Dragonball PSP Devolution: Movie vs Anime Comparison
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 20, 2009 20:15 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Adaptations, Comparison, Dragonball, Hollywood, Namco Bandai, PSP
Given the ferocious antipathy we have seen directed against the Hollywood movie “adaptation” of beloved classic Dragonball, the sight of the game adaptation of the movie, “Dragonball: Evolution”, is sure to send fans in paroxysms of rage and despair.
Below we compare the two conceptions of the franchise, in 2D and 3D:
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, from 2006, available now (sequel):
Dragonball: Evolution, due April:
“Dragon Ball has been a cultural icon for over the past twenty years and we’re excited to be releasing our take on such a beloved title. Dragon Ball: Evolution squeezes every intense fight and special move into the hands of fighting game fans.”
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“Dragon Ball has been a cultural icon for over the past twenty years and we’re excited to be releasing our take on such a beloved title. Dragon Ball: Evolution squeezes every intense fight and special move into the hands of fighting game fans.”
They must be kidding.
Sadly they might be serious,for I heard the actor who played goku signed up for two sequels. Of course it might be funny if they released them on april 1st,at least then we can all hope the release was just a horrible nightmare, if only for a moment.
Hollywood needs to be nuked
Hollywood is not that bad... but directors who thinks anime adaptations are good must be all shot.
Executive producers and marketing managers rather, I don't think any real director would believe in a movie like that and feel frankly ashamed to have directed it.
it's not the director's fault that the movie is not true to the original series,it was the executives fault. they only allowed the director to read the back of a dragom ball dvd case.
Or simply forced it to be 'family friendly' and contain certain elements which the executives BELIEVE would earn them the most money.
Which is why self-funded projects within small teams are the way to make a movie, or pure hivemind.
Spirit bombed...
Same game, different character models.
master Roshi looks more handsome that's for sure.
How is it the same game?
Dragonball Z Shin Budokai 2 has at most 24 playable characters from the Dragonball universe, plus it has in-game transformation and an improved upon fighting system.
Dragonball Evolution, judging from the movie cast, probably only has 7 playable character.
Sure, they're both fighting games, clearly one has been made with fan-service in mind, the other, however...
He meant that they have the same fighting engine
That's what I meant.
but the character models for DB:E looks blocky. but the backgrounds are more detailed.....probly it would make a decent fighting game.
PALE PICCOLO OMG
Haha, 0% on Evolution, it should stay that way.
If only it did D:
Let's all have a cup of Rage
What?! Nobody rages without me!
Let me help.
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Say no to stupid ugly Dragonball 3D... Holywood is a piece of shit!! Burn to ashes Holywood! Don't disgrace our anime..!!
Rage rage rage.
I can't imagine that Evolution can be much worse than the original. Hollywood decides to make an adaption and people suddenly start to believe that Dragonball was actually ever good at all.
Evolution ? I'd rather call that Devolution.
Off with that Devolution stuff !
"What does the scouter say about that game's devolution level?"
"It's over NINE THOUSAND !!" (rage, pissed)
WHAT?! OVER NINE THOUSAND!!
THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN BE RIGHT!
INCREASING... IT'S OFF THE CHARTS!!!
(scouter breaks...)
!?!?! IT'S OVER 9000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The scouter must be broken.
Lol, that's what I say when I first see this movie!
Those bastards! what have they done they've ruined the dragoon ball name
WTH a cross over of and dragon ball D:<
now i believe a devolution theory, where hollywood producer slowly turned to ape...
I wouldn't mind trying it out. Though with that style it just looks like Tekken.
They have ChiChi fighting in the Evolution version! Did the official DBZ games have that? Ahaha...(kanon ref)
well well someone voted for the live action...Well as fan of fighting games, probably the gameplay will be the deciding factor here. The only thing I hate they had to tag in DRAGONBALL. BAH!!!
If the game were part of the Tekken series
maybe i would play it.
But calling it DragonBall just its sickening.
They deserve to be beaten to death.
ffs, don't make a shit movie of an awesome anime then make a shit game from the shit movie that also insults the great games of Dragonball Z
I shouldn't have looked at them side-by-side. Now I'm even less impressed with Evolution's backdrops, a rushed cop-out that tries to look somewhere in-between anime and... well, that live-action THING bearing the Dragonball name.
i can't believe you can actually play as bulma and chichi, it'd be interesting to see either bulma or chichi K.O a super saiyan goku...if there is one in the movie of course.
who made this so called DB evolution?
i can't believe they even bother to make an game out of the movie
Who the hell voted for Dragonball Evolution they must be total retards
Trolling trolls, which is the same =./
To be honest, both games actually sucks! But I voted for Shin Budokai 2 anyway since it does relate to the anime. I really don't like the fighting engine and all that crap, could probably be better if it was an Adventure game or something....
>Who the hell voted for Dragonball Evolution they must be total retards
retard here!
Well, i'm sorry, but i don't see how the anime game looks better, both graphics suck ass, and both of them stay true to their original. You can't blame DB-E for less characters, no powerups whatsoever, because its DB-E and not DB-Z-E(or however they will call the Z adaption)
and to be honest, i really like master roshi and yamcha(with the black jacket) in the game. Can't wait to see goku and piccolo in the game.
But i wouldn't buy either
Because for ME a fighing game needs good graphics and gameplay, because lets face it, a fighing game can get pretty boring after a short while unlike rpg's and therefore they need AT LEAST good graphics.
My two cents
I actually wouldn't mind if they make an Elite-like space trading/fighting/exploration game out of the Cowboy Bebop live action movie...
wow
Bulma fighting
wow
At first I thought this was a joke...
If the 3D one is not Dragon Ball D-Evolution, I might like it.
First of all DB-E is complete bull, Goku is white (Damn the "Man") and what is bullet proof monk doing as Master Roshi and Bulma... well...that's fine, either way the whole point of making a live action movie out of a game, comic book or an anime would have to be that they find actors who resemble their characteristics or at least decent professional actors and go with the plot and story of the game, comic book anime. By characteristics I don't mean their hair. For those who voted for DB-E game is just plainly retarded, but what ever that's there opinion. In all I'll still go see the movie,lol
the funny thing is that all the amriecan comic book movie adaptions that i have wathched i thought were good and i knew nothing about the source. maybe it will be the same for the dragon ball movie. but then again speed racer.
I am going to love this movie adaption. I approve of them personally, just because they are going to be hilarious. It's like watching your friends strut around in public doing a really bad cosplay. You don't expect it to be epic, you expect it to be lulzy.
What the hell, Bulma never fights.