Examining the Budokai Trilogy - A DragonBall Z Retrospective

[@toliveryoung6720]

This was one of the pillars of my childhood. I'll never forget how HARD it was to unlock 100% of the items in Budokai3.

[@willlauzon3744]

I'm at 98% I have NO idea what I am missing.....

[@kbolden7338]

I always just copied my friends saves. They worked hard so I could prosper 😂

[@ElGaby323]

@@kbolden7338but that’s not fun lol

[@kbolden7338]

@@ElGaby323 fun for me 🤷‍♂

[@cuoy13]

I figured it out. What you had to do was unlock every single character. Once that happens, you have the option to then purchase all their special moves and even their breakthroughs.

[@MetalCorndog]

You gotta see the actual cover art of US Budokai 2. It's not an off-white but a very shiny holographic silver. The image you grabbed doesn't do it justice.

[@cozzyono]

still one of my favorite cases from the ps2 era

[@JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0]

i remember my mom buying me that game , that cover art was EPIC!

[@CourtneyWhitworth]

I have the silverish budokai 2 and budokai 3 with goku and vegeta on the cover

[@daseancedoesgeek2667]

Oh I remember it vividly

[@hadramawut29]

Yeah it was hella shiny and eye catching

[@jessedalewest]

Continously going in and out of Popo's shop to get Dragon Balls unlocked a memory from over 20 years ago of doing the exact same thing for hours as a child lmao

[@garrettchandler1948]

The intention of the developers was that you would trade items with friends. If you were playing with 4 or 5 friends you'd have every item in like a month or so.

[@captaintogawa9736]

how trade ​@@garrettchandler1948

[@Billyblue98]

@garrettchandler1948 Wait, that was a thing you could do? Still feels bad. I don't even trade Pokemon, why would I trade Dragon Ball capsules, lmfao Also, trading implies you actually swap them, how would you have everything in a month, then?

[@garrettchandler1948]

@Billyblue98 if you had a few friends independently playing on their own files and unlocking different random items you could all get together one weekend and all trade your duplicates. Thus cutting the grind down by a multiple of how ever many friends you had.

[@jessedalewest]

@@garrettchandler1948 but I picked Dragon Ball instead of friends... 🤔

[@EmperorBello]

"you'd be burnt out and wouldn't even want to play the game anymore" sir. You under estimate the ability to grind when your parents don't buy you many games. Lol I had all breakthroughs for all characters on both budakai one and two.

[@somesaiyanguy41]

the bit about Budokai 1 taking the place of DVDs and Blurays is such a good point. Kids are spoiled now compared to what it was like then. Must have played story mode repeatedly just to watch it

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Not really since a lot of us recorded them ourselves on VHS.

[@kda9x]

​@@Kenshiro3rdnot exactly convenient 🤣

[@sayjinpat4life]

And when youtube started to have dbz fights. That's where I started watching them. All the ones that I missed

[@wanavacoa]

FMV with Linkin Park as background music? 😂​@@sayjinpat4life

[@sayjinpat4life]

@@wanavacoa no actual fights like goku vs vegeta and so on. From the show

[@AshyMuted]

Budokai 2 is easily the weirdest one, but that's what makes it my personal favorite.

[@chimeratcg07]

Budokai 2 is my favorite too.

[@JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0]

i liked the board game style, but back in the day when budakai 3 came out that story mode seemed so modern and mind blowing at the time. i was in 5th grade lol

[@caliberaid8527]

B2 is my favorite because of the ultimate attacks that you could pull off easily on command, but on B3 you HAD to play the button guessing game, always hated that about B3. If they removed that, it would make it a lot more fun to play imo.

[@Weezing336]

I prefer playing the 2nd. If I'm not playing the 2nd, I'm playing the Tenkaichi 3.

[@po72644]

Budokai 2 is special to me because it was the first DBZ game in the UK we got in English Dub. Even Budokai 1 was Japanese for us in the UK. Me and my brother also used to have a blast playing each other on Babidi's Spaceship. Kid Buu as the final boss is still to this date one of the hardest fights in any DBZ game

[@Koburakage]

I remember leaving our ps2 running while playing budokai 2 because we didn’t have a memory card. Looking back, I’m surprised that ps2 and game disk survived 😂

[@JuanGarcia-ft7yd]

Dawg why do I have this exact memory!!! Same game and same reason. I even remember my dad took me to buy one cause I told him that’s why I wasn’t turning the ps2 off but i think I actually turned it off before I got to save any after buying one and so I had to redo it anyway 😂

[@Archeris]

I did the same but with GTA 3 xD. PS2 crashed after 3 weeks hahaha.

