Dragon Ball Heroes (Japanese: ドラゴンボール ヒーローズ, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Hirozu) is a Japanese trading card arcade game based on the Dragon Ball franchise. It debuted on November 11, 2010 in Japan. In 2016, an update launched that improved the user experience in the form of enhanced graphics and easier accessibility of characters. This update was named Super Dragon Ball Heroes (スーパー ドラゴンボールヒーローズ).^[1] Several other games based on the series have been released for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows. Numerous manga adaptations have been published by Shueisha and a promotional anime adaptation by Toei Animation began being shown at public events in July 2018 before being uploaded online.

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Dragon Ball Heroes
Cover art for the Nintendo 3DS version of the game
Developer(s)	Dimps
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Series	Dragon Ball
Engine	Budokai series
Platform(s)	Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
Release	JP: November 11, 2010
Genre(s)	Digital collectible card game
Mode(s)	Single-player

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• Players can choose a "hero avatar" from 8 races (Saiyan Male, Saiyan Female, Majin, Freeza's clan, Android, Kaioshin, Dark Demon God, and God of Destruction), each with 3 distinct battle types: Hero, Elite, or Berserker.
• Players can collect various types of Dragon Balls other than the common variety, such as Ultimate Dragon Balls, Namekian Dragon Balls, Dark Dragon Balls, and the almighty Super Dragon Balls in.
• Players use 7 cards and an IC card called hero license.^[2]
• The game is also available in multiplayer mode.

A port on Nintendo 3DS, named Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission, was released on February 28, 2013 in Japan.^[3] A sequel, Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2, was released on August 7, 2014.^[4] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X was released on April 27, 2017.^[5]

In October 2018, a Nintendo Switch game titled Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission was announced for release on April 4, 2019. It will include cards and characters from the first eight Super Dragon Ball Heroes arcade games and the first two versions of Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission.^[6][7]

In Japanese stores there are arcade machines that run Super Dragon Ball Heroes. It is the source material for all Super Dragon Ball Heroes media (Manga, Games, and the Anime). It contains an entire story arc and multiple subplots that the anime and manga skipped. If you pay a small amount of yen the arcade will deposit a few cards. There are multiple rarities such as: R, SR, UR, CAMPAIN, SEC. You can then use said cards and scan them on the machine to play the multiplayer mode.

Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama supervised the game's designs and setting.^[16] He also designed the three Freeza clan characters.^[16]

Dragon Ball Heroes is the number one digital card game.^[1] By May 2016, the game had sold 400 million cards and grossed over ¥40 billion^[19] ($365 million).^[1] By October 2016, the game sold 500 million cards and grossed ¥50 billion^[20] ($460 million).