Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (2002) PlayStation 2 - Story Mode
16Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, released as Dragon Ball Z ドラゴンボールＺ in Japan, is a fighting video game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai and Infogrames. It was released for the PlayStation 2 in December 2002 in North America and for the Nintendo GameCube in North America on October 2003. As the GameCube version was released almost a year after the PlayStation 2 version, the opportunity was taken to improve the graphics using cel-shading.
The game was re-rendered in HD for the 2012 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, though anything outside of battle gameplay is displayed in 4:3 instead of 16:9.
The objective of each battle is to deplete your opponent's health bar. Battles take place on a 2.5D plane, where characters may move around. To unleash super attacks, characters must use up a certain number of Ki bars on the Ki gauge. Characters can also transform, where they gain super attacks and increased strength.
Skills
Each character can be optionally customized by using a 7-slot skill tray; players may choose up to 7 skills and assign them to the fighter of their choice. Some skills can take up multiple slots. Skills may be purchased from Mr. Popo in the Edit Skills mode using the prize money from the World Tournament mode.
There are three types of skills:
- Special Moves, which include skills such as the Kamehameha and the ability to become Super Saiyan.
- Physical, which includes such skills as Zanku Fist.
- Equipment, which includes skills such as the Senzu Bean.
One can also purchase Dragon Balls, and when all of them are collected, Oolong appears and summons Shenron, giving the player a choice of three Breakthrough Capsules; these allow a player to use all of a character's moves and abilities at once at the cost of every slot in the skill tray.
The Story Mode consists of 3D cutscenes adapted from the series. Unlike later Budokai games, the story mode is similar to most other fighting games (in which cutscenes occur between battles). The story mode covers 3 Sagas: Saiyan, Namekian, Android Sagas. The player automatically collects capsules (or sometimes Dragon Balls and characters) at the end of each battle. Also, more levels are unlocked during a second playthrough.
Playable characters: Android 16, Android 17, Android 18, Android 19, Captain Ginyu, Cell, Dodoria, Frieza, Goku, Great Saiyaman, Hercule, Kid Gohan, Krillin, Nappa, Piccolo, Raditz, Recoome, Teen Gohan, Tien, Trunks, Vegeta, Yamcha, Zarbon.
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⏱ Timestamps
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:30 Saiyan Saga: Intro
0:02:33 Saiyan Saga: Mysterious Alien Attack!!
0:09:20 Saiyan Saga: Goku's Quiet Fury
0:12:00 Saiyan Saga: Super Duel!
0:17:02 Saiyan Saga: Show Gohan's True Power!
0:21:17 Namekian Saga: Intro
0:22:29 Namekian Saga: Let's Go To Namek!
0:30:26 Namekian Saga: Goku's Arrival!
0:39:39 Namekian Saga: Goku's Revival!
0:43:20 Namekian Saga: The Legendary Super Saiyan
0:46:28 Namekian Saga: A Quiet But Fierce Battle
0:51:26 Android Saga: Intro
0:52:35 Android Saga: A New Threat
0:57:17 Android Saga: A Wicked Omen
1:00:33 Android Saga: Sneaky Cell
1:04:27 Android Saga: Cell's game begins
1:07:33 Android Saga: A Warrior Beyond Goku
1:11:32 Android Saga: Gohan Explodes!!
1:19:25 Android Saga: The Final Battle!!
1:24:52 Ending
1:25:52 Credits
NOTE: Unfortunately, I had to remove the intro due to a copyright claim.