Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
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| Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road | |
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| Developer(s) | Dimps |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Bandai |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
| Release date | JP June 7, 2007 NA March 20, 2007 EU June 22, 2007 AUS June 29, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | CERO: A ESRB: Teen OFLC: PG PEGI: 12+ |
| Media | UMD |
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road (known simply as Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai 2 (ドラゴンボールZ 真武道会2 Doragon Bōru Zetto Shin Budôkai Tzū?, Dragon Ball Z: True Budokai 2) in Japan and Europe) is the sequel to the best-selling Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai fighting game for PlayStation Portable. The story arc is a brand new story telling about Majin Buu being released in Future Trunks' timeline.
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[edit] Gameplay
Gameplay is very similar to Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, the game's precursor. The controls remain the same, but there are some additional functions that can be used during gameplay. The story mode gameplay features something similar to what was in Budokai 3 and Budokai Tenkaichi 2.
[edit] Key features
- Seven game modes (including a completely new story arc following the world of Trunks on his adventures against Majin Buu)[1]
- 24 unique playable characters (the player can choose heroes and villains from Dragon Ball Z)
- High-speed Ad-hoc battles with the universe's most powerful fighters
- In-game transformations to make the battle even more intense
- An improved fighting system with over 50 new fighting skills and ultimate attacks
- Brand new power level-system in Story Mode
- Network Battle
- Able to change camera angles
[edit] Story
After the Android and Cell threat, Future Trunks enters the World Martial Arts Tournament. He meets Kibito and the Supreme Kai and has to stop Babidi and Dabura from resurrecting Majin Buu. Trunks knows he can't do it alone so he goes into the past to get the help of the past Z-Fighters. He manages to save the time machine and asks Goku, Gohan, Goten, Kid Trunks, Vegeta, Piccolo, Android 18 and Krillin to help them. Babidi creates clones of the Z-Fighters, Frieza and Cell to stop them. Vegeta lets himself fall to Babidi's spell again, but Goku manages to bring him back to his senses this time.
The energy of the battle revives Buu. He refuses to listen to Babidi so Babidi leaves him in Dabura's care and goes off to New Namek to use the dragon balls to place Buu under his control. However, the Z-Fighters manage to foil his plans. Cooler and Broly, who are joining forces, help Babidi. Buu makes friends with Hercule, but Dabura hurts him, turning Buu into Super Buu, who eats Dabura. Supreme Kai and Past Gohan go to the Other World to use the Z-Sword but no use. Then Janemba shows up. Gohan and Pikkon help defeats him and recruit Bardock, Goku's father, and Future Gohan, who was in a state of rage, until Future Goku calms him down.
Afterwards, The Supreme Kai and the two Gohan's return to the World of the Kais where Future Gohan easily pulls out the Z-Sword. When that happens, Past Gohan smashes it, explaining that the sword itself wasn't important. When the Supreme Kai was in the middle of questioning this, the Elder Kai appeared offering to help, with him being surprised as to how Past Gohan knew about him. The Elder Kai then offered to unlock Future Gohan's hidden powers, the dead demi-Saiyan agreed though his counterpart gave a vague warning. The Elder Kai does indeed awaken Future Gohan's potential, but now the matter was how Future Gohan would help. Since Past Gohan didn't think of this, the Elder Kai then offered to bring back Future Gohan by giving up his own life and transferring his own life-force into him, which the Supreme Kai argued against it, but the Elder Kai insists, saying that self-sacrifice was cool. So in the same matter as Past Goku, Future Gohan was brought back to life by Elder Kai's life force. Future Pikkon and Future Bardock were granted one day in the living world to help. After saying their farewells to the Elder Kai and Future Goku, the two Gohan's and the two dead warriors were returned to Earth. The fighters all gather together on the Lookout. Amazed at the amount of fighters they had, Goku also noted this occasion was the first time that he had ever seen his father, though Vegeta did not care. During this, Future Gohan and Future Trunks talked for the first time since the day that the former had died. After this, Goku did a pep talk to rally the fighters together, but soon Babidi interrupts, demanding the Dragon Balls. When refused, Babidi leaves, threatening to have Earth destroyed if the Dragon Balls were not given to him. But not too long after that Janemba stole the Dragon Balls, prompting the Z-Fighters to go after the demon. After fusing together, Goku and Vegeta as Gogeta defeated Janemba but Babidi steals them.
If the player chooses another path, Buu absorbs Gotenks and Past Gohan, but thanks to Goku and Vegeta using the potara fusion, Vegito freed Gohan and Gotenks without them getting killed like they did in the past but the fusion still dissolves. Babidi uses the Dragon Balls to get his wish but Hercule steals his wish to save the earth by wishing himself to be the most popular man in the universe. Enraged, Babidi lashes out on Hercule but Buu took the blow. Enraged by Babidi trying to hurt Hercule, Buu eats Babidi. As a result of this, good Buu is separated from the Buu entity causing the final transformation into Kid Buu.
After a long battle with the Z-Clones, Janemba, Cooler, Cell, Broly and Kid Buu, Goku, Gohan, Goten, Future Bardock and Future Gohan use their Kamehamehas to wipe them out, saving the future. Thus, thanks to the Z-Fighters, the future world was safe again. And that ends the story, with the Z-Fighters of the Past waiting for the multi-seat Time Machine to recharge.
[edit] Playable characters
- Goku (Base, Kaioken, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, Super Saiyan 4)
- Teen Gohan (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2)
- Gohan ( Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Elder Kai Unlock Ability)
, Final Form, Meta Cooler)
- Broly (Super Saiyan, Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Gotenks (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3)
- Super Gogeta
- Vegito (Base, Super Vegito)
- Pikkon
- Janemba (Final Form)
- Bardock
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