Dragon Ball: Origins
Dragon Ball: Origins follows Goku and his clever sidekick Bulma as they travel the world overcoming enemies and obstacles to collect the 7 Dragon Balls. In the shoes of Goku, the player must protect Bulma from…
Dragon Ball: Origins is an adventure developed by Game Republic Inc., released 18 September 2008 on Nintendo DS. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Ball: Origins is
Dragon Ball: Origins is an adventure game developed by Game Republic Inc. and released in 2008. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dragon Ball: Origins known as Dragon Ball DS in Japan, is a video game for the Nintendo DS based on the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. The game was developed by Game Republic and published by Atari and Namco Bandai under the Bandai label. It was released on September 18, 2008 in Japan, November 4, 2008 in North America, December 5, 2008 in Europe, and December 11, 2008 in Korea. The game was released in Australia on December 4, 2008, but was later recalled as its PG rating did not reflect the "racy" content found in the game and was subsequently given a higher rating.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Dragon Ball series
Dragon Ball: Origins is the 71st of 179 entries we hold in the Dragon Ball series. The next entry was Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World in 2008. Its critic score of 75 is 8 points above the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at 88.
How it was received
Dragon Ball: Origins holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Dragon Ball: Origins launched on 18 September 2008, within three weeks of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and Pokémon Platinum Version. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, Pokémon Platinum Version.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dragon Ball: Origins yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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