Dragonball DS And Dragonball Wii Art Look, Um, Different

one is older one is younger..what is so weird about this???

John Oriku

@NeoAkira: No Budokai kicks Tenkaichis ass any day. Tenkaiichi sucks.

*In my opinion.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

OLD COMMENT BUDDY.

@scotty: Mmmm yeah. :F

Not 100% sure and too tired to look it up but, clearly he said Dragonball z is one and Dragonball is another, is like a 10 year gap from dragonball to dragonball z lol, so yeah her boobs would have grown a bit if that's the case ~

@Jawmuncher: the DS one is the "first" bulma, the latter seems the one from DBZ or GT

The bulma on the left is an older bulma(older teen, prob 18 or more) from slightly later in the series. the one on the right is a very early bulma, ie (preteen, prob 14 or less)

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

If you like crappy 3d fighting games, then yes, I'm sure they were. by leaps and bounds.

@Yin:
The scene was in the original, sure. It might've been removed from the English dub, or at least the TV edit, because us Americans hate our naked lady parts.

However, that particular video clip is from a newer animation.

Bulma is the only DB character that has more then one outfit. There is no surprise for a person with DB-DBZ knowledge.

@Megaman LXIX: Over 9000?? o_O
That would explain a lot.

SsLordMagus

Technically, they're not doing anything out of the ordinary; even in the Dragonball days, Bulma was rarely a modest dresser.

@Indy_aka_Rex: And legs to boot.

behemoth79

@Jawmuncher: Bulma is often shown wearing clothes that bear her name, especially in the early volumes of the manga.

I have no Idea why, though :-/

milford

@LordThayer: How many candles are on your cake?

9000!

Seriously, Happy Birthday:)

that's bulma from red ribbon arc
big deal...

hyourinnmaru

@HelmetRule: Finally, someone said it.

sits

@henhowc: I don't know about the anime, but the scene in the clip is early in the original Dragon ball manga and most definitely part of original DB.

Maybe they just censored the anime for you americans and released things in odd ways, renaming it. Wouldn't be the first time. It surprises me that they'd even show original DB over there, the manga at least is filled with scenes like this. Until Z, then they all mysteriously dissapear.

@Glorax: The DB/DBZ manga ran from 1985 to 1995. 1995 was when Chrono Trigger was released. ;)

This is kind of misleading. I actually bought Dragonball Origins the other day on DS and have been playing through it. That pink outfit she's wearing is simply the first one she wears. As the game goes on she changes into other outfits as well, including the one seen in the Wii artwork there (when you get to the Desert).

@.com: The funny thing is this was a Dragon Ball movie that came after Dragon Ball GT.

They still decided to include some of these questionable bits in the remake. :D

I'd rather they make a sequel to Burst Limit rather than another Tenkaichi/Sparking game. Tenkaichi was so lame, every character played exactly the same and it was so cumbersome. It may of had alot of characters, but the quality of each character wasn't good.

WildTengu

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Your kidding right? Infinite World sucked so much, it's just a watered down Budokai 3.

WildTengu

@Jawmuncher:
Never watched the original Dragonball, eh?

I guess the Wii Dragonball Z games are for the big boys. Now there's a reason to stare at her chest and not to just find out what her name is.

I enjoy this change in the artwork, if I do say so myself.

@Atomsk88:

lawl

aaj111

@an skyline: BAHAHAHAH

TraMaI

He's become a slut for console games?

aaj111

@Silveth: It's EXCITING!

[www.damion.completelyfreehosting.com]

team.bates

Burst Limit? Raging Blast? I'm pretty sure I've seen those names before somewhere on redtube.

zackek

@henhowc: Am I? She dressed like Lucca in the freezer saga. I thought that was after Chrono Trigger came out. I think funimation messed up my sense of chronology.

@Megaman LXIX: Noooooooooo!

Wii Bulma is a couple years older than the DS Bulma, who I think is about 13. I might be wrong about the age, but I DO know for a fact that Wii Bulma is around 1986 Bulma and DS Bulma is around 1985-84. 90% certain. It's been a while since I read the manga.

Harpo

A 2D platformer? Fantastic! Hopefully the Dragonball Advance Adventure developers are behind this. That was so good it was worth playing, even if you weren't a fan of the series.

@Silveth: I have no life!

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@henhowc: But really how many Dragonball post can there be?

