Dragon Ball FighterZ

KeenGamerKeith Gibbons

9.1/10

Get ready to rumble as fan favorite Dragon Ball makes an explosive return to fighting games. Whether as iconic characters or brand new ones you'll be destroying planets and blowing up your opponents in spectacular fashion. This game does the series justice in visuals, audio, and gameplay. Not only are you receiving a bang for your buck, but a true Dragon Ball experience.

Press StartBrodie Gibbons

9/10

Just like Rocksteady did for Batman, Arc System Works has carried Dragon Ball to the upper echelon, crafting a tag-fighting game that captures not only the series' distinctive style but its spirit. FighterZ stands alongside other versatile, yet accessible, games like Marvel vs. Capcom with ease in what is the best fighting game in recent memory. It's a shame the servers hamstring the experience so badly, rendering the game's online a bit of a mess.

Push SquareRobert Ramsey

9/10

Republished on Wednesday, 11th January, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of January 2023's PS Plus line up. The original text follows.

Nintendo World ReportDaan Koopman

9/10

Dragon Ball FighterZ remains a winner on Nintendo Switch. The game plays fantastically and is fun for both the fighting novice learning the ins and outs and the expert. From casual options that you play with a Joy-Con to online ranked modes that run without too much lag, this title has everything you want out of a fighting game. 24 iconic characters bring a fun variety of moves to the table that thrilled me every time I played. In addition, the game has been extremely well optimized for Nintendo Switch. It runs smoothly at 60 frames per second and is graphically even a bit comparable to the ot...

GameSpotPeter Brown

9/10

Shout, shout, let it all out.

Worth PlayingChris "Atom" DeAngelus

9/10

Dragon Ball FighterZ is a dream collaboration and takes the anime-based fighting games in a bold new direction by combining classic 2D fighting game dynamics with the Dragon Ball universe.

Impulse GamerJames Coles

As one of the most popular franchises to come out of Japan; the action-anime series Dragon Ball has entertained fans all over the world since it first

PC GamerNathan Brown

83/100

Arc System Works rethinks the basics of fighting games.

eXputerDaniyal Sultan Malik

Dragon Ball FighterZ takes the traditional fighting game formula and enhances it with flair to make it accessible and opportunistic.

VideogamerAlice Bell

8/10

More online testing to be done, but so far Dragon Ball FighterZ is indeed pretty... super [pause for riotous applause and laughter]

KotakuMike Fahey

Unscored

Dragon Ball games are for Dragon Ball fans. Fighting games are for fighting game fans. Dragon Ball FighterZ is both of those things, and it’s for everybody.

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

Unscored

I've only ever been a casual fan of the Dragon Ball anime and never once read any of the manga pertaining to the long-running series. It's never been a franchise that sparked my interest to any large degree yet I've almost always checked out the story-based games like the Xenoverse series and even a