Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu - The Worst Fighting Game

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  • @MattMcMuscles
    @MattMcMuscles  2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Check out the newest episode of "THE WORST FIGHTING GAME" here! - th-cam.com/video/5a_TeQj4B34/w-d-xo.html

    • @koboa
      @koboa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ok

    • @jovan585
      @jovan585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @biohazerdtrollztrolls4798
      @biohazerdtrollztrolls4798 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      love it and the comedy you put into these :D haha this was solid and i subbed for this video thanks for the entertainment :D also makes me wonder going to look see if you ever covered beast wars on n64 or anything haha not a traditional fighter but one more or less :D

  • @bearerofbadnews1375
    @bearerofbadnews1375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2234

    I’ll give some credit to the writers of the arcade mode Raditz story was hilarious. It a dream about him becoming the strongest fighter and it’s revealed he was knocked unconscious by Nappa for two hours.

    • @krishrama
      @krishrama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      lolz.
      that is fucking hilarous!! aww poor radditz.
      LOG games was fun tho. soundtracks were amazing too...

    • @catsorafgc
      @catsorafgc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Awww, I feel sorry for Raditz. He just wants people to respect him

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      wow no wonder Vegeta calls him the Yamcha of his team XD

    • @Buttington_Headerson
      @Buttington_Headerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That is so Radditz

    • @alexanderavila4662
      @alexanderavila4662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It would have been better if he actually did though.

  • @Bannandorf
    @Bannandorf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    No other DBZ game allows you to slap action figures together in a piss void.

  • @ashleye.5423
    @ashleye.5423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    10:58 the weirdly proportioned oozaru leg slowly dropping down absolutely KILLED me

    • @hypersilver1111
      @hypersilver1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s one of the less stupid looking animations. Android 18 fires missiles out her ass for one of her moves. No I am not making that up.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      It looks like the stomping foot from Monty Python. There should be a fart sound when it lands.

    • @4dhumaninstrumentality789
      @4dhumaninstrumentality789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Looks like a bootleg Jax fatality 🤣🤣🤣

    • @DiamondDust132
      @DiamondDust132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@4dhumaninstrumentality789 That was absolutely the reference lol. You can't convince me someone didn't play MK3 real quick and was like, "I finally figured out Vegeta's super, guys!"

  • @coolman5242
    @coolman5242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Man I feel bad for Webfoot. The fact they had so many finished renders for a DBZ Power Stone game goes to show how much they took the Dragon Ball IP to heart.

  • @hkksnowwy5250
    @hkksnowwy5250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    That whole segment of the DBZA cast was freaking hilarious. Someone need make a patch of this game with the abridged cast voice-clips, that would be amazing.

    • @raziyatheseeker
      @raziyatheseeker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Oh man, the bitcrunching made them even better.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Goku's taunt has to be "Awesome! Imma deck you in the schnozz!"

    • @Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon
      @Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Please no. Get that shit out of here.

    • @MLBlue30
      @MLBlue30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon Philistine.

    • @drewlop
      @drewlop ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh at 7:20?

  • @Insomnia-Demon
    @Insomnia-Demon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    Nappa going "What the FUCK was that?" Has got to be the best thing I've ever heard

    • @psirensongs
      @psirensongs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      it was for me until I heard "get out of my FUCKING timeline", that shit sent me over the edge
      was absolutely not expecting TFS in this video, should have with how ingrained they are in the DBZ fandom now

    • @Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon
      @Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@psirensongs what a fucking joke

    • @DedValve
      @DedValve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Get out of my fucking timeline!
      That joke earned a like from me

    • @kevinb1096
      @kevinb1096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@psirensongs everytime I see a special beam cannon I cant help but think about CLOTHES BEAM

    • @RoerDaniel
      @RoerDaniel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      TFS baby

  • @Lanipator
    @Lanipator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    My favorite moves are android 18s Cyrax missile and the giant monkey stomp 🐒

  • @BigEOT3
    @BigEOT3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    I am glad that Matt seems to be mixing it up every weekend by having Wha Happun one week, Worst Fighting Game the other, or something else sometimes to give the Wha Happun extra time to cook and simmer.
    “Hope that means DOA6 is still a candidate for Wha Happun”

    • @pieisgood13
      @pieisgood13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      If Matt gets to talk about Momiji, he'll make the video.