[@DreDre16tnn]

😂😂😂mane let me find out we the same person cus I stg I got the same memory, same game & all🤣🤣

[@DigimontamerB]

The Cell what if in Budokai doesn't have to make sense, because it's a dream. The "explanation" is that Cell's opinion of Krillin is low, so of course he'd have a nightmare about his absorption process about almost achieving Perfection only to somehow end up weaker.

[@unclepaul1995]

Indeed. Why do people Complain when something didn’t make sense? Not everything is perfect.

[@dziewiaty]

I get it is a joke scenario, but devs still did Krillin dirty

[@actuallymajor6102]

@@dziewiatyTo be fair, they did Yamcha evej dirtier with having him lose to Cell 💀 but it’s Yamcha to be fair

[@DenverShoemaker-qm8tn]

@@actuallymajor6102 "did Yamcha evej dirtier with having him lose to Cell " huh , yamcha never wins any fight XD

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

Idk what you’re talking about, Budokai did give us a really cool hidden character, The Great Saiyaman.

[@markhester6556]

I remember not owning a memory card when I first got the game and not being able to unlock him or Hercule. 😅

[@unclepaul1995]

He wants Bardock, not this. He needs to warn us about His Rant next time.

[@rainofkhandaq6678]

Such a pathetic complaint

[@joseurbina3835]

Honestly though, it should've been Bardock instead of The Great Saiyanman (Adult Gohan) because it made way more Sense, he should've been the Hidden Character because he was more Iconic in the 3 iconic Sagas that were Adapted in "Budokai 1" (that's why Bardock's DBZ Special/OVA Standalone Episode connects well with both the Saiyan and Frieza Sagas at the Time). "Budokai 1" only covers the Saiyan, Frieza and Cell Sagas, the Buu Saga was supposed to be added but was Cut due to Time Constraints (and no, it's not because the Buu Saga was still Airing on American T.V. in 2002, all of that was completely False, it was already Concluded in Japan in 1995), wouldn't be until the Sequel called "Budokai 2" where it would be Majin Buu central focus Game.

[@unclepaul1995]

@@rainofkhandaq6678 And so the Saiyaman Fans Vs Bardock Fans arguments begin. Complaint lead to Argument.

[@lanelewis8597]

They didn’t have the buu saga in budokai 1 because we were just now getting the dubbed version of the buu saga in America when the game was released

[@sonyvssnes]

This is accurate

[@xonact8855]

Actually not true. It's just theorized that's the case. The actual reason is that they simply just didn't have time.

[@Chawinyaw]

But the game was made in Japan? Do you think that Japan cared to not to not put the buu saga in to not spoil the US audience? Probably just due to time restraints lmao

[@joseurbina3835]

It is True that the Buu Saga was still Airing on American Television around 2001 and 2002 prior to the release of DBZ Budokai 1, But that was completely False, the Buu Saga was originally supposed to be added into Budokai 1, the real Reason it didn't make it into the Finished Product was because of Time Constraints, the Hype for the Game was Wild so a lot of Content have to be Cut, that's why there were only 2 Mini-Game Sections for Goku and Piccolo on their respected Raditz Chapters, These Problems would eventually be Fixed in the Sequels like Budokai 2 and 3 where they finally add in the Buu Saga, also bringing in the Mini-Game Sections and Cutscenes for the Buu Saga into "DBZ: Infinite World."

[@thetitostream]

Right plus they gotta have content for the sequel. Budokai 2 was even more awesome because of that

[@PinkMawile]

The thing about the Cell absorption is that in his first form he was just eating people, using them as food. But with the two androids (and krillian) he wasn't eating them, he was assimiliating them. He had been made to assimilate them and integrate their genetics and ki and components. He hadn't been made to assimiliate Krillian, so it's like installing a Potatochip into a computer and hoping it works.

[@coopernut]

Brother has such a HUGE passion and agenda for Android 19😂

[@evprince]

Vegeta fan I gotta get that iconic battle

[@I-absolveyouofyoursins]

I think he likes the way 19 sucks.

[@blackopspro6455]

Hahahahaha fr I was thinking that the whole time

[@ThePlasticBowl]

Meanwhile he despises Great Saiyanman

[@DannyTaylor-Smith]

I credit the Dragon Ball series as almost single handed lay nearly ruining my education. I was obsessed, daydreaming at school during the 90s. And when the original Budokai game was announced, I lost my 12 year old mind. I begged my parents for this game more than any other thing I’d ever wanted. They agreed on the condition I kicked a single field goal during my extracurricular soccer games on weekends. I have a heart condition, but I trained my ass off, but I was always put into defence. I was devastated that I would never get the opportunity to kick a goal. And then the morning of the final game, I woke up in hospital. I’d unexpectedly had several random seizures in my sleep and nearly died. When I realised I’d missed the game, I was so upset because it meant I’d never kicks goal, and therefore not score a copy of the game. But… My mother acknowledged how hard I’d been training and bought me the game anyway. I cried tears of joy. They bought me Budokai 2 the following year, then Budokai 3 the year after that.

