The Wii is seeing a revival of the classic side-scroller -- with 3D trimmings. Siliconera has shed more light on Bandai's latest Dragonball -- Tenkaichi Daibouken -- which follows in the leaping, bounding footsteps of "2.5D" titles such as Klonoa and New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.
The game is (to no one's surprise, we'd imagine) cel-shaded -- and looking quite sharp, as the above screenshot implies. It stars young Goku and is based on the earliest pre-"Z" Dragonball material. You can catch a glimpse of gameplay on the game's Flash-based Japanese site (if you don't mind giant kanji characters obscuring some of it). Neither Namco Bandai nor Atari has laid claim to a US release, but that may very well change come E3.
[Via Siliconera]
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: May 21st 2009 7:28PM Anticrawl said
Bleh I thought this was going to be on the DS. I'm not really interested in a sidescroller on my home consoles.
Posted: May 21st 2009 7:38PM mr nimblewick said
I'll keep my eye on it. I've lost my interest in Dragonball, but I still love good platformers.
Posted: May 21st 2009 8:02PM bongoes said
For a second I thought that was from the anime. That looks good.
Posted: May 21st 2009 9:34PM JoshMilewski said
Funny that Japan is adopting the 'Tenkaichi' name now, though it's for a completely different type of game than Atari's Budokai Tenkaichi series.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 1:10PM JoshMilewski said
Yeah, I know that, but still..
It's... funny..
for me...
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It's... funny..
for me...
Posted: May 21st 2009 11:18PM (Unverified) said
I can easily see Namco Bandai America to localize this, since it still prefers to milk that halfway-to-40-year-old anime series.
Posted: May 21st 2009 11:53PM hami83 said
I still prefer Dragonball over Naruto.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 12:52PM Dv8thwonder said
The world needs more platformers!
Posted: May 26th 2009 9:24AM (Unverified) said
Nice!
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