Dragon Ball Z: Buu’s Fury, the third and final installation of the DBZ Game Boy Advance role-playing series, picks up immediately where the Saiyan heroes left off in The Legacy of Goku II. It depicts the tail portion of the Z saga as seen in the cartoon television series.
Atari and Webfoot Technologies have transcribed a fine rendition of the story to the portable cartridge, expanding and changing up the library of playable characters throughout the game. But the graphics and sounds don’t help too much in keeping the excitement going — you may have to make up for it with a bit of imagination.
While you don’t usually expect a whole lot from a game that’s derived from a cartoon, DBZ: Buu’s Fury tackles a good chunk of the familiar qualities that make Dragon Ball Z stand out from the rest of Dragon Ball lineage, namely the storyline and its characters.
Although it plays a bit more sluggishly than you’d prefer, it still does a nice job of recreating the experience with a diverse selection of attacks and abilities, and lots of new puzzles blended seamlessly into the quest. The game, however, still looks, sounds, and
feels much like the earlier instalments of the series — fairly simple graphics, and sadly still without the recognisable sound bites that are a big part of what make Dragon Ball Z.
There is also a new multiplayer link mode where two players can duke it out using their favourite DBZ characters, but because the early build we received wouldn’t allow us to utilise that feature, we weren’t able to test it out.
Still, it’s easy to decide whether or not to purchase this next installation of Dragon Ball Z on the Game Boy Advance. If you were thoroughly impressed with the previous instalment of the series, then get Buu’s Fury — you’ll enjoy it just the same. Otherwise, the next best thing to do is just to imagine what the Legacy of Goku II would have been like if you added on the episodes about Majin Buu to the end.
Dragon Ball Z: Buu’s Fury
Requirements: Gameboy Advance
Rating: 83%
Price: TBA
Contact: GameStop 01-8724305
06/12/04
Subscribers 0
Fans 0
Followers 0
Followers