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Super Dragonball Z

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While Super Dragonball Z is a worthy game to add to your DBZ game collection and is a blast to play, don't come into it expecting it to have that hyperkinetic flash and energy of other DBZ games(like the Budokai series)or it being a serious technical fighter(like Tekken, Dead or Alive, or Virtua Fighter) because it isn't either one. What it is, however, is a traditional fighting game that feels old school yet new school all at the same time.

Watching the intro to Super Dragonball Z, you can tell a new take is being made on the DBZ universe. Upon playing the game, you realize that a more serious approach has been taken to the battles between our beloved characters from the classic anime series. Characters(18 in all) are placed in free-roaming, destructible sandbox levels(kinda like those in Power Stone)to battle it out. In my honest opinion, I think this form of engine better suits DBZ. It adds alot more strategically to the game. Course, it's good to see Atari having developers come out with new ways to play DBZ. If you want to get the most out of the game, though, you'll first want to create your own character card. There- you'll pick a character from one of the 18 presented, give it a custom name, and choose from a few sets of color palettes. Every time you finish a fight, you're awarded battle points. Getting enough battle points will give you access to a skill tree, where you can customize certain character properties and assign new moves to your character. Playing through the original arcade mode, as well as the survival mode, can get you Dragon Balls. Once you collect all seven Dragon Balls on your character card, you can summon the dragon Shenron, who will grant you a wish, which can range from giving you an additional color palette for your character to unlocking a whole new character. This addition is more than enough reason to keep coming back & playing.

The two biggest gripes I have with Super Dragonball Z is the character list to choose from for battle is just too small and there isn't any story to speak of, just fighting.

Beyond that, Super Dragonball Z does make a good first impression. I hope this isn't the last we see of it.

ok,this game is better than sagas,a lot better,not quite on par with budokai 2 or 3 but about as good as budokai 1 i would say.the character list is very poor there are like maybe 20 people.but they do give you king picolo and chi chi who have never been available before to my knowledge on any other dbz game.one good thing is that they give vegeta a black outfit for once,ive always wanted to see that.

now for the good...
u unlock most anything by collecting the dragonballz and wishing for it which is pretty easy,u set it on original mode beat 7 ppl and and u make a wish at the dragon summoning mode.
now,the controls,there not really that hard to learn but real hard to master i still cant get a galick gun off just whenever i want too i get it maybe every other time at best.

the in between...
the graphics,while not bad,arnt that good either.they kinda of well comic book cartoon looking.

and at last the bad...
frieza is very hard to beat,hes next to last in original mode,but the hardest to beat,cell isnt as hard and he is last.moves are kinda hard too do,like super saiyan ive never seen anything wrong with pushing the r1 and r2 buttons to do it,on hear i cant ever do it,and even one u do get it right i swear is lasts no more than 15 seconds and it wears off.
but it is fun to play,and u really dont even need super saiyan that much anyway

At first, I was skeptical about the new system of fighting for Super Dragonball Z, but after playing it for 5 minutes, I was hooked. I love the new variations between all of the characters, the Street Fighter type fighting really makes this a new soon-to-be classic. They really revamped the franchise with this title.

My Grandson really enjoyed it. It was a Christmas present, and he called me to tell me how much fun he had with friend,

Its more technical then the budokai series and has some depth to the fighting. At first you might not see but its there for sure when you try survival mode you'll see. The only negatives are that there is no story whats so ever and the character roster is small. And the unlockables are pretty "meh". If your a die hard DBZ fan needing a different style of fighting give this one a go.

My son is a huge Dragon Ball Z fan so anything would have made him happy. This was a good price and he claims that he loves and its one his favorite games.

Super dragon ball Z is right! this game is what ultimate battle 22 should have been PLUS MORE there are 4 less warriors to choose from though strange since ultimate 22 was a original playstation release game anyway This game represents the warriors
(Characters unlockable by dragonballs Ultimate gohan My favorite charachter he has a great balance in power and other attributes videl mecha freeza majin vegeta and king piccolo characters given to you buu (Fat) Freiza gohan (Teen) krillin # 18 goku trunks (Future) Cell (Perfect) Vegeta Chi chi some tricked out warrior version? piccolo #16 # 17)

Its not a wide varaity which is my only complain but since my favorite character is there its still great This game has a battle engine close to ultimate battle 22 only in 3D and much better graphics to power up and use most features out of super DBZ you must create a character cards you can have 30 at a time ( Strangly more spaces then characters!)

