will you cover the butouden games next? (Super Butouden 1-3, Buyo Retsuden, Ultimate Battle 22, Shin Butouden, Hyper Dimension, Final Bout, Ultimate Butouden and Dragonball FighterZ)
Surprised you didn't mention how Raging Blast's main selling point was the addition of Vegeta as a Super Saiyan 3 for the first time ever. I remember it being advertised heavily for the game.
The neat thing about Raging Blast 2 is the dialouge interactions. Depending on what actions you do with certain characters, you can essentially recreate entire Dragon Ball Z sagas just like how they were and that's a bunch of fun.
Okay, this is a slight nitpick but I remember distinctively that you could totally skip transformations on Budokai Tenkaichi 3 if you had enough energy meter and doing a slightly different button combination. Like, holding left and then pressing R3 could make Goku go from base form to Super Saiyajin 2 anda stuff like that. So it's not something introduced in Raging Blast.
Yeah you could do that. I remember being able to go straight to ss3 as goku as opposed to going through ss1 and 2. You could do the same with the vegito and gotenks fusions too where you can fuse right into their super saiyan forms
Fun fact: One main factor why the character models look so amazing in Ultimate Tenkaichi is that they are actually the same models from the raging blast games but they're resized to be about *twice as big* as the originals while giving extra details to them.
Ultimate Tenkaichi's "fighting" mechanics felt like something out of a modern non-serious arcade game with how simplified but button mashy it encourages you to play. Most of the strategy/skill comes from whether or not you can play rock paper scissors well and how well can you manage your ki in case you guess wrong.
@@BranJohn98 100% factual. I hadn't even considered the whole voice line thing, but I definitely noticed the learnable animation styles and aura colors.
@@BranJohn98 Same. There was voice acting, you could play as a kid, the created character actually had a tail and Super Saiyan spiked up hair. Plus there was aura and fighting style customization. I can't believe we have all this in a 2011 game and not in Xenoverse.
11:19 These dialogue sections happen when the characters in the fight are recreating a story moment from the anime. There aren't a lot of these interactions, and they are pretty hard to get all the way through considering what conditions need to be met to get all the dialogue.
Also to trigger the dialog is to lower the hp in an order example goku vs vegeta (saiyan saga) during the fight is vegeta is the one losing is start his part of the dialog and same with goku
3:00 Just a small correction here just in case : I don't know about BT2 but in BT3 you could go from base form to SSJ2, 3 or whatever if you wanted by holding the left stick in a particular direction (I think it's left = SSJ2, down = SSJ3 etc) and pressing the transformation button (keep in mind I haven't played the game recently so my memory is a bit fuzzy but it was something like that), it also consummed the "stamina" bars you would need to go from base to the desired transformation (for example going from base to SSJ3 consummed 3 "stamina" bars)
I have every Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi game, except Tenkaichi Tag Team from the PSP. So I played the Tenkaichi games in my teenage years in the mid 2000s, and it was very fun. Also the Dragon Ball Z Budokai games was also fun as well in the early 2000s through late 2000s from my late childhood to my teenage years.
I think it's worth noting: dash struggles were also present in Tenkaichi 3 (not sure if the previous ones had it as well). Skipping transformations was also present, if my memory serves me right you had to have extra blue energy bars and hold R3 while holding one of the d-pad arrows Anyhow, thanks for making consistently great videos!
you needed to have enough blast stock to get through all the stages you want to go past then left for stage 1 up for 2 right for 3 or saiyaman for Gohan
That and they had stage destruction, and varied clashes(ex both characters ki dash into each other resulting in circle clash, clashing a few normal hits resulting in the dbz favorite invisiclash, and of course beam clashes.
Yo you smash these out at such a high pace whilst only improving your skill and quality in video making time after time. Really impressed by your recent growth. Impressed, but not at all surprised. You're doing great!
2:57 you could actually do that in the Tenakichi ps2 games, (I can only speak for 3 in particular since its the one I played) you can skip transformations in most characters. But Cell and Frieza needed to progress in order, not the saiyans though.
Raging blast 2 is easily my favorite DBZ game. A good amount of people don't like the galaxy mode over a story mode, but I think it was the best part of the game. It was such a challenging and fun mode that wasn't just the same story that I've played in every other DBZ game. Loved the look and feel of it too, it wasn't super hard to learn combos and some of the fights made you have to come up with strategies to win
The thing I love about raging blast 2 is ain't no story mode I'm glad because we all play the story over and over again I like it because it's something different
Respectfully, I'm going to defend RB2. I had played and seen the Dragon Ball Z story so many times by the release of this game that I'm happy they gave us a way to unlock stuff and progress that wasn't reliant on the story. The gameplay was superb and the art style still holds up today. I personally have a soft spot for the game because of the "tournaments" me and my buddies held. Don't even get me started on how cool the roster was for this game (although several other DB games had waaayyy better rosters). I personally didn't really care about story in DB games until Battle of Z because of the ability to play an antagonist route & God Goku 🤣. Then XenoVerse comes along with multiple race and gender character creation, an rpg style leveling, and new characters to guide you through the story.
Only think I liked about Battle of Z was that Goku had a Sage Mode Naruto outfit. Lol. (At least I think it was that game) and Storm 3 (I think? Or maybe it was Revolution.) had Naruto in a Goku outfit.
@@chadzard4 I'd have to disagree, budokaii tenkaiichi was my personal favorite. Had they made a HD version and tweaked the graphics a bit, it would be the best. I hated how raging blast was lacking content. we never got GT and the story mode was short.
The fact you covered Raging Blast deserves a like from me. People ignore the Raging Blast games for not being the tenkaichi games. I loved this game growing up, and was excited for a 3rd game. My only regret is that I traded my copy of raging blast for ultimate tenkaichi. Ultimate Tenkaichi is a joke imagine playing rock paper scissors with punch and kick instead. Fr one of the worst games I have ever played, which sucks because the game is absolutely gorgeous and was the reason I picked it up.