[@TheShadowspear2]

What about Dragon Ball Z Infinite World being the forgotten Budokai game? 😂

[@TheTrueChuster]

You answered yourself, lol.

[@TheShadowspear2]

@@TheTrueChuster I didn't. It was my response to what he said about Budokai 2.

[@rikudou947]

It’s objectively the best

[@johnschwalb]

​@@rikudou947i disagree

[@JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0]

its technically the 4rth game in the budakai tenkaichi series.i beleive the order is budakai 1 2 3, budakai tenkaichi 1 2 3, infinite world

[@zelegendarygamer9606]

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but there is a secret ending with Broly in B3 where he defeats Gohan and destroys Earth.

[@NeO_SaNdMaN4040]

He mentioned it in the Budokai 3 section… did you watch the video?

[@Jeviok]

@@NeO_SaNdMaN4040 No he didn't. Sounds like you're the one who didn't watch.

[@EWOODJ]

Dragon World has an item that gives characters an extra turn when collected and can only be found by digging. Goku does not automatically get an extra turn, you’ve must’ve found one by luck. Super Buu in stage 8 has one in his spawn point and grabs it by digging it up if you don’t get to him right away.

[@tylerthompson3075]

Sean Schmeal. Lmao

[@frankiek_1]

Christopher Suhbat

[@KingdomHeart556]

How do you pronounce his name? Skimmle?

[@rainofkhandaq6678]

​​@@KingdomHeart556Shem-ull

[@JogVodka]

i love the running gag of android 19's absence in these games cause I've never seen anyone bring this guy so much up than this youtuber

[@James11111]

The disrespect in Cell absorbing Krillin making him *weaker.*

[@Sognafar]

The disrepsect in bringing Majin Cell to be useless. Of all the characters a Majin Cell would have been nuts

[@CaptainDemo779]

I like to think that happens because, it being his dream, *Cell thought Krillin was so weak that absorbing him would have crippled him.*

[@SsjkidsSaveCosmo08]

I think The Great Saiyaman is a great hidden character, hes fun, surprising, and adding a Super early Buu Saga character as the only one is so funny, and kinda makes since in a way. Their may have been better choices but I think hes fun and I understand the choice

[@KingdomHeart556]

He wasn’t even hidden

[@teezy786]

I remember that Cell absorbing Krillin bit so well. I love it.

[@kelliaa]

Budokai deserves do much love. So sick to see people still making content about it. I can't sleep so I'm so glad I you uploaded this

[@CDLCinder]

Reliving some old DBZ nostalgia recently due to Akira Toriyama’s passing and this video was just what I needed! Subscribed !! ❤️‍🔥

[@alexfraser8352]

I'm STILL mad they didn't include budokai 2 in the HD collection. Then again i do have all 3 games on ps2 now plus a glowing goku controller so it worked out for me in the end

[@talibong9518]

It's false advertising to call that a collection, budokai 2 was the best overall and gets majorly disrespected.

[@ResoluteCoyote]

I think it was due to a copyright issue with the music.

[@lightninstriker10]

All throughout the Budokai 1 section, you seemed to be under the assumption that the game was produced for Western audiences, however that couldn't be further from the truth. The game was developed for the Japanese nostalgia market, despite releasing in the US before other markets, which is why the games are just called "Dragon Ball Z" in Japan with nothing but numbers to differentiate them sequel-wise. It's by pure coincidence that the first game ends after the Cell Saga with the Great Saiyaman as a secret character likely due to a lack of resources for any much more complicated character (Notice he doesn't have his cape) and the relative jank can be chalked up to it being their first PS2 game, and for that framework, the fact that it contains almost every major character from the period it does cover as playable? I'd say that's pretty astonishing for any Anime game.

[@FutureHH]

In Italy Buu Saga already aired on tv and rougly ended a year prior the game release in italian stores and I think Gt too was already done. games like battle 22 and Final Bout in late 90's early 2000 were sold here and dbz was still on air and had buu, sjj3 and some movie characters iirc.

[@Alexzeolite]

Wow, he really hates Great Saiyaman. Every time he's mentioned Evan says he wished it was someone else.

[@flameknightdragon]

Dude cries like a baby for including gag characters in a dragon ball of all things.

[@MultiDevon123]

He rather have Zarbon or 19. Characters nobody even cared about.

