Archive July 2005 - December 2005

Friday, December 30, 2005   Our final DBZ Card of the Day for the 05 year is from the  Showdown expansion set -- Namekian Friendship. Mr. Buu, Musashi, Rob f and GDK have reviews.

Brendan and Brigid think they have a list of people would make far better character voiceovers for the DBZ anime. Check 'em out for fun.

Wednesday, December 28, 2005   Today's DBZ Card of the Day from the Showdown expansion set is Gohan: Playful Saiyan Lv. 2. GDK, Trunks, Rob f and AJC468 have reviews.

Tuesday, Tuesday 27, 2005  Lenamae24 and vtliec have some What If's for you today. What if Goku had lived against Radditz? And, What if Mr. Satan really was the most powerful fighter on earth?

Monday, December 26, 2005   Today's DBZ Card of the Day from the  Showdown expansion set is Vegeta, Saiyan Warrior. GDK and AJC468 have reviews.

Here's another look at that Japanese Hand Activated Dragon Ball Z game from Yahoo News.  "This Japan-only Dragonball Z game hooks straight into the TV and has a small camera that picks up hand motion, thanks to these grey strips called Dragonhands. It looks kind of like DDR, only for very emotive people.  Hold your hand in an open palm to block, make a fist to punch and place both palms forward to unleash a kamehameha blast. You can play through the story mode and battle your favorite villains like Frieza and Vegeta. Or try out mini game mode and help Goku scale a wall.  This thing costs about $65. Where else but Japan can you play a game called "Goku Scale a Wall"?"

Friday, December 23, 2005   Today's DBZ Card of the Day from the  Showdown expansion set is Vegeta, Oozaru. GDK, Rob f, AJC468 and Musashi have reviews.

Thursday, December 22, 2005   Today's DBZ Card of the Day from the  Showdown expansion is Goku, 100x Gravity Trained. GDK, Rob f and Musashi have reviews. AJC468 comes out of a long retirement to review.

Wednesday, December 21, 2005  Pojosama's fault for not having any COTD's the last couple of week's.  We'll be back tomorrow with a look at a new Goku card.  If you are interested in volunteering for Card of the Day, or writing featured articles, feel fee to drop us an email. 

Here's an interesting gaming device in Japan: "Hand-activated Kamehamehas for DBZ fans in Japan - Wanna wave your wrists and move something on your screen instead of watching another Revolution controller demo? If that’s what you’re after, a motion-detecting TV toy is soon arriving in Japan, this time catering to gamers of the Dragonball Z persuasion.

The game works by utilizing a camera on top of your TV set to pick up “dragonhand” strips you strap on your fingers. Thus, you can give Vegeta the beatdown with your own hands he’s always deserved." source

Slashdot's review of DQVIII.  DQVIII has art by Akira Toriyama.  ;-)

Thursday, December 15, 2005  "One game cartridge. Double the Dragonball RPG. Two of the most exciting and best-selling Dragon Ball Z games of all-time return for a whole new generation of players as Atari, Inc. today announced the company has shipped Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku I & Legacy of Goku II 2-in-1 Pack for the Game Boy Advance. Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku I & Legacy of Goku II 2-in-1 Pack features the complete Legacy of Goku and Legacy of Goku II -- the best-selling DBZ GBA games of all time -- on a single Game Pak. With hours of role-playing, fighting and action gameplay, Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku I & Legacy of Goku II 2-in-1 Pack gives fans who are new to DBZ a chance to experience games that have thrilled millions of players." - full story

Lawrence (formerly DarthNaps) asks "What if Goku wasn't a 'dead beat dad'?" in our DBZ What If's.

Monday, December 12, 2005  We have some fun new What If's. "What if vegeta didn't become a z fighter?" Or, "What if trunks came to the present late?" by Adam Henslee. And, "What if Raditz had a lower power level?" from John Murphy.

Friday, December 09, 2005   Today's DBZ Card of the Day from the  Showdown expansion is Orange Amazement. GDK, tjmk and Matthew Low have reviews.

