Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
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| Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road | |
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| Developer(s) | Dimps |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Release date(s) | US March 20, 2007 JPN June 7, 2007 EU June 22, 2007 AU June 29, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer game |
| Rating(s) | Entertainment Software Rating Board |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
| Media | Universal Media Disc |
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Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road (known as Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai 2 in Europe) is the sequel to the best-selling Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai fighting game for PlayStation Portable. The story arc is a brand new story telling about Majin Buu being released in Future Trunks' timeline.
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[edit] Gameplay
Gameplay is very similar to Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, the game's precursor. The controls remain the same, but there are some additional functions that can be used during gameplay. The story mode gameplay features something similar to what was in Budokai 3 and Budokai Tenkaichi 2.
[edit] Key features
- Seven game modes (including a completely new story arc following the world of Trunks on his adventures against Majin Buu)[1]
- 24 unique playable characters (the player can choose heroes and villains from Dragon Ball Z)
- High-speed Ad-hoc battles with the universe's most powerful fighters
- In-game transformations to make the battle even more intense
- An improved fighting system with over 50 new fighting skills and ultimate attacks
- Brand new power level-system in Story Mode
- Network Battle
- Able to change camera angles
[edit] Story
After the Android, and Cell threat, Future Trunks entered the world martial arts tournament. He meets Kibito and the Supreme Kai and has to stop Babidi and Dabura from resurrecting Majin Buu. Trunks knows he can't do it alone so he goes into the past to get the help of the past Z-Fighters. He manages to save the time machine and asks Goku, Gohan, Goten, Kid Trunks, Vegeta, Piccolo, Android 18 and Krillin to help them. Babidi creates clones of the Z-Fighters, Frieza and Cell to stop them. Vegeta lets himself fall to Babidi's spell again, but Goku manages to bring him back to his senses this time. The energy of the battle revives Buu. He refuses to listen to Babidi so Babidi leaves him in Dabura's care and goes off to New Namek to use the dragon balls to place Buu under his control. However, the Z-Fighters manage to foil his plans. Cooler and Broly, who are joining forces, help Babidi. Buu makes friends with Hercule, but Dabura hurts him, turning Buu into Super Buu who eats Dabura. Supreme Kai and Past Gohan go to the Other World to use the Z-Sword but no use. Then Janemba shows up. Gohan and Pikkon defeat him and recruit Bardock, Goku's father, and Future Gohan, who was in rage, until Future Goku calms him down. Future Gohan was brought back to life by Elder Kai and Pikkon and Bardock has one day to help. This was the first time Goku saw his father. But Janemba stole the dragon balls. Gogeta defeated him but Babidi steals them. If the player chooses another path, Buu absorbed Gotenks and Past Gohan, but thanks to the potara fusion, Vegito freed Gohan and Gotenks without having to get them killed like they did in the past. Babidi uses the dragon balls to get his wish but Hercule steals his wish to save the earth. Enraged, Babidi lashes out on Hercule but Buu took the blow. Enraged of Babidi trying to hurt Hercule, Buu eats Babidi, this transforming him into Kid Buu and causing him the good Buu out. After a long battle with the Z-Clones, Janemba, Cooler, Cell, Broly and Kid Buu, Goku, Gohan, Goten, Bardock and Future Gohan used their Kamehamehas to wipe out Majin Buu, saving the future. Thus, thanks to the Z-Fighters, the future world was safe again. And that ends the story.
[edit] Playable characters
Asterisk denote new Characters/Forms appearing in this game.
- Goku (Normal, Kaioken, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, Super Saiyan 4*)
- Gohan (Normal, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Elder Kai Unlock Ability)
- Teen Gohan (Normal, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2)
- Future Gohan* (Normal, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Elder Kai Unlock Ability)
- Vegeta (Normal, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Majin Vegeta)
- Future Trunks (Normal, Super Saiyan)
- Trunks(With Sword) (Normal, Super Saiyan)
- Krillin (Normal, Unlock Potential)
- Piccolo (Normal, Fuse with Kami)
- Frieza (Final Form, 100% Full Power)
- Android 18
- Cell (Perfect Form, Super Perfect Form)
- Majin Buu*
- Super Buu* (Normal, Gotenks Absorbed, Gohan Absorbed)
- Kid Buu
- Dabura*
- Cooler (Normal, Final Form, Meta-Cooler*)
- Broly (Super Saiyan, Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Gotenks (Normal, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3)
- Gogeta (Super Saiyan)
- Vegito (Normal, Super Vegito)
- Pikkon
- Janemba (Final Form (Not labelled in-game))
- Bardock*
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[edit] Reception
The game received mixed reviews. IGN gave the game a 7 out of 10 [2], GameSpy gave the game 3 ½ stars out of 4[3], gamespot.com gave it 6.8 out of 10 and G4's X-Play gave the game 3 out of 5.
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