The Tournament Mode allows up to eight players to compete against each other, or computer-controlled characters, similar to the previous ButЕЌden games. The Versus Mode allows a player to fight a computer-controlled character, or for two players to fight each other. In addition to Story Mode, the game features Versus, Tournament and Practice Modes. The characters fight on a multi-tier stage, which allows opponents to hit each other to other stages. When the life reaches a level below 80, the characters are able to perform 'desperate moves', which cause significantly higher amounts of damage. The amount of life for characters is measured by a number system from 1 to 999, which can be charged at any time during the match. Examples include Piccolo fighting Frieza in his final form and Goku being the one to defeat Cell as a Super Saiyan 2. The story mode is also quite inaccurate to the true story mostly due to the lack of characters during various points in the story. Scenarios during the game start with focus on one character and generally end with the focus of another.

Also, the story mode of Hyper Dimension is not like other fighting games of its time, such as Street Fighter, Tekken, or Mortal Kombat where the plot focuses on the character selected by the player. Other characters deaths, usually those of Goku or Gohan, require the use of a credit, appropriately a Senzu Bean, to continue playing.

The only prominent difference is that select characters losing certain battles does not impede on the progression of the plot. Hyper Dimension features a story similar to that of the Dragon Ball Z anime, taking place from the late Frieza Saga through the Kid Buu Saga.

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