@Timothy Sou: Seriously? I hear that joke at least ONCE every time there is a post remotely related to Dragon Ball...

Left > Right.

MDX

@Glorax: You got that backwards...

@bloggerX: *Pats you on the back*
*Goes away*

Dresan

Different outfit and hair style. Its not a version of Bulma we haven't seen. She worse both outfits/hairstyles at different times during Dragon Ball manga.

That and Dragon Ball had nudity and its share of pervy scenes.

Making a mountain out of a molehill...

Throughout the course of Dragonball Bulma has looked like every female member of Chrono Trigger.

@Atomsk88: Damnit. I knew I should've wasted my time watching original Dragonball instead of Dragonball Z.

This video also begs the question, why didn't the cartoons I watched during the 80's and 90's have more more sleeping women being stripped by naive little boys with tails?

.com

That nametag is huuuge.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Yeah, I'm not sure what the big deal is. They're identical to previous versions of (anime) Bulma, even considering the fact they're both drawn by Akira Toriyama. Of course, I'd hope his memory is that good after drawing her a billion times.

spannu

@who8myrice: I keep think of the Hardly Boys from South Park.

"Oh my gosh, I've got such a RAGING BLAST right now..."

yanipheonu

@bloggerX:

*gags*

Ow! Ow! Ow!

_> <_<

What? 9000???

@IamNinja: if i remember right that's what she looked like near the end of dragon ball, when he fought piccolo Jr in the world martial arts tournament.

Chaoticevl

@Saint Anima:
Case in point: OP series' Nami.

It's like a Shonen Jump regulation or something.

I approve of these changes and will buy that dragonball game!

Not just for the sex either, I've been asking for one for years.

@bloggerX:

u made me laugh! LOL
havent heard that joke in a while...brings back memories lol

Timothy Sou

@IamNinja: That's what I was thinking. That look that Bulma has in the Wii illustration has been seen in a buncha different Akira Toriyama illustrations and I'm pretty sure she's had something similar in the Anime/Manga.

Kuren

@McFazo: I like breasts too but this makes me more of a thigh guy.

[kotaku.com]

Violent St. Cannon

The ignorance of the subject for Kotaku is astounding.

Dragonball Origins features Bulma from Dragonball, you know, young Bulma. The kind with small breasts.

Dragonball Z games include the older Bulma, with more adult clothing and larger breasts, of course. Ever heard of puberty?

The original Dragon Ball series covers about 6 years in the story's chronology. My guess is that the two games take place at different times in the series. At the start of the series Bulma is 14 years old, and usually has her name embroidered somewhere on every one of her outfits. Since the DS title, Dragonball Origins, likely takes place at the very start of the story line the devs used the earlier version of Bulma.

I don't know much about the wii title, but it looks like its takes place a bit later on in the series. I kinda remember Bulma wearing that hair style sometime in the series, but I don't remember exactly when.

psycoking

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Your information astounds me! How do you know these things?

They removed her knees

ottothecat2008

She has Chun-Li "babymama" hips.

@fizzlefist: OLD JOKE BLOKE.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@who8myrice: They're OVER NINE-THOUSAND!!!!!

fizzlefist

@Atomsk88: Hehe, that's my Goku! XD

@McFazo: What about that Witch Touching game?

Szin

@Silveth: Her name is Fallout Girl.

And that old guy is from Grappler Baki.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

You've got to be kidding. Bulma goes through zillions of different outfits and hairstyles throughout the series. This isn't anything new at all.

@DarkLinkinfinite: PROTIP: She's 16 in one image, and 25-35 in the other.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

That's weird, I was just thinking to myself today that it's about time they announce a new Dragon Ball Z game. Hopefully the new one can top Budokai 3. Burst Limit tried, but failed.

@NeoAkira: The Budokai games were better than the Tenkaichi Budokai (Sparking) games, and by far.

Budokai 3 and Infinite World are actually considered the best Dragonball games of all time by many.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

the DS version looks closer to dragonball and the Wii ver looks more like DBZ, post saiyajin saga

HelmetRule

@Str8_Jihadin: DS users dont like breast. period.

Seems like the perfect opportunity to post this, what with Bulma and all.

+ Watch video

Atomsk88

Hmm, thing is, I think the one on the left is a much older Bulma. I'm pretty sure she started looking like that around the early DBZ years. Gotta love growth!

