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CALLING ALL DRAGON BALL Z FANS AND COLLECTORS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wow this game has to be the greatest game ever on PSone It is soo much fun though the moves are a bit hard to do once you master them it's FRESH as hell! I love this game!!! The booklet tells you how to do all the moves but the Meteo Attacks - (Meteo Brute Combo for Tien: Forward, Down/Forward, Down, Down/Back, Back, Forward, square) like for Tein he splits in two and they both start laying the smack down on you wicket style. So find a good FAQ for the game that shows how to do the Meteo Attacks and have a blast.

It's worth ten dollars!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't not wan't make you fell bad about getting this, but it's not DBZ quality and lets not speak of GT. This was the last game I had before I sold my Psone. The game play is ok, but the graphics suck now I must remind you this game is old it's very old in Japand. Let me get to the point the energy blast suck they look like there shooting snot bughers. The characters look ok they fight pretty fast. look the point is it depends on how you think it is. I say rent it first if you dont like it or you do you decide. This game to me is just unsatisfing, but one thing I comend this for is the fighting is faster than on Dragonball Z budokai 1,2.

Very tragic indeed...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't even know why I got this game in the first place. I mean, come on, Funamation knew this was a horrible attempt at a fighter video game. There's a good selection of characters, but the game is easy to win (simply stand far away and blast away with special energy attacks). Also, music and sounds are horrible. There was literally no voice translations, only title translations. For DBZ fans out there, go buy a PS2 and get Budokai 3. You'll be spending about $180 more than if you've bought UB22, but you'll surely be happy.

Good game, but ported to America WAY TOO LATE!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: August 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ultimate Battle 22 (1995.) A Dragon Ball Z fighting game for the Playstation One.

Over the years in Japan, Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series has been one of the most successful ones of all. So successful that the series, like many other animes out there, was released in America. The show became an instant success, and soon enough, new American games based on it began to be released. Sadly though, most of the old Japanese games never made it to America. In an effort to keep fans satisfied between the releases of the two Budokai fighting games, Ultimate Battle 22, an old fighting game from 1995 for the Playstation One, got an American release. Read on for my review of it.

PROS:
-OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN AFFORDABLE GAME. Because this is a Playstation One game, and the Playstation One has been pretty much phased out, the game is less expensive than its Playstation Two counterparts.
-THE GAME USES THE CLASSIC "FIGHTING STORY" COMBAT ENGINE. If you've ever played any of the Fighting Story DBZ fighting games for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo, you're going to feel right at home with this game. The controls are essentially the same.
-THE GAME HAS A TON OF CHARACTERS. There are twenty-two characters in this game, and twenty-seven if you enter the cheat code! This means you probably won't get bored with it right away.
-MANY CHARACTERS PLAYABLE HERE ARE NOT PLAYABLE IN OTHER DRAGON BALL Z FIGHTING GAMES. For example, the game features Majin Vegeta and two different forms of Majin Buu. This makes gameplay all the more appealing.
-TONS OF BACKGROUNDS. Based on who you're fighting, you'll be taken to one of many backgrounds. The setting only adds to the excitement.

CONS:
-WHY DID THEY EVEN BOTHER RELEASING THIS IN AMERICA!? The fact of the matter is, well, this game was severely outdated LONG AGO! Releasing this game in America just seems questionable. They should have released True Battle History/Shin Butoden (originally for the Sega Saturn) here instead.
-GRAPHICS ARE TERRIBLE. The backgrounds are a very poor attempt at three dimensions, and it's obvious that most of the art in the game was NOT done by Toriyama or any of the original Toei animators.
-NO ALTERNATE COSTUMES/FORMS. Why the hell not?
-NO STORY MODE. This deals a massive blow to the replay value.
-TOO MANY CHARACTERS PLAY ALIKE. To put it simply, many characters only LOOK different - they all play pretty much the same.
-YOU CAN'T SELECT YOUR OPPONENT, STAGE, OR MUSIC. These factors are all selected for you. Why!? Being able to set them to my liking was one of the things I liked about the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom DBZ fighting games.

OVERALL:
If you're a DBZ fan who also likes fighting games, you might want to consider shelling out the cash for this game just because it's so affordable. But be warned - it's not likely that this game will please everyone - it's outdated, after all. Normally I recommend buying a game before renting it, but this one's so cheap, you might as well just buy it if you're thinking about playing it.

