Yes, according to tfs, Cell is only 6years old at this time. Though if you count gestation, he’s like 26 years old. Lol budokai 1 was so good, I love how well the animators captured the emotions. Modern db games have all the incredible art but none of THIS emoting.
You can tell they put time and affection into this game. It was amazing for its time. Looking back it actually got me into DBZ. Shame the other two didn’t get cutscenes
@@Cheeks730 Based on the trailer alone, I think we have a new champion for cutscene animation. But Budokai 1 did well to hold up despite the rather awkward artstyle.
Stop Misandry and Gynocentrism I never found Linda’s Frieza scary or intimidating in the slightest, even when I was a kid it always rubbed me the wrong way. I could never take it seriously, he sounds like a drag queen. The new one sounds intelligent and sadistic, which is what Frieza’s character is
19:00 I remember playing this game as a kid... .Start to finish in one sitting. When this moment happened I fell over like Gohan and my body was beat. Felt like i truly was in he battle. Good times
13:06 Something about Cells return in this is unmatched. The dusty dark atmosphere. The reaction of Vegeta added to it when you know someone as unbreakable as him is just trembling they could all just feel his ki and Goku was now gone. They really captured the hopeless feeling and the ending is done amazing for how old this game is
The tone was so different than anything else, the music and everything is unique there and gives you a real sense of dread I don’t think I watched the cell arc and knew how it ended before i played this game, so i was so shocked how it ended too. Cell coming back had me shook like Vegeta😂
I came back for the cutscenes and music, some of my best memories on the ps2 come from this game. I struggle on the special beam cannon mini game, I struggled against final form frieza and I DEFINITELY struggled against cell but it definitely felt earned when I eventually beat the game.
I didn't have a memory card when I first got my ps2(and this game) I came home from school and unlocked every character everyday. There were days where that final fight had ne in rage tears lol
man i remember playing this in my room with my brother as kids. good times. my dad, brother and I would watch DBZ religiously every night in the 90's up until the first few episodes of the buu saga.
14:25 this image is subtle but it sticks out to me so. Both of them now coated in this aura so extreme lightning shoots out as with a quiet intensity they jab and retort one another.
Yes, according to tfs, Cell is only 6years old at this time. Though if you count gestation, he’s like 26 years old. Lol budokai 1 was so good, I love how well the animators captured the emotions. Modern db games have all the incredible art but none of THIS emoting.
Rohit Zak when he got angry against Gohan. Right after he used that massive Kamehameha against him. You see how he's really buff and bulky when he spit out 18? That's what that form is which is ironic because he beat trunks so easily cause he saw the flaw in that form.
darkinferno1219 actually gohan punch cell in his stomach so hard he spued out 18 but ya that works too but the end is sad and that's the original end of the show and how Kai ended
I love Budokai 1 but the only problem with it is that they did not add the Buu saga. If they did, it would probably be the best DBZ fighting game to date.
Its crazy my older cousin bought this game when i was in 3rd or 4th grade. This was my official introduction to DBZ. Its crazy im 30 now and this is still my favorite Anime/Game ever 🔥
The cinematography and character models of this game was so amazing for its time!!! In all-out honesty I can't think of any game that comes close to having this level of intensity. Budokai 2 and 3 just had the still models, and even then Budokai 3 mostly had just character artwork and word bubbles. While the Tenkaichi series really didn't care about the cinematography just that it matched the manga and or anime with absolutely no character emotions besides the voice acting. The cutscenes are also really jerky in their animations. Never got to play burst limit, but I remember some of the cutscenes and they were amazing as well! Kakarot may have had some awesome character models, and graphics along with some awesome cinematography but the cutscenes felt rushed to me. Same with the XenoVerse games. The cutscenes were too hasty to feel any enjoyment from. Budokai 1 and Burst Limit have the best cutscenes!!!
Bro I’ve thought that too and it would’ve been fucking amazing!! If the producers just had more time and more funding the game coulda been absolutely incredible. It’s already a great game.
@@RicardoPerez-tn8ki oh for sure, back I. Early 2000’s when I was at elementary school I would be thinking about this game all day. Soon as I came home it would be put it in the ps2 haha. Loved this game to death!
