Ultimate Muscle for GCN: This Wasn’t a Fever Dream?

[@Vesven1]

Hey hope everyone enjoys the video! Let me know what you guys think and what games I should cover next! (Also I somehow uploaded this as SD instead of HD cause I’m an idiot, sorry)

[@Sillybillybois]

Do Metal arms

[@angeladyan]

Timesplitters future perfect!

[@angeladyan]

I loved making my own crazy character and naming his special move back in the day! Thanks for bringing back memories!

[@ZZtheDark]

2:21, XD I love that scream. 1:47, I wish to write stuff like this in Power Rangers. 4:26, it's always nice to hear Mike Pollock's voice. 4:30, pfffttt....HAHAHAHAHAHA!! XD 7:28, this makes up for the NES game. 7:48, I can hear Travis Touchdown shouting now 'I LOVE AKIHABARA!!' 7:56, no wait! That's a Centurion drone from Transformers! 8:20, Megaman's GONNA SUE! 9:10, Phelous is gonna be pissed. He DID review Specialman! XD

[@devbyrd1]

Really loved that series as a kid

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

My friends and I use to play this ALL The time! We all used to be pretty even until I unlocked everyone. You see I was the owner of the game and to unlock everything I became EXTREMELY good! I could counter anything my friends try on me. Eventually all my friends started jumping me in the free fights😂

[@scudman51]

The Gameboy Advance version was pretty cool, like a condensed, less advanced (no pun intended) version of the bigger games. I, too was a huge Ultimate Muscle fan. Had the games, watched the show, read the manga, even had a couple action figures

[@Vesven1]

I’ll have to check it out then. Thanks for letting me know!

[@Johnson-p3h]

Used to love this game as a kid. I remember loving Bone Cold or Cold Bone whatever his name was lol

[@Vesven1]

Haha yeah Bone Cold is the goat for sure

[@Tertix13]

Dude me and my brothers LOVEDA this game . We played it so much the dusk wrapped and we had to get a new copy. We used to yell DicDicvanDic and hit each other with all the moves from the game we could realistically perform. Plus we loved making custom characters that always looked like reskinned mega mans 😂

[@Azazelea]

Dude you need way more views wtf

[@Vesven1]

Haha appreciate that!

[@RaidenSetsuna]

Dik Dik was the best. And his voice lines are pure gold.

[@Vesven1]

Amen

[@TempestDacine]

Your custom super was brutal haha. Thanks for another sample of 2000s nostalgia. I read kinnikuman last year and its amazing

[@Vesven1]

If you haven’t checked out the new anime I would totally recommend it.

[@Yog-shi]

8:47 I too wish that you had also just made that guy up fun video

[@streighkaat]

Monsieur Cheeks? You gotta be shiddin' me.

[@Vesven1]

😂😂😂

[@tankatlus5797]

I hope we get a new kinnikuman video game with lots of playable characters and character creation that puts the gamecube game to shame

[@Vesven1]

That’s the dream!

[@elneco4654]

We all do, but unfortunately we're in the age of Bandai Namco's endless cheap arena anime fighters. And AKI has unfortunately been defunct for a good while.

[@SirAbduliscool]

There it is!

[@SovietKiryu]

I remember when Fox Kids became the Fox Box. Of all the shows that were brought on during that transition Ultimate Muscle was one of the better ones. I remember that they brought over Ultra Man Tiga with the change too.

[@Evs78101]

Dude… this game looked so much fun as a kid

[@MasterGamer15]

fun fact. Pandaman was actually a character created by Eiichiro Oda and was submitted to Yudetamago to be used in the Kinnikuman manga back in the 80s, and is now that same character is a recurring cameo character of Oda being used in One Piece

[@Vesven1]

Wow had no idea. That’s awesome!

[@Falcnuts]

I always wanted to play it growing up. I know about it from the pages of EGM when it was announced and who made it. For some reason the local rental version was scratched and wouldn’t play on my GameCube. My original Wii modded had trouble playing it, and my oc could never hand emulating it as a kid. I finally played it on a modded wiki with a GameCube controller and it rocks so hard

[@KillaCheeto56]

My cousin and I put a lot of time into this back in the day. We made quite a few abominations in the character creator. Good times.

[@Falcnuts]

I always wanted to play it. For some reason the local rental version was scratched and wouldn’t play on my GameCube. My original Wii modded had trouble playing it, and my pc could never handle emulating it as a kid. I finally played it on a modded wiiu with a GameCube controller and it rocks so hard. It lived up to the hype. Dope vid, subbed

[@Falcnuts]

Also Dik Dik Von Dik forever

[@Vesven1]

It’s such a blast to play for sure. Thanks for the sub 👊

[@aprice22]

😂😂 feel like I need to watch this show again. It’s so great

[@brawnylazerman8594]

Never heard of Ultimate Muscle before but it gives me Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo vibes

[@Vesven1]

Haven’t watched it but I’ve heard of it. Would you recommend?

