{"id":131111,"date":"2023-01-10T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143425"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:30:00","slug":"dragon-ball-z-kakarot-dlc-trailer-teases-23rd-world-martial-arts-tournament-arc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/10\/dragon-ball-z-kakarot-dlc-trailer-teases-23rd-world-martial-arts-tournament-arc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot DLC Trailer Teases 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament Arc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3f11cf3193faa\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3f11cf3193faa\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"ZxSbI_jZFTc\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_ball_z_kakarot_plus_a_new_power_awakens_set\">Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot<\/a>&#8216;s next DLC \u2014 <strong>Bardock: Alone Against Fate<\/strong> \u2014 drops for the open-world action RPG, and Bandai Namco has dropped a new trailer to celebrate its launch.<\/p>\n<p>The flashy trailer \u2014 which focuses on Bardock&#8217;s fight against Frieza \u2014 is full of the usual action and drama you&#8217;d expect from the DBZ universe. However, that&#8217;s not what&#8217;s got people talking. As exciting as the DLC looks, Bandai Namco has dropped a little tease for the future of Kakarot at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Bardock may be kicking off 2023 for Kakarot, but it looks like we might be going further back in Dragon Ball&#8217;s (and Goku&#8217;s) history for the next chapter. Just as you think the trailer is about to end, BAM, Bandai Namco hit us with a character silhouette and a big, bold &#8220;coming soon&#8221; slapped right across the left-hand side.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"DBZ Kakarot Teaser\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/10bf704b405d0\/dbz-kakarot-teaser.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/10bf704b405d0\/dbz-kakarot-teaser.900x.jpg\" alt=\"DBZ Kakarot Teaser\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZxSbI_jZFTc\">Bandai Namco<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eagle-eyed fans have been quick to point out that the teaser looks <em>just<\/em> like a teenage Goku from the original <strong>Dragon Ball<\/strong> series \u2014 specifically, the one from the <strong>23rd World Martial Arts Tournament Arc<\/strong> (also known as the <strong>23rd Tenkaichi Budokai Arc<\/strong>). We&#8217;ve had tons of retellings of the Dragon Ball Z series, so it&#8217;ll be exciting to see some of the OG series make an appearance in the game.<\/p>\n<p>No date or details have been shared yet, and Bandai Namco hasn&#8217;t even confirmed anything yet, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped eager fans from getting excited.<\/p>\n<p>Bardock: Alone Against Fate is out on 13th January. <em>Are you still playing Kakarot on your Switch? How do you feel about the DLC potentially returning to the original Dragon Ball series? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube On Friday, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot&#8216;s next DLC \u2014 Bardock: Alone Against Fate \u2014 drops for the open-world action RPG, and Bandai Namco has dropped a new trailer to celebrate its launch. The flashy trailer \u2014 which focuses on Bardock&#8217;s fight against Frieza \u2014 is full of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}