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|title=<center>Dragon Ball (SNES)</center>
|title=<center>Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 (SNES)</center>
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|imagecaption=Cover to Club Nintendo (Mexico) Year 5, Issue 3 (Date: March, 1996)
|imagecaption=Cover to Club Nintendo (Mexico) Year 5, Issue 3 (Date: March 1996)
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Unreleased'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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In 1995, Funimation produced a dub of the original Dragon Ball in hopes to capitalize the success of the series like it has in the rest of the world in the United States. It was done for 13 episodes and a year later, they dropped Dragon Ball and decided to dub over Dragon Ball Z and the rest would be history.
'''''Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2''''' is a 1993 fighting game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden and features one-on-one fights using a six-button configuration. The game follows the Cell Games arc and includes characters from the films Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan and Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound.


But somewhere in between this transition, there was going to be a fully translated version of [http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z:_Super_But%C5%8Dden_2 Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2] for the SNES released around the time Dragon Ball Z started. The game mainly features characters and stories from the Cell Saga.
==History==
In 1995, Funimation produced an American dub of the original ''Dragon Ball'' anime in hopes of capitalizing on the success of the series as it had in the rest of the world. It was done for 13 episodes, and after a year they dropped ''Dragon Ball'' and decided to dub ''Dragon Ball Z''.


No real information has appeared other than a cover story in the Mexican Edition of Club Nintendo, Dated March 1996 (Year 5, issue 3). Some of the changes included calling Brolly "Tara" and Mr. Satan "Saron". Other than that, no other info has appeared since. The likely theory is that his would of been to capitalize on the french edition of the game, released 2 years earlier in Europe and ether cold feet or fear people will be confused with the characters on screen not representative of the product on-screen in the animation at the momment of the planend publishing timeframe (which would of been right at the start of Dragon Ball Z for american viewers)
But somewhere in between this transition, there was going to be a '''fully English-localized version of ''Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2''''' for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released around the time ''Dragon Ball Z'' started.
 
Little information has appeared, other than a cover story in the Mexican Edition of Club Nintendo, dated March 1996 (Year 5, issue 3). Some of the changes included calling Brolly "Tara" and Mr. Satan "Saron".<ref>"Nuestra Portada - Dragon Ball". Club Nintendo (in Spanish). Vol. 5, no. 3. Editorial Televisa [es]. March 1996. pp. 11–14.</ref>
 
Other than that, no other information about the localization has appeared.
 
Though the English localization was not released, the game first made its Western release in June 1994 in Europe, localized in French under the name of ''Dragon Ball Z: La Légende Saien''.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/Nintendo_Accion_015#page/n13/mode/2up</ref><ref>https://archive.org/stream/HobbyConsolas030#page/n39/mode/2up</ref><ref>https://archive.org/stream/Nintendo_Accion_018#page/n28/mode/2up</ref><ref>https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00013532-dragon-ball-z-2-la-legende-saien-test.htm</ref>
 
''Super Butouten 2'' would later have another official western release through a preorder bonus for ''Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden'' in the United Kingdom and the United States. However, this was the Japanese version rather than the unreleased English version.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
[[File:14fix.png|thumb|center|303px|Page 1 of the cover story]]
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[[File:15fix.png|thumb|center|301px|Page 2 of the Cover Story]]
File:14fix.png|Page 1 of the cover story
File:15fix.png|Page 2 of the Cover Story
</gallery>
 
==References==
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==External Links==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z:_Super_But%C5%8Dden_2
* [http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z:_Super_But%C5%8Dden_2 ''Dragon Ball Wiki Page'']


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Cover to Club Nintendo (Mexico) Year 5, Issue 3 (Date: March 1996)

Status: Lost

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 is a 1993 fighting game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden and features one-on-one fights using a six-button configuration. The game follows the Cell Games arc and includes characters from the films Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan and Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound.

History

In 1995, Funimation produced an American dub of the original Dragon Ball anime in hopes of capitalizing on the success of the series as it had in the rest of the world. It was done for 13 episodes, and after a year they dropped Dragon Ball and decided to dub Dragon Ball Z.

But somewhere in between this transition, there was going to be a fully English-localized version of Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released around the time Dragon Ball Z started.

Little information has appeared, other than a cover story in the Mexican Edition of Club Nintendo, dated March 1996 (Year 5, issue 3). Some of the changes included calling Brolly "Tara" and Mr. Satan "Saron".[1]

Other than that, no other information about the localization has appeared.

Though the English localization was not released, the game first made its Western release in June 1994 in Europe, localized in French under the name of Dragon Ball Z: La Légende Saien.[2][3][4][5]

Super Butouten 2 would later have another official western release through a preorder bonus for Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden in the United Kingdom and the United States. However, this was the Japanese version rather than the unreleased English version.

Gallery

References

External Links