I really liked the ultimate tenkaichi character customization. For example, i will never understand why in xenoverse, your characters hair stays the same when you turn ssj instead of spiking up. Also i loved that you could pick your characters fighting style and their aura. If xenoverse 3 comes out, i hope they have those options because i feel like it will open so many options and variety in characters
Ultimate Tenkaichi is a weird freaking game but I love the hell out of it The fights are just button mashing, but they feel the most cinematic out of the entire series
Raging blast 2 is one of the best dragon ball games in terms of mechanics. It's probably the most in depth and rewarding game when mastered. It's a shame it sold very poorly and the graphics could have been better. Still dreaming they will do something similar with Kakarot level graphics.
Tenkaichi Tag Team Actually has a lot of pretty decent mods like making it look like XV2, raging blast, Budokai Tenkaichi 1,2,3 also has custom movesets, special, and forms
18:46 fun fact: In this game, you can glitch out the customize, and override the value limit of any character, making them obscenely strong using a specific item many more times than you should. It does however instantly removes the ability to change that character's customize profile after that.
The dialogue that happens during battle in Raging Blast 2 is for unique character fights aka fights that happened in the series. So fights like goku vs frieza, gohan vs cell, would have dialogue as if you were playing a story mode
The thing about Ultimate Tenkaichi, if you pay attention enough, you notice all characters have a built in fighting pattern that lets you easily guess if they pick left or right. Took me like a week to notice it tho.
I also loved how RB had the light shaded SS hair rather than just being gold all the time. This was definitely a nod to the animation direction the Anime took.
I love the customization in raging blast 2, there’s so many different ways you can boost characters stats and i also love the fact you can change characters auras
So, is the next “I played every Dragon Ball game in 2021” going to be DBZ for Kinect, Battle of Z, Xenoverse, Xenoverse 2, FighterZ and Kakarot? Also, would you consider doing the handheld games: Legacy of Goku, Taiketsu, Legacy of Goku 2, Legendary Super Warriors, Supersonic Warriors, Buu’s Fury, Supersonic Warriors 2 and Attack of the Saiyans? I’m so glad I never bought Ultimate Tenkaichi because it just seems awful
Ultimate tenkaichi is fun I enjoyed it. To be honest I'd prefer it over xenoverse 2. Atkeast the combat works and isn't laggy as hell. Also transformations work lol xenoverse 1 was cool then 2 was a damn shame.
A thing Raging Blast did over Tenkaichi was "signature skills". It was an extra character specific attack like punch or basic ki blasts. It wasn't powerful and just a single hit but some had great utility like Piccolo quickly stretches his arm to pull an opponent back into melee range, Metal Cooler had this teleport one that would have you appear anywherr the enemy is for a quick strike but if it was blocked it left you vulnerable, Vegeta has a quick ki blast barrage that you could combo into, others had stunning attacks, etc
2:58 You can also choose a form in Tenkaichi 3. With L3+Up you go to the strongest form, and you can go down a form with L3+down. L3+left or right allows you to fuse if you have the other half of the fusion in your team. And the direction determines whether you use Potara or regular fusion for Goku and Vegata
You could also jump transformations in Tenkaichi 3 if you had enough blast stocks, you could choose which form based on the directional output you gave while hitting the transformation button. So R3 and right on the d-pad would give SS2 and so on I believe
11:17 I'm not entirely sure either, but a good example is if Future Gohan is fighting 17 or 18 and his health gets low, he'll give the "I won't die even if you kill this body" quote
Survival in Tenkaichi Tag Team is not endlessly, it ends after 100 opponents are defeated (50 battles), you can gain health/ki/union or energy by fulfilling conditions which makes it somewhat easy to beat if you bring a friend along (Or if you customize your characters with health recovery capsules).
Lowkey when I was 12 and dbz for kinect dropped I had a guilty pleasure with it in the sense that it felt like what ultimate tenkaichi was meant to be. Played it when my parents were gone so I could really flail around LOL, remember there being a couple missions that were super challenging
Playing Xenoverse 2 is a spit in our face compared to all the games we got before. Can’t believe everyone praises that game yes it has very cool concepts but the older games had waaayy more content
XenoVerse is basically a rpg mmo, meaning it was designed for online play from the jump. Gameplay has to be more balanced and less nuanced to be played online. Maybe they should make a fun game for the fans instead of trying to enter the eSports arena.
I LOVED Raging Blast 1. The combat might have been slightly enhanced in RB2 but overall as a game RB1 offered more. Was a big fan of Ultimate customise in particular. I hope Tenkaichi 4 follows the pattern RB1 set, but I predict it will probably be closer to Kakarot or Xenoverse in gameplay, sadly.
Ultimate tenkaichi had good graphics and the create a character feature i loved a lot. The fighting mechanics were a bit boring but the ultimates looked cool and was animated well imo. Also the fact that some hairstyles changed when going super saiyan with your created character was so cool (something xenoverse 2 can learn from, thanks to modders for creating the option tho) and changing character aura and fighting styles was amazing. I replayed this game multiples times and enjoyed it everytime. Its a weird game that locks u in somehow.
I honestly wouldn't make a point against Raging Blast 2 for not having a traditional story mode. A lot of Dragon Ball games retread the same story over and over, so having an arcade-y type mode that is to the point is a nice change of pace.
In budokai tenkaichi 3 doing a rush combo super attack ( cutscenes where your character do a combo to your opponent like goku meteor smash) will launch the opponent always in the same direction and replace both players in the center of the map ( or at a specific spot predetermined). Also in tenkaichi 3 you could also select the level of transformation, from base to ssj3 by just pressing on the d-pad a direction, tho it consumes more energy charge.
I love raging blast 2 and imo it’s the best fighting system in a dragon ball game. It’s a lot like super smash bros melee where there’s so much hidden tech that opens up a ton of combo potential. The game just did a bad job of explaining it and 90% of people have no clue how deep it can get
I love RB2 to death, but it has a few problems with it's combat system. Things like infinites and exploitable bugs have made it less popular than BT2, BT3 and RB1 (believe it or not) in the competitive Tenkaichi community. I was shocked initially when I was told RB1 had a better combat system than RB2 and while I'm just a casual scrub who prefers the million different combo extensions of RB2 I can now understand some of it's flaws.
