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Revision as of 16:36, 27 October 2011
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, known as Dragon Ball: Ultimate Blast (ドラゴンボール アルティメットブラスト) in Japan, is a fighting video game based on the Dragon Ball franchise. The game was released by Namco Bandai on October 25th, 2011, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. Namco Bandai has released the game in North America on October 25th, 2011,[1] and will release in European countries on October 28th, 2011, and in Japan on December 8th, 2011.[2]
Overview
Development
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Goku and Vegeta sparring
Development team Spike Co. Ltd. in Japan have taken a new approach with the aim of creating a new landmark in the Dragon Ball video game series. The game was announced by Weekly Shônen Jump under the code name Dragon Ball Game Project: Age 2011. Internauts could vote for the name of the game, having the choice between: Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Z, Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Rising, Dragon Ball Z: Awakening Saiyans, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, and Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Warriors in Europe and North America. The title Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi was eventually chosen and officially revealed on June 30th, 2011.
The first trailer for this video game, still under the name Game Project: Age 2011, was released on May 10th, 2011. The European trailer was released on June 30th, 2011, at Japan Expo 2011. The name Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi was officially revealed primarily and the trailer showcased certain characters of the Saiyan Saga and their attacks, as well as confirmed a release date of October 28th. The demo at the Japan Expo convention included Goku (Base and Super Saiyan), Android 18, Future Trunks, Frieza, Vegeta (Base), Cell (Perfect Form), Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan), and Saibaman. A second trailer was released on June 30th, confirming a release date of October 25th for North America, and displayed several Namek Saga scenes, along with Super Saiyan 3 Goku, and Janemba (First Form). The development team of Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi confimed in an interview that most of the Dragon Ball GT characters will be appearing in this new game, with Super Saiyan 4 returning as well.[3]
Gameplay
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Gameplay
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi dives into the Dragon Ball universe with brand new content and gameplay, and a comprehensive character line up. It has faithful manga-style graphics, totally destructible battle fields, and refined controls designed to bring the experience closer to the highly acclaimed Budokai Tenkaichi series.
The character and environment graphics are upgraded since the previous series; characters are drawn straight from the original series and to match the anime and makes it a true Dragon Ball experience. The game features the original Japanese voices and music.
Environment destruction
“Impact Break” system allows large scale environment destruction. This includes realistic craters and Kamehameha tracers cutting across the sky, delivering a heightened sensation of realism and dynamic immediacy.
The controls are designed to bring the experience closer to the previous Budokai Tenkaichi series, making the play accessible to all, but retaining all the tactical depth in battle. Improved mechanics allow for faster long-to-short range fights. The gameplay also includes elements from the Budokai series, such as Quick Time Events during certain combos. There is also an added health recovery system and a vast collection of more cinematic camera angles.
Modes
Story Mode
Super Saiyan Goku vs Perfect Cell
The enhanced Story Mode inmerses players in the Dragon Ball universe, and included bonus levels from the Dragon Ball Z movies and from the Dragon Ball GT series. It includes Free-Roam style gameplay similar to the Story Mode of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2. Fifteen animated scenes with bosses are included. Great Apes and other giant characters, such as Janemba (First Form) and Hirudegarn, up to 15x the size of playable characters are featured in boss fights and/or cinematics. The story mode also features digitally remastered scenes from the anime, making it more true to the Dragon Ball series.
The Story Mode begins with a battle between Bardock and Frieza, then the battle against Raditz and ends with the final fight between Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta and Omega Shenron. During Free Roam (if playing as Goku), you can Ride the Nimbus Cloud or have another character such as Piccolo follow you. There are also Chase Sequences in the Game found in such instances as a battle between Vegeta and Zarbon. This includes a Chase where you must escape Zarbon without getting to close or risk being defeated, as most villians will not hesitate to fire Ki Blasts if you lag behind.
