I’m sure I’ll seem like a Philistine to my cohorts over atJapanator, but I have to admit thatDragon Ballis really the only manga I’m familiar with. I spent a year living with my Dad in France when I was kid, about the time the series was taking Europe by storm. It was the cool thing to do.
Which leads us to 2010 — eleven years later, I still kind of dig on the plucky Goku, and finding this new trailer forDragon Ball DS 2: Assault! Red Ribbon Army— part of Game Republic’sOriginsseries —was quite the trip down memory lane. While mostDragon Ballgames tend to be fighters (theBudokaiseries, for example)Assault! Red Ribbonis an action-adventure game.
It’s important to realize that the Red Ribbon saga takes place very early in the series (to steal a joke from Tiny Cartridge, the “under-9000 era”).Dragon Ball— without theZorGT— was more focused on exploration and adventure than three-volume battles between Goku and Frieza.
So!Assault! Red Ribbonplays kind of like the DS iterations ofZelda: navigation and combat are both controlled by the stylus, with a few button presses for good measure. Other highlights include: playing as Krillin, Yamcha, Arale, and Eighter; smashing dinosaurs in the face; pulling Bulma’s top off.
There’s another trailer after the jump.Dragon Ball DS 2: Assault! Red Ribbon Armyhits Japanese shelves next month, and will probably never make it over here. Shame.
