Buu's Fury is one of the most interesting Dragon Ball Z games that exist within the Gameboy Advance catalogue, commonly overshadowed by the level of recognition received by its predecessor (The Legacy of Goku II) it seems that very few people know this jewel created for give closure to the beautiful story of Z on the Nintendo handheld console.
I have already talked about this trilogy on several occasions, and it is that for me, despite the fact that its forays into the genre are few, I have always felt that Dragon Ball Z and the RPG is a combination that makes all the sense in the world, a logical thought that this humble title released 2004 seems to make the most of it.
The first thing that we must recognize regarding Buu's Fury is that it is not only a game in charge of continuing the story after Cell's defeat, but also that it tarnishes in polishing all the cruder aspects of Legacy of Goku II, therefore, we have a slightly more ambitious title in the playable department, with several new mechanics available from the start both in terms of straight-forward gameplay and when it comes to being a solid RPG.
The level increases were already present before, but here they are accompanied by a series of attribute points that we can distribute to our liking depending on how we want to "train our characters" and it will be recurring to find accessories that we can equip to our characters. Although in essence the experience is still very similar, it must be recognized that these management possibilities end up making farming much more pleasant for periods of time, especially if we consider that Buu's Fury is not condescending at all with his player and basically pretends that we have already completed the two previous games.
Obviously, there will always be the eternal debate as to whether this is the best way to narrate the brilliant story created by Akira Toriyama, a subject in which we could expose many points both for and against, Buu's Fury must logically adjust the course of certain events to accommodate the very limited capabilities of the console, as well as the RPG nature of the experience.
On the other hand, we could argue that it's a worthy departure, rife with a charismatic visual style and the ability to use pixel art very cleverly to create a distinct yet honorable representation.
As happened with The Legacy of Goku II (and to a lesser extent with Legacy of Goku I), Buu's Fury is a brilliant example of the possibilities of the franchise when it leaves the comfort zone, an ambitious game where the positive aspects outweigh much to the negatives and it will always be nice to dive in.
Buu's Fury es uno de los juegos de Dragon Ball Z más interesantes que existen dentro del catálogo del Gameboy Advance, comunmente opacado por el nivel de reconocimiento que recibió su predecesor (The Legacy of Goku II) pareciera que muy poca gente conoce esta joya creada para darle un cierre a la hermosa historia de Z en la consola portátil de Nintendo.
Ya he hablado de esta trilogía en varias ocasiones, y es que para mí, a pesar de que sus incursiones en el género son escasas, siempre he sentido que Dragon Ball Z y el RPG es una combinación que tiene todo el sentido del mundo, un pensamiento lógico que este humilde título estrenado 2004 parece aprovechar al máximo.
Lo primero que debemos reconocer con respecto a Buu's Fury es que no solo es un juego encargado de continuar la historia luego de la derrota de Cell, sino que también se empaña en pulir todos los aspectos más toscos de Legacy of Goku II, por ende, tenemos un título un poco más ambicioso en el departamento jugable, con varias mecánicas nuevas disponibles desde el principio tanto en términos de gameplay directo como cuando se trata de ser un RPG sólido.
Las subidas de niveles ya estaban presentes desde antes, pero aquí vienen acompañadas de una serie de puntos de atributos que podremos distribuir a nuestro gusto dependiendo de cómo deseemos "entrenar a nuestros personajes" y será recurrente encontrar accesorios que podremos equipar a nuestros personajes. Aunque en escencia la experiencia sigue siendo muy similar, hay que reconocer que estas posibilidades de gestión terminan haciendo mucho más agradable el farmear durante lapsos de tiempo, especialmente si consideramos que Buu's Fury no es nada condescendiente con su jugador y basicamente pretende que ya completamos los dos juegos previos.
Obviamente, siempre va a estar el debate eterno de si está es la mejor forma de narrar la brillante historia creada por Akira Toriyama, un tema en el que podríamos exponer muchísimos puntos tanto a favor como en contra, Buu's Fury lógicamente debe ajustar el curso de ciertos eventos para adaptarse a las capacidades tan limitadas de la consola, así como a la naturaleza RPG de la experiencia.
Por otro lado, podríamos argumentar que es una desviación digna, plagada de un estilo visual carismático y con capacidad de usar el pixel art con muchísima inteligencia para crear una representación distinta pero honorable.
Cómo sucedió con The Legacy of Goku II (Y en menor medida con Legacy of Goku I), Buu's Fury es una muestra brillante de las posibilidades de la franquicia cuando se sale de la zona de confort, un juego ambicioso en donde los aspectos positivos rebasan por mucho a los aspectos negativos y siempre será agradable sumergirse.
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Despite not having owned a game boy advance, I know that memorable games came out for that type of consoles. There is a colleague who always brings his analysis and reviews about games for this console and they are pretty good games.
I had never heard about the dragon ball Z saga for this console, I found your review quite entertaining and interesting, you capture everything quite well without missing any detail. I'm not a big fan of the RPG genre, but I can recognize great games of this genre. When I saw the screenshots, I liked the graphics, despite being such a limited console, you can see the good work they did, the characters are very similar and are recognized at a glance.
It was good to read you! Greetings and blessings😁
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It's a great game, I love how they worked around that console limitations, besides, the RPG is always a good fit for DBZ
This game is the best and more if we enjoyed the series when we were kids, one of my favorite handheld games.
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Oh totally! A great rpg
As you mentioned, this game must be much less known than the other one because I've never heard of this one, but I've heard of the other one a few times.