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Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (PS2) | 
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| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: fighting-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3296580802869
ASIN: B000GBC10A
Release Date: November 2, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Goku and the Z-Warriors return with the biggest line-up of fighters ever seen in a beat `em-up, with more than 120 different playable characters and massive four player battles for them to compete in. The lowdown:
There's so many Dragon Ball Z game around at the moment it's easy to get confused with which is which. This isn't actually anything to do with the Budokai series (the game's called Sparking! Neo in Japan) but instead has a much greater emphasis on 3D movement in much larger and more interactive environments. The new levels are twice as big as the first game, making flight even more important than before, and allowing for a much less restrictive camera. The game allows you to recreate a huge number of specific moments from the show and in that sense is fare more realistic than the more ground based Budokai and Super Dragon Ball Z games. Most exciting moment:
For fans the most important feature in the game is the ability to trigger character transformations and fusions mid-game. Not only is this more in keeping with the battles from the cartoon but it also adds a welcome strategic element to the gameplay, as you switch forms and take on a completely new set of abilities and moves. Since you ask:
It'd take quite a bit of space to list all the characters but they include every character that's ever been in a Dragon Ball Z video game before. There are also new additions including Android 13, Tapion, Metal Cooler, Pikkon, Sauzer, Zanya, Yajirobe and Cui and Pan and Ub from Dragon Ball GT. The bottom line:
The biggest Dragon Ball Z game yet is a wet dream for anime fans.-HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews:
World's Most Outstanding Game August 3, 2006
Marcus Crosbie (Maywood, NJ USA)
7 out of 24 found this review helpful
Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 sounds like a game I would play ALL MY LIFE. Tenkaichi 2 has characters I've never seen or herd of before. I am such a huge fan to everything in Dragonball Z. I've watched every episode shown.I've got every Dragonball Z game exsept Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and Super Dragonball Z. I'd do anything to get those to games.
how great September 24, 2006
S. newson (uk)
6 out of 23 found this review helpful
well i havent played the game yet but it looks great the best so far the graphics look great an you can see what clips they have cut out of the sieris it is a must have and i would like to have it come now but i cant because of the rubish date i just cnat wait
Best anime game around November 5, 2006
C. Smith (Devon, England)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was reluctant to buy this as based on the videos I had seen it wasn't that good. However after my first few matches I was hooked. The game reflects the show perfectly from what I can remember.
AUDIO:
Accurate from the shows and it really does add to it. At first I had my radio on and thought the whole thing was subtitled but it is not. The voices are, I think, supplied by the same people who did the voice overs for the shows. The only problem with it is that it is not quite in sync ewith the lips as I think they are in Japanese (don't quote me though). The moves all have the same sound effects as the show and it brings back so many memories.
SCORE: 23/25
GRAPHICS:
I am not really a fan of cell shading, especially when the surrounding environments are not cell shaded, it just looks stupid in my opinion. This works though for some reason. Also due to the fact that the characters are cartoons, it does look good and is the only way it could have been done. All of the characters look like they should aswell which is brilliant.
SCORE: 20/25
GAMEPLAY:
I know the shows only really used punch, kick and KI moves but I would have thought that there would have been more than about 10 basic moves for each person. It is incredibly simple to do huge amount of damages without reall working for it. Simply hit square a few times, then hold it down so you get some distance between the pair of you and then hold L2 and pres triangle. A massive amount of damage without trying. I would have thought that fighting the computer as a level 52 opponent would have been hard with a level 8 character. No, follow the steps I said and it is easy.
SCORE: 19/25
LIFESPAN:
This game is simply huge. A fifty hour story mode (covering most if not all of the dragonball heritage) that allows to fight nearly every fight seen in the shows, a few you don't get to, they are simply cutscenes. You also have to unlock a ton of stuff to add on and make the characters better. All of which makes the story huge and if you liked the series thoroughly enjoyable. There are also nine different modes including lots of tournaments such as the cell games and the world tournament to compete in. There are also 75 different characters in over 100 forms which adds to the sheer size of the game. My only gripe is that because of the size of what is included the arenas are limtied to a certain size. You can boot your opponent so many times so that they end up at the end of the arena, then they get stuck there until you boot them away again (which is tough sometimes) or until they attack you.
