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Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu Announced

13th June 2003, 4:17pm
Building on the success of its Dragon Ball Z portfolio, Atari, Inc. today announced the first DBZ fighting game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu.

Developed by WebFoot Technologies, the group that made the smash hit Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku game, Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu is currently slated for release this November.

"We are excited to add Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu to the library of authentic DBZ games and provide fans with an explosive fighting-action game for the Game Boy Advance," said Nancy MacIntyre, vice president of marketing for Atari's Beverly studio. "The enormous success of the Dragon Ball Z portfolio is a tribute to the power and recognition of the DBZ franchise."

"After our outstanding success with Dragon Ball Z Budokai, we are very excited to be working with Atari to bring the first DBZ fighting game to the Game Boy Advance," said Gen Fukunaga, president of FUNimation Productions, Ltd. "Atari knows how to bring the DBZ atmosphere and action to our fans, and we expect Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu to be another great DBZ fighting-action game."

Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu challenges players to fight in one of several animated environments such as Master Roshi's Island or Orange Star City, and choose from a long list of their favorite characters featured in all sagas of the DBZ story, including Goku, Buu, Gohan, Cell, Piccolo, Frieza, Trunks and Vegeta . Use single-player mode to compete in world tournaments or test your strength in an endurance challenge. Up to four DBZ fighters (up to two human players and two AI opponents) can battle on screen at once using the multiplayer mode.

With a sell-through of more than two million units in North America* alone during the 2002 calendar year, the Dragon Ball Z video game franchise has quickly mirrored the success the Dragon Ball Z animated series. Dragon Ball Z : The Legacy of Goku, released in May 2002, sold more than one million units*, becoming the year's top-selling role playing game for the Game Boy Advance. Additionally, Dragon Ball Z : Budokai for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system became the best-selling fighting game of 2002*. A version of Dragon Ball Z : Budokai for the Nintendo GameCube is slated for release in October 2003. (*All data is according to The NPD Group, Inc.).
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by Damien