01: Prologue

You'll start off with the battle against Frieza. This is a good time to get accustomed to the game's battle system and controls. You can pause the game and check the available combos. After finishing off Frieza, you'll be battling Perfect Cell next. After defeating him, you'll face Kid Buu. This is the last of the prologue battles you have to complete. After that, you can skip the opening movie.

Shenron will be talking to you, the player. From here, you can select one of the five races. For more information about each race, refer to the dedicated pages for each race on this guide. After selecting your race, you'll select your character's gender. (If applicable) The following screen will allow you to further costumize your character's appearance, name and voice.

One more selection you need to make is your starter skills based on your style. For starters, it's recommended to select the balanced layout.

Shenron will disappear. Trunks will appear and will attack you after a brief talk. This is to test your abilities.

Trunks Test

This battle should be easy, even for starters. Just make sure to read the tutorial messages that will pop from time to time since they're imperative in the whole game. After defeating him, you'll earn experience and zeni (money).

Trunks will brief you about the place and situation you're in. After that, you're free to explore the area. You can also open your main menu and discover the basic options available. Most of the NPCs won't tell you that much except for the old man Ziko located in the northeast corner of the Plaza of Time.

You also need to visit the other two sectors. You have to talk to the NPCs with the question mark over their heads to count towards the task Trunks gave you (talking to other Time Patrollers). The shops and other establishments here are closed at the moment but they'll be opened as you progress in the game. After checking out both the Industrial and Time Machine sectors, return to Trunks and talk to him. Trunks will then bring you to the Time Nest and hand you over a scroll that lead to the events in Age 761.