@@TotallyAmSam RB1 can't be better than RB2 though because RB1 has less combo set ups/strings. RB1 doesn't even have juggling. So less can't mean better. RB2 felt like a step up in every direction except single player content
@@Vegeta291 well there's the catch. I understand RB2 added more, but in the eyes of the competitive community, this was to it's detriment. I personally prefer RB2, but if you've ever watched a competitive RB1 match you'll see an insane depth to the skill involved. I'll link a video in a separate reply
Tag Team and Ultimate are actually trying to imitate the manga style, not so much the anime. That’s why the character have a more “clean” shading & outlining, if that makes any sense.
While not a great game, Ultimate Tenkaichi is not nearly as bad as people claim it is. At first I did see it as nothing more then a rock paper scissors simulator but I eventually realized it's more like a fast paced strategy game. Different moves have different ranges as well as different cost to damage ratios and since you can't just charge ki, you have to set up your moveset to play around it. Like for my custom character, I would put low cost moves on base and the strong high cost moves on Super Saiyan with one slot each dedicated to long range and short range. The spirit gauge also has to be played around in a specific way since its basically a get out of jail free card. You do things like use weak moves to burn their gauge, do a heavy combo to build ki and then blast them with a strong super when they have no gauge. It is surprisingly fun when you know how the game really works.
I loved raging blast. One of the reasons is because you could make some absolutely broken custom decks with certain characters. Specifically tien. You could buff the heck out of his ultimate attack to kill the opponent in only 4 to 5 shots (remember, you could shoot like, 8 or 9 times at full health) and you could make it so your super/ultimate attacks couldn't be blocked. So if you hit the opponent at all, they just die. It was so fun
The algorithm has been suggesting this video series to me all week and I'm happy I finally watched it. You make really good reviews and I'm definitely going to sub and check out the rest of your stuff. I think it would be really cool if you did the Legacy of Goku games.
2:57 you can do that in Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Never played wii before, but on PS2 the prompt is R3 + left analog. Depending on the direction, you can skip transformations like going directly to super saiyan 3. R3 + backwards usually is to revert to base form, but all cam revert to base like Freeza and oozaru saiyans. It's all in combo menus, along with fusions. 4:02 Budokai Tenkaichi 3 also has specific dialog, but only in the intro and ending of a fight, like Goku (mid) super saiyan says something like "I won't forgive you" to Freeza. 15:56 Holding R3 + analog direction can also use fusion, it also requires specific characters and the direction changes the fusion like between Gotenks base, super saiyan and super saiyan 3 or Vegeto base, super saiyan and Gogeta. Different versions of the same character don't work like Goku (early) can't do fusion with Vegeta (second form). You can even get two Vegeto in the same team on versus mode.
Tenkaichi Tag Team port for the Switch would be great. Nintendo's online is poor but local play on the go would be wild with 3 other players; maybe more?
I don't remember if it was in Raging Blast 1 too but in Raging blast 2 you can perform team attacks based on your team when the opponent hit his last health bar. It's a cool mechanic and it also work as an instant kill
The characters dialogue for RB2 isn’t random. They happened between specific characters after specific events. For example after Vegeta loses 1 bar of health and is fighting Goku he will give the speech about how he is a “Saiyan elite.”
3:00 actually in Tenkaichi 3 at least you CAN decide which form you transform to from base. You can go straight to ssj3 Goku from base for example, it just costs more of your blast stocks. You do this by holding a direction on the d-pad corresponding to the transformation you want, while you are clicking the thumb stick to transform. This is also how you do fusions mid-match.
Ive got alot of love for most DBZ games, but Raging Blast 2 was next level when i was younger, it might not of had a huge roster like BT3 but just the transformation animations themselves were worth it. Now UT wasnt my favorite, but i did enjoy their take on the story and lets be honest it did something that to this day Xenoverse has yet to do, hairstyle changes when transforming into a super saiyan 🤣🤣
3:00 At least in Tenkaichi 3 (I haven't played the second game in years so I don't remember well) you could transform into any form directly given you had enough "points" (I don't remember how those were called, the ones you need for the support abilities and the transformations). So, for example, if you were playing as Goku from the Bu saga you could press R3 to turn into a Super Saiyan, Left+R3 to turn into super Saiyan 2, Up+R3 to turn into super Saiyan 3 and if I'm not mistaken, you also needed those combinations to fuse with Vegeta during the tag team battles. (I don't know if the combinations are correct but they were something along those lines)
Tenkaichi Tag Team was my first DBZ game. Still enjoy it to this game. Had to emulate it though. It was funnily satisfying to do the Broly movie from Broly's perspective.
Damn bro just subbed a few days ago when I got recommended the first Budokai Tenkaichi vid you made! Glad to see you already getting them sponsors so you can secure that bag 🙌
I'm happy to watch a growing youtuber from the beginning Edit: did you play Naruto games? (it can be suggestion or question) Ps: I'll wait for more vids good work
You can skip from base form to Super Saiyan 3 and in previous Tenkaichi games. You would just have to press a directional input on the d-pad along with the transform button.
Ki is an essential part in survival when playing Ultimate Tenkaichi even if it isn't used for special attacks cuz without it, you're screwed lol you won't be able to defend yourself.
You could actually skip transformations in Tenkaichi 2 (and 3, maybe? I never played it). Depending on how you move the analog stick during the transformation. So holding the left stick to the right while pressing the transformation button would skip Goku straight to SS3. I also believe you could so straight to certain transformations in Budokai 3 if your Ki meter was full. So you could transform from base Goku to SS4 if you had a full Ki meter
When he talked about RB1 he mentioned a lot of features that were also in BT3 as if they were new to RB1 Rush clashes, transforming mid-battle, playing as the villain, what-if fights...
Not sure if it was mentioned, but a really cool detail is that the created character's animations change based on what master they have at that point in time I think. Ultimate Tenkaichi gets a lot of flak (for good reason), but I think it was a necessary stepping stone to getting Xenoverse
Playing ultimate tenkaichi as a kid I instantly gave up cuz I had no idea of what was going on, after hearing what you had to say you got me interested in trying it again!
I really wanted a DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 but then suddenly i discovered Tenkaichi Tag Team And realized that they are both the same gameplay. Best Tenkaichi Game and Wonderful content 🥰🥰🥰
I only had Raging Blast 1 and 2, Shin Budokai and Evolution for the longest time. They still are my absolute favorite games. I don't know why I couldn't play Budokai 3. I struggled so much.
