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Move over Mario, Goku is now side-scrolling!
Added by GodLen on May 22, 2009

I am so very happy that game developers have finally figured out that a Dragon Ball game doesn’t have to be entirely focused on fighting; and for that matter, always taking place during the Dragon Ball Z timeline. Finally, the adventure manga/anime Dragon Ball will get the classic side-scroller game it deserves; maybe a few decades too late, but it’s coming and that's all that matters.

It’s name is Dragon Ball: Tenkaichi Daibouken, and will be a Wii exclusive game. The best part is, for a game on the Wii it looks absolutely beautiful; with cell-shaded graphics that appear as if they were lifted directly from the anime itself. Siliconera states that this game has not been announced for an international release yet, but bets the farm that it will get one.


I have been waiting for a game like this forever. Dragon Ball lends itself more to an adventure type game than a fighting game, and what better way to convey this adventure then a semi 2D-3D side-scrolling game. What do you think? Would you buy this for your Wii if it was released internationally?

Funny thing is, this is probably another after effect of Dragon Ball: Evolution.








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13 Comments
John_Martone on May 22, 2009
Yum. Bring it to a system I own! (I.E. everything else)
gia on May 22, 2009

godofchaos on May 22, 2009
gia, just thought I'd mention, confirmed an international release months ago at FBR before we knew what the game actually was (at the time we only knew it was a non Z Dragonball game for the Wii, and the American dub cast had already recorded their characters)
Pyro on May 22, 2009
If this game were to play anything like Odin Sphere, I'd be all over it.
gia on May 22, 2009
@Pyro: I've got a mental image of Goku dressed in the fancy bird-ish outfit, except it's more like a chicken than a swan.

Thanks a lot.
MoonStorm on May 22, 2009
Sweet I have a reason to turn on my Wii again.
Pyro on May 22, 2009
@gia: Anytime!

@MoonStorm: Check out Oboro Muramasa (Muramasa: The Demon Blade in the US), it's the spiritual successor to Odin Sphere, and comes out in September.
John_Martone on May 22, 2009
@moonstorm: Hello, Dokopon. I mean, don't you hate your sibling enough to destroy his will to live?
gia on May 22, 2009
@John_Martone: But you can get Dokapon on a DS now, too.

Though the Wii version is a bit better.
Newten on May 22, 2009
You know, I'm fairly sure there has been a Dragon Ball side-scroller already, on the GBA I think. And there is Dragon Ball Origins (I think that's the name atleast) on the DS, not a side-scroller, but it is a Dragon Ball game rather than a DBZ fighting game.

But anyway, nice to see more Dragon Ball games I guess.
Sonata on May 22, 2009
The game doesnt look that bad at all, if I had a Wii I'd give it a try
Kuro on May 23, 2009
I want to play this.
shonen on June 5, 2009
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