Thursday, December 08, 2005   We have another one from the Showdown set today. Our DBZ Card of the Day is Krillin's Predicament. GDK, tjmk, Musashi and Matthew Low have reviews.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day from Showdown is Black Assistance. Musashi, Super, GDK, Matthew Low and tjmk have reviews.

Some DB DVD News from Funimation: "Dragon Ball – Movies 2,3, and 4 - Contains the following movies:

Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Goku and Krillin are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.

Mystical Adventure
The adventure is a retelling of the meeting of Goku, Tenshinhan, and Chiaotzu. Also of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.

The Path to Power
This retelling of Dragon Ball's origin has a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.

http://media.funimation.com/trailers/DB_movies_Medium.asx
http://media.funimation.com/trailers/DB_movies_Large.asx"

Monday, December 05, 2005   A couple loyal readers have put on their questioning caps and asked What If?  John Murphy wonders out loud What if Piccolo had fused with both Dende and Nail? And, Rotosoft revisits What if piccolo fused with the entire namekian race?

Friday, December 02, 2005   Today's DBZ Card of the Day from the  Showdown expansion is Zarbon, Transformed. GDK and Matthew Low have reviews.

Thursday, December 01, 2005   We get into December with another DBZ Card of the Day from Showdown. Today it's Bulma - Capsule Princess. GDK and Matthew Low have reviews.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005   We'll try and kick start our DBZ Card of the Day reviews again now that some of the holiday bustle is quieting down. Let's get the party started with Gohan's Anger from the Showdown Expansion set. Richard Barbee, GDK and Matthew Low all have reviews.

John Murphy asks What If Goku became a Super Saiyan when he fought Nappa and Vegeta? What if indeed. Check it out!

Monday, November 28, 2005  We have another quicky What If. Nilofer asks "What if Nappa and vegeta were supersaiyan when they came to earth?".

Wired has a nice review of Dragon Quest VIII: "Illustrator Akira Toriyama (famous the world over for the Dragon Ball anime) designed the game's characters and monsters. And though they are rendered in 3-D, the cel-shading techniques employed make them look like traditional animated characters brought to life.  It's even fun to get into battles just to see Toriyama's wacky creations (and their associated attacks, which are often as amusing as they are debilitating). The bestiary teems with clever puns: A rabbit with a single horn is called a "bunicorn"; a more powerful version a "spiked hare."

Monday, November 21, 2005  What if there was no DBZ? Who could think such a thing? Certainly not DarthNaps and John Murphy who have brought us a couple What Ifs much more fun to think about.

Friday, November 18, 2005  Dragon Ball Z makes DS debut -
"Atari's Supersonic Warriors 2 introduces tag-team three-on-three fighting to franchise in first installment for Nintendo's portable.
Apparently letting gamers take control of anime characters whose epic one-on-one battles could destroy small planets as collateral damage just wasn't enough for Atari, as the publisher has introduced three-on-three slugfests to the Dragonball Z series with its game."- more from Gamespot.  This game hits shelves next week.  You can pre-order this game from Amazon.com & get free shipping.  ;-)

Thursday, November 17, 2005  Eurogamer has a review of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi for the PS2.

Friday, November 11, 2005  Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury is reviewed today in Pojo's Friday News.

Wednesday, November 9, 2005  There's a triple set of What Ifs...? posted for your enjoyment. What if Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan against Frieza instead of Goku? What if Goku had learned to become a Super Saiyan before he reached Namek? And, what if Bebi took over Pan instead of Trunks? All pertinent questions with fascinating results.

Tuesday, November 8, 2005  Gamespot has a review of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi for the PS2.

Gamespot also has a sneak preview of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King for the PS2.  The main character looks a lot like Goku.  "The characters are all bright and colorful, and they have a distinct anime look to them. In fact, you could easily take one of the characters and drop it into a Dragon Ball Z game and hardly know the difference. This makes sense, since famed Dragon Ball artist Akira Toriyama designed the characters for this game."

Friday, November 3, 2005  We popped in a new What If...? today from Donald Pace: What If Raditz power level wasn't so low?

Thursday, October 27, 2005  We popped in a new What If...? today from Huy Nguyen: What if Gohan actually caught the earring?

