Hello, @everyone!

Budokai Arena is entering a new chapter. This update brings changes to the way the game looks, how skills are classified, and what you can play beyond the usual battles. We want the arena to feel easier to understand while bringing more of Dragon Ball into the experience.

One of the first changes you will notice is the Ki palette. We are now using Red, Green, White, and Blue, making the colors more familiar to players coming from our sister arena, Naruto-Arena. Take a moment to check your team's updated costs before heading into battle.

We have also removed the Melee and Ranged subclasses. Skills now focus on their main classifications: Physical, Ki, Tactical, and Affliction. Alongside this, we have reviewed character classifications and updated the effects that depended on the old subclasses, including several stuns. Some now block Physical and Ki skills, others block non-Tactical skills, and selected lower-damage skills now apply a full stun. Their descriptions have been updated to explain what each skill actually blocks.

Character Reworks & Changes

The characters below have received reworks and adjustments. With these new designs, we want each fighter to have a clearer identity, more personality, and a more distinct playstyle, drawing from what they do in the anime and official games. Bringing those traits into a turn-based arena is not always easy, and we will not always get it right. Even when we miss the mark, this is the direction we want to keep following, learning from your feedback and refining each character along the way.

The roster has been reorganized too. Characters are grouped more closely around their place in the story, with movie characters treated as extras. Finding the fighters from a particular part of Dragon Ball should feel more natural as the roster continues to grow.

On the visual side, our inspiration comes from one of our favorite games, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The updated look brings that sense of adventure into Budokai Arena through its menus, panels, and presentation. It is part of our effort to give the game an identity that feels more connected to the world we all enjoy.

There are also three new game modes to explore: Exploration, Budokai Tournament, and Global Boss. They give you more ways to use your teams and enjoy the arena alongside the regular game modes.

Mission progression is also being reorganized around the story. The idea is to group sagas into rank-based difficulty stages, starting with early Dragon Ball and the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, then moving forward through the story. Movie missions will sit alongside that progression as optional extras. This work will continue in stages as we adjust mission order, requirements, and levels.

Son Goku and Kid Gohan are now unlocked from the start. As the progression rework moves forward, each saga will have its own starting characters available without an unlock mission, giving you a team to begin that chapter before earning the rest of its fighters.

There is still more ahead, and we will keep refining these changes as you play. Thank you for sticking with Budokai Arena, sharing your feedback, and helping us shape its next chapter. See you in the arena!