@@7771ham I'm sure the reason it doesn't extend to the buu saga is because this was going to be the first DBZ game coming to the US (I think) and it was also co-produced by funimation, whose dub was still only like half into the buu saga by the time of the game's release
Even with Gohan's energy being cut in half, I really felt he wouldn't have needed help by Goku if he did believe in himself. Like his father said so. That's Gohan's true power. Believing in himself.
Most the the songs were composed by ripping off a popular Finnish Power Metal band Stratovarius. If you youtube search for "DBZ budokai and Stratovarius" you will see what i mean.
17:49 The Line Return Times: Dragon Ball Z Grand Brand Era Infinite World Final Boss: Future Trunks Ssj2 Vs Evil Gohan Half Mutant Dragon Future Trunks Ssj2 Super Spirit Bomb Hand Vs Giant Evil Masenka Destructive TIME TO DIEEEEEEEEE!! Theme: Budokai 3 Opening Japanese Beyblade Metal X Bakugan Dawn Of The United Worlds Fate Final Boss: Divine Leonidas Vs God Naga Neo Haos Obliterate Vs Dark Death Beam TIMEEE TO DIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Looking back, I guess the reduced health of the jr’s made up for the absence of gohan literally breaking them in half(or erasing them from existence) but honestly though I’m glad I experienced it when it first dropped on PS2.
I would liked to see a beam struggle between the Old Broly and Super Perfect Cell, Broly's Omega Blaster against Cell's solar Kamehameha and also Broly's Omega Blaster against Teen Gohan's Father-son Kamehameha with both arms.
I remember not being able to watch the show and only having this game. When friends talk about these scenes, I imagine them like this, not like the anime
10:48 YOUR A CHIIIIAAAAAAAAALLLLDDDDD!
Keelan Burg it’s still hilarious thanks for tagging it
@@danielola-abidoye1365 truth lmao
But isn't cell technically a child too ?
Yes, according to tfs, Cell is only 6years old at this time. Though if you count gestation, he’s like 26 years old. Lol budokai 1 was so good, I love how well the animators captured the emotions. Modern db games have all the incredible art but none of THIS emoting.
Thank you. You legend.
I’m so grateful as a kid this was my introduction to DragonBall Z 😢 love the cutscenes so much
Broo same here. Grew up on this game and love it to death even now. Gives me chills looking back in it!
Same
Same here man. This was my first game as a kid on the Gameboy. And man this really hit like nostalgia.
i geniuly think it is actually better than anime for the most part, at least for Cell saga
Played this a million times on GameCube it was the best time ever
"Look inside yourself, it's there you'll find the power you need." That quote hits really hard, and so motivational.
You can tell they put time and affection into this game. It was amazing for its time. Looking back it actually got me into DBZ. Shame the other two didn’t get cutscenes
god damn this games cutscenes were way ahead of any DBZ game
It took us until Project Z to surpass it, that's a yikes.
@@Matt-cn2nn well let's wait and see how those turn out
@@Cheeks730 Based on the trailer alone, I think we have a new champion for cutscene animation. But Budokai 1 did well to hold up despite the rather awkward artstyle.
You guys are forgetting burst limit
Assadar 5402 Burst Limit Was God-Like.
The dialog in this game was the best.
Kevin Williams Except, Ya'know, Mr Hope Of The Universe.
Bardock SkyWalker that speech was honestly great. frieza’s voice was terrible though.
Stop Misandry and Gynocentrism I never found Linda’s Frieza scary or intimidating in the slightest, even when I was a kid it always rubbed me the wrong way. I could never take it seriously, he sounds like a drag queen. The new one sounds intelligent and sadistic, which is what Frieza’s character is
It was
@@crunchy1547 Don't forget Frieza's battle cries in this game, too.
"KEEEY!!"
"PIDGEY!"
I swear they'll never top Budokai 1's story mode
FACTS
BT2 was close
Kellerwärter Scottie P some of the cutscenes were really good in bt2 but the text speech and still models were meh.
