{"id":14175,"date":"2015-11-04T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14175"},"modified":"2015-10-25T21:16:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T21:16:56","slug":"dragon-ball-z-extreme-butoden-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/dragon-ball-z-extreme-butoden-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DRAGON_BOX\"<\/a>Right in the middle of Toon Week, and we\u2019re going to look at a game based on one of the most popular Japanese anime cartoons of all time: Dragon Ball Z! The newest game based on the popular animated series: Extreme Butoden, is now available on the 3DS from Namco Bandai!\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2-D, one-on-one fighter from Arc System Works, makers of other great 2-D fighters like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear!<\/p>\n

Like other 2-D fighters, you\u2019ll use punches, kicks, and special attacks such as fireballs and beams to whittle down your opponents energy. Use button and joystick combos to perform special moves, but they managed to keep things pretty simple, which is fine by me since I\u2019m not the best at fighting games.\u00a0 Choose from characters like Goku and Vegeta, as well as their Super Saiyan forms, plus other characters like Gohan, Android 18, and many, many more!\u00a0 You can also unlock and use Assist Characters.\u00a0 These are minor characters who can pop in for a bit to distract the other player, nab a few hits, or power-up your character.\u00a0 Some of the Assist Characters include Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Oolong, as well as my two favorite Dragon Ball characters: Puar and the Turtle!\u00a0 You can switch characters and activate Assists by using the touch screen, but be careful as you can only fit a certain number of fighters and Assists down there, and must wait for them to charge back up once you use them.<\/p>\n

There are several modes of play. In Z Story, you\u2019ll go through the main sagas of Dragon Ball Z and defeat all of Goku\u2019s rivals in all the story arcs.\u00a0 This is great if you don\u2019t know the story of DBZ, but don\u2019t want to sit through the cartoon where they spend most of the time training and powering themselves up.\u00a0 Once you beat Z Story, you\u2019ll unlock a few more modes, including the chance to play as other characters in Z Story and see their side of things.<\/p>\n

One of the other modes you unlock after beating Z Story once is Adventure Mode. Here you\u2019ll encounter a brand new story where a dark dragon mixes up time and space, and Goku and friends must defeat all their old enemies again!\u00a0 You\u2019ll travel across maps on 8 areas, defeating opponents along the way.\u00a0 If you meet certain requirements, you can even earn money or unlock one of the many Assist Characters.\u00a0 Only problem is that you have to perform certain combos and get a good ranking, so it can be pretty difficult to do that at times.<\/p>\n

After you beat Adventure Mode, you\u2019ll unlock the Extreme World Tournament, where you can compete in super challenging battles. You can also go at it in Versus Mode with any characters you\u2019ve unlocked, and even fight online, too!\u00a0 There is also a Quest Mode where you can trade cards via StreetPass, and view artwork and bios in the gallery.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, this DBZ game packs a lot of content! The only problem I had with this game is that you have to play through modes to unlock most of it, and that can take a while.\u00a0 Plus it was hard to unlock some of the Assist characters.\u00a0 Luckily you can set the general difficulty, so if you\u2019re not good at fighting games (like me), you won\u2019t have any trouble just playing through at least.\u00a0 Dragon Ball Z fans and people who enjoy 2-D fighters (there aren\u2019t that many 2-D fighters on the 3DS, are there?) should definitely look into getting this one.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden is rated T for Teen with an ESRB descriptor of Cartoon Violence. It is a fighting game, so it\u2019s all about punching and kicking your opponent, as well as knocking them down with fireballs and lasers. But if you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the cartoon, they\u2019ll be OK with this game, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for all the text, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Right in the middle of Toon Week, and we\u2019re going to look at a game based on one of the most popular Japanese anime cartoons of all time: Dragon Ball Z! The newest game based on the popular animated series: Extreme Butoden, is now available on the 3DS from Namco Bandai!\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2-D, one-on-one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14177,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175\/revisions\/14177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}