@Str8_Jihadin: THAT'S your idea of large breasts? Were you raised in a pre-school or something?

I know male WoW players with bigger yams than that.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@bloggerX: Old Joke Bloke.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

80s Slut Bulma vs. 90s slut Bulma?

BubbleF**kingBuddy

Does she have a side ponytail? How fail-acious of her.

Raging Blast: 1. A Dragonball Z game being released on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

2. The reactions most fans had to seeing the live-action movie Dragonball Evolution.

@DarkLinkinfinite:

The 360/PS3 game is going to be a fighting game... the Wii is going to be an action/adventure game.

Fernando Paramo

@Silveth: Also, what's with that Vault... Girl(?) on the side of the page? Creepy.

I guess it gets a little lonely out in the Capital Wasteland...

All I want to say is that it's now, officially my birthday my time. Huzzah!

Also, DBZ is a television show that is popular. Now my comment is on-topic.

@Silveth: Yes, I laughed quite a bit when I saw his expression. Random, but hilarious.
XD

well, its a different character design but not much else. I'm not really a fan of the series (or anime in general) but I really enjoyed the Tenkaichi games on the Wii, 3 especially. I wonder if this'll be another fighting game or if they're going for an action/adventure thing. So long as its not in the vein of Burst Limit. It wasn't a bad game, but not what I was looking for after having played Tenkaichi 3.

@bloggerX: lol. she just needs a tray of hot wings.

@NeoAkira:

Actually, the just announced PS3/360 games are fighting games like Tenkaichi and Budokai...

The Wii game is going to be an adventures game.

Fernando Paramo

Oh dear Zeus that old guy's face in the link is hilarious.

Seriously, I laughed for quite a while.

Bulma on wii is so much hotter.

Why does bulma on DS have a HUGE name tag anyway?

Did Goku and Co forget her name?

LOL, RAGING BLAST.

She looks like she's auditioning to become a hooters girl with that pose!

bloggerX

@bloggerX:

Zennies?

As long as the gameplay is more like the Tenkaichi version than the fiasco budokai series it's all good.

Wii version please.

scotty

She changed her hair style... that's way too hot.

Breast reduction

hmm...she seems more slutty...

wonder if her clothes cost over 9000...

bloggerX

@NeoAkira: I'm not your buddy, friend!

@NeoAkira: Budokai 3 is the best DBZ game out there, buddy.

Daniel Pizarro Sánchez

@RomieYO:

Budokai 3 was the most awesome DBZ fighting game. every engine to date(except super DBZ) has used budokai 3's system including that movie dragonball game.

you think burst limit is bad? try DBGT final bout *shivers*....

@henhowc:

over 9000 is like "ive covered wars" for a dead rising article itll never go away.

@Str8_Jihadin: Um...I think the one on the right is from Dragonball. Like 10 years prior to DBZ when she was in her early teens.

KaneTaker

@Yin: You misunderstand. I know the scene was in the original manga. BUT, the youtube clip is from the REMAKE...look at the art style. Goku looks like Goku from Dragon Ball GT and not the more kiddy/fat Goku from the original.

@bloggerX: Eh... good on you for trying, but that is easily the lamest attempt at a clever "OVER 9000?!?!!" joke I've ever seen.

Superlocke

"You've got to be kidding. Bulma goes through zillions of different outfits and hairstyles throughout the series. This isn't anything new at all."

This. She changes outfits and hairstyles at LEAST 5 times in the series, probably 6 or 7. Both of those images for the Wii and DS games are official art from Toriyama.

@RomieYO: Are you forgetting when Oolong transformed into Bulma and let Roshi put his face in her tits, or when they needed to see an invisible fighter so Kuririn stripped Bulma down in front of Roshi to give him a massive nosebleed which covered the invisible guy, or even when Bulma exposed her crotch (while the audience saw her ass) to Roshi for the Dragon Ball he had, or when Goku saw Bulma's dad's stash of porn...so yeah, there's a bunch more instances, you should definitely re-read it.

w1ndwaker

@IamNinja: Thank god some people here are familiar with Dragon Ball (pre-saiyan saga) and Toriyama's artwork.

w1ndwaker

@bloggerX: DUR HUR HUR

Well...she *does* have a severe lack of pants in both versions.

so.... they use the Bulma artwrk from when Goku was a kid for the DS game.... and Bulma artwork for when Goku was an adult in the 360 and PS3 game....

why is it so hard to understand that Bulma may have aged in her artwork in 10 years the animated series ran....

