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Dragon Ball: Fusions
3DS
Released On: Nov 22, 2016
72
7.9
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
72
51% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
49% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
72
51% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
49% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
If you like Dragon Ball, RPGs, quirky battle systems or monster collecting and battling games, Fusions should be a permanent resident in your 3DS collection.
Dragon Ball Fusions offers a fresh new take on Dragon Ball video games. Thanks to its fun new concept and its healthy dose of fan service, the game deserves to be on fans' (Dragon) radar.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 75 User Ratings
7.9
76% Positive
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
13% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
11% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 75 User Ratings
7.9
76% Positive
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
13% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
11% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Dragon ball fusion is not just the best dragon ball game but simply one of the best games of all time, it generally is a well designed game with good puzzles, for lack of a better word, and generally gets hype moments all throughout, while the game does have many flaws, it's a game I can play over and over and over again, and every time it's a different experience with a new team and different characters, the game does have flaws like it needs more playable races or at least more customisation options, but dragon ball fusions is truly amazing and well designed, I am annoyed to Amit this as it has no right to be such a good game, it's a dragon ball game on the 3ds, but it is truly one of the best games of all time, and I'm someone who loves the xenoverse and bootykai games (yes that was misspelled on purpose) but fusions has everything I love in a game, smart combat, team combat, characters hidden behind side quests which means if you want a certain character you will have to go out your way to find them, the fusion mancanic was perfect, tho I have some words for the 5 way fusion, which while hype at some moments I feel could have been locked for only big fights to make the power feel more impactful, but the final fusion at the end of the game (no spoilers) but it still gives me chills until today.
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I would love a sequel or at least an update or dlc with a Dragonball Super roster and some extra side quest
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Different and fun RPG that will be perfect for any kind of Dragon Ball Fans, but it's far from being perfect as itself.
The best part on Dragon Ball Fusions is the interesting combat system that uses the turn based strategy and the distribution of the characters of the teams on the arena. The different experiments with fusions and recruiting hundreds of characters will be enjoyable for the fans the series, the rest of the game could be repetitive after some hours.
All in all, Dragon Ball Fusions is a cute, if unexceptional, Dragon Ball RPG that's made almost exclusively for the fans. Nothing about it breaks the mold, but it has a reasonably engaging combat system and a ton of collectible characters to keep you busy. It's dragged down by a weak story and an excessive amount of grinding to unlock characters. Fusions won't do much for casual fans, but die-hards will have a good time seeing all of the absurd fusions that the show could never do.
Dragon Ball Fusions is such an original and fun idea, yet is plagued with so many flaws and annoyingly flawed aspects of the gameplay that the final product is reduced to something that ends up being a specialist game for hardcore fans that can ignore a 10-12-hour title tripling in lifespan due to so many repeating animations bloating out every combat sequence. There's still an enjoyable game here with some addictive aspects, but it could be so much better with just a few minor tweaks. Quite disappointing.
f you’re a dedicated follower of Akira Toriyama’s work, then you’ll find a lot to enjoy with this title. It takes some risks and offers a complete compendium of characters from each installment of the anime. It also puts an emphasis on creativity with the fusion system, but lacks focus. I want to love it, but I can’t fathom sitting through that story again.
I just finished this game and It really impressed me. When I first saw it I thought it looked interesting but never imagined I'd have so much fun playing it. I'll start with the pros.
Pros +
1. The combat system works really well. I'm a long time fan of turn based combat and found the addition of interactive elements and player placement helped keep things fast paced.
2. The art style is excellent, it looks great for a 3ds game.
3. The level design was great. The game is divided into 7 stages and i found myself eager to unlock them just so I could see which iconic area was next.
4. The fusions system works well and its quite fun to see what you can create.
5. I never needed to grind so the game never dragged for me.
6. There are a lot of sidequests. Most of them are typical fetch quests, pointless flying through ring games or just more fighting but it is a lot of fun finding your favorite characters around each map and talking to them.
7. There's a huge amount of fan service. Characters from dragonball, dragonball z, gt and super along with the movies.
8. The story is new and doesn't rely on reusing scenes from the anime like a lot of dragonball games. It's not amazing but I liked it and the final fights were pretty cool.
Cons -
1. The fights can be quite long, although as the game doesn't require much grinding this didn't bother me.
2. A lot of reviewers complained that the attack animations are lengthy but I really enjoyed them with the exception of ring outs. When your character is knocked out of the ring you see the same animation of them flying through a mountain. It gets old and afterwards you have to reposition them on the map so this can slow the pace of combat.
3. Recruiting characters can be annoying. You have to build up an attack meter and then launch a special move but it can be blocked. Also later in the game it's a challenge to build your attack meter without knocking everyone out first.
4. You need to collect energy to progress to the next stage. This could be a little annoying but it didn't take too much time.
Overall this is a really impressive game. I bought xenoverse at the same time but found fusions much more addictive. If you're a dragon ball/rpg fan and a 3ds owner then I really couldn't recommend it enough.
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As an avid Dragon Ball fan (disclosure), I found this game very entertaining and satisfying. It didn't blow me away at all, but I GREATLY enjoyed the unique combat system and art style. Really pushed the 3DS to its max potential, I feel .
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The game (both localized and original version) is really poor and now that I was expecting.
I was expecting it to be a similar experience to Dragon Ball heroes (several timelines mixed together with fun activities to do and plethora of characters to choose from) It may be because it felt more like Dragon Ball Super instead of Dragon Ball itself that I felt disappointed. (I personally would've like it to be more GT oriented than DBS because of the space related story it manages but that is just my opinion)
The localized version has absurd and senseless censorship while the original one still has exclusive features non Japanese speakign fans can enjoy such as special characters and online events.
Sure, it has a lot of characters to choose from but most are either exclusive to the post game (under awfully specific conditions as well) or require really excruciating chains of quests for you to have access to them. That is if you don't mind having access to generic characters of course.
The story was slightly lack luster but I comprehend that mixxing several different stories and timelines with their won inconsistencies and temporal impossibilities is not the easiest thing of the world. If you like Dragon Ball in general (by this I mean no preferences in absolutely anything related to the franchize) and don't mind artificially elongated gameplay then you probably will enjoy this game, else you would be better off playing some other Dragon Ball related game in other platform.
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3DS
People comparing this game to "Xenoverse for the 3DS" are idiots. What could have been a fun little romp in the Dragon Ball universe ends up **** eggs due to a stupid combat system, lack luster controls and a dull story line. If you must get this game, get it on discount or used.
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Summary Dragon Ball Fusions is the latest Dragon Ball experience for Nintendo 3DS! Its an RPG action game that combines fighting, customization, and collecting elements to bring Dragon Ball to the next level. It features a huge character roster from Dragon Ball all the way to Dragon Ball Super.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- 3DS
Initial Release Date: Nov 22, 2016
Developer:
- Ganbarion
Publisher: Bandai Namco Games
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