Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 - The Worst Fighting Game!

  Рет қаралды 260,016

Matt McMuscles

Matt McMuscles

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 997
@erikholmysti
@erikholmysti Жыл бұрын
I literally asked a GameStop employee if this game looked good. He was honest and said no. I bought it anyway…..
@Yeahhhhthisisgood
@Yeahhhhthisisgood Жыл бұрын
Lmao I mean if you like it then you like it
@bingbongdingdong867
@bingbongdingdong867 Жыл бұрын
That's a fucking good salesperson.
@junibug6790
@junibug6790 Жыл бұрын
​@@bingbongdingdong867 "This game sucks." "Sweet, I'll take a dozen!"
@YukaTakeuchiFan
@YukaTakeuchiFan Жыл бұрын
@@junibug6790 Hey, in fairness, that's a sales pitch that appeals to KZbinrs.
@DIYisntDead
@DIYisntDead Жыл бұрын
Ah. I remember seeing this on sale at a kmart for 5$ after pretty sure after the ps2 came out. Loving Dragonball z and the sprites. I wanted to love this game so bad, but never could.
@MisterC123456
@MisterC123456 Жыл бұрын
Man, I remember me and my brother seeing Mr. Satans energy bar just being empty and thought "woah! That means he can use specials endlessly!" Oh how silly minded we were.
@kingnick6260
@kingnick6260 Жыл бұрын
LMAO
@Superluigi881
@Superluigi881 Жыл бұрын
He is the champ after all.
@zummone
@zummone Жыл бұрын
Isn't that actually the case though?
@jonathanlisowski5618
@jonathanlisowski5618 Жыл бұрын
Most OP Fighting game character ever. Oh the irony this game brought to him.
@MisterC123456
@MisterC123456 Жыл бұрын
@@zummone I dunno. We never played him.
@Dragon_Screamer
@Dragon_Screamer Жыл бұрын
I live and breathe for that Toriyama edit on Krusty.
@Phantom.Gaming64
@Phantom.Gaming64 Жыл бұрын
I can only name one good thing about this game. The opening cutscene presenting all the fighters in the game. That's it.
@vista1456786
@vista1456786 Жыл бұрын
Music was pretty good too imo,
@erickleonardofraustovieyra5751
@erickleonardofraustovieyra5751 Жыл бұрын
Another case is Dragon Ball GT Final Bout. Just wait till Matt reviews this one.
@Phantom.Gaming64
@Phantom.Gaming64 Жыл бұрын
@@erickleonardofraustovieyra5751 Yeah, I'm familiar with that game. One major criticism that a lot of reviewers of the game share is that controls are so delayed. I know, sounds something DSPGaming would say.
@vista1456786
@vista1456786 Жыл бұрын
@@erickleonardofraustovieyra5751 Probably because I am a huge dragon ball fan , I hugely enjoyed FInal bout and UB22. I do find it weird how the butoden series seemed to have just gotten worse after 2 (3 on a content basis) which was a pretty good fighting game. I really need to try that Saturn Butoden game. I wonder if that was some what decent.
@JamalTheTitan
@JamalTheTitan Жыл бұрын
@@vista1456786 I still listen to "The Limit: Super Saiyan 3" on repeat
@Frank074
@Frank074 Жыл бұрын
Having ™ behind the names under the health bar is ridiculous
@pockystyx4087
@pockystyx4087 Жыл бұрын
I still remember picking this up; unlocking all the characters in one sitting, and then returning it at the same shop a few hours later. The clerk was like "yeah, no, I get it". I imagine I wasn't the only one making returns on that gem lol
@skepticpunk_
@skepticpunk_ Жыл бұрын
For real. This is one of those games you rent and feel ripped off. I know because I did that.
@Baiken
@Baiken Жыл бұрын
Yep traded mine in lol
@gengashaunt3322
@gengashaunt3322 Жыл бұрын
my homie had this game when we were like between 9-12 i believe. He had multiple games that changed my life actually that i wasnt aware of because my mom and we didnt have the game system he did. He had a gameboy sp which i eventtually got as well. But he had Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Metroid, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I knew what Kingdom Hearts was because my brother but he didnt let me play, he literally told me to NEVER ask. So i didnt, because i was super hoping hed let me if i hadnt. Weeeeeeell, he 109% expected me to, so he never offered, but my mom bought me a tv and ps2 with kh1 for christmas. it was all i got and im not sure how she even knew that. i also got a dvdv/vhs player for said tv too. That being said, my buddy had red faction 2 as well, but the one game he had that we enjoyed but.....didnt? Was Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22/27 we enjoyed how goku sounded like a kid and instead of saying kamehameha, he said " OOOO KAMEAME!!" That and it wad the only dbz game he had opposed to sagas, but he had no ps2, we did, and we didnt play that. Still not sure why he had a ps2 copy with no ps2 but didnt have the gamecube copy, cause it was on gamecube too.
@-TPLT
@-TPLT Жыл бұрын
The trademarks next to so many characters' names are actually really funny to me. I'm imagining that in Marvel vs Capcom or Smash Bros., like just seeing big ol ™s everywhere or ®s on characters like Duck Hunt® .
