Trivia / Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

• Acting for Two:
  • In addition to the usual examples, Sean Schemmel provides the voice of Goku Black, as well as reprising his roles as Goku, Tokitoki, and Nail.
  • Masako Nozawa, as always, voicing Goku, Gohan, Goten, Bardock, Turles, and Goku Black.
  • Like in previous games, Natsuki Hanae voices the Time Patroller and Jaco. But this time, we also have Yuriko Yamaguchi and Caitlin Glass (the latter was also in the previous game) as the Time Patroller and Vados.
  • Patrick Seitz reprises his role as Male Voice 6 for created characters, as well as Jiren.
  • Likewise, in addition to reprising her role as Female Voice 8, Elizabeth Maxwell also voices Caulifla (both individually and as half of Kefla).
• Content Leak: This game has had a bad habit of having the DLC characters leaked due to placeholder data. While it started off with obvious picks (Vegito Blue and Zamasu for DLC Pack 4, as well as Tournament of Power characters for Extra Pack 2), it ended up revealing that Gogeta was going to be in Dragon Ball Super: Broly due to a new form of his being in the same pack as the new Broly.
• Dummied Out: Several characters have unused lines for using certain skills. While some can now be heard in-game with the introduction of partner customization, others require modding or save file editing to hear.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.":
  • An odd case; thanks to the unusual release schedule of Dragon Ball Super on legal streaming sites like Crunchyroll and Daisuki^note They started with the Future Trunks Saga while adding the rest of the series in 10-episode blocks each week), Goku Black averts this trope by a mere three days while Hit plays it straight. Of course, Goku Black still counts in regards to the dub.
  • Likewise, Time Breaker Bardock and his Super Saiyan 3 form, which debuted in Dragon Ball Online and Dragon Ball Heroes, respectively.
  • Cabba and Frost would debut in this game before properly being the anime's English dub premiere. This would continue with Zamasu^note Both base form and Merged and Jiren^note Who was not properly dubbed in the anime until either late 2018, or early 2019.
  • Goku's Ultra Instinct form debuted in Xenoverse 2 before the transformation appears in the anime, or even Dragon Ball Heroes, by only a few days.
  • Played absurdly with Kefla, who debuted in this game before Caulifla and Kale made their individual debuts as characters in the English dub in any media. Their individual voices can still be heard on Conton Radio.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Defied, as unlike in Super and FighterZ, Daman Mills didn't need to fill in for Chris Ayres for any new Frieza lines after the latter was diagnosed with "End Stage C.O.P.D." Eventually played straight, where Daman had to voice new dialogue in the PQs added after Super Hero's release in 2023. Hit is also still voiced by Aaron Roberts rather than Matthew Mercer for consistency's sake for any new lines.
  • Played straight: Sean Michael Teague is not voicing Uub/Majuub this time, the role instead went to Justin Briner.
• Promoted Fanboy:
  • Curtis Arnott (male voice 8), Nick Landis (male voice 15), and Scott Frerichs (male voice 13) of Team Four Star provide their voices for the new Time Patroller.
  • James Marsters became a Converted Fanboy after researching the franchise for his role as Demon King Piccolo in Dragonball Evolution. That said, he's the voice for Zamasu.
• Real-Life Relative: Frost is voiced by Greg Ayres, brother of Frieza's voice actor, Chris Ayres.
• Throw It In!: Nick Landis clarified during a TFS Gaming livestream that, at the encouragement of Christopher Sabat, he and the rest of Team Four Star were allowed to improvise a lot of their lines.
• What Could Have Been:
  • During a TFS livestream, Nick Landis mentioned that he recorded voice clips for Majins absorbing other characters (like Super Buu did to Gotenks, Piccolo, and Gohan); this may have been intended to be the Majin race's exclusive transformation before they were given a Pure Form in line with Dragon Ball Online.
  • Chronoa (a.k.a Supreme Kai of Time) was at one point in development going to have a much◊ more adult◊ and shapely◊ design before being changed into a half pint.
  • Audio files revealed that some of the characters had extra attacks attached to them. Goku and Goten could use the Power Pole and the Jan-Ken-Pon attack. Teen Gohan, Future Gohan and Adult/Ultimate Gohan could use Special Beam Cannon. Vegito could go Super Saiyan 2 and use the Destructo-Disc and Spirit Bomb. Gogeta could use Kaioken and perform the Spirit Bomb, Galick Gun, Destructo-Disc, Solar Flare, and Final Flash. Videl could perform the Volleyball Fist and Dynamite Kick, use the Power Pole and use the Dancing Parapara. Goten could access the Kaioken and use Solar Flare, Dancing Parapara and the Justice Pose. Lastly, and oddly, Recoome could perform the Dancing Parapara. This seems to tie into Extra Pack 2, where players are given some manner of customization for the canon characters.
  • Some magazines stated that Fused Zamasu would become a mentor for your character in one of the DLC. It appears the idea was scrapped, as normal Zamasu became your mentor in the fifth DLC.
  • A simple file modification reveals that every mentor has blank slots for costumes, hinting at the possibility more were planned but ultimately scrapped.

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