New Dragon Balls bouncing to handhelds

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Jan 22, 2007 2:42 pm PT

Atari prepping two spring releases based on the popular anime for portable platforms; one headed for PSP, one headed for DS.

Atari may be in the process of cutting costs by selling its studios and licenses to other game publishers, but one property it isn't giving up is the Dragon Ball Z license. The anime has been the basis of several games for consoles and handhelds alike and will be the subject of two more this year.

First up will be Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai: Another Road for the PlayStation Portable. The game is the sequel to the series' debut on the PSP, last March's Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai. Another Road adds a new story, an enhanced fighting system, and more than 50 new fighting skills and ultimate attacks to the 3D fighting game. The game is currently scheduled to be released in March.

The second portable Dragon Ball Z offering is Dragon Ball Z Harukanaru Densetsu for the Nintendo DS. Unlike Another Road's 3D fighting core, Harukanaru Densetsu combines card-based gameplay with role-playing elements. The game is expected to be released this spring.

85 Comments

  • madden_god21

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 6:29 pm PT

    pretty good i guess

  • mingfu

    Posted Mar 9, 2007 6:12 pm PT

    I hate those dragon ball z games !!!

  • mingfu

    Posted Mar 3, 2007 4:41 pm PT

    not interested

  • Primo295

    Posted Feb 26, 2007 12:21 pm PT

    this game has more characters tha zin budokai! and the game story looks good!

  • mingfu

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 2:39 pm PT

    this game is boring like crap!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Mr_Beebo3k

    Posted Feb 9, 2007 7:33 am PT

    Uh, actually neither Shin Budokai nor Another Road are ports. Shin Budokai took the engine from 3 (thankfully, I was scared it would be the Tenkaichi engine) but the story followed that of the Janemba movie and involved a smaller roster with a few new characters (namely Pikkon). Another Road is going to follow a What If story involving Trunks, which should be interesting enough to make me want to read the text. Just because the games will be using the engine from 3 does not make them ports considering that the stories are different, not to mention the fact that the fighting engine made some significant changes (namely the removal of the capsule system and the fact that the fighting was a lot more streamlined). All in all, the changes are enough to merit it being called it's own game.

  • Oozaru_Kakkarot

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 7:23 pm PT

    eeegh.....w/e Ill get em cuz im a fan otherwise theyre probly crappy ports especialy the psp one...just like shin was...the card one is going to require hardocore love to get over the crappy card game (no offense to peopel who like it) annyway its allways good to keep seeing DBZ titles being released keeping the good old anime alive...

  • SAM_ANDREAS

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 9:40 am PT

    I can't wait for Dragon Ball Z Harukanaru Densetsu

  • rijnie

    Posted Jan 24, 2007 8:41 am PT

    if its better then dragonballz: legendary super warriors i buy it

  • dimsey

    Posted Jan 24, 2007 5:08 am PT

    Interested in the DS game, I played a DBZ game on the SNES with a cardbattle system and it was pretty fun.

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Jan 24, 2007 4:32 am PT

    This will be a greate adition to the PSs library

  • Dante200X

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 8:13 pm PT

    ChitoKiryoku wrote:
    All the people complaining about the card-based game have probably never played Legend of the SSJ which has a slight card-element and is the best DBZ game ever (imho)


    Was that game for the SNES? Because i played a good bit of it. That was a pretty awesome game. I loved the whole RPG thing about it.

  • solidusScott

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 5:35 pm PT

    Cool. Hopefully they add an online mode and fix the story mode for Shin Budokai.

    I also agree with ChitoKiryoku on Legend of the SSJ, fun game.

  • Doolum

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 5:30 pm PT

    i loved the anime but cant say the same for the games.

  • ldksparda21

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 3:56 pm PT

    ight atari give me a game the will take me a month to beat. Shen budokai was a bit to easy, but fun. The tenkaishi 2 was great but i had in 3 weeks. You should make one for the PS3 it will look amazing.

  • -CB4

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 3:36 pm PT

    ChitoKiryoku, I couldnt agree with you more.

  • derayokray

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 9:40 am PT

    DBZ common mack a game for next gen PS3 or 360 i dont char

  • Remy_Labue

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 8:53 am PT

    gatsbythepig I love DBZ but I have yet to play one that is fun. -----

    Play Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for Wii. Best ever.

  • Dante565

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 8:02 am PT

    Thats a cool way to do it. I played Metal Gear Acid and its card based system was fun so I think this can be done well too.

  • gatsbythepig

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 6:58 am PT

    I love DBZ but I have yet to play one that is fun.

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