Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (video game)

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
North American PS2 cover art
Developer(s)Dimps
Publisher(s)
SeriesDragon Ball Z: Budokai
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, GameCube
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • PAL: November 29, 2002
  • NA: December 4, 2002
  • JP: February 13, 2003
GameCube
  • NA: October 28, 2003
  • PAL: November 14, 2003
  • JP: November 28, 2003
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, released as Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ, Doragon Bōru Zetto) in Japan, is a fighting video game developed by Dimps for PlayStation 2 release in 2002 and GameCube release in 2003. The first game in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series, it is based on the Japanese anime series Dragon Ball Z, part of the manga franchise Dragon Ball. It was published in Japan by Bandai and in North America by Infogrames, and was the first console Dragon Ball video game since Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout (1997).