Battle Stadium D.O.N

Infobox VG| title = Battle Stadium D.O.N


developer = 8ing, Q Entertainment
publisher = Bandai Namco
designer =
engine =
released = flagicon|Japan July 20, 2006
genre = Crossover/2.5D versus fighting
modes = Single player, Multiplayer
ratings = CERO: A (All ages)
platforms = GameCube, PlayStation 2
media = 1 × GameCube Optical Disc, DVD-ROM
requirements =
input =nihongo|"Battle Stadium D.O.N"|バトルスタジアムＤＯＮ is a Japanese fighting game for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 featuring characters from the popular anime and manga series "Dragon Ball Z", "One Piece", and "Naruto", hence the D.O.N. This game received a rating of 28/40 from Weekly Famitsu.

Gameplay

Similar to the "Super Smash Bros." series, the players are put onto either a moving or non-moving stage. Borrowing from "Power Stone"Fact|date=June 2007, these stages have some level of interactivity. Players must then fight their opponents. Unlike other fighters, "D.O.N" uses a combined health gauge, that is, decreasing the health of one player will in turn increase the health of the other players. Thus, in order for one player to win a fight, they must make their own health bar take up the entire bar. As such, a fight can potentially last indefinitely if no time limit is set. Also, there are in game techniques that can be pulled off (ie. Kamehameha for Goku and Summoning Jutsu for Naruto) and supers that can transform the characters into a new form (ie. Naruto's Rasengan turning him into the Kyubi and Goku's Genki Dama turning him into Super Saiyan). In addition, some characters can induce a temporary transformation during the battle (ie. Sasuke's Sharingan and Luffy's Gear 2nd).

Missions

The single player mode has the player fight through five rounds, 2 or 3 of which have missions with goals selected randomly. However, depending on the difficulty chosen by the player, different amounts of missions are given out with easy giving the least and very difficult giving out the most. Fulfilling the missions' goals rewards the player with coins that can be used in the slot machine available upon completing the fights. The slot machine is the way through which unlockables are obtained. There are also items which you can buy to help the characters in battle.

Multiplayer

Up to four players can participate in a multiplayer session, though a multitap must be used for more than two players for the PS2 version.

Characters

Dragon Ball Z
*Son Goku [SS] (Genki Dama; Super Genki Dama)
*Teen Gohan [SS] (Super Kamehameha)
*Piccolo (Hellzone Grenade)
*Future Trunks [SS] (Shining Sword Slash)
*Majin Vegeta [SS2] (Final Explosive Wave)
*Vegeta [SS] (Final Flash)
*Freeza (Death Ball)
*Cell (Super Kamehamaha)
*Majin Buu (Innocence Cannon)

One Piece
*Monkey D. Luffy [Activates Gear Second] (Gomu Gomu No Hanabi/Gum Gum Fireworks)
*Roronoa Zoro (Santouryuu Ougi: San-Zen-Se-Kai)
*Nami (Tornado Tempo)
*Usopp (Usopp Pound)
*Sanji [Activates Diable Jambe] (Combo ending in Mutton Shot)
*Tony Tony Chopper (Kokutei Cross)

Naruto
*Naruto Uzumaki [Kyuubi Chakra] (Rasengan)
*Sasuke Uchiha [Cursed Seal Lv1] (Chidori)
*Sakura Haruno (Inner Sakura Power)
*Kakashi Hatake [Sharingan] (Lightning Blade)
*Rock Lee [5th Gate] (Hidden Lotus)
*Gaara (Sand Tsunami)

[ ] = Burst Mode( ) = Special Attack

tages

Dragon Ball Z
*West City
*Planet Namek
*Room of Spirit and Time
*Martial Arts World Tournament Arena

One Piece
*The Going Merry
*Baratie
*Giant Jack

Naruto
*Hidden Leaf Village
*Valley of the End
*Forest of Death

Original
*Battle Stadium

Many of the stages have interactivity of some sort. Items and power-ups from each series are also found in the stages.

See also

*Dragon Ball Z
*Naruto
*One Piece
*Super Smash Bros
*DreamMix TV World Fighters
*Jump Superstars
*Jump Ultimate Stars

External links

* [http://battlestadium.com/ Official Website] ja icon
* [http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/31/battle-stadium-don/ Battle Stadium D.O.N. review]
* [http://www.the-magicbox.com/0604/game060417a.shtml The Magic Box: Battle Stadium D.O.N]
* [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/software/g8sj/ Nintendo's Official Website] ja icon