Battle Stadium D.O.N

Battle Stadium D.O.N is a Japanese crossover fighting game for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. 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 Shonen Jump upon which the game is based.

Similar to the Super Smash Bros. series, up to four players battle on one of 11 dynamic stages in battles based around free-roaming two-dimensional character movement. Unlike other fighting games, D.O.N uses a “tug-of-war” fighting system. Attacking opponents will knock glowing orbs out of them for players to collect, with a bar at the top of the screen indicating what percentage of the orbs in play each character possesses; the size and value of these orbs vary depending on the strength of the attack used. Players who collect a majority of the orbs will enter “burst mode”, dramatically increasing their speed and attack power. To win a fight, a player must either collect all of the orbs in play, leaving their opponents with none, or possess the highest percentage of orbs when time runs out. As such, a fight can potentially last indefinitely if no time limit is set. Characters have access to a host of special moves and abilities, with certain characters being able to use temporary transformations to increase their strength.