why is dragon ball z budokai 2 not in the hd collection

The story mode in the game was at the time one of the best story modes I had ever played in a fighting game (especially one based on an anime series) essentially it was like playing through part of the series (up until the end of the Cell Saga) except the cutscenes were done using the in game graphics and not clips from the anime series. The graphics in the first game are pretty standard ps2 graphics although they have been upscaled and cleaned up a bit for the HD upgrade, the graphics in this installment were more 3D than the cell shaded direction the series would ultimately end up going.

Basically you choose your game and press start and then the intro video to the game plays.īudokai 1 is pretty much a bare bones Dragon Ball fighting game, the modes include a “capsule shop” where you can unlock items, a World Tournament mode where you can earn money to use in the capsule shop, a training mode, and a standard versus mode. Initially when starting up the game you are given a choice between the original Dragon Ball Z Budokai and Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3….wait a minute something is missing here isn’t it? That’s right for some reason they left out Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 with no explanation, which is sort of a bummer although 2 was my least favorite of the three as it lacked the great story mode present in the other 2 games and didn’t have the great roster featured in Budokai 3. Fast forward several years and Namco decides to bring the popular Budokai series up to High Definition standards so they release Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD collection, but has the game held up over time or is it a relic of a bygone era? When these games came out on the Playstation 2, Dragon Ball fans and anime fans in general rejoiced to finally be able to play as their favorite characters and launch giant shiny blasts at each other.

Dragon Ball Z is one of if not the most loved anime series to ever air in the United States so it should be no secret that Bandai would be on board to create a fighting game based on the hit series, enter the Dragon Ball Z Budokai series the first major console release of a Dragon Ball Z game outside of Japan.

Why is dragon ball z budokai 2 not in the hd collection