Matthew Low is back in his DBZ TCG Help Section again today with a lot of help for one reader.  Check it out. 

An Email from Randy J. that we're posting because we agree with him 100%: "I'm new to the dragon ball Z community (34) and my son (14) is also we are so into its ridiculous. We recently was watching the uncut versions of DBZ on the cartoon network and three weeks ago they took it off the air and now only airs it on Saturdays, I contacted Cartoon network and they said if enough people complained that they would switch the programming and put it back on Mon to Thursdays and Saturdays Can you please please put this message on your page on its opening screen so people can get it back on the air. Here is the contact link Contact Link on the  left hand side click Feedback then input your concern under programming please please help me and others out,  You are a super center for Dragon Ball Z viewers, users etc. Please help."

Tuesday, October 25, 2005  Matthew Low answers a question about the old DBZ TCG today in his help section.

Friday, October 21, 2005We popped in a new What If...? today from Ancn863: What if Raditz never came to Earth?

Tuesday, October 18, 2005  The updated release date for Dragon Ball Z: Showdown is now November 9th. This was changed a while. Thanks to Matthew Low for pointing that out to us.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005   The next TCG expansion for the Dragon Ball Z TCG will release on Nov. 23rd.    The expansion centers on the uncut episodes 32-66 of the Dragon Ball Z series and includes Saiyan and Frieza saga, which features the end of Goku’s fight with Vegeta and the first half of their trip to Namek. We'll have more details as they become available. 

Monday, October 03, 2005   Donald Pace asks a What If...? Future Trunks would have just taken a space ship to New Planet Namek instead of a time pod to the present? The mind boggles!?!

Saturday, October 01, 2005  We moved to a new server last week so that interrupted our fun for a day or two. We also changed many of our emails. So, please, before you send us anything, double check that you have our newest contact info. Thanks.

Our technical housekeeping put us a bit behind on our card reviews, but, we catch up today. Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Tien's Help from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low, The Box, Baz and Joshua Kehe all have reviews.

Thursday, September 29, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Saiyan Battle Armor from the Arrival Expansion set. Musashi, The Box, Baz and Joshua Kehe all have reviews.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Saiyan Jump from the Arrival Expansion set. Meb9000 has a review. We also welcome new reviewers to the group. Check out The Box, Baz, Joshua Kehe and Musashi.

Friday, September 23, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Refill from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005  DBZ is on the move.  Dragon Ball is now #2 on the Lycos Top 50 Search Terms on the net:  1 Pam Anderson; 2 Dragonball; 3 Pokemon!  Nice.

We could use some more Card of the Day volunteers.  If you play the DBZ TCG, and are interesting in reviewing cards, please fee free to email us at dbzstaff@pojo.com.

Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Black Preparation from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low and Super Saiyan Trunks both have reviews.

Monday, September 19, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Blue Energy Beam from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Wednesday, September 13, 2005    We got a little DBZ Fan Fiction for you just for fun. Check out All hope is lost by worrysome032.

Friday, September 09, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Tien's Help from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Wednesday, September 07, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Black Finale from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Monday, September 05, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Blue Lunch from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Friday, September 02, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Gohan® Lv. 1 from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low and Trunks have reviews.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Saiyan Rest from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low, meb9000 and Trunks have reviews.

Monday, August 29, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Vegeta® Saiyan Warrior Level 1 from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low and Trunks have reviews.

Thursday, August 25, 2005  Matthew Low has a couple of tourney reports from GenCon Indy for you today.  Check 'em out!

I can't tell you what go into me, but we've decided to start posting DBZ Fan Fiction again on the site.  We probably haven't done that in 5 years!  Today we have two articles by Darkoni. 

Tuesday, August 23, 2005   DarthNaps asks a What If...? today. What if Vegeta had been sent to Earth instead of Goku?

Friday, August 19, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Saiyan Destructive Thrust from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Thursday, August 18, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Orange Lunge from the Arrival Expansion set. Meb9000 and Matthew Low have reviews.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Yamcha's Controlled Ki Ball from the Arrival Expansion set. Matthew Low has a review.

Just for fun we thought we'd re-start our What If...? section. ZFIGHTERS88 helps us kick things off with What if Bardock had healed before going aganist Dodoria? Imagine the possibilities!

