Product Description

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi is the only game to combine fighting and flying in wide open, destructible 3D environments. In the air, on the ground or under water, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi gives players the ability to battle with unprecedented power and freedom and experience the intensity of DBZ fighting in an all-new way by combining melee combat, energy attacks and 3D flight with third-person action in a fully interactive recreation of the Dragon Ball universe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8043 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Released on: 2005-10-21
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2

Manufacturer's Description
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi is the only game to combine fighting and flying in wide open, destructible 3D environments. In the air, on the ground or under water, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi gives players the ability to battle with unprecedented power and freedom and experience the intensity of DBZ fighting in an all-new way by combining melee combat, energy attacks and 3D flight with third-person action in a fully interactive recreation of the Dragon Ball universe.

Customer Reviews

By far the best DBZ game out
Before getting this game I was just about to get rid of my PS2. There were very few games that actually kept me interested that weren't on the Gamecube. I'd been a Dragonball Z fan for years but up til now had been very disappointed with the games. But I decided to buy this game purely out of chance.

I've got to say it is the most amazing DBZ game I've ever played. The graphics are awesome and the fights flow beautifully, it feels just like playing the manga. The Z-Gate mode is incredible, especially for fans of the manga as it allows you to reenact virtually every major battle the Z-Fighters faced (Including the movies!).

I decided to be extremely critical and find any flaws I could in this game and was only able to find two:
1. As far as I know, there is know way of tranforming during a battle (i.e. from Saiyan to Super-Saiyan) each form is like a separate character.
2. It gets a little boring in Z-Gate mode when doing battles where your objective is to "Survive until the time runs out" (Translation: "Your character's not meant to win the fight because he gets killed in the manga, so just kill sometime and then we'll kill him off").

Other than those two flaws the game is fantastic. I would seriously recommend it for both avid DB fans and even people who have never even heard of it before.

Fantastic!
Being lucky enough to have played my friend's import version of this game, I am happy to report that it delivers a fantastic level of experience for any gamer, dragon ball Z fan or not!

I won't lie to you. The controls take some time to get used to, however once you get this small task out of the way, you will be kicking ass with over 60 characters to select from. Each character has their own transformation to select from (no in game transformations unfortunately), each possessing a different style of playability.

This game is best described as Zone of The Enders 2 crossed over with Dragonball Z.

Thoughroughly enjoyable! I highly recommend.

Budokai; The next level
I saw the game in a shop and read the back. I've been getting all of the Budokais so far, and had reached the point where I was beginning to wonder if I should continue to collect them. When I read that it had been redesigned, I decided to buy it. Upon playing it for the first time, I was satisfied with my decision.
You can forget all you've learned from the previous budokais. Those tricks won't work this time round. Characters need to lock on to fire their big attacks, and the scenery can be smashed to pieces. You can hide from your opponent and take them by surprise, and more impressively, you can blind them with the solar flare. There is a choice between English and Japanese voices, so that's a whole new experiance too!