It’s time for one final mighty Kamehameha for the PlayStation 2 as Atari announced the upcoming launch of Namco Bandai Games’ Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World in North America in November 2008 and in Europe in December 2008. The Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World versus fighting game is being developed by Dimps and combines all the best elements of previous five Dragon Ball Z Budokai games, while also boasting new features such as “Dragon Missions”, new battle types and drama scenes for fans to delve deeper than ever before into the Dragon Ball Z universe.
The new “Dragon Missions” in Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World include many famous scenes from the Dragon Ball Z series never before seen in a video game. A range of missions from a time-attack with power-ups collecting without falling off Snake Way on the “Snake Road Mission” and a race-attack with Goku having to catch Bubbles in the “Dragon Mission” alongside other action, platformer and racing-style missions; puts players’ strategy and quick-thinking skills to the test beyond simply showing off their deadly fighting skills.
But no Dragon Ball Z game would be complete without its fair share of spectacular battles. Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World uses a simplified battle system taken from the recently released next-gen Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for thrilling hand-to-hand fighting, aura dashing, dodging and weaving on the ground, or flying leaps and aerial combat in the skies. Defeat your opponent by blasting damaging Ki attacks from the sky or by diving into him and launching an explosive smash attack. On top of this you can customize the move set of your characters.
The game features over 40 unique characters, not counting the different forms that each character can transform into which multiplies the playing potential. So far confirmed characters include: Cell, Goku, Janemba, Pikkon, Super 17, Tien, and Vegeta. On top of characters, fighting techniques and battle stages, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World also includes selected drama scenes from the previous games all presented using beautifully refined effects and shading techniques. I almost forgot to mention that the original Japanese voice actors, as well as the second-gen English voice actors are back.
Representing the last “Z” title for the PlayStation 2, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World combines the many of the best elements from the previous Budokai and Shin-Budokai series, as well as the recently released next-gen Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, to deliver the definitive DBZ experience.