History VideoGame / DragonBallXenoverse

** When the Time Patroller and Goku fight the Villainous!Z-Warriors near the end of story mode, as the fight goes on it's obvious that they are possessed due to the dialog when their health gets lowered enough and because of their looks. But in vs.mode neither one of them talk like they are possessed or anything. They just have their same intros with certain characters like nothing is wrong or different looking in the slightest.

* LostForever: Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta was a special preorder bonus and if you didn't preorder him, you will never be able to play as him, even though he will still appear in a couple of Parallel Quests.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: A number of characters, ranging from the thoroughly villainous Gohan and Cell to heroes like Gohan and Gotenks, have special "Villainous" forms you can select after being them in the story mode.

* BrutalHonesty: Cell, if you have him as your mentor. He considers the whole thing a game (seeing how much he can improve on an "imperfect" being like yourself) and openly refers to you as [[TheChessmaster his personal chess piece]]. After you clear his evaluation mission, he openly admits to following this trope, saying that faked compassion wouldn't benefit either of you.
** Piccolo too. However, while Piccolo is merely astonished when you get a Z Rank; Cell says "I would TOTALLY hug you if that's something I did!"

* ThisCannotBe: Super 17 exclaims this in classic ''Dragon Ball'' VillainousBreakdown fasion after being defeated.

** Omega Shenron, by contrast, has a subdued breakdown in DLC Quest : The Shadow Dragons, but he's clearly seething too ("Who are you? Who the heck ''are you''?!").

''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'' is a ''Manga/DragonBall'' game developed by Dimps for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Xbox One, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, Xbox 360, and PC.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Demigra]] is the Demon God. [[spoiler:He plans to remake history and the universe as he sees fit.]]

** Frieza suffers from this in Parallel Quest 16: Super Saiyan Legend.

* TheWarSequence: In an endgame story mission, [[spoiler:you get to join Bardock in his last stand against Frieza, fighting off his men in orbit above Planet Vegeta before going toe-to-toe with the mad tyrant.]]

* VoicesAreMental: When the Body Change is used, all voices are swapped. It becomes hilarious in certain situations when you see Ginyu's voice coming out of a cute female body, or ''Beerus'', the God of Destruction, [[VocalDissonance emitting female fighting grunts]].

* AdaptedOut: Dodoria, Zarbon, Dr. Gero, and oddly enough, Dabura and Babidi[[note]]Dabura is revealed to be Towa's brother, and Babidi, for some reason, is not mentioned ''at all''. Nor does he appears when Goku faces Fat Buu. Especially when Buu is supposed to kill him in the original source after Goku leaves the battlefield after Trunks grabs the Dragon Radar.[[/note]] In the latter three cases, their gear at least is up for grabs.

* DummiedOut: [[spoiler:Demigra]] was originally intended to be playable, as evidenced by special battle quotes for both his normal and final form that are still present in the game's code. This was also originally the case for Towa and Mira, until both characters were PromotedToPlayable in [=DLC 2=].

* SecretAIMoves: The "Darkness Mixer" power up (The type that's simply an aura, not the full transformation) is exclusive to enemy characters. Additionally, while the moves used by the villainous characters and [[spoiler:Demigra]] can be used if you select the playable "Villainous" characters, they cannot be equipped to your custom character, and [[spoiler:Demigra]] has several moves unique to him alone, including his ultimate and all of his [[spoiler:final form]]'s moves. Raspberry also has Beam Rifle, a skill he and his PaletteSwaps use in lieu of the ability to fire ki balls.

** Vegito's Spirit Sword is supposed to stun the opponent and have you smack everyone in the vicinity with an energy sword. Too bad they can get out of the way if someone attacks them, or they can just use an evasive to avoid it. And the max range to activate the sword is bigger than the follow up swing.

** Hercule's Dynamite Kick is a single weak kick with a tiny explosion effect, but if you [[ChargeAttack charge it up]], it turns into a beatdown combo that does respectable damage. The problem is that it takes 3-4 seconds to charge and has short range even for a Strike Attack, meaning that it's extremely hard to connect with unless you use it as a wake-up attack.

