dragon ball z battle of z

DRAGON BALL Z BATTLE OF Z

SOFTWARE MANUAL

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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BOOKLET - PS3

A0229.02

FLAT: 9.25" x 5.75"

FINISHED: 4.625" x 5.75"

08/28/08

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• Avoid prolonged use of the PlayStation

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3 system. Take a 15-minute break during each hour of play.

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Use caution when using the DUALSHOCK

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3 wireless controller and the PlayStation

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Move motion controller motion sensor function. When using the DUALSHOCK ® 3 wireless controller or the PlayStation ® Move motion controller motion sensor function, be cautious of the following points. If the controller hits a person or object, this may cause accidental injury or damage. Before using, check that there is plenty of space around you. When using the controller, grip it firmly to make sure it cannot slip out of your hand. If using a controller that is connected to the PS3™ system with a USB cable, make sure there is enough space for the cable so that the cable will not hit a person or object. Also, take care to avoid pulling the cable out of the PS3™ system while using the controller.

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CONTENTS

SOFTWARE MANUAL

GETTING STARTED ________________ 04

CONTROLS _______________________ 05

MISSION RULES ___________________ 07

MISSION RESULTS ________________ 12

ACTION ___________________________ 13

BATTLE TYPE _____________________ 20

SINGLE PLAYER ___________________ 22

CO-OP MODE _____________________ 24

BATTLE MODE ____________________ 28

ONLINE PLAY _____________________ 32

OPTIONS _________________________ 32

WORLD ENERGY __________________ 34

SIDE MENU _______________________ 36

CUSTOMIZE CHARACTER _________ 38

COLOR CUSTOMIZE _______________ 40

CUSTOMER SUPPORT & WARRANTY _ 41

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GETTING STARTED

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NOTICES:

Video output in HD requires cables and an HD-compatible display, both sold separately.

Voice chat requires a headset, sold separately. Compatible with most Bluetooth and USB wired headsets. Some limitations apply.

PLAYSTATION®3 SYSTEM

STARTING A GAME:

Before use, carefully read the instructions supplied with the

PS3 TM computer entertainment system. The documentation contains information on setting up and using your system as well as important safety information.

Check that the MAIN POWER switch (located on the system rear) is turned on. Insert the

Dragon Ball Z Battle of Z disc with the label facing up into the disc slot. Select the icon for the software title under [Game] in the PS3™ system’s home menu, and then press the S button. Refer to this manual for information on using the software.

QUITTING A GAME:

During gameplay, press and hold down the PS button on the wireless controller for at least 2 seconds. Then select “Quit Game” from the screen that is displayed.

Hint

To remove a disc, touch the eject button after quitting the game.

TROPHIES:

Earn, compare and share trophies that you earn by making specific in-game accomplishments. Trophies access requires a PlayStation®Network account.

SAVED DATA FOR PS3

TM

FORMAT SOFTWARE

Saved data for PS3

TM

format software is saved on the system’s hard disk. The data is displayed under “Saved Game Utility” in the Game menu.

W button

Q button

Directional buttons

B button


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CONTROLS

DUALSHOCK®3 WIRELESS CONTROLLER

R button

E button

D button

F button

A button

S button

N button button

PS button

MENU SCREEN CONTROLS

Directional Buttons

Select option / Move cursor

A

Button

S

Button

D

Button

F

Button

E Button

Right Stick

N Button

Button

Cancel / Back

Confirm / Next

Details

Command Menu

Display Menu

Rotate Character

Reset Character Rotation button

Enter Comment (only for Co-op Mode and Team Battle Mode)

Button

Shortcut to confirm button

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BATTLE CONTROLS

Left stick

Right stick

Standard Movement

(Locked on) Change lock-on target /(Locked Off) Camera Action

D

Button

A

Button

F

Button

S

Button

Q Button

E Button

Melee Attack

Ki Blast Attack

Ascend

Descend

Guard

Enemy Lock On/Off

W Button

R Button

Unique A (Can also be performed with Q button +

F button)

Unique B

(

Can also be performed with Q button +

S button)

