Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Also known as: Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II International (JP) Developer: Webfoot Technologies Publishers: Atari, SA (US), Infogrames (EU), Banpresto (JP) Platform: Game Boy Advance Released in JP: July 23, 2004 Released in US: June 17, 2003, December 8, 2005 (The Legacy of Goku I & II) Released in EU: August 1, 2003 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences. This game has anti-piracy features. This game has a prerelease article

Probably one of Webfoot Technology's best Dragon Ball Z titles. Definitely a major improvement from the previous game. Like its predecessor, it is an RPG but follows the anime series storyline a lot more closely. It later got a rerelease in a double pack with Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku.

To do: Codebreaker/Action Replay/GameShark codes for double pack version.

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Prerelease Info

Debug Menu

A debug menu exists which can be accessed by using the Codebreaker code 0202B32D:02 (US version) or 0202B371:02 (Japanese version) while the game is starting up and then pressing Start at the title screen. The player can listen to music tracks and sound effects, as well as teleport to any level. When going to any level, all six characters will be available, with each one of them being upgraded to a certain degree.

(Source: Mezmorize (Classic Videogame Hacking))

Anti-Piracy Measure

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: What exactly does the anti-piracy check for? What's the savetype that the game uses?

The anti-piracy triggers at the point Gohan presses A to go to the world map for the first time from East District 439. The US and EU versions show up dead center of the screen by default whilst the Japanese version has it appear on the bottom. You are then booted back to the title screen. It could be checking for the save type used like in Buu's Fury.

Development-Related Text

Debugging Text

Various text strings related to errors and the developers' hard drive can be found in the ROM in each version of the game. The Japanese version, which came out later, contains a lot more of it than the other two versions. While nothing special, it does reveal the game was coded in C++ Language, since ".cpp" files are associated with the C++ programming language. The same is true with the next game in the series, Buu's Fury.

US Version
0042F4	K:\Source\CharacterData.cpp Unable to find a sprite index in character display data
00A0F4	K:\Source\ByteCodeInterpreter\ByteCodeFunctionList.cpp CharacterSpecialAttack() is deprecated
00A714	CharacterFollow() is deprecated (...) ShowImage() is deprecated
00B148	K:\Source\ByteCodeInterpreter\ByteCodeVariableList.cpp Unable to set variable
00EBDC	K:\Source\AreaEntry.cpp Unable to find area
01F984	Assertion Failure! File _ Line _ Condition _ Error _
022E48	Invalid Operation Divide By Zero Overflow Underflow Inexact Result Heap memory corrupted Unknown signal