Tuesday, August 16, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Orange Dinner from the Arrival Expansion set. Richard Barbee and Matthew Low have reviews.

Gamespot has a hands-on Preview of Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi today. 

Nintendo DS price to drop to $130 by August 21st?  Could be.  Check out the article on JoyStiq.

Monday, August 15, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Broly - Bio-Broly from the Arrival Expansion set. Richard Barbee, Super Saiyan Trunks and Matthew Low all have reviews.

Friday, August 12, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Raditz's Triumph from the Arrival Expansion set. Jesse Zeller, Dave Fashbinder, Richard Barbee and Matthew Low all have reviews.

Thursday, August 11, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Orange Rapture from the Arrival Expansion set. Jesse Zeller, Dave Fashbinder, Richard Barbee and Matthew Low all have reviews.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Orange Lookout from the Arrival Expansion set. Dave Fashbinder, Richard Barbee and Matthew Low all have reviews.

Tuesday, August 9, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Black Z Warriors Support from the Arrival Expansion set. Dave Fashbinder and Matthew Low both have reviews.

Monday, August 8, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Black Throw from the Arrival Expansion set. Dave Fashbinder has a review.

Friday, August 5, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Earth Dragon Ball 3 from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller, and Dave Fashbinder have reviews.

Thursday, August 4, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Yamcha, Baseball Extraordinaire from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller, and Dave Fashbinder have reviews.

Wednesday, August 3, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Saiyan Evasion from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller, and Dave Fashbinder have reviews.

Tuesday, August 2, 2005   Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Namekian Concentration from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller, Super Saiyan Trunks and Dave Fashbinder have reviews.

Monday, August 1, 2005   SuperSaiyanTrunks has a review of the World's Strongest Movie today.

Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Krillin's Destructo Disk from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller and Dave Fashbinder have reviews.

Friday, July 29, 2005  Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Blue Stalemate from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller, Trunks the Master Swordsman and Dave Fashbinder all close out the week with reviews.

Thursday, July 28, 2005  Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Paid Off from the Arrival Expansion set.  Matt Low, Jesse Zeller, Trunks the Master Swordsman, Dave Fashbinder, Brian Valdez, Super Saiyan Trunks, and meb9000 have reviews today.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005  Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Earth Dragon Ball 4.  Jesse Zeller, Matthew Low, Trunks the Master Swordsman, Dave Fashbinder, Super Saiyan Trunks, and meb9000 have reviews today.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005  Our DBZ Card of the Day review is Nappa, Faithful Cohort.  Brian Valdez, Jesse Zeller, Matthew Low, Trunks the Master Swordsman, Dave Fashbinder, Super Saiyan Trunks, and meb9000 all check in. And, we welcome Jesse Zeller to the team.

Monday, July 25, 2005  We have are first Card of the Day reviews for the new version of the Dragon Ball Z TCG.  Brian Valdez, Matthew Low, Dave Fashbinder, Jesse Zeller, Super Saiyan Trunks and meb9000 open up the throttle on these new releases with their reviews of Namekian Intimidation from the Arrival expansion set.

Friday, July 22, 2005  Just a reminder, we're starting back up the DBZ Card of the Day section next week.  We're going to go back to 5 days per week.  I already have some reviews from Jesse Zeller, Brian Valdez, Matthew Low, Dave Fashbinder, and others.  Monday should be awesome, so make sure to stop by!!!

Here's a fun story about collecting Manga & DBZ from a local newspaper in MA I came across this morning.

Monday, July 18, 2005  The new version of the Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game comes out in a couple of days.  Score has a sneak peek at some cards on their site if you're interested. 

Wednesday, July 13, 2005   SuperSaiyanTrunks has a review of the new Dead Zone DVD.

Tuesday, July 05, 2005  We have a few new TCG Tips in today.  Robert Shipp sends us a Cell Orange Beatdown Deck and a Vegeta Orange Beatdown Deck. Julia Tazikova has a link to some fun Dragonball fan quizzes. An Old School Android 18 Orange Deck gets put into play by Andrew Vogel.