The DBZ CCG featured many personalities. Most of them are the ones that you would expect, and then there would be odd choices like Jewel and Bee who inexplicably got their own personality levels. The following is a list of characters who actually played roles in the series or movies at some point, but were overlooked for personality cards in favor of chaps like Tapkar.
I’ve never been sure if Baba was supposed to be a racist caricature or not.
10. Fortuneteller Baba
Master Roshi’s sister, while never a combatant she has played an important role in the series with abilities that translate so well into the game. She can find objects with magic (ball/tutor), she can view things remotely (as seen in Baba Witch Viewing Drill), oh, and SHE CAN FREAKIN’ BRING PEOPLE BACK FROM THE DEAD TEMPORARILY. Baba doesn’t need to be a fighter with the different things she can do. Heck, Master Roshi’s Lv. 1 power might even be better suited for her. Just so much potential for a fun personality. She is also the only Earthling besides Hercule to never die in any part of the series.
No joke, this is what I used to think Akira Toriyama looked like.
9. Ox-King
Ox-King was depicted as a great warrior in Dragon Ball and a student of Master Roshi. Certainly one of the most powerful humans in the world, and parent, grand-parent and great-grandparent to some of the strongest characters in DB, Z, and GT. Admittedly, he doesn’t really do a lot in the series that lends itself to any kind of game mechanic, but anyone who appeared in all three series of the show certainly deserves more consideration for a personality than Bubbles.
Your hair is so soft… Now fuse for me, boys!
8. World Tournament Announcer
I do not know why this guy was not on every single Judge Rewards card ever made. The World Tournaments tend to be the best parts of the original Dragon Ball series, and a whole dang CCG set was named after them, yet arguably the most important character to those events has been absent from the trading card scene. Honestly, I would make this guy neither hero nor villain to keep in line with his role as a rules official. There are a few different things you could do with that to fit his character from the show, and at least he appears on one of the most important Sensei Deck staples in the game.
We’re all mad here. I’m mad… You’re mad…
7. Puar
Poor Puar. He’s so similar in powers to Oolong, but the pig is the one who got his own card. I mean we’re not only talking about a character who has been in all three series of Dragon Ball, but the one who cut off the tail of (in my opinion) the most powerful Saiyan in the universe. It would be kinda dumb to just make another card that does the same thing as Oolong, but I think you could make him/her/it do some fun stuff while Yamcha is in play.
Enjoying an activity normally associated with the white man.
6. Mercenary Tao
A recurring villain in Dragon Ball, I always felt he went out like a bitch in that series and I never liked the Android deal he had going for the last few seasons of Dragon Ball and his brief appearance during the Cell Games. I always liked how Tao was a pure martial artist in his first few appearances, unlike the energy heavy villains that started appearing in Z (even though he is the first villain to use an energy attack on Goku). He is also the first villain to ever defeat Goku in combat. His combat style and quest for the Dragon Balls gives a designer a few directions to take this character in the CCG realm. Just stick with the non-Android version please, we don’t need another Cooler vs. Meta-Cooler thing going here.
Do you think he let’s Mr. Popo stay in the house on the Floating Island, or is there some sort of servant’s quarter?
5. Kami
In a game so starved for Namekian personalities that it just starts letting anyone with green skin declare a Namekian Tokui Waza, you’d think that Kami would’ve at least gotten a playset by now. The original creator of Earth’s Dragon Balls, perhaps he could’ve given the Namekian style some much needed variety over the energy decks and… well pretty much just energy decks that the style is now known for. Another great character from Dragon Ball who played an important role in all the sagas up to his fusion in the Imperfect Cell saga, that somehow took a backseat to whoever the hell this is.
I think I’ll wear armor over everything but the softest and most vulnerable parts of my body.
4. Janemba
Unfortunately nothing from the Fusion Reborn movie made it into the original game. This could be good or bad, since the plot and animation style is just weird and all over the place in that movie. It also misses out on two great characters that could’ve changed the game, one of whom being Janemba. The thing that the game misses out on with Janemba is a villain who actually uses a sword, and could thus potentially give villains a character to run the sword archetype with.
Get out of here, Jeice, and your four different personality cards!
3. Burter & Recoome
I decided to lump these guys together, since they are the only members of the Ginyu Force without their own individual personality sets. What’s even more crazy is that both Recoome and Burter have their own named cards in the game already, just no personalities to make it official. Heck, Recoome’s Boom pretty much sets him up as a character that can use Saiyan Heritage cards. Unfortunately, none of the Ginyu Force personalities as is have any cohesion with each other, which may have doomed these two to a life of being villain allies at best if they were ever added to the game during its life. I guess that’s not too far off from what they did in the series.
What is it with Namekians and putting energy in their fingertips?