[@brawnylazerman8594]

@@Vesven1 oh yea! It’s got a similar chaotic nature and plenty of moments that jut make you go “huh?”. But it’s stupid funny and pretty meta about it being an anime.

[@Vesven1]

I’ll definitely check it out then!

[@interdimensionalcommunicat9750]

The thing is that if we ever get another Kinnikuman fighting game (and I hope we do, especially if it includes characters from the Omega Centauri and Choushin arcs after Perfect Origin), there isn't likely to be much if any representation for Kinnikuman Nisei/Ultimate Muscle. Generally that whole series is seen as a spinoff and seems to be basically forgotten in Japan, as opposed to the Perfect Origin Arc which appears to be beloved by the Kinnikuman fandom (keep in mind that the Perfect Origin manga began in 2011, they were really late with the anime adaptation), with the final fight of it in particular being regarded among the most iconic moments in the series. I don't think its going to be like a Dragon Ball GT situation where even though Dragon Ball Super replaced it in canon we still got Super Saiyan 4 added to games for the nostalgia dollar.

[@Vesven1]

That’s true. Wish that Japan actually cared about Ultimate Muscle. I actually would be completely fine with just a completely Kinnikuman roster as some of my favorite fighters from the ultimate muscle game are the legends haha like skullduggery

[@elneco4654]

@@Vesven1 It's not really that they don't care, but the original Nisei was a bit spiteful knowing the prior series. Most of the former cast the audience grew to love are either too old to do anything (most notably: Ramenman, a character so beloved it got its own spinoff manga/anime/game, gets jobbed out immediately by episode 1), or otherwise things like young good guy Brocken Jr. (whose father was an actual poison gas spewing, funny cross wearing nat) becoming a deadbeat dad. It took a whole new manga to fix a bit of that. But since we're speaking of the current manga, there's some UM elements starting to seep in (without getting into spoilers).

[@dead_cruiser_4713]

There were more games after for the original Kinnikuman on PS2 too "Muscle Grand Prix" which got the street fighter 2 treatment of many releases and additions. Different style of fighting/wrestling game though.

[@Vesven1]

Were they any good? Might have to check them out

[@elneco4654]

@@Vesven1 Yes, yes they are. Fun fact, both the MGP games and the Generations/UM games were made by AKI Corporation of WWF No Mercy/Def Jam fame.

[@elneco4654]

8:12 Well, that's because the designers are actual children (as in, the mangaka accepted submissions)

[@Vesven1]

Makes perfect sense then 😂

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

The gba title is terrible but you can fight a cell phone!🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@Vesven1]

😂😂😂 maybe I should play it just for that then

[@cloudnovalab]

I'm making guides for this game if you like it, and it's playable on Dolphin netplay! Is quite deep and interesting once you analyze all the support combinations and combat system; Yes, Galactic Wrestling(Kinnikuman Generations) is slower and kinda worse compared to LvNG

[@Sillybillybois]

I love Wally Tusket. Is it a dude in a walrus suit or a weird walrus alien?

[@Vesven1]

😂😂😂

[@elneco4654]

Basically, in Kinnikuman lore they're humans (and some are aliens too) that have been given their powers by gods. Not only that, they can be turned back to human as well.

[@deathsceane]

Normally I wouldn't admit to this until I had a copy but I played the GBA version via emulation and to save you some grief it's not really good. The melee attack you have is barely used and the CPU grabs you instantly. The grappling is probably where it's at its weakest but it's 90% of your fighting in the ring. The grappling system doesn't rely on button mashing or pressing a sequence of buttons fast enough, but a well timed button press on a blink and you'll miss it colorful sliding power gauge (like how you would see in golf games only frustrating) and because you're so caught up in trying to land a grapple for advantage you may stop the slider in the red zone. Even after you get the hang of it you're going to forget how to get a feel for how it works. If you want the Kinnikuman experience on a handheld you're better off getting a WonderSwan where there is at least one Kinnikuman game that plays more like an updated version of M.U.S.C.L.E. which is a good thing.

[@Vesven1]

Good to know, sounds miserable 😂

[@deathsceane]

@@Vesven1 It is

[@treetheoak8313]

That onto slaps. I love gospel not gospel songs

[@Drewpthadawg]

4:26 pause

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

My friends and I use to play this ALL The time! We all used to be pretty even until I unlocked everyone. You see I was the owner of the game and to unlock everything I became EXTREMELY good! I could counter anything my friends try on me. Eventually all my friends started jumping me in the free fights😂