DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT + A NEW POWER AWAKENS SET Switch NSP XCI

About Game

DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT + A NEW POWER AWAKENS SET Switch NSP XCI brings Goku’s long-running Dragon Ball Z journey to Nintendo Switch as an action role-playing game built around major anime story arcs, fast-moving fights, and wide areas to explore between major confrontations. Developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, this edition arrived on September 24, 2021, combining the main adventure with the A New Power Awakens content.

What Is Included in DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT + A NEW POWER AWAKENS SET

The package centers on DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT, an action RPG that follows Goku and the Z-Fighters through familiar events from the Dragon Ball Z story. Rather than presenting the series only as a sequence of battles, it pairs its major conflicts with exploration, character progression, activities, and interactions across recognizable settings.

The A New Power Awakens Set expands that foundation with additional challenges involving Beerus and Whis, along with a confrontation against a resurrected Frieza in his Golden Frieza form. These episodes introduce training tied to new transformations, including Super Saiyan God, and give the larger adventure another set of high-powered encounters beyond the original saga progression.

That combination makes this Nintendo Switch action RPG feel designed for a lengthy stay in the Dragon Ball world. Story scenes provide the dramatic framework, while free-roaming periods offer room to prepare characters, collect materials, complete optional tasks, and take in locations outside the central battles.

From Raditz to Majin Buu: Story Moments to Expect

The Dragon Ball Z story moves through its major sagas in a clear sequence, carrying the player from the first Saiyan threat through the climactic conflict with Majin Buu. The journey is broad in scope, shifting from Earth to Planet Namek and back again as the stakes and opponents grow.

1. Raditz arrives: The story begins when Raditz’s appearance places Goku and his friends on the path toward the Saiyan conflict.
2. Earth is under pressure: Vegeta and Nappa lead a devastating battle that forces the Z-Fighters to defend their home against overwhelming power.
3. Namek faces Frieza: The search and struggle on Planet Namek build toward Frieza’s threat and Goku’s transformation into a Super Saiyan.
4. The Androids escalate the danger: The Android and Cell storyline introduces a future-shaped threat, culminating in the Cell Games and Gohan’s rise as a decisive fighter.
5. Majin Buu closes the main journey: Goku, Vegeta, and their allies face Buu in the final major chapter of the original Dragon Ball Z narrative.

These arcs give the game a strong sense of progression. Early conflicts establish the world and its characters, while later chapters lean into larger transformations, more destructive opponents, and battles that ask more from the player’s growing roster.

Fast Aerial Combat and Signature Super Attacks

Combat is built around the speed and spectacle associated with Dragon Ball Z. Characters can take fights into the air, move through open space at high speed, and switch between close-range pressure and ranged attacks. The presentation aims to make encounters feel active rather than static, with a dynamic camera following airborne clashes and powerful attacks.

Melee combos are important when fighters close the distance, while ki blasts create opportunities to attack from range. Super Attacks and Ultimate Attacks add the biggest moments to the system, letting characters unleash recognizable techniques with substantial impact. The Kamehameha is among the signature moves represented in battle, fitting naturally into a game that treats famous attacks as a major part of each fighter’s identity.

The action-RPG structure means combat is not separate from character development. Training, meals, and team management contribute to growth, allowing players to strengthen their preferred Z-Fighters before taking on the next story challenge. This gives preparation a practical role: advancing through the narrative is not only about seeing the next scene, but also about building a group capable of surviving its escalating fights.

Exploring the World Beyond Main Battles

Outside the major story encounters, the game opens up broad areas for flying and discovery. Familiar Dragon Ball Z locations become places to travel through rather than mere backdrops for cutscenes. That change of perspective suits the series well, since its world has always moved between quiet countryside, distant planets, training grounds, and places suddenly pulled into large-scale danger.

Resources can be gathered during exploration, and side quests offer additional activities away from the central storyline. Fishing and cooking further extend the routine beyond combat, while hidden discoveries encourage players to look around instead of flying directly from one mission marker to the next.

This structure also gives the game a calmer atmosphere between the louder battles. A tense conflict with Frieza, Cell, or Majin Buu can be followed by a period spent moving through the world, gathering what is needed, interacting with familiar characters, or simply taking a detour. For players who enjoy Dragon Ball Z as both an adventure story and a fighting series, those quieter intervals are an important part of the experience.

Why the Switch Version Fits a Long Dragon Ball Z Adventure

Released for Nintendo Switch on September 24, 2021, DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT + A NEW POWER AWAKENS SET Switch NSP XCI places a substantial action role-playing game on a platform suited to playing through a long story in shorter sessions or extended stretches. Its saga-based structure naturally breaks the journey into memorable chapters, while exploration and optional activities provide a reason to return to areas between key missions.

The Switch version is a fitting choice for players seeking a Dragon Ball adventure with more than a battle-focused format. It includes story retellings, aerial combat, RPG progression, resource gathering, side quests, and expanded content tied to Beerus, Whis, and Golden Frieza. Newcomers can follow the major narrative milestones in sequence, while viewers familiar with the anime can revisit its most recognizable conflicts in an interactive form.

Replay value comes less from changing the core story than from the freedom around it: revisiting locations, pursuing side content, building characters through training and meals, and experimenting with different fighters and attacks. The appeal is strongest for players looking for a broad Dragon Ball Z package rather than a narrowly structured combat game.

Language and Regional Availability for the Switch Release

The Switch release is listed for Europe, USA, Japan, and Asia. Its language selection is extensive, covering English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese.

That range supports the game’s international Dragon Ball audience and matches the scale of its story: a journey that moves through many of the franchise’s best-known events while retaining the action, exploration, and character-building expected from an expansive role-playing game.