Fun Fact: To engage fans and follow reviews on the Tenkaichi series’ gameplay complexity , Spike wanted to create a reboot of the Tenkaichi franchise for next-gen consoles that was much simpler and accessible. Even the marketing was entirely focused on it being a Tenkaichi! So you’re not wrong! It IS a Tenkaichi game, in fact it’s a reboot of Tenkaichi with additions! :) Also, Ultimate Tenkaichi kicked off the lost era of Dragon Ball games. Was a very very bad period of 3-4 years where the community received games that were very low in quality. Those games were: • Ultimate Tenkaichi • Dragon Ball Z for Kinect • Budokai HD Collection (not new at all, which disappointed some fans because Kenji Yamamoto’s OST wasn’t included, and Budokai 2 was not included) • Dragon Ball Z Battle of Z 2011 was when Tenkaichi died because Spike kept following reviews that still focused on accessibility after Raging Blast which makes the gameplay of UT rock-paper-scissors. One fan to truly thank for Dragon Ball games’ return to quality is a man by the name of Nostal/Treevax who was responsible for creating a lengthy design document of the Raging Blast 3 project which was presented to some producers of the Dragon Ball games. His design document included gameplay references, art styles, even references from Dragon Ball Online!! After that, history was made with the creation of Dragon Ball Xenoverse!! The producers used many concepts that Treevax presented, picked the right developer (Dimps) and things rolled!
the dialog in Raging Blast 2 during vs is the story. If you make base Goku fight Scouter Vegeta they'll talk through the whole fight, doing certain moves and damage also gives dialog. For example if you dodge an attack from Nail as first form Frieza he'll say "Oh my there are so many with a death wish on this planet whatever will I do?" go Raging Soul as Frieza while fighting Nail he'll say "My Powerlevel is 530,000 but have no fear I don't intend to go full power on you" almost kill Nail as Frieza and he'll say "So this is all 42,000 can do?" and there's loads of other examples. the fight between Majin Vegeta and SSJ2 Goku probably has the most dialog or 2nd form Cell and Super Vegeta
Now what if you did all of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja games or Clash of the Ninja games or both? Love the content you brought to YT btw, happy holidays.
The Raging Blast 2 Loading Screen button minigame, was for a friend of mine actually a tutorial to learn PS-Controller Layouts, because he was only used to pc or xbox controllers xD
Ultimate Tenkaichi was the game for me I remember getting it freshman year of high School it was the first Dragon Ball game I played where you can go super Kaioken with your own character fighting Piccolo in your own story that was a good chapter but I had more fun fighting the Androids and the oozaru not baby oozaru Jusr the OOzaru I wish this game had a sequel
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It has come to my attention that there's a slight error around the 3 minute mark: You COULD do direct transformations in previous Tenkaichi games. :)
@@Niosai Good work either way man!
will you cover the butouden games next? (Super Butouden 1-3, Buyo Retsuden, Ultimate Battle 22, Shin Butouden, Hyper Dimension, Final Bout, Ultimate Butouden and Dragonball FighterZ)
Can you pls cover the two xenoverse games?
Every king of fighters game
Surprised you didn't mention how Raging Blast's main selling point was the addition of Vegeta as a Super Saiyan 3 for the first time ever. I remember it being advertised heavily for the game.
And broly right?
@@bronzepkmn yes bro
I hate ultimate tenkachi shit was garbage juice
@@YourJamaicanChief the hero mode was pretty fun.
@@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970 yeah, but it could've been better if it's in tenkaichi 3 or raging blast 2
The neat thing about Raging Blast 2 is the dialouge interactions. Depending on what actions you do with certain characters, you can essentially recreate entire Dragon Ball Z sagas just like how they were and that's a bunch of fun.
I always use to transform to Super Saiyan 1 just to hear Goku yell "FRIEEEEEEEEZA
Okay, this is a slight nitpick but I remember distinctively that you could totally skip transformations on Budokai Tenkaichi 3 if you had enough energy meter and doing a slightly different button combination. Like, holding left and then pressing R3 could make Goku go from base form to Super Saiyajin 2 anda stuff like that. So it's not something introduced in Raging Blast.
Yeah, I must've missed or somehow forgot that when I was playing :P (Remember that this is post-Ultimate Tenkaichi Niosai, have some mercy lmao)
Yeah you could do that. I remember being able to go straight to ss3 as goku as opposed to going through ss1 and 2. You could do the same with the vegito and gotenks fusions too where you can fuse right into their super saiyan forms
and in tenkaichi 2
You could do that in BT2 as well.
@@Xeno574 See, the thing is I didn't really play much of 2. Only 3. But I believe all of you who say it.
Fun fact:
One main factor why the character models look so amazing in Ultimate Tenkaichi is that they are actually the same models from the raging blast games but they're resized to be about *twice as big* as the originals while giving extra details to them.
big in file size? or did they literally make them bigger, if so I find that really cool
Too bad the game absolutely sucks
Yeah that game looks amazing but man it sucks ass to play lol
Ultimate Tenkaichi's "fighting" mechanics felt like something out of a modern non-serious arcade game with how simplified but button mashy it encourages you to play. Most of the strategy/skill comes from whether or not you can play rock paper scissors well and how well can you manage your ki in case you guess wrong.
I still feel like the custom character mode from UT was better than XV2
@@BranJohn98 100% factual. I hadn't even considered the whole voice line thing, but I definitely noticed the learnable animation styles and aura colors.
@@BranJohn98 Same. There was voice acting, you could play as a kid, the created character actually had a tail and Super Saiyan spiked up hair. Plus there was aura and fighting style customization. I can't believe we have all this in a 2011 game and not in Xenoverse.
It's so much more fun to watch than to play!
Nah you should have just said rock paper scissors
Raging Blast 2 was one of my favorite games ever on my PS3 not gonna lie I sank so many hours into that game. Love your videos btw. Keep it up bro.
11:19 These dialogue sections happen when the characters in the fight are recreating a story moment from the anime.
There aren't a lot of these interactions, and they are pretty hard to get all the way through considering what conditions need to be met to get all the dialogue.
