Dragon Ball Z making PSP debut

Atari to unleash anime scrapper on Sony's handheld in March; Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai will feature wireless multiplayer battles.

Dragon Ball Z fever has hit gamers hard. The brand has punched out dozens of games on several platforms and recently battled for the first time on the DS with Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2. Now the series is making its debut on another handheld, the PSP.

Atari today announced that Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai will be released this March. The game will feature 18 playable characters and will follow in the fighting footsteps of its forebears. Included will be counterattacks, high-speed bouts, and seven game modes. In addition to featuring a single-player story mode, the game will include a wireless multiplayer mode that lets gamers battle each other head-to-head.

Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai is being developed by Dimps, the same company behind previous Dragon Ball Z games. Rating and pricing information have not yet been released.

68 Comments

  • SaitouZero

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 3:27 pm PT

    All you people complaining about 18 characters need to realize that the game will feature in game transformations. Budokai Tenkaichi had 60 characters because each transformation was counted as a seperate character, it's easy to get 60 characters when you have 4 Goku's, 4 Vegeta's and so forth. 18 truly diffferent characters is fine with me and unlike Tenkaichi (which isn't even a real Budokai game) this game won't be developed by Spike. Dimps the makers of Budokai 3 (one of the best fighters in my opinion) are developing this game so I'm really confident it'll turn out good.

  • brotherscampos

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 11:04 am PT

    I am a DBZ fan for that the idea for to take my budokai on all my travels is amagazine

  • santana4064

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 10:49 am PT

    this game is going to be wack. Why take a step down to 18 characters???

  • fireboy1414

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 9:09 am PT

    it doesnt suck its just played out....like ww2 games

  • hittin

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 9:07 am PT

    DBZ sucks.

  • GraduatedGamer

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 8:56 am PT

    Im mad that this Budokai game has wireless play. How come the console games didnt have online play. Thats the stupidity Im talking about. With over 50 characters they could of made an online mode.

  • ss4lawrence

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 8:26 am PT

    the 1 for the ps2 was the best the newest 1 for it budokai something cant remember the name but it ruled

  • jaefrmbk2k

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 6:54 am PT

    hey, isn't it funny how when to try to get on gamespot the stupid razor ad locks you out of the site indefinately? good thing i'm samrt i faound a workaraound

  • insane956dv

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 6:42 am PT

    Cool, 18 characters not cool >:-(

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 4:45 am PT

    how many 10 year olds that like DBZ actually have a psp?

  • snowbrdr1119

    Posted Feb 5, 2006 10:46 pm PT

    when is the psp going to finally get some more good games, this not being one of them

  • deathdemon89

    Posted Feb 5, 2006 9:52 pm PT

    Quite your whining.18 characters is more than enough.Keep in mind that they aren't counting the various different forms of the characters.So as long as they include SSJ4 Vegeta,Im happy.

  • MarioLookalike

    Posted Feb 5, 2006 7:26 pm PT

    Who know? It could be alright. Hopefully when it comes out there will be more than 18 characters.

  • wildarms700

    Posted Feb 5, 2006 5:29 pm PT

    18 Characters isnt that bad for a fighting game, I mean, going from 50 to 18 is kind of bad, but it isnt really a sequel to the console versions, its Dimps trying somthing new by putting it on the PSP and seeing what they can do with it, The Average fighting game on the PSP has about 12 Characters I believe, so be greatful to get the 18. I am personally gonna wait for some screenshots from this game, but if it was a hybrid of Tenkaichi and B3 then I would be very greatful. The only thing I thought Tenkaichi was lacking was the actual skill capsules and transforming in battles, if Shin Budokai could throw those into the Tenkaichi fighting engine, I think it would make a great game, if people were to actually give it a chance.

  • Foppe_

    Posted Feb 5, 2006 12:33 am PT

    At last, I´ve been waiting for this.
    It does´nt matter if it´s only 18 characters, as long as the game is fun to play.

  • Violent-M

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 9:33 pm PT

    I hope they pick the best elements of both and take the flaws of each into account. And from what I have read, it looks like it. May just buy this fighter for the psp. Even though I've kinda grown out of this show, the fighting is still cool. So long as they have 17 and a decent game I'll buy it.

    Pixels for my people.

  • DarthUltima

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 8:02 pm PT

    If its as good as Budokai 3 then I would buy it.

  • GunslingerMan

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 3:49 pm PT

    I hope it's more like DBZ : b3, not tenkaishi .

  • Salehjamal

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 3:47 pm PT

    not impressed by the screenshots!
    they said it's coming in March! I hope they started working on it early or it will be buggy!

  • DannyBoyVai

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 3:34 pm PT

    why do people comment in simply to put thing down. grow up chaps. for crying out loud. if you dont like something then good for you thats your opinion and your privalidge. but dont ruin things for other people. i hope this is a good game . good games make people happy. and people being happy makes life better .

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