Why Is Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection Missing Budokai 2?

26 July 2012

Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 missing in HD Collection

When Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection was announced, Namco Bandai Games said the enhanced and re-mastered HD versions included in the set would only be DBZ Budokai 1 & 3. Leaving many fans, yours truely included, to wonder: “Why is Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection missing Budokai 2?”

At Comic-Con 2012, during a Gamespot live stage demo, right after the game was confirmed that exact question was asked. And here’s the answer they got from Namco Bandai’s senior global brand manager Jason Ends.

To quote: “Well, the overall Budokai series is one of the best. So, I mean, the fans love it. Even from critical acclaim it’s one of the most popular [DBZ game series]. But looking at it — down and dirty — what the fans really loved and cherished, sure you find fans that love all three of them, but [Budokai] 1 and 3 really stuck out, so we sort of chose those as the ones to kind of put in this HD Collection.”

Watch the Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection stage demo interview here that includes lots of HD gameplay footage:

While Namco Bandai was quick to confirm achievements and trophies were added to the two games, nothing has been said about adding online multiplayer (that’s a really bad sign, in case you were wondering).

Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection will be available on Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 in America & Europe sometime in Winter 2012.

Will you still get Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection without Budokai 2?

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Elliot

Budokai 2 was my favourite =[ If it had budokai 2 I’d pay full price, I’ll just wait till it’s a tenner now.
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cause its budakai not budakai tenkaichi
Taz

I’ll wait for it to become really cheap and then buy it.

Really hate how publishers/developers kinda just doing what they like recently and not caring so much about the fans. Just like with Bayonetta 2 being exclusive for Wii U. Not gonna buy a Wii U just for Bayonetta 2.
http://www.facebook.com/michael.moya.587 Michael Muteki Moya

I’m sorry to say it, I don’t really think I’ll buy it without Budokai 2. It was a big part of my childhood, and my favorite of the original Budokai games. I absolutely loved its turn-based board game esque overworld for the story mode, for it gave it a sense of strategy to go with the game as well. Oh well, I can nullify this issue, I’ll just rebuy it for my Gamecube.

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