Rumors
During the game's lifespan, false rumors began to pop up online about the game's roster of secret characters which claimed to contain Gogeta, Gotenks, Goten, and Pilaf. To add to the confusion, gaming sites like GameFAQs began posting guides featuring said secret characters and methods to unlock them. The methods involved the player having to beat the game an unreasonable number of times and on their next round of play beat the game with a character that would be associated with said character without losing a match. After more than ten years since the game's initial release, no such proof that any of the characters in question actually exist within the game's data.
Another rumor was the story that Bandai came up with the game's character roster by sending out a questionnaire throughout Japan asking Dragon Ball fans what characters they would like to see in a Dragon Ball game. However, people dispute this, as such a story could not account for the multiple character incarnations, with the game featuring six playable incarnations of Goku. Even after ten years, neither branches of the now Namco Bandai have either confirmed or denied this story.
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Famous quotes containing the word rumors:
“It was because of me. Rumors reached Inman that I had made a deal with Bob Dole whereby Dole would fill a paper sack full of doggie poo, set it on fire, put it on Inman’s porch, ring the doorbell, and then we would hide in the bushes and giggle when Inman came to stamp out the fire. I am not proud of this. But this is what we do in journalism.”
—Roger Simon, U.S. syndicated columnist. Quoted in Newsweek, p. 15 (January 31, 1990)
“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 24:6.