Why Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 Is Complex

[@Dr._Doppietta]

Glad to see B3 receiving some love and getting praise for its combo canceling system. It really was underapprecciated at the time.

[@chrisrockett5897]

YO, THE GOAT! I JUST GOT THROUGH BRINGING YOU UP!

[@Dr._Doppietta]

@@chrisrockett5897 thanks. A shoutout is always welcome. :)

[@chrisrockett5897]

@@Dr._Doppietta No prob.

[@charleschase7945]

Not underapprecciated, it was not known at the time, not until 2016 I think.

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

@@charleschase7945 what wasn’t known the game or the combo system? the game sold millions…and there’s videos of people guard canceling in the 2000’s, on KZbin.

[@BrockJ329]

No one going to blame you for dropping Budokai after the Raditz fight as a kid

[@BlaQGhoste93]

Dawg that shit had me HOT

[@chrisrockett5897]

"DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK!"

[@franco1926]

That fight alongside the fight against Kid Buu on Infinite World gave me PTSD.

[@BlaQGhoste93]

@@franco1926 you just unlocked a memory I tried to keep tucked away forever.

[@franco1926]

@@BlaQGhoste93 I AM SO SORRY.

[@Milty2001]

One of the things I love about budokai 3 is how the game rewards you with secret characters by just playing through dragon ball universe but with the ability to interact with characters in the middle of the story, it adds so much replayability

[@brotbrotsen1100]

I remember how getting GT characters were like a whole secret sidequest in this Mode. Not even that easy to find iirc.

[@mourossonero]

You did the Budokai community a solid with your video, well explained and good coverage of the game overall!

[@TheNadroj10]

Facts he needs to make a raging blast 2 video

[@titaniumcranium3755]

@@dan3974 more like BT2 or 3

[@titaniumcranium3755]

@@dan3974 lol you mad? I remember loving rb2 until I was able to somehow play the tenkaichis

[@azonweaponx]

Thank you for this

[@freezasama5802]

Budokai 3 managed to create a game like Fighterz but actually 3D and at the same time managed to capture the essence of dragon ball by adding interactions cutscenes that are accurate to the series, little things like if you use Potara your enemy can guess your input and crush your potara preventing you from fusing or all the fusions involving the dances have a limit plus the speed and smoothness of the game is what makes it amazing yes dragon rush has its issues but you can evade it to prevent it from occurring overall this game needs to be appreciated more as it’s an amazing experience and something every db fan has to play if they want a game that captures both fighting and db essence

[@CoreySpitz]

They just gotta bring back beam struggles

[@wolfman596]

nah infinite world is better. it just came out at a bad time cause no one knows about it. DBZ B3 did not age well because of dragon rush its honestly ruins any competitive aspect of the game. infinite world had the complexities of b3 without dragon rush

[@CoreySpitz]

@@wolfman596 but infinite world removed tournaments and beam struggles and that took away from it. Plus Dragon Rush’ gave opportunities to add other finishers for each character but BD3 slacked off not giving each character a specific finisher. Rather settling for the ki blasts or kick. Infinite World was better but removing tournaments and beam struggles for me took away from it like a bad ending to a good movie.

[@diamonshade7484]

Now imagine if burst limit was a completed game we would be living in a different era

[@theflashfan3234]

Lmao that's an insult to FighterZ

[@diegodamohill]