    • @brotbrotsen1100
      @brotbrotsen1100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh i never played the sixth one. Was it bad or riddled with DLCs again?

    • @shadowednight1600
      @shadowednight1600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      OH DOA6 will be quite the show indeed

    • @Keruza
      @Keruza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@brotbrotsen1100 DOA6 had a good foundation for the actual game, it's a solid fighting game and everything.
      But yes, the monetization of the game made it DOA. When you have a day 1 season pass that costs more than the actual game itself (and it only lasted for a few months before the next season pass came out, for the same high price). And even if people wanted to buy individual costumes on the PC version they weren't able to, that was only available for the PS4 version of the game. PC players could only get outfits by buying the season passes. (They did end up changing that way later, but the game was already dead at that point.)
      Not to mention that a bunch of reviews negatively focused on the games character designs and completely ignoring the actual gameplay (which is par for the course in gaming journalism I guess).

    • @BigEOT3
      @BigEOT3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Keruza Don’t forget the Core Values controversy

  • @dnmstarsi
    @dnmstarsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I'll never forget that this game gave us 18 firing missiles and Raditz spin dashing like he's Sonic for super moves. Also I'd only replay this game again if there was a voice mod featuring Team Four Star.

  • @shoshana7369
    @shoshana7369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Well, that explains What Happened nicely. Taiketsu was one of the worst games I played on the GBA back in the day and now I know why. And of course it boiled down to Atari wanting to push more units, trying to stave off oblivion as long as possible. At least Legacy of Goku 2 and Buu's Fury were damn fine games!

  • @coobcakes
    @coobcakes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Gonna be thinking about "get out of my FUCKING timeline!!!" for a long time. And of course, gremlin Vegeta.
    I think I played this on an emulator at a friend's house in the late 2000s and was sure it was a fan game since it was so awful and lifeless. Forbidden memory unlocked.

    • @DiamondDust132
      @DiamondDust132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Right? I had to check the description because I was confident those lines weren't from DBZA lol

    • @GhengizKanye
      @GhengizKanye ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This game might actually be playable if only for some dbza voiceovers

  • @spiralgodking9877
    @spiralgodking9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I would love a playthrough of LOG2 or Buu's Fury on Flophouse Plays.

    • @spiralgodking9877
      @spiralgodking9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I specifically remember going back to Bulma's cute mom to get the 99 Chocolate Chip cookies from her. They always helped in a pinch. I love that Buu's Fury gave actual healing items to carry though.

    • @skeezixmccat
      @skeezixmccat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@spiralgodking9877 fun fact: when you go to get the senzu beans for videl during the tournament portion of the game (which is fairly early) and then eat all the senzu beans that yajirobe gives you (so you have 0 when you return to Gohan) then it will still let you progress through the game and your inventory will have 255 senzu beans in it afterwards.
      Basically 255 is the item limit, and since the game only checks to see if you've talked to yajirobe, not whether or not you have a bean, it just deducts a senzu bean from your inventory whether you have one or not. Since you have 0, it rolls you back over to having a full stack 🤣

    • @spiralgodking9877
      @spiralgodking9877 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skeezixmccat Yeah, I know about the maximum beans glitch, it's very helpful.

  • @CrimsonMoonM
    @CrimsonMoonM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Hearing about the strict development times on top of them having multiple teams with heavily imbalanced levels of experience who were all working on different projects simultaneously certainly explains why this team developed knock-out titles like Legacy of Goku 2 and Buu's Fury, yet also delivered complete duds like the first Legacy of Goku, Taiketsu and GT Transformation.

  • @BlackWaterJesus
    @BlackWaterJesus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He put TFS in there for the voice acting and I definitely want that in a modded version for PC!

