Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a week away from arriving to stores and transporting players to their childhood, or introducing a whole new generation of gamers to the story of the titular Kakarot, aka Goku. With no time to waste before release, Bandai Namco has posted a new video that explains how Soul Emblems work in-game through the Community Boards.
The video, posted to Twitter, is the latest in a line of trailers and promotional materials Bandai Namco has been dolling out recently to advertise Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot as the company's flagship title of 2020. Considering how focused its developers have been on supporting the release, this latest trip into the world of Dragon Ball Z is sure to be another hit.
According to the video shared on Bandai Namco's official US Twitter account, Soul Emblems are a way for players to customize their characters and increase their stats as Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot puts its single player experience front and forward. This all works through the Community Boards, a slotted status screen that allows players to place Soul Emblems in order to increase the available bonuses from each different board. Soul Emblems themselves can be upgraded to offer more rewards by granting gifts that increase both Friendship and Proficiency, the two parameters that increase the emblems effectiveness.
In addition to collecting Soul Emblems from different characters in the game, like Gohan and Piccolo, there are also Community Leaders who grant all new Community Boards to customize and level up. The video shows off two Community Leaders, Goku and Chi-Chi, who grant boards that increase fighting abilities and cooking skills respectively. Along with the Community Leaders, the video also reveals Krillin, Yamcha, Master Roshi, and others as some of the Soul Emblems available in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, although there are likely dozens more too, considering the large roster of other characters from the original series of anime and manga.
2020 is already looking to be a big year for gaming, with incredible releases and two new systems releasing between now and next December. Bandai Namco, for one, is starting the year off strong with an hotly anticipated game hitting shelves hard with some of the most beloved story arcs of all time, complete with all of the flashing lights and screaming. With RPG elements like the Soul Emblems and Community Boards coming to the game, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is set to be a much grander addition the Dragon Ball gaming franchise than just any other dime a dozen fighter that's come before it.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is set to release on January 17th, 2020, for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Twitter