Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors is one of those Game Boy Color gems that actually makes card-based combat feel intense—like you're really charging up a Kamehameha instead of just flipping cards. You start off picking from the usual Z-fighters (Goku’s a safe bet, but Vegeta’s energy attacks hit harder early on), and suddenly you’re thrown into fights where timing your blocks and combos matters way more than you’d expect from a handheld DBZ game.

The pixel art captures those iconic moments—Gohan going SSJ2, Vegeta’s Final Flash—but the real surprise is how much strategy sneaks in. You’ll be hoarding energy cards just to pull off a Spirit Bomb, or sweating when the opponent stacks three melee attacks in a row. It’s got that classic DBZ escalation where fights start with basic punches and end with the screen exploding.

If you ever wanted a DBZ game that’s more about outthinking your opponent than button mashing, this one’s aged way better than it had any right to.