OH, MY FRIEND. I'm so happy you took your time to talk about the hidden depth of this game. I have some old videos (10+years) of when I used to play this on high school, I kid you not, I spend thousands of hours in this game, literally. So I wanted to contribute a little to show how much this game has. The budokai franchise had so much potential, unfortunately, every entry in the series had at least one or two flaws that made the game not viable for serious competitive scene, but the community often had unofficial rules or consensus about the games balance, like always use the breakthrough capsule, always use 4 health bars or the rounds get too long and always use maps with walls, won't get into much detail here, after all its just a youtube comment, so I'll refrain from talking about Infinite World and shin budokai from the psp (almost the most balanced, almost). Now, the main thing about playing this game against a oponent with equal skill at high level are three things: Counter Teleports, juggle combos and transformations. And these three things are the reason Cell is broken AF, I'm not exagerating, and I know to some this seems unlikelly, but trust me, once you get deep enough into this game, you will know why. (Goku is the second one, but you will know why in a bit) So, the basic gameplan: no matter the character, at high level, you want the oponent to block first. because of the cancel system, anyone has an infinite block string. Now you might say "but you can just teleport out of it!". And Yes, you can teleport, but that doesn't garantee you are out of it, because teleporting can be a huge gamble, because of the Counter Teleport system, and that's the MAIN mechanic of this game, at high level at least. How it works? Well, you need a character with a fast jab, or "P" as it is called in this game. The thing is, some characters have a jab so fast, that if they try to jab the oponent and they teleport, you can just jab the oponent again as he appears behind you before they can even strike you. That applies to the default teleport where the character kicks the other. But you can always hold the guard button to cancel the kick and block the counter teleporter, but then, you are blocking again, and with 3 less ki bars. That's why, you never, NEVER teleport a cancelable move, because the attacker instantly turns around if you do so and it's even easier to punish the teleport then. The only thing you can do, is hold teleport and when you do try to jab the oponent faster than he does you. Because turning around during a teleport can be a bit finicky depending on the position of the characters on the stage and the characters themselves, you can basically steal turns by teleporting, jabing the oponent before they jab you and then starting your own combo. Because some characters have a jab with a recovery so low they can just press "P" once, wait a few frames and then start a new chain before the hitstun ends. There's more to it, like baiting jabs using armored moves, and then canceling them to punish, or dodging a jab instead of blocking to punish with your own and you can start to see how there's a whole game within the game just with this teleport mechanic alone. Cell has the fastest jab in the game, he can literally counter your teleport by just timming P... P... P... P... and if you block or dodge the first, you are stuck in the teleport minigame with him (probably, Super Buu might have an equal jab but super buu is overall garbage even with it, didn't have frame-data tools back in 2004 and its been a few years since I touched it, unfortunately) Then comes the transformations: They are basically "my turn" buttons, unless both players press it at the same time. You break the oponents guard, and then they have to choose between taking the combo or playing the teleport game. Cell has 3 transformations, and most importantly, he (alongside goku) has a 3 bar transformation, which means that at the start of the round, he already has a "my turn" button available. Juggle combos: So if you want to cause max dmg to your oponent, you need to learn juggle combos, because the game boils down to making your oponent lose the teleport game and getting hit, then you have until he recovers 3 health bars to finish your combo or to try to bait a teleporter then. So characters like Goku are high tier because you can do stupid damage with dragon fist (

[@HeadmasterAutobot]

Any obscure FG deep dive is just [chef's kiss], thanks for this

[@kjo2130]

I know this game is celebrated in the DB community and even some gaming communities but I still don't think it is truly appreciated enough. This game was soooooo far ahead of its time. Like you said, there's so much depth here.

[@tigerfestivals5137]

Nah this was pretty interesting to read so thank you lol

[@DICEBOY22]

If Shin Budokai / Burst Limit kept going it would have been as great as FighterZ to be truthful.

[@diegodamohill]

@@DICEBOY22 Shin Budokai 2 would be the greatest in the series in terms of balance if it wasn't for the awfully armored normals, that completely broke the game and made cell even more broken in an already broken game. If they only took that away, shin Budokai 2 would be the goat

[@Heazytoohot]

"This isnt mix this is pure guess" gave me flashbacks of MKX LMAO

[@LotusAsakura]

Fire video. First time seeing your channel but this was great. Imma peep some of your other content.

[@DayNineteen369]

ayo Lotus we see you.

