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 3 DBZ Game Review's in one
3.08.05 - By SuperSaiyanTrunks

Ok guys, today, I’m going to write about the DBZ games, and give a little summary about them. I may not list all of them, so bare with me. I might do two, when I know what games I forgot.

Lets start with the system games.

Dragonball Z Budokai. Platform; PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube.
The first game to come out for the current systems, and not a half bad game. It doesn’t have the kind of stuff like Budokai 2 & 3 does, but it was better then most people thought of it. It doesn’t have the game board or the ability to fly around, basically, you just complete one story, and save, and go on to the next. There’s 3 story’s: Saiyan, Frizea, and Cell. (Android and Cell were all one story). It followed the story line pretty well, but some time it got out of hand. You beet the whole thing, then you could go unlock extra story clips, two of my favorites were when if you were Vegeta and you beet the Saiyan’s and the other Z-Warriors take over the Earth and become a Super Saiyan. The other one is when Cell (LV 2), was about to absorb Android 18, but Krillin pushes her out of the way, and he absorbs him instead. He looks like a Mini-Cell/Krillin. He’s orange, small, and has a kind of Krillin looking face. When he does that, Yamcha gets angry, and you just got to beet him to win the mission. After you beet him, Cell wakes up and realizes he was just having a dream. All in all, the extra story’s are all “If the villains wins” kind of things.

I give Dragonball Z: Budokai a 7.5/10.


Dragonball Z Budokai 2. Platform; PlayStation2, Nintendo GameCube.
The second game in the DBZ Budokai line, and of course, a big improvement from the first. One of the things is that they changed around the graphics. Some people were angry, and disappointed in that, but Budokai 2 shocked everyone like the first one. Some of the guys said it was too “cartoonish”, but its really not. The way they made it, was, that they drew it up on the computer, added color, and added all the special effects to it. All the “big attacks”, like Trunks’ Burning Attacked was made great. (A personal favorite attack with him ;-)) Then, Atari lets you get in the game with the new game board type thing. You go on a board, pick some ally’s, and go to the destination. You can either avoid enemies, or you can just go and kick their butts. If your really good a Budokai 1, then you’ll adapt quickly to this one, and you’ll be really good. The hardest fight, I think, is when you have to fight Kid Buu for the final time. There’s a special way to get where he is, and you need to be REALLY fast if you’re not Goku. But… I beat him down with Trunks ;-). Two characters I recommend when you go fight Kid Buu for the final time, you adomaticly get Goku, and then chose Trunks and Vegeta for your allays. They’re just a thought ;-).

I give Dragonball Z Budokai 2 an 8.4/10.


On to the final game – Dragonball Z Budokai 3. Of course, this game was another step up on the DBZ game lines. If you guys kept track, the first 2 DBZ Budokai games that came out for the PS2 are now on GameCube. So, you guessed it, Budokai 3 well be hitting the GameCube later this fall. I’m pretty sure that it will be released in either late October or early November. Lets go on to some of the game play of this game.
One thing I am really happy about is that it lost its “Game Board” area. I’m sure some of you are probably really upset, but it just didn’t really go with me. I’m happy Atari made it so you fly around. Also, on the map, you can get all sorts of good items, and all good stuff. That’s how to get the Dragonball’s, and that’s how I got Frieza’s and Cooler’s Spaceship. (NOTE*** In order to get Cooler’s Spaceship, there is a special way to get it. If you want to find out, email me). It’s also got a great selection of characters. The characters that are still gone are: Zarbon, Dodoria, and Android 19. I’m sure there’s more, but that’s what I remember right now. Characters that were added are: Broly, Saibamen, Cell Jr., Bardock, Omega Shenron, Uub and Cooler. Another cool thing is, Frieza and Cell have to transform again. Frieza has some new forms to get. Cell has his old forms again, which is really cool. It still has the cartoonie graphics, but it doesn’t matter. It’s a really good game that makes you THINK on how to get these characters. Pretty much, you got to do a few things in order before you unlock a person. It’s a really good game, even after you beet it, its still fun t just go back and fight some more, and also fun to fight your friends.

I give Dragonball Z Budokai 3 a 10/10.

Questions? Email me at DBZreviewer@yahoo.com.