I Replayed EVERY Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi Game (Sparking!)

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  • @Niosai
    @Niosai  8 місяців тому +137

    What's the best Tenkaichi game? Do you think Sparking! Zero will unseat it?

    • @holty1314
      @holty1314 8 місяців тому +62

      Tenkaichi 3, the definitive dragon ball experience. Playing with friends picking from so many characters from the series and recreating fights, fun times! Now with more crisp graphics, a larger roster and more smooth controls (not using a Wii remote) Sparking Zero can be the best

    • @vivienjoly7617
      @vivienjoly7617 8 місяців тому +16

      Tenkaichi 3 is the best for me

    • @michaeltran4275
      @michaeltran4275 8 місяців тому +10

      3 equals the ultimate beast prior to the Sparking Zero

    • @TramiNguyen-oi3kp
      @TramiNguyen-oi3kp 8 місяців тому +9

      Tenkaichi 3

    • @BluCarnage
      @BluCarnage 8 місяців тому +3

      Hopefully

  • @ghostlord656
    @ghostlord656 8 місяців тому +595

    When I was a kid, I used CPU vs CPU to roleplay like my own tournaments, because I wanted them to be as “fair” and balanced as possible. Cuz if I played vs the CPU, I’d always win. So I wanted to be like “who would win between Gogeta vs Vegito” in the most “realistic” way possible. So it was basically my own little DBZ what if simulator.
    I still fire up CPU only matches in modern games from time to time to scratch that old itch when I’m bored. Like I wanna watch some fighting game matches but the comp players only ever pick the top tiers, so maybe I wanna see something different for once.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +95

      So what you're saying is that the Hercule v Hercule matchup is an actual use case here 😂

    • @Thatguyyoudontknow594
      @Thatguyyoudontknow594 8 місяців тому +15

      Same you are not crazy not so much now that im grown but yeah

    • @masterchanakinskywalker5335
      @masterchanakinskywalker5335 8 місяців тому +29

      BROOOOO! My brother and I started playing Tenkaichi 3 again and have been talking about doing another CPU vs CPU tournament for old time's sake. We used to create a massive tournament where each "team" drafted a character and then it went on to the next pick, almost like the NFL draft. And then we'd have the teams fight against each other and see who wins the tournament. So you'd end up with like... Hirudegarn, Goku, Cooler, and Kid Trunks vs Super 17, Vegito, Piccolo, and Great Ape Bardock as the final round or something like that. 😂We wrote them out on a Cincinnati Bengals paper pad cube in tony writing and crossed out the losers... oh yeah this is the best DBZ game imo. So fun being mindless losers back in the day. Lets do it again every now and then, yeah? 🤣

    • @marshal96mathers58
      @marshal96mathers58 8 місяців тому

      Broo who won between Vegito and Gogeta? 😄😄

    • @SteelandSouls
      @SteelandSouls 8 місяців тому +8

      Totally Accurate Saiyan Simulator

  • @K0jim0ji
    @K0jim0ji 8 місяців тому +489

    you "play" cpu vs cpu to place bets on the fights, its a ton of fun - we had a whole event for a cpu wwe tournament, 10/10

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +70

      That's actually kind of a fun use case, huh?

    • @NIKEONXX
      @NIKEONXX 8 місяців тому +22

      Litteraly, love watching Bob lennon's (French content creator/streamer) Torneo de Poder.
      It's a Tournament of Power but on a crazy modded BT3. It's really really funny 😂

    • @TheTrueMerrio
      @TheTrueMerrio 8 місяців тому +16

      The precursor for SaltyBets.

    • @sirmanguydude2383
      @sirmanguydude2383 8 місяців тому +8

      ​@@NiosaiMy Friends and I use it to make a March Madness bracket. We assign characters to teams based on their seed number.

