| Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tose |
| Publisher(s) |
|
| Director(s) | Ichisuke Hiten |
| Producer(s) | Kazumasa Ogata |
| Designer(s) | Aiko Nakatsuka Haruse Kataoka Jiro Inoue |
| Programmer(s) | Shinzo Tokiwa |
| Artist(s) | Aka Yasuda Atsushi Fujimoto |
| Composer(s) | Kenji Yamamoto |
| Series | Dragon Ball Z |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release | Original releaseRe-release
|
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to two players) |
For Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Guide for beginners, base Stats of all characters, tips etc.' Learn about all the Dragon Ball Z characters such as Freiza, Goku, and Vegeta to Beerus. Raditz, and Buu. For Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle on the iOS (iPhone/iPad), a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Character Limit'. Gotenks is a Dragon Ball Z character formed when Goten and Trunks perform the Fusion Dance.
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22[a] is a video game based on the mangaDragon Ball Z. It is called 'Ultimate Battle 22' or 'UB22' by the fans because it features a roster twenty two playable characters from the series.
Development and release[edit]
It was released in 1995 in Japan and 1996 in Europe.
Another fighting game called Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butôden was released in the same era for the Sega Saturn, and is considered by many to be the better between the two games. The aforementioned game never received a North American release.
When Ultimate Battle 22 was officially released in North America eight years later by Atari, no English dub track was produced and the pre-battle cut scenes were removed.
Gameplay[edit]
This 2-D/3-D combination PlayStation game features many attacks from the manga. The game is notable for using actual cel drawings from the animators as character sprites and cut scenes before the fights which were a novelty at the time of its original release in Japan (these cut scenes were removed on the European and US releases).
Reception[edit]
Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that 'About the only thing this one has going for it is the vast selection of characters.'[2]
Upon its 2003 release in the United States, Ultimate Battle 22 received 'generally negative reviews', according to Metacritic.[3]GameSpot give it a 1.2/10, calling it a 'really, really terrible game.'[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ アルティメイトバトル22Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Arutimeito Batoru Towintetzū
References[edit]
- ^'PlayStation Soft > 1994-1995' (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^'Finals'. Next Generation. No. 11. Imagine Media. November 1995. p. 168.
- ^'Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22'. Metacritic. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^Davis, Ryan (25 March 2003). 'Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 Review'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2 August 2003.
| Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tose |
| Publisher(s) |
|
| Director(s) | Ichisuke Hiten |
| Producer(s) | Kazumasa Ogata |
| Designer(s) | Aiko Nakatsuka Haruse Kataoka Jiro Inoue |
| Programmer(s) | Shinzo Tokiwa |
| Artist(s) | Aka Yasuda Atsushi Fujimoto |
| Composer(s) | Kenji Yamamoto |
| Series | Dragon Ball Z |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release | Original releaseRe-release
|
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to two players) |
For Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Guide for beginners, base Stats of all characters, tips etc.' Learn about all the Dragon Ball Z characters such as Freiza, Goku, and Vegeta to Beerus. Raditz, and Buu. For Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle on the iOS (iPhone/iPad), a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Character Limit'. Gotenks is a Dragon Ball Z character formed when Goten and Trunks perform the Fusion Dance.
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22[a] is a video game based on the mangaDragon Ball Z. It is called 'Ultimate Battle 22' or 'UB22' by the fans because it features a roster twenty two playable characters from the series.
Development and release[edit]
It was released in 1995 in Japan and 1996 in Europe.
Another fighting game called Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butôden was released in the same era for the Sega Saturn, and is considered by many to be the better between the two games. The aforementioned game never received a North American release.
When Ultimate Battle 22 was officially released in North America eight years later by Atari, no English dub track was produced and the pre-battle cut scenes were removed.
Gameplay[edit]
This 2-D/3-D combination PlayStation game features many attacks from the manga. The game is notable for using actual cel drawings from the animators as character sprites and cut scenes before the fights which were a novelty at the time of its original release in Japan (these cut scenes were removed on the European and US releases).
Reception[edit]
Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that 'About the only thing this one has going for it is the vast selection of characters.'[2]
Upon its 2003 release in the United States, Ultimate Battle 22 received 'generally negative reviews', according to Metacritic.[3]GameSpot give it a 1.2/10, calling it a 'really, really terrible game.'[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ アルティメイトバトル22Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Arutimeito Batoru Towintetzū
References[edit]
- ^'PlayStation Soft > 1994-1995' (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^'Finals'. Next Generation. No. 11. Imagine Media. November 1995. p. 168.
- ^'Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22'. Metacritic. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^Davis, Ryan (25 March 2003). 'Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 Review'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2 August 2003.
External links[edit]
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 at GameFAQs
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 at Giant Bomb
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 at MobyGames
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