Decent Multiplayer Fun but Could've been More.
Nintendo released the absolutely abysmal Taiketsu and then another game called Super Sonic Warriors for the original GBA. While not groundbreaking in it's own right, Super Sonic Warriors for the GBA was definitely notable for having the sound and visuals that made Dragonball in gaming what it is.
The new game easily titled DBZ : Super Sonic Warriors 2, is the continuation of this game and is a double edge sword.
Graphically the game doesn't improve much upon the first in the series. While retaining sharp pixelation the characters look like there series representation but given the power of the DS, could've been easily more on the par with games such as Castlevania or even Princess Peach. The 3d backgrounds, while a great addition, don't really improve much upon the original 2d backgrounds in the original game. Give or take this is Dragonball and you can see it in the visuals but needless to say they could've been much better
The audio in the game is just as you ever expected it was, but less. Just as in the first game you'll hear slight battle cries and quotes from the original voice actors leading in and out of each fight and this is very true to most dragonball games. The music in the background however is .. uninspired at best.The basic midi tunes of the series and original tracks are enough for most but don't give off any flair or intensity of there own.
The battles for the most part however, are decent fun. You'll run into your normal cast of characters in which are mostly based on there most powerful forms and play as them throughtout the most part of the game in the battles and just go from there as usual. If your accustomed to Super Sonic Warriors 1, expect a couple new features such as Tag Team Attacks , which as stated in the title allows two characters to perform a combination super move when they are fully powered up. These attacks, while interesting, are ultimately only for show.
The special abilities and even transformations ( while not many in the game and not all characters can transform) is a nice edition to the game but doesn't quite cut it when it comes to a sequel and feels more like a " We needed to do this to sell copies" type of deal rather then a "what would the fans want" thought process.
The basic controls are there and basic fun is there a well.
Multiplayer as with most dragonball games, is always the best part. Wi-Fi would've been a better addition to this game but was never expected so I'll stick to the basics. Pummeling your friends is great fun as always but the limited characters and types you can put on your team kinda makes you wish for no limitations when trying to play your favorite dream team against your friend.
Overall Super Sonic Warriors 2, while still a fun game in small doses, grows weary quick if you have no friends to play it with you. If you own Budokai 3 , Tenkaichi or Shin Budokai, quickly makes you realize why your even bothering to play sometimes.