

We saw a volcano stage full of magma waterfalls and teetering cliffs of igneous rock to fall onto/into/through. You can properly tear a stage up with a Super Saiyan special attack, and they're big enough to support all the destruction you can throw at them. The game's 10 stages are huge in scale, vertically as well as horizontally, and throwing your opponent into mountains, towers, buildings and anything else that might fall over causes it to collapse. The main addition to the Budokai Tenkaichi formula this time around is environmental damage. You can collect costumes for all of them during the Story mode – a small QTE prompt will occasionally appear on the screen, and meeting it grants you access to a new outfit. We spotted a Super Saiyan Level 3 version of Broley, who's never appeared in the animation or the movies. Raging Blast takes full advantage of all of these things, offering over 70 characters (including transformations) – not as many as Tenkaichi 3's 150, but among them are never-before-seen additions designed by developer Spike in collaboration with artists involved with the manga and anime.


Whatever you think of it, it's resulted in some hugely enjoyable fighting games over the years you'd expect so, with the character variety, explosive special moves and abundance of three-dimensional space. Dragon Ball: the series that serious anime-heads love to hate, but all secretly watch anyway.