[@Dr._Doppietta]

Btw, Infinite World *isn't* Budokai 4. It's barely B3.5 We are, instead, making Budokai 4 as a side project, so you might wanna check it out. ;)

[@smailchali5102]

the man himself here dang

[@gamingcantina9157]

Ayeeeee

[@titaniumcranium3755]

Please do. Infinite world is too confusing and too difficult while budokai 3 is ruined by dragon rush

[@Ddken93]

I don't understand. Is it a mod you're doing?

[@smailchali5102]

@@Ddken93 check out his channel. he's essentially just the playtester while someone else is the one making the mod

[@hypeboy95]

That “ over the hedge “ game was fire 🔥🔥 especially the co-op

[@xDevenchi]

The go cart bumper cars mini game was THE mode to play

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

this game was so sick i still remember being challenged by a friend of one my friends, lil bro said he never lost no beam struggle in his life 💀he tasted the garlic from bejitas gun YKWIS

[@lordpookie]

budokai 3 still my favorite dbz game

[@MerlautJones]

My favorite too. I was glad they remastered Budokai 1 & 3 for PS3 & 360. Burst Limit wasn't it!

[@simplylazyguy]

@@MerlautJones sadly they changed music in the ps3/xbox360 version,ps2 is still definitive version

[@enman009]

If you loved Budokai 3, I would highly suggest Infinite World. There's additions that increases the speed of the gameplay, there's new moves and skills for all characters and they dropped the dragon rush mini game, which became a tedious cutscene of rock/paper/scissor. It's harder than Budokai 3, though. It really wants you to learn it. But once you master it, it's pretty great.

[@kjo2130]

Man infinite world was amazing, so slept on.

[@thanospavel9970]

@@kjo2130 exactly. i actually prefer infinite world overall. more characters, you can end combos with any of your special attacks, no dragon rush(even though i personally didn't mind it that much) unique story mode, and (in my opinion) better capsule system. the only features i miss from budokai 3 is a couple of specific characters, the world tournament mode and beam struggles. i don't get why they weren't in the game.

[@Itz_Marni-_-]

If u played b3 and got nice at it infinite world was not only east to figure out but somehow slightly more intense. Miss it. 👌🏾

[@MrMandrewGaming]

I'm excited af for a Sparking Zero game, but give me another one of these. PLEASE

[@lcmoellendorf]

You are an excellent youtuber my man. 8 minutes is the PERFECT length for a video if someone like you gets the info out quick enough. Great video, loved this game

[@BrolyChan]

If I'm remembering correctly, Cell is considered top tier in this game, Specifically perfect and super perfect Cell. 3 transformations, long ass limbs, good super attacks and a lot of his combos can be canceled, guy was nuts.

[@Dr._Doppietta]

He really is, to this very day, the Top Tier n1 in B3 PvP competitive.

[@zhaoyun255]

Naw, that would be Kid Buu and Omega Shenron. Their high starting Baseline (6 for Kid Buu and 7 for Omega Shenron) and their combo damage with good ass Defense thanks to their Ki baseline being BETTER than anyone in the cast except for the fusion but you NEED to get meters before you could even attempt fusion. Equip Yakkon on both of them could literally invalidate the rest of the cast with transformation.

[@zhaoyun255]

@@Dr._Doppietta Naw, Kid Buu and Omega Shenron with Yakkon capsule say hi.

[@diegodamohill]

@@zhaoyun255 Kid buu is straight up GARBAGE at high level, since he has a slow jab

[@zhaoyun255]

@@diegodamohill Naw, not even close, Yakkon Capsule prevent ANY attempt to transform or Hyper Mode since it reduced the Ki Baseline to 0. Remember that meters are KING in this game. Kid Buu could EASILY vanish or counter vanish without much issues because he will always one up you with counter vanish since he always has more Meters. Permanent transform characters like Broly or Cell are fucked when Yakkon Capsule applied. Kid Buu is straight up second best after Omega Shenron.

[@dontestewart5176]

This man is outta pocket cuz I loved the whole Dragonrush concept

[@thekennyeslickshow]

I stand on the hill that Budokai 3 was/still is the greatest DBZ game. They need to bring this game forward on PS+

[@NaythonCross]

For real. I don't even want to play Sparking Zero. I just want budokai 3 back.

