being the weakest and most common, EXTREME, being less common than HERO units, but still weak in gameplay; SPARKING, which are powerful but often overshadowed by LEGENDS LIMITED characters, as the latter rarity has units with better stats and have special finishing moves ("Legendary Finishes") if the player uses a specific attack to end the fight. Lastly are ULTRA characters which are the strongest characters, upon initial release, and tend to be meta-shattering. In order to collect these characters, one must summon them from their specified "banner." ULTRA characters can only be summoned on their specified banner, at a 0.350% drop rate, compared to LEGENDS LIMITED and LEGEND units which commonly have a 0.500% drop rate.

On February 11, 2026, a new rarity titled LEGEND was introduced to the game. LEGEND was revealed four days prior at the "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-2026" event, with the first of this rarity being Super Vegito. This was introduced to replace the LEGEND LIMITED rarity. LEGEND characters still have the same pull rates as their predecessor being 0.500%. The developers made this decision because the LEGENDS LIMITED rarity is still a form of the SPARKING rarity and they wanted to differentiate the two. Despite the fact that the LEGENDS LIMTED rarity is now discontinued, they are still present in the game and can be obtained via summons as a separate rarity.

There are currently 28 ULTRA characters in the game, the first three being Super Saiyan Goku from the "Frieza Saga" of Dragon Ball Z, Vegeta from the "Namek saga" of Dragon Ball Z, and Omega Shenron from the "Shadow Dragon Saga" of Dragon Ball GT - but these three are not summonable and must instead be obtained by completing their respective events. The first summonable ULTRA was ULTRA Super Gogeta for the Legends Festival 2021 event.

Game storyline

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The main story is an episodic single-player campaign divided into over 19 parts, the 19th part is the last part of the story mode and its not finished yet. consisting of numerous books and chapters, created by Akira Toriyama. Players progress through the tournament of time, earning rewards like Chrono Crystals (the main in-game currency) and experience points for completing stages. The difficulty scales as the narrative advances, frequently introducing challenge missions that require specific battle feats to earn extra items.

Key story segments often features fixed character battles, forcing players to use Shallot (Japanese: シャロット, Hepburn: Sharotto) or specific allies to match the plot's events. These stages are occasionally punctuated by cinematic boss battles with mid fight dialogue and unique triggers. Between major combat milestones, the game uses dialogue heavy chapters to advance the mystery of the Mastermind and the converging timelines.

Shallot is the main protagonist of the story, Voiced by Alejandro Saab [7] in the english version. Shallot was introduced in the being of the story line in Part 1 Book 1. Giblet (Japanese: ジブレット Jiburetto) is also known as "Saiyan in Red"/ "Hooded Man", Voiced by Micah Solusod[8] in the English version of the game. He was first Introduced in May 2018, in Part 1 Book 7 of the story line in the game. He is revealed to be the twin brother of Shallot. These two are part of the game original characters originated within the game.

Zahha (Japanese: ザッハ Zah-ha) is the main antagonist of the story, in its early stages he was portrayed as Shallot's friend, but betrayed him and the other heroes in Part 9, revealing he hates Shallot and manipulated him and Giblet to further his goals.[9]

Development and release

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Legends was announced during the Google Game Developers Conference in March 2018.[10] The game was released on May 24, 2018, in Japan, and released worldwide on May 31, 2018.[3]

Reception

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The game reached 4.5 million pre-registered users worldwide, the highest for Bandai Namco Entertainment.[13] By August 2021, the game had more than 50 million registered users.[14] Legends received the award for best game of 2018 at the Google Play "Best of 2018" awards ceremony.[15] By April 2024, the game surpassed 100 million registered users.

A month after its launch, the game grossed $40 million, reaching number 3 on the Japanese App Store.[16] By February 2019, it grossed more than $140 million worldwide.[17]

On February 7, 2026, during the "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-2026" event, Dragon Ball Legends also achieved a Guinness World Record for the most playable characters in a video game, with the count at the time being 676 playable characters. The list continues to grow with every new unit release and will most likely continue to grow with the Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol anime, which is expected to release in 2027 or 2028.

References

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  1. ↑ Valdez, Nick (2019-05-23). "Dragon Ball Legends Producer Talks Character Choice and Shallot's Super Saiyan Potential". ComicBook. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  2. ↑ "【配信開始】Android版『ドラゴンボール レジェンズ』待望の配信開始!! 最強への戦いがいま始まる". Famitsu (in Japanese). 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  3. 1 2 "【配信開始】iOS版『ドラゴンボール レジェンズ』が配信スタート！"孫悟空"や"フリーザ"との爽快アクションバトルが始まる！". Famitsu (in Japanese). 2018-05-31. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  4. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2018-03-22). "Dragon Ball Legends is actually pretty good". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. ↑ Quave, Carley (2019-05-15). "Dragonball Legends Beginners Guide". GamePress. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  6. 1 2 King, Jade (2018-04-26). "Dragon Ball Legends hands-on preview, characters, news and trailers". Trusted Reviews. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  7. ↑ "Alejandro Saab (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
  8. ↑ "Micah Solusod (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
  9. ↑ "Story | DRAGON BALL LEGENDS".
  10. ↑ Arif, Shabana (2018-03-20). "Dragon Ball Legends PvP Fighting Game Announced for Mobile". IGN. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  11. ↑ "Dragon Ball Legends for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved December 30, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "Test du jeu Dragon Ball Legends". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). 2018-06-29. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  13. ↑ Swinhart, Derek (2018-06-01). "Dragon Ball Legends Is Available For Download Now". Game Informer. Archived from the original on June 4, 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  14. ↑ "["Dragon Ball Legends" Celebrates 50 Million Users Worldwide! Huge Thanks Campaign On Now!]". Dragon Ball. 2021-08-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  15. ↑ "Dragalia Lost, Dragon Ball Legends, And More Win Google Play's Best of 2018 Awards In Japan". Siliconera. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  16. ↑ Oliver, Yeh (July 2018). "Dragon Ball Legends Revenue Passes $40 Million in Just Over a Month". Sensor Tower. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  17. ↑ Yeh, Oliver (February 2019). "Dragon Ball Legends Revenue Passes $100 Million in the U.S. and Japan Faster Than Its Predecessor". Sensor Tower. Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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