@Quenlin
@Quenlin Жыл бұрын
In the Flintstones game on the Mega Drive, a ™ was appended to Bedrock and Yabba-Dabba-Doo
@nehylen5738
@nehylen5738 Жыл бұрын
I was shocked looking at this. The French version (mine) didn't have these horrors. What kind of utter cretin thought that a good idea for the NA version?!
@doublecontralto818
@doublecontralto818 Жыл бұрын
I think Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES pulled that BS first with "Freddy's™ Coming!"
@doublecontralto818
@doublecontralto818 Жыл бұрын
I'm laughing my ass of thinking about what Smash would look like with this.... "Final Round: Marth™ vs. Master Hand® and Crazy Hand™" 😂
@JohnDoeWasntTaken
@JohnDoeWasntTaken Жыл бұрын
I wonder what's up with that. Like why do they only do that sometimes and most games don't have those symbols? I think one of the characters in DBFZ has a™after their name but not the rest. I honestly have no idea why it's so inconsistent, but I'm glad that most of the time you don't see them.
@mas8705
@mas8705 Жыл бұрын
Can’t help but ponder if the intro should get a slight update now that criticom is no longer the king or to keep in there as the game that helped to inspire this lovely series. Either way, going to be fun to look at another dragon ball title.
@KRDiStort
@KRDiStort Жыл бұрын
I remember my mortal enemy in this game was Goten. Every time I fought him, he would endlessly spam this one move where he jumps up into the air and bounces on your head (all while shouting something to the effect of "monki-ki"). I won't claim to have been any good at fighting games when I was a kid, but for the life of me, I could not discern a way to break out of that shit.
@zummone
@zummone Жыл бұрын
Iirc he says "totsugeki", which means "charge".
@KRDiStort
@KRDiStort Жыл бұрын
@@zummone That is entirely possible, I couldn't parse Japanese for beans when I was a kid.
@zummone
@zummone Жыл бұрын
@@KRDiStort I believe it's something he says on the show as well when fighting Trunks. These games often take few liberties with the character writing and always lift quotes (sometimes slightly edited) from the source material.
@doobiousyt
@doobiousyt Жыл бұрын
And thank you for awakening that battle cry in my brain lol. Even after all these years, that sound was just dormant not forgotten
@JohnDoeWasntTaken
@JohnDoeWasntTaken Жыл бұрын
@@zummone Shh, you're gonna scare the Guilty Gear players...
@itsjustjohnnydanger
@itsjustjohnnydanger Жыл бұрын
I remember playing this game in Colombia as a 10 year old in 1997. I was extremely confused as a 16 year old living in the US and hearing people talk about this new DBZ game
@pablocasas5906
@pablocasas5906 Жыл бұрын
Man, I remember the Dragon Ball mania of the late 90s in Latin America. There were plenty of odd bootleg games like a bunch of fighters for Famiclones and a "port" of Final Bout for the Sega Genesis. I also remember seeing a bootleg game for the Genesis called Dragon Ball vs. Street Fighter
@matheusmota8807
@matheusmota8807 Жыл бұрын
This happened here in Brazil too
@MercilessBug
@MercilessBug Жыл бұрын
South America got early exposure to anime, since shows were getting dubbed since the 80's. Anime was such a massive success, that a lot of countries aired anime shows on national TV during the 90's. In the late 90's we were only a couple of years apart from the Japanese audience in regards to Dragon Ball, when we were watching the later part of the Buu saga here in South America, DBZ had barely started airing in the US.
@pablocasas5906
@pablocasas5906 Жыл бұрын
@@MercilessBug not to mention, very few censorship, Mr. Satan's name was kept intact as well as all references to Hell and alcohol. Latin American broadcasters used to have very lax standards
@itsjustjohnnydanger
@itsjustjohnnydanger Жыл бұрын
@@pablocasas5906 I own the Sega Genesis port Final Bout 😂 I went to visit some friends in Colombia around 2008 and they had a copy of "Dragon Ball AF" for PS2
@CyberShinobiX
@CyberShinobiX Жыл бұрын
I saw this game in a store and thought it seemed weirdly old as it was running on a demo machine in a random store in a mall, I remember also playing it at a friend's house once, it was fun at the time simply because it was a bit different then what we had been used to. It was the sort of game you would bust out when bored with friends once in a blue moon when you were hanging out together and bored. The OST was honestly amazing though.
@SteveRudzinski
@SteveRudzinski Жыл бұрын
Ultimate Battle was the first title I ever imported and used an adapted to play, so I absolutely grabbed the official release when it came to North America. I was so sad that they cut out the pre-fight cinematics. They added a lot to the presentation.
@markkoetsier6475
@markkoetsier6475 Жыл бұрын
7:24 Yeahhh, we're not really missing much.
@timogul
@timogul Жыл бұрын
The cool thing about first gen PS1s is that they could play import games without any modifications. You just had to put a bit of gummy into the "lid is open" button and swap discs.