DragonballZ Ultimate Battle 22

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: January 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well, this game is okay, has weak spots and good parts. I own it. Now, the graphics are garbage. The characters don't look good. DragonballGT Final Bout is a better buy if you can find it. Ultimate battle 22 has a whopping 27 characters
! The game has all the characters from the DBZ sagas. Here are all the characters:
Goku
Gohan
Tien
Master Roshi
Recoome
Captain Ginyu
Freeza
Cell
Vegeta(Majin)
Future Trunks
Kid Trunks
Zarbon
Great Saiyaman
Android# 16
Android# 18
Dabura
Goten
Gotenks

Vegeto(Gogeta)
Super Saiyan 3 Goku
Kid Goku
Super Buu
Fat Majin Buu
Hercule
Supreme Kai
Piccolo
Krillin
These are all the characters available. 27 is a lot!! The game has 5 modes. VS. Computer, 2 Player mode, Tournament, Build Up, Build Up Battle. Those are all 5 modes. But the game lacks of story mode. The energy balls are really, well not so impressive. They don't got any reality. Just little yallow balls. The balls don't even follow you after they are thrown(homing energy balls). The ultimate attack for each character is nothing big. They are not much different then the regular attacks. If you got a PS2, Budokai 2 is a much better bet!! Now, the moves are not so easy to do. For example, Goku's best attack is Ultra Hamaekamaeha, and it is not anything special, but it is so hard to launch!! Man, DragonballGT: Final Bout is easier to launch characters final moves. Final Bout is a much better game, and it is 3-D, while DragonballZ Ultimate Battle 22 is 2-D. Now, if you have that $150.00 to buy DragonballGT: Final Bout, go ahead!! It is extremely expensive, but DragonballZ Ultimate Battle 22 is like rubbish compared to DBGT Final Bout! Now, if you already have DragonballGT Final Bout, then don't buy DragonballZ Ultimate Battle 22. But if you don't got $ to buy Final Bout, then buy this game. Overall, it's okay! If you are a DragonballZ fan without a PlayStation2, and only have a PlayStation1, then this game is a good bet!! However, if you are a DragonballZ fan with a PlayStation2, then DragonballZ Budokai or DragonballZ Budokai2 are much better!!! Well, I hope this is useful!! (Warning: When I said the names of all the Saiyans, I did not type they are Super Saiyans except for Super Saiyan 3 Goku. All of the Saiyans are Super Saiyans and not in their 'black hair mode'! You don't do Super Saiyan in the battles. You are already a Super Saiyan when you begin the fight when you pick any of these characters:
Vegeta
Goku
Gohan
Vegeto(Gogeta)
Trunks
Kid Trunks
Gotenks
Goten
All of these characters are Super Saiyans from the beginning of the fight!! When you buy the C-D and see Vegeta in the back of the box powering up with a yellow flame around him, that is just an attack or barrier to protect him from any energy ball attacks).

Not a good buy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I tried this game because I really like DBZ but nearly everything about it is dodgy. The graphics are 2D like some gameboy game. The sound is terrible. You're in the middle of a fight and its playing all this soft touchy harmonal music. The voices are like a 3 year old girl screaming. The commentator for the world tournaments speaks in Japanese and when you select your character half of the names are wrong.
Supreme Kai: Kaioshin
Tien: Tenshin etc.
Even in 2 player mode it is a bit dodgy because the combos take too long to do so your opponent can just bash you to death.

Your only choice, if you can't get Final Bout...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I went out the next day to get this game after I saw a commercial for it. Since I only have a PSX, and the ULTRA rare DragonBall GT: Final Bout is the only other DragonBall game in North America for PSX, this was my only choice for a DBZ fix.

Graphics:3/5
I don't care about graphical quality, but just so you know; Backgrounds are lifeless, simple, 3-D landscapes. But they are all faithful locations, like the rings (Budoukai and Cell's), Namek, and others. Characters look like rough, unpolished, cell-shaded sprites, with about 2 frames of animation for each attack; If the sprites were smoother, it'd look a lot better, and more like the show. but it's not the graphical quality that bothers me. It's the faithfulness of the characters and their attacks. Powering up sends sludgy-like ki(energy) upwards, instead of the flamy/shield ki look. Kamehameha blasts (and pretty much every other super blast) are orangey/yellow fireballs, instead of the icy blue beam. Quality wise though, considering this game originally came out around...I think 1997 (not sure), it's not bad.

