Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
Heading back to the early days of the Dragon Ball story, players control Kid Goku as he sets out on fantastic adventures with his friends. The title faithfully reproduces the uniqueness and special humour of…
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo is an adventure developed by Media.Vision, released 23 July 2009 on Wii. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo is
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo is an adventure game developed by Media.Vision and released in 2009. It was published by Namco Bandai Games. It is available on Wii only. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Retelling the early adventures of the martial artist Goku, the story follows him as he confronts the sinister Red Ribbon Army, a militaristic organization racing to gather the seven Dragon Balls and seize their world-changing power. When the mystical orbs fall into even darker hands, Goku must square off against the Demon King Piccolo, whose ambitions threaten the entire world. Traveling across varied lands and testing his strength in martial arts tournaments, Goku battles the henchmen and monsters standing between him and the villains' schemes.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 1 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dragon Ball series
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo is the 76th of 179 entries we hold in the Dragon Ball series. The next entry was Dragon Ball: Raging Blast in 2009. Its critic score of 62 is 5 points below the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at 88.
How it was received
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo launched on 23 July 2009, within three weeks of Trine Enchanted Edition, Wii Sports Resort, Trine and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Trine Enchanted Edition, Wii Sports Resort, Trine, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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