@hattoripool1533
@hattoripool1533 Жыл бұрын
It’s honestly shocking how the Butoden series lasted up until the 3ds
@Howardpower679
@Howardpower679 Жыл бұрын
Wait... it did???? LMAO
@valentds
@valentds Жыл бұрын
@@Howardpower679 ultimate butouden was on nds (fun game for me) the 3ds had extreme butouden by arcsys
@Superluigi881
@Superluigi881 Жыл бұрын
Extreme butoden had some fun gameplay imo and the sprite work is nice on the eyes but the super attacks were a bit on the slow side, single player content was mid and multiplayer was dead on arrival. Pretty much no one played it online.
@brendensibo9320
@brendensibo9320 Жыл бұрын
@@Howardpower679 yeah, Extreme Butoden. Made by Arc System Works and could connect and let you match up with a One Piece game that was on the same engine, but only released in Japan.
@laughingseal2282
@laughingseal2282 Жыл бұрын
I always hated these games. Back in the day I would rather play snk ports to the snes (samurai shodown, art of fighting etc), which were trash, than play any Butoden game.
@Vast3.14
@Vast3.14 Жыл бұрын
I have only fond memories of this. My friend had a modded ps1 and got UB22. I loved all the details like the transformations, huge roster, moves, and Ginyu's body swap!
@walterlucero5757
@walterlucero5757 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it felt special back then when you bought (or burned) a Japanese game for your modded PSX.
@traesmith9822
@traesmith9822 Жыл бұрын
Getting it for free certiainly helps with fond memories
@dawe964
@dawe964 Жыл бұрын
U meant UB27?
@Orochieddie
@Orochieddie Жыл бұрын
While it came out in 2003 in the state I remember this being a sort of legendary import game you'd frequently see at stores in the late 90s, typically for over $100. I'm not even a DBZ fan at all but I remember this being constantly talked about
@TheLandofObscusion
@TheLandofObscusion Жыл бұрын
If Matt would be up for it, I'd recommend Yu Yu Hakusho for the 3DO, which uses the same kind of visual style as UB22 (i.e. character sprites sourced from key animation), but I believe came first & honestly is a little bit better (though probably still rough enough to be worth being a part of this video series), if only because it actually has a story mode, complete with animation from the show itself.
@nathanwagner9895
@nathanwagner9895 Жыл бұрын
i remember in 2003 borrowing this game from a friend down the street from me and having to put this piece of cardboard over the disc reader and a spring to hold the lid open basically to mod the ps1 into playing the game because it was in Japanese. as a 15 year old kid i thought i was so cool having to do something special just to play a game from a different country lol
@striderreborn1467
@striderreborn1467 Жыл бұрын
10:34 The closest we had to that was the PS1 version of KOF 99 where Vanessa and Seth appear in the game's j-card art, but nowhere in the PS1 game itself. (They do appear in the Dreamcast version though.)
@Theesvpremekai
@Theesvpremekai Жыл бұрын
I remember hearing about this game around the time the first Budokai came out and was interested simply because of why people weren’t hyped over this game when I had played it back in 2003. Nowadays I see exactly why people think it’s bad. It’s bad.
@nicololacson1709
@nicololacson1709 Жыл бұрын
Ahh yes... the 2000s Dragonball Z AMV cut-ins are just comedy gold.
@BagazZ123
@BagazZ123 Жыл бұрын
I did like how the manual that came in the case had the characters moves in it, and a code to unlock 5 more characters. Honestly I played this game more than I should've, I had to get the most out of every game I got back then okay.
@c.alexandros4
@c.alexandros4 Жыл бұрын
Like an EGM review said of this game back in 2003: "Someone crapped on a jewel case and passed it off as a DBZ game."
@daviddwarmachine
@daviddwarmachine Жыл бұрын
Vegeto is the Anime/Manga Version. Gogeta is the Movie Version, before "Super" and the Movies that tied into that. All the Movies where made by Toei and are not canon to everything else. If you watch "Lord Slug", in that Goku goes basically "Fake Super-Saiyajin" because Toriama hadn't yet finalised how the Super-Saiyajin would look like in the Manga. (Super-Saiyajin = Super-Saiyan in german)
@alviabtahi5440
@alviabtahi5440 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see Nervous Nick quickly find new work
@MattMcMuscles
@MattMcMuscles Жыл бұрын
He did an incredible job!
@Nervous_Nick
@Nervous_Nick Жыл бұрын
The work found me. All I did was post a tweet advertising myself, Matt was the one who reached out to me. :)
@JoaoAgile
@JoaoAgile Жыл бұрын
​@@Nervous_Nick That was really nice, indeed! It's good to see you around! Take care
@claudioibacache5371
@claudioibacache5371 Жыл бұрын
OH!!! I finally understood why people in the USA/UK have such a bad perception of this game, but in South America we have a completely different vision, and in some cases, it is even considered a nostalgic game. Allow me to explain: In Chile (and most of South America) we watched the entire Dragon Ball series in the mid to late 90's, in the order it should be watched (DB, DBZ and DB GT), so this game that It came to you in 2003, we were able to play it in 1999. The game was launched to coincide with the end of the Buu saga, as to "close this stage of the franchise" and because in South America... we were not interested in "localization", because not many games were translated into Spanish, in that era . In fact, this game had the menus in "English" but all the voices were in Japanese. Even months later, when Dragon Ball GT began to be broadcast, the Dragon Ball: Final Bout game was released and for Christmas 1999, they sold these two games in a kind of bundle or Christmas promotion. I know that, because I bought it.. lol. So in South America, this game wasn't so badly reviewed, because its release date was only 4 years after it was initially released. Basically, we found it to be a good adaptation for the time, despite the 3d graphics being basic. But of course, as you received it in 2003, at the time when the PS2, XBOX and Game Cube already existed... yes, this game looked obsolete, ugly and very primitive.
