Product Description

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 combines action, fighting and light role-playing with a rich story that stars your favorite Dragonball Z characters. All the acrobatic and intense 3D flying and fighting is here, with 100 playable characters in 15 vast and vibrant levels. The game also features the new ability to trigger transformations in real-time, making battles even more dramatic and exciting than ever. Players will be allowed to choose which controller to use - a standard GameCube controller or the Wii Remote

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3623 in Video Games
• Brand: Atari Inc.
• Model: 27477
• Released on: 2006-11-22
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to recreate character super-moves
• Over 100 DBZ warriors, including many that have never been seen before in a video game
• In-game transformations players can trigger in real-time
• Team up with up to two other Z-Warriors to complete exciting missions ripped right from the TV show
• Post customizable character codes to the Internet

Amazon.com

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 takes the acrobatic and intense 3D flying and fighting dynamic made popular in last year’s blockbuster and takes it to a whole new level with exciting new features sure to please die-hard Dragon Ball fans and those new to the franchise. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 offers the complete DBZ mythology from Dragon Ball to Dragon Ball GT with a staggering roster of over 120 DBZ heroes and villains and an expansive story mode that allows players to recreate some of the storied confrontations from the TV show, or all-new showdowns of their own with characters that never actually fought in the animated series. Lightning-fast fighting, light RPG and action gameplay elements give players the power to engage in titanic battles set in vast and vibrant 3D highly destructible environments. The game also features levels that are twice the size of those in the original, in-game transformations, tag battles, an all new vanishing attack and complete environmental destruction. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 delivers fast-paced combat, intense action and the complete DBZ mythology to its passionate fans along with the added dimension of the unique Wii controls.

The Wii receives a worthy and entertaining fighter.

Use the Wii Remote to perform powerful special moves. View larger.

Huge environments allow for epic battles. View larger.

Choose from almost any character in the Dragon Ball universe! View larger.

Many characters can be in their adult or child forms. View larger.

A plethora of fighters at your fingertips
In the world of fighting games, there's Dragon Ball Z and there's everything else. DBZ continues to prove why it is the gold standard of anime-based video games with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2. The latest installment takes the series to a higher echelon with over 120 playable characters, 16 vast and vibrant destructible environments, and nine different game modes, including single and multiplayer battles. Unique Wii controls allow players to initiate special moves by acting out the real move with the Wii remote and Nunchuk attachment. If players prefer to use a more classic control style, they can use the Wii Classic controller or a GameCube controller (both sold separately).

The powerful fighting action, popular acrobatic and flying dynamics, and role-playing game (RPG) elements that span the entire Dragon Ball series add to this remarkable fighting experience for fans and fighting game enthusiasts. In addition to the unprecedented number of characters, wide selection of massive destructible environments and abundance of game modes, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 features in-game transformations, tag team battles, and a story mode which covers the complete Dragon Ball mythology - offering over 50 hours of gameplay. Additionally, all of the Series' popular characters are selectable fighters or make excellent cameos, such as Trunks (and Kid Trunks), Goku, Krillin, Vegeta, and Super 17. New characters appearing for the first time include Slug, Cui, Pan, Uub, and the powerful Cyborg Tao.

A new environment for fighting
Arenas are more interactive than ever before and provide players with a number of ways to destroy the environment that the battles take place in. Not only are the arenas incredibly large, but many are entirely new to the Budokai Tenkaichi series (11 arenas are revisited from Budokai Tenkaichi 1). All of the arenas provide plenty of space to maneuver your character and perform impressive moves, but never seem so large that you can't concentrate on the fight at hand.

Transformations are once again a major part of gameplay, and the mechanisms that allow a player to transform have been largely untouched from the previous installment. You can also choose to begin in a transformed state if you prefer, however this can make things difficult if you don't have a memorized set of transformations to switch to. Fusions can also be performed, but only in Tag and Free battles are they allowed. This has the side effect of turning some battles into truly epic affairs, as you are likely to extend battles whenever fusions enter the equation!

Multiple modes for multiple fighters
The main story mode, or "Dragon Adventure" mode, covers a wide swath of the Dragon Ball universe from the movies to Dragon Ball Z and GT. Depending on your performance in each battle, the story can and will change to match the outcome of your fighters. If you can collect enough wins in a given portion of the story, you can unlock new characters, powers, and scenes. Ultimate Battle Z mode uses the ladder type tournament system of fighting made popular by the fighting game Mortal Kombat. In this system, players fight one match after another as they climb the ladder of increasingly difficult foes. Each selectable ladder of bouts has a different condition or theme. Once a player completes a ladder, they can unlock other ladders as well as unlock new items.