Sound:2.5/5
The music is pretty simple, though there are character themes in their for authenticity. But the problem with that is that they aren't very fast and andrenaline-pumping; nothing to give you incentive to go berserk on your opponent. Characters make a few sounds here and there, but it's your basic grunts and attack-screaming that you'd find in most fighting games. They are however done by the original Japanese actors from the show (I think).

Controls:3/5
People familiar with Capcom's method of pulling of special attacks in fighting games will feel at home here. But others who aren't used to all the complicated "half circle slides" and "hold back, push forward" movements will need some time to practice. The controls are pretty responsive though, so once you get it down, you CAN actually use them.

Gameplay:2.5/5
The computer AI is annoying; it blocks nearly EVERY special attack. You have to REALLY time your attack so it can't defend or throw up its shield. It can be pretty dumb too; if you fly to the sky, it tends to keep dashing towards the edge of the screen below you, or dashing back and forth below you, accomplishing nothing until you move. Gameplay modes aren't very varied, which really hurts the replay. If you're the only one playing, you'll probably end up sticking to the arcade mode; everything else is pointless if you don't have a friend to play with. Example: build up mode is for powering up a character to fight with a HUMAN opponent's powered up character. You can't load your fighter up against the computer in arcade or anything. And speaking of arcade mode, it makes you fight ALL 22 characters, which takes...I'd say around 45-70 minutes, depending on if you die and have to continue, and your method of beating the opponent. Also taking into account the load screens, which are too frequent and long. Actually, if you play through undefeated, you eventually fight all 27 characters. Then you get to see some still images during the credits.

Presentation:1.5/5
Well...this Infogrames version has cut out all the talking cut scenes, with the exception of the tournament announcer, which was left in for God knows why (I mean, if you left that in, why not everything else?). They didn't even care to translate his speech, though I kinda prefer it that way, instead of hearing some bad english dub. The intro FMV is pretty cool though, which introduces all the characters. There's another one that introduces the hidden characters too; you can see that by inputting the code that they GIVE YOU in the game's booklet. The character select screen can be pretty annoying, since it lays out all the full-bodied characters on the screen, instead of using portraits. That's about all the presentation you get in this Infogrames version. There aren't even endings. Just credits. And just a note about the cover of the game; they threw Kid Buu, SSJ 3 Gotenks, and Mystic Gohan on it. They aren't even in the game (well, Gotenks goes SSJ 3 for a couple of attacks)! Which reminds me, they also called the hidden fighter, Gogeta, Vegeto. It makes no sense, but when I think about it, I think they did that so that players not familiar with Gogeta but are familiar with Vegeto (from only watching DBZ on TV) would be less confused of who this is, and figure it IS still some fusion of Goku and Vegeta. It still bother me though.

Overall:3/5
I tried to be unbiased with this review. Hopefully I succeeded.
Bottom Line: If you like DragonBall and don't have a PS2, this is a good fighting game that you should consider buying. It's cheap, and you'll get some fun out of it, and being able to use so many DragonBall fighters. But if you don't like DBZ, this game doesn't have much new to offer over other fighting games. Rental at best for you people.

What A Great Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool. It has great sounds but the background doesnt go with the people. But i still say that its a good game but it gets very boring without a second player. If you dont have a PS2 and you like DBZ games you should get this game. :)

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Dissapointed.....but ok

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I got this game the day it came out expecting a spectacular game......I was very dissapointed.FIrst of all the energy attacks are NOT glorious beams of energy they r these street fighter like fireballs.For me this cost this game a star.The next star was gone because of two things,the graphics and voice overs. The graphics r horrible it looks like a cut out drawing moving on a not very well done 3-d backround.1/2 star gone.Then the voice overs r just......a piece of shi* it sounds like a midgit girl doing the same voice over and over again.1/2 star gone.Even though there r more errors these r my main problems some of u might be like "u cant say that about a dbz game!"ull see what im talkin about if u play this game. but for a diehard dbz fan this game rules!

old school

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is a fun game, only down side is it only took about an hour to beat.

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