@andrewrodriguez2651
@andrewrodriguez2651 Жыл бұрын
If you need any more recommendations (which I'm sure you have plenty), some of the fighting titles on the OG Xbox were quite stinky. Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal & Tao Feng: Fist of Lotus are two that come to mind
@GlennStubberfield
@GlennStubberfield Жыл бұрын
Kabuki Warriors is legendary...
@andrewrodriguez2651
@andrewrodriguez2651 Жыл бұрын
​@@GlennStubberfield I honestly forgot about Kabuki Warriors but that's another good one... in the worst way possible
@GlennStubberfield
@GlennStubberfield Жыл бұрын
@@andrewrodriguez2651 Try out Zan Kabuki instead. it's pretty fun in 4 player...
@autobotstarscream765
@autobotstarscream765 Жыл бұрын
Tao Feng is particularly interesting for its place in the history of Mortal Kombat.
@stproducciones9140
@stproducciones9140 Жыл бұрын
"dragon ball's early 2000s boom in the west" *laughs in Latin American *
@fordesponja
@fordesponja 3 ай бұрын
It's curious how countries with spanish languages got into Dragon Ball in the very late 80s or very early 90s while english ones did like 10 years after. In Spain we caught up with Japan like in 1993.
@Kyeuss
@Kyeuss Жыл бұрын
Dude. I laughed out loud more times watching this video than I have in a very long time. Those subtle AMV references 😂
@emilioorozco7818
@emilioorozco7818 Жыл бұрын
Interesting how this video came out 1 day before Budokai Tenkaichi 4’s announcement lol
@stefanoblack2221
@stefanoblack2221 Жыл бұрын
Very well aware this game is bad but as for many other games, it was one of the few me and a friend of mind could play together back in the days so I still have fond memories of it xD The soundtrack is honestly really good, it was cool to input the code to add Gogeta, SSJ3 Goku, kid Goku and Roshi and... the characters still had all their classic moves (goddamn Body Swap xD) Bad game, good memories. xD
@p1n3apple21
@p1n3apple21 Жыл бұрын
Love this series with a passion. When is "def jam icon" joining the fight?
@AaronLitz
@AaronLitz Жыл бұрын
I don't see what's so confusing; the new fusion character is the Potometoran Dance Ring Fusion Vegegoketa.
@IwatchTubiTrash
@IwatchTubiTrash Жыл бұрын
I have very fond memories of this and GT Final Bout. I was chomping at the bit to get more DB in my life, so after finding out GT Final Bout was coming, I later found a store that modded PSX's and got this game as well. Even at the time I knew they were awful, but I played the hell out of them and still find them enjoyable to this day.
@karletonmcbride8083
@karletonmcbride8083 7 ай бұрын
Eww
@MirageUchiha
@MirageUchiha 16 күн бұрын
_Man, this game was GOLD! Childhood flashbacks are happening!_ _I'm currently playing Sparking Zero on my PS5 & it doesn't even hold a candle to UB22! This was the best DBZ game ever made!_ _The lil 2D Gotenks jumping in the air, yelling something whilst firing what I guess was prolly his Die Die Missile Barrage attack, was jus absolute PEAK PERFECTION! 👌🏾_
@montywh
@montywh Жыл бұрын
looking at this only makes me think of the crazy stuff with DBGT Final Bout. being regarded as the rarest of rare imports, all my friends went on about how awesome it'd be if we were to get it. i actually saw it in a shop that deals in games/movies/imports/etc several years ago, and was about to get it for my birthday. until the clerk informed my dad i needed some translation add on for the PS1. fast forward a few years and we got an official western release, and i got it then from walmart. and HOLY CRAP i have no clue what happened with that game. to say nothing of the bad gameplay, but they didn't even get the right voice actors to dub it. it felt like it was a fan translation project that somehow made it onto store shelves, rather than being leaked online
@Superluigi881
@Superluigi881 Жыл бұрын
They were super lazy with the dub too. Only bothering to do intro and outro lines. The rest was left in Japanese.
@Sonicx360isback
@Sonicx360isback Жыл бұрын
That rare moment of Steve Blum voicing Goku.
@ShaunInce123
@ShaunInce123 Жыл бұрын
My cousin had this & Final Bout on the PS1. The one thing that stood out to us with Ultimate Battle 22 was how bad the energy attacks were. Didn't even have beams, just yellow balls being thrown out. I will say this, the opening movie for both games are epic
@aliuniversal4100
@aliuniversal4100 Жыл бұрын
Yes! I remember playing this as a kid not knowing how the hell to play it lol. What made it worse was damn near everything was in japanese. Loved the huge roster tho!