Also to trigger the dialog is to lower the hp in an order example goku vs vegeta (saiyan saga) during the fight is vegeta is the one losing is start his part of the dialog and same with goku
Yeah. It's sort of like the games apology for not having a story mode
In Namek if yoy use Goku vs Frieza they talk all the way through lol
@@hectoraedo1372 "Blood?? how can lower class scum draw blood from a noble?" "Even when things get rough I'm loving every second hehehe"
3:00 Just a small correction here just in case : I don't know about BT2 but in BT3 you could go from base form to SSJ2, 3 or whatever if you wanted by holding the left stick in a particular direction (I think it's left = SSJ2, down = SSJ3 etc) and pressing the transformation button (keep in mind I haven't played the game recently so my memory is a bit fuzzy but it was something like that), it also consummed the "stamina" bars you would need to go from base to the desired transformation (for example going from base to SSJ3 consummed 3 "stamina" bars)
I must've missed that, thanks!
Same for BT2
Raging Blast 1 and 2 were my childhood back in the day, I remember playing them for 12+ hours every day
Same bro
Facts bro! The combat was so clean it felt like a DBZ simulator.
I have every Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi game, except Tenkaichi Tag Team from the PSP. So I played the Tenkaichi games in my teenage years in the mid 2000s, and it was very fun. Also the Dragon Ball Z Budokai games was also fun as well in the early 2000s through late 2000s from my late childhood to my teenage years.
Raging blast 2 is pretty cool. I always liked how it added side characters from the movies because I always wondered how they would fare in a game
I think it's worth noting: dash struggles were also present in Tenkaichi 3 (not sure if the previous ones had it as well). Skipping transformations was also present, if my memory serves me right you had to have extra blue energy bars and hold R3 while holding one of the d-pad arrows
Anyhow, thanks for making consistently great videos!
you needed to have enough blast stock to get through all the stages you want to go past then left for stage 1 up for 2 right for 3 or saiyaman for Gohan
That and they had stage destruction, and varied clashes(ex both characters ki dash into each other resulting in circle clash, clashing a few normal hits resulting in the dbz favorite invisiclash, and of course beam clashes.
Dash struggles were there from tenkaichi 1
I remember dash struggles, so much fun, definitely took years off my controllers life with that and ki struggles
It also had the requirement of for example, vegeta partner for fusion. Tenkaichi 3 was the goat
Yo you smash these out at such a high pace whilst only improving your skill and quality in video making time after time.
Really impressed by your recent growth. Impressed, but not at all surprised. You're doing great!
@STORM44 what about it? That's how I play since I don't have a Wii or PS2, I use the Razer Kishi controller on my Galaxy S22
2:57 you could actually do that in the Tenakichi ps2 games, (I can only speak for 3 in particular since its the one I played) you can skip transformations in most characters. But Cell and Frieza needed to progress in order, not the saiyans though.
You can also do that on Tenkaichi 2
Yea and I mean it’s super Saiyans
Raging blast 2 is easily my favorite DBZ game. A good amount of people don't like the galaxy mode over a story mode, but I think it was the best part of the game. It was such a challenging and fun mode that wasn't just the same story that I've played in every other DBZ game. Loved the look and feel of it too, it wasn't super hard to learn combos and some of the fights made you have to come up with strategies to win
It was the best gameplay wise and is the one I still play today
This is making me want to get it! I didn't play all the games but looooved BT3 back in the day so never really much else
@@Vivi_9 You'd love the Raging Blast games
indeed story modes are boring i don't understand why people want them on the games , i prefer a new unique mode like galaxy mode
The thing I love about raging blast 2 is ain't no story mode I'm glad because we all play the story over and over again I like it because it's something different
Your videos make me feel like I'm back in 2009 standing in line at Blockbuster with a new Dragon Ball game. Glad the algorithm brought me here!
Raging blast 2's dialog during battles is essentially the story mode. Its not random and happens when you make story related battles happen.
Respectfully, I'm going to defend RB2. I had played and seen the Dragon Ball Z story so many times by the release of this game that I'm happy they gave us a way to unlock stuff and progress that wasn't reliant on the story. The gameplay was superb and the art style still holds up today. I personally have a soft spot for the game because of the "tournaments" me and my buddies held. Don't even get me started on how cool the roster was for this game (although several other DB games had waaayyy better rosters).
I personally didn't really care about story in DB games until Battle of Z because of the ability to play an antagonist route & God Goku 🤣. Then XenoVerse comes along with multiple race and gender character creation, an rpg style leveling, and new characters to guide you through the story.
Raging Blast 1 and 2 were the best DB games ever made. The gameplay made it feel like a DBZ simulator.
Only think I liked about Battle of Z was that Goku had a Sage Mode Naruto outfit. Lol. (At least I think it was that game) and Storm 3 (I think? Or maybe it was Revolution.) had Naruto in a Goku outfit.
@@chadzard4 I'd have to disagree, budokaii tenkaiichi was my personal favorite. Had they made a HD version and tweaked the graphics a bit, it would be the best. I hated how raging blast was lacking content. we never got GT and the story mode was short.
@@TheRed02151 Gameplay is infinitely better in RB2 over the Tenkaichi games
The fact you covered Raging Blast deserves a like from me. People ignore the Raging Blast games for not being the tenkaichi games. I loved this game growing up, and was excited for a 3rd game. My only regret is that I traded my copy of raging blast for ultimate tenkaichi. Ultimate Tenkaichi is a joke imagine playing rock paper scissors with punch and kick instead. Fr one of the worst games I have ever played, which sucks because the game is absolutely gorgeous and was the reason I picked it up.
I really liked the ultimate tenkaichi character customization. For example, i will never understand why in xenoverse, your characters hair stays the same when you turn ssj instead of spiking up. Also i loved that you could pick your characters fighting style and their aura. If xenoverse 3 comes out, i hope they have those options because i feel like it will open so many options and variety in characters
You got this one out fast! Well done. I'm proud of you always. ❤
Ultimate Tenkaichi is a weird freaking game but I love the hell out of it
The fights are just button mashing, but they feel the most cinematic out of the entire series
I agree, this is the main reason why i still play this game from time to time
@@MegaShingo97 I wish I was your friend so we could play it, damn.