  • @reptlcicil
    @reptlcicil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    oh god, as if digitized games couldn’t get worse… a anime digitized fighting game on a portable with 4 buttons, considered the worst dbz game… my condolences matt ☠️

  • @RetroRanter
    @RetroRanter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Yannis Brown's OST was amazing in this, as it was with the Legacy of Goku series....sadly this is the game it was attached to. 😂😭

    • @bearerofbadnews1375
      @bearerofbadnews1375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your thinking legacy of Goku 2 and Buu fury right? The first ones soundtrack sounded bland and forgettable.

    • @RetroRanter
      @RetroRanter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bearerofbadnews1375 I am yes, though a few tracks in the first game were good but for 2 and BF, man, the music was spot on, and his work on the GT Transformation game..good times, those soundtracks give me the big nostalgia. 😂

    • @thelastgogeta
      @thelastgogeta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That man made me a Faulconer appreciator, albeit only in the games he arranged tracks for.

    • @lightningandodinify
      @lightningandodinify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is he the guy that made the amazing OSTs for LoG2 and Buu's Fury? 🥺❤️ They're the best Faulconer remixes I've ever heard.

    • @RetroRanter
      @RetroRanter ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lightningandodinify yep he is, made the Faulconer score even better, classic OST. 😎

  • @leogmg
    @leogmg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Considering how many terrible DBZ fighting games exist (another shout-out to Final Bout, by the way), being the worst reviewed of all time is an achievement of sorts.

    • @Ascendedninja6
      @Ascendedninja6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Somehow Final Bout reached legendary status when I was a child and everyone I knew that was into DBZ was trying their hardest to find a chipped PS1 that could play burned copies of Final Bout. One of my friends finally got a hold of one and that PS1 was passed around to multiple people just so we could play Final Bout lol

    • @nathanwalker7983
      @nathanwalker7983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Ascendedninja6 GT Final Bout was localized to the US just before DBZ exploded in popularity stateside and long before GT itself was localized, so it was highly sought after for a period of time. It even got a reprint in 2004 (well into the PS2's lifespan) to meet the demand.

    • @Ascendedninja6
      @Ascendedninja6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nathanwalker7983 I remember the re-release and the cabinets were stacked with them.

    • @leogmg
      @leogmg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kiwamicorps I was going by what the video mentioned but looking at Metacritic, Evolution and Ultimate Battle 22 have indeed worse scores, with Ultimate Battle 22 having the absolute worst. But those two also have less reviews than Taiketsu. Eh... Let's just say these three are an achievement in infamy and move on. =P

    • @4dhumaninstrumentality789
      @4dhumaninstrumentality789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m surprised that Ultimate Battle 22 wasn’t closer to the bottom of that list.

  • @CaiusHowlett
    @CaiusHowlett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I played the hell out of this game when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure the only thing that got me through was my imagination.

    • @midsectionmark8956
      @midsectionmark8956 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I loved it and yes I was definitely one with a big imagination 😂. So that’s probably why I did too.

  • @ZonnexNecton
    @ZonnexNecton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22: "At least I'm off the hook-"
    Me: "You sit your ass down!"

  • @MrZer093
    @MrZer093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I remember having fun with Supersonic Warriors and that was on the same system. Definitely better sprite work and it had the characters fly. Though I kept using Frieza and he’s kinda nuts in the game. His super is the planet killing attack he does in the show and while it’s super easy to dodge (as it just goes straight down), it makes a 45 second clock where you win once it times out. The only way to prevent the clock is to take the hit, which takes out half of max lol. So I would just charge it up, hurl it and then just dodge for 45 seconds. Why yes, I am a degenerate

    • @bMt5553
      @bMt5553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SSW was a freaking master work compared to this, also freezer is broken in that game and I love it.

    • @churchofthelambofsat
      @churchofthelambofsat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was wondering why I remembered having fun playing a GBA DBZ fighting game.