@CrocoDude-iv3wp
@CrocoDude-iv3wp Жыл бұрын
10:40 Speaking of 'Most Infogrames Things Ever', the box for the PS2 European version of of the first Budokai features Great Saiyaman, Babidi, Dabura, Spopovich, Majin Buu and Majin Vegeta on the front and back covers despite the game only up to the Cell Games Saga.
@ShanetheFreestyler
@ShanetheFreestyler Жыл бұрын
I remember being impressed when the Lego games on PS3 added a "dynamic split-screen" feature to co-op to allow 2 players to be in separate areas without needing to zoom the camera way out or limit how far apart you could go. Little did I know, in Japan, the DBZ games were doing this ON THE SMBS! Kinda makes me wonder what other multiplayer games could've benefited, assuming a diagonal split-screen could be done on PS1. (I believe the N64 could since one is used in Mario Tennis.)
@autobotstarscream765
@autobotstarscream765 Жыл бұрын
Now you're playing with _power!_
@MickFoley299
@MickFoley299 Жыл бұрын
Toejam and Earl had the dynamic split screen on the Genesis. It even went so far as to let you be on different levels at the same time after you split up.
@ShanetheFreestyler
@ShanetheFreestyler Жыл бұрын
@@MickFoley299 I'm not sure if I'd call that "dynamic" more than I'd call it "automatic". Yes, the game switches between single screen and split-screen based on how far apart you are, but it doesn't seamlessly split the screen based on direction as in DBZ: Super Butouden or the TT Lego games, it always pauses briefly to animate Toejam and Earl sliding vertically centered from each other before displaying a horizontal split that remains the same shape regardless of your direction. And once you're close enough together, the game pauses briefly again to animate the transition back to single screen. Automatic, yes. But seamless and dynamic, it is not.
@joeypizza2761
@joeypizza2761 Жыл бұрын
Back to back weeks with straight banger topics for all of us old people
@greentoonlink
@greentoonlink Жыл бұрын
If a Dragon Ball game doesn't have Yamcha on its roster, it's literally unplayable. Glad this fact was acknowledged in the video.
@Rendo86
@Rendo86 Жыл бұрын
I disagree in Hyper Dimension's behalf, but I can't say it's not a valid argument
@ThelronFjord
@ThelronFjord Жыл бұрын
@@Rendo86 The funny thing about that is when I played DBZ Hyper Dimension as a kid, I thought that Gohan WAS Yamcha, because I hadn't gotten that far into the Buu arc yet.
@ThelronFjord
@ThelronFjord Жыл бұрын
10:40 You're like the first person in 20 years to call him Mystic Gohan.
@TheOriginalGoobster2
@TheOriginalGoobster2 Жыл бұрын
I had the original PAL release for this. The names for like half the characters were super mistranslated. It helped add to the charm.
@RandoDusty
@RandoDusty Жыл бұрын
Gotta love gems like "Kaioshin" "Mega Goku" "Likum" "Genius Turtle" and "Gotrunks". At least we didnt get trademark symbols everywhere
@carlolaatst5649
@carlolaatst5649 4 ай бұрын
I had the PAL version with French menu titles. No clue what the croissance and combat croissant mode was. 😂
@vffvx8216
@vffvx8216 Жыл бұрын
All the budget went into the intros like Final Bout
@josealvelo3348
@josealvelo3348 Жыл бұрын
I remember my mom buying this game for me and playing it for a solid one hour and never played it again. I still have it around though 😂😂
@blueskiesj
@blueskiesj Жыл бұрын
ohhhh yeah. I had this. I remember 5 minutes of it. dunno if I returned it, sold it, threw it away, who knows. but I also ended up with Legendary Super Warriors on GBC around the same time and I actually kinda loved that one "I don't remember these pre-battle cutscenes" *seconds later* "oh."
@Majokodomo
@Majokodomo Жыл бұрын
If I remember right, there were also post-fight cutscenes in the Japanese version after a fight where the winning character would say (or do) something. Just like the pre-fight cutscenes, they weren't animated extravagantly, but they were there, and they did give some closure to the fight instead of just fading to black. And just like the pre-fight cutscenes, they were ALSO excised from the North American version! So much for satisfaction! Oh well! At least this game's music is pretty good (Recoome/Zarbon being one of my favorites). Probably one of the ONLY good things about this game! -_-
@claytonrios1
@claytonrios1 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't Toei give Toriyama a dump truck full of money every time he makes a new Dragon Ball movie anyways?
@gingeta5961
@gingeta5961 Жыл бұрын
One thing I can mention about this game is that soundtrack is 🔥, I've always wanted other dbz games to bring back some soundtracks from this game in modern ones
@navaash6086
@navaash6086 Жыл бұрын
"Maybe the Playstation couldn't handle what the... Super Nintendo could do?" This is where the Saturn's 1.5MB of VRAM vs PSX's 1MB made a huge difference - also, the Saturn version used pixel backgrounds instead of the PSX's 3D backgrounds, whose textures likely ate a lot of the available video budget and hence made the splitscreening effect unfeasible (either the framerate would have tanked to unacceptable levels, the sprites would have had even fewer animation frames, or both). (Yes I know fully 2D games could be done on the PSX. This was a very early-in-the-gen title and was also likely hurt by that.)
