Alternate background
When you start the game and "Press Start" appears, remain idle and a FMV sequence will start. When the title screen appears, the background will be different. There are three or four different backgrounds.
Besides the four backgrounds in the startup menu, and two different start up title songs, there is the normal background that has the actual Dragon Ball Z title screen from the show. There is also one that has to do with each main villain played against in the game.
Alternate level appearance
In the alternate Cell Ring, pieces of mountains will have holes blown through them, houses will be smoking in the background, and the ring itself will be cracked and almost destroyed. Also in the background, some buildings have holes in them and one even has part of a train track in it.
Use the Spirit Bomb as Goku and you will find yourself in a crater fighting your opponent, with twisters in the background.
Use one of the following moves with the indicated character to fight in a crater:
Spirit Bomb with Goku or Cell
Super Kamehameha with Teen Gohan
Big Bang Attack with Vegeta
Burning Attack with Trunks
Hellzone Grenade with Piccolo
Death Ball with Freiza
Android #16
You can unlock Android #16 when you complete the "Aim For Perfect Form" episode.
Android #18
After you finish story mode, re-enter it. Go to the Android Saga and find the new episode Super Saiyan Vegeta. Enter this episode and you will end up fighting Android #18. Once you defeat her you, will get a new skill that states that you can now use Android #18 anytime.
Android 17 and Android 18: Extra damage with Power Blitz
When you do a Power Blitz close up, pause game play just before it hits your opponent. Resume the game and it will do up to a full bar of damage.
Attack boost
Add a Senzu Bean with Sayian Heritage. Your attack will be boosted after the Senzu Bean is used. A normal bean takes up 3.
Cell, Android #17, and Teen Gohan
Play through "The Androids Saga" at any level.
CPU counters
If you guard most of the time, the CPU will eventually do a Power Punch or Power Kick.
Defeating Cell in all forms
As soon as you start, back up. Your opponent should run attack. Jump back and Kick(3). Repeat this until all his health is depleted.
Dodoria
Defeat Recoome with Vegeta.
Double K.O.
When in tournament mode with both you and your opponent have low life and both of you kill yourself, the game will announce a Double K.O. and both of you will lose.
Easier combos
If you are doing a combo that your having trouble with (for example, the Super Kamahamaha (K(2), Right + K, K, E), hold the D-pad and press the rest of the moves and it will put in the arrows. For example, hold Right and press K(2), K(2),
E.
Extra capsule slot
When selecting Capsules for any Saiyan, half Saiyan (except Saiyanman), or Cell, you can trick the CPU into giving you an extra slot. First, use four slots for anything, then use the 1/3 Sensu Bean and Saiyan Heritage. There should be an
empty slot at seven. Next, replace the 1/3 Sensu Bean for a normal Bean. In effect, you will get a full Sensu Bean for two slots instead of three. You cannot trick the CPU into changing the new eighth slot into anything else.
Extra Zenie
When you complete The Legend Of Hercule, the points you earn will be turned into Zenie.
Field transformation
When playing as Trunks in practice mode, go to the grass land and use his burning attack. You will fight in a hole that Trunks made with his attack and the trees will be burned to a crisp.
Freiza, Ginyu, and Recoome
Play through "The Namek Saga" at any level.
Goku: Easy win
Use the following trick to win a match of any kind with Goku. First, unlock the capsule for Warp Kamameha. Then (optional), get a lot of item capsules such as Saiyan Spirit to power-up Goku. Go to "Edit Skills" and give Goku Warp
Kamameha and any other desired skills. Then, when you pick your character, choose custom Goku. When the match starts, use Warp Kamameha. When your opponent is down, recharge your Ki (press X + Away(2) and hold). Repeat the
process and you should win with three or four Warp Kamamehas.
Grassland level: Make a large bolder fall on enemy
When battling in practice or duel mode in the Grassland, you will notice two large boulders placed on opposite ends of the arena. Push your opponent towards them and get very close to the boulders. Do a combo move that ends with a power strike facing towards the boulder. You can also hold Forward and hold R for a few seconds to charge up a hit, then release, causing a power punch. This will cause the enemy to go flying into the boulder. You may have to move around to find the correct point to send them flying into. You will see a short intermission with the bolder breaking off of the mountain and falling on top of them. You can also do this to the other boulder on the opposite side of the arena. This will also give a smaller battling range once the boulder is removed. To do this again, just return to the arena. Note: This bolder does 500 damage to the opponent. Also, if you look closely at the mountain, you will notice there is a cracked portion. Slam them in the middle of the cracked portion and it should break off, doing 500 damage and
falling on them.
Hint: Hercule: Easy win
When the match starts, use Present For You. When your opponent is down, recharge your Ki. Do not turn to Super Saiyan as this will make your Ki decrease slowly. Repeat the process three or four times and you will win.