2. Demon King Piccolo
Arguably THE villain of the Dragon Ball series, Demon King Piccolo pretty much ravaged the Earth of the past and after his release he killed just about every fighter of note in the series. Something to give the Namekian style more variety, despite the robustness of Cell and Piccolo as great villain Namekians. I think if the game had a Demon King Piccolo personality in the first few sets, there would be no need for Piccolo to be a rogue personality. Could you imagine an environment where Piccolo could only be a Hero (you know, like in the show)? That would’ve had great consequences on the meta, and would be a fun “what if” discussion to have.
I gotta go practice my badass stare.
1. Gogeta
Fusion in the CCG sucks. It just wasn’t done well, but fortunately since all the fusions are card based rather than mechanic based, there was always hope that Gogeta could be done right. The strongest character in all of DBZ and GT, I guess it would be difficult to do him right in a way that would capture his essence yet not be broken. He is easily one of the most requested characters in the game, and the only character on this list to eventually get a card in the god awful GT expansions (which don’t count in my book). Anything involving this character should be a win condition in itself, and for good reason.
So seeing this list brings up a question that has more than likely been brought up before. That question do any of these characters have a chance to make it into a hypothetical Virtual Cards 2013 set? You guys made the Fusion Reborn card, might as well make a Fusion personality to go along with it. Also making a Kami, Janemba, or a Baba personality set would bring along what you had stated in the article: Variety. Baba could bring about some dumb decks if her powers involve some sort of Tutor/replacement capability (Think along the lines of Hero’s Lucky Break) or the ability to allow her to grab an ally from the discard pile to make her fit with her show counterpart since she never fights. Kami is kind of a toss up because the only thing that I can think of would be involving Dragon balls. You could make a level 1 of him and then make a card or make his power interact with Piccolo somehow (I am thinking along the lines of a Saiyan Gambit type ability). Maybe with that as an ability, people may think about a Physical attack Namekian Deck (the card pool is limited though) As for Janemba, the main thing I can think of is what you stated already, a Villain Sword user, something that is really needed.
The whole purpose of this reply was just to bring up some ideas that could possibly happen. As for a card being broken, I don’t know. I can’t gauge card level at all. Hopefully this post generates some ideas that haven’t been thought of.
I agree w/ 1-4 and 6 (and Tao MUST get a card with him tonguing someone to death!). Janemba would be kinda neat.
Chippy
One character that deserved a personality set but never got one would be Gregory, not to mention IIRC Bubbles Drill was errataed to Bubbles and Gregory only. Besides who wouldn’t want to play with one of the most notorious smart asses in DBZ. Also I feel if the celestial fighters got their own cards then maybe the earth tournament fighters should get their own personality cards as well.
Want more variety in Namekian? Give it more cards that aren’t energy attacks that don’t either suck or are bland as hell.
Your still talking about a style that only four characters can use. Two are playable, one is niche and the other is a joke.
+1
Chippy
Forgot about Dende and Nail, but I wouldn’t look to them for anything.
Guys, if you wanted to make some personality sets that should have been made, what about a Supreme Kai Level 3? Surely if there’s a lv1 and 2, then the next fantasy set you produce could include a Lv3 😛
Also I think Recoome and Burter need to be done, at least with lv1 ally personalities with some flavor (maybe some kind of ‘the car’ type deal but for them) could make them a lot of fun, considering that Guldo is still a decent lv1 power they could actually be used.
But it doesn’t matter what personalities are made for it if it doesn’t have the cards to support it. Just like how Blue isn’t really that good offensively because it doesn’t have the cards to truly support it, even though every character in the game can use it.
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I feel Recoome is the greatest loss here. He did the most fighting of the four IMO and could have some cool abilities.
I think Kui (the guy who followed Vegeta to Namek) needs to be on this list. I always imagined he’d his power would be a focused energy attack due to his gun arm thing. I also think there should have been a generic namekian warrior card featuring the three dudes that dodoria killed. It could a be a +2 ally deal like a lesser ginyu force for heroes.
If were opening up into dragonball there are quite a few. On the top of my list…Android 8, Gereral Blue (no-brainer), and demon king piccolo.
I think Demon King Piccolo would perhaps have an ally themed power set based on his demon spawning abilities. That said I’d love to see personalities for Cymbal and DK piccolo’s other musical demon children. Perhaps their demon nature could lend them a Majin subtitle–or even majin/namekian?
Bee. We’ve been through this.
You’re not alone.
Metallica Man X’s Fusion Reborn set. http://z13.invisionfree.com/Rarecardz_Libary/index.php?showtopic=60
I am trying to work on a general Majin Buu era set to fill in some of the lost oppurtunities there too. If anyone out there is interested, hit me up on the OCG site.
I did do a few of my own dream sets, two fo my best… http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/vaerman/GFstarter/ Ginyu’s Force
http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/vaerman/GLbooster/ Garlic Legacy
Hopefully we actually see some of these personalities get cards in the future.