@robwaters8848
@robwaters8848 Жыл бұрын
DBZ Hyper Dimension is legitimately a great game. It has excellent graphics, solid and understandable gameplay, and great design. I have no idea how so many people slept on that one.
@dariogonzalez8989
@dariogonzalez8989 Жыл бұрын
Hyper Dimension is great, but it wasn't released outside of Japan; it's kinda hard to find an *international* audience when your product is exclusive to one region.
@FighterDoken
@FighterDoken 4 ай бұрын
The inclusion of the trademark and registered trademark symbols on the names is honestly hilarious to me
@megamanx1101
@megamanx1101 Жыл бұрын
I remember finding this game at EB Games after my friend had brought over his PS2 and DBZ Budokai. I thought I might discover that previous cool DBZ fighting game before Budokai. Boy was in for a reality check.
@codym5596
@codym5596 Жыл бұрын
I suggest Evil Zone for the PS1. A relatively unknown 1 button anime fighter
@YoshiONE2ONE
@YoshiONE2ONE Жыл бұрын
if its one thing this game has going for it, its the soundtrack. so many good bops
@justharry2190
@justharry2190 Жыл бұрын
Same with Final bout also a trash game with a great ost
@青雷の戦士
@青雷の戦士 Жыл бұрын
@@Finfection You mean remade. I remember Gohan, Piccolo and Cell themes from Super Butoden 2 and Goku theme from Super Butoden 3.
@Miniperi.1032
@Miniperi.1032 Жыл бұрын
"a dirty deed done very cheaply" President Valentine: I am outlawing this awful game from all realities!
@TheLastPhoen1x
@TheLastPhoen1x 9 ай бұрын
Putting ᵀᴹ after character names is one of the most pathetic things I have seen.
@jeremywreagan
@jeremywreagan Жыл бұрын
You should play Cyber Gladiators. It's a 1996 Windows game published by Sierra Online. The player keyboard inputs read VERY slowly, except for jumping. That wouldn't be so bad if the arenas weren't so small that you can jump off the arena while trying to dodge an incoming attack. Every character had "special moves" but they aren't spectacular at all. In fact, you might say they look identical for every character. Every arena throws flaming spears and giant rocks at you while you trying not to get beaten to a pulp by the computer. The computer never misses an input so it is always faster than you. The 3D graphics aren't all that bad for an early 3D fighter. The characters all have the same vocal grunts. All male characters sound alike and all the female characters sound alike. You should really put this fighting game on your tree of shame.
@carlcouture1023
@carlcouture1023 Жыл бұрын
Tose is all over the place quality-wise. They've made some legendarily bad games and some shining jewels. It all depends how much time and money the publisher throws at them. They work their wage.
@HazeX2
@HazeX2 Жыл бұрын
I'll give this game one compliment, it might have the best character select music in any Dragon Ball game
@AYAKXSHI
@AYAKXSHI Жыл бұрын
I knew this was coming sooner or later this whole game pissed me off
@motherplayer
@motherplayer Жыл бұрын
8:14 You know, when I went to my friends house and played his copy of Marvel Vs. Capcom on his PS1 after having rented and played it several times on the Dreamcast, I too noticed there were sounds off and the animations didn't look as good compared to the Dreamcast one I played. I think I finally got my answer as to why that was.
@The_Juggla
@The_Juggla Жыл бұрын
The dichotomy of being a normal kid at my mom's and a spoiled kid at my dad's introduced this game to me on my mom's side when I had already played the Budokai games over at dad's and oh boy. I wanted to like this so badly. But it's, it's, awful....
@Lonespark
@Lonespark Жыл бұрын
The fucking "TM" and "R" by each name is fucking hilarious.
@gillgillgillgillgill
@gillgillgillgillgill Жыл бұрын
I OFFER YOU A DEAL: you can have hand-drawn sprites back in fighting games...but they have to look like the Ultimate Battle 22 sprites
@marianoyuba3736
@marianoyuba3736 Жыл бұрын
Seeing Gotenks punch Zarbon in the balls repeatedly is surprisingly and confusingly hilarious.
@animetrashamvs
@animetrashamvs Жыл бұрын
🤢 Oh I remember this piece of shit! I played it for one hour as a kid and immediately returned it. I used some of the clips from the opening in a DBZ gmv and going thru frame by frame I can tell you it’s the lowest quality of all the DBZ 2D animation openings. 🤦🏾‍♂️
@wrestlingwombat3821
@wrestlingwombat3821 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing this game with my friend Austin. I remember we beat the game by only using Dabura’s grab. For some reason it never failed lol
@peterchaseify
@peterchaseify Жыл бұрын
I remember this game was coming out just as my family was about to move from Japan and I always wondered if I missed out on a really fun DBZ game (I played the Super Butoden series and enjoyed it). No, I didn't miss out on anything.
@wander7812
@wander7812 Жыл бұрын
0:42 In defense of Akira, DBZ was supposed to end over 4 times but was Shonem Jump who kept pushing it.