Marking (Can only be performed by the leader in multiplayer)

B Button

N Button

F

Button /

S

Button

(while moving)

Ally Lock On/Off

Dash Move

Q Button + Left stick

Step

Q Button +

D

Button

Strike Impact

Q Button +

A

Button

Blast Spark

Q Button +

F

Button +

S

Button

06

Ultimate Move


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D

Button +

A

Button

D

Button (while locked-on a friend that is knocked down)

A button (while locked-on a friend)

Special Move

Revive Soul

Energy Share

Pause Menu

Button

Directional buttons

Change Tactics (Can only be performed by the leader in multiplayer)

MISSION RULES

These pages will explain how to view the revolver menu for each mission and the battle screen.

REVOLVER MENU

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MISSION START BUTTON

This button will start your mission. Once you select a mission, your character, and your partner, you will be able to select this button with either the

Directional button or the button.

MISSION ICON

This icon represents the mission that you will be playing. Select a mission and press the

A button to change your mission.

COMMAND MENU

Press the

F in the revolver menu to display the following command menu.

Save

Options

Master Roshi Info

Return to Main Menu

Save your current game.

Change various settings. > P.33.

Get advice from Master Roshi.

Return to the main menu.

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PLAYER CHARACTER

This is the character you will control during the mission. The power displayed indicates the character's strength. The retry number will be added to the team's retry number.

Player Rank

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Power Retry Number


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PARTNER CHARACTER

This is the character that will fight alongside you during the mission. The more you use the same partner character, the faster their rank will increase. The power displayed indicates the character's strength. The retry number will be added to the team's retry number.

Partner Rank

Power

Retry Number

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TEAM RETRY NUMBER

This is the number of retries that both the player character and partner character have available to them. This number is determined by adding the retry numbers of the two characters.

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DRAGON BALL POINTS AND PREMIUM POINTS

Dragon Ball Points (DP) are earned by beating missions. Premium Points (PP) are earned by completing Spirit Requests at the end of missions. DP can be used to purchase items, while PP can be used to purchase premium items and cards.

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SIDE MENU

You can check your play log and card collection from this menu. It will become available to you as you progress through single player mode. Please refer to P.36 for details.

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THE BATTLE SCREEN

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HP Gauge

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SP Gauge

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ENERGY Gauge

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Lock-on Mark

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Time Limit

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Radar

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Knockdown Timer

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Decreases when you are attacked. If it hits zero, you will be knocked down.

Decreases when you use unique moves or special moves. If it hits zero, you will be exhausted and take a moment to recover.

Increases from attacking actions and combination actions.

Once it increases a set amount, your max SP will increase. If the gauge hits 100%, all friendly characters can become temporarily invincible and you may perform an ultimate charge. ( > P.34)

Displayed on the enemy you are currently locked-on to. If your partner is locked-on to the same enemy, a linkage lockon will occur and the shape will change.

The time left in the mission or team battle.

Displays where friendly characters and enemies are located.

Displayed on friendly characters who have been knocked down from their HP reaching zero.

Once the timer hits zero, your team retry number will decrease by one, and the friendly character will recover.


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Retry Number

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Tactics Icon

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Marking

This is your team retry number. If it hits zero and all friendly characters including yourself are knocked down, you will lose the game.

Indicates the current tactic you have assigned to your partner.

Displayed on the primary enemy you want to engage.

BASIC RULES

Each mission has its own clear conditions, which you must fulfill within the time limit.

Clear Conditions

Basic conditions such as "Defeat all enemies" or "Defeat the boss" must be completed in order to beat each mission. On certain missions, you will be required to stay alive for a set period of time.

Defeat Conditions

Basic defeat conditions are "Time has run out" or "You have no retry attempts left". If you are defeated, you may restart the mission or return to the revolver menu.

PAUSE MENU

Press the button during a mission to display the pause menu. The player character's unique moves, special moves, and mission objectives will also be displayed.

Back

Retry

Quit

Exit the pause menu and return to the game.

Restart the mission you are playing from the beginning.

End the mission and return to the revolver menu.