  • @That_Lady_Charlie
    @That_Lady_Charlie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    3 minutes in and this feels like a bonus Wha Happen episode. I like it!

  • @duden2217
    @duden2217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This was one of those "bad but you still do your best to figure it out and enjoy it" games for me, so I can't help feeling a certain sense of nostalgia witnessing its incredible jank once again.

  • @bvick0035
    @bvick0035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Argh, I remember playing this game as a kid and thinking how ugly the characters looked and how stiff the characters controlled compared to other fighting games. Thankfully SuperSonic Warriors came out a year later and that was a way, way better DBZ Fighting game compared to this mess.

    • @eeyuup
      @eeyuup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Supersonic warriors was awesome. The way you could fly around and how each character had their own story mode were such great details-

    • @thomasraines1396
      @thomasraines1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember Supersonic Warriors, for some reason all I can remember in regards to mission is Gotenks going to Trunk’s future and fighting 17 and 18.

  • @Aerodeth
    @Aerodeth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Out of everything in this video that's meant to give me nostalgic vibes, it's hearing Takahata and Kaiser that really do it for me the most!
    Man, I miss their Abridged series'....

    • @dnmstarsi
      @dnmstarsi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least it lives on through ShortZ and HFIL. It's not the same but we get a different continuation of their version of DBZ.

  • @naturalhangrycyborg6591
    @naturalhangrycyborg6591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I laughed so hard at Vegeta's walking animation. 🤣 So, wow! That's how things would've been had Bulma pushed him to walk the red carpet with her. Also, I feel like Krillin has the best-looking character select portrait as well as being the only non-ugly one out of all of them. I mean, Buu tried. But the rest look like bad picture shots during a year book photo shoot.

  • @katsuragikyon2110
    @katsuragikyon2110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    HOLY
    BID FOR POWER, you made me go into such a nostalgia trip.
    I used to play the absolute hell out of it, not even online, I just played with bots.

    • @eins2001
      @eins2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This has no online lol

  • @playstationarusu
    @playstationarusu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I always felt bad for this game cause I liked it despite (and maybe because of) how bad it was. Hearing the situation the devs were in and how they really wanted to make something good but were forced to release this, made me feel worse for it.

  • @giovannieich7487
    @giovannieich7487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Would you consider Urban Champion to be a fighting game? If so, it definitely deserves a spot in this format.

    • @GamingTeacher
      @GamingTeacher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It’s almost like a fighting game prototype

    • @SuperJustinChannel
      @SuperJustinChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seconding Urban Champion.

    • @NinjaKurosai
      @NinjaKurosai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's fine for what it is and the context of games at the time. Fighting games didn't even really exist when it was released

    • @jeremyabbott4537
      @jeremyabbott4537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it was a huge WTF when Nintendo gave it the "3D Classics" treatment back on the 3DS and SOLD IT FOR REAL MONEY

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jeremyabbott4537 The reason Nintendo likes referencing Urban Champion is that it's a reference to their pre-video game days, as Urban Champion is based on a Game and Watch boxing game. It's nice for the older members of staff.

  • @UnprofessionalFlip
    @UnprofessionalFlip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is one of those games I had no idea was bad until today. I very fondly remember playing this game and unlocking everything.

  • @backbeathighway
    @backbeathighway 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Maaaaan, Bid for Power takes me way back. Like you that's the only reason I bought Quake III. Cool fact, I actually went to grade/middle school with the skin artist. Lost contact with him over the years but dude was always wicked talented as an artist even as a little kid so it was cool to see him get on a project that got some actual notoriety. I'll have to see if I still have the BfP disc he gave me buried in a disc case somewhere.

  • @MrUbikkk
    @MrUbikkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    DBZ fighting games were actually published in Europe way before 2003... the show had been huge in France since the early 90s. I remember playing on SNES some ports for Europe in 1994.

