Dragon Ball: Evolution

The Dragon Ball franchise is one of the most popular manga properties of all time.

The series began in serialised form in 1984 and ran until 1995. All 519 chapters were later published into 42 books, which have altogether sold over 200 million copies worldwide.

Dragon Ball has also been turned into a hugely successful anime series, with multiple films, soundtracks and merchandise released based the animated series.
And that’s not even counting the games and over $4 billion in related merchandise sales.

Now the series is set to receive its first live action movie (for the English territories anyway), courtesy of 20th Century Fox, complete with its own video game tie-in.
Dragon Ball: Evolution the video game will arrive on PSP and allows gamers to play against their favourite characters from the movie. Players must battle for control of seven sacred Dragon Balls, which contain the power to grant any wish.

The story mode puts players in control of Goku, who must battle the evil Lord Piccolo. Gamers can also pit their wits against any number of opponents in arcade mode, accept challenges in mission mode or enter the training arena to hone their techniques. Of course the game boasts a full multiplayer mode, with an online option.

The franchise has already spawned a successful video game series, and with PSP fans currently starved of games built especially for the portable, this is looking to be a likely success.

Considering its cult popularity, Dragon Ball: Evolution should capitalise on the current trend for PSP hits from The Land Of The Rising Sun.