How did this slip under the Dragon Radar? Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo, a 2.5D platformer exclusively for the Wii, comes out later this month in Japan. Based on the original manga by Akira Toriyama, the new game focuses on Goku’s early adventures and his fight against the Red Ribbon Army and Piccolo Daimao.

It’s refreshing that developer Namco Bandai went back to basics with the franchise. How many Dragon Ball Z fighting games do we need? This new one looks like it could be a fun, charming experience, and the cel-shaded graphics look nice and crisp. Hopefully Revenge of King Piccolo will hop a flying nimbus and makes its way over here too.

Check out the game footage with hyper-exciting J-rock.

[Hat tip: Joystiq]