Atari has unleashed it's latest GBA offerings and has officially launched the holiday season for handheld console gaming. Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu and Beyblade: Ultimate Blader Jam are the two titles in question and are considered by Atari as having guaranteed commercial success.
While Dragon Ball Z games have been around for a while this is the first such attempt with the Beyblade franchise. Beyblade is an enormously popular animated television show. It is the 2nd highest-ranking kids program on ABC Family, it is also a hugely successful toy based on customizable, high performance tops that compete. To date, over seven million tops have been sold in the US alone.
The Beyblade phenomenon comes to Nintendo Game Boy Advance with more than 50 V-Force challenges and the compulsory adventure story. In Ultimate Blader Jam, a sinister group is out to steal Bit Beasts from the World Champion Bladebreakers. Players must defend against the mysterious force using skill, balance and endurance. Players can unlock a collection of more than 100 Beyblades, battle head-to-head in multiplayer mode, and play as Tyson, Kai and other Bladebreakers.
Dragon Ball Z : Taiketsu allows players to choose from single-player mode or challenge friends using the Game Boy Advance Game Link cable in multiplayer mode, and unleash blistering combos and super moves. You can battle opponents on the ground or in the air with DBZ flight action and power-up well-known characters such as Goku, Vegeta, Cell and Buu into their strongest forms.
Both games will retail at just over USD 29.
