Enter a Crazy Code to Unlock a New Character in the Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Demo

"While its absence in North America remains a little puzzle"

Reggie sucks, puzzle solved.

We do have the demo in NA, it's just very well hidden. I found it in the demo section page 4 or 5.

Edit: He's not playable, he's an assist

He still has the symbol Whis wrote on him during training? Bit of an odd thing to include.

"While its absence in North America remains a little puzzle"

Does the the reason even need to be questioned here? NoA is a bunch of idiots.

I can confirm the demo is available in NA. Just go to the eshop and search for the game.

@ThomasBW84 I know, still a bummer he's not

just open the eShop and type "dragon ball z butoden", you will find the demo

by the way, in the title screen you see goku in normal mode but with super saiyan hair, which.. i think was a mistake:

https://twitter.com/EdLambdaTeos/status/630523682855596032/photo/1

(if there's somethig wrong by posting this link, i'll erase it)

just go to the eshop, type in the word "Dragon" in the search engine and it comes right up

@ThomasBW84 - "It wasn't even listed in the DL update, so that's utterly bizarre."

Can I blame Reggie for that?

Super saiyan god super... Yeah... I watched all of the episodes when I was a kid and I have no idea what's going on with that. Movie thing?

@Pixel-Perfect 2 movies ago.

My kid got it to work on his NA 3DS, we're in the US, just an FYI. And thanks to this article, we didn't even know the demo came out in the US. He still wants Xenoverse instead though.

@Pixel-Perfect Clearly they came to the conclusion numbers don't convey how super/godly a saiyan can get.

@DarthNocturnal - "You're blaming Reggie just because?"

He's the head of NoA. Something bad happens to Nintendo in America, from where I'm sitting that's on him. Not that he's responsible for it, but he's responsible for the people who are responsible for it. The buck stops here as they say.

Not that it's all Reggie's fault, I'm sure he's been upset w/ his job since Iwata reeled him in. Then Iwata dies and nobody at all is talking about him replacing Iwata, not a one. Guy has to be butt hurt, he's only human. You can't have your boss vacate the position and then not be annoyed when you aren't even being considered as his replacement. Not that he wants it or would take it, but we all want to be considered for our boss's job. He's probably spending as much time job hunting as doing his job. Not that he'll find one, who wants to hire a failed mouthpiece, but I'm sure he's looking. Probably has been for years. He certainly hasn't been spending any time playing SSBU, that's for sure.

@Tsurii Sadly, there's no part of the recent film that hasn't been spoiled already. The promotional material and product preorders are widespread and feature all the new transformations. I wouldn't get too upset about it, though. The way things are presented in the animation, there's no big reveal or explanation. It's really just a new visual gimmick.

@Yorumi
If you can't Frieza as a new enemy then pretty much...

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Okay, but what's his power level? It sure can't be over 9000, right?

I still cant get over how utterly ridiculous this name is...
"Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan"...
Wouldnt "(Super) Saiyan God" be cheesy enough ?

Can't quite get the code to work. I must not have the required motor skills to input the code fast enough for it to register.

Well! Now I know that the demo is out. If you'll excuse me.

i love the demo.

Yeah, it's fun, but the CPU must be on a super easy setting. I don't much care for the command lists all being more or less identical, either.

Still planning on getting the game, though.

Maybe I'm just stupid or crazy but I've put in the code 3 times on the title screen and nothing has happened.
Do i have to hit start or something after or do I have to have super saiyan speed to get it in fast enough lol

I've been entering the code for quite a while now, and not seeing anything different at all. I'm using a North American 3DS, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I really want this, since Vegeta is my favorite character and I like the SSGSS form. I just wish it was a playable character.

Wish he was playable but that unblockable kick while a bit underwhelming allows for some great combo extenders.

@Lukaz2009 i entered the code fairly slowly & it worked so no need to be super quick. Should still work if you took your time.

@Pixel-Perfect Yep. Technically this is their normal SS1 form as it sounds like once they turned into SSG it's only a temp form, their body absorbs the godly essences & it greatly enhances their base form so they don't have to transform unless it's required. When they do instead of the standard yellow hair SS, it's now blue due to the godly power they absorbed. I think they are using the SSGSS name just to seperate from the standard SS form (Which Gohan, Goten & Trunks still have) but to Goku & Vegeta, SSGSS is now their normal SS form & SSG is technically their base form.
(This is what i've gotten from the BoG movie when Goku lost god form as his SS form was on par to SSG, even Beerus commented about this. RoF seems to hint at this aswell so waiting for Super to confirm or deconfirm the theory)

@TheActualGold Him & Goku were students under Whis when Frieza attack & it's currently the only appearance of SSGSS so makes sense that they'd were the clothes from the movie as they never changed clothes when they returned to earth.