@scotty: yay! slutness FTW! =D

Riagan

@Silveth:

i found that vault "girl" just as funny as the old man

@Jawmuncher: If I had a shirt with my name on it, I would wear it every day. Washing clothes is for people without their name emblazoned on every piece.

@Jawmuncher: Wait, do none of you guys usually go around with your name emblazoned in six inch high letters on your shirt? I wondered why I was getting those strange looks.

dd528

@bakagaijin: Wish I had a tray of hot wings.

dd528

@.com: DBZ was better than DB. This is pretty much the only time it gets that dirty.

I've read all the manga and seen all eps and bulma is in the wii one in the actual thing and even more revealing atire more often than not.

@C_MaN15: I liked budokai 3, but burst limit didn't fail, it's a great game and the first with legit online.

@HelmetRule: so so true and that would be why Bulma has less boobage since she was younger in the DS version

One's the young Bulma from Dragonball, the other's the older version from DBZ.

Tarthus

@KaneTaker: I was about to say, that's a younger version of Bulma.

Gahh, Dragonball, I haven't watched you in years! Memories...

I don't see the point of this post. So they chose different existing Toriyama art for the two games...so what? It's not like those drawings were created specifically for those games was it?

She's always had different outfits, that's nothing new. Heck, she had an afro at one point!

I'm just glad her face is... I dunno, cute looking now.

sonicseven

i havent played a DBZ game since Budokai 1, are these any good? seems like the new Dynasty Warriors, so many sequels with nothing changing.

i gotta check out the DS game though once i get my DS repaired (FLATWIRE IS DEATH)

pandafresh

The DS version is using the original series designs, the Wii version is using the more modern redesign.

simple awnser here, the art for DS was done by the person who did the budokai series render art and perfers bulma's first look from dragon ball season 1 ive always noticed that.

the wii art is more closer to Toriyama's original design for bulma he was always a perv. when drawing women back then :).

@Cunder:
Goku has more than one outfit.
Blue shirt, yellow pants

All orange uniform

And the zoot suit he gets from Roshi when he joins the tenkaichi budokai tournament.

@Superlocke: The best "OVER 9000!?!" joke attempt I've seen to date was right here in Kotaku. It was posted on the news about the "ULTIMATE GAMING RIG", that cost something around 8800 USD. "IT'S UNDER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAND!"

@RomieYO: I'm not saying Burst Limit is a bad game because it wasn't. It's just that it wasn't as good as Budokai 3.

@SmilingPolitely: I'm not you're friend, guy!

NotTheGuy

@Intellectualdiot: "Your mom goes to college."

@Koeta: lol Her boobs do seem bigger... ahah, Master Roshi will be happy! :D

@John Oriku: Right you are! One to the left is slightly older. So yeah... what's the problem? xD

@w1ndwaker:

i thought they were just trying to be funny in the article. totally forgot there were people that have never seen OG DB.

RickyMack

@Daniel Pizarro Sánchez: No way, that would be Shin Butoden on the Sega Saturn.

WildTengu

Bulma's hair and wardrobe changed more than enough times in the Manga so i guess this is no surprise.

I recently read through all of Dragon Ball again and i was reminded of how funny this character actually can be at times. Akira Toriyama done a good job coming up with his casts personalities.

Shame none of those personalities transfered over to Dragon Ball Evolution. My goodness, we couldn't have gone any further out of character than that movie.

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!:

Oh sorry, I forgot that many people still haven't watched DBZ and are still ignorant of what the fighting style is like. Ok, well let me explain it to you. Tenkaichi's fighting system is 100X closer to the actual show's battles than Budokai. The more you know.

@NeoAkira: Yeah right, because nobody in the world has never seen Dragon Ball, except for you. Even if Tenkaichi style is closer to the anime, it doesn´t mean it´s the most fun of the games.

@WildTengu: Well, i never played that one but i liked the SNES ones and the PSOne games too. Except one i can´t remember the name.

Daniel Pizarro Sánchez

@SlashseveN303:
It's pretty simple actually.
The DS illustration is from Bulma younger years... when Goku was still a kid.

After some of those "years in training" moments, she showed up with the new hair and all. Goku was already a grown up... not shure.

Bulma was one of the Dragonball characters that changed her looks a lot during the whole story.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi