Dragon Bal FighterZ is more than just a competitive fighting game, it’s still a loving tribute to the anime and manga series it pulls its characters from. One really impressive part of that is the Dragon Ball FighterZ dramatic finishes. These are special cinematics that happen in-game. They don’t happen every fight though. If you want to see these recreations of special scenes from the source material, you’ll have to recreate some pretty specific circumstances. You’ll need exactly the right FighterZ characters, rather than picking who you play the most.
If you want to make sure you don’t miss any of them, we’ll run you through all FighterZ dramatic finishes work and how you can trigger each of them in-game.
How to Trigger Dramatic Finishes in FighterZ
Dragon Ball FighterZ dramatic finishes are a unique way of ending a game. Once your fight is one, the game will transition into a special cut scene. This will either be a recreation of a manga scene or something entirely unique! The end of the fight will play out in cutscene form as the story you know. To trigger them though, you’ll have to meet some specific conditions in your games.
You’ll need to use the right selection of characters in the right place. This is to make the cutscene fit the fight you’ve just played! Although if you’re using FighterZ mods to change characters up that could make things different. This is how you can trigger all Dragon Ball FighterZ dramatic finishes.
Dragon Ball FighterZ dramatic finishes from the anime
Goku vs Frieza – Beat Frieza as Super Saiyan Goku on Planet Namek
Trunks vs Frieza – Beat Frieza as Trunks on Rocky Field
Gohan vs Cell – Beat Cell as Gohan on Wasteland
Goku vs Kid Buu – Beat Kid Buu as Super Saiyan Goku on Land on the Kais
Nappa vs Yamcha – Beat Yamcha as Nappa on Rocky Field
Beeerus vs Goku – Beat Goku as Beerus in Space
Goku vs Broly – Beat Broly as Super Saiyan Goku in Space
Gohan vs Broly – Beat Broly as Adult Gohan in Wasteland
Frieza vs Bardock – Beat Bardock as Frieza in Space
Vegito vs Zamasu – Beat Zamasu (Fused) as Vegito (SSJB) in West City
Trunks vs Zamasu – Beat Zamasu (fused) as Trunks in West City
Goku vs Vegeta – Beat Vegeta as Goku in Rocky Field)
Gogeta vs Janemba – Beat Janemba as Gogeta in the land of the Kais
Gogeta vs Broly – Beat Broly (DBS) as Gogeta on Planet Namek
Goku vs Jiren – Bean Jiren as Goku and Frieza in Space, Goku must finish the fight with Frieza still alive
Goku vs Kefla – Beat Kefla in Space as Goku (SSJB)
Those are all of the Dramatic Finishes for FighterZ pulled from the anime. If we get a FighterZ 2 though, we’ll likely see even more. There are a few more that form more of a what-if scenario too.
Dragon Ball FighterZ Original Dramatic Finishes
Alongside those dramatic finishes which recreate something from the source material, FighterZ has some unique ones too. These are what ifs, a different way the story could have gone! These are the conditions for triggering these Dragon Ball FighterZ dramatic finishes.
Yamcha vs Nappa – Beat Nappa as Yamcha on Rocky Field
Bardock vs Frieza – Beat Frieza as Bardock in Space (Unique ending where Bardock goes Super Saiyan)
Goku vs Frieza (Beat Frieza as Goku on Planet Namek. (Unique ending where Frieza dies early to a spirit bomb)
Gogeta vs Gogeta – Beat one Gogeta with the other (Unique scene where one set of Goku and Vegeta unfuses after losing a beam struggle)
Those are all of the FighterZ Dramatic Finishes! Most pull from the series’ more iconic moments, and some others like Super Saiyan Bardock which are just a bit of fun though! These are great to try and trigger in-game to spice things up a bit. It’s rarer to see them happen in FighterZ Ranked, but if the right combination of events happens just from sheer chance there’s still a possibility!