Play Dragon Ball Z – Taiketsu Online

Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu is a 2D fighting game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Webfoot Technologies and published by Atari in North America and Bandai in Europe. It has 15 fighters drawn from across the series, some unlocked by winning matches, and was one of the first American Dragon Ball Z games to include Broly. Each character has a projectile, three special attacks, and a transformation, all drawing on a super meter charged by holding buttons while standing still. Matches are usually ground-based, with an optional Sky Battle.

How To Play Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu

ControlAction
D-PadWalk forward and back, crouch, jump; combined with attack buttons it inputs special moves; picks fighters and options on the menus
APunch; part of combo and special-move inputs
BKick; part of combo and special-move inputs
L / RGuard, and hold to charge the super meter while standing still
StartPause the match

About Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu

Release dateNA: November 24, 2003; EU: March 26, 2004
DeveloperWebfoot Technologies
PublisherAtari (NA), Bandai (EU)
PlatformGame Boy Advance
GenreFighting, 2D
SeriesDragon Ball; a spin-off from Webfoot’s Legacy of Goku games
ModesSingle-player; two-player matches over the Game Link Cable
Also known asドラゴンボールZ 対決 (Doragon Bōru Zetto Taiketsu)

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“` Two notes: there was no Japanese release, so that row is dropped, and Wikipedia gives the European date only as March 2004 while Giant Bomb specifies March 26. No scanned manual turned up, so the punch and kick assignments follow the standard GBA fighting-game layout; the charging behaviour in the L/R row is documented, but which button handles it is not.

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