[@enenra6417]

​@@MultiDevon123i mean you kinda need those two for plot

[@tonyhakston536]

@@enenra6417do you tho…?

[@enenra6417]

@tonyhakston536 yeah you need zarbon without him Vegeta wouldn't be as strong as he is in the namek saga. 19 was there to show off Super Vegeta, how the androids work, and get goku out the story for a little

[@BrendenBarlow]

The fact that budokai 2 wasn't included in the hd remaster makes me upset to this day😭😭😭😭

[@Rixhm]

The legend of Hercule was such a boost to maxing the game asap. GS was an amazing hidden character

[@ELPMCFlashFrame]

"why did they do this, why did they cut it into two parts like this?" Replayability and rental game culture. You have to understand just how huge game rentals were in that era. Plus having an unlockable bit like that at the time made things FEEL more epic than they actually are, it was a marketing gimick at the time "Look how jam packed this game is with content!" while doing so with a relatively limited overall amount of content.

[@765craven4]

I think it's worth mentioning that in Budokai 1 the reason for the roster having almost no Buu Arc characters or story is because the English dub of the series was not that far along. IIRC in 2002 we were either in late Cell or early Buu Saga. Also, Budokai 2 for the GameCube was my jam as a kid. Me and my brother would each have our own characters on the map that we were controlling and we had a blast. I actually preferred and still do pref r it's Dragon World mode over the story mode of most every Dragon Ball game I've played since due to its originality.

[@cwooddirector]

46:54 Yeah, I made this mistake as a kid and beat Frieza with Piccolo instead of Goku so I never got Super Saiyan. Instead I got "Fuse with Nail" as a skill for Piccolo. Trying to beat Kid Buu with a non-Super Saiyan Goku was a hurdle I could never get over as a kid.

[@MF_Loomy]

The disrespect on gokule is crazy. Discovering all the different funny transformations was why this game was so unique, to me Atleast

[@Weezing336]

Good to hear I'm not the only one who learned a lot about DBZ by way of the story mode in the Budokai games. I would eventually get to watch the series and read the manga, but my introduction to it all was through the games.

[@tritone2276]

I think Great Saiyaman is the best option for hidden characters from beyond the Cell Saga. Consider: the big moments of the buu saga would.have been partially spoiled since it hadn't premiered fully for the US if it was put in (Ultimate Gohan, any form of Buu, Goku with a Halo, Majin Vegeta (beyond the image in game but that seemed like an oversight tbh), Vegito, Supreme Kai, hell even Videl or Yamu or Spopovich would have been giving details away). By making it Great Saiyaman you get a cheeky reference to the early Buu Saga, another take on a character in game, and a means to kinda entice people to look for the sequel for more characters while having fun. I think it was a great choice even if it isn't the strongest or coolest character.

[@frankiek_1]

Fun facts with the Budokai 2 story, the Popo spots don’t actually teleport you to a random spot. It is predetermined and does not change. Also the item placements with the exception of the dragon balls do not change between playthroughs. Because of this, I have a whole guide in a sketchbook for each stage of the story for my playthroughs to plan my movements as I gather the dragon balls to get the breakthrough skills and “secret” fusions. ALSO Goku isn’t the only character you can give more than one move per turn to.

[@BigOtakuGamerSHAWNY]

If I remember correctly, the Buu Saga had just started on Toonami when Budokai 1 had just came out. The VHS' were released for it already but most people watched DBZ through Toonami and the Buu saga wasn't that far in to have SS3 or fusion

[@joshuakolton9955]

I’m excited to watch DB for the first time. Rip Toriyama bless you for being the father of anime.

[@girthbrooks3640]

Anime and manga was around long before Toriyama. He's definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of anime but he's far from the father.

[@NeO_SaNdMaN4040]

He’s more of a godfather to modern shonen anime. Modern shonen being stuff like Naruto, Bleach, Demon Slayer, One Punch Man, JJK- stuff like that- built for male centered audiences... Not the “father of anime” but he deserves his praise for putting a goddamn legendary manga and anime on the map.

[@RoKKr023i]

He is the father of western mainstream love of anime@@girthbrooks3640

[@Cyberclone07]

He isn't the father of anime, that title's actually given to Ozamu Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy, Dororo, Black Jack, etc)

[@j_c_93]

Please start with the original Dragon Ball I personally recommend watching it subbed for better voice acting

[@justinrivera1618]

Actually, the opening of his tail does work like a fusion, which is why he had no choice but to cough up 18 when he took that hit to the stomach

[@bouncedefenser]

Okay i deleted my previous comment, since you did hint at the tenkaichi retrospective series. :D As for my experience. Back in the PS2 days i got to play ALL the budokai games. Budokai 1 2 and 3. My most memorable memory is how cool super genki-dama looked. However i loved that there were a hidden mechanic that allows you to pull off dragon fist as long as you're in SSJ and above. I am honestly SHOCKED that games like Xenoverse 2 hasn't championed this mechanic where an ultimate attack changes depending on your transformation.