I never liked it because the clash but I was whooping mfs fasho 🤣
I feel everyone forgets that Ultimate tenkaichi is or was originally an arcade game so therefore the simple fighting mechanics
If you fought someone who played it competitively(sounds crazy I knoe) you couldn't win by button mashing. You'd lose everytime.
Raging blast 2 is one of the best dragon ball games in terms of mechanics. It's probably the most in depth and rewarding game when mastered. It's a shame it sold very poorly and the graphics could have been better. Still dreaming they will do something similar with Kakarot level graphics.
What the fuck are you on? The graphics were the best of any dB game. Raging blast 2 is by far the best Dragonball game period.
Tenkaichi Tag Team Actually has a lot of pretty decent mods like making it look like XV2, raging blast, Budokai Tenkaichi 1,2,3 also has custom movesets, special, and forms
tenkaichi tag team is criminally underrated. That 4 player mechanic is literally the greatest thing ever
18:46 fun fact: In this game, you can glitch out the customize, and override the value limit of any character, making them obscenely strong using a specific item many more times than you should. It does however instantly removes the ability to change that character's customize profile after that.
The dialogue that happens during battle in Raging Blast 2 is for unique character fights aka fights that happened in the series. So fights like goku vs frieza, gohan vs cell, would have dialogue as if you were playing a story mode
The thing about Ultimate Tenkaichi, if you pay attention enough, you notice all characters have a built in fighting pattern that lets you easily guess if they pick left or right. Took me like a week to notice it tho.
As a Dbz nerd content like this just fills me with joy please keep making this quality stuff
25:33 Formidable taste, a man of quality
I also loved how RB had the light shaded SS hair rather than just being gold all the time. This was definitely a nod to the animation direction the Anime took.
I love the customization in raging blast 2, there’s so many different ways you can boost characters stats and i also love the fact you can change characters auras
also, there’s a bit of a modding community for raging blast 2 (mostly just replacing models but still really cool for an old game)
So, is the next “I played every Dragon Ball game in 2021” going to be DBZ for Kinect, Battle of Z, Xenoverse, Xenoverse 2, FighterZ and Kakarot? Also, would you consider doing the handheld games: Legacy of Goku, Taiketsu, Legacy of Goku 2, Legendary Super Warriors, Supersonic Warriors, Buu’s Fury, Supersonic Warriors 2 and Attack of the Saiyans? I’m so glad I never bought Ultimate Tenkaichi because it just seems awful
He...he plays Ultimate Tenkaichi in this video.
@@RemixerUltimate I hadn’t seen that yet because I didn’t want to spoil myself for what games he talked about
Ultimate tenkaichi is fun I enjoyed it. To be honest I'd prefer it over xenoverse 2. Atkeast the combat works and isn't laggy as hell. Also transformations work lol xenoverse 1 was cool then 2 was a damn shame.
A thing Raging Blast did over Tenkaichi was "signature skills". It was an extra character specific attack like punch or basic ki blasts. It wasn't powerful and just a single hit but some had great utility like Piccolo quickly stretches his arm to pull an opponent back into melee range, Metal Cooler had this teleport one that would have you appear anywherr the enemy is for a quick strike but if it was blocked it left you vulnerable, Vegeta has a quick ki blast barrage that you could combo into, others had stunning attacks, etc
Love the content as always
Cant wait for all tekken games
I loved UT back in 2012 and 13. I had so much fun with it.
I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of it :)
Raging blast was so beautiful, bright, and fun
2:58 You can also choose a form in Tenkaichi 3. With L3+Up you go to the strongest form, and you can go down a form with L3+down. L3+left or right allows you to fuse if you have the other half of the fusion in your team. And the direction determines whether you use Potara or regular fusion for Goku and Vegata
You could also jump transformations in Tenkaichi 3 if you had enough blast stocks, you could choose which form based on the directional output you gave while hitting the transformation button. So R3 and right on the d-pad would give SS2 and so on I believe
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I'm not entirely sure either, but a good example is if Future Gohan is fighting 17 or 18 and his health gets low, he'll give the "I won't die even if you kill this body" quote
Hell yeah You did part 2 already! I watched all the others last night, great content
Survival in Tenkaichi Tag Team is not endlessly, it ends after 100 opponents are defeated (50 battles), you can gain health/ki/union or energy by fulfilling conditions which makes it somewhat easy to beat if you bring a friend along (Or if you customize your characters with health recovery capsules).
Another banger from Niosai in the DBZ game reviews. Seriously well made videos, always a banger and joy to watch.
Lowkey when I was 12 and dbz for kinect dropped I had a guilty pleasure with it in the sense that it felt like what ultimate tenkaichi was meant to be. Played it when my parents were gone so I could really flail around LOL, remember there being a couple missions that were super challenging
Playing Xenoverse 2 is a spit in our face compared to all the games we got before. Can’t believe everyone praises that game yes it has very cool concepts but the older games had waaayy more content
Yeah Raging Blasts shits all over the Xenoverses.
XenoVerse is basically a rpg mmo, meaning it was designed for online play from the jump. Gameplay has to be more balanced and less nuanced to be played online. Maybe they should make a fun game for the fans instead of trying to enter the eSports arena.
maybe people just... idk, like the game
just because you don't like it, doesn't mean everyone should not like it as well
I LOVED Raging Blast 1. The combat might have been slightly enhanced in RB2 but overall as a game RB1 offered more. Was a big fan of Ultimate customise in particular.
I hope Tenkaichi 4 follows the pattern RB1 set, but I predict it will probably be closer to Kakarot or Xenoverse in gameplay, sadly.
Ultimate tenkaichi had good graphics and the create a character feature i loved a lot. The fighting mechanics were a bit boring but the ultimates looked cool and was animated well imo. Also the fact that some hairstyles changed when going super saiyan with your created character was so cool (something xenoverse 2 can learn from, thanks to modders for creating the option tho) and changing character aura and fighting styles was amazing. I replayed this game multiples times and enjoyed it everytime. Its a weird game that locks u in somehow.
