Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure

Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
Also known as: Dragon Ball: Advance Adventure (JP) Developer: Dimps Publishers: Banpresto (JP), Bandai (EU), Atari, SA (US) Platform: Game Boy Advance Released in JP: November 18, 2004 Released in US: June 6, 2006 Released in EU: June 17, 2005 Released in KR: 2005 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure, based on the Dragon Ball manga and anime series, revolves around Goku's early adventures when he was a kid.

To do: There's a Localization Prototype of the game on The Hidden Palace. (EU, Late localization testing.) Document it on a Proto: page. Add info about "Big Shot Army" to the page. There's a useful cheat code in the Discussion page to access it. Unused enemy palettes and data only seen in "Big Shot Army". Possibly Unused Song. There's apparently more than 2 color palettes for each character in One on One Mode. Nam is fully invincible when walking in One on One mode apparently. Maybe add it to a glitches page? Sort through all of the Map IDs and look for unused maps. Story Mode and Extra mode tend to use different IDs. Giran, Nam, and Chiaotzu have Timeout animations, despite there being no time limit in their fights. No unused sprites, but it's still unused. See if a Double K.O. is actually possible ingame without hacking. If not, rip the graphics and upload. Chiaotzu has a level 4 Ki Blast attack programmed, but only has 3 bars of Ki. See if it differs from Tien's or Mercenary Tao's.

Versions and Build Dates

All versions of the game include some build info near the end of the ROM. The Japanese and Korean versions, while separate ROMs, share the same version and date. Given that the versions seem to count inversely to the games' release order, it's possible they were each versioned separately.

Japan/Korea DB1258/DCDD28	Europe EB84DC	USA D701D0
1.04Sun Sep 26 16:36:02 2004	0.61Fri Feb 25 19:39:46 2005	0.50Mon Dec 19 17:01:56 2005

Unused Graphics

Bulma

An unused animation featuring the costume Bulma first appears in can be found along with her other in-game sprites.

Regional Differences

Intro Sequence

Europe	US

Copyright screens were introduced in the European and US versions. Because Funimation owns the rights to Dragon Ball in the US, more copyright disclaimers had to be added. Additionally, because Bandai and Atari are the respective publishers of the European and the US version, screen sequences were added showing their logos.

Title Screen

Japan	Europe	US

The Japanese and European versions base their logo design on the one used in the anime's opening credits sequence.

The European version stays largely faithful to the Japanese version's title screen. The blue portion of the logo has been brightened slightly, and the seven Dragon Balls featuring the Japanese translation of the series name have been removed. The decorations surrounding the subtitle have been redrawn to make use of the extra space - the white pattern is smaller and tiled in groups of four, the seven Dragon Balls are floating around the subtitle, and the dragon Shenron's head, claws and tail have been added in addition to its body. The subtitle text has been translated, though it's been altered slightly from the original Advance Adventure to the more grammatically-correct Advanced Adventure to reflect the localised title. The copyright text at the bottom of the screen has also been translated, with a couple of minor changes - 1989 (the year the anime completed its original run) has been added to the top line, and the 2004 in the bottom line has been amended to 2005 to reflect the European version's release date.

The US version keeps the same localised title as the European release, but uses a completely different logo graphic based on the logo used on packaging for releases of Funimation's English dub of the anime, and featuring an ® symbol next to the Dragon Ball brand name. All the on-screen copyright text present in the other versions has been removed entirely.

Additionally, the Japanese version plays an instrumental version of the anime's opening theme "Makafushigi Adventure!", which has been replaced with an original composition in both the European and US versions.

Japan	US and Europe

Vs Jackie Chun & Tien

Japan	International (regular Tournament theme)

During the Jackie Chun and Tenshinhan/Tien boss fights, the Japanese version plays an arrangement of "Mezase Tenkaichi", a recurring insert song from the original anime. This was removed completely in overseas versions, which simply play the normal Tournament theme instead.

Credits

Japan	International

During the credits sequence, the Japanese version plays an arrangement of the anime's ending theme, "Romantic Ageru Yo". Like the opening theme, this was replaced with an original composition in both overseas releases.

Name Changes

Japan	International
Gokou	Goku
Klilyn	Krillin
Juckie Chun	Jackie Chun
Taopaipai	Mercenary Tao General Tao
Son Gohan	Gohan
Chaoz	Chiaotzu
Tenshinhan	Tien

While the European English release used most of the FUNimation dub names, Spike the Devil Man is an exception; he is instead referred to by his original Japanese name of "Akuman".

Voice Acting

The Japanese and European versions share the same voice acting, featuring the Japanese voice cast reprising their roles from the original anime. The US version changes this, instead using newly-recorded voices from the cast of Funimation's English dub of the anime. These new clips include some localized names to match said English dub - for example, Goku's cry of "Kinto-un!" instead becomes "Flying Nimbus!".

Miscellaneous

Japan	Europe	US

The A-button icon has been redrawn between all three versions. Additionally, the + was slimmed down for the US version.

Dialogue

Europe	USA
Yoo-hoo! Yikes! Heh heh heh! You can't get away from me!	Goku: Yoo-hoo! Oolong: Yikes! Goku: Heh heh heh! You can't get away from me!
This dialogue takes place right before Goku fights Oolong in the air. Even though the speech bubbles point at the respective characters, their names were added to the US version's dialogue.
Oolong: Give me some girl's panties!	Oolong: Give me the world's most comfortable pair of underwear!
Oolong's wish upon the Dragon Balls was altered for the American market, matching the change made in the corresponding episode of Funimation's English-language dub of the anime. This change also affects the item collection screen, where the item Girl's Panties is renamed Comfy Underwear.
Korin: After catching me, your power... ...has increased several times over!	Korin: By catching me,your power... ...has incresed several times over.
The American localization manages to introduce two typos here: the lack of a space after the comma and the more egregious misspelling of "increased".
Black: For now, we should get out of here! We will rebuild our forces!	Black: For now, we should get out of here! We will rebuild or forces!
Another Funimation-approved typo ("or forces").