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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (2006)

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 cover
Developer
Spike
Publisher
Atari, Inc., Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Fighting
Rating
4.0 of 5, 115 player ratings
Main story
about 12 hours
Completionist
about 18 hours
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A bombastic, roster-stuffed brawler where you fly and clash through iconic anime battles at breakneck speed.

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About

Tenkaichi 2 is a fighting game with more than 120 playable characters, the biggest amount ever featured in a Dragon Ball game. The main Dragon Adventure mode follows an epic story mode that covers the first Dragon Ball Z saga (Saiyan Saga) right up to the last Dragon Ball GT saga (Dragon Saga), including all of the major battles, making it one of the most comprehensive Dragon Ball Z games.

What players say

A beloved arena fighter that captures the anime's flying, beam-spamming chaos with a huge roster and on-the-fly transformations, fondly remembered despite clumsy controls and exploitable AI. Fans treat it as a nostalgic comfort game and a high point of the era's Dragon Ball titles.

Trailer

Screenshots

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