Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden (series)

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Cover art to Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden.

The Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden (ドラゴンボールZ 超武闘伝, Doragon Bōru Zetto Chō Butōden^?, Dragon Ball Z: Super Fighting Story) series is a fighting game series based on the anime and manga Dragon Ball Z. Each installment was both developed and published by Bandai. There are three installments for the Super Famicom and one for the Sega Saturn.

[edit] Gameplay

[edit] Game modes

Each installment as similar game modes: Story mode, Classic Fight, Tournament, and Practice. Story mode loosely follows the story of the source material, each installment's story mode covering parts of the story. Classic Fight, as the name suggests, is a collection of free battle fighting options. Here, the player has the choice of fighting an AI-controlled opponent, another player, or watching two AI-controlled fight one another. In Tournament, the player can fight to earn the title of the ultimate fighter. Up to eight fighters can enter a tournament, though cannot fight simultaneously. Practice mode, present only in Super Butōden 3 and Shin Butōden, allows players to freely select their fighter and opponent to pracice their fighting techniques. Health does not deplete, so the player can practice for as long as they desire.

Shin Butōden also features two other exclusive modes: Group Battle and Mr. Satan mode. In Group Battle, players gets to create a team of five characters and fight against either another player or an AI-controlled character. In Mr. Satan mode, Mr. Satan is trying to raise enough money to pay off his debt to Artificial Human 18, and the player places bets on matches and cheats by using several items, such as banana peels, guns, and dynamite.

[edit] Super Famicom

[edit] Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden (ドラゴンボールZ 超武闘伝, Doragon Bōru Zetto Chō Butōden^?, Dragon Ball Z: Super Fighting Story) is the first installment in the Super Butōden series. The game was released in Japan on March 20, 1993 and in France and Spain on November 30, 1993. Super Butōden features 10 playable characters and its story mode spans from the final saga of Dragon Ball to the conclusion of the Cell Games.

[edit] Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 (ドラゴンボールZ 超武闘伝2, Doragon Bōru Zetto Chō Butōden Tzū^?, Dragon Ball Z: Super Fighting Story 2), called Dragon Ball Z 2: la Légende Saien in France, is the second installment in the Super Butōden series. The game was released in Japan on December 17, 1993 and in France and Spain in 1994. Super Butōden 2 features 10 playable characters and its story mode covers the Cell Games, as well as several stories involving Bojack, Zangya, and Broli completely unrelated to the movies they hail from. For unknown reasons, these three characters were renamed Kujila, Aki, and Tara in the French version, respectively.

The story mode became very popular at the time because of its many different variations. Depending on if the player wins or loses a battle, the story will take a different turn, which leads to a lot of possibilities to experience. The official French translation was clumsy and most of the time hardly comprehensible for anyone unfamiliar with the Dragon Ball story. A significant number of sentences were grammatically incorrect, sometimes to the point of complete incoherence.

[edit] Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden (ドラゴンボールZ 超武闘伝3, Doragon Bōru Zetto Chō Butōden Surī^?, Dragon Ball Z: Super Fighting Story 3), called Dragon Ball Z 3: Ultime Menace in France, is the third installment in the Super Butōden series. The game was released in Japan on September 29, 1994 and in France and Spain in 1994. Super Butōden 3 features ten playable characters. Strangely enough, it is the only game in the series that lacks a story mode.

[edit] Sega Saturn

[edit] Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden

Dragon Ball Z: Shin Super Butōden (ドラゴンボールZ 真武闘伝, Doragon Bōru Zetto Shin Butōden^?, Dragon Ball Z: True Fighting Story) is the fourth installment in the Super Butōden series. The game was released only in Japan on November 17, 1995. The game features 26 playable characters, their sprites being those used in an earlier Dragon Ball Z game, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22. Its story mode ranges from the Android Saga to the Cell Games.

[edit] Playable characters

Fighter	1	2	3	Shin
Artificial Human 16	Y	N	N	Y
Artificial Human 18	Y	N	Y	Y
Bojack/Kujila	N	Y	N	N
Broli/Tara	N	Y	N	N
Captain Ginyu	N	N	N	Y
Cell	Y	Y	N	Y
Cell Jr.	N	Y	N	N
Dabra	N	N	Y	Y
Dr. Gero	Y	N	N	N
East Kaioshin	N	N	Y	Y
Freeza	Y	N	N	Y
Future Trunks	Y	Y	Y	Y
Great Saiyaman	N	N	N	Y
Gotenks	N	N	N	Y
Gogeta	N	N	N	Y
Kid Goku	N	N	N	Y
Kid Trunks	N	N	Y	Y
Kuririn	N	N	N	Y
Majin Buu	N	N	Y	Y
Majin Vegeta	N	N	N	Y
Mr. Satan	N	N	N	Y
Muten Roshi	N	N	N	Y
Reacoom	N	N	N	Y
Son Goku	Y	Y	Y	Y
Son Gohan	N	Y	Y	Y
Son Goten	N	N	Y	Y
Teen Gohan	Y	N	N	N
Super Buu	N	N	N	Y
Tenshinhan	N	N	N	Y
Piccolo	Y	Y	N	Y
Vegeta	Y	Y	Y	Y
Zangya/Aki	N	Y	N	N
Zarbon	N	N	N	Y

[edit] See also

• Dragon Ball Z
• List of Dragon Ball video games

[edit] References

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