After finishing the battle between Bardock and Frieza, and getting hit by Frieza's Death Ball technique, a cutscene ensues showing the destruction of Planet Vegeta and Goku's arrival on Earth. After the cutscene, it shows flashbacks of Goku and Gohan at the Kame House, Goku taking the powerful blow to the stomach by Raditz, as well as Goku atop the Nimbis Cloud flying alongside Piccolo. The Free Roam screen includes a Dragon Radar used for finding such places as the Story Objectives or the World Tournament, however, if visiting the World Tournament during Story Mode, you will be forced to use the Character you are currently playing as in Story Mode. The screen also includes use of Capsules, a recharge button and a full screen Dragon Radar. Also, certains characters equipped with Scouters may use them as well. This interface is almost no different aside from giving the screen a red tint and including arrows that appear to guide you towards your next Story Objective. You also have the option to locate the Story Objectives or rather, you can hide it and attept to find it on your own. Although this sounds difficult, Story Objectives have a large beam of light that shoot sup from the ground, making them easy to spot at close range. When you reach the Story Objectives and begin a battle, you will find that the Fight Sequences are far more accurate than those found the previous installments. For example, rather than you having to do a Team Super Attack to kill Raditz with a Special Beam Cannon, Goku automatically holds Raditz while Piccolo launches it and destroys them both. This same effect can be seen when defeating Vegeta (Scouter) and executing the Spirt Bomb, or Fusion Spirit Bomb, as it was called in Raging Blast 2 when used as a Team Super Attack.
After a battle, a cutscene will ensue, followed by a narration telling you of the events that have taken place since that battle has taken place. After this, you will return to the Free Roam screen and be free to travel to the next Story Objective. Also, several Story Objectives contain Boss Battles, which often take place after defeating certain enemies to a point, such as Vegeta (Scouter). After his apparent defeat, he transforms into a Great Ape. Most bosses can be defeated easily by either punching them or firing Ki Blasts at them. After this they can be taken down easily, often with only a few button combinations.
Hero Mode
The free-roam type of gameplay
Ultimate Tenkaichi includes a special mode, called "Hero Mode", which allows the player to experience the brand new age of Dragon Ball Z. A "Complete Character Creation & Customization"[4] feature was confirmed on July 2011 by Namco Bandai Games. Appearance and attributes can be customized such as model body, face, hair, attire, and fighting style. Additionally fighting style and special moves can be selected. The created characters can roam the world, battle various enemies from the series and share their characters online. Only male characters can be made.
The Hero mode include also its own story with missions similar to that of the story mode, but without anime cutscenes.
Tournament Mode
An example of the Tournament registry
Like many games before it, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi features a World Martial Arts Tournament mode.
It is the same as the previous installments but you can use your own created character in the mode. This mode includes the Stage Destuction.
Characters
Playable characters
- Goku (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3)
- Kid Gohan
- Teen Gohan (Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2)
- Ultimate Gohan
- Piccolo
- Vegeta (Base, Super Saiyan, Ascended Super Saiyan)
- Krillin
- Yamcha
- Tien Shinhan
- Future Trunks (Base, Super Saiyan)
- Gotenks (Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3)
- Super Vegito
Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta vs Omega Shenron in the intro for the game.
- Super Gogeta
- Gogeta (Super Saiyan 4)
- Bardock
- Raditz
- Saibamen
- Nappa
- Vegeta (Scouter)
- Zarbon (Base, Transformed)
- Dodoria
- Cui
- Captain Ginyu (Base, Goku's body)
- Recoome
- Burter
- Jeice
- Frieza (1st Form, 2nd Form, 3rd Form, Final Form, 100% Power)
- Android 16
- Android 17
- Android 18
- Android 19
- Dr. Gero
- Cell (Imperfect Form, Semi-Perfect Form, Perfect Form, Super Perfect Form)
- Cell Jr.
