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What kind of scores do Dragonball Games get out of the U.S.?

Post by Anonymous Friend » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:08 pm

I know in America Dragonball games (or even most Anime games in general) get some average and below average scoring. And some of these games deserve them, but what do the rest of the world, particularly Japan, think of them?
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Post by fps_anth » Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:56 pm

I know that Sparking! NEO just got a score of 27/40 from Famitsu. I'm ASSUMING that Budokai 3 got higher then that, but I'm not really sure.
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Post by kvon » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:27 pm

This is off-topic, but check out what Famitsu gave perfect scores to. You figure out the reason those games got those impossible scores, and than I hope you'll realize what those rating-ers are looking for. (I sure haven't figure it out yet! And I'm about to say that they are biased :?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famitsu
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Post by fps_anth » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:40 pm

Vagrant Story got a 10, yet Majora's Mask and Resident Evil 4 didn't? Also, Famitsu loves Final Fantasy doesn't it.
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Post by Sebastian (SB) » Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:49 am

fps_anth wrote:Vagrant Story got a 10, yet Majora's Mask and Resident Evil 4 didn't? Also, Famitsu loves Final Fantasy doesn't it.

Japan, in general, loves Final Fantasy....& Dragon Quest.
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Post by Gouki* » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:38 am

Most of them don't get reviewed in the Australian magazines I flick through. Someone complained to them about not reviewing Budokai 3, the response was something like "well, it is better, but we don't like Dragonball Z at all!!"
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Post by Taku128 » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:07 am

I never saw a DBZ game review again after Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed Ultimate Battle 22. Great going Atari, releasing that piece of crap.
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Post by Pedro The Hutt » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:23 pm

Wasn't A) Atari still using it's true name Infogrames back then? and B) The DBZ license still with Bandai?
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Post by Caracal » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:40 pm

GameTM gave Shin Budokai 6/10, and the less said about some of the UK Official PS2 Magazine's reviews the better.
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Post by Drunken Master » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:47 pm

fps_anth wrote:Vagrant Story got a 10, yet Majora's Mask and Resident Evil 4 didn't? Also, Famitsu loves Final Fantasy doesn't it.
Vagrant Story deserves a 10.
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Post by fps_anth » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:34 pm

Drunken Master wrote:
fps_anth wrote:Vagrant Story got a 10, yet Majora's Mask and Resident Evil 4 didn't? Also, Famitsu loves Final Fantasy doesn't it.
Vagrant Story deserves a 10.
No doubt it is a good game, but what I'm saying is that if Majora'a Mask and RE4 doesn't get a 40, then Vagrant Story shoudn't get a 40.

Oh well, deep down in my heart, many games are 40's. :wink:
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Post by Taku128 » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:43 pm

fps_anth wrote:
Drunken Master wrote:
fps_anth wrote:Vagrant Story got a 10, yet Majora's Mask and Resident Evil 4 didn't? Also, Famitsu loves Final Fantasy doesn't it.
Vagrant Story deserves a 10.
No doubt it is a good game, but what I'm saying is that if Majora'a Mask and RE4 doesn't get a 30, then Vagrant Story shoudn't get a 30.

Oh well, deep down in my heart, many games are 30's. :wink:
Don't you mean 40 instead of 30?
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Post by Conan the SSJ » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:53 pm

GameSpot scores for all the NA released Ps1 and Ps2 games:

DragonBall Z Ultimate Battle 22: 1.2/10
DragonBall GT Final Bout: 3.3/10
DragonBall Z Budokai: 6.9/10
DragonBall Z Budokai 2: 6.7/10
DragonBall Z Budokai 3: 8.2/10
DragonBall Z Sagas: 3.8/10
DragonBall Z Budokai Tenkaichi: 7.0/10
(MY scoring, GameSpot hasn't yet reviewed this version if they ever will) DragonBall Z Budokai 3 Greatest hits: 10/10
Super DragonBall Z: 7.3/10
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Post by Taku128 » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:43 pm

Conan the SSJ wrote:GameSpot scores for all the NA released Ps1 and Ps2 games:

DragonBall Z Ultimate Battle 22: 1.2/10
DragonBall GT Final Bout: 3.3/10
DragonBall Z Budokai: 6.9/10
DragonBall Z Budokai 2: 6.7/10
DragonBall Z Budokai 3: 8.2/10
DragonBall Z Sagas: 3.8/10
DragonBall Z Budokai Tenkaichi: 7.0/10
(MY scoring, GameSpot hasn't yet reviewed this version if they ever will) DragonBall Z Budokai 3 Greatest hits: 10/10
Super DragonBall Z: 7.3/10
Might as well list the various gameboy games and few releases on other consoles too.

Game Boy Advance
Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku: 5.4/10
Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku II: 7.6/10
Dragon Ball Z Buu's Fury: 6.3/10
Dragon Ball GT Transformation: 7.6/10
Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu: 2.7/10
Dragon Ball Z SuperSonic Warriors: 7.7/10
Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure: 7.5/10

DS
Dragon Ball Z SuperSonic Warriors 2: 6.9/10

PSP
Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai: 7.5/10

And the DBZ games that appeared on the PS2 or Xbox got the same score as the PS2 version.
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Post by Sebastian (SB) » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:25 am

Taku128 wrote: Dragon Ball GT Transformation: 7.6/10
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Post by Taku128 » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:46 am

http://www.gamespot.com/gba/action/drag ... 0Ball%20GT < The review in question if anyones interested.
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Post by Anonymous Friend » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:02 pm

Isn't Gamespot an american company? I was looking more on the lines of a Europeean or Japanese reveiewers?
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