Swish! Score one for the Cubers!

[Mugenmidget]

Of course I don't know how VALID this is, but it seems about right.

http://dbzgameinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=1216

"Budokai 2 for Nintendo Gamecube Has Gone Gold!

Budokai 2 now comes to the Nintendo GameCube™ with all-new features and
invites players to recreate the most epic battles from the DBZ animated
series

New Features (Only for the GameCube):
-New Secret Stages - Islands, City Streets, Great Kai Planet and World
Tournament, all with Twilight Sunset Versions
-Game Difficulty increased even further with "Z" and "Z2" levels!
-New skills added
o "Sparking" - Increases the amount of zenie won at the World
Tournament Mode
o "World Tournament Cell Game Rule" - All skills now available at the
WT (e.g. Fusion, Potara etc)
o "World's Mightiest Warrior Certificate" - Receive a certificate if
you clear the World Tournament at Z2 difficulty level
-New additions (Spoilers)
o Unlockable "secret" Piccolo with cape
o Unlockable "secret" Goku with battle damage uniform
o Handicap Gauge added in Duel Mode so players can select the number
of life bars for each character
o High Score now displayed in Babidi's ship

Gameplay:
-Flex and blast through eye-popping battles in single player "Dragon Mode"
-Lethal DBZ® heroes and villains, including Buu in three forms
-Highly detailed cel-shaded graphics
-Import saved game data, including customized characters and unlockable
features from the first Dragon Ball Z®: Budokai™
-Destroy your enemies and the levels, too
-Even more explosive "Ki" energy attacks
-GameCube version has more new features than the chart-busting PS2 version
-More key characters, improved fighting action, and an open-ended way to
relive DBZ
-The Budokai franchise is one of the best-selling fighting game series of
all time" - Mr. Reynolds of Atari

[*PINHEAD*]

Cool, I guess...seing that I have a GameCube. But I rarely (if not never) play video games now, and even when I did play console games, I only owned two GC games (I mostly rented others). I might check this out, though.

[Mugenmidget]

Cool, I guess...seing that I have a GameCube. But I rarely (if not never) play video games now, and even when I did play console games, I only owned two GC games (I mostly rented others). I might check this out, though.

At a $20 opening price, I don't find it feasible for you to miss it.

[El_Diablo]

Seems like they got some of the extras in the Japanese PS2 release for the GC version

[Sion]

Do you know if they added things like Frieza's alternate costume; Kuriza? Or Cooler etc...

[Sun_Wukong]

-The Budokai franchise is one of the best-selling fighting game series of
all time" - Mr. Reynolds of Atari

I doubt that. I'm sure the Tekken, DOA and Mortal Kombat games have sold a hell've a lot more than the Budokai series. Not to say that they're bad games.

[VegettoEX]

-The Budokai franchise is one of the best-selling fighting game series of all time" - Mr. Reynolds of Atari

BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure Capcom and SNK would have something to say about that. Probably something along the lines of, "Who? What? Never heard of 'em."

[Mugenmidget]

Hey, anyone who's willing to sell a game based on new cover art should be expected to produce more garbage like this.

[Dragon]

That is awesome! Ooooohhhhhh, I can't wait to get it! Does anyone know when it'll come out?

[*PINHEAD*]

Ah, despite the $20 price, I am yet to find a way to cure my everlasting broke-ness...
I'll just rent.

[Mugenmidget]

Ah, despite the $20 price, I am yet to find a way to cure my everlasting broke-ness...
I'll just rent.

Or steal.

[The S]

For me, it's not enough "good" extra features for me to purchase it. I might just nab it used or at discount (like when I got GC Budokai 1 three months after its release for $12 at Costco).

[Deus ex Machina]

I don't get it, it sounds just like DBZ2 in Japan, except without the Kuriza alt. costume. That's just lame.

[Caracal]

Nice. I might part exchange my PS2 version and pic up the GC version.

Do you know if they added things like Freeza's alternate costume; Kuriza? Or Cooler etc...

Unlikely. I doubt many fans outside of Japan even know who Kuriza is and nothing's been said about Cooler yet.