Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout

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Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout, released in Japan as Dragon Ball: Final Bout (ドラゴン ボール ファイナル バウト, Doragon Bōru: Fainaru Bauto), is a fighting game for the Sony PlayStation. It was released on August 21, 1997 in Japan, October 1, 1997 in North America, and November 2, 1997 in Europe. The game has the distinction of being the first game in the series to be rendered in full 3D and the last Dragon Ball-related video game released for the Sony PlayStation. There would not be another new console Dragon Ball-related video game until the release of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai in 2002. Besides the typical cast, the game features a number of unlockable characters, the majority of them Super Saiyan transformations of pre-existing characters or alternate versions, such as Kid Goku.

The original North American edition was released on October 1, 1997, a year after the premiere of Dragon Ball GT in Japan. Only 10,000 copies were produced due to the series being unfamiliar with audiences at the time. Up until a re-release of the game on August 24, 2004, Final Bout enjoyed some of the highest collectible premiums a PlayStation game had ever seen, with prices on eBay ranging from $100-$250 (but it can now be bought on eBay for cheaper prices). It has also been one of the PlayStation's best-selling games, with releases ranging from 1997 to 2002 to 2004. The game debuted in Japan and Europe in 1997 despite Great Britain not seeing a release until later on October 4, 2002.

The North American version did not feature the voice actors who were then working on Dragon Ball Z and instead opted to go for uncredited voice actors, whereas the European version used the original Japanese voice actors.

While the graphics seem blocky and out of date by today's standards, the music is still held in high regard. The music mostly contains rearranged versions of music used in Bandai's Super Famicom Dragon Ball video games, with the exception of a few new songs such as Super Saiyan Goku 4's theme, "Hero of Heroes".

Also, the game featured one of the first FMV introductions in the Dragon Ball game series. The video, consisting of entirely new animation, shows the various playable characters fighting each other, albeit in a non-canonical way. The video is set up to "The Biggest Fight", a song specifically composed for the game and sung by regular Dragon Ball vocalist Hironobu Kageyama. This would be his last contribution to the music of Dragon Ball Z until 2003 when Kageyama performed a new song set to another FMV introduction for the game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 and once again for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3.

Gameplay

In-game screenshot

Playable characters

NOTE: All characters are their Dragon Ball GT versions unless specifically stated otherwise.

• Son Goku
• Pan
• Kid Goku (called "Little Goku" in the game)
• Trunks
• Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z, Super Saiyan 2)
• Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z, Ultimate Gohan)
• Cell (Perfect Form)
• Kid Boo
• Freeza (Final Form)
• Piccolo
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z, Super Saiyan)
• Son Goku (Super Saiyan)
• Trunks (Super Saiyan)
• Vegetto (Super Saiyan)
• Kid Goku (Super Saiyan) (called "Super Little Goku")
• Future Trunks (Super Saiyan)
• Son Goku (Super Saiyan 4)
• Great Ape Baby (called Super Baby) (Cheat device only)

Unconfirmed cast list

There has been a cast list compiled over time by people comparing the voices in the game to several Bang Zoom! actors. This cast list is unofficial, but widely accepted as the most likely cast list available without confirmation.

Character	Japanese voice actor	English voice actor
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Steven Blum
Vegeta	Ryo Horikawa	Milton James
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Dan Woren
Trunks Brief	Takeshi Kusao	Skip Stellrecht
Kid Goku	Masako Nozawa	Brianne Siddall
Pan	Yūko Minaguchi	Lia Sargent
Son Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Lex Lang
Future Cell	Norio Wakamoto	Tom Wyner
Vegeta Baby	Yūsuke Numata	Joe Romersa
Freeza	Ryūsei Nakao	Eddie Frierson
Kid Boo	Kōzō Shioya	Dougary Grant
Vegetto	Masako Nozawa/Ryo Horikawa	Steven Blum/Milton James

Gallery

Trivia

• This game reuses a few songs from past Dragon Ball Z games such as Dragon Ball Z: Sūpā Butōden 3 and Dragon Ball Z: Sūpā Gokū Den: Kakusei Hen. It also uses various themes from films and TV Specials, such as an instrumental version of Future Trunks' theme, "Hikari no Will Power".
• The release of this game in English marks the only Dragon Ball game on a platform console to use the name "Dragon Ball GT" in its title.
• There have been many rumors that Pilaf and Gotenks are playable in this game, however, this is merely an April Fools prank.
• Vegetto retains his original name from the manga and Japanese dub.
• This is the only game released for a platform console to feature Goku in Dragon Ball GT before he was wished into a child again.
• This game introduced for the first and only time Adult GT Goku as a Super Saiyan. Adult GT Goku was never shown as a Super Saiyan because in the very first episode of Dragon Ball GT he was wished into a child again.