@LethalX08 I got it to work, but I'm pretty sure I didn't input the code the way it's shown on the promotional image. Mainly ignoring pretty much all the directional inputs made it work. Not complaining though.

@DarthNocturnal Obvisouly not, you've been on here long enough to know the US has gotten the short end of the stick on a few memorable occasions over the past few years.

No new 3DS, we have the 2DS, which Ntineod knew was a 2nd class ciitzen so they never released it in Japan. If you can' tsell a handheld gaming device in Japan it just can' tb eany good.
amiibo after every body else.
Yoshi's Wooly World in Oct rather than June.
Devil's Third still doesn't have a date, 3 weeks away in the EU
eShop udpate news 2 hours before the update on Thursday mornings, EU gets th enews on Monday
Club Ninteod closed in the US motnhs ago, still ongoing in the EU

There's more, but the point is, no, 1 demo didn't start me on all of that, it started over 2 years ago.

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/iwata_named_nintendo_of_america_ceo

Though personally I started disliking Reggie after he lied at E3 2007. It's truly amazing that after 3 years of Wii U sales he still even has a job. Keeping his job during the high flying Wii and DS years would have been easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AymRxas51dA

@Einherjar The SSGSS thing was a mistake from Funimation for the localization of Dragonball: Xenoverse, and by extension, Battle of Z. They called the Saiyan God "Super Saiyan God" despite never having been called that by Toei Animation, but the folks at Toei are lazy goons and never bothered to tell Funimation until they gave them the localization right for the "Resurrection F" movie. Funimation had no other idea than calling it Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan - which is by now actually confirmed to be "Super Saiyan God"... and now my head hurts...

@Tsurii I feel your pain, I purposely avoided watching the newest movie to avoid spoilers (I'm watching Dragon Ball Super), but I guess it's a matter of time before you find them somewhere.

I agree with @rjejr that Dragonball Z Extreme Butoden, is a solid release for the 3DS, yet there is absolutely no promotion for this game here in North America. Nintendo of America is in turmoil, since Reggie is pissed off that Nintendo of Japan hasn't even considered him to become president of Nintendo since the corporate heads in Nintendo are racist and don't want an America calling the shots.

@VIIIAxel the code works just keep trying. Also you need to enter the code quickly or it will not work. It took me three tries to get it right.

Spoilers of the latest DB movie...

I just love the moment when Vegeta goes SSGSJ when Freeza didn't even know about his ability to go Super Sayan 1.

@Luffymcduck It was a fun movie. I had a blast seeing the action on a massive imax screen.

The hidden character is the only love they are giving this game. The demo is hidden in NA and the QR code above, when used, gives an Error Code: 011-3021 This software is currently unavailable.....?

@Meaty-cheeky Reggie is having a tough time running NOA. There is no way NOJ would put him at the helm. Iwata probably made the right choice by becoming the head at NOA. Reggie is a pr guy and nothing more .

@TheActualGold That's Funny Because Someone Does actually Do that to him.

@rjejr I don't understand why people think the 2DS was this horrible idea that Nintendo paid the price for. When it came out, it helped spike hardware sales at places like Gamestop because many stores can sell the system as low as 99 bucks which gets people interested who might not buy a 3DS otherwise. During the 2013 holiday season, the 2DS sold 2.1 million units! How is that a mistake?

It helps that the 2DS has often gotten some of the best bundles out of all the 3DS models, with a Pokemon X & Y, Yoshi's New Island, and Mario Kart 7 all being bundled with the system at some point in its lifespan.

Let me put it this way, the 2DS created a market for budget minded gamers who want to play Nintendo 3DS games, but don't want to pay 150 or 200 bucks for the higher end models

As for why it never went to Japan, the answer is simple. Japan was already getting the New 3DS when the 2DS launched in the West, and handheld systems are considered main platforms over there, while in the US handhelds are often viewed as secondary systems.

Hence, why a budget model makes more sense here.

Let me put it this way, I'm the proud owner of a 2DS when I replaced my old launch 3DS. I have never seen any reason to go to another model, and other people I know only own a 2DS because it was cheap and could play all the games on the 3DS.

Not everyone wants a XL model that costs 200 bucks.

@Yorumi No, not even that complex.

@Tsurii Well, things have picked up since the movie's in American theaters this week. I think tonight is the last night, though. I had the whole blue hair thing spoiled a month or two ago because I visited an online store that had a preorder for the figures. The only way for us to avoid spoilers 100% would be to live in Japan and see the movies right when they're released.

@rjejr Making more assumptions than a fortune teller.