[@EmmaBonn96]

Budokai 3 was how I experienced the story of dragon ball z for the first time I wasn’t lucky enough to catch the show when it was airing and I had already given my family’s computer too many viruses trying to pirate it. It’s nice to hear that i wasn’t alone in this experience

[@doublezeta2025]

Dude, you're overthinking the Cell-Krillin absorption. It's a gag. Just shut up and laugh.

[@HelloIamgayactorMichaelDouglas]

You okay?

[@timkrivacsy4855]

Not a important feature of DBZ b1 was the skill friezas spaceship. It let you play as cyber Frieza when you run out of health. Kind of like an additional character as well

[@xeienar]

Already in budokai 2 (only the gamecube and V2 version) and budokai 3. It's also the only way to play with Metal Cooler/Mecha Frieza. So it was not exclusive to B1 at all.

[@DefRevenge24601]

14:20 I think it's just dream logic. It's a nightmare scenario, so the mechanics of Cell's absorption work differently to justify it.

[@Shift_Salt]

I'm pretty sure the whole Cell absorbing krillin thing is just meant to be played for laughs as he thinks Krillin is so weak he'd only make himself weaker if Cell absorbed him. (Again, Cell sees it that way.)

[@andrearovenski]

great saiyaman is the ideal bonus character because its just fuckin goofy and thats amazing.

[@unclepaul1995]

Yea, But He wants Bardock, not some Joke Characters. He hated Joke Characters.

[@KeithG24]

100% hit it on the nail. DBZ Budokai gave me chills as a kid and definitely was how I learned the story of dragon ball z. New sub👍🏽

[@atticusstephenson2895]

The beam struggle analog stick spinning in budokai 3 was my brothers equivalent to the mario party 1 lawsuit 😂 Dude would go so hard he'd have bloody palms after us playing for a couple hours

[@brunolima2844]

Love budokai 3, the only thing that ruins the experience for me is the Dragon Rush

[@MegaTroySmith]

Real, the ai spams that shit on higher difficulties

[@Darkmortal100]

47:00 If you lose to Frieza as krillin, and he loses his last life, a "board cutscene" plays of frieza blowing him up, and goku unlocks super saiyan

[@redbeardkingdom6890]

Howdy, multi-hundred hour Budokai 3 veteran of 20 years this year (jesus), but I noticed you actually missed the secret Gogeta vs Gotenks tournament ending. Great video though! Love the retrospective! (Edit, i saw some footage of it on the Tournament section tho!)

[@fftsp]

Beating Broly wirh Videl on Z3, will always be a memory

[@waynemetheny5279]

z 3 was a real bi34h to complete but it felt great when i did

[@Awesomebaconman123]

Just found this channel, loving the deep retrospects. A lot of youtubers just gloss through the games, you actually go through ALL the modes and tell of your experience in completing it. Plus the funny tidbits brighten up the videos, Cell absorbing Krillin on repeat and Popo's store shop dialogue lmao

[@evprince]

Love to have you!

[@AbsolutelyJaked]

Would LOVE a follow up to this talking about the Budokai Tenkaichi games!

[@evprince]

Stick around then because it's happening

[@joeleriksson89]

​@@evprince Tenkaichi was such a letdown after Budokai 3

[@gabelopez781]

Budokai 1 is so nostalgic. It is such a great game that I come back to play every now and then. 2 and 3 were my childhood and I couldn't think of any other series of games that can top them

[@BreezyShadow]

Really love the hard work put in the making

[@Shamii]

1:07:05 Genuinely fantastic video, but man I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows at "major players like Android 19 and Zarbon". I would definitely rather have fun and unique joke characters over them, personally.

[@MultiDevon123]

Literally. I didn't get the complaint. Budokai 2 was wacky with the multiple what if Absorptions and Fusions. Besides budokai 2 story wasn't really the usual one

[@evprince]

Just me being a hungry Vegeta fan wanting more of his story shown tbh.

[@STNKbone]

wow the character select screen in Budokai 1 is so charming. I love all the Toriyama art that game uses for its UI. Also, for the Budokai 2 boxart, the US version had an iridescent metallic background, so all that white space on the cover would get this cool rainbow effect when you tilted it in the light. As a kid I was disappointed that budokai 2 didn't have the cutscenes of the first game, but looking back, I do appreciate what Dragon World had to offer. The one thing about the game I didn't like was that, as you mentioned, all the characters used the same few templates for their moves, and they all had identical stances.

