Countless games have tried to retell the story of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball Z, though none as comprehensively as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The game, of course, re-creates all the show's big fights, but it also give🔯s time to the small character moments that are usually 𓂃ignored by games.
It's such a great re-creation that many have questioned whether playing through Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is actually a better way to experience the Dragon Ball Z story than watching the actual anime.
So for this list, we've have pitted the show and the game against each other and pointed out things each did better than the other. It's worth mentioning that the only anime we're comparing to the game is Dragon Ball Z, not the original Dragon Ball series, Dragon Ball Super, nor even Dragon Ball Z Kai.
10 Kakarot Did Better: Use Of Dragon Ball Char🐠acters
There were multiple characters from the original Dragon Ball anime who were either missing entirely from Dragon Ball Z or only had the occasional cameo appearance. DBZ: Kakarot though, found a way to inc♊orporate some of them into the game through sub-stories and by having them appear in the world.
Nam, Eighter, and Pilaf are just some of the characters who got their own stories. The game's sub-stories weren't always great, but there were some enjoyable conversations to be had with the former Dragon Ball chara꧃cters. Plus, it was cool to see them all𒁃 again.
9 ꦦ 🌺 Anime Did Better: Padding
Speaking of sub-stories, they were similar to the show's filler episodes in that they added padding to the playtime/runtime of the story. Besides the previously mentioned appearances of Dragon Ball characters, the gamꦓe's sub-stories were mostly mediocre and usually only consisted of gathering materials, fighting the same group of enemies, or the odd time attack. They sometimes had nice little stories attached to them, ꧑but overall they weren't much fun.
On the other hand, while Dragon Ball Z filler episodes sometimes receive criticism, but some of them are great. The likes of the Otherworld Tournament, the Garlic Jr saga, and of course, the beloved episode where Goku and Piccolo learn to drive, are really🐼 enjoyable.
8 Kakarot Did Better: Visuals ♕ ꦉ
As DBZ: Kakarot came out many years after the original Dragon Ball Z anime, it is no surprise ♐that the game looked better, though it's still🥀 worth a mention. The game's character models, energy blasts, and environments all looked stunning.
Its beauty was even more evident in the big scenes, such as when Piccolo took the blast meant for in the Saiyan saga or Vegeta blew himself up☂ againsಌt Majin Buu. Even the remastered versions of the show can't compete with the visuals of the game.
7 Anime Did Be🐻tter: More Consistent Animation Quality 𒊎
Despite not looking as pretty, the show's animations were more consistent. The best scenes in DBZ: Kakarot had incredibly smooth animations that equaled or even sometimes surpassed the anime. However, in the less important scenes, characters tended to make stiff or unnatural m꧃ovements.
There were also sequences in the show where the animation di♈pped in quality, but they weren't as bad or as frequent as the ones in the game. The anime managed to stay fairly consistent in thi๊s department throughout all of its sagas.
6 K💛akarot Did Better: Gohan♌ And Android 16's Relationship
In both the game and the show, Android 16's words and his subsequent destruction at Cell's foot were the final things to send Gohan over the edge and transform into Supe🐈r Saiyan 2. The moment actually meant more in the game because of an additional couple of scenes.
Before the Cell g🐓ames, Gohan lent a hand to Bulma and Dr. Briefs in repairing Android 16 by getting a material they need. After Android 16 awoke, he and Gohan spent time together in the woods. Gohan opened up about his goal of becoming a scholar, and 16 talked about his love for nature. The duo being friends gave an extra reason why the Android's dea🍰th affected the Saiyan so much.
5 🦋 Anime Did Better: Goku And Picco🅰lo Learning To Drive
The announcement that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot was going to pay homage to the Goku's Ordeal (English dub name) episode of Dragon Ball Z, brought a lot of excitem♈ent. This was the previously mentioned hil💙arious episode where Goku and Piccolo attempted to get their driver's licenses.
Unfortunately, the quest from the game couldn't live up to the original episode. In the game, there were a couple of funny lines, but the quest was mainly just a time attack. It didn't have Piccolo's ridiculous outfit from the episode ꦅnor the outrageous personalities of the driving instructors. They were present in the game, but they didn't get much chance to show any personality.
4 Kakarot Did Better: Felt Like A Real 𒉰World 𒆙
The game, unlike the anime, showed how ordinary people reacted to the big Dragon Ball Z moments. For example, wh🌟en Raditz came down in his spaceship, many people in nearby villages thou🦩ght it was a meteorite. In the show, besides celebrating or running and screaming, viewers rarely saw how regular people reacted to things.
It waℱs a small feature, but it made the world feel more real and not just like a sandbox for the Z Warriors and their enemies. Plus, the sub-stories where the player had to help regular people out added to that feeling of it being a living bꦜreathing planet that Goku and his friends lived on.
3 Anime Did Bette✨r: Violent Scenes
Like recent Dragon Ball releases, even Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's most violent scenes didn't include blood or gore. This isn't necessarily bad as it worked for Dragon Ball Super. However, as it was retelling an anime that did include plenty of🧸 blood, it made some moments weird.
Every time somebody got a hole blown through their body or a limb cut off, there would be no blood at all. It's not the first time Dragon Ball Z has been censored like that, but it still looked odd and to🎃𝓀ok away from those moments.
2 𒀰 Kakarot Did Better: Goku And Gohan's Relationship
For a long time, DBZ fans have questioned Goku's parenting abilities. This is because he was barely around during Gohan's childhood (although he was dead for plenty of it). People gave more credit to Piccജolo for raising the young Saiyan.
The game made a slight improvement to the relationship between Goku and Gohan. And that was by making Goku self-aware of his failings as a parent. He admitted to feeling bad that Piccolo had to look after Gohan while he was gone, and he even apologized to the Namekian for having to train and be hard on his son. Then later on Supreme Kai's planet, Goku said he wished he could've seen Gohan grow up. The Saiyan acknowledging that he wasn't the perfect dad 🐠doesn't make him one, but it was better than him being oblivious to how he'd treated his son.
1 Anime Did Better: Goku Vs Frieza 🔯
Goku versus Frieza was one of the most iconic battles in anime history. It was a marathon of a fight that included many twists and turns. And one that, unfortunately for DBZ: Kakarot, is difficult to replicate in video game form.
The game did involve three fights between Goku and Frieza on Namek, but due to the shortness of them and their lack of difficulty, they didn't feel as epic as the anime version. There may never be a video game battle between Goku and Frieza that can live up to the one from Dragon Ball Z.