This games controlls are (SUPER) easy ( pun intended) compared to ultimate battle 22 I can acually use them they are acually kinda hard but if you master each skill 1 by 1 you can get it down and be a master! each saiyan gets his super saiyan form and gohan skips from 1 to 2

What I love about this game is that you get to increase your power level with each fight enemies with high power levels scouters at start of battle usually break you can wish for a new improved (Blue) scouter the kind nappa wore so they can read higher power levels I believe that there is a red scouter that vegeta wore I think its the next scouter but i dont remember well I have to replay the game anyway the first scouter breaks at 1.000.000 power level I not sure when the blue one breaks never got that far and if there is a red scouter it must not break but gives you a final limit to your power so you dont get any higher probably you will have to find out yourself

You can gain skill using exp points while gaining battle power Skill range from support like allowing you to use more action gauge or system skills like like power raising at an certain health amount or battle skills which are both super moves free of any energy cost and Ultimate skills taking away some energy or all!

You can also inherit (Learn skills from your other character cards but they must learn all their skills first) some skills can be learned by using the dragonballs but it selects them at random also some system skills that you get normally from exp you can get from the dragonballs too

either way this game is a perfect addition to your game collection and since your battle power is allmost allways rising you have things to look forward too like being able to beat the living daylights outta people more easily its truley everything that Ultimate battle 22 should have been!

This is my second game of the dragonball z i have and even thought it doesnt take long to finish the game,you still have a way to increase your character and gain new skills.

Besides the fact i only [...] for the game i would say it well worth it.

It might be the best dragonball z game but at least it gives your a challenge.

This review was written by my son, James Shea.

Yet another fighting game representing the Dragon Ball Z series, Super Dragon Ball Z does little to distinguish itself from its fellow DBZ games.

The game is mostly similar to other games in the DBZ universe. Based on an arcade game, the style of the game very much reflects this origin. There are 18 characters (five of whom need to be unlocked) representing most of the main characters in Dragon Ball Z. Each character differs slightly in terms of their four stats (attack, throw, ki - or energy - and "action"). The characters themselves do not differ drastically, though many have unique gimmicks (such as Trunks' sword, or Piccolo's stretching arms). Even their energy attacks are mostly generic, except for one or two signature attacks per character. In this regard, it is more similar to regular fighting games than other Dragon Ball Z games. Besides the standard attacking and blocking, the characters can also jump - holding down the button makes you levitate. This is better executed than some other DBZ games, namely the first Budokai, but on the whole air fighting is difficult to pull off.

There are 7 stages, each with several of the features familiar to DBZ fans - breakable objects and the ability to go to new parts of the stage by smashing through walls and floors. These locales are nothing special for the most part, and are the same ones used in every other DBZ game.

Unlockable items in the game are "wished" using the 7 Dragon Balls, which are collected in story mode. Everything from new moves to stat upgrades to new characters and levels to even a few extras like new outfits and game data is unlocked with the Dragon Balls, meaning that they must be collected every time you want to unlock something.

The graphics have a neat, cel-shaded quality that is done a little better than the cel shading in the other DBZ fighting games; this is perhaps the only advantage the game holds. The backgrounds, however, are mostly terrible. The audio is standard, using the same voice actors that have been in every single DBZ game, movie, and tv show episode since it came to the US.

Most of the features in this game are done more thoroughly, and better, in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai and its sequels. As an arcade game, this might have been all right, but it really didn't need to be ported like this.

Rating: 6/10.

You know since there are next generation consoles coming out (which one of them is already out), I just wanted to see which game I wanted to make my last PS2 game, and I saw that Atari is coming out with another DBZ game and I just felt like making this my last game because Dragon Ball Z is something I liked since I was 13 and DragonBallZ has always been the best classic Anime around and now with the PS3, The Nintendo Wii coming out in November, and the system that is already out the XBOX 360, this was the best choice I have made since I am a huge DBZ fan. I give Super Dragon Ball Z (my last PS2 game) a 4 out of 5.