The story starts off with Omega Shenron using minus energy to bring back every enemy Goku has ever come across, including major foes like Frieza and Cell.
It seems like a unique story on the surface, but it kind of isn’t. It comes off as uncreative and uninteresting as there could have been some cool scenarios if they really went all out with this mode, but unfortunately they did not.Īdventure mode is the other big mode, but I found myself finding the same problems I had with Z Story, just to a lesser extent. Most of the stories told in these scenarios are pretty much the same exact thing - there’s slight differences in the DBZ storyline based on who you play as, but it’s almost always the same story and nothing really ever deviates from that. So I played his mode and beat Goku, but then the story goes on to say that Gohan, who originally was cleared from the battlefield by Goku, came back under ape form and defeated Vegeta anyway. For example, I thought it would be cool if Vegeta was the one who beat Goku in their initial battle at the start of the series. This sounds cool on paper, but the execution is pretty weak.
Once you clear that mode, the game gives you other Z Stories to clear under “What if” scenarios.
#DRAGON BALL Z EXTREME BUTODEN CHARACTER FULL#
It’s an extremely abridged version of the 296 episodes of Dragon Ball Z, but it’s a fine refresher for those who don’t remember the full story. It’s a retelling of each major DBZ story arc, starting from the arrival of Goku’s sinister brother Raditz to the defeat of Kid Buu. You immediately start out in Z Story mode, as it’s required you clear the “Dragon Team” mode before other modes can unlock. This becomes more apparent as I got into the different gameplay modes. While you can use lesser fighters such as Tien and Yamcha as assist characters, I wish some of them were bumped up to regular fighter status since battles can get pretty repetitive. While it’s nice that just about every major Z fighter is playable, I wish it was a bit more diverse. While there’s only about 20 fighters to play as, including the usual suspects such as Goku, Krillin, Vegeta, Piccolo and various others, there’s a ton of assist characters, ranging from Master Roshi, Tien and Yamcha to minor characters like Launch and Turtle.
You can either team up with two other Z fighters to form a team, or you can rely on 4 assist characters. It’s a bit of button mashing, but there is depth here and most of the fighters I played as felt different and had their own combos and moves. It’s a combo oriented fighter, so depending on the character you’ll be memorizing combos for each and string them together to preform Rush Combos. While the fighting system captures the exciting battles you’d see on the television program, the boring, repetitive story modes and a lack of roster depth can make this entry somewhat disappointing. Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden fills that gap the 3DS has had for a good while, but it’s only competent at best and nothing more. But recently there hasn’t been much in the way of a fun fighting game.
Sure, there’s Smash Brothers, and if you go all the way back to the 3DS’ launch you can also mention Street Fighter IV 3D. Fighting games are few and far between on the Nintendo 3DS.