Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure 2004

Is it still worth playing?

Young Goku fights his way through the early story of the Dragon Ball manga, up to the battle against King Piccolo, in this 2004 side scrolling beat em up for the Game Boy Advance. The levels are platforming stages, flying stages on the Flying Nimbus and one on one battles. Goku has combos, air attacks, a Power Pole that hits every enemy nearby and charged energy blasts. The Kamehameha is not available at first, and you earn it by raising the power meter with items found in secret rooms, where Dragon Balls and other items are also hidden. Checkpoints are sparse. Clearing the story unlocks Krillin. A one on one mode has a roster of 30 characters, you unlock a survival mode, two players can fight each other, and an extra mode revisits the levels. A one on one mode with a roster of 30 characters still gives it more to do after the story.