** The Big Bang Kamehameha and its ultimate counterpart. Both give impressive damage, with the latter being capable of one-hitting an entire bar of health on a fairly high-level opponent. The tradeoff is this: The super move requires time to charge or it won't fire, making it useless for juggle combos. And an invite to be punched in the face by an enemy who averts MookChivalry. The ultimate move only has an approximate 20% chance of hitting the target, as it's common for enemies to move out of the way, especially if they're not locked onto you. Moreover, neither of them has an autocorrect function. Meaning, if an enemy moves behind you while you fire, instead of turning around like with most of the moves, your character will just fire at nothing while your opponent attacks you from the back.
* Trunks' Heat Dome Attack. It's very flashy and dynamic, but only fires straight up. Even if the opponent is right beside you when you fire the attack, they will only stumble back, barely taking any damage from it at all.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: For your custom character you can equip a katana ala Yajirobe. You can't use it in battle though.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Some of the rewards you can get for Mentor missions include copies of their costumes that you can use for your custom characters.

** The 17 and 18 of Trunk's timeline will tag team you. Whichever one you are fighting switching targets, while the one you aren't flies in to attack you from behind.

** In the DLC, Goku thanks the player for helping by saying "Thanks for helping out Pan", but Sean Schemmel's inflection is "Thanks for helping out, Pan", as if he was talking to her and not you. This was apparently due to bad communication from the AR director.

* DummiedOut: [[spoiler:Demigra]] was originally intended to be playable, as evidenced by special battle quotes for both his normal and final form that are still present in the game's code. This was also originally the case for Towa and Mira, until both characters were PromotedToPlayable in the second DLC pack.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Demigra tries to control Beerus, his eyes temporarily go red, then back to normal. [[spoiler:This is a clue that the villainous mind control doesn't work on gods.]]

* HyperspaceArsenal: If custom characters have supers and/or ultimates that use weapons, they pull the weapon out of nowhere and do the attack and the weapon disappears afterwards. Even if they have a similar weapon that is used in the attack equipped, they will still pull a weapon out of nowhere. However, the player can deliberately subvert this (at least with the sword moves) if they choose to equip their Time Patroller with a sword for their accessory.

* JokeCharacter: Appule, Raspberry, and each character's respective PaletteSwaps. All are incredibly weak, slow, most don't have '''ultimates''', and they have the lowest amount of health in the game. They'll be beaten unconscious in a few seconds against ''Hercule''.

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* SecretAIMoves: The "Darkness Mixer" power up (The type that's simply an aura, not the full transformation) is exclusive to enemy characters. Additionally, while the moves used by the villainous characters and [[spoiler:Demigra]] can be used if you select the playable "Villainous" characters, they cannot be equipped to your custom character, and [[spoiler:Demigra]] has several moves unique to him alone, including his ultimate and all of his [[spoiler:final form]]'s moves.

** Mira's exclusive Ultimate added in DLC3, the Serious Bomb, is described as "yet-incomplete". [[spoiler:In ''Online'', Mira destroys New Namek with the Spirit Bomb. The similarity in the two attacks' names[[note]]''Honki Dama'' versus ''Genki Dama''[[/note]] suggests that his Spirit Bomb is the perfected version of the Serious Bomb. Additionally, the destruction of New Namek happens in Age 853 -- a mere three years after the events of ''Xenoverse''.]]

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Earthlings tend to get this a lot, given how [[PunyEarthlings pathetically weak]] their race as a whole is. Vegeta as a mentor is surprised that he doesn't mind having a human for a student, and Captain Ginyu wonders if the Time Patroller is an elite {{Mutant}} like himself ([[AllThereInTheManual and all the other Ginyu Force members]]).

* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment: Two different forms: There are a few attacks that the player can never learn, like Goku's Super God Fist[[note]]But it's basically a weaker version of the Super Dragon Fist, which you ''can'' learn, so this is no great loss[[/note]], but there are also canon characters who have movesets that only the computer can use (like a version of Android #18 with her brother's infamous Super Electric Strike ultimate attack).

* HyperspaceArsenal: If custom characters have supers and/or ultimates that use weapons, they pull the weapon out of nowhere and do the attack and the weapon disappears afterwards. Even if they have a similar weapon that is used in the attack equipped, they will still pull a weapon out of nowhere.

