2 /10 1 Votes
Distributor(s) 20th Century Fox Initial release date 19 March 2009 Adapted from Dragon Ball | 2/10 IGN Designer(s) Kazuhiko Yamamoto Genre Fighting game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date(s) JP: March 19, 2009NA: April 8, 2009EU: April 17, 2009 Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment Similar Dimps games, Fighting games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragonball Evolution is a fighting video game for the PlayStation Portable based on the live-action film of the same name. The game was released in March 2009 in Japan, followed by a North American release on April 8, 2009. It is the first Dragon Ball video game to feature Bulma as a playable character.
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Gameplay
The gameplay is the same as the Dragon Ball Z Budokai series.
Plot
The plot is the same as the movie of the same name.
Characters
Reception
The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. IGN called it a "pile of trash," "disaster burned onto a UMD," and "competitor for the worst game on the PSP." Reviewers noted that pressing the same button repeatedly was sufficient to win battles against the AI in the game's story mode, while adding an Ultimate Attack to the mix was similarly effective in the arcade mode. GamePro gave the game a moderate review, writing, "despite horrible graphics, spotty A.I., and some severely unbalanced characters, Dragon Ball Evolution on PSP at least delivers fast action and multiple modes of play." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a much better score of one seven, one six, and two sevens, for a total of 27 out of 40. The game was included among the worst games of all time by GamesRadar in 2014.