Use the following trick to win in advanced tournament mode. Before the fight starts (when you can see yourself and your opponent), move towards them and press Punch very fast. You will get a slight edge by punching the opposition early. Punch four times then press Energy (Dynamite Kick). Hercule will jump up, do a kick move, and then do a big kick and knock the opponent back on the ground. Run up and do the Dynamite Kick as many times as needed to kick them back and out of the ring. Note: When you knock them back the first time, you can knock them out easily by pressing the D-Pad towards them twice, and on the second time, hold it. You will jump in the air and fly very fast towards them. Then, by either pressing Kick ,R, or Punch, it will hit them (with some timing) out of the ring.
How to get all the characters
To get Vegeta,Nappa,and Radiz play though the Sayian saga.To get Reacool,Captain Ginyu,and Frieza play though the Namekian saga.To get Trunks,Teen Gohan,Android 19,18,17,and Cell complete the Android saga.To get Hurcule complete the world tournament at novice level,and to get sayianman comple it at advanced level.
Increased damage
If you equip two of the same ability, you will do a lot more damage. For example, if playing as Vegeta use the following: Final Flash x2, Big Bang Attack x2, Super Sayian, Super Vegeta, 1/3 Senzu Bean. Your attack for Final Flash and Big Bang will be higher.
King Kai Fist x2
Wait until Potential gives you the full 30% to your power and it should be about 200% or 210%. Then, use the Spirit Bomb and it will do 2520 damage. Do the same with Vegeta, but with Big Bang and Super Saiyan.
Legend of Hercule
Put a Sensu Bean on Hercule before you start. You will be revived, but only during the Goku, Gohan, and Cell fights. You will just die in the other battles.
Mixed Blood Power
Once in a fight, use his Burning Attack. It will leave your opponent with 1 point of life. Just one more hit and they are done.
More authentic dialog at beginning of the fight
To have dialog that has to do with story mode or the series Dragon Ball Z, pair these two fighters together: Krillin and Android #18, Frieza and Goku, Vegeta and Goku, Android #16 and Goku, and Trunks and either Androids #17 or Android #18, Piccolo and Teen Gohan. If you pair these fighters as indicated, you will hear different dialog pertaining to the story mode, or the relation between the characters. Certain character pairs may also have different dialog at the end of the fight. Note: Great Saiyaman always says the same thing no matter what, but it always has to do with "Justice" or "Evil".
Mr. Satan (Hercule)
Win a World Match Tournament at the "Adept" level.
Radditz, Vegeta, and Nappa
Play through "The Saiyan Saga" at any level.
Random level
Press Up at the level selection screen. The screen should now have question marks and now say random. It will select any level in any order.
Red Capsule
On world championship mode, if you win you get 10,000 Zenie and second place gets you 5,000 Zenie. This is useful because when you go to the shop and buy the Red Capsule, you will get some very good moves such as Super Saiyan Trunks, Kamahamaha for Krillen, and even Super Saiyan Level 2 for Gohan.
Restore life
To get life without going into the rejuvenation chamber on Namek, go up closely to the chamber without going in. You should see your life bar fill.
Story mode replay
Once you have completed story mode once, you will notice that there are some people missing, except for Gohan as a super hero and Hercule who get unlocked in world championship mode. Go back to story mode and you will see what you have done instead of starting a new story. Some of the episodes will have "New" beside them. Go into those episodes to get new players and new player abilities, such as a Super Saiyan for Vegeta.
Super Saiyan ability (Goku only)
Play through "The Namek Saga" at any level.
Super Saiyan ability (Vegeta only)
Play through "The Androids Saga" at any level.
Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 abilities (Teen Gohan only)
Play through "The Androids Saga" at any level.
Super Trunks 2 Capsule
There is a capsule to get Super Trunks 2. It is stronger then Super Trunks and is very helpful when fighting in the tournaments. You can purchase this from Mr. Popo. The "Recommended" capsule section is the best place to find it. Exit in and out of the purchase screen and the recommended capsule should eventually appear as Super Trunks 2.
First, buy the Capsule for the Adept level for World Tournament mode. Then, complete the Adept level with Trunks. When you go in the Skill Shop, the Super Trunks 2 capsule will be there for you to buy at the bottom as a ecommended
Capsule.
The Uses of Y
To have a different level appearence in "Cells Game Arena" press the Y button at the level select screen after highlighting it. The Y button can also change chacter appearence, to do this highlight a character and press the Y button instead of the A button.
Trunks
You can unlock trunks when you complete the "Perfect Form Cell Complete" episode.
Vegeta: Easy tournament win
Do Final Flash, then run up to your opponent and press Kick. Then, do a kick combo.
Choose normal Vegeta at the character selection screen. When the match starts, use Final Flash. When your opponent is down, recharge your Ki. Do not turn to Super Saiyan as this will make your Ki decrease slowly. Repeat the process three or four times and you will win.
Yamcha
You can unlock Yamcha when you complete the "Aim For Perfect Form" episode.
Yamcha: Wolf Fang Fist
After performing the Punch(4), Energy, you can continue to press Energy up to seven more times and get more hits than just the normal four. This will also increase the damage to the opponent.