The game follows the Dragon Ball Z timeline starting with Goku and Piccolo's fight with Raditz up to Gohan's final battle with Cell with a total of 23 playable characters. It was developed by Dimps and published by Infogrames and later by Atari as a Greatest Hits title for the PlayStation 2 in North America.
The game was released in Japan by Bandai on the PlayStation 2 on February 13, 2003, and on the Nintendo GameCube on November 28, 2003. It was the first Budokai game of the series but also the first Dragon Ball Z game to be released in all Europe and aside from specific releases in France, Spain and Portugal like it was with the earlier games. History Budokai ĭragon Ball Z: Budokai, released as Dragon Ball Z ( ドラゴンボールZ Doragon Bōru Zetto) in Japan, is a fighting game released for the PlayStation 2 on November 2, 2002, in Europe and on December 3, 2002, in North America, and for the Nintendo GameCube on October 28, 2003, in North America and on November 14, 2003, in Europe. Although these mechanics have stuck with the series, other ideas such as the 'Hyper Mode', the ability to move at incredible speeds, fly freely, and 'Beam Struggles' between two characters' beam attacks, were later replaced in favour of other techniques.
The special moves are mainly taken directly from the anime, including Goku's Kamehameha, Vegeta's Galick Gun and Frieza's Death Beam. As well as including the regular punch and kick buttons, there is the ability to shoot ki blasts, which can also be used in specific special moves. The Budokai series plays like a typical 3-D fighting game. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai ( 武道会) is a series of fighting video games based on the anime series Dragon Ball Z.