Although DLC 2 has yet to be properly announced, much less released, many Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot fans may be more excited about DLC 3 than it. DLC 2 is going to be incredibly similar to DLC 1 in a lot of ways, and while Bandai and CyberConnect 2 have hopefully taking the fan reception of it to heart, there's not likely going to be much change to Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's "Boss Battle Episode" structure.
Many may recall when Bandai shifted the language in the DBZ: Kakarot season pass, with the first two DLCs not being known as Boss Battle Episodes until the game released. Now, overlooked information found courtesy of Dmgaming 5 reveals a language choice that somewhat changes the context of DLC 3.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot DLC and Trunks
First, it's worth establishing some important context. A few months back, Dmgaming 5 (via a fan) broke the news on a potential retailer leak of DBZ: Kakarot DLC 3, painting the game around the Future Trunks arc. The happenings around that seemingly suggest that the Future Trunks arc would be the "story arc" DLC, as the language on the current season pass would suggest. However, previously overlooked language coming from the lead producer Ryosuke Hara circumvents and skirts around this.
Instead of simply referring to the DLC 3 story arc as just that, he refers to it as an "Additional Scenario." Hara even goes so far as to compare it to the story arcs in terms of length, but that very comparisons suggests it wasn't an unintentional language barrier. It would seem that Hara intentionally separated Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's main story arcs from the DLC to create a specific distinction. The big question then becomes: is this misleading then if the Season Pass language still reads Story Arc and is this another Boss Battle situation?
Well, the answer ultimately lies in how Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2 handle it, whenever it releases, but some subtle hints may suggest that it's not entirely a concern for now. Namely, Trunks has appeared numerous times throughout DBZ: Kakarot, times at which he even seems shoehorned in. He comes back at the end of the game, despite fusions being locked for story reasons, allowing players to continue leveling him up when he should most likely be story locked as well. He also appears briefly in the first DLC as part of the Super Saiyan God ritual, despite there being no real reason to. Reading between the lines, it's clear that CyberConnect2 may not be done with Trunks.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - The History of Trunks
As such, this additional scenario could very well be based on the History of Trunks movie. This would imply a "scenario" since it isn't an arc so much as it is just a movie, and it would line up with some speculation all along that it would be the History of Trunks. That alone raises an issue, though: while the movie could be explored in Trunk's timeline easily due to DBZ: Kakarot's time machine, the movie itself is only 48 minutes long. That's not nearly enough time to equal the length of a story arc, as Hara suggests it will.
Dm gaming 5 came up with a theory based on the past leak and this new language that the DLC would cover Trunk's history and go into the Goku Black arc. This makes a ton of sense, as players would experience Trunk's past, played through his Z saga in the main game, and then end on his future story. Of course, this remains to be seen, but it lines up with the new information, actually giving fans more content with this language change than when the Boss Battle episode language was introduced.
Notably, fans should keep an eye out for new Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot DLC 2 information. Whenever that's confirmed, it could very well hint at what comes in DLC 3. If it skips Golden Frieza (who's not in the manga) and Hit serves as a boss battle instead, then it seems clear that the DLC will be exploring the Future Trunks Super story arc to some degree. For now, the ball is in Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2's court.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
