Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra Season 4 Brought SSG Goku and Vegeta to Mark the Six-Month Anniversary

Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra kicked off Season 4 on March 18 alongside its six-month anniversary celebration, and the headline additions are three new playable Heroes: Super Saiyan God Son Goku, Super Saiyan God Vegeta, and Majin Buu (Pure). SSG Goku arrived first, with SSG Vegeta and Majin Buu (Pure) planned for later in the season. For those who haven't played, Gekishin Squadra is Dragon Ball's take on the MOBA format. Four players team up, pick their heroes, and work together to take out opponents and bosses across a match, leveling up abilities as the round progresses. The game launched in September 2025 across PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. It was developed by Ganbarion, and published by Bandai Namco. It is free to play. Beyond new heroes, Season 4 brings a wave of new skins and emotes. Highlights include a Turtle School Gi (Torn) skin for SSG Goku, Tapion's Outfit for Super Saiyan Trunks (Teen), and Turles' Battle Suit for Legendary Super Saiyan Broly. The game has consistently delivered creative costume choices, and this batch keeps that trend going. A Half-Year Anniversary Campaign also launched alongside Season 4, featuring daily login rewards and in-game event content. A new cinematic trailer is out now showing the new heroes in action.

What Roles Did the New Characters Get?

SSG Goku slots into the Damage role. SSG Vegeta takes Tank. Pure Buu is classified as Technical. The role assignments have already sparked debate in the community, which we will get into below.

Six months in, Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra occupies an interesting spot. Critics gave it an 81 out of 100 on Metacritic at launch, which is a genuinely solid score for a free-to-play live service game. The User Score on the same platform, however, sits at 6.0 out of 10. That gap between what critics wrote and what players actually experienced has been one of the defining themes of the game's first half year. The recurring complaints are pretty consistent. Matchmaking comes up most often. Players across skill levels report feeling mismatched, with newer players getting thrown into matches against more experienced opponents before they have a solid grasp of objectives and boss mechanics. The tutorial has been widely criticized for not doing enough to explain how the game works, which creates an ugly first impression for anyone coming in fresh. Character balance has also been a recurring issue across all three seasons. Some characters launched feeling overpowered and were later adjusted, while others sat in the background waiting for attention. This is not unusual for a live service game, but the pace and consistency of balance updates matters a lot for keeping players engaged long term. The content creator angle is worth mentioning too. Dragon Ball Legends and Dokkan Battle both benefit from large YouTube ecosystems that bring in new players and sustain long-term interest. Gekishin Squadra has not built that same support network, and the game's visibility outside its core player base has stayed limited. None of this makes the game a failure. The community is active, discussions are ongoing, and enough players are showing up to sustain three seasons of content. But there is a ceiling the game has not been able to push through yet.

The role assignments for Season 4's new characters have already become a flashpoint in the community. The biggest issue is SSG Goku being placed in the Damage role. Fans argue that his fighting style in the anime feels far more controlled and technical than raw explosive force, making Damage feel like the wrong fit. Meanwhile, Majin Buu (Pure) as Technical has raised eyebrows from players who see that form as one of Dragon Ball Z's most chaotic and destructive presences. SSG Vegeta as Tank is the assignment that makes the most intuitive sense, and the community has been largely fine with it. But the pattern of role classifications that feel disconnected from how characters actually fight in the source material has become a recurring conversation. These debates point to a broader question the game is still working through: how do you honor Dragon Ball's source material within a MOBA framework that has its own design demands? The game has solid bones and some genuinely fun moments, but at six months it has not fully found its footing as a Dragon Ball experience. Looking ahead, Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour takes place April 18 and 19 in Los Angeles. While the main focus will be on Sparking Zero and Project AGE 1000, there is hope the Gekishin Squadra team will share what is planned for the second half of 2026. Season 4 is live now, and the Half-Year Anniversary Campaign runs through late March.