* JokeCharacter: Appule and Raspberry. Both are incredibly weak, slow, and most don't have '''ultimates''', and have the lowest amount of health in the game. They'll be beaten unconscious in a few seconds against ''Hercule''.

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Earthlings tend to get this a lot, given how [[PunyEarthlings pathetically weak]] their race as a whole is. Vegeta as a mentor is surprised that he doesn't mind having a human for a student.

* AdaptedOut: Dodoria, Zarbon, Dr. Gero, and oddly enough, Dabura and Babidi[[note]]Dabura is revealed to be Towa's brother, and Babidi, for some reason, is not mentioned ''at all''. Nor does he appears when Goku faces Fat Buu. Especially when Buu is supposed to kill him in the original source after Goku leaves the battlefield after Trunks grabs the Dragon Radar.[[/note]]

* ArmCannon: Raspberry's fighting style utilizes an arm-mounted ki blaster.

** Grabbing is perhaps the most insanely easy way to beat a boss. It's somewhat harder for Saiyans, due to the the fact that the grab tosses them below you and has you hovering over them, but it's rather hard to avoid. It does more damage than one would assume, and can be spammed. Infamously, Team Four Star used it to beat Frieza after numerous failed attempts, and all of them were shocked, even more so when it got them an A rank.
** The one Super you'll stick in your slots at all times if you are a ki user, the ability to charge your ki.

* SuicidalOverconfidence[=/=]TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Demigra not only got the inane notion in his head that he could enslave the "freaking God of Destruction" as the Supreme Kai of Time aptly puts it, but actually ''acted'' on that thought. Even knowing he's only there as an illusion, the terror on his face upon realizing the plan's gone utterly fubar is palpable.]]

* ATasteOfPower: Players start off as a fully powered Goku, in super easy version his three most iconic fights (Frieza, Perfect Cell, and Kid Buu), before making their Time Patroller and going through the tutorial.

* GenreSavvy: ''Frieza'' of all people seems to be developing shades of this when you're a Saiyan training under him. He acknowledges that he lost because he underestimated the Saiyans, but this time, he will make you his strongest underling and have you fight alongside him.
** In battle, he actually worries about you more than some of the good characters when your health is low.

* EarlyBirdCameo: One of the forms Tennille, one of the shapeshifters in the marketplace, takes on is that of a [[DragonballSuper majin outfitted to look like a fat version of Beerus.]]

** Overlaps with [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame Pun]] when you realize it's pronounced the same way as one might pronounce [[DragonBallZ Dragon Ball Z]]-niverse.

* ATasteOfPower: Players start off as a fully powered Goku, in super easy version his three most iconic fights (Freeza, Perfect Cell, and Kid Buu), before making their Time Patroller and going through the tutorial.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Demigra's]] calm, cocky, demeanor is completely shattered near the end of the game when his plans fail, ala many a ''Dragon Ball'' villain.

* WhamEpisode: Being the first console ''Manga/DragonBall'' game in a long time with an original story, it is surprising seeing past events becoming screwed up for the Z-Fighters, thanks to the plans of Towa and Mira.

* WhatIf: The whole story of the game seems to be a what-if, with you trying to fix everything back to normal.

* XMeetsY: In a story sense, many see ''Xenoverse'' as DBZ meets Film/{{Timecop}}. Gameplay wise, many see it as DBZ meets VideoGame/MonsterHunter.

** Skin too. Even your Saiyan can be any skin color possible.

* {{Nerf}}: Namekians were hit ''hard'' with a nerf to their Giant Form within a week of the game being released, cutting their attack power in half and almost tripling the stamina drain.

** [[{{Malaproper}} Male CaC voice #8]], aka [[WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged Ghost Nappa]], refers to all of the Dairy Sq-- erm, Ginyu Force members by their dairy namesakes: Creamer (Recoome), Yogurt (Guldo), Butter (Burter), Cheese (Jeice), and [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Lactose]] (Captain Ginyu)

[[VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2 A sequel]] was announced on May 5, 2016. Watch the announcement trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7B7ZvcrOXQ here]].

* RealityWarping: Some abilities are physics-altering -- for example: Candy Beam (i.e., a TransformationRay StatusAilment), Time Control (i.e., a TimeStandsStill StatusAilment), etc.