In Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden the playable characters are Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Vegeta, Captain Ginyu, Recoome, Frieza, Future Trunks, Android 18, and Cell. The gameplay is quite similar to the Super Butoden games for the Super Famicom. It features the split-screen that allows the player to stay so far from the opponents and performs an energy ki blast although is not necessary to stay away from the opponent to perform it.