Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors
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| Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors | |
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| Developer(s) | Cavia Banpresto |
| Publisher(s) |   Atari Bandai |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Release date | March 26, 2004 June 22, 2004 August 27, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Action Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single Player Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors (ドラゴンボールZ 舞空闘劇 Doragon Bōru Zetto Bukū Tôgeki?) is a fighting game based on the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z. It was developed by Banpresto and released for the Game Boy Advance on June 22, 2004.
The game was followed by a 2005 sequel for the Nintendo DS.
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[edit] Gameplay
The game pits two characters of the Dragon Ball Z franchise against each other in large environments, where they mostly fight in the air. The player can use strong and weak variations of close combat attacks, and charge their ki to fire strong and weak energy blasts. Each character also has three unique "Certain Kill" abilities that deal heavy damage to the opponent. The Certain Kill ability varies depending on where the player is located - above, below or horizontal to the opponent.
Each character has three "levels" which makes them stronger and occasionally changes their sprites and abilities. This is used in story mode to simulate the characters being stronger or weaker than their opponents.
The player can also fight as a team, during which two or three characters are stacked up with their own health bars and can be changed between by pressing the L button.
[edit] Playable characters
There are 13 playable characters, each with 3 levels. They are each listed with their name and appearance according to level [ex: Name (Lv1, Lv2, Lv3)]:
- Goku (Normal, Super Saiyan, Full Power Super Saiyan)
- Gohan (Teen Super Saiyan , Teen Super Saiyan 2, Ultimate Gohan)
- Piccolo (Normal for all three)
- Kuririn (Normal for all three, but one Certain Kill ability changes from summoning Gohan to Tenshinhan to using the Spirit Bomb)
- Vegeta (Normal, Super Saiyan, Majin Vegeta)
- Future Trunks (Super Saiyan for all three)
- Captain Ginyu (Normal for all three, but can summon Jeice for a Certain Kill at 2 and Recoome and Guldo at level 3)
- Freeza (Final form, Mecha form, Final form)
- Android 18 (Normal for all three, but can summon 17 for a Certain Kill at 2 and 16 at level 3)
- Android 20/Dr. Gero (Normal for all three)
- Cell (Perfect for all three)
- Majin Buu (Fat Buu, Super Buu)
- Gotenks (SSJ3 for all three, with greater time limits between each)
[edit] Game modes
[edit] Story Mode
Story Mode lets the player select a character and go through a unique story, each with eight battles. Each character has a "What If..." scenario which differs from the original Dragon Ball Z story, but there are also three scenarios that follow the Namek, Android and Buu Sagas. Certain "What If..." scenarios also have a "Special Edition" ninth battle (such as Piccolo being revived and sparring with Gohan).
[edit] Z Battle Mode
Z Battle Mode lets the player fight against 8 opponents either alone or with a team. The mode ranks the player after completion and grants points.
[edit] Challenge Mode
Challenge Mode pits the player against teams of certain characters one at a time. As the player defeats each team, new teams are unlocked, and the harder the team, the more points the player gets. You can't go over the Level 4 limit with your characters.
[edit] Free Battle Mode
In Free Battle Mode the player can create their own fight, and there are no limits to the player's levels.
[edit] Remote VS. Mode
Remote VS. Mode lets the player link up with another Game Boy Advance and battle a friend via Game Boy Advance Cable.
[edit] Option Mode
The Option Mode lets the player change the game's difficulty, unlock new characters, or view rankings of various scores you've gotten in different modes in the game. Unlocking characters and story modes costs points, which are obtained by winning battles, completing story modes, etc.
It also includes a 'museum' where the player can view the game's illustrations as displayed after completing the respective stories in story mode and listen to the characters' quotes which are otherwise heard during battle. Note that this is only available after acquiring the required amount of points.