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ENERGY REQUEST

If you beat a mission while also fulfilling certain requirement, an energy pathway will appear. Lock-on to the energy pathway and press the around the world.

A

button to spread Energy

MISSION RESULTS

When you beat a mission, you can check your play evaluation at the mission results screen. Earn high marks to unlock characters or new gameplay features.

THE MISSION RESULTS SCREEN

Clear Score

Battle Score

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The time remaining when you beat the mission, the number of retries remaining, and your remaining HP are totaled up to reflect your score. Beating a mission quickly and without taking damage will earn you a higher score.

The number and type of enemies that you defeated are totaled up to reflect your score. Defeating a greater number of enemies will earn you a higher score.


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Link Bonus

Special Bonus

Chase attacks, energy shares, and revive souls are totaled up to reflect your score. The better you work with your partner, the higher your score.

You can earn this bonus from fulfilling certain objectives that differ by mission. There are up to 3 bonuses per mission.

Total Score

Your completion score, battle score, link bonus, and special bonus are totaled and represented as a grade rank. The ranks, from lowest to highest, are E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, and Z.

ACTION

The following moves are executed with the default control scheme. If you change your input type from the control configuration menu in options (P.33), the moves will be executed differently.

MOVEMENT ACTIONS

STANDARD MOVEMENT

Left Stick

Move at a standard speed towards the direction you tilt the left stick. You will run while on the ground and fly while in the air.

FLIGHT

F button /

S button

Fly by pressing the

F button to rise and the

S

button to lower yourself while in the air.

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SPRINT

Tilt the Left stick and press the

F or

S button

Tilt the Left stick and press the

F perform a high speed movement.

or

S button to

SIDESTEP

Q button + Left stick

Hold the Q button and tilt the Left stick to perform a high speed sidestep in any direction. You are invincible while performing the move, but you will be vulnerable momentarily after completing it.

GUARD ACTIONS

GUARD

Q button

Guard to lessen damage from enemy attacks. Guards can be broken by certain enemy attacks.

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ATTACKING ACTIONS

MELEE ATTACK

D button

Perform a close-range attack. Tap the repeatedly to perform a rapid attack.

D button

KI BLAST ATTACK

A button

Fire a ki blast from a distance. If you are using a ki blast type character, you can tap the

A

button repeatedly to perform a rapid ki blast attack.

UNIqUE MOVES

W button / R button

Each character has their own distinctive unique moves. Press the

W button to perform unique move A. Press the

R button to perform unique move B. Using a unique move will decrease your SP.

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STRIKE IMPACT

W button +

D button

A powerful melee attack that can blast an enemy away. It can be risky, but if successful, it will allow you to strike them again. Using it will decrease your SP.

CHASE ATTACK

Press the

D

button after a Strike Impact

Perform a follow-up attack on an enemy that you blasted away with a Strike Impact. You will warp to catch up to the enemy and perform a melee attack.

BLAST SPARK

Q button +

A button

A ki blast attack that deals major damage to an enemy who is a long distance away. Using it will decrease your SP.

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SPECIAL MOVE

D button +

A button

Use your character's special move. Using it will greatly decrease your SP.

ULTIMATE MOVE

After performing an ultimate charge,

D button +

A button

An ultra powerful attack performed after you gather

Energy from the world with an ultimate charge. Only certain characters have ultimate moves.

For more details on ultimate moves, please refer to P.35!

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COMBINATION ACTIONS

SYNCHRONIZED RUSH

When your partner hits an enemy with a melee attack while you have a linkage lock-on, press the

D

button

You and your partner will attack the enemy targeted with your linkage lock-on.

METEOR CHAIN

When your partner hits an enemy with a chase attack while you have a linkage lock-on, press the

D

button

You will warp to catch up with the enemy your partner blasted away with a chase attack, and perform an additional attack. When you can perform a Meteor Chain, you will see a

D

button icon displayed on screen.

REVIVE SOUL

Lock-on to a friendly character that has been knocked down, press the

D

button

Help a knocked down friendly character recover. They will recover without using a retry. However, their HP will be very low.