Raging Blast 1 was the first dragon ball game I played and what got me interested in the series even more then the anime and GT
I don't know why but Ultimate Tenkaichi is like my guilty pleasure, i used to really like it back in the day
If it brings you joy, that's all that matters :)
I honestly wouldn't make a point against Raging Blast 2 for not having a traditional story mode. A lot of Dragon Ball games retread the same story over and over, so having an arcade-y type mode that is to the point is a nice change of pace.
In budokai tenkaichi 3 doing a rush combo super attack ( cutscenes where your character do a combo to your opponent like goku meteor smash) will launch the opponent always in the same direction and replace both players in the center of the map ( or at a specific spot predetermined).
Also in tenkaichi 3 you could also select the level of transformation, from base to ssj3 by just pressing on the d-pad a direction, tho it consumes more energy charge.
I love raging blast 2 and imo it’s the best fighting system in a dragon ball game. It’s a lot like super smash bros melee where there’s so much hidden tech that opens up a ton of combo potential. The game just did a bad job of explaining it and 90% of people have no clue how deep it can get
Big facts. Because of how amazing RB2 is, I always hold onto the hopes for an RB3. We need to get another match going sometime soon
It's because there was no story mode so it didn't sell good
I love RB2 to death, but it has a few problems with it's combat system. Things like infinites and exploitable bugs have made it less popular than BT2, BT3 and RB1 (believe it or not) in the competitive Tenkaichi community. I was shocked initially when I was told RB1 had a better combat system than RB2 and while I'm just a casual scrub who prefers the million different combo extensions of RB2 I can now understand some of it's flaws.
@@TotallyAmSam RB1 can't be better than RB2 though because RB1 has less combo set ups/strings. RB1 doesn't even have juggling. So less can't mean better. RB2 felt like a step up in every direction except single player content
@@Vegeta291 well there's the catch. I understand RB2 added more, but in the eyes of the competitive community, this was to it's detriment. I personally prefer RB2, but if you've ever watched a competitive RB1 match you'll see an insane depth to the skill involved. I'll link a video in a separate reply
Tag Team and Ultimate are actually trying to imitate the manga style, not so much the anime. That’s why the character have a more “clean” shading & outlining, if that makes any sense.
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While not a great game, Ultimate Tenkaichi is not nearly as bad as people claim it is. At first I did see it as nothing more then a rock paper scissors simulator but I eventually realized it's more like a fast paced strategy game. Different moves have different ranges as well as different cost to damage ratios and since you can't just charge ki, you have to set up your moveset to play around it. Like for my custom character, I would put low cost moves on base and the strong high cost moves on Super Saiyan with one slot each dedicated to long range and short range. The spirit gauge also has to be played around in a specific way since its basically a get out of jail free card. You do things like use weak moves to burn their gauge, do a heavy combo to build ki and then blast them with a strong super when they have no gauge. It is surprisingly fun when you know how the game really works.
It's just not as fun to play against bots as it was in the BT games. Playing UT games can really be a fun game.
Good job Niosai, I'm glad to see your channel growing! Looking forward to seeing more awesome content *cough* Naruto games *cough*
I loved raging blast. One of the reasons is because you could make some absolutely broken custom decks with certain characters. Specifically tien. You could buff the heck out of his ultimate attack to kill the opponent in only 4 to 5 shots (remember, you could shoot like, 8 or 9 times at full health) and you could make it so your super/ultimate attacks couldn't be blocked. So if you hit the opponent at all, they just die. It was so fun
The algorithm has been suggesting this video series to me all week and I'm happy I finally watched it. You make really good reviews and I'm definitely going to sub and check out the rest of your stuff.
I think it would be really cool if you did the Legacy of Goku games.
2:57 you can do that in Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Never played wii before, but on PS2 the prompt is R3 + left analog. Depending on the direction, you can skip transformations like going directly to super saiyan 3. R3 + backwards usually is to revert to base form, but all cam revert to base like Freeza and oozaru saiyans. It's all in combo menus, along with fusions.
4:02 Budokai Tenkaichi 3 also has specific dialog, but only in the intro and ending of a fight, like Goku (mid) super saiyan says something like "I won't forgive you" to Freeza.
15:56 Holding R3 + analog direction can also use fusion, it also requires specific characters and the direction changes the fusion like between Gotenks base, super saiyan and super saiyan 3 or Vegeto base, super saiyan and Gogeta. Different versions of the same character don't work like Goku (early) can't do fusion with Vegeta (second form). You can even get two Vegeto in the same team on versus mode.
Aah ultimate tenkaichi. The game that's infinitely more fun to watch than to play.
Tenkaichi Tag Team port for the Switch would be great.
Nintendo's online is poor but local play on the go would be wild with 3 other players; maybe more?
i LOVE this series, so much nostalgia! subscribed and looking forward to your new videos :D
I don't remember if it was in Raging Blast 1 too but in Raging blast 2 you can perform team attacks based on your team when the opponent hit his last health bar.
It's a cool mechanic and it also work as an instant kill
I think budokai tenkaichi 3 should have a feature that allows you to unlock the characters easier becasue it's such a pain but fun in every other way
I mean, you can input the character codes
The characters dialogue for RB2 isn’t random. They happened between specific characters after specific events. For example after Vegeta loses 1 bar of health and is fighting Goku he will give the speech about how he is a “Saiyan elite.”
3:00 actually in Tenkaichi 3 at least you CAN decide which form you transform to from base. You can go straight to ssj3 Goku from base for example, it just costs more of your blast stocks. You do this by holding a direction on the d-pad corresponding to the transformation you want, while you are clicking the thumb stick to transform. This is also how you do fusions mid-match.
you have to slowly pull down the transformation thing though for fusion
Ive got alot of love for most DBZ games, but Raging Blast 2 was next level when i was younger, it might not of had a huge roster like BT3 but just the transformation animations themselves were worth it. Now UT wasnt my favorite, but i did enjoy their take on the story and lets be honest it did something that to this day Xenoverse has yet to do, hairstyle changes when transforming into a super saiyan 🤣🤣
I wish there was a raging blast 3
3:00 At least in Tenkaichi 3 (I haven't played the second game in years so I don't remember well) you could transform into any form directly given you had enough "points" (I don't remember how those were called, the ones you need for the support abilities and the transformations). So, for example, if you were playing as Goku from the Bu saga you could press R3 to turn into a Super Saiyan, Left+R3 to turn into super Saiyan 2, Up+R3 to turn into super Saiyan 3 and if I'm not mistaken, you also needed those combinations to fuse with Vegeta during the tag team battles. (I don't know if the combinations are correct but they were something along those lines)
Tenkaichi Tag Team was my first DBZ game. Still enjoy it to this game. Had to emulate it though.