    • @gamerb0y135
      @gamerb0y135 8 місяців тому +3

      Yes i did this

  • @Top_Lad
    @Top_Lad 8 місяців тому +255

    Regarding the COM vs COM fights and who they are for: me and my little brother used to put on COM vs COM battles in the Tenkaichi games and sit back and eat snacks and watch them like they were a TV show or something. We even made our own tournaments and alternate histories where he would pick a fighter and I would make a bracket of fighters for his COM to fight and if he won all I'd own him some candy or we would start with the Raditz saga and let the coms battle and create a random alternate history like this. We of course finished the games as well but yeah, better, simpler and more precious times 😊

    • @TotalWeapon26
      @TotalWeapon26 8 місяців тому +20

      That’s damn sweet mate

    • @infinity-ff8sq
      @infinity-ff8sq 5 місяців тому +6

      Yea used to do that with my elder brother too in bt3 lol

    • @BigSuplexes
      @BigSuplexes Місяць тому

      The realest comment ever

  • @supersaiyanmikito
    @supersaiyanmikito 8 місяців тому +117

    Something to add on in regards to BT3's story mode, there are a lot of hidden What If senarios beyond the What-If Saga if you win or lose specific fights in specific ways. Many people have probably encountered as least one of these but there are a shocking amount of them. You can have Roshi beat Broly if Goku falls and again in GT where Pan takes over when SS4 Goku loses to Baby. You can have Goku beat Majin Vegeta which will cause him to go and beat Dabura. If Majin Vegeta beats Buu, he will go on to fight Babidi. Probably the most bizzare, if you beat King Piccolo without using all the button prompts, Tamborine suddenly comes back to life and then Chichi shows up to kill him.

    • @konsama9382
      @konsama9382 2 місяці тому +1

      Or nail appears in the Battle agains the ginyu force :)

  • @RobeBLB
    @RobeBLB 8 місяців тому +487

    Actually, Kenji Yamamoto was NOT responsible for Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3. In fact, they grabbed music from those games to replace plagiarized music in the Budokai HD collection and Raging Blast. One name that comes to mind when thinking of these game's composers is Takanori Arima who I'm pretty sure is still working on DB games to this day.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +127

      Oh wow, you're right! I think I got my wires crossed with Raging Blast 2, which I distinctly remember getting an update to replace it's music after launch.

    • @michaeltran4275
      @michaeltran4275 8 місяців тому +21

      @@NiosaiYamamoto also offers the plagiarized music for Dragon Ball Z Kai AKA Dragon Ball Kai during the time of the Vegeta up to the middle of Cell Saga’s climax (Kai Episodes 1 up to 95) while airing in Japan

    • @TerraFuu
      @TerraFuu 8 місяців тому +5

      Was just about to type this.

    • @akxareth
      @akxareth 8 місяців тому +20

      Yeah, Takanori Arima primarily worked on Tenkaichi 2, while Toshiyuki Kishi worked on Tenkaichi 3, Tag Team and Raging Blast 1. Both composers have been on multiple Dragon Ball games ever since, Including FighterZ

    • @wildcattommy0070
      @wildcattommy0070 8 місяців тому

      I'm going kkk look k😊okko😊 kk kkkokkkkkokk😊okkkkk😊kokkik​@@Niosai

  • @zyad48
    @zyad48 7 місяців тому +16

    From what I recall, Raging Blast 2 just always did in-fight dialogue no matter what mode you were in. As long as the characters in the fight you chose were compatible, they would talk mid-fight. Say you go and play SSJ2 Goku and Majin Vegeta, they'll have special starting dialogue and talk throughout the fight. Didn't need to be in Galaxy Mode, could be in VS.