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ENERGY SHARE

Lock-on to a friendly character, press the

A

button

You will fire an energy blast that will recharge some SP.

SPECIAL ACTIONS ONLY

AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT CHARACTERS

Melee and support type characters can use the following two special actions.

HYPER REVIVE SOUL

Lock-on to a knocked down friendly character and press the Q button +

D

button. The character will recover with more HP than from a

Revive Soul. Using this will decrease your SP.

HYPER ENERGY SHARE

Lock-on to a friendly character and press the

Q button +

A

button. You will fire an energy blast that will recharge more SP than an Energy

Share. Using this will decrease your SP.

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BATTLE TYPES

Each character falls into one of four battle types. The traits of each battle type are explained below.

MELEE TYPE

This character excels at close-range melee combat. They move aggressively forward when attacking, and gain more SP for each hit. They can also break an enemy's guard with the final strike from a rapid attack.

Examples of melee type characters

KI BLAST TYPE

This character excels at ki blast attacks. They can fire ki blasts rapidly, and fire them with greater speed and control. They also gain more SP for each ki blast that hits.

Examples of ki blast type characters

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SUPPORT TYPE

This character excels at supporting other characters. They can use Hyper Revive Soul and Hyper Energy

Share. They also gain more SP while at rest and while successfully guarding attacks.

Examples of support type characters

INTERFERE TYPE

This character excels at attacks that disrupt their enemies. Their ki blasts are slow but have greater tracking abilities, and are more likely to stun.

They also gain more SP while moving or taking damage. They can also intercept energy blasts from

Energy Share.

Examples of interfere type characters

CHARACTERS WITH

TWO BATTLE TYPES

Certain characters possess two battle types.

For instance, they may gain more SP when landing melee attacks and also be able to intercept energy blasts, or perform rapid fire ki blasts as well as Hyper Energy Shares.

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SINGLE PLAYER

In Single Player, you will play a single player game alongside a CPU controlled partner, while following the

Dragon Ball Z storyline. Beating missions will unlock new missions and characters.

SINGLE PLAYER GAMEFLOW

SELECT MISSION

SELECT CHARACTER

Select the character that you will play as.

Each mission will have different selectable characters.

SELECT PARTNER CHARACTER

Select your partner character.

Each mission will have different selectable partner characters.


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PLAY MISSION

FULFILL VICTORY REQUIREMENTS TO BEAT MISSION

Once you beat the mission, the results screen will be displayed.

Depending on how well you did, new missions and characters will be unlocked.

CONTINUE TO NEXT MISSION

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CO-OP MODE

Connect to the network and cooperate with other players to play missions. You can create a room and invite other players, or join a room created by another player.

CO-OP MODE GAMEFLOW

SELECT A QUICK MATCH OR A CUSTOM MATCH

QUICK MATCH

Search for rooms that other players have created. If you turn "Friend Priority"

ON, you will first search for rooms created by players registered as your friends. If you cannot find any rooms, you can create your own.

CUSTOM MATCH

You can choose from "Search Rooms",

"Create Room", and "Invitation Room".

SEARCH ROOMS

Use parameters such as

"Player Rank",

"Language", and

"Comm. Quality" to search for rooms.

CREATE ROOM

Set parameters for "Player Rank",

"Language", and "Comm.

Quality" to create a room.

INVITATION ROOM

Create a room that only players registered as your friends can join.

FIND ROOM

CREATE ROOM

CONTINUE TO MISSION REVOLVER MENU

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CO-OP MODE REVOLVER MENU

ROOM OWNER

The online ID of the owner who created the room. If the owner leaves the room, another player will automatically be chosen as the owner.

LEADER MARK

A Dragon Ball mark is displayed next to the team leader. The leader can choose which mission is played next. After choosing the mission, another player will be assigned as team leader.

MEMBER SELECT

BUTTON

If a room has more than

2 players, the leader can press the member select button to choose the participating players. If you have less than 4 players,

CPU characters will be used to fill the gaps. Once you have selected your members, this button will change into the mission start button.

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PLAYER DISPLAY

The character you control will display a player mark.

