Super Dragon Ball Z

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Super Dragon Ball Z
North American boxart
Developer(s)	Crafts & Meister, Arika
Publisher(s)	JP Bandai NA Atari EU Namco Bandai
Platform(s)	Arcade PlayStation 2
Release date(s)	Arcade JP December 22, 2005 (2005-12-22) EU 2006 (2006) PlayStation 2 JP June 29, 2006 (2006-06-29) NA July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) PAL July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single Player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	CERO: A ESRB: T PEGI: 12+
Media	DVD-ROM (PS2)

Super Dragon Ball Z is a cel-shaded 3D fighting video game, based on the manga Dragon Ball written by Akira Toriyama. It was originally released in Japanese (December 22, 2005) and European (2006) arcades running on System 246 hardware, and later for the PlayStation 2 (Japan: June 29, 2006; US, July 18, 2006; AU, July 28, 2006). The game was developed by Crafts & Meister, headed by Noritaka Funamizu (a former Capcom fighting game producer who worked on the Street Fighter series and Darkstalkers). The game features 18 playable characters, destructible environments, and a game engine geared towards fans of more traditional fighting games.
The game sold 95,082 units in the first week of its release in Japan (placing its rank at #2 in the software sales in Japan for that week, second only to Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros.). The game received a rating of 4.5/5 from GamePro, as well as Editor's Choice,^[1] a 7.3/10 from GameSpot,^[2] and another 7.4/10 from IGN, along with Runner Up for "Best Fighting Game on the PS2 at E3".^[3]