If you look at the map, any area that doesn’t lead forward probably has a treasure chest to grab, making it relatively easy to find everything in the game. There’s a good amount of exploration in the game, but most of the areas are very linear. Making him jump over pits or use his tail to swing from trees involves pushing in the right direction, and Goku will take care of the rest. To get Goku to go somewhere, you only have to walk there. The buttons are a lot easier to use, but it’s always nice to have the stylus option. You can either use the stylus or the DS’ buttons to move him around and dish out attacks. Once you select a chapter, you watch some lengthy cut-scenes and are then tossed into the game. Origins 2 is divided into a series of chapters. Want to move from pipe to pipe? No problem: there’s an auto-jump for that. There are a few bits of original content scattered around, but it’s mostly a straight adaptation. Like the first game, Dragon Ball: Origins 2 covers a chunk of the anime’s plot.

In order to get his grandfather’s Dragon Ball back, Goku will have to stop their evil plan. The self-proclaimed “evilest army in the world,” the Red Ribbons are searching for the Dragon Balls for evil purposes. Unfortunately for him, this puts him in conflict with the Red Ribbon Army. Goku sets out in search of the 4-Star Dragon Ball, which was given to him by his grandfather. While Goku and friends stopped his plan, the Dragon Balls were scattered to the corners of the world. Goku has thwarted the plans of the Emperor Pilaf – a nasty little fellow who gathered all seven Dragon Balls and tried to use his wish to take over the world. Dragon Ball: Origins 2 starts off where the previous Origins game ended. It’s a simpler adventure story, featuring a child version of Goku as he battles the forces of evil in search of the titular Dragon Balls: seven magical stones that, when assembled together, can grant any wish.

Dragon Ball is set before Dragon Ball Z and chronicles the adventures of Goku and his friends long before they got around to flying around, blasting space aliens and wearing golden hairdos.

Even now, Dragon Ball Z remains one of the more popular anime, especially since Dragon Ball Z Kai is now airing on some channels. The adventures of Son Goku and his friends appeared on television and in comic stores, and in the 90’s the franchise was huge.

Most English-speaking people know Dragon Ball because of its sequel, Dragon Ball Z.

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