| Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans | |
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| Developer(s) | Monolith Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Namco Bandai Games[a] |
| Director(s) | Koji Hayashi |
| Producer(s) | Yasuyuki Honne |
| Composer(s) | Tsukasa Masuko |
| Series | Dragon Ball |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyan Invasion,[b] is a video game based on the Dragon Ball franchise for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on April 29, 2009, and in Europe and North America in November 2009. The game is developed by Monolith Soft and distributed by Namco Bandai in North America (and everywhere else under the Bandai label); it is one of the first games in the Dragon Ball franchise to be published by Namco Bandai, as the company would acquire the license from previous holder Atari in July of the same year.
The game is a turn-based RPG and covers events from the "23rd Tenkaichi Budokai" story arc through the end of the eponymous "Saiyan" arc of the original manga.
Attack of the Saiyans received generally mixed reviews by gaming critics, while complimenting the battle system, its visuals, and its aptness in staying faithful to the original series. It would go on to be the third-best selling video game of May 2009 in Japan.
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