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| Latest News: Live action movie - Dragonball Z Hey, It's release date is Unknown; there have been estimates (from FUNimation) that it could be filmed soon enough for a fall, 2003 or summer, 2004 release. Click Here for more information. Source: Upcoming Movies Taste of Chicago Stephanie Nadolny, voice of Dragon Ball�s Goku and Dragon Ball Z�s young Gohan, will be appearing at the �Taste of Chicago� festival July 1-5. Nadolny will be at the Bally Stage, which will host the Martial Arts Demo and the �Kamehameha Contest,� from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. everyday. The Bally Stage is located on the South side of Congress Pkwy, west of Columbus Dr. Downtown Chicago. Source: Official DBZ Website Legacy Of Goku #1 Thanks to you DBZ fans, video game sales results for May 2002 showed that Dragon Ball Z� Legacy of Goku was far and away the #1 title for Game Boy� Advance (GBA) during the period, according to NPDFunworld TRSTS Video Games Services. Not only was Dragon Ball Z� Legacy of Goku #1 but it crushed the nearest competitors. The explosive performance of Dragon Ball Z� Legacy of Goku also catapulted the game to the #2 slot among the Top 100 Selling Video Games for May 2002, and the #28 slot for the year to date, according to NPDFunworld. When combined with the strong sales of Infogrames� Dragon Ball Z�: Collectible Card Game, which debuted in late May, the Dragon Ball Z� franchise earned Infogrames the #1 rank among all GBA publishers for May 2002. Source: Official DBZ Website Goku & Vegeta This Saturday June 15 Chris Sabat, voice of Vegeta and Piccolo from DBZ, and Sean Schemmel, voice of Goku from DBZ, will be at Collin Creek Mall in Plano, TX. Schemmel and Sabat will be signing autographs and taking pictures with fans from 12-5 p.m. Collin Creek Mall is located at 811 N. Central Expressway, and this exciting event will take place on the lower level. Prizes and surprises will also be given out to a few lucky fans. Source: Official DBZ Website Legendary Super Warriors for GBC... New game for Gameboy Color is coming! There is a new Dragonball Z game for Gameboy Color and its coming out on 6-30-2002. So be ready for a whole new adventure... For more information and screenshots on this game Click Here. Goku and Gohan Stephanie Nadolny, voice of DBZ�s young Gohan, and Dragon Ball�s Goku, will be signing free autographs and meeting fans at Lone Star Comics in Dallas this Saturday, June 15 from 12 - 3 p.m. Lone Star Comics is located at 11661 Preston Road in Dallas, 215-373-0934. Source: Official DBZ Website |
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| Dragon Ball Z: Final Bout Publisher: Bandai Developer: Bandai Genre: 3D Fighting Origin: Japan Number of Players: 1-2 System: Playstation Recommended: 1 Memory Block Though all 3 of the DBZ games have been out for quite some time now, they continue to sell as more and more people are becoming obsessed with the ongoing action soap opera that is Dragon Ball Z. The third and possibly the last installment of DBZ games on the Playstation is Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout. This is the only game to be released and distributed on the American market. However, there were only a couple of prints done on it and as a result, it is extremely hard to find. DBGT takes a turn from the previous games since it uses polygonal characters and a whole new fighting engine. Whereas the graphics are much nicer, the gameplay is very slow and extremely difficult to the point where it almost seems unfair. If you watch DBZ every day on the Cartoon Network like most fans then seeing your favorite characters in 3-D polygons will appear strange at first. Though they look very nice, they do not really look like they do in the cartoon. They almost look too good in this version. Still, this is not the main drawback to the game. Out of all of the aspects of the game, I would have to say that graphics are its best feature. Play on the other hand is a different story. The response time is very slow, and each move that the characters do is executed at a snail's pace. You'll hit the punch button and watch the character go through a huge animation of punching. It is almost impossible to perform any combos and so the action is very slow back and forth. The control contributes to this problem. In addition to punch, kick, and block there are special moves that each character can perform. Since there is a focus on watching much of the animation the special moves are difficult to do. In addition to that, the game pauses while the animation happens. This is supposed to make it feel like the show, but it just slows the game down. The major problem with the game is the fact that the computer controlled characters have no trouble with the sluggish control and can execute all of their moves with perfect timing. They can also anticipate moves and block unlike human controlled characters that have the burden of slow response to the block command. The same problem is true to all of the counter moves, which are difficult to execute as well. The one thing that the game boasts is the "Meteor Smash" finishing move. When executed the animation looks very smooth and cool. However, like everything else it is very difficult for you to execute whereas the computer can and will do it every time. The main addition to Final Bout is the Build-Up mode. In it you choose a character and put it through training fights against all of the other characters. The moves that you perform in these modes will give you experience points and make you stronger in the regular fighting. It is something like an RPG without a story line. Although this is a nice attempt at add in some depth to the game, it gets old very quickly. Be warned-when you start out in this mode you will get whipped very quickly. This is due to the fact that all of the characters start out with much more health than you do. Fair? Not really. As far as the fun factor goes, this game is fairly lacking. I would have preferred less spectacular graphics and more speed. As it is, I think that only the die-hard Dragon Ball fans will really enjoy the game. If you are not a fan of the series then this game will definitely not convert you into one. It is nothing special in the gaming world, but in the Dragon Ball world, it is very popular. Without the license though, it is a frustrating mediocre fighting game. |
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