Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku is the first in a trilogy of Dragon Ball Z action RPG games released for the Game Boy Advance.

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku will take you on a journey to protect the Universe from the evil Frieza. Based on Akira Toriyama's manga/anime series, this GBA game will allow you to. The Legacy of Goku is the first game in the eponymous series, its sequels being Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II and Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, respectively. The package cover is an original illustration commissioned by Toei specifically for this game, and there is also an original poster packaged in the game box. Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku is a trilogy of Action RPGs for the Game Boy Advance, based on Dragon Ball Z. The first game was released in the U.S. On May 14, 2002, and in the U.K. On October 2 during the same year. Two sequels, titled Dragon.

Story

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku follows the story of Goku who is on a mission to save the earth from the evil enemies that wants to destroy it. He must also rescue his son Gohan who was kidnapped.
The story is presented with text boxes and some video footage. There are side quests available alongside the game’s main story.

Gameplay

Unlike latter games in the Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku trilogy, only one character (Goku) can be controlled.
Goku can execute various types of attacks including fist attacks and ki/energy attacks. You start with one type of ki attack and learn 2 more as the game progresses. As you fight enemies, you gain experience points. The more experience points you gain, the faster you level up. You also gain experience points when you finish side quests and when you talk to other game characters.
As you level up, the game becomes less of a challenge for you and even becomes too easy. You become very strong and fast with various combat abilities.

• The game mechanics is sometimes poor as enemies can be far way from Goku and yet they will still execute attacks. Sometimes, you will stand close to an enemy while executing an attack, yet the attack won’t be registered. The enemy A.I. is also poor. But as you play the game, you become used to these occurrences and you find innovative ways to deal with the A.I.

• The controls are easy enough, though some repeated button mashing might be needed. Your thumbs might get sore from mashing the buttons on your Game Boy Advanced multiple times to get your character to do what you want it to do.

• Dragon Ball Z fans might expect the over the top action sequences that the franchise is know for. But this game delivers none of that. The action is bland and slow. Nothing to excite you, trigger you up, overwhelm you or evoke emotions in you. You see some elements from the anime in the game but they aren’t implemented properly in the game.

• The game’s puzzle elements aren’t properly implemented. The side quests are short and uneventful. The entire game is short and can be finished within 3 to 5 hours.

• Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku makes an attempt, but fails to deliver what might have been an enjoyable, delightful game.

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku is a poor game that only capitalizes on the Dragon Ball Z franchise. Fans of the series might only want to play it because of their devotion to their franchise. It doesn’t have other redeemable qualities that makes it worth playing. If you don’t fancy the Dragon Ball Z franchise, then skip this game.

Pros

• A Dragon Ball Z game for fans of the anime

Cons

• Bland game mechanics
• Poor implementation
• The game is short

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku is Webfoot's first foray into the Dragon Ball series, which did not go as well as expected. However, it was one of the first GBA games to have full-motion video. It later got a rerelease as part of a double pack with Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II.

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Unused Items

Repair Kit

Various text strings refer to this item as a 'Repair Kit'. Editing address 03000062 (USA version) will add this item to your inventory, although you cannot use it.

Alternate Stones

A side quest has Goku gathering stones to build a bridge, but since there are six stones and you need only three these go unused and can never be collected. Each stone has a unique graphic but acts like every other kind of stone item.

Fruit

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You can edit address 03000060 (USA version) to give yourself a Fruit item, although you cannot use it. Perhaps you were once supposed to select Yemma's Fruit through your inventory.

Unused NPC Text

Throughout the game, you have to escort NPCs as part of tasks that you are given. If you are escorting one NPC and try to escort another, they will tell you to come back later. Since it isn't possible to bring an NPC along and then talk to the missing kid in the forest, his text goes unused.

Error Messages

A sequence of error message strings can be found in the ROM at 12142 (USA version) or 122F4 (European version).

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Unused Splash Screens

These are splash screens that have gone unused. They can be accessed using the game's debug menu.

The Kame-House.

Planet Namek.

Misplaced Warp

On the map where you fight the Ginyu Force there's a misplaced warp at the northwest corner of the map that allows you to bypass that section altogether.

Invincibility Code

There is a hidden invincibility code. To activate it, press Up, Down, Left, Right, B and A during the intro movie. The invincibility will not work when walking over spikes of the Snake Way.

Debug Mode

To access the game's debug mode go to the options menu, and hold L + R+ Up at the same time 'Exit' is highlighted. Then press A. If done correctly you'll enter the debug menu.

Debug Menu

From the debug menu you can visit any map, view sprites, play sounds, play music, or display the various splash screen images that are shown throughout the game.

Controls:

• Up: Move the cursor up.
• Down: Move the cursor down.
• Left: Decrease an option.
• Right: Increase an option.
• A: Make a selection.
• B: Go back.

Sprite Viewer

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The sprite viewer allows you to see sprites, animations, character portraits, and hitboxes.

Sprite mode controls:

• Up: Move the cursor up.
• Down: Move the cursor down.
• Left: Move the cursor up quickly.
• Right: Move the cursor down quickly.
• A: Go to animation mode.

Animation mode controls:

• Up: Move the cursor up.
• Down: Move the cursor down.
• A: Go to direction mode.

Direction mode controls:

• D-Pad: Select the sprite's direction.
• A: Restart the current animation.

All modes controls:

• L: Toggle sprite hitboxes (hold).
• Select: Toggle sprite hitboxes (press).
• B: Go back.

Regional Differences

There are two versions of the game: US and European. On the latter, you can select a different language besides English (German, French, Italian, Spanish).

The European version also fixed a crash that can happen when going to the title screen's options menu, highlighting 'Exit' and then pressing A + B at the same time. A similar crash that happens in the debug menu when 'Go to Map' is highlighted and pressing A + Start was not fixed, however.

The European version fixed that you could essentially turn invincible when hit by a ki blast in flying mode. In the US version, the ki blast would hit you and you would exit flying mode although the game believes you are still flying - thus enemies don't attack you but you can attack them. In the European version ki blasts don't hit you at all when flying.

Anti-Piracy

If the game detects you are running it on a cartridge with the incorrect save type or hardware, it will display the following message.

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