[@nasedward4249]

Nice video, another Dbz game you should check of for the ps2 is super dragon ball. This game uses motion inputs to do special moves and is manga accurate

[@lordnoah_420_cisneros9]

If you pressed guard and down, down, you could taunt and it takes away a ki bar from the enemy. Really good if they are all powered up

[@c0wboys4life]

*Entering the world of canceling in the Budokai games for the first time is such a humbling experience…I remember getting the HD Collection thinking I was gonna come back to this game as a beast after seeing those videos all those years and I could barely do a decent KKK infinite 😂…you gotta be quick as hell with that guard cancel*

[@supergohansonic]

I was just playing this the other day then you drop this video. If that ain’t some kinda future sight idk what is.

[@The-Snake-Gear]

Budokai series was the shiznits! I remember having my PS2 and it came with 2 games, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Budokai 2. Budokai series was heavily underrated and deserves way more love than it should.

[@albertleslieurena2766]

I will be real with everyone but this game is what made me fall in love with DBZ... I even use to do practice mode and check out every transformation power up scaling. I loved how ss4 would jump to 140s meanwhile Browly had a similar power scale when he transform to legendary saying. Its the closest to the realist power scaling based what we kept seeing from DBZ movies

[@edwardv4546]

Def my favorite DBZ game. Glad its still standing the test of time.

[@zhaoyun255]

There is one thing is important was that Transformation will ALWAYS BE YOUR FIRST PRIORITY!!! You see, this game Ki Meter revolutionized Budokai forever. In order to do all of the crazy dodge and Teleport stuffs? You need meters. However, as you can see, there is a "Baseline" system that determined how many Ki bars you will start with or will never get drained over time. Take Goku for example, his baseline was 3 but if he keeps transforming to SSJ4, he will have 6 baselines Ki. This put him as equal as Kid Buu 6 Baseline. More meters mean you can counter Teleport (basically a breakaway combo breaker) when you are taking damage more than other characters and YOU WILL WIN THE EXCHANGE IF THEY TRIED TO RETALIATE WITH THEIR OWN TELEPORT. Not to mention you charge ki faster with the Baseline Bars. That's why Kid Buu (6 bars) and Omega Shenron (all maxed out Baseline) was considered top tier because most of the time against the player, your damage was so miniscule against them thanks to their meters always above yours. You equip Yakkon capsule and watch their miserable life trying NOT to transform because the Yakkon capsule WILL make your Ki gauge Baselineless for ALL 7 Ki GAUGES if you dare to transform.

[@TrollCapAmerica]

Kid Buu was trash Shenron had an amazing rushdown and the High damage as well as the baseline. Top tier was Piccalo Dabura Cell and Omega Shenron

[@CastleValentine]

Favorite DBZ game ever. Still the best one. Wish they'd remaster.

[@Dante199006]

Budokai 3 is my all time favorite Dragon Ball game then Tenkaichi 3 followed by Infinite world. But man Budokai 3 is just something special to me.

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

4:57 it’s not pure guessing, if you let the opponent pick each button first, you have a significantly higher chance of succeeding. that and also by playing the game slot (and i mean a LOT) you can start seeing patterns that they do and you can get it right 100% of the time. hyper mode isn’t broken, just teleport behind them. make sure you have enough ki. “heavy” attacks will also knock them down. for anybody who’s new to this game. Goku, Yamcha (yes, yamcha), and cell are some of the easiest characters to combo cancel with, Goku being the easiest. to the creator of the video, thank you for showcasing my favorite game of all time, loved it since it’s release.

[@Buki0300]

Bad mic, great script, best of luck to you man. New subscriber

[@Santiago.Ag11]

I loved this game as a kid; its story mode was pretty interesring for the time. You could get different interactions by playing through the story as different characters, and replaying the story with the same character allowed you to access alternate outcomes. They even allowed you to play through the story as Broly, which was wacky but fun.