Player Mark

MEMBER DISPLAY

The display for each member of the room includes a short comment, voice chat ON/OFF, online ID, and connection strength.

Comment

READY MARK

Voice Chat ON/OFF

Online ID

Players who are ready to play and have pressed the mission start button will display a Ready Mark.

Ready Mark

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COMMAND MENU

Press the

F

button within the revolver menu to display the command menu.

Comment Entry

Invite

Save

Options

Exit Room

Communicate with other players by selecting a short comment from the list displayed. You can open the list of comments with the button as well.

Invite a friend to the room you are currently in.

Save your current game progress.

Configure various game options. > P.33

Exit the room and return to the main menu.

MEMBER COMMAND MENU

Move the cursor onto a room member and press the command menu.

F button to display the member

Profile

Mute

Kick

View the selected player's profile.

Mute the selected player's voice chat.

Kick selected player from the room.

Only the room owner can use this feature.

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BATTLE SCREEN

The battle screen is identical to that of the Single Player battle screen. Each player's online ID and comment are displayed alongside their HP and SP gauges. Press the

button to select a comment from the list displayed.

Online ID

RESULTS

When you beat the mission, a result screen similar to what you see on a Single Player will be displayed. However,

Co-op Mode will display a timer on the bottom left of the screen. Once the timer expires, you will automatically return to the revolver menu.

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BATTLE MODE

Connect to the network and face off against other players in team battles or in a battle royale. You can create your own room, or join other player's rooms.

BATTLE MODE GAMEFLOW

SELECT A QUICK MATCH OR A CUSTOM MATCH

QUICK MATCH

Search for rooms that other players have created. If you turn "Friend Priority"

ON, you will first search for rooms created by players registered as your friends.

If you set "Rules", you will only search for rooms that feature those rules. If you cannot find any rooms, you can create your own.

CUSTOM MATCH

You can choose from "Search Rooms",

"Create Room", and "Invitation Room"

SEARCH ROOMS

Set parameters such as "Time Limit", "Enh/

Skill Card", "Team

Comp", "Player Limit",

"Language", "Comm.

Quality", and "Rules" to search for rooms.

CREATE ROOM

Set parameters such as "Time Limit",

"Enh/Skill Card",

"Team Comp",

"Player Limit",

"Language", "Comm.

Quality", and "Rules" to create a room.

INVITATION ROOM

Create a room that only players registered as your friends can join.

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FIND ROOM

CREATE ROOM

CONTINUE TO BATTLE MODE MENU

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BATTLE MODE MENU

ROOM OWNER

The online ID of the owner who created the room. If the owner leaves the room, another player will automatically be chosen as the owner.

LEADER MARK

A Dragon Ball mark is displayed next to the team leader. Unlike Co-op

Mode, the leader does not change unless the owner leaves the room.

RULES

The current rules are displayed. There are 4 types of rules: Normal Battle,

Score Battle, Battle Royale, and

Dragon Ball Grab. The leader selects the rules in the regulations menu.

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MEMBER SELECT

BUTTON

If a room has more than 2 players, the leader can press the member select button to choose the participating players. If you have less than the number of players determined in the regulations menu, CPU characters will be used to fill the gaps. Once you have selected your members, this button will change into the mission start button.

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TIME LIMIT

If a room has more than 2 players, the battle will automatically begin once this timer expires. This feature does not exist in invite rooms.

MEMBER DISPLAY

Your comment and online ID are displayed along with your player mark. Players on your team are displayed in silhouette.

Player Mark

REGULATIONS

The current regulations, such as battle time limits and Field are displayed. The only person who can change these settings from the command menu is the leader.

READY MARK

Players who are ready to play and have pressed the mission start button will display a Ready Mark.

Ready Mark

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COMMAND MENU

Press the

F

button within the menu to display the command menu. Note that only the leader can select the Regulation Settings menu.

Regulation Settings

Comment Entry

Invite

Save

Options

Exit Room

You can set Regulation Settings such as Rules, time limit, Enh/Skill card settings, Field, and team selection in a room created with "Invitation Room". If the room was created with "Create Room", you can only set the Rules and Field. If the Rules were set during room creation, the

Rules cannot be changed.

