Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (series)
| Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku | |
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Cover art for the first Legacy of Goku game for the Game Boy Advance
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| Genres | Action role-playing |
| Developers | Webfoot Technologies |
| Publishers |
Infogrames (Legacy of Goku and Legacy of Goku II) Atari (Buu's Fury) Banpresto (The Legacy of Goku II International Japan) |
| Creators |
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| Artists | Mandi Paugh (characters) |
| Writers |
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| Composers | Ariel Gross (The Legacy of Goku) Yannis Brown (The Legacy of Goku II and Buu's Fury) |
| Platforms | Game Boy Advance |
| Year of inception | 2002 |
| First release |
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku May 14, 2002 |
| Latest release |
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury September 14, 2004 |
| Spin-offs |
Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu Dragon Ball GT: Transformation |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 53/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 5.83/10 |
| Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 5.4/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 6.7/10 |
| IGN | 5.8/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 2.7/5 |
| X-Play | |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 5.5/10 |
| Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
| GamePro |  |
| GameSpot | 7.6/10 |
| GameZone | 7.5/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| NGC Magazine | 59% |
| Nintendo Power | 3.5/5 |
| Nintendo World Report | 8/10 |
| X-Play | |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 62/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Game Informer | 4.5/10 |
| GamePro | |
| GameSpot | 6.3/10 |
| GameZone | 7/10 |
| IGN | 6.5/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 3.6/5 |
| PALGN | 6.5/10 |
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku is a series of video games for the Game Boy Advance, based on the anime series Dragon Ball Z. All three games are action role-playing games. The first game, Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku was developed by Webfoot Technologies and released in 2002. The game was followed by two sequels: Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II released in 2003, and Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury released in 2004. In 2016, Webfoot Technologies announced the start of development of another sequel.
The games are action adventure RPGs. The player controls a Dragon Ball character and experiences various portions of the franchise. Combat is the main focus of the game. The player can hit the A button to use physical strikes, while the B button allows the player to unleash a variety of energy based attacks. Energy attacks drain an energy meter that recharges when it is not in use. Energy attacks can be cycled through with the L button, and more energy attacks are learned as the player progresses through the game. Later games in the series featured transformations that made the player character stronger temporarily. By defeating enemies, the player receives experience points, which allow the player character to level up and grow stronger. Later games in the series also feature consumable items that would restore the player character's health or energy, and equipment, which increased the stats of the player character. In Buu's Fury and Legacy of Goku II, the player could also use a device called a scouter to look up the stats of the various characters in the game, as well as basic information about them.
The game covers the story of Dragon Ball Z up until the destruction of Planet Namek. Goku is the only playable character. Goku travels through different stages, including several locations of the earth and planet Namek, and gains experience not only by defeating enemies but also by completing simple missions. In the final stage Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan in order to defeat Frieza, being this the first introduction to character transformations in the series, which will later be very common in the following games. It is also one of the first GBA games to feature full motion video.
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II was released on June 17, 2003 in North America and by Infogrames. The plot of the game picks up where The Legacy of Goku left off, and continues until the end of the Cell Games Saga when Gohan defeats the evil android Cell. The game introduced several new concepts to the series. The first was transformations, which allowed characters to become temporarily stronger, at the cost of slowly draining their energy. It also introduced the scouter, which allowed players to look up the stats of other characters in the game, as well as basic information about them. The game also introduced charged melee attacks, which allowed characters to unleash a powerful physical strike after a short charging period. The game also allowed characters to further supplement their stats with capsules that were scattered around the game world. Despite being titled "The Legacy of Goku" this game featured the most limited play as Goku, with players starting play as Gohan and gradually unlock Piccolo, Vegeta, Trunks and finally Goku as playable characters. Once the story is completed players can no longer play as Goku, but will be able to continue playing as the others to unlock a final playable character, Mister Satan/Hercule in order to unlock an alternate ending to the game.
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