SCORE: 24/25
Overall Score: 86/100.
If you want a decent beat 'em up that doesn't require much effort buy this game. If you want a more complex fighter with a lot skill involved then buy Tekken or another game along those lines.
 An Honest Review; Fun and FLAWS- developers take note. November 9, 2006
Deemy (UK)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
First of all this game is a massive improvement over the original Tenkaichi and IS great fun to play, though not quite as good as Budokai 3.
There are lots of characters in this game there actually 70 Characters approx. +59 transformations = 129 Characters altogether. This time around all the characters have a strong different set of fighting moves and combos for the most part and good juggling/mixing of combos, with some shared generic moves. The WORST thing(s) about fighting is the Blocking and dodging aspect, timing of the dodge teleport and the distance you 'port are never enough to get out of the way of an enemy attack, and blocking in the direction of the attack is a nice idea but the timing dodge and teleport of Budokai 3 I always found to be more FUN and satisfying. The constant hammering of buttons like Circle to recover is tiresome on the thumbs. There is a practice and training mode similar to budolai 3 which helps a lot.
The stages are considerably bigger than the previous version and have had a lot of improvement done to existing stages as well, however for me I found a lot of fights ending up in the water as opposed to the sky, and whilst there are more stages in this game I cannot help but feel let down that there still just aren't enough stages. Even changing day/night/weather effects would have been a welcome touch.
The music is okay at best with a few good tracks, but nothing that captures the anime sound, the Japanese version has the ORIGINAL DBZ tv series music, whilst we are left with and in-house production. The Japanese voiceovers are available agian this time around but WHY not an option for the Japanese music? The voices are all the original stars of the series for the most part.
As I have mentioned earlier the gameplay is great, but there are so many annoying flaws, such as when facing off against a giant ape; you are too quickly overwhelmed with normal attacks and stunning your opponent is extremely difficult and you are't as fast as developers claim you to be. Collision detection can be seen frequently with a large gap between fighters and attacks still causing damage usually in favour of the CPU.
In Dragon Adventure mode, you will be flying around talking to characters getting advice and building up your character and engaging in the various DBZ storylines as well as a few new WHAT IF? sceanrios. There are a few cutscenes using the in-game engine which are a very nice touch. Again I would have liked to have seen A LOT MORE of these!!
The Final Word is this is a great game, worth buying. If you can overlook the flaws, there are a lot of modes including the great TAG battle where you can have 5 vs 5 or 2 vs 4 and recreate practically any fight you have ever seen.
Much better than it's predecessor November 6, 2006
Timo King (Bristol, United Kingdom)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The chances are, if you're looking at this game then you know about DBZ and have quite possibly played any of the previous games.
We all know how much of a dissapointment Tenkaichi 1 was and the developers have done a great job of adding new features to this game to make it what we originally expected. Although this games core mechanics are essentially the same, there are so many 'little' things that work together to make the game great.
The gameplay is very familiar. There are new melee moves you can do which do add a lot more variety. Most of the characters have individual moves now as opposed to last year and they all look a lot better too. IGT's have been added and give more variety. Arenas are bigger, although not as big as some people may say (perfectly big enough though). Story mode has new features, but isn't as special as it was hoped to be. Plenty of good new characters added including Pikkon and Super 13. Other Modes have been given more depth. Character customisation is a lot more like Budokai 3 now which is pretty good.
The voice overs for this game are good for the most part, except some of the less important characters don't have the correct voices which sounds a bit weird. The music is pretty poor as always, although slighty improves on Tenkaichi 1 (just turn it off and play your own).
Overall, Tenkaichi 2 is what the first should of been. All the things the fans wanted are here. 120 characters, 15 destructable arenas, character customisation, alternate costumes, tag team/team battles, better graphics, better moves, bigger arenas, 'free roam' story mode, In game transformations and everything else you can think of.
There is lots to complete and collect... will last much longer than the last game. I really reccomend this game to dbz fans and even any general fighting game fans (as long as you don't mind being puzzled by the uninformative story and some of the game's 'younger audience moments').
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