The soundtrack can't be beaten too. Hands down best music in any dragonball game. Too bad its all copyright infringed tho
@@hakai4744 close? I know we love the nostalgia but bt2 story mode was way more flexible and better imo
19:00 I remember playing this game as a kid... .Start to finish in one sitting. When this moment happened I fell over like Gohan and my body was beat. Felt like i truly was in he battle. Good times
Trying reenact the moment that’s the fun part about video games and playing them
I remember this part being hard AF
Captain Snappy Brooooo smh shit fucking had me on this for a few days
My older brother played the last mission for like 2 and a half hours and I asked to have a go mind I was like 6 and I beat the shit outta cell 😂😂
Honestly android 17 and 19 were the hardest for me
Me too
Super perfect cell was fucking my shit up and i was trying to use gohans ultimate techniques while fighting him lol
The ending to this always hit me right in the feels
This ending always put me in tears. This is bye far the best and emotional game Dragon Ball Z ever made.
The Transitions Into Battle Were Godly.
just watching this brings back the nostalgia i felt when i first played
They shoulda put a bonus mission in there about when Trunks went back to his time to destroy 17,18 & cell.
Yeah he really got short handed in this game and he’s one of my favorite characters
17:44
The best part of the entire game
I agree
17:39
Idk I think i still gotta edge it to “ITS OVER FRRIIEEEZZAAAA”
@@Im_marcel.I WILL AVENGE HIIIIIM
13:06
Something about Cells return in this is unmatched. The dusty dark atmosphere. The reaction of Vegeta added to it when you know someone as unbreakable as him is just trembling they could all just feel his ki and Goku was now gone. They really captured the hopeless feeling and the ending is done amazing for how old this game is
This and when Goku turned ssj we're the best cutscenes in the game 🔥🔥
100% agree. When I played this as a child it was my favorite game. Would think about it all day at school haha
The tone was so different than anything else, the music and everything is unique there and gives you a real sense of dread
I don’t think I watched the cell arc and knew how it ended before i played this game, so i was so shocked how it ended too. Cell coming back had me shook like Vegeta😂
9:29-9:38 had to be the most epic. The way that dirt flew up was awesome
17:50 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
TommyKiryu 777 why is Cell the funniest one oh my god
TIME TO DIE!!!!!
Voice been broke
I got a 10 second ad :\ lol
I came back for the cutscenes and music, some of my best memories on the ps2 come from this game. I struggle on the special beam cannon mini game, I struggled against final form frieza and I DEFINITELY struggled against cell but it definitely felt earned when I eventually beat the game.
The dialogue, cutscenes and storytelling in this game is so perfect.
- For a DBZ game.
All these years later, that ending still makes me cry....
The only thing remembered in this saga was Cell's damage noises
GRRAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! XD
what about
*YOU'RE A CHIIIIIIIIIILD!!!!!!*
They remained the same throughout the Budokai series.
Dodowaaaa
Recoome’s are iconic.
Honestly I’m glad to have check the comments and see that everyone agrees About how great this game is. The song, dialogue and even the story scenes!!
It's amazing how this game still looks so good to this day! :D
Nobody :
Goku : UsE tHe PaIn Of LoSs !
“Power comes in response to a need, not a desire” Lol
Cell had the funniest voice of when he is getting attacked!!😂😂
The ending music always gives me a lot of chills. It is definitely an emotional ending.
19:08 This scene always makes me cry of nostalgia
Same 😢
The music, the emotion, the amount of times i broke my controller....God i missed how these games made u feel lol
9:37 I thought he farted when I first saw this
When gohans voice was actually good. Can’t believe they replaced Stephanie..
blazin_doob_420 77717771joshisamazing
1.) Your username is long for no reason
2.) I miss Stephanie too. The new one for teen gohan sucks
It's funny the Gohan Kai voice is the same as mai from super. Trunks is dating teen Gohan 😂 lol
@@masterag4068 no. Stephanie was a good voice. For Gohan, she didn't fit the role. The new one actually sounds like a *CHILLLLLLLLD*
@@duvaughnkelly6947 like i said, she's a good voice but not for gohan. Because she made him sound too old
LordKai Stephanie was still a better fit for Teen Gohan. I would agree that picking her for kid gohan didn’t make any sense.
I absolutely loved this game's soundtrack.
