Battle Stadium D.O.N

Battle Stadium D.O.N
Three of the most iconic shonen manga series ever crafted finally come together in video game form... to less-than-stellar results.
Genre(s): Fighting Platform(s): PlayStation 2 Nintendo GameCube Release Date: July 20, 2006 Developer(s): Eighting Publisher(s): Bandai Series: Various

Battle Stadium D.O.N (バトルスタジアムＤＯＮ) is a 2006 fighting video game based on Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto anime series. Developed by Eighting and published by Bandai for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube only in Japan.

The "D.O.N." in the game's title is derived from Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto, the three manga series published by Weekly Shōnen Jump upon which the game is based.

Bad Qualities

1. The combat is very stiff and very hard to pull off.
2. There are only 20 playable characters: 6 for One Piece and Naruto each, and 8 for Dragon Ball Z, which makes absolutely no sense at all, and what's worse is that there's no Naruto and One Piece villains in the roster at all. They could have added some more characters, like Buggy or Kuro from One Piece and Orochimaru and Itachi from Naruto.
3. Horrible items that try too hard to be like Smash. You get Zabuza's Blade (Kubikiribocho/Guillotine Sword/Executioners Blade), and you also have Goku's Power Pole, and what's worse is that it will limit your Lite attack to 1, which is very terrible.
4. No story mode at all. The opening and ending makes no sense, either. Even Jump Ultimate Stars had a story mode, and it was much better on the DS, and was released few months after this game came out.
5. Some of the characters like Naruto, Luffy, and Zoro can do Hadoken for weird reasons, which never happens in the manga or anime.
6. The dumbest part is the only way to unlock a character in this game, is that you have to play a slot machine after you beat the Mission mode.
7. Awful Missions, like when you have to crouch for 60 seconds, and how you can't jump at all. What's even worse is that you will fail them every time, making this really stupid.
8. Another thing stupid is the opening sequence.

Good Qualities

1. Awesome soundtrack, like the opening theme "Don't Give Up".
2. Some of the characters do have their signature attacks like they do in the manga and anime.
3. The specials are okay.
4. The controls are alright.
5. The idea of a Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto crossover is a really cool idea.
6. The voice clips are good, as all the voice actors reprise their roles.

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