  • @MattMcMuscles
    @MattMcMuscles  2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Check out the new gameplay channel and Mortal Kombat Mugen! ➤ th-cam.com/video/_faUK5rbP4U/w-d-xo.html

    • @reptlcicil
      @reptlcicil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bet

    • @aaronbasham6554
      @aaronbasham6554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here's a dumb odd question:
      Would you ever try to host a fighting game tournament where each round is a different one of the games, with the championship being the worst one?

    • @gswanson3443
      @gswanson3443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow Matt! That was a blast from the past. Can't believe you found all that old video. Whole thing made me cringe a lot. It's hard to see something you worked on get torn a new asshole, even though it really deserves it. I wish you got to talk about the fire, but I know this isn't a "Wha Happun." (During the development of this game our office had a fire, and burned down. It was pretty nuts.) - Gerry

    • @mekman4
      @mekman4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those graphics, man! I remember that game!
      That’s some interesting stuff, right there.

    • @origialtych
      @origialtych 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you put lines from DBZA into it? that somehow makes the game seem better?

  • @KiomonDuck
    @KiomonDuck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I got a gba recently for nostalgia and a coworker gave me this game. After 5 minutes I wanted to throw it into the sun.

    • @bolieve603
      @bolieve603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Get X-Men Mutant Academy on the GBC. That game was fantastic if my childhood memories hold

  • @The64Whore
    @The64Whore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vegeta throwing up the moon light ball and stomping down as great ape is such a cool idea for a super attack

  • @AzrealAsItGets
    @AzrealAsItGets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Omg this game was responsible for some of my earliest gaming memories. You always put so much love and effort into your vids but this one really struck a chord with me. Absolutely God Tier.

  • @skeleytonz5319
    @skeleytonz5319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    this series is always the highlight of my week

  • @genericname3516
    @genericname3516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Not sure it quite counts as a traditional fighting game, but the Battlebots game on GBA would be interesting to see explored here.

    • @tomcoop9750
      @tomcoop9750 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That game was fantastic haha

  • @gilgomush
    @gilgomush 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to play this on a GBA my sister won in karaoke. We were in Okinawa, Japan. I spent all summer with this game.

    • @gilgomush
      @gilgomush 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh yeah, it was total trash.

    • @valentds
      @valentds 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you were in japan, could do much funny things... all summer with taiketsu.
      very bad choice xd

  • @sugoma6994
    @sugoma6994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Am i the only one who kinda forgot about this game, like i know about it's existence and how fucked it is but my brain shoved it somewhere deep in there but not deep enought to completly forget

    • @IwatchTubiTrash
      @IwatchTubiTrash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I actually owned it and I forgot all about it and I'm that guy who likes GT Final Bout (I was a kid and it was my first and only DB game for a long time so that is pure nostalgia goggles as it is a shit game.)

  • @DragonsRaw148
    @DragonsRaw148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was having a really bad day but thank to matt you've made me laugh and brightened my day thank you so much.

  • @ultra_magikarp3880
    @ultra_magikarp3880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now all we need is an episode on Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout

  • @ctgmighty7039
    @ctgmighty7039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LET'S GOOOO in time for an upload when it first comes out, 2:16AM here in Australia, much love Matt hope you've had a swell week

  • @SaedMatos
    @SaedMatos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bid for Power! Wow, that hit me hard with nostalgia. I used to play that and ESF a lot back in the day.

  • @DeathAngel-ft8oz
    @DeathAngel-ft8oz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Get out of my FUCKING Timeline!" This cracks me up more then anything

  • @mikethetowns
    @mikethetowns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eyyyy Gerry, damn friendy fellow. Neat that you were able to get him for the vid too. And those were a cool selection of extra gameplay settings stuff. Intigued by this Dragon Ball Z Powerstone-like game that was spoken of in the video too, oooer.
    Hell yeah Legacy of Goku series haha, find those games hella inspirational with my own game dev stuff.
    Those extra settings were a cool touch too, noice.