- Majin Vegeta
- Majin Buu
- Super Buu (Base, Gohan absorbed)
- Kid Buu
- Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Super Janemba
- Omega Shenron
Bosses
Story Mode
Boss fight against Great Ape Vegeta
- Great Ape Vegeta
- Metal Cooler (nucleus)
- Janemba (First Form)
- Hirudegarn (Final Form)[5]
Hero Mode
Stages
- Break Wasteland
- Rocky Area
- Planet Namek
- Ruined Planet Namek
- Ruined City
- Islands
- Glacier
- Cell Games Arena
- Hell
- Supreme Kai's World
- Cave
- World Martial Arts Tournament
- Temple
- Big Gete Star core
- Dark Planet
Trivia
- This is the first game to have Boss Battles
- This is the third game to Feature Dragon Ball Z Kai Voices
Gallery
Promotional material
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi PS3 cover Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi Xbox 360 cover  Game Project: Age 2011 logo  Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi logo  Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi logo  Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Blast logo  Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi/Blast logo  Images from the official website of Game Project: Age 2011 .png "ProjectAge2011(JumpScan1).png (5.21 MB)") Images of Game Project: Age 2011 in a European Scan  Images of Game Project: Age 2011 in V-Jump  A magazine article featuring multiple pictures of Bardock fighting Frieza    Images of Ultimate Tenkaichi in a European Scan  Android 17 vs. Future Trunks  Perfect Cell vs. Gohan  Ultimate Tenkaichi battle system 01  Ultimate Tenkaichi battle system 02  A magazine scan about Ultimate Tenkaichi    Ultimate Tenkaichi Disc |
Screenshots
 Loading Screen  Character selection .png "YamchaCleanSmile(UT).png (272 KB)") .png "SaibaBomb(UT).png (211 KB)") .png "DeadYamcha(UT).png (127 KB)") .png "Tien(UT).png (434 KB)") .png "TienNappa(UT).png (286 KB)") .png "PiccoloNappa(UT).png (455 KB)") .png "GohanNappa(UT).png (438 KB)") .png "GohanKick(UT).png (333 KB)") .png "NappaGohan(UT).png (285 KB)") .png "GohanPunches(UT).png (312 KB)") .png "BakuretsuRanma1(UT).png (321 KB)") .png "BakuretsuRanma2(UT).png (135 KB)") .png "BakuretsuRanma3(UT).png (155 KB)")   .png "VegetaGoku(UT).png (352 KB)") .png "SaiyanVegeta(UT).png (370 KB)") .png "SaiyanVegetaFace(UT).png (446 KB)")   .png "VegetaQTE(UT).png (328 KB)") .png "VegetaGoku1(UT).png (573 KB)") .png "VegetaCombo(UT).png (490 KB)") .png "VegetaGoku2(UT).png (389 KB)") .png "VegetaGoku3(UT).png (475 KB)") .png "VegetaGoku4(UT).png (548 KB)")  .png "GalickGun(UT).png (321 KB)")   .jpg "DBZUTVEGETAGALICKGUN(SCOUTER).jpg (74 KB)") Vegeta (Scouter) firing the Galick Gun  .png "OoV2(UT).png (351 KB)") .png "OoV1(UT).png (372 KB)") .png "BossFight(UT).png (410 KB)")   Great Ape Vegeta firing a Chou Makohou .png "CrushinginHands(UT).png (381 KB)") .png "Goku1(UT).png (381 KB)") .png "GokuKicksVegeta(UT).png (349 KB)") .png "Kaioken1(UT).png (352 KB)") .png "Kaioken2(UT).png (336 KB)") .png "Goku(UT).png (351 KB)") .png "SpiritBomb(UT).png (261 KB)") .png "EarthExplosion(UT).png (267 KB)") .png "GameShot(11).png (143 KB)")    .png "Recoome1(UT).png (570 KB)") .png "EraserGun(UT).png (327 KB)") .png "RecoomeCharge(UT).png (317 KB)") .png "Recoome2(UT).png (230 KB)") .png "Vegetalol(UT).png (264 KB)")  One of the animated cutscenes in the game .png "GokuGinyu1(UT).png (503 KB)") .png "GokuGinyu2(UT).png (506 KB)") .png "GokuGinyu3(UT).png (352 KB)") .png "GokuGinyu4(UT).png (482 KB)") .png "GokuGinyu5(UT).png (567 KB)") .png "GokuGinyu6(UT).png (561 KB)")      One of the animated cutscenes in the game  Frieza attacking Vegeta  Frieza charging a Death Ball  Vegeta is blasted by Frieza's Death Ball  Frieza attacking Krilin  .png "UnderwaterPiccFrza(UT).png (463 KB)") .png "PiccFriza(UT).png (525 KB)") .png "FriezaPunch(UT).png (507 KB)") .png "FriezaPiccolo(UT).png (446 KB)") .png "FriezaGohan1(UT).png (498 KB)") .png "FriezaGohan2(UT).png (204 KB)") .png "FriezaGohan3(UT).png (275 KB)")  A gameplay cutscene of Vegeta's death  Frieza fighting with Goku  One of the animated cutscenes in the game    Frieza