It was funnily satisfying to do the Broly movie from Broly's perspective.
Same, even have alot of mods
Damn bro just subbed a few days ago when I got recommended the first Budokai Tenkaichi vid you made! Glad to see you already getting them sponsors so you can secure that bag 🙌
I'm happy to watch a growing youtuber from the beginning
Edit: did you play Naruto games? (it can be suggestion or question)
Ps: I'll wait for more vids good work
A future video on all the Dynasty Warrior: Gundam games would be SO EXCITING imo. Loving this channel so far.
You can skip from base form to Super Saiyan 3 and in previous Tenkaichi games. You would just have to press a directional input on the d-pad along with the transform button.
22:07 as a kid, i used to think they were actually out of the show. i never knew they were made for the actual game. that's honestly really cool.
Man, these games bring back nostalgia. This is my entire childhood right here.
Thanks so much for bringing back a piece of it.
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Your google + logo is nostalgia too
Raging blast 2 is best gameplay ever, still hoping for a 3 but witv story (and super)
i grew up with ultimate tenkaichi so i naturally love it
Hero mode in ultimate also had more things, like changing auras and such, man I remember having so much fun with it
We need a sequel to this amazing game series, i don't know but new Dragon Ball games just doesn't feel the same as the old ones
Yes yes finally I've been waiting for this you should make more of this its really good keep up the good work
Ki is an essential part in survival when playing Ultimate Tenkaichi even if it isn't used for special attacks cuz without it, you're screwed lol you won't be able to defend yourself.
You could actually skip transformations in Tenkaichi 2 (and 3, maybe? I never played it). Depending on how you move the analog stick during the transformation. So holding the left stick to the right while pressing the transformation button would skip Goku straight to SS3.
I also believe you could so straight to certain transformations in Budokai 3 if your Ki meter was full. So you could transform from base Goku to SS4 if you had a full Ki meter
Bro literally the db tenkaishi budokai 4 is aproaching
When he talked about RB1 he mentioned a lot of features that were also in BT3 as if they were new to RB1
Rush clashes, transforming mid-battle, playing as the villain, what-if fights...
I looked at them as different things since they were technically in "Different" series
Not sure if it was mentioned, but a really cool detail is that the created character's animations change based on what master they have at that point in time I think. Ultimate Tenkaichi gets a lot of flak (for good reason), but I think it was a necessary stepping stone to getting Xenoverse
Playing ultimate tenkaichi as a kid I instantly gave up cuz I had no idea of what was going on, after hearing what you had to say you got me interested in trying it again!
This is the kind of content I want from TH-cam! Keep it up!
I really wanted a DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 but then suddenly i discovered Tenkaichi Tag Team
And realized that they are both the same gameplay.
Best Tenkaichi Game and Wonderful content 🥰🥰🥰
I played every guitar hero game series.. I would love to see that
I only had Raging Blast 1 and 2, Shin Budokai and Evolution for the longest time. They still are my absolute favorite games. I don't know why I couldn't play Budokai 3. I struggled so much.
Fun Fact:
To engage fans and follow reviews on the Tenkaichi series’ gameplay complexity , Spike wanted to create a reboot of the Tenkaichi franchise for next-gen consoles that was much simpler and accessible.
Even the marketing was entirely focused on it being a Tenkaichi! So you’re not wrong! It IS a Tenkaichi game, in fact it’s a reboot of Tenkaichi with additions! :)
Also, Ultimate Tenkaichi kicked off the lost era of Dragon Ball games. Was a very very bad period of 3-4 years where the community received games that were very low in quality. Those games were:
• Ultimate Tenkaichi
• Dragon Ball Z for Kinect
• Budokai HD Collection (not new at all, which disappointed some fans because Kenji Yamamoto’s OST wasn’t included, and Budokai 2 was not included)
• Dragon Ball Z Battle of Z
2011 was when Tenkaichi died because Spike kept following reviews that still focused on accessibility after Raging Blast which makes the gameplay of UT rock-paper-scissors.
One fan to truly thank for Dragon Ball games’ return to quality is a man by the name of Nostal/Treevax who was responsible for creating a lengthy design document of the Raging Blast 3 project which was presented to some producers of the Dragon Ball games. His design document included gameplay references, art styles, even references from Dragon Ball Online!!
After that, history was made with the creation of Dragon Ball Xenoverse!! The producers used many concepts that Treevax presented, picked the right developer (Dimps) and things rolled!
the dialog in Raging Blast 2 during vs is the story. If you make base Goku fight Scouter Vegeta they'll talk through the whole fight, doing certain moves and damage also gives dialog. For example if you dodge an attack from Nail as first form Frieza he'll say "Oh my there are so many with a death wish on this planet whatever will I do?" go Raging Soul as Frieza while fighting Nail he'll say "My Powerlevel is 530,000 but have no fear I don't intend to go full power on you" almost kill Nail as Frieza and he'll say "So this is all 42,000 can do?" and there's loads of other examples. the fight between Majin Vegeta and SSJ2 Goku probably has the most dialog or 2nd form Cell and Super Vegeta
Damn you are pumping these out my man. Don’t get burnt out. Love the content!
Now what if you did all of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja games or Clash of the Ninja games or both?
Love the content you brought to YT btw, happy holidays.
Raising Blast 2 was that game. No cap!
It was a good game!
The Raging Blast 2 Loading Screen button minigame, was for a friend of mine actually a tutorial to learn PS-Controller Layouts, because he was only used to pc or xbox controllers xD
Who else is here after budokai tenkaichi 4 was announced
Ultimate Tenkaichi was the game for me I remember getting it freshman year of high School it was the first Dragon Ball game I played where you can go super Kaioken with your own character fighting Piccolo in your own story that was a good chapter but I had more fun fighting the Androids and the oozaru not baby oozaru Jusr the OOzaru I wish this game had a sequel