Japanese Version
001E74	K:\Source\SaveOptionsManager.cpp
003E98	K:\Source\GameData.cpp Index < NumberOfTriggers
0043E8	K:\Source\CharacterData.cpp Level
004DA0	K:\Source\GameStates\State_JournalMenu.cpp Interpreter HasReturnValue()
0053E0	K:\Source\TileManager.cpp
006764	K:\Source\MapManager.cpp SaveState == NULL Savestate
006A2C	K:\Source\SpriteSystem\SpriteSystem.cpp Process -> Used == 0xFF (...) Process -> Used == 0 (...) Process -> Used <= 1 (...) FreeMemory1 == FreeMemory2 (...) TotalMemory == 512
006E16	(Location & 1) SpriteFreeListIndex == 0xFF
0070F8	(RequiredLength & 63) == 0 Index != -1
007980	SaveState
00852C	CurrentFrame
009C34	K:\Source\ByteCodeInterpreter\ByteCodeInstructions.cpp RepeatCount > 0
009F40	K:\Source\ByteCodeInterpreter\ByteCodeFunctionList.cpp Character
00B0D0	"ShowImage() is deprecated"
00B3F8	SpriteIndex
00BB90	K:\Source\ByteCodeInterpreter\ByteCodeVariableList.cpp "Unable to set variable"
00C238	PlayerCharacter
00C86C	K:\Source\SpriteSystem\SpriteHandler_Dialog.cpp ScaleCounter != 0
00C938	K:\Data\Portraits\PortraitList.cpp
00CCFC	K:\Source\TrapManager.cpp (...) Index != -1
00D428	K:\Source\AreaManager.cpp Index < Entry->NumberOfItems Index < Entry->NumberOfNPCs
00EA04	K:\Source\GameStates\State_ScriptMapFader.cpp FadeTime PulseTime
00EBE8	K:\Source\CameraControllers\CameraController_Shake.cpp
00EEFA	Reference == this !IsBatched IsBatched
00FC4C	K:\Source\AreaEntry.cpp Interpreter HasReturnValue() (...) "Unable to find area"
0101F4	K:\Source\SpriteSystem\SpriteHandler_DestructibleTile.cpp Sprite
0107A4	K:\Source\Items\ItemHandlers.cpp
0116DC	K:\Source\SpriteSystem\SpriteHandler_CharacterGateNumber.cpp StaticSprite
011B38	Fader == NULL (...) Fader
011CA0	!Finished
012264	K:\Source\GameStates\State_SwitchCharacters.cpp Player
0137B0	K:\Source\MapHandlers\PerspectiveMapLayer.cpp EndY <= 64 EndX <= 32 Width != 0
01963C	K:\Source\GameStates\State_Scouter_Minimap.cpp CurrentMap TileIndex != -1
01A970	CurrentFrame
01B230	K:\Source\GameStates\State_Scouter_Database.cpp DatabaseList GetCount()
01C2E8	K:\Source\AIFiles\AIBehaviourManager.cpp BehaviourStack GetCount()
020E24	K:\WinGBACore\GBARam.cpp Header Header->Used == 0 AvailableBlock != NULL FreeListHead == NULL
021780	Assertion Failure! (...)File _ (...)Line _ (...)Condition _ (...)Error _
021ACC	K:\WinGBACore\SoundChannel.cpp SamplePosition >= 0 SamplePosition < SampleLoopEnd NumberOfSamples > 0
023000	K:\WinGBACore\FrameBuffer.cpp (iBufferWidth & 7) == 0 (iBufferHeight & 7) == 0
0236D0	K:\WinGBACore\GBABackupRAM.cpp ((int) Destination & 1) == 0 (DestinationOfset & 7) == 0 (Length & 7) == 0 ((int) Source & 1) == 0 (SourceOffset & 7) == 0
02462C	Invalid Operation Divide By Zero Overflow Underflow Inexact Result Heap memory corrupted Unknown signal
7BEF60	NumberOfSamplesToStart > 0 && NumberOfSamplesToStart <= NumberOfSamples NumberOfSamplesToEnd > 0 && NumberOfSamplesToEnd <= NumberOfSamples NumberOfSamplesToEnd > 0 && NumberOfSamplesToEnd <= NumberOfSamplesToEnd
7BFCE4	SourceOffset >= 0 && SourceOffset+Length <= BackupRamSize DestinationOffset >= 0 && DestinationOffset+Length <= BackupRamSize SourceOffset >= 0 && SourceOffset < BackupRamSize Abnormal termination Arithmetic exception: Illegal instruction Interrupt received Illegal address Termination request Stack overflow Redirect: can't open: Out of heap memory User-defined signal 1 User-defined signal 2 Pure virtual fn called C++ Library exception TableSize < n K:\WinGBACore\StaticTable.h TableSize < n K:\WinGBACore\StaticTable.h (These two lines are present 15 times) AnimationIndex < Sprite->NumberOfAnimations K:\Source\SpriteSystem\CharacterSpriteHandlers\SpriteHandler_Character.h Index != -1 \Source\SpriteSystem\SpriteSystem.h EEPROM_V124

Crash Handler

There is a crash handler that seems to only work on the Japanese version.

	This sound error message can be triggered by enabling the code 03007D510E during the opening cutscene. (Source: nensondubois)
	This message can be triggered by enabling the debug screen on the Japanese version, warping to zone 10, area 16, and then progressing with the dialogue. It can be assumed that the error occurs because the game attempted to move a character that was not currently loaded.
	If you attempt a glitch that involves shooting several ki blasts simultaneously, you could get one of these two screens.

Regional Differences

Intro Movie

In the European version, the opening FMV played in the US and JP (International) versions is removed to make room for the other languages.

Character Portraits

For some reason, all the story-relevant characters had their portraits changed when the game was localized in Japan. This does fix mistakes with Gohan's Super Saiyan 2 portrait and Imperfect Cell's portrait, but adds an error where Gohan wears the wrong battle armor when Frieza arrives on Earth.

US	Japan