The wildly popular Dragon Ball Z series makes its first appearance on the PlayStation Portable with Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai. Play as the good guys or the bad guys in this high-energy fighting game. You can use flight and energy abilities, transformations, and counterattacks, as well as character-specific attacks featured in the Dragon Ball Z TV show. There are 18 playable characters and seven story modes to choose from. Challenge other gamers to multiplayer duels via the PSP Wi-Fi connection.
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Classical in form, plot-driven, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- Dimps
- Publisher
- Bandai, Atari, Inc.
- Released
- March 7, 2006
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
- Time to beat
- 3.5 h rushed · 9 h main story · 13 h completionist
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 43 ratings.
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