@MattMcMuscles
@MattMcMuscles Жыл бұрын
Yes, they pulled a dump truck of money to up this house.
@wander7812
@wander7812 Жыл бұрын
@@MattMcMuscles In each arc he tried to corner the plot which is why the powerscaling kept increasing so damn much too.
@brysene
@brysene Жыл бұрын
Need you to make a video on the worst Naruto game so we can get a hype game announced a day later
@genomcyberbubblegum4049
@genomcyberbubblegum4049 Жыл бұрын
another thing to notice, is the soundtrack being "composed" by Kenji Yamamoto, when that is and was all a lie, and basically ripped off music from other music artists of his own country. Of course, there were multiple sues for each artist who their music was used on the game re-arranged with violation of copyrighting. note that , Kenji Yamamoto had been doing that since ever, till he was finally busted on Dragonball Kai.
@anti-roxas850
@anti-roxas850 Жыл бұрын
.... that was my first DBZ game. It honestly has a special place in my heart
@CGB_Crash
@CGB_Crash Жыл бұрын
If you ever feel like going back to it try the Saturn version, its way better.
@karletonmcbride8083
@karletonmcbride8083 7 ай бұрын
Ewww
@AwesomeKenneth240
@AwesomeKenneth240 Жыл бұрын
My brothers and I had SO much fun with this game as kids. Stayed up all night passing the controllers around watching adult swim on summer vacation.
@Bingo_the_Pug
@Bingo_the_Pug Жыл бұрын
DBZ Shin Butoden for the Sega Saturn is a vastly superior game
@dientimuri3956
@dientimuri3956 Жыл бұрын
Hey Matt, I've got a fighting game I recently remembered that certainly should go on your Worst Fighting Games list. It's 'Dangerous Streets' for the Amiga CD 32. Awful animations, unclear hit detection, awful controls, mediocre but serviceable art, terrible characters designs....it's got everything you're looking for.
@bearerofbadnews1375
@bearerofbadnews1375 Жыл бұрын
This gameplay looks like Dragon ball GT final bout. But somehow even worse?
@geokasshu4533
@geokasshu4533 Жыл бұрын
RIP Taswell. Ryan Davis was a fantastic duder. Thank you so much for shouting him out!
@tristancampbell4941
@tristancampbell4941 Жыл бұрын
We have now seen 2 DBZ games on this list These were the true Dark Ages
@F.Hakeem89
@F.Hakeem89 Жыл бұрын
Still missing is Dragonball GT Final Bout.
@MySnakeisSolidus
@MySnakeisSolidus Жыл бұрын
"The boom in the west on the early 2000s" *looks at latin america enjoying Dragon ball since 1995*
@menhirmike
@menhirmike Жыл бұрын
So, has someone made a tier list to rank the registered characters (R) vs the trademarked (TM) characters?
@TheDaggerman30
@TheDaggerman30 Жыл бұрын
Matt is back baby!!! Listen man. When these videos come out, I gather 7 or 8 gamers in to the Dagger Retro Dungeness and poooop on these videos and have a very gaming mind set..conversations...some of them are yelling matches but we break down the gameplay and otherS..... you videos have brought up quite a few of words gamer that which really makes us all think out loud. These videos are our gaming discussions. And those are the best times of my life brother So from all of us, thank you for all that you do.....Game Strong! Your Daggerman Retro King
@Kenoh2889
@Kenoh2889 Жыл бұрын
this was the first game i suggested when they started this series. this game was my first import i ever owned as a child and when i say my Christmas was ruined by this game. I haven't forgotten it till this day
@benjaminrosa1418
@benjaminrosa1418 Жыл бұрын
Huh, as european hearuing "DBZ's boom in the west in the 2000's" is strange, because at least in western Europe, DBZ was a fixture of anime repackaged to kids TV during the 90's, so always hearing that USA got DBZ when they were in the XXI'st century always seem... Odd...
@JoaoVictor-hn8ht
@JoaoVictor-hn8ht Жыл бұрын
Final Bout was the shit back on PSOne. First rule was NEVER. SKIP. THE INTRO.
@romaindanze1512
@romaindanze1512 Жыл бұрын
Well, the 2000's DBZ boom didn't concerned "The West", but only th US. Here in Europe (well, mostly France / Belgium / Italy / Spain) we discovered Dragon Ball (then DBZ) in the late 80's early 90's, and that's why there are PAL versions of most of the NES / SNES Dragon Ball Games (mostly the bad ones, unfortunately).
@dariogonzalez8989
@dariogonzalez8989 Жыл бұрын
Here in Latin America (WHICH IS ALSO PART OF "THE WEST", APPARENTLY), Dragon Ball is almost literally a religion. I liked this video, but I was a bit miffed by that line.
@dnmstarsi
@dnmstarsi Жыл бұрын
I remember my bro getting this game for me back in 2004. Both of us knew this game was shit especially when we got Budokai Tenkaichi 1 and 2. Although the visuals are kinda charming and the music is still fire. Too bad we never got the Saturn version (despite obvious reasons) even though that version isn't a whole lot better even with the more Super Butouden gameplay. With that said, I'd love to see a Dragon Ball fighting game collection in the future!
