Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
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Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It was released on September 14, 2004 and developed by Webfoot Technologies and published by Atari.
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[edit] Story
The game follows the Majin Buu Saga starting at Episode 195 and ending at Episode 291. The player starts in the Great Saiyaman Saga and ends at the Kid Buu Saga.
This game takes place directly after Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II. It follows the events of the Great Saiyaman Saga, World Tournament Saga, Babidi Saga, Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga, and Kid Buu Saga. It also follows the scenes of the films Dragon Ball Z: Broly: Second Coming and Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.
Each "section" of the game is put into a Chapter/Episode format. There are 12 chapters:
- Other World - Play as Goku as you train on Grand Kai's planet with Olibu and participate in the tournament against Pikkon.
- Great Saiyaman - Play as Gohan as you defeat various thugs, the Red Shark Gang, and Musuka's Circus crew with the Great Saiyaman.
- World Tournament - Play as Trunks, Gohan, Videl and Goku as you compete in the 25th Tenkaichi Tournament.
- Babidi - Play as Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta as you search for Babidi's Spaceship and fight the wizard's warriors.
- Majin Vegeta - Play as Goku and Vegeta as Buu is unleashed and Vegeta turns evil.
- Dragon Ball - Play as Goten mainly and Trunks a little bit as you search for the seven Dragon Balls and fight Broly.
- Majin Buu - Play as Goku and Gotenks as you fight against Majin Buu.
- Janemba - Play as Goku, Vegeta and Gogeta as you fight against Janemba and Super Janemba.
- Super Buu - Play as Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Goten and Trunks or Gotenks as you take on Super Buu.
- Fusion - Play as Goku, Vegeta and Vegito as you take on Buu in a fused form.
- Kid Buu - Play as Goku and Vegeta as you defeat Kid Buu.
- A New Beginning (ending sequence, not playable)
After the Ending sequence is over, the Credits and your Dragon Ranking are shown.
[edit] Gameplay
Virtually nothing changed from Buu's Fury's prequel, although new features were added. The A Button is for melee attacks, B Button is for energy blasts, L Button is to switch energy blasts, R Button is to block, B Button and R Button is to energy block. The Select Button is to view the Scouter and the Start Button is to go to the pause menu. In the Scouter, you can view a map of your area and learn information about the people around you. In the Pause Menu, you can use stat points you gain from levelling up to increase your Strength, Power, and Endurance. You can also use food items you gain from a Z-Mart or enemies and equip items you buy and find. For instance, early on in the game you will come across 1 Ton Armbands and 1 Ton Boots. Equip these and your speed decreases, but you gain more experience when fighting. You can also view your missions in your Journal. Attacks include a regular KI Blast for everybody.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Playable
- Goku (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3)
- Gohan (Base, Super Saiyan, Mystic) (and alternate costumes)
- Goten (Base, Super Saiyan)
- Trunks (Base, Super Saiyan)
- Vegeta (Base, Super Saiyan)
- Gotenks (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 3) (Only by performing the Fusion Dance between Goten and Trunks)
- Gogeta (Super Saiyan) (Only by performing the Fusion Dance between Goku and Vegeta) (Unlocked when all 25 Hercule exhibits and all 15 Z-Fighter exhibits are found, also playable during Janemba saga)
- Vegito (Base, Super Saiyan) (Playable for a short amount of time, also obtainable via Gameshark or Action Replay)
- Videl (Playable for a short amount of time)
- Hercule (Playable for a short amount of time)
[edit] Non-playable
- King Kai
- Bubbles
- Gregory
- King Yemma
- South Kai
- East Kai
- West Kai
- Grand Kai
- Alien Announcer
- Chapuchai
- Caterpy
- Froug
- Maraikoh
- Arqua
- Chi-Chi
- Sharpner
- Erasa
- Bulma
- Dr. Brief
- Mrs. Brief
- Mr. Musuka
- Chobi
- Piccolo
- Android 18
- Krillin
- Marron
- Master Roshi
- Saike Demon
- Ox-King
- Yamcha
- Puar
- Oolong
- Yajirobe
- Korin
- World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer (The Scouter identifies him as Announcer.)
- Kibito
- Supreme Kai
- Idasa
- Ikose
- Idasa and Ikose's Mother
- Killa
- Jewel (The Scouter identifies him as Jewl.)
- Pintar
- Maloja (The Scouter identifies him as Village Priest.)
- Shenron
- Old Kai
- Bee
- Van Zant
- Smitty
- Kibito Kai
- Grand Supreme Kai
- Western Supreme Kai
- Northern Supreme Kai
- Southern Supreme Kai
- Mr. Popo
- Dende
- Moori
- Porunga
- Pan
- Uub
[edit] Enemy
[edit] Boss
- Olibu
- Paikuhan
- Spopovich
- Yamu
- Puipui
- Yakon
- Dabura
- Warlord
- Pharaoh Totenhotep
- Pilaf
- Broly
- Majin Boo
- Janemba
- Super Janemba
- Super Boo
- Kid Boo
[edit] Reception
This game received mixed reviews, mostly positive. Most critics have said that the game was an excellent RPG and had good graphics and sound, but was far too easy. It has a 69% average on Gamerankings.
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[edit] Trivia
- If you eat the Senzu that you are to give to Videl and approach her, she will still receive itand you will obtain 255 Senzu.
- Several references to Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II are made throughout the game.
- Warlord, who is faced several times throughout the game was first mentioned, but unseen in the previous game.
- The Hercule Museum contain several exhibits which were in the previous game:
- Exhibit 5 is the open club sandwich that Gohan got for Hercule.
- Exhibit 14 is the key to West City which Hercule was given for his defeat of the Warlord (which was a claim on his part).
- Exhibit 18 is the Hit Pop Single which has Hercule's favorite song Eyes of the Lion, which Gohan got for him.
- If you speak to Hercule as Gohan before entering the World Martial Arts Tournament, he will vaguely remember Gohan from their encounter in the previous game (as the kid who got him his sandwich).
- When Majin Buu turns your character into a candy, he can still move but cannot attack, so it is better to keep dodging him until your character turn back to normal.
- When Vegeta uses his Final Explosion against Majin Buu, he does so in a normal state, whereas in the Anime, he was a Super Saiyan when he used this attack.
- It is the only game in the Legacy of Goku series to have more than one playable planet and not have Planet Namek as a playable planet, though it does makes an appearance.
