Dragon Ball DS (Japanese) goes back to the origins of the series, offering players a chance to play through the early comics in game form. The game leads players on a multi-episode adventure involving young Goku when he first encounters Bulma. The focus of your quest as these two is to collect seven Dragon Balls. Much like the Dragon Ball series, gameplay appears to be heavy on the action. You make use of the stylus to make Goku perform punches and kicks. Bulma is also playable and makes use of a variety of weapons, including hand guns and machine guns. The game comes out in Japan Sept. 18, so hopefully we’ll see it stateside soon after that.

As a fan of all things Dragon Ball I will be buying this when it comes out. On a similar note, I’ve been waiting for what seems like forever for the complete, uncut Dragon Ball series to come to DVD too. When are these ever going to come out? It’s times like these when you wish you could just do a Kamehameha to get some answers.

(And no, I’m not too worried about the upcoming Dragon Ball movie.)

Update: Get your Kamehameha on! The game came out November 4! It looks very Phantom Hourglass-ey.

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