Only the room's owner can set regulations.

Communicate with other players by selecting a short comment from the list displayed. You can open the list of comments with the button as well.

Invite a friend to the room you are currently in.

Save your current game progress.

Configure various game options. > P.33

Exit the room and return to the main menu.

MEMBER COMMAND MENU

Move the cursor onto a room member and press the command menu.

A button to display the member

Profile

View the selected player's profile.

Mute

Kick

Mute the selected player's voice chat.

Kick selected player from the room.

Only the room owner can use this feature.

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BATTLE RULES

NORMAL BATTLE

A battle fought between 2 teams. The team that knocks out all of the other team's characters, with no retries remaining, is the winner. If time runs out, the team with more remaining retries wins.

Your team's retry number

SCORE BATTLE

A battle fought between 2 teams. Whenever a player for your team knocks out a player for the opposing team, their score will increase. When time runs out, the team with the higher score wins.

BATTLE ROYALE

Everybody is your enemy. Your score will increase whenever you knock out an opponent. Only the player who delivers the final blow will earn points.

The player who currently has the highest score will display a crown icon. When time runs out, the players will be ranked in the order of their score.

DRAGON BALL GRAB

A battle fought between 2 teams. The team that collects all 7 Dragon Balls is the winner. If time runs out, the team with more Dragon Balls wins. If a player carrying Dragon Balls is blasted away, the ball they were carrying will be scattered across the battlefield.

Enemy team's retry number

Your team's score

Enemy team's score

Your Score Enemy's Score

Enemy Team’s Dragon Balls

Your Team's Dragon Balls

Your's Dragon Balls

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ONLINE PLAY

For details regarding connecting to the internet, please refer to your PlayStation®3 manual.

When playing an online battle, please keep the following in mind.

In order to play an online battle, you must agree to Sony Entertainment Network's terms and conditions.

Online Battle Etiquette

Please do not intentionally sever your connection during an online battle.

Please only start an online battle that you have time to finish.

Please refrain from any actions or comments that may prevent another player from enjoying the game.

* This game's online battle feature is a service that requires an internet connection.

You may not be able to access the online battle features depending upon your network status, connection strength, and other unforeseen causes.

ABOUT INTERNET

CONNECTIONS

In order to play an online battle, you must "Pass" all phases of the PlayStation®3

"Internet Connection Test" and it is suggested that you use NAT type 1 or 2. For details regarding the "Internet Connection Test" please refer to your PlayStation®3

User Guide or the manual for your network equipment. Also, using a wireless LAN with other PC or gaming devices may cause interference with your connection.

OPTIONS

You can confirm invite messages, back up your save data, and select other options in the extras menu.

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CHECK INVITES

Check Invites messages from friends. You can directly join rooms that your friends have created from their invites.

SAVE DATA BACK-UP

You can upload or download your save data to online storage. You can also download save data from the PlayStation®Vita version of "Dragon Ball Z: BATTLE OF Z" and play the game.

OPTIONS

Configure various game settings and options, as detailed below.

BGM Volume

SE Volume

Voice Volume

Captions

Vibration

Controller

Choose from 11 BGM volume settings.

Choose from 11 SE volume settings.

Choose from 11 voice volume settings.

Turn captions ON/OFF.

Turn controller vibration ON/OFF.

Configure Key Type, Camera Controls, and Lock On Change.

You can choose from 4 input styles, camera movements of

"Normal", "Invert L/R", "Invert U/D", "Invert All", and 2 different enemy lock types.

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WORLD ENERGY

World Energy is the amount of Energy you have gathered and spread from completing Energy requests after beating missions. The current amount of Energy that you have collected is displayed on the main menu. Whenever you use an ultimate move, you will use some of the Energy that you have built up.

Collected Energy

ENERGY REQUEST

If you beat a mission while also fulfilling certain requirements, a Energy Request will appear.

Lock-on with the also earn PP.

