And so with the expected array of tweaks and refinements, the series now moves into a smaller and more portable new home with rather pleasing results. Over the years, games tied into the popular anime have ranged from borderline unplayable to pretty damn good and more recently, the Budokai series has evolved from tepid beginnings to become a genuinely entertaining fighting game by its third instalment.
Time, it seems, for this review to attain some degree of relevance then, as the long-running Dragon Ball series is just such a specimen. At the other end of the spectrum, though, there are shows that may as well have been created with licensed games in mind. The worst part is that it'll probably happen, too. We can fully imagine a virtual Sir Alan Sugar telling us we're fired after we fail some half-assed coin-collecting mini-game and just thinking about this potential buggery of car crash television's finest hour makes us very sad.
Some things, though, simply do not lend themselves to the medium of video games.