10:43 best Cell Line Ever
The last fight in the game is absolutely difficult 🙁
Gohan’s voice in this is still the best better than the kai one
CrimsonSaiyan17 YES!!! Absolutely agree
Facts
16:53 Goku sounds like a Sith Lord in this
I didn't have a memory card when I first got my ps2(and this game) I came home from school and unlocked every character everyday. There were days where that final fight had ne in rage tears lol
Got the PS2 for Christmas and this game when I was kid. Hooked it up and played it all weekend. Ohh man the nostalgia.... :')
The OST's in this game slapped so hard dawg
All plagiarized lol
man i remember playing this in my room with my brother as kids. good times. my dad, brother and I would watch DBZ religiously every night in the 90's up until the first few episodes of the buu saga.
This is the ultimate war of Dragon Ball Z.
(Cosidering the events that happened in the Z series.)
13:09 absolutely nothing like this today. This theme should be longer.
14:25 this image is subtle but it sticks out to me so. Both of them now coated in this aura so extreme lightning shoots out as with a quiet intensity they jab and retort one another.
Yes, according to tfs, Cell is only 6years old at this time. Though if you count gestation, he’s like 26 years old. Lol budokai 1 was so good, I love how well the animators captured the emotions. Modern db games have all the incredible art but none of THIS emoting.
This was the very first dragon 🐉 ball z game I ever played growing up best childhood I ever had 🤟❤️
16:00 MY BABY BOY ⚡️😡⚡️
Vegata no!
Matthew Blaze VEGETA YES!!!!!
@@kaijugaming9941 *TFS Cell voice* Vegeta No!
I wish my pc wasn't shit so I could play ps2 game I really want to play infinite world
+Sayonara KirryO you do realize this is on pc he is using pcsx2 plus infinite world isn't in that collection
J4Y Kinizzle jk2u2uuu3uugh43è4 6tb2/2^2&_
I have it
Not bad
16:08 vegeta got hit so hard, the game bugged and didnt register the pain he felt on his face lmao
I literally searched up "you're a child" and this the first video that popped up
Me:*curses inside the classroom*
The teacher: 10:48
The fights that gave me the most catharsis and rage.
It was a lot of fun and incredibly satisfying.
*NOSTALGIC!*
For people that came from SeeReax 10:42
What video did seereax parody this clip in? Been looking for ages🤣
Android 16’s voice though.
I don't remember cell having an power weighted form.when did he do that?
Rohit Zak when he got angry against Gohan. Right after he used that massive Kamehameha against him. You see how he's really buff and bulky when he spit out 18? That's what that form is which is ironic because he beat trunks so easily cause he saw the flaw in that form.
darkinferno1219 thanks for telling
darkinferno1219 actually gohan punch cell in his stomach so hard he spued out 18 but ya that works too but the end is sad and that's the original end of the show and how Kai ended
In Budokai 3 I just can tell from his wings a bit bigger in his Super Perfect Form
A little bit before he spit out android 18.
So yeah, that isn't his Super Perfect form.
That last battle was ridiculously hard
Yeah Budokais ai was pretty cracked in specific fights. I remember Raditz being fucking hard but Vegeta was a complete push over
10:59 That kick looked painful af
I hate how they got rid of these amazing cut scenes along with the amazing soundtrack this game had after budokai 1.
You do know that they had to for legal reasons since the composer was caught plagarizing music, right?
I love Budokai 1 but the only problem with it is that they did not add the Buu saga. If they did, it would probably be the best DBZ fighting game to date.
Its crazy my older cousin bought this game when i was in 3rd or 4th grade. This was my official introduction to DBZ. Its crazy im 30 now and this is still my favorite Anime/Game ever 🔥
Just a small typo when 16 says nothing when it says noting 6:00
17:50 this shit killed me as a kid 😂
The background music were crazy during the fights
Voice actors 🐐 i was 12 when this came out now I’m 31 this still is the best DBZ game ever only game that comes second is tenkaichi 2
13:10 I'll always remember that song from cells epic resurrection.
14:02 always give me chills 😂
The cinematography and character models of this game was so amazing for its time!!! In all-out honesty I can't think of any game that comes close to having this level of intensity. Budokai 2 and 3 just had the still models, and even then Budokai 3 mostly had just character artwork and word bubbles. While the Tenkaichi series really didn't care about the cinematography just that it matched the manga and or anime with absolutely no character emotions besides the voice acting. The cutscenes are also really jerky in their animations. Never got to play burst limit, but I remember some of the cutscenes and they were amazing as well! Kakarot may have had some awesome character models, and graphics along with some awesome cinematography but the cutscenes felt rushed to me. Same with the XenoVerse games. The cutscenes were too hasty to feel any enjoyment from. Budokai 1 and Burst Limit have the best cutscenes!!!