  • @warrenbradford2597
    @warrenbradford2597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember playing this game when I was a little kid. I loved the soundtrack especially, which is what I remember most from Taiketsu. It just too bad the soundtrack was being used in the wrong game and never been used anywhere else since. Such a underrated music.

  • @CreamFraiche
    @CreamFraiche 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    DBZ Supersonic Warriors is an amazing DBZ fighting game on GBA

    • @VOAN
      @VOAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeap, Advance Adventure as well though that is more a beat em up than fighting but there is a fighting mode in there.

  • @ItsOver9000Productions
    @ItsOver9000Productions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its kinda crazy how with so many dbz games existing, about 75% are good to mediocre and 97% of them all tell the same fucking story. Amazing.

  • @Lirka_906
    @Lirka_906 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my god you just made me remember Bid for Power. I played that game so much in high school! Loved playing it with friends

  • @KaijumaIsDead
    @KaijumaIsDead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    After he said "Get out of my FUCKING time line!" i legit died of laughter

  • @CrasherX2000
    @CrasherX2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If I can give Taiketsu some credit, the soundtrack was by the same people behind Buu’s Fury so, despite how limited it is, the music’s pretty damn cool

  • @michaelk.4719
    @michaelk.4719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    God, I remember playing this for hours as a kid. This was the game that really solidified for me that games can be bad, actually.

  • @LordHdio
    @LordHdio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    gotta love the character select screen that uses the same images as the LoG2 for the characters talk bubbles

  • @TheDanimal91
    @TheDanimal91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why do the fighters look like they should be on an episode of robot chicken? 😂

  • @329link
    @329link ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Honestly, there's an odd appeal in those fighter sprites to me. It's like playing with action figures, and kinda brings a childlike charm.

  • @Angelo_X_2045
    @Angelo_X_2045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I still remember playing this game back on my GBA in High school, me and my friends wondered what kind of drugs were the creators on when they created this.

  • @ndprod.animationenthusiast9376
    @ndprod.animationenthusiast9376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Props for including Takahata101 and Kaiserneko for this gif!

  • @GatoSanDad
    @GatoSanDad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This game was literally my first game ever, and as a dumb kid who got into video games for the first time ever? I loved it.

  • @quatromanthefourth4413
    @quatromanthefourth4413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Its the settings where things get interesting" If that doesn't sound like the worst game to you I don't know what would be

  • @stoptfg295
    @stoptfg295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Two Worst Fighting Games in a month? We must be back in the good timeline.

  • @nicholasharvey5628
    @nicholasharvey5628 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    haha I love that you got the DBZA guys in this! I also had this for my game boy and geewiz, it was definitely rough coming to this when later Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure came out and you had Budokai 3 out on ps2 as well. Great video, man!

  • @inkchariot6147
    @inkchariot6147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Webfoot, Legacy of Goku trilogy and GT Transformation were legendary and unforgettable, but they absolutely botched this.
    Also: God, do I wish I knew what soundfont they used for their soundtracks. It's so mystical sounding.

  • @InvisivbleW
    @InvisivbleW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    funny enough first dragon ball game I ever owned I remember spending months figuring out the codes to do sky battles and ultimates and still got my ass whooped 😂

  • @LordQuadros
    @LordQuadros 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I played this back in the day, and I think it's the most disappointed I had been with a licensed game at the time. I remember some people defending it with "Well, it's on the GBA, so what did you expect?", to which my go-to response was always, "Yeah, you know what else is on the GBA? Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival."
    Granted, I know now that every game dev story is different and porting a classic game is different from making a new one from scratch, but that really doesn't make the game any better.

    • @ElZorroHonesto
      @ElZorroHonesto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The "you can't criticize a game from [year] or on [system]" crowd can always be counted on to ignore how [year] or [system] had infinitely better stuff than what you're critizicing.

    • @llSuperSnivyll
      @llSuperSnivyll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Street Fighter Alpha 3, which might have vanilla Game Boy-level sound quality but has practically everything else kept intact.

  • @FrostyFin
    @FrostyFin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how the character icons in the character select are from Legacy of Gokus, only crustier.