[@justinjenkins4301]

I remember my mom getting me budokai 2 Christmas Eve and played for like 6 hours ,this game was fire and budokai 3 was THEE DBZ GAME 🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@BrendenBarlow]

Another thing to note. Characters do get specific skills by beating certain enemies in budokai 2, but beating certain enemies with certain characters unlocks new characters. Like beating vegeta on namek with goku, unlocks vegeta. Beating vegeta on namke with kid trunks unlocks future trunks.

[@nixuniverse5240]

The reason Cell changes forms when absorbing Krillin is because it’s a nightmare fueled by his own imagination. It’s not really supposed to make sense the same way we all pull up impossible stunts in our dreams/nightmares.

[@Heattokun]

Damn dude.... Cell was having a nightmare it didn't have to make sense!! Also Great Saiyaman was the unlockable character was cus - as you said, Buu saga was debuting around this time, so Saiyaman would be the most relevant thing at the time, assuming the game development time assumed America wouldn't have adult gohan truly fighting or Buu being out

[@HJ-ek6hn]

Great video but slight correction: In budokai 3, certain characters other than Goku and Vegeta have hidden missions and endings on a second playthrough. For example, Uubs second playthrough ends with him fighting omega shenron. Krillin can also only reach the cell saga on his second DU playthrough, and so on

[@BigHossAC]

I’d love if this retrospective series continues with the Tenkaichi trilogy. This video was so awesome and filled me with so much nostalgia

[@evprince]

That's the plan!

[@mordecaiplatypus4300]

Damn bro we get it, you hate The Great Saiyaman

[@Inuzumi]

On the PS2 only played Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3, and Infinite World. So it was nice learning a little about the Budokai series.

[@NJ-sd9zb]

I always loved the health bar art in that first game. Original, high quality, and the faces even changed with transformations. Wish I knew who’d done artwork for those.

[@UltimatePower01]

Budokai 3 had the best story mode love he different branches and interactions you get after multiple playthroughs. Meeting Broly, having Uub fighting Omega Shenron. Just peak.

[@MultiWolfLink]

The US Budokai 2 cover was shiny metallic and REALLY got your attention

[@BlueBoy5ine]

The only reason Budokai 1 ends at the Cell Saga, is because the Buu Saga hadn't aired yet on TV in America. They didnt wanna spoil it. But the Fandom had grew so large by this point, the demand for a decent video game was THRU THE ROOF. I remember having friends at School that had DBZ Final Bout for PS1, & they would always say how AWFUL the game was.

[@Jacob1451_Kapnobatai]

The only saving grace with final bout was the AMAZING soundtrack imo

[@ZeedMilleniummon]

Final Bout hate is so overdone. It's a fun game with an unique aesthetic, plus the first 3D DB game ever. Of course nothing starts ideal, but it's a better start than people give it credit for.

[@FutureHH]

the game was out in Europe too and Buu, in Italy for example, ended at least a year prior. GT too I think. Db aried 5 times a week so gt finished pretty fast

[@FutureHH]

@@Jacob1451_Kapnobataiall the audio department of that game was very good

[@menyf7s]

5:44 im do glad you said this! I literally only knew dbz and narutos story because of the games. Youd legit have that one friend who would have rumors of buu and other guys we haven't seen yet. Such a cool time

[@KigerrEE]

45:00 Budokai 2 Will letting you use characters that aren't canonical to the story and have secret voice lines when you do so is a really cool Easter egg and definitely feels like it's keeping the tradition of Budokai 1 having the "what ifs"

[@Dr.PaiPai]

14:20 "This doesn't really make sense." Well yeah, it's a dream. A dream not making sense is fine. In fact, that's perfectly normal.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

5:42 Someone forgot about VCRs & VHS tapes. We recorded that ****. We also bought tapes, when/if we could afford it.

[@RoKKr023i]

bit of an early comment as yah boi says he had like 12 tapes

[@Kenshiro3rd]

@@RoKKr023iYeah I jumped a little early, Still he ignored the fact that we taped that **** ourselves... easily get 10-12 Eps per tape using extended play. Lord knows I did...

[@MikeJack20]

We also had limewire and bearshare downloads 😂

[@yagamifire7861]

I even bought bootleg vhs tapes of the movies with fan subs from a local shop

[@maximumrisk2004]

Dragon World was a really fun way to play through the story. I had that memory of playing it burned into my brain since playing it with a friend.

[@cwooddirector]

Techincally there is a fourth cover for Budokai 3. When they re-released Budokai 3 as a Greatest Hits title, they used the JP cover as a basis for it, but with the Budokai 3 logo. This version also advertised having the JP voices as an option in the game, a feature that wasn't in the original release, so that's pretty neat. Unfortunately, there was an error where the wrong version of the game was put on the disc, so SOME Greatest Hits copies are missing this advertised feature. If I remember correctly, Atari had a program where you could send in your disc and receive a replacement with the correct version of the game.