A

button to collect Energy and spread it around the world. Collecting Energy will


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USING ULTIMATE MOVES

REqUIREMENTS

Player character must be able to use an ultimate move.

Item "Ultimate Jewel" is equipped.

An enemy with a boss icon (

*

) has appeared.

The Spirit Gauge is maxed out.

If the above requirements are met, you can start an ultimate charge by pressing the

Q button +

F button +

S

button.

ULTIMATE CHARGE

While performing an ultimate charge, you cannot perform other actions such as movement or attacks. You can press the

A

button repeatedly to drain your SP and increase the speed of the ultimate charge.

Once the charge is maxed out, press the

D

button +

A

button to to unleash the ultimate move.

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SIDE MENU

Press directional button right or tilt the left stick to the right within the revolver menu to display the side menu.

Side Menu

PLAY LOG

Check player data such as play time, player rank, total EXP, and battle results.

PLAYER LOG

Check player data such as play time, player rank, total EXP, and battle results.

MISSION LOG

Check mission data such as mission ranks, high scores, and record times.

CHARACTER LOG

Check character data such as character usage, enemies defeated, and blows taken.

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SOFTWARE MANUAL

CARD COLLECTION

Check the cards that you have collected thus far.

You can view each card's artwork and display the card's effect.

ITEM COLLECTION

Items can be purchased with DP. You will be able to purchase more item types as you progress through the game.

PREMIUM COLLECTION

These cards and items can be purchased with

PP. You will be able to purchase more card and item types as you progress through the game. If you are connected to the network, there is also a weekly lineup that changes every week, and a random collection and changes sporadically.

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CUSTOMIZE CHARACTER

At the character selection screen in the revolver menu, press the

D button to display the customize character screen. You can use items and cards to customize your character's abilities.

ENHANCEMENT CARDS

You can set Enhancement cards for each of the following 6 attributes. Each character differs in how many cards can be set for each attribute.

Ki

Speed

Health

Melee

Ki Blast

Special

This card strengthens your overall ki level. Your SP will recharge faster.

This card strengthens your speed. Your movement and sprint speeds will increase.

This card strengthens your health. Your max HP will increase.

This card strengthens your fighting skills. Your melee damage will increase.

This card strengthens your ki blasts. Your ki blast damage will increase.

This card strengthens your special abilities. The abilities related to your battle type and the damage your special move does will increase.

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SOFTWARE MANUAL

SKILL CARDS

You can set these cards to activate various skills.

Some cards increase attributes or grant special abilities during battles, while others will increase the amount of DP or EXP that you gain.

ITEMS

You can set items to activate various attribute increases and special abilities. However, unlike cards, items will disappear once you beat the mission.

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COLOR CUSTOMIZE

You can select color customize from the customize character menu to change your character's colors.

Choose a color and press the Q button when selecting a character to use the color that you have chosen.

EDIT COLORS

Each character has 1 to 3 areas where you can customize their color. Select the area which you wish to edit and adjust the color to your liking. You can save up to 3 sets of color schemes.

LIMITED WARRANTY

SOFTWARE MANUAL

Games America Inc. game pack shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase. If a defect covered by this limited warranty occurs during this 90-day limited warranty period, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. will repair or replace the defective game pack or component part, at its option, free of charge. This limited warranty does not apply if the defects have been caused by negligence, accident, unreasonable use, modification, tampering, or any other cause not related to defective material or workmanship.

Before returning any defective materials to us, please contact us for a Return Merchandise Authorization

(RMA) number. You can reach us via e-mail at [email protected] or contact us Toll-Free at: 1 (888) 776-2626. Please note that any materials sent to us without an RMA number will be refused and returned. We highly recommend that you use a traceable and / or insured method of shipping the materials to us.

LIMITATIONS ON WARRANTY

Any applicable implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are hereby limited to ninety (90) days from the date of purchase and are subject to the conditions set forth herein. In no event shall NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. be liable for consequential or incidental damages resulting from the possession or use of this product. The provisions of the limited warranty are valid in the United States only. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, or exclusion of consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This limited warranty provides you with specific legal rights. You may have other rights which vary from state to state.

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