vs. SS Goku  .png "SSGokuKick1(UT).png (454 KB)") .png "SSGokuKick2(UT).png (385 KB)") .png "SSGokuPunch(UT).png (538 KB)")  .png "YWDBMH1(UT).png (239 KB)") .png "YWDBMH2(UT).png (258 KB)") .png "YWDBMH3(UT).png (271 KB)") .png "AngryKam1(UT).png (264 KB)") .png "AngryKam2(UT).png (403 KB)") .png "AngryKam3(UT).png (406 KB)") .png "AngryKam4(UT).png (365 KB)") .png "Frieza1(UT).png (121 KB)") .png "Frieza2(UT).png (219 KB)") .png "Frieza3(UT).png (370 KB)") .png "OutOfEarth(UT).png (109 KB)")  Bardock  .jpg "GinyuGoku(UT).jpg (26 KB)")   .png "GameShot(15).png (233 KB)") .png "GameShot(14).png (208 KB)") .png "GameShot(9).png (299 KB)") .png "GameShot(10).png (250 KB)") .png "GameShot(13).png (899 KB)") .png "GameShot(6).png (355 KB)") .png "GameShot(7).png (189 KB)") .png "GameShot(3).png (243 KB)") .png "GameShot(4).png (201 KB)")  .png "GameShot(8).png (160 KB)") .png "GameShot(5).png (278 KB)") .png "FinalFormFrieza(UT).png (305 KB)") .png "VegetaFrieza(UT).png (327 KB)")  Android 18  Android 18 attacking Vegeta   Android 18 kicking Vegeta             Cell  Cell punching Piccolo   Super Vegeta  Vegeta crushing Cell  One of the animated cutscenes in the game      Metal Cooler boss fight  Super Gogeta vs Majin Buu  Fat Buu charging the Chocolat Beam  Chocolat Beam .png "Janemba1(UT).png (327 KB)") Janemba boss fight .png "Janemba2(UT).png (284 KB)") .png "Janemba3(UT).png (310 KB)") .png "GokuKam(UT).png (320 KB)") .png "GokuKam2(UT).png (193 KB)") .png "SS3Goku(UT).png (319 KB)") .png "SSJ3Rush1(UT).png (529 KB)") .png "SSJ3Rush2(UT).png (336 KB)") .png "Janempa1(UT).png (282 KB)") .png "Janempa2(UT).png (329 KB)") .png "SSJ3Rush3(UT).png (372 KB)")  SS3 Goku vs Kid Buu Boss fight against Great Ape Baby .png "BabyRun1(UT).png (527 KB)") .png "BabyRun2(UT).png (513 KB)") .png "BabyRun3(UT).png (378 KB)") .png "Bandai1(UT).png (668 KB)") .png "Bandai2(UT).png (505 KB)") .png "GiganticFlame(UT).png (501 KB)") .png "BabyFace(UT).png (495 KB)") .png "Bandai3(UT).png (451 KB)") .png "Bandai4(UT).png (491 KB)") .png "BabySlam(UT).png (524 KB)")  .png "Bandai5(UT).png (461 KB)")   Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta   Omega Shenron in the final story battle  Omega Shenron's Demon Death Ball Custom character creation   A custom character .png "Hero1(UT).png (305 KB)") .png "Hero2(UT).png (330 KB)") .png "Hero3(UT).png (472 KB)") .png "Hero4(UT).png (380 KB)") .png "SSJHero(UT).png (372 KB)") .png "HeroBarrier(UT).png (488 KB)")   A custom character vs Goku  A Custom Character charging a Dodon Ray  .png "YamchaGlacier(UT).png (552 KB)") Yamcha .png "HeroVsYamcha1(UT).png (433 KB)") A custom character vs Yamcha .png "HeroVsYamcha2(UT).png (398 KB)") .png "HeroVsKrillin(UT).png (523 KB)") A custom character vs Krillin       .png "SaiyanBoy1(UT).png (316 KB)") .png "SaiyanBoy2(UT).png (432 KB)") .png "SaibaDonuts(UT).png (203 KB)")        |
Characters
 A custom character  A custom character  A custom character turned into a Super Saiyan  Goku  Super Saiyan Goku  Battle-damaged Super Saiyan Goku  Kid Gohan  Super Saiyan 2 Gohan  Piccolo  Krillin  Vegeta  Battle-damaged Vegeta  Super Saiyan Vegeta  Future Trunks  Super Saiyan Future Trunks  Nappa  Recoome  Buter  Jeice  Ginyu  Frieza (Final Form)  Dr. Gero/Android 20  Android 18  Android 17  Android 16  Imperfect Cell  Semi-Perfect Cell  Perfect Cell  Super Perfect Cell  Golden Great Ape Baby |
References
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi first American trailer, June 30th, 2011
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi first European trailer, June 30th, 2011
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi developer interview
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi Official Website
- ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi Official Opening Cinema
External links
- Dragon Ball: Ultimate Blast Official Website (Japanese)
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi Official Website (English)
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi overview at namcobandaigames.com (English)