Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
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| Developer(s) | Bandai,Atari |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames |
| Release date(s) |  July 28, 1995 July 1996 March 25, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Media | CD-ROM (PS1) |
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (ドラゴンボールZ アルティメイトバトル22) is a video game based on the fictional manga Dragon Ball Z. It is called "Ultimate Battle 22" or "UB22" by the fans because it features 22 characters from the manga. This 2-D/3-D combination PlayStation game features many attacks from the manga. The game is notable for using actual cel drawings from the animators as character sprites.
Another fighting came called Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butouden was released in the same era for the Sega Saturn, and is considered by many to be the better between the two games. The aforementioned game never received an American release.
When Ultimate Battle 22 was officially released in North America by Atari, no English dub track was produced and the pre-battle cutscenes were removed.
The 22 characters are comprised of:
- Super Saiyan Goku
- Super Saiyan 2 Gohan
- Majin Vegeta
- Super Saiyan Trunks
- Cell
- Android 16
- Android 18
- Freeza
- Zarbon
- Recoome
- Captain Ginyu
- Dabura
- Goten
- Trunks (Young)
- Shin / Supreme Kai
- Majin Buu (Good)
- Super Buu
- Super Saiyan Gotenks
- Great Saiyaman
- Krillin
- Tenshinhan
- Piccolo
There are also 5 unlockable characters. The unlockable characters are:
[edit] Reception
Ultimate Battle 22 was the subject of an overwhelming number of negative reviews. The original Japanese game came out in 1995, and thus, by comparsion to the more recent PlayStation 2 titles, the game paled. Had the game been released in America and Japan simultaneously, it certainly would have gone down in history with a better reputation. [citation needed]
- GameSpot give it a 1.2/10, calling it a "really, really terrible game".
- X-Play said it was "a waste of time and money".
- Official PlayStation Magazine gave it a 1/5, the second lowest score possible.
- Electronic Gaming Monthly said that "someone crapped in a jewel case and passed it off as a game."