[@SuperMasterJefe]

I didnt get into budokai until after it was done and when bt1 and shin budokai came out. I had alot to learn back then. Also u a G for playing SvR 06

[@Julius3774]

He doing videos on budokai too now oh shit

[@goldengoldy0197]

This, Super Dragon Ball Z and FighterZ are the trifecta of REAL Dragon Ball fighting games. Each of them has something that differentiates from each other but they are all super legit in a competitive setting.

[@DerpHerper]

Man thank you. THANK YOU for covering this. These folks are out here talking on and on about "Tenkaichi Tenkaichi" FORGET that game. It was so hallow compared to this. Nothing beats getting 4 of your friends in a room, running a World Tournament on Cell Games, and fighting for your life. So much potential in this game that people do not recognize. If there were a competitive format (and maybe there is I'll probably google that in a second) I'm sure there would be some capsule bans and hopefully a hypermode ban, but overall the game is just so much fun.

[@AnEpicFatalityArchives]

Lol Tenkaichi and especially (Tenkaichi 3) had a more sophisticated combat system than the budokai series and I've played both

[@headshotmaster138]

You do realize Budokai 3 as much love as Tenkaichi 3, right?

[@RTU130]

Hmm

[@TrollCapAmerica]

@@AnEpicFatalityArchives Absolute BS. I wrote a whole article back in the day showing how Omega Shenron alone had a better mix-up game than the entire BT series. Scrubs apparently never learned even like 20 years later

[@AnEpicFatalityArchives]

@@TrollCapAmerica well call me a scrub then

[@juurk2.020]

Don’t ignore the fact that instead of pressing all the face buttons at once you can also just press r2

[@tensheep420]

Bardock is one of those unbalanced characters where he gains ki in one of his moves so he can technically infinite! Might be wrong

[@Dr._Doppietta]

Every character has infinites, some of them are even unscaled. But Bardock's "Heat Phalanx" gives back Ki on hit only in B3 vanilla; this bug has been patched in the special editions of the game.

[@quinndepatten4442]

Another game where bardock is broken? C'mon man...

[@brotbrotsen1100]

​@@quinndepatten4442 it's like they do it on purpose

[@sinekonata]

That's the only game I played which made feel untouchable. Had the game been not so underappreciated, I might have joined a local tournament to find someone who would kick my ass.

[@theparadoxzone2396]

I swear if the dragon rush was more skill instead of 100 percent luck, Budokai 3 would be a perfect game

[@AnEpicFatalityArchives]

Imma be honest as someone that played all the budokai games and not infinite world, the game does get repetitive. Im surprised people are giving it this amount of praise. Budokai was a good series no doubt, and still a staple of my childhood, but unless you play with friends it doesnt really last long for me imo

[@irunonwindows]

i like your immediate honesty in the beginning of the video. i grew up playing this game during my middle school years. my friend lend it to me and i was hooked

[@Mitsu852]

One technical mechanic doesn't make the game complex. It wasn't that much of a big deal.

[@TrollCapAmerica]

Proer canceling allows an actual mix-up game while also allowing longer extended combos but go ahead and lie about it if that makes you happy

[@sigariousrilgar5436]

The of the legendary moments in martial arts tournaments. Me and a buddy were at the edge then both started teleporting behind eachother for a ring out screaming.

[@Amenazamundial]

I remember playing this game with my dad a lot. The dragon rush mechanic may be op, but it was fun as hell

[@TheHomieNess]

Thank you for making this video I was a kid when this game came out and would watch tournaments of this game at my local game store (known as game crazy back then). I never understood how the guessing button thing worked but now I do. This game even tho I didn’t understand it is the best DBZ fighting game hands down

[@Legend7]

The way I master this game was like none other. The intricate movements when dodging, knowing when and how to dodge. Need to Bring it back

[@nzephier]

My fondest memory of this game was when me and a friend were going back and forth on strikes, blocking, teleporting, then we both backed up at the exact same time and started charging up energy. Just like the show. Was insane

[@ghoulgirl99]

I used to play this one throughout middle and highschool. It was a personal favorite

[@Robo311Star]

Man oh man. It sucks being old now but it was dope being young back in the Didday

[@francesfuego6950]

Makes me feel old when i vivdly have nostalgia about budokai 2 i remember budokai 3 being so different at the time.

