Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a really good game. On wii launch day, as I sat sipping myhot chocolate and thinking about what other game I would get (other than Zelda) and I saw a poster for this game. Im a big fan of Dragonball Z, and I saw it has 120 characters. I didnt even KNOW that there were 120 fighters inexsistence, so I got this game. What a pleasent surprise this was.

The controlls are pretty good, but, dispite this being on the wii, it's still a button masher. You have to hammer away at the poor 'A' button. Energy attacks, however, are a bit more fun. You make motions to corrispond with the attack you are using (for example, kamehameha is back and foreword and spiri bomb is up, then down.) Pretty fun stuff.The arenas are pretty cool too. you get a HUGE circle to fly around in, and EVERY SINGLE THING in it can be destroyed. (including your opponent! xD) As you smash the area around you, sometimes a dragonball will apear. collect all 7, and you get a special skill capsule.

Of course, the real crowning achivement, the reason most people who wouldnt normally buy this game will buy this game, is the number of fighters. The box says 'over 120 characters!' This is misleading though. There is 120, but that includes the characters and their transformations. For example, Goku, SS Goku, SS2 Goku, and SS3 Goku all count as seperate people. Still, you still get about 90 different people, which isn't too shabby. Fighters include:

Goku, Gohan, (the rest of the 'crew') Tapion, Lord slug, Pikkon, Giant ape (FINALLY!) cui, bardock, Androids 16-20, android 13, all the main villens, (buu, cell, etc.) master roshi/jackie chun, plus tons more.

Overall, this is a great game that will probably be overlooked by many. too bad, though, because this is really one of the best fighting games ive played, even if it wasnt about DBZ.

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Dragonball Z Shin Budokai Review

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(More customer reviews)Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai is a port of the incredibly popular Dragon Ball Z: Budokai line.Shin means new or better, so get ready for a new clean game.

Story
5/10

The story of Shin Budokai roughly follows Dragon Ball Z Movie 12: Fusion Reborn.A few plotholes here in there, kind of an unoriginal story A.K.A., Son Goku finds a new enemy, enemy gets followers, Son Goku and friends eventually kill the enemy.The Shin Budokai story is FULL of grammatical errors.It's kind on annoying, but it's also common in most portable Dragon Ball Z games.

Graphics
9/10
AMAZING graphics.The menus aren't too special, words, nice looking letters, colorful, yea.The battlefield is pretty darn amazing though.The stages are the same as the ones from Dragon Ball Z 3, with the exception of Hell of course.The 3D backgrounds are nicely done.The characters are nicely done, not just clothing, but like all of the little details from the anime are right there.The only flaw is a slight freeze in between frames and the lack of changing facial expressions (e.g. Broly is always grinning).

Gameplay
7/10
so if Shin means new, does the mean it is a new battle system?Pretty much.This battle system is supposed to be an amped version of the DBZ3 battle system.The gameplay flows perfectly.It is very fast paced.The brand new Aura Burst lets your character fly around freely and quickly.It is like taking the good parts of Dragon Ball Z 3 and Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! and throwing them into one battle system.Combos are still available, and can go on just as long as the PS2 combos.It sounds like I'm pretty happy with the gameplay, so why did I give it a 7?Well, after Dragon Road is complete, there is absolutly nothing to do.Afterwards, you only have your Survival, Free Battle, and Time Attack Modes.And the Profile Cards are REALLY boring.It's like customizing a school ID with Dragon Ball stickers.Also, the lack of multiple In-Game Transformations makes combos a lot harded to think up.And every character is pre-equipped with techniques, unlike in Dragon Ball Z 1, 2 , and 3 where you get to choose what techniques your character gets.Making every character the same.

Sound
6/10
I hate the new theme song.Also, the music is the same recycled music that we've been hearing sicne 2001.While many of the good tracks are still in Shin Budokai, I want some new music.I mean, Atari and Bandai have legends of American and Japanese music.They can totally do better than what they've been using for the past 5 years.What I love about the sound, Japanese voice actors.Plain and simple.The English voice actors are great too, but the original is just where it's at.

Overall
7.5/10
Dragon Ball Z: shin Budokai puts tons of new mechanics on the table, but doesn't give you too much new stuff that's good.The game gets REALLY boring after you beat Dragon Road and you may feel like you wasted your money after about a week.The game still delivers what a Dragon ball Z fan wants though, fast paced action.The game could do with better mini-games other than Dragon Pace and Profile Cards.Also, I feel kind of annoyed that Atari would advertise Wireless online Play when you can only play using Ad Hoc WiFi.

Rent or Buy?
A rent for sure, if you like games that last 3-5 hours after spending $40, then go ahead, buy it.

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Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai is the first DBZ game to have wireless multiplayer action! The fast and furious combat rockets into a new dimension, with all the ounter-attacks, super high-speed bouts, flight and Ki (energy) management you've come to expect. Challenge some of the most evil characters in single-player mode, or select multiplayer and play as the bad guys themselves. The choice is yours -- either way, you'll fight hard to reach your goal: Becoming the most feared and powerful warrior in the universe!

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Dragonball GT: Transformation Review

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(More customer reviews)As the anime of Dragonball Z was beyond fantastic, and the Dragonball GT anime was horrible, so the video games follow. This is a completely different game from Legacy Of Goku, so don't expect it to be similar in any way. The controls are almost completely different, and you don't even get to follow the entire story of GT. Instead you go from the start through the Lost Episodes version of the series, to the end of the Baby Saga. I doubt whether they're going to release a second game.

The graphics are fine, but now you are just side-scrolling through the levels. I liked it a lot better when it was more like an RPG, and you could explore every nook and cranny of the DBZ world. The cutscenes are terrible as well, they could have at least had real scenes, to make it more interesting.

The controls, as stated before, are completely different. You don't have multiple energy attacks, and now you can't use a signiture move without being at full energy. At least now you can jump, and gather energy. In this game you can also throw enemies, which makes the gameplay more fighting-based than story-based. You now have the option of executing combos, for more points (yet another thing I don't like about the game; points are now translated into Zenni in this game).

There are now extras in this game, which cost a lot of money (Zenni). This makes the gameplay repetitive, and boring. By the time you unlock everything you're sick of playing the game anyway. I also hate how you can't simply transform into any of the Super Saiyan forms. Instead you have to unlock them as separate characters, like in Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi.

Overall I would only suggest this game to people who have either not played the Legacy Of Goku games, people who loved Dragonball GT, but not DBZ (are there any people like that?), or die-hard fans of both series. Otherwise I'd just skip this game and buy the DBZ games, and the new Dragonball game.

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Transformation is the first in a series of two thrilling Dragon Ball GT action/RPGs. Play as one of seven playable DBGT characters and face off against General Rilldo, Luud, Baby and other intergalactic villains. In this game the battles are bigger and the enemies are more dangerous. Can you take your game to the Next Level?

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