As Bandai Namco reveals more and more about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, it's hard not to be excited for the forthcoming RPG. There's still nearly 2 months until release, but every so often, there's a new piece of info released, with the latest pertaining to the titular Dragon Balls. Thus far, quite a bit has been revealed about this mechanic, but not so much that a full picture has been made possible yet.

First, every set of Dragon Balls comes with 7, often known as the number of starts that appear on the ball like the One-Star Dragon Ball. Gathering them all, in the anime and in the game, will summon forth an Eternal Dragon and grant summoners a wish. While this seems like a straight forward process, there are a lot of questions on how this will work in game such as how can these Dragon Balls be found? Are the Earth Dragon Balls the only ones players can use? and what can everyone wish for? Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has promised to be the most in-depth telling of Goku's story to ever grace a game, meaning that there has been some serious thought put into this.

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Currently, it's unknown exactly how Dragon Balls can be found, but as it stands, it is known that players can come across them while exploring open-world sections of the game. Recent Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot screenshots actually just show the Dragon Balls sitting on the ground, but hopefully, there's more to it than that. If players simply come across every Dragon Ball while playing the game, that seems to severely limit the potential of any Dragon Ball finding mechanic.

Some screenshots seemingly show Goku with a Dragon Ball Radar that may help with this, but there's something else worth mentioning too: the "evil aura" enemies. Recently, DBZ: Kakarot was confirmed to have special-open world encounters where players would sense the powerful Ki of an evil open-world enemies. Defeating these enemies was said to be incredibly tough but incredibly rewarding, though the exact rewards remain secreted. Bonus XP, in-game items, and a ton of other possibilities exist, but if they occasionally had and rewarded Dragon Balls, it would create a high level of synergy within the game.

Once players have the Dragon Balls, though, what can they do with them? Thus far, it's been confirmed that DBZ: Kakarot players can revive dead villains and fight them in non-canonical alternative matches such as Super Saiyan 3 Goku vs. Frieza. It's an interesting wish mechanic that will indubitably add some variability and replayability to the game, but this begs the question of what comes afterward. These may just be single fights or perhaps players will be able to return and repeat these fights after a certain point, and players will still need to find the Dragon Balls again (unless Bandai Namco only requires it once, which would be a convenient, yet odd feature) to revive others.

Ultimately, it seems that this will be the sole mechanic of the Dragon Balls, as defeating these enemies will reward Soul Emblems, XP, and the like, meaning that any other wish would just be redundant at best. There's no need to use Shenron to unlock more characters or a new move, given that DBZ: Kakarot has a small playable character pool and new moves can be unlocked through training. Still, it's not impossible to rule out, but if that's the case, then expect there to be plenty of Villains to revive, not just the big ones.

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There are 3 sets of Dragon Balls currently known about within the universe, with 2 appearing in Dragon Ball Z. Of course, there are the Earth Dragon Balls that summon Shenron, but there's also the Namekian Dragon Balls which first appear during the Frieza Saga. Shenron and Porunga, the Namekian Eternal Dragon, have a different sets of rules depending on what Saga they are used in. At his core, Shenron is only able to cast one wish and then a full 365-day Earth year must pass before the next wish. Porunga can actually cast up to 3 wishes, and while the balls spreading across Namek never actually occurs in the anime, it's said to just take 130 days - the number of days in a Namekian year.

As such, it will be curious to see if Shenron is the only Eternal Dragon players will continually be able to summon and grind for wishes. If each dragon had separate wish pools in any fashion, it would add some variability to finding these Dragon Balls, as Porunga's are all located on Namek. Even if it was just located on this planet during the Frieza Saga, it would be enough to change it up, but there's also evidence on the full Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot world map that players can return to Namek. Namely, it still appears to be a location that can be traveled to after moving the main story along, likely as a way to return and finish up any unfinished sidequests.

As Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot draws ever closer to its release, it's likely we'll see more - if there is anything more to give - about this Dragon ball finding and wish mechanic. There's a lot of avenues left open for exploration, and given the dedication that Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2 have shown thus far in providing a detailed vaunt through Goku's life, it does seem likely that's there more still behind the curtain. It's unclear when more will be revealed for the game, but the biggest event between now and DBZ: Kakarot's release is the Video Game Awards. Perhaps more will be learned there.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot releases January 17, 2020, for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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