[@ReanXAlisa]

I only ever played Budokai 1 and Tenkaichi 3 and got my ass kicked by Frieza till I practiced and whooped his ass and only a decade later did I realize I was playing a fighting game, these went so crazy I can't believe these went even harder with every new entry. Also Over The Hedge went CRAZY, highkey one of the best movie games because the movie was only the first four levels and they made the rest of the game this sick new plot holy shit I spent days playing co-op with my sister. I lowkey can't believe they haven't been pumping out sick ass 3D games for Dragon Ball this past decade.

[@Gogetassj4666]

This is a very well made video ma kaizen, I got here from discord

[@blackholephoenix4207]

love these videos man💕🔥

[@chrisoverton2759]

Budokai 3 was everything i wanted in a dbz game. it even had a few movie, and gt characters. i was disappointed to learn that most people actually like, and spent the most time with BT3. I liked none of the tenkaichi series, but if any of my friends wanted smoke in Budokai, all they had to do was say the word.

[@brofenix]

Daaaamn this was a fun game :D My brother and I used to play this together so much haha, and the matches were pretty varied ^^ It was fun using SSJ4 Goku & Vegeta and Omega Shenron, as well as Cooler was really good I think.

[@BeanDaddy2Day]

I remember running through DU grinding for breakthroughs and the black card. Spent the rest of my time in the red ribbon army base. Good times

[@photondebuger45]

The dragon rush was to yes tire your opponent you can do that too with just punches but dragon rush does it immediately. So what that is for is for the ultimate moves, like the spirit bomb, hell zone grenade, spirit sword, soul punisher, father son Kamehameha wave stuff like that where the button time prompt comes up to dodge it changes that so it's harder to dodge so they will take the max damage. When it's blue for them it goes the slowest yellow it's a bit faster and red is the absolute fastest. It's an interesting mechanic to the game but yeah you can do that. Also on top of that you can still do massive damage like if you do the whole dragon fist from a combo and launch them into the dragon rush you can go in with like 1000 damage just starting it and when you finish and have the warp Kamehameha which you will because breakthrough. You easily do like 3000 plus damage and take three life bars. If they have only three that's pretty much instant death. I remember one time I did the 100x big bang Kamehameha on shenron in like the story mode I think he blocked it tho but I saw the number right I assure you it said over 6000 damage........ there's only 7000 health in the game if tired him out first then did that that was instant death with an ultimate attack. Budokai 3 is INCREDIBLE HARD AND COMPLEX BRO ITS NUTS.

[@dhortonofficial165]

This game still looks great it’s crazy

[@AverageBananas12]

Smackdown Vs Raw was the SHIT!

[@Ki-dz4ro]

It's not the most basic fighting game, but calling it "complex" is a reach. Game is super simple, especially the variation in movesets... if you can even call them that.

[@bradleydias425]

Personally, I find the combat of shin Budokai much better. It takes the best of this game and merges it with the best of burst limit. But combos are kept, cancels, etc. And you can throw supers at any time. In my opinion, it flows better. But obviously this game is the goat.