Son:hey dad I wanted to uhh talk about this girl I liked in schoo-
Me: 10:48
That final battle with cell was such a pain in the ass
This game was well ahead of its time graphics wise
@0:49 wat is that mode called
Burst mode
it was something about this games story mode that never left my memory
Just imagine the masterpiece if this game reached all the way to buu's saga
Bro I’ve thought that too and it would’ve been fucking amazing!! If the producers just had more time and more funding the game coulda been absolutely incredible. It’s already a great game.
@@7771ham for sure, being a ps2 game this game had nice graphics
@@RicardoPerez-tn8ki oh for sure, back I. Early 2000’s when I was at elementary school I would be thinking about this game all day. Soon as I came home it would be put it in the ps2 haha. Loved this game to death!
@@7771ham I'm sure the reason it doesn't extend to the buu saga is because this was going to be the first DBZ game coming to the US (I think) and it was also co-produced by funimation, whose dub was still only like half into the buu saga by the time of the game's release
@@ghexistsyep it was the first DBZ game and the Buu Saga was still airing in the US
Even with Gohan's energy being cut in half, I really felt he wouldn't have needed help by Goku if he did believe in himself. Like his father said so. That's Gohan's true power. Believing in himself.
Sad that most of the soundtrack was plagiarize
wym? what are the originals then?
The Japanese version, or the remasters.
They have the painfully not so epic soundtracks.
@@Aflay1 yea budokai soundtrack was epic asf it's basically my childhood
Most the the songs were composed by ripping off a popular Finnish Power Metal band Stratovarius. If you youtube search for "DBZ budokai and Stratovarius" you will see what i mean.
Amazing music and game, never gets old
13:51
Almost!
*"New kid, and Piers. The Final black fang Assassin!"*
so this is how the game ends, when i was 7 i couldnt beat the game and gave up, but nice to know how sad the ending is.
Took me over a year to beat cell
Very veru good this game
I love how they have Super Perfect Cell a Green aura
If you listen to the cell juniors real close it sounds like they are saying “Jeez”.
17:49 The Line Return Times:
Dragon Ball Z Grand Brand Era Infinite World
Final Boss:
Future Trunks Ssj2 Vs Evil Gohan Half Mutant Dragon
Future Trunks Ssj2 Super Spirit Bomb Hand Vs Giant Evil Masenka Destructive
TIME TO DIEEEEEEEEE!!
Theme: Budokai 3 Opening Japanese
Beyblade Metal X Bakugan Dawn Of The United Worlds Fate
Final Boss:
Divine Leonidas Vs God Naga
Neo Haos Obliterate Vs Dark Death Beam
TIMEEE TO DIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
6:07 what is that music I want it it's epic music!!!
I miss this game, so much!
*Is anyone gonna talk about Cells (Power-Weighted) form face? **14:42*
Tbf its the face he made in the anime lol
Soundtrack epic?
Looking back, I guess the reduced health of the jr’s made up for the absence of gohan literally breaking them in half(or erasing them from existence) but honestly though I’m glad I experienced it when it first dropped on PS2.
“Pain of loss”. Never heard of that b4😯. And that fight at 0:57 I never knew how to do before
I would liked to see a beam struggle between the Old Broly and Super Perfect Cell, Broly's Omega Blaster against Cell's solar Kamehameha and also Broly's Omega Blaster against Teen Gohan's Father-son Kamehameha with both arms.
Broly would've won both
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(1955 - 2024)
✝✝✝
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That’s a great ending
Holy shet never know that budokai 1 has cool cutscene my first game is budokai 3 so never have idea to check on previous one
Lmao the Imperfect Cell voices are funny as fuck xD
"The awakening of Super Saiyan 2! Destroy the Cell Jrs!"
Goku had one minute to make a decision to sacrifice his life . . .Think about that. . .
They put a lot of time into this and it was great
I remember not being able to watch the show and only having this game. When friends talk about these scenes, I imagine them like this, not like the anime
In terms of graphics and gameplay, imo. This game rocked better than ps5.