@radim279
@radim279 Жыл бұрын
I think the pre-battle cutscenes are missing because the US version seems based on the earlier EUR version, which had been published by Bandai itself (not Infogrames, suprisingly) and removed the scenes for laziness reasons.
@Sean_Bird
@Sean_Bird Жыл бұрын
With a new highest power level in the bad fighting game universe established, a Dragon Ball fighting game following it up is only fitting. 2:25 Didn’t expect to see Starfy to show up here, always nice to see him.
@jordanwhite352
@jordanwhite352 Жыл бұрын
The timing of this vid! (Stares in Budokai Tenkaiichi)
@omegaXjammur
@omegaXjammur Жыл бұрын
I still own my copy of Final Bout 22. Initially, I was really thrown off by the Japanese VA's and Buu Saga characters (I was 9 or 10 and didn't know any better) but then the longer I played, the more I kept asking myself "why is crappier than Tekken?" This is why I watch subs only.
@valentds
@valentds Жыл бұрын
??? it's like saying "i hate fruit, but after a while i question myself why this is worse than vegetables? that's why i play videogames" what subs only means in "crappier than tekken"? what?
@omegaXjammur
@omegaXjammur Жыл бұрын
@@valentds apologies for the erratic comment, I had too many flashbacks playing in my head and they all started to overlap one another.
@Skullodream
@Skullodream Жыл бұрын
I didn't know they changed the name of Gogeta in USA (In PAL is Gogeta) but if you look closely, Vegeta and Goku aren't wearing the earings in the intro, is just a blink that they dediced to put in the ear spot, but they weren't using the earings.
@青雷の戦士
@青雷の戦士 Жыл бұрын
I played this around 1998, before I even knew Dragon Ball had a sequel, let alone with Goku as a blonde adult. After watching Dragon Ball Z it became my favorite DBZ game for a while despite being really bad - At least I could live with the fact that Final Bout is worse lol And the music is great, I even modded some of them into my Smash Bros Ultimate and posted on KZbin in my other channel.
@hannah60000
@hannah60000 7 ай бұрын
Is Final Bout worse? I think that’s a matter of debate.
@joshuawilloughby2696
@joshuawilloughby2696 Жыл бұрын
anyone remember the original Budokai Tenkaichi for the ps2? The sequels to it were great but I don't remember anyone ever talking about the original.
@MINI_JasperJunior
@MINI_JasperJunior Жыл бұрын
Cue the die hard UB27 fanbase coming at ya cleopatra 👀 It is me, I am UB27 fanboy. 😑
@Slim451
@Slim451 Жыл бұрын
I bought this game while in college cause I was a huge DBZ fan and wanted something new to play... this game sucked. And it got annoying really quick.
@exaltedfalcheon1793
@exaltedfalcheon1793 Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for GT Final Bout, McMuscles
@tailsx5000
@tailsx5000 Жыл бұрын
I still have this game on Disc. I liked watching the CPU fight against each other, my dumb kid brain wasnt good enough to remember the button combos for each character.
@bryant1425
@bryant1425 Жыл бұрын
I had a copy of this game as a kid in like 1999. eBay was pretty new and I was very excited to get the three PS1 imports for weirdly cheap from a seller. I remember using this Gameshark-esque thing that plugged into the back of the Playstation and a little spring you'd put in the lid to trick the console. Pre-PS2 era, they were really the only DBZ games I had, but even then, despite all my excitement, I could tell they were pretty bad. Somehow, I'd glossed over the US re-releases until I was in college and a friend mentioned them. The same friend showed me his copy of the Saturn version, which still wasn't a great game, but it sure fixed most of the things I hated about UB22.
@shockt9221
@shockt9221 Жыл бұрын
I remember "renting" this from Blockbuster back in the day. I can't remember what game was supposed to be in the case but I was a DB fan so I didn't complain. Until I booted the game up. It was a long disappointing weekend....
Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu - The Worst Fighting Game
14:21
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 410 М.
Why The Movies Can't Happen | Dragon Ball Z
49:00
Dragon Ball University
Рет қаралды 3,8 МЛН
啊?就这么水灵灵的穿上了?
00:18
一航1
Рет қаралды 106 МЛН
Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout - The Worst Fighting Game
18:21
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 237 М.
I Played Every DragonBall Z Game on the PS1
29:56
Evan Prince
Рет қаралды 17 М.
Expect No Mercy - THE WORST FIGHTING GAME
21:30
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 392 М.
Nosferatu (SNES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)
19:41
Cinemassacre
Рет қаралды 795 М.
The Dragon Ball Iceberg Explained
3:13:06
sourcebrew
Рет қаралды 2,2 МЛН
Mortal Kombat Advance - The Worst Fighting Game
21:43
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 633 М.
War Gods - The Worst Fighting Game
16:41
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 287 М.
Parasite Eve Series Retrospective | An Exhaustive History and Review
3:53:27
I Finished A Video Game
Рет қаралды 10 МЛН
Human Killing Machine - The Worst Fighting Game
19:17
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 340 М.