[@TrollCapAmerica]

Infinite World and rboth Shin budokais were great but almost nobody played them

[@legendaryrababa]

i played this game so much, its not just best dbz game, but one of the best fighting game ever. and this was first dbz game i ever bought. what a W

[@Transport4ThatDumpTruck]

Man shit I was dbz karakot had this amount of indepth moves you can do cause the movements and animation were smooth asf in that game..imagine it with that system..but hopefully budokai 4 delivers lmao

[@MrVibe-tx4rn]

- TODs - Vanish - Burst (hyper mode) - Cutscene combos The original FighterZ

[@john-tobeymaguirecena]

Your Budokai 3 & classic Tekken videos earned likes & a subscriber 🫡 hearing you played SmackDown Vs Raw & seeing that you’re WWE2K player is a PLUS!! Speaking of, I bought 2K23 & I haven’t bought a WWE2K since 2K19. I will say that this new grapple reversal mechanic/guessing game reminds me a lot of the Budokai Dragon Rush. I find myself missing 2K19’s old ways of reversing, but other than that I love the game. Mega Cena fan so it’s amazing to play the showcase

[@shaghilathar3588]

Youve finally discovered the truly goated fighting game seires

[@danegerdane]

Another banger video bro, these are so entertaining pls keep uploading these

[@IgnantRizzyOld]

I’ve been watching and playing a lot of this game lately. Trying to get those back dash cancels down is no joke! Love this content fam keep it up!

[@Andretti2Tone]

I never seen that front cover to Budokai 3. Mines back in the day was a black background with Ssj1 Goku doing a dragon fist

[@STKHub]

Kaizen, you always make fire reviews.

[@Hasake7]

Fellow lookism fan?

[@gorofujita5767]

I find the combo cancelling system actually not that deep. All you have to do is learn 2 or 3 move strings with chargeable moves in them, and BAM! you're good to go. Then the game becomes a battle of administering ki better, and finding more ways to land never-ending combos while the other player waits to gain ki and teleport out of those. Matches thus become nauseatingly predictable. To me the DBZ fighting game that held the most potential and promise about how deep a DBZ fighting game could be was *Super DBZ for the PS2.* And no, not because of the quarter circle imputs (which tbh, aren't even needed and could be replaced with some other imput) but because of the way you created your own combos from the ground up; the way in which you had to play with physics and time your jumps right; the ways in which you got to temporarily hide behind obstacles; the way characters all had very individualized types of ki blasts, and ki-infused punches and kicks (which had all manners of wildly different utilities in battle)

[@parabellumFC]

B3 and tenkaici was so rad. Great to see it get some love

[@Ekim2F94]

By far the best dbz game I've played Imo or at least tied with tenkaichi 1 absolutely satisfying games

[@MxnzzOfficial]

The tenkaichi 4 announcement got me in my practice arc for 4.

[@lilblanco7318]

Bruh cars HIT back in the day what a banger

[@timgonzales2891]

The reason I love budokai, is it can be simple or complex. U can play it doing p, p, p, e.. or u can use teleports, cancels, so on

[@haloskater24]

You should really check out Infinite Word or Burst Limit, the combat is way deeper but We def need a Budokai remake after the new Tenkaichi one.

[@kjsakuma]

I'll always thank Budokais n Ultimate Ninjas for being the rare exceptions for good anime/manga based games. They aren't the only ones but they really standout given how big the frachises r. Always fun seeing u find the science to these games n putting hands on opponents.

[@superchicken3554]

Different characters have big ki gauges and small ki gauges and when you transform you get more big ki gauges, and what big key gauges do is it automatically generates key or loses key until you have all your big ki gauges filled, so if 4 gauges are big, and you have 1 ki, it will increase till you have 4 and if you transform you will have more big gauges

[@dmnapier7]

I wish they put the HD collection on the PS4 and PS5 generations. I never thought of using combo cancellation to make longer combos. My mind was just blown

[@Joseph.Talkowski]

I will consume literally everything Dragon Ball related except the actual show.

[@misterhimura036]

I hate the OST in the HD Collection. That's why I only play the PS2 version of the game.

[@zhaoyun255]

Say no more. Always have my PS2 copy with me.

[@goofywill90]

I'll never forget the first time I played this after budokai 1 in tournament. I surrounded my opponent at the edge of the ring and was just about to knock them out then I learned this was different real quick.