  • @jtheprotagonist6769
    @jtheprotagonist6769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow you guys really brought back a memory. I have vivid memories of playing this ball of dung! And I didn’t even notice how bad it was cuz it was DBZ!

  • @TheLandofObscusion
    @TheLandofObscusion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Battle Beast for PCs would make for an interesting pick for this series, I feel. Visually it's honestly really damn good, and it got decent reviews at the time, but trying to play it today shows how rough of a fighting game it truly was, and I think the positive reviews at the time were mainly a mix of the excellent presentation & the generally dire options PC gamers had when it came to fighting games (at least ones that weren't ports of arcade or console games). For every One Must Fall, there were tons of terrible PC fighters.

  • @dimitrescu182
    @dimitrescu182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should check out this obscure PS2 fighting game called 'All Star Fighters'

  • @TheBigDynamo
    @TheBigDynamo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I strongly appreciated you having someone from the team of Webfoot like Gerry Swanson basically go into detail about what was happening with the making of Taiketsu. I never once thought that they had an arena fighting game planned at the time, but couldn't get to it due to time constraints and trying their hardest to make Taiketsu what it was meant to be rather than what we got.
    It definitely makes me appreciate Legacy of Goku 2 a thousand times more given the context of what goes on in developing the game. Judging by the video covering the making of The Legacy of Goku 2, those people genuinely cared about making the sequel one to remember. The looks, the gameplay, the mechanics, and most of all, the music in the game is simply amazing.
    Dragon Ball eventually did get plenty of arena fighters though, with some being good like the Raging Blast series and some being pretty bad as time goes on, like Ultimate Tenkaichi and the Xenoverse series.

  • @Alucard-A-La-Carte
    @Alucard-A-La-Carte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's amazing going back to 2003 and seeing that, in 20 years, game publishers haven't learnt the simple lesson: no one works as well on hour 90 that they do on hour 1.

  • @FoxMan_FF
    @FoxMan_FF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm looking forward to the day when you inevitably talk about more of the many attempts to dethrone Mortal Kombat in the gore department. Lord knows there were a _truckload_ of them.

  • @hazuki_exe
    @hazuki_exe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You really should try out "Battle Blaze" on SNES. I just accidentally found this "game" and I have a feeling it could be one of the worst fighting games...Scratch that... Games overall I have ever seen.

  • @marmadon6341
    @marmadon6341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the video!
    Btw you can say Infogrames as infogram since it's a french company

  • @zero28ism
    @zero28ism 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:33 YOOOOOO BID FOR POWER WAS MY JAM, I remember getting Bid For Power on a CD somewhere with my friend when we were like 6 years old, and years later I wanted to replay it, but I couldn't find it anywhere which sucked

  • @EAPvideoz
    @EAPvideoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I think it's fitting that the studio of this game now makes NFT shite, with their last proper console release being The Legend of Korra on the 3DS.

    • @vandad13
      @vandad13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s actually sad considering they also made legacy of goku 2 and buu’s fury

  • @kazy8029
    @kazy8029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OH GOD! This game is fucking miserable! I picked this up because I was obsessed with DBZ games and FUCK! At least you can see all the content in 15 mins. Goddamn, thankfully Super Sonic Warriors came out later to be a great gba dbz fighter.

  • @AuraLucario7
    @AuraLucario7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fact: Dana Dominiak is a professor where I went to College. She wasn’t my professor, but I passed by her office often. At some point I talked to her for a bit and she told me the same story about obtaining the liscense.

  • @themellowstar5532
    @themellowstar5532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved Bid For Power!! And the mod packs! 🔥🔥💙 great vid.

