Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout

Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
Developer(s)	TOSE Software Co.
Publisher(s)	Bandai, Atari
Series	Butōden series
Release date(s)	August 21, 1997
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Media	CD-ROM
Input	PlayStation controller

Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout, known in Japan as Dragon Ball: Final Bout (ドラゴンボール ファイナルバウト, Doragon Bōru Fainaru Bauto), is a fighting video game developed by TOSE Software Co. for the PlayStation game console and released by Bandai in Japan, Europe (with the exception of the United Kingdom) and North America in 1997. The game was reissued in the UK in 2002 and in North America in 2004.

Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout has the distinction of being the first game in the TOSE fighting game series to be rendered in full 3D, and the last Dragon Ball game produced for the PlayStation 1 console. There would not be another new Dragon Ball console game released until Dragon Ball Z: Budokai in 2002.

Overview

Gameplay

Besides the cast immediately available, the game features several unlockable characters, the majority of them are Super Saiyan transformations or altenate versions of pre-existing characters, such as GT Kid Goku for example.

While the graphics seem blocky and out of date by today's standards, the music is still held in high regard. The soundtrack mostly contains rearranged versions of themes used in Bandai's Super Famicom Dragon Ball games, such as Super Butōden 3 and Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen. It also uses various themes from various movies and TV specials, such as an instrumental version of Future Trunks' theme, "Hikari No Will Power". The game also contains a few new songs, such as Super Saiyan 4 Goku's theme, "Hero of Heroes".

Golden Great Ape Baby vs SS4 Goku

The game featured one of the first FMV introductions in the Dragon Ball game series. The video, consisting of entirely new animation, shows the various playable characters fighting each other. The video is set up to The Biggest Fight, a song specifically composed for the game and sung by regular Dragon Ball vocalist Hironobu Kageyama. This would be his last contribution to the music of Dragon Ball until 2003, when Kageyama performed a new song set to another FMV introduction for the game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2, and once again for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3.

Release

The original North American edition was released in 1997, a year after the premiere of Dragon Ball GT in Japan. Only 10,000 copies were produced due to the series being unfamiliar with audiences at the time. Up until a re-release of the game in 2004, Final Bout enjoyed some of the highest collectible premiums a PlayStation game has ever seen, with prices on eBay ranging from $100– $250 (but it can now be bought on eBay for cheaper prices). It has also been one of the PlayStation's best-selling games, with releases ranging from 1997 to 2002 and finally to 2004. The game debuted in Japan and Europe in 1997, despite the UK not seeing a release until later in 2002.

The North American version did not feature the voice actors then working on Dragon Ball Z and instead opted to go for uncredited voice actors, whereas the European version used the original Japanese voice actors.

Characters

Playable characters

NOTE: All characters are their Dragon Ball GT versions unless specifically stated otherwise.

Player Select screen

• Goku
• Pan
• Little Goku
• Trunks
• Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
• Super Saiyan Goku (Dragon Ball Z)
• Ultimate Gohan (Dragon Ball Z)
• Perfect Cell
• Kid Buu (spelled "Boo")
• Frieza (Final Form)
• Piccolo
• Super Saiyan Goku
• Super Saiyan Future Trunks
• Super Vegito
• Super Saiyan 4 Goku
• Super Little Goku
• Super Saiyan Trunks

Boss

• Golden Great Ape Baby Vegeta (called "Super Baby" in the game, unselectable by the players)

Unconfirmed cast list

There has been a cast list compiled over time by people comparing the voices in the game to several Bang Zoom! actors. This cast list is unofficial, but widely accepted as the most likely cast list available without confirmation.

Character	Japanese	English
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Steven Blum
Vegeta	Ryō Horikawa	Milton James
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Dan Woren
Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Skip Stellrecht
Kid Goku	Masako Nozawa	Brianne Siddall
Pan	Yūko Minaguchi	Lia Sargent
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Lex Lang
Cell	Norio Wakamoto	Tom Wyner
Baby Vegeta	Yusuke Numata	Joe Romersa
Frieza	Ryusei Nakao	Eddie Frierson
Kid Buu	Kōzō Shioya	Dougary Grant
Vegito	Masako Nozawa/Ryō Horikawa	Steven Blum/Milton James

Rearranged Soundtracks

Super Saiyan Goku (Dragon Ball Z ) 's theme is from Super Butoden 3 and Ultimate Battle 22 (both Super Saiyan Goku's theme)

Perfect Cell 's theme is from Ultimate Battle 22 (Cell,Android 16,Frieza's theme)

Vegeta 's theme is from Super Butoden 3 and Ultimate Battle 22 (both Majin Vegeta's theme)

Piccolo 's theme is from Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen (World Martial Arts Tournament's theme)

Trivia

• The American release of this game was the first time a Dragon Ball game used the name "Dragon Ball GT" in its title.
• The giant robot Pan faces in the opening looks like the invaders' Mobile-Suit introduced in the Dr. Slump chapter "The Biggest Bye'cha of All".
• A puppy resembling Bee can be seen in the opening.
• This is the first game to feature adult Goku in his GT clothes. This game also the first and only time adult GT Goku appears as a Super Saiyan (which was never shown in the anime series themselves).
• Vegito retains his original name from the Japanese versions of the series, "Vegetto".

Gallery

Box and Disc arts

Cover NTSC/JP cover PAL Version JAP (Best for family) cover NTSC/UC (reprint) cover

Opening

Goku and Vegeta Gohan, Vegeta, and Goku Gohan and Piccolo Cell Frieza Super Buu Kid Buu using the Human Extinction Attack Piccolo fighting Cell Pan and Trunks Trunks with his sword Pan attacks a giant robot Pan charging an energy blast Pan firing her energy blast at the robot Pan reaching for a dog Pan getting licked by the dog Goku as a kid

Screenshots

Title Screen Menu Menu Menu Player Select screen Game ending