The story begins in the Saiyan Saga and continues until the end of the Cell Games Saga. The player moves around the game in a boardgame-like manner. There are also different types of cards: power and defense who raise the stats of the cards in the player’s hand, item cards, escape cards or counter cards which swap the power of the player’s card with the enemy’s. The player can also combine defense in the same way. For example, if in possession had 3 cards with a power rating of 7, these can be combined to create a 21 power card, which would most likely out-do the opponent’s cards. In battle, the highest attack power of a card wins however, the player can also combine cards to create combination effects. The game is based on levels, the more fights the player wins, the more experience is received, which in turn makes the player’s attacks stronger. The game story seems to be a fusion of the first three DBZ NES games (with the complete version of the third game which ended at the battle between Cell and Piccolo), as this is the sixth (after Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsunot counting DB for wonderswarn color) Cardbased game.Įach mission is usually broken down into a few key objectives, each mission taking anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to complete. Most characters of the playable sagas appear, but only as either enemies or support cards. Players choose from one of the four main characters, Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, and Vegeta. The game takes place from the beginning of the Saiyan Saga to the end of the Cell Games Saga (like Dragon Ball Z Kai, before their decision to continue with the Buu arc). “Dragon Ball Z: The Distant Legend of Goku”) in Japan and Dragon Ball Z: Goku Densetsu in Europe, is a card-based role-playing game for the Nintendo DS. Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu, known as Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Goku Densetsu (ドラゴンボールZ 遥かなる悟空伝説, lit.