[@airborne111]

mad respect for playing Cars bro

[@Zetho]

This remains the best DBZ fighting game aside from Fighterz now. This was a tournament worthy fighting game. Balancing your KI, the combo canceling, transforming mid battle and extending combos with Transformations. One of my dearest friend ships came from me and my boy going head to head at the end of summer camp game day. We were counselors and they allowed us to bring our games.

[@jayrae2270]

Please explain how either of these two games is better than bt3..

[@Zetho]

@@jayrae2270 Didn’t care for all the flying around, the split screen, camera angles or the combat system. The pace of the fight sucks in BT3. It’s like a flight Simulator/fighting game. I get that they wanted to provide an experience close to the anime but not my preference, I just want a straight forward fight. People I played against in BT would duck the fade and just fly away shooting beams. Close combat was lackluster

[@jayrae2270]

I've played people like that my guy but believe you just got to know how to beat those kind of guys. And as for combos bro I do nothing but rush combinations I don't see how you could say it's simulation like when you have to literally string the combos together you just gotta know how. And as for the flying part I love it. It's the closest thing you could get to the real dragon ball experience

[@Zetho]

@@jayrae2270 I literally just said that BT is the closest thing you can get to the anime Dragonball experience but that doesn’t necessarily make it a good fighting game. Also it wasn’t a matter of knowing how to beat those guys. I was a close combat/rush combination player too, but I don’t like the fact the that there’s the option to fly/run away like a bitch to shoot some fast as Big Bang attack. It’s a tedious and annoying meta. Being a Street Fighter and Tekken player I prefer less gaps from the opponent and more consistent action. I’ve played every BT/Raging blast and Every Budokai. I still choose Budokai 3 which was the best one out of the 3. Just like I choose Fighterz over Xenoverse. I’ve delved deep enough into each game to have a well informed preference between each game. But have you played Budokai 3 tho beyond a surface level. And do you play 2D or 3D fighters?

[@TheSBroutine]

was just telling my buddy's this game could be super competitive with all the different interactions

[@clancamper]

I played the shit out of this and so did one of my friends. If you are quick enough, you can teleport your opponents teleport. You can keep doing this until someone runs out of KI, it looks sick. The flow of the game is unlike most fighting games

[@thomasskywalker8893]

You can also double tap backwards and press up or down to take off or land!

[@CodenameCMB]

I was just here to see you play Budokai. Not to be told look how you played the game when you were 10 is wrong. Damn this really hurts to hear but glad that a game from 2004 has more complexities than I gave it credit for.

[@MidTierMistake]

I had this game but I forgot where it is so I just play Shin Budokai 2 on the PSP

[@ryans1892]

Gets even deeper with Infinite World and Shin Budokai.

[@NoahsArk7]

This game with a modern reskin and updated roster would be straight fire

[@davis1228]

ToDs and infinites are massive detractions to a fighting game's value, IMO. The easier and more viable such things are below the top skill level, the less I'm willing to waste my time in the game. I'mma just play any other game.

[@TheMich4S]

My disappointment when as a child i bought this game instead of budokai tenkaichi 3 by mistake ;_;

[@PotheadChronicles]

My brother and i play this game all the time ...we usually select world tournament and then choose random players ... The ring out possibilty makes it super fun 😂😂😂

[@KennyFrierson]

Dragon Rush feels like the Garlic Jr Arc

[@holysigmarizz]

good to see people like budokai and not just budokai tenkaichi

[@surelocked1827]

This was serious back in the day, I owned all 6 (ultimate tenkaichi was a no from me) I had no life as a depressed teenager so I played these every difficulty mastered them I knew everything about them, I probably forgot how to play them these days but im sure it would all come back to me..but wish I had these games again..

[@facu_avm]

I remember having a fucking hard time trying to beat Raditz. And I also remember going back to that fight, having finished the game, with Goku all powered up, and beating the shit out of Raditz as a Super Sayian 3 (he didn’t even got to touch me)

[@cyclonmaster]

The best fight game of all times