Customer Reviews

If you like fighting games...
This is a really good game. On wii launch day, as I sat sipping my hot chocolate and thinking about what other game I would get (other than Zelda) and I saw a poster for this game. Im a big fan of Dragonball Z, and I saw it has 120 characters. I didnt even KNOW that there were 120 fighters in exsistence, so I got this game. What a pleasent surprise this was.

The controlls are pretty good, but, dispite this being on the wii, it's still a button masher. You have to hammer away at the poor 'A' button. Energy attacks, however, are a bit more fun. You make motions to corrispond with the attack you are using (for example, kamehameha is back and foreword and spiri bomb is up, then down.) Pretty fun stuff. The arenas are pretty cool too. you get a HUGE circle to fly around in, and EVERY SINGLE THING in it can be destroyed. (including your opponent! xD) As you smash the area around you, sometimes a dragonball will apear. collect all 7, and you get a special skill capsule.

Of course, the real crowning achivement, the reason most people who wouldnt normally buy this game will buy this game, is the number of fighters. The box says 'over 120 characters!' This is misleading though. There is 120, but that includes the characters and their transformations. For example, Goku, SS Goku, SS2 Goku, and SS3 Goku all count as seperate people. Still, you still get about 90 different people, which isn't too shabby. Fighters include:

Goku, Gohan, (the rest of the 'crew') Tapion, Lord slug, Pikkon, Giant ape (FINALLY!) cui, bardock, Androids 16-20, android 13, all the main villens, (buu, cell, etc.) master roshi/jackie chun, plus tons more.

Overall, this is a great game that will probably be overlooked by many. too bad, though, because this is really one of the best fighting games ive played, even if it wasnt about DBZ.

No button mashers allowed
What do you get when you combine high speed anime martial arts with motion sensitive controls? A darn good time.

There are tons of different game modes to keep you busy, along with over 100 different unlockable characters.

Where the game truly shines is the control element. Yeah, yeah, it's a Wii game so get used to it.
Literally every button on the Wiimote and Nunchuk is used. Holding down Z and flicking the nunchuk makes your character dash towards your opponent. And, trust me, being able to pull back and thrust the controller forward to unleash an energy blast can be extremely theraputic.
Button mashers won't get too far, since you really do have to stay calm and focused in order to pull off some of the special moves and counters.
There's a really nice training mode which will let you practice all of the different moves.

One problem I ran into was Story Mode. I've never been able to bring myself to watch the Dragonball Z cartoons except when I happen to come across it channel surfing. Story Mode allows you to 'relive' scenes from the various Dragonball Z stories. It was a bit disheartening to absolutely level a badguy, tossing him up in the air, pounding him into the ground, and finally unleashing an energy blast that literally destroys 1/4 of the planet, just to see a cut scene that says I died.

Non-Dragonball fans can enjoy this game, but I'd recommend the more traditional gameplay modes like duel and tournament.

It will take awhile to get a hang of the control scheme, but once you do you're in for a treat.

"I just flew in from the training camp, and boy my arms are sore!"
Well, I just spent almost 2 hours training as Vegeta with Yamcha, and my arms (Especially my elbows) are sore! I should have taken suggested breaks every 30 minutes, but I got caught up in the DBZ game.
This game gets a big smiley face :-)
This is the way Dragon Ball Z games were meant to be experienced!!! It is just great! I hammered Yamcha (Of course, I am still learning) After two hours, I am getting the knack of Dashing in, then up before I reach my Opponent, Then quickly down again, while attacking...What a killer move (Learned it by watching Goku!) If I sound fanatical, its because this game suits the Wii controls soooo well. I have about Six Wii Games now, not including Wii sports, and I got to tell you, This one makes the best use of the controller abilities (Although I have not played Zelda yet...it is still in the wrapper...waiting to get done with another RPG game before opening that one.)
This game with the Wii controller proves that a new way to game is upon us!
I would like to also thank Atari, for really taking the time to understand the capabilities of the Wii controller....other games missed the mark, this one did not!