Press Archive
GamePro (Issue 56, March 1994)
Overseas Prospects
Dragon Ball Z Cho-buto-den 21 (By Bandai)
Most Japanese players, like most Americans, can’t seem to get enough fighting games… and so we have DBZ2. Based on the animated series and an earlier fighting game, there’s very little new here.
In this one-on-one fighting format, combatants balance life and power meters to beat the other guy. The cart features the now-familiar Dragon Ball Z dual screen display for aerial attacks. Fighters can ward off special attacks by counter-attacking with their own killer techniques. Fans of Dragon Ball Z and other fighting games shouldn’t be disappointed.
The following historical notes are included for the benefit of the reader as supplemental information and were not originally published in the book.
1 While the 超 in the game’s title is typically read as chō, the furigana supplied alongside it (スーパー) indicates a pronunciation of the English word “super” — this is the same 超 in “Super Saiyan” (超サイヤ人). The game’s title is traditionally rendered out (untranslated) as “Super Butōden 2”, with 武闘伝 roughly meaning “Martial Arts Legend”.
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