Super Saiyan God is already a different thing. It's a temporary form that requires the power of six Saiyans channeled into one. Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan means harnessing the power of a Super Saiyan God without the support of other Saiyans, and going Super Saiyan while this power is harnessed. Hence, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan.

Or, if you want an easier explanation, Super Saiyan God is red hair. Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is blue hair.

@Tsurii It was in a movie he didnt run out of ideas and its not a spoiler, SSGSS Vegeta has been well known and advertised to all DBZ fans

I better check out the demo.

Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta? Super Saiyan God Super-What?
Okay then. Well, it's great that they have a demo. The last DBZ game I played was on the Wii. I let a friend borrow it, and I haven't bothered to get it back ever since.

The demo is great, I am looking forward to buying the full game!

@Kaze_Memaryu LULZ. That explains it. I knew it was some sort of translation screw up.

In mathematical nomenclature(?), there's "(Saiyan)", "(Super (Saiyan))" (+, 2, 3, etc.), "(Super Saiyan God (Saiyan))", and "((Super Saiyan God) Super (Saiyan))"... right? Or more shorthand, "SSG Saiyan" and "SSG Super Saiyan"?

@Meaty-cheeky I don't think you need to blame on racism what incompetence covers quite nicely. Though I suppose it could be racism, but even if Reggie were born and raised and lived in Japan his entire life he sitll seems too incompetent to me to ever be considered for the top job. Sony has a lot of non-Japanese it top positions by the way, so it may be a Ntinedo thing, but I don't think it's a japanese thing. Though Sony is a worldwide conglomerate - movies, electronics, etc - and Ntineod is a small Japanese videogame company in comparison.

@DarthNocturnal - Seems like you don't care about a lot of that stuff on my list, that's fine, but just b/c you don't care doesn't mean it isn't relevant. Lots of people liked Club Nintnedo, and want to know what will be on the store this week so they can buy eShop cards in advance.Or not buy a game on Monday that is going to be half price on Thursday. Again, no single thing on that list is a deal breaker, but if you have an employee who is constantly doing little stupid things, maybe none of those stupid things is a firing offense, but after years of doing stupid things, no matter how little, they start to add up.

And for me it wasn't what Reggie said, it was how he said it. Most companies just announce a date - Nov 1 - that's it. Reggie, in what I perceived to be a mocking of the industry wide delays and other companies being incompetent made a huge deal out of the release timing - "NOT next year, NOT next winter". If he just sai dth edat efine, nobody would rmeeber, i twas th eway he said it. If somebody tells you they ar emeeting you at th epub at 8, then they show up at 9 and apologize for runnign late, you just forget it adn let them buy you a round. If however they make a big production out of meeting you there at 8, saying I promise, I'll be there at 8, nothing will stop me, you have my word, and then they show up at 9, well then if you are mad at them they brought it upon themselves. Reggie may not have lied, but his presentation made the delay worse than need be. Probably most people don't even remember it was delayed a 2nd time as the 2nd failed date wasn't announced in such a way.

If you are going to go on stage and make a big deal out of when a game is NOT coming out, NOT next year, NOT next spring, well then you better NOT release it next year in March, 2 weeks before spring starts.

@Caryslan - "Japan was already getting the New 3DS when the 2DS launched in the West"

2DS launch date in the US - Oct 12, 2013
new 3DS date in Japan - Oct 11, 2014

2DS launched almost exactly 1 full year before the new 3DS, 365 days earlier. If 2DS was that good Japan could have sold it for a full year before new 3DS released

I know why the US got the 2DS, but it's still an inferior system, no 3D, no stereo sound. Japan didn't get it b/c it's inferior, new 3DS had nothing not do w/ it.

And US not getting the new 3DS is probably related, but I know a lot of people want it, and a lot of people want the faceplates. The US is 66% of the amiibo market - a lot of collectors live in the US - how many faceplates do you think they could have sold here w/ a new 3DS? So yes, the 2DS is a nice toy for kids, and it made business sense, but it is also probably the primary reason US hasn't received the new 3DS yet, and the faceplates, which are probably almost all profit for Ntinedo.

@TheActualGold It's only odd in the context of Vegeta's character. Pretty sure he continued wearing it throughout Resurrection F.

Come to think of it, Whis is the first actual, direct teacher that Vegeta has ever had. Even when he was a kid, they just set some Saibamen on him, then decided he was good enough to start wrecking intergalactic civilizations.

There's no hint that he had any sort of mentor. I don't think Nappa counts, and King Vegeta has never been shown being even remotely close to the Prince. It'll be interesting if Dragon Ball Super explores this angle.

Enjoying the demo. Definitely going to buy the full game
It'll be my first DBZ game since Burst Limit.