Dragonball Z Tenkaichi 2 officially announced for Revolution

[megaseadramon]

Up until know it was only a rumor but Atari made a press statement on it.

Just announced this morning:

Atari Announces First Next-Generation Dragon Ball Z(R) Game

- Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Game Set for Nintendo Revolution -

Atari, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATAR) today announced that Dragon Ball Z(R): Budokai Tenkaichi(TM) 2 is in development for Nintendo(R) Revolution. Combining action, fighting and light role-playing game (RPG) elements, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 will send players into a rich story mode that spans the entire Dragon Ball(R), DBZ, and Dragon Ball GT(R) series. Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. / Spike, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is slated to release during the 2006 holiday season.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 takes the series' popular acrobatic and intense 3D flying and fighting dynamic and takes it to a whole new level with over 100 playable characters, 15 vast and vibrant 3D destructible environments, and nine different game modes, including single and multiplayer battles.

Matt Collins, Director of Marketing, Atari, Inc., said, "The innovative controller featured with Nintendo Revolution is perfectly suited for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, which engages players with fast-paced fighting moves. Gamers will be able to play in a very physical way, mimicking several of the show's most popular character moves and pull off awesome combos and attacks."

In addition to the unprecedented number of characters, wide selection of massive 3D destructible environments and abundance of game modes, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 will feature in-game transformations, which players will be able to trigger in real-time, making battles even more dramatic and exciting than ever before. Using the Nintendo Revolution controller, players will be able to mimic signature moves as they are performed in the Dragon Ball Z animated series, such as Goku(R)'s Kamehameha, moving both hands to execute this devastating energy attack.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is set for release this holiday season. For more information on Dragon Ball Z video games, please visit http://www.atari.com/.

[Ecofreak]

Using the Nintendo Revolution controller, players will be able to mimic signature moves as they are performed in the Dragon Ball Z animated series, such as Goku(R)'s Kamehameha, moving both hands to execute this devastating energy attack.

WHAT?! BOTH HANDS?! Could the Nunchaku attachment also have motion sensing capabilities ala a rumor from Nintendogal?!

Nintendorks got an email this morning from an anonymous source claiming they know one of the Revolution's many secrets.
The Revolution "nunchuck" attachment (the part with the joystick, which is held in the left hand in photos like this one) has /its own/ accelerometer inside of it. This means that the Revolution is capable of detecting the motion and position of /both/ pieces of the nunchucks.

I don't think this is something that anyone realized before. And at first it may not even make sense. But consider a "first-person sword-slasher" game that
played like this:

- You move around (walk forward, strafe to the side) by using the joystick with your left hand.
- You turn your character's "head" by turning and moving around the left nunchuck piece. You point it up, your view looks up; you point it left, your view
turns left.
- You can swing a sword by swinging the "right nunchuck", i.e. the "remote control" piece.


I'm not saying that I've heard of a game being made that works that way; I'm just pointing out the extra capabilities which this could provide.

If this is true (and again, I believe this rumor is quite reliable), it's an additional level of depth in the Revolution controls which may not have been previously realized. Essentially you have dual 3D mice... which is pretty cool.

[Dr Mario Kart]

There better be a microphone on one of the two parts so I yell the corresponding catch phrases ^_^

One day, the power glove will makes its triumphant return, allowing me to signal complex hand runes/seals.

[guyver2077]

the nerds must be going crazy..

i can imagine them now doing the kamehame ha at their tv screen

[FriskyTanuki]

How long until cosplay outfits come with the special edition of Revolution games?

So far 1 for 3 for the latest announced Rev games.

[evilmax17]

Using the Nintendo Revolution controller, players will be able to mimic signature moves as they are performed in the Dragon Ball Z animated series, such as Goku(R)'s Kamehameha, moving both hands to execute this devastating energy attack.
Wow.

I'm looking forward to that more than lightsaber battles!

[Ikohn4ever]

i sense youtube gettin filled with videos of people lookin like tools playing this game

[FurryCurry]

i sense youtube gettin filled with videos of people lookin like tools playing this game

Oh honey, DBZ and Red Steel are just the begining...

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