  • @RagnarokAdvent
    @RagnarokAdvent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got this game for Christmas as a kid, and I played it a lot...
    I beat the hell out of it with all the characters. It really sucked, but I was a Dragon Ball fan, and was really hungry for any content.
    Supersonic Warriors is an infinitely better game and nailed the feel of being a Z fighter

  • @BKBK-yo1zz
    @BKBK-yo1zz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m ashamed to say I unlocked all the characters in this game as a kid

  • @connor237
    @connor237 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine being in middle school and getting this for Christmas as your major present for the year. And imagine your birthday falls close to Christmas so your major Christmas gifts are considered to be your major birthday gifts for the year.
    Imagine having this to play and nothing else to look forward to for a year.
    Thank you for making this video. It was a long time coming, but I and many others have finally gotten justice.

  • @MrMelson
    @MrMelson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep up the good work Matt,...your channel rocks my dude

  • @curajacaster
    @curajacaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I had this game!!! It made me say the phrase "god dammit!!" for the first time ♥ memories

  • @OmegaReconGaming
    @OmegaReconGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lol that dig at jump force. Nice job matt. Honestly I don’t know what’s worse. A game that’s on the GBA. The GBA had a lot of games that looked really bad on it. So taiketsu is a little excused but not really. But jumpforce has no excuse. It’s style choice was made by design not by limitation. It’s honestly insulting that jumpforce is on the same console that has fighterZ and FF7R. I despise the look of jumpforce. Playdough character models. Never again!

  • @kazuya99ace
    @kazuya99ace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    @2:24 I finally know what to say when the barber asks what I'm looking for

  • @jmagrippis
    @jmagrippis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goodness, I didn’t expect a BFP pull today, what a deep cut! I was so looking forward to curving “kame hame ha”s!

  • @James-gj8rn
    @James-gj8rn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've not even heard of this Dragon Ball game, perhaps there's a good reason for that then? hahaha

  • @MrSTVR
    @MrSTVR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Someone could ROMhack Criticom to make it worse in every regard, and I'm still not sure Matt would give that version the crown.

    • @Unotuchable
      @Unotuchable 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would it even be possible to make Criticom worse?

  • @jst978
    @jst978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If i remember correctly it had the falcorner score for the backround music that was pretty cool

  • @SteveElOtaku
    @SteveElOtaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was surprised how many DBZ games Webfoot made, because my first experience with them was a janky Frogger (1998) knockoff called 3D Frog Frenzy.

  • @JKSNsensei
    @JKSNsensei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The quality of this game was so laughable it was a kamehamehahahaha

  • @UltimateDragonX9999
    @UltimateDragonX9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Review animal crossing amiibo festival next on what happened

    • @That_Lady_Charlie
      @That_Lady_Charlie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It was a simple cash grab to sell more amiibos. The end.

    • @UltimateDragonX9999
      @UltimateDragonX9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@That_Lady_Charlie yeah pretty and I wanted to know why this was made and how it pissed off many animal crossing fans not being a main line animal crossing game for the Wii U.

  • @megafan1137
    @megafan1137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This game looks like a Robot Chicken sketch, visually speaking.

  • @PS3Fan487
    @PS3Fan487 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the video where I realized that the belt and bandana on the MARTIAL MCMUSCLES™ change with each expression, I love when artists do that

  • @Kilesfactor
    @Kilesfactor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    … did he really ask the abridged team to do voices for like 10 seconds of footage or was that some else? Either way, that’s funny as fuck.

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know Scott and Curt! So they were happy to do it. :)

    • @Kilesfactor
      @Kilesfactor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MattMcMuscles that’s amazing. :)

  • @DCstar
    @DCstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    With codes enabled, this is by far the greatest fighting ever made.

  • @LouisDesitter
    @LouisDesitter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:13 : The side-diss at Jump Force is VERY appreciated.

  • @WhispyWoods.
    @WhispyWoods. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome vid as always 👍

  • @bulborb8756
    @bulborb8756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Try playing Bio F.R.E.A.K.S., it's a 3D fighting game, and it is absolutely horrendous

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's really not. Janky sure, but it was unique and had actual stuff you can do. It's too good for this show.

    • @bulborb8756
      @bulborb8756 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MattMcMuscles hmm...then how about....Dangerous Streets?