Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 has been given a March 2007 release date in a press release issued by Atari today. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, which was originally planned to be present at Wii launch, was delayed to add in extra features and content that wont be appearing in the US version.

Press Release Inside

Tuesday 12th December 2006 Atari, one of Australias leading sources of interactive entertainment, announces today that Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for Wii is scheduled for release in Australia in March 2007 with brand new content. Combining action, fighting and light role-playing elements, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 will send players battling their way through a rich story mode spanning the entire Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT series. Published by NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe and developed by Spike, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is scheduled for release in March 2007.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 takes the series acrobatic and intense 3D combination of flying and fighting to a whole new level of nail-biting excitement, with over 100 playable characters, 15 vast and vibrant 3D destructible environments, and nine different game modes, including single and multiplayer battles allowing players to do battle with friends. In addition, the European game boasts six extra new characters and a new battle arena not present in the previously released US version.

The innovative Nunchuk controller is perfectly suited to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and the games frenetic fighting action, allowing gamers to get physical, mimicking the characters moves to pull off devastating attacks and combos.

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 features in-game transformations, which players can trigger in real-time, making battles even more dramatic and exciting than ever before. Using the Nunchuk, players will be able to mimic signature moves as they are performed in the Dragon Ball Z animated series, such as Gokus Kamehameha, moving both hands to execute this devastating energy attack.