Dragon Ball Z - Tenkaichi Tag Team
Dragon Ball Z - Tenkaichi Tag Team is a PSP fighting game released in 2010 developed by Spike Chunsoft. It centers on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and move inputs, with controls and information arranged around the directional pad, single analog nub, shoulder and face buttons, with a camera or another accessory only where required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.8 / 10
About this game
Dragon Ball Z - Tenkaichi Tag Team is a PSP fighting game centered on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and move inputs. Short bouts use character differences and rising difficulty for variety, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hit feedback, and readable arenas create match tension, while the portable widescreen, UMD streaming, compressed audio, and handheld-scale interface need to preserve targets, text, and action readability. The genre-specific limitation is that button mapping, move recognition, multiplayer accessories, and cpu behavior can affect balance. Platform conditions also include single-nub camera control, UMD loading and noise, Memory Stick saves, battery life, regional language, ad hoc requirements, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Dragon Ball games turn the manga and anime’s battles into fighting games, character-building adventures and action RPGs. You might assemble a tag team, create your own fighter or revisit Goku’s journey between explosive encounters.
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AI review
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Partners and spatial choice make the handheld Dragon Ball battles lively.
Tenkaichi Tag Team's worthwhile change is putting partners into spacious three-dimensional arenas. One-against-two and two-against-two encounters add target decisions, partner attacks and positioning rather than simply displaying more characters. PSP lock-on and simplified input keep that commotion manageable. The story still runs from Raditz to Buu without narrative surprises, but small map tasks, purchasable enhancement capsules and shop completion tracking give battles surrounding goals. Challenges and training support experimentation, though the selection of extra modes is finite. Character attacks and hand-drawn menus express the anime's personality; voice options should be checked rather than assumed to satisfy Japanese-audio preferences. It suits handheld players interested in partner brawling, not those seeking a new story. This assessment uses PSP reporting, limits voice observations to the reviewed edition and adds no emulator improvements or material from other Dragon Ball games.
Strengths
- Active partner-based arena battles
- Practical lock-on and capsule goals
Weaknesses
- Familiar anime storyline
- Limited extra-mode breadth
Who it is for: Dragon Ball fans seeking partner battles on a handheld.
Play notes: Check voice options; other releases and emulator improvements are excluded.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Map tasks and capsule progression work, within a limited selection of modes. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Partners and spatial choice make the handheld Dragon Ball battles lively. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Anime styling and drawn menus appeal, with voice preferences an important boundary. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Lock-on and simplified input suit PSP, while completion tracking helps collection. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Spike Chunsoft
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- 2010
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Fighting · Primary genre
- Tags
- Melee CombatShort SessionsAnime Style3D GraphicsCombosSolo-friendlyReplayableFast-pacedFantasySide-scrollingReal-time CombatLocal Co-opPlayer versus Player
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- PlayStation PortableWorldwide2010
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Sources
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