[@dylanvo6394]

The Budokai series were some of my favorites from childhood, and I remember always playing them with my cousins since we were really into DBZ back in the day. Nowadays, it’s very clear that Budokai 3 is the best one, and 1, and 2 haven’t aged the greatest, but these games serve as a significant impact for the future of DBZ games going forward. This is a great retrospective to games I’ll hold a special place in my heart, and introduce me to a anime that I have respect for and still do.

[@josueruiz9566]

Gotta do a budokai tenkaichi breakdown vídeo like this one, for all three

[@unclepaul1995]

He better make sure He warn us about His Rants before making a video.

[@Mbdxwwe18]

You can also Unlock Super Saiyan Goku on Namek with you playing as Krillian and dying by the hands of Freeza. Goku will power up and you should unlock it from there

[@thatnekoalastor]

Was randomly recommended this and I'm hyped. Also really sure 19 being left out of this was a time cut. But infinite world not having him makes it feel malicious lol

[@killeredge1394]

I will 100% watch another type of this video if you cover the tenkaichi series! I really liked how you set up the video and it feels like you tackle everything while also showing clips!

[@aozorahaou2643]

Budokai 3 apparently also planned a Dragon Universe story for Future Trunks, which explains Broly's story Trunks was meant to be a prequel for that and he'd go back in time to warn Gohan and the others about Broly.

[@evprince]

That would have been fantastic.

[@Alex-o-tron]

the Popo shop loop gave me traumatic flashbacks i didn't know were there.

[@swordsaintmichael514]

All of the Dragon Universe non-canon fights like Cooler, Broly, and GT are hidden because we weren't handed anything back then. They can be courteous to give us a vague hint and even rarer a decent hint. This era of secrets and finding out stuff for yourself is over these days unfortunately. Great video, took me back to the gloriousness of the PS2 days. Especially B3 since it came out in the best year of gaming, 2004. The year we got Halo 2, MGS3 Snake Eater, Metroid Prime 2, and GTA San Andreas. So all games released in the holidays had to go all out if they wanted to compete with those four GOTY games. You really couldn't go wrong if you skipped on those major games and got Budokai 3 or Ace Combat 5 instead.

[@deejmeht2338]

Budokai 2 was my introduction to DBZ games ❤ one of my favourites!

[@JoshHolden-Aka-evani]

I would love a dragon ball games (Pre DBZ) made like a zelda game, where you play as goku go through the various sagas such as red ribbon, pilaf and king piccollo each with dungeons to explore and solve with items and upgrades to help you on your way.

[@kableguy8975]

I'll never forget the amount of seizures I had from these games as a teen. I loved these games so much, but made sure to play with others around just in case. Thankfully I haven't had a seizure for almost 15 years now.

[@evprince]

That's dedication, man.. but be safe now brother.

[@UncleAaron93]

Honestly this is such a wonderful video to watch and see your perspective of Budokai series, but I'm now left so curious what your thoughts on the true black sheep of the budokai franchise of Infinite world is now, seeing as it takes quite a few of the cut contents from Budokai and finally realises it in such a title.

[@RedPandaTables]

DBZ: Infinite World is basically Budokai 4 but without the name for some reason. It more or less Budokai 3 in terms of quality with the gameplay but with an awful tutorial and mid story mode to play. The saving grace though? No dragon rushes. Hyper Mode exist but you can directly use the hyper attack without playing rock paper scissors. Objectively better if you just want to play with friends just for that alone. Would love to see you do a full review on it if you are willing. No one seem to be aware of the game due to how late it release on the PS2 lifespan being one of the literal last games to be released on it.

[@evprince]

I'm gonna work my way to that one for sure

[@ziongamer6905]

Was just thinking to comment this. I loveeeeed Infinite World. Best one of the four story and gameplay wise for me. Especially for the characters.

[@nathanbaca5131]

Budokai 3 was so fun. I spent countless hours flying around the map with the dragon radar and finding random encounters all over the place

[@ryanbrissett9169]

We need a dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi collection on ps5

[@MLPIceberg]

No point since 'Sparking ZERO!' is the next in line of that series. Sure, you may think it'd be "Hype as fuck" to play through the older games to wait for the successor to release, but it'd only exhaust people and they wouldn't bother buying the new game. Or they'd skip the collection and buy the new game. Either way, the devs that would hypothetically work on said collection would lose money and so would Toei. It makes no sense to do that.

