' Seeing a plump, ki-filled Kamehameha blast into the face of an evil villain with just a flick of the wrist is a sight etched deeply into the minds of Dragon Ball Z fans. As too are the show's epic airborne battles, earth-shattering explosions, and flame-haired Super Saiyans who perpetually save...

Crisp cel-shaded visuals capture the look of the anime

Highly repetitive battles; Erratic motion sensing; Poor story mode gives you no real incentive to keep playing; Novelty wears off quickly

Below Average: Has some high points, but they soon give way to glaring faults. Not the worst games, but are difficult to recommend.

Too Much Filler

For followers of the Dragon Ball Z franchise, there could be no greater fan service than the ability to physically reenact the dire, potentially world-destroying battles the series is famous (some would say infamous) for.

The sizable cast of playable characters; Your first rapid-fire pummeling; Finishing an opponent with a Kamehameha

Unresponsive motion controls; Repetitive; unnecessarily long cutscenes; The poorly designed first boss fight

A number of teams are to create new experiences that make use of Microsoft's Kinect device.  But the problem is putting together something that players will have fun doing, not just some mindless effort where you're commanded to put your foot here or your arm here.  Ask anyone who picked up the...

At the very least, you're treated to a game that looks the part. Cel-shaded characters and environments capture the look of the anime nicely, even if the facial animations are a bit robotic. The voice acting's good too, despite the cast lacking many of the original actors from the series.

Crisp cel-shaded visuals capture the look of the anime

Highly repetitive battles; Erratic motion sensing; Poor story mode gives you no real incentive to keep playing; Novelty wears off quickly

Get that hair gel ready, and prepare to power up your Super Saiyan Kamehameha attacks.

Step 1: Get the Dragonball z cartoon network music from amazing mp3, and play it on xbox 360. Step 2: Use the game purely as a fun way to workout, and build cardio Step 3: Enjoy the game......Stop trying to enjoy the game for what it's not, and enjoy it for what it is.

I want to love the Kinect.  I really, really do.  It's red eye seems to beg for attention every time I fire up one of my XBox 360s, I have an old school one with an upgraded hard drive when Kinect was an addition and I have the beautiful Star Wars one, a white console with a white Kinect daring dust...