


With Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, developer Spike and Namco Bandai have attempted to craft one of the all-time great pieces of fan service gaming, with hardcore Dragon Ball fans catered for (almost) completely. To those unfamiliar with these hallowed works, well, to be honest, you might as well stop reading now. Those familiar with the wonderful work in the Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT television series will know that, as a work of martial art inspired Japanese anime sci-fi, it is just crazy and brilliant enough to become the foundation literature of a major Hollywood cult-cum-religion. As we rank everything that came before, we are excited to see what the future has in store for us fans.Available On: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (PlayStation 3 version reviewed) Fighting mechanics from Ultimate Battle 22 became the core of Final Bout, Budokai Tenkaichi took the popularity of Budokai but revolutionized the mechanics, and the DS brought us the best adventures we’d seen.ĭragon Ball has a long, storied history in the realm of video games. From Dragon Power, a game that wiped all references to the Dragon Ball universe from it’s content, to Budokai Tenkaichi 3, the best of the best, it’s interesting to see how different developers incorporated varied elements from the manga, anime, and even other games. So, to help you decipher which ones are worth your time, we’ve decided to rank every single game released in NA based on their critical reception.Ĭonsidering how many different games there are, this was not an easy task, but after sifting through the history of the different series and spin-offs it became clear how much the franchise as a whole has grown. Of course, as with all large groups of things, not every game is exactly great.

Counting only the ones released in North America, you have whopping 41 video games that cover Goku’s origins all the way up to the evens of Dragon Ball GT (that’s a lot of ground to cover). There have been a lot of games set in the Dragon Ball universe, most of them being fighting games.