[@lucidmind9676]

When you talked about the aspect of having to catch episodes of DBZ on Toonami because of streaming services being non existent at the time, it made me realize just how lucky this generation is because on top of not having streaming services, the season box set dvds also weren’t available yet so the games really were the main way to get caught up on anything you missed. Me for example didn’t get to catch the Z episodes until mid Android arc on Toonami so Budokai was actually my introduction to Goku’s Super Saiyan transformation on Namek and everything that had happened before Vegeta’s fight with Android 18. Looking back I thought “how the hell did we manage back in the 2000s?” But then i remembered back then we actually went outside, hung out with friends, and actually socialized. Being a 2000s kid myself, I’m iffy about social media and other advancements in technology but I’m also thankful that we now have access to all the shows and every episode of said shows we missed out on back then. Off topic but hell I never even knew there was an arc after The Dark Tournament in Yu Yu Hakusho until the season dvds released because of Toonami/Adult Swim changing the time slot after the Dark Tournament aired

[@TheTrueChuster]

Budokai 1 was a blast but janky AF. B2 tried its best, but it was lambasted by the table board story mode. B3... I cannot say anything bad about it. Its just peak.

[@angusyoung119]

I never caught the anime when it was airing. I would hear kids in school talking about DBZ and yelling “Kamehameha” in the halls, once the Tenkaichi games started releasing, I FINALLY got to experience the story in some fashion. I was so happy as a kid that I could finally know what this “Super Sayin” was, and figuring out it was spelled Saiyan, and just all the story beats, and UGHHH I LOVE THIS FRANCHISE WITH A PASSION

[@MultiDevon123]

Theres some nitpicks that i didnt understand. 1.The Krillin absorption. Its a what-if dream. Not that serious 2. Great Saiyaman in Budokai. The game was rushed. It had Buu saga art in the game. 3. Complaints about the Joke Characters being in Budokai 2 over Zarbon/19. The Buu saga main focus was Fusions and Majin Buu. Plus there wasn't a accurate story anyways in Budokai 2. Also again complaining about Great Saiyanman seems like a nitpick. 4. Budokai 2 Cover Arts. Dont get the complaint. It has Goku, Buu, and Vegito. The 3 main selling points in the Buu arc. Japan loves goku. Shocker 4. Budokai 3 Dragon Rush. I dont have a problem but i understand if some dont like the rock, paper and scissors. 5. Budokai 3 Cover Arts - Really?

[@Canyourepeatthat]

Ah, my favourite "man rants about the great saiyin man for 2 hours" video

[@evprince]

There's more of that coming

[@Canyourepeatthat]

@@evprince absolutely loving it, can't wait

[@ARichSociety]

Game reviews blatantly gave anime games bad reviews all because they hated anime and was force to have to review them back in the day

[@xLocoJoex]

It's insane how it's been a decade and a half since I've played Budokai 3 and I have forgotten most of it but finding the super saiyan 4 capsule as Goku was such a memorable experience as a kid and when the clip played in the video, the memories of that feeling I had as a kid immediately rushed back and I remembered that interaction almost perfectly. Thanks for including that part in the video.

[@StayMadLmfao]

I remember me at 3 yo and my lil brother at 1 got stuck at the Raditz mini game of my dad’s copy of Budokai 1. Weird that that’s the reason I’m into dragon ball. Saw my uncle watching Z on a Saturday morning once and recognized it and it all went from there

[@pacecory1]

there were entire dragon ball z vhs collections. they did actually port every episode onto vhs, and the side covers look really nice altogether.

[@Slapped]

Budokai 1 was released in 2002. The Dub released the Majin saga in late 2001. Little less than a year to animate and re voice over newer content plus add characters would have been tough. Which is probably why Sayiaman is in it, since he's at the very beginning of the saga.

[@keiviroque5666]

That logic would’ve made sense for the American release but it doesn’t for the Japanese version of the game. DBZ ended in 1996 for Japan, 6 years before the release of Budokai which was developed by a Japanese company. Going off your reasoning, the Japanese version of the game would’ve atleast had Buu Saga content unless they really wanted to cater towards an English audience, which I doubt. The American version could have removed Buu content for the reason you’ve given but they didn’t because no such content existed in the first place. The more likely answer is that the studio just did have the time or budget to implement the Buu Saga.

[@Slapped]

@@keiviroque5666 could it have been that was it focused on the American audience? Db in general was down at the time everywhere but the big boom in America wasn’t it? GT was kind of a failure. Final Bout was 97(?). 5ish years later they get a huge boom in the states, make Budokai, it’s a hit, and then they release it in Japan. Guess we’ll never truly know though.

[@trevorroberson8052]

The dragon ball franchise is KNOWN for rehashing sagas.