  • @Potentially_Hacker
    @Potentially_Hacker Місяць тому +8

    15:00
    I'm a CPU vs. CPU main, no, I'm not joking.
    My friends and I are all at extremely different skill levels in various fighting games, and we all get varying levels of enjoyment out of those types of games, resulting in us avoiding them... Eventually, we realized that pitting CPUs against each other was super entertaining to watch and joke about... to the extent where we started constructing lore and ongoing rivalries and artificial tournaments across completely different games (we now mainly use a heavily modded version of smash ultimate.) To the extent that now one of my friends is writing a book about it, it's pretty fun... but it's also more akin to watching a long-running series at this point rather than actually playing the game.

  • @Breezyy_YT
    @Breezyy_YT 8 місяців тому +43

    Raging Blast 1 Tournament mode has a single player vs CPU. just press triangle, it tells you at the bottom and it fills the tournament with random characters.

  • @typerider5305
    @typerider5305 8 місяців тому +16

    The CPU vs. CPU comment tickled my funny bone like you have no idea. What led me to this video was Twitch channel point gambling on CPU vs. CPU fights for Tenkaichi 3. It was a grand old time.
    The best moment had to be when we had a Human Z-Fighters vs. Broly and a Saibaman. Yamcha was doing WORK on Broly. Broly tags in Saibaman. Saibaman starts schooling Yamcha and Yamcha just TAGS OUT. HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING. It was great.

  • @Firebrand128
    @Firebrand128 8 місяців тому +51

    Has anyone else noticed that both Budokai 3 and Budokai Tenkaichi 3's opening feature Gogeta fighting Broly years before ot would become canon? Talk about prophetic.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +3

      I never made that connection, that's pretty neat!

    • @coffinfeeder7732
      @coffinfeeder7732 6 місяців тому +10

      I’m almost certain those cinematics were the seeds that grew into the concept behind DBS: Broly and the overwhelmingly positive fan response. Ever since the days of Budokai Tenkaichi being the peak of DBZ’s zeitgeist in North America (since the show’s run had ended and the last couple of movies were slowly making their way here) people have been salivating over seeing Gogeta vs Broly, the GOATs of DBZ heavy hitters, fighting in an animated form.

    • @Marcayling
      @Marcayling 3 місяці тому

      It’s not canon gogeta never fought broly.

    • @manuelsimoes1245
      @manuelsimoes1245 2 місяці тому

      @@Marcayling ¿acaso has vivido debajo de una piedra?, ambos personajes se enfrentaron en la película de broly.

    • @TheEyeFromWithin
      @TheEyeFromWithin 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Marcaylingthey did tho…

  • @XJustified
    @XJustified 8 місяців тому +29

    On the CPU vs CPU element, there was actually an entire community built around CPU battles called the Dragon Ball Z League for several years. It had the BT3 roster split up into different themed teams and people on those teams got to pick which characters would be in the active roster, the order, and what customization options they had (with point limits) each week for a sports league style season.
    It was a great time and ran for years as a live and VOD supported community that even had its own forums and fantasy league system. Great times.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +6

      I keep seeing this pointed out and it actually sounds like a lot of fun lmao

    • @spinceiling7442
      @spinceiling7442 8 місяців тому +3

      DBZ league still exists actually and they still do cpu vs cpu tenkaichi 3

  • @deedeedee5866
    @deedeedee5866 8 місяців тому +37

    For the scripted fights in dragon history mode if you just don't follow the script and win with your own skills or specific characters you get character specific dialogues that you don't see anywhere else after winning with them which is honestly a plus imo.

  • @katisorubisane869
    @katisorubisane869 8 місяців тому +27

    CPU VS CPU fights were pretty fun cause sometimes I would witness something like Kid Gohan defeating SSJ Goku which was a real laugh😂😂

  • @Tasuke
    @Tasuke 8 місяців тому +16

    Fun watch! I preferred the Budokai games, but the Tenkaichi/Sparking games grew on me over time. I'm looking forward to Sparking Zero! Rest in peace, Toriyama.

    • @Goku-fn3qd
      @Goku-fn3qd 8 місяців тому +2

      lol it’s literally the otherway around for me. I didn’t