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Atari has begun development on the sequel to one of last year's most popular fighting games.

With the announcement of DBZ: Budokai releasing on the GameCube later this year, many PlayStation 2 fans wondered if they would see a sequel in 2003. Fans of the series can finally relax as Atari has officially announced Budokai 2 for the PS2 shipping this December.

The game is very similar to the original Budokai. The graphics have been revamped and are now cel-shaded, but the gameplay seems to be unchanged. While this may or may not be good news for DBZ fans, at the very least they can enjoy 11 new characters, including Majin Buu, Super Buu, and Kid Buu.

Atari has also added more destructable backgrounds, and a new option called Dragon Mode. In this new mode, players will take Gokou and three of his companions across seven different areas in search of the dragonballs. In a similar fashion to the original, once all of the dragonballs have been obtained, players can make a wish.

Memory card data from the first game will serve some purpose in the sequel, but no details have been released on what kind of roll it will play. Unfortunately, online play will not be featured in the sequel.

So far, our early impressions of the game are not very good. No attention has been paid to the complaints about the first game, and no online play in the sequel don't give us good reason to look forward to Budokai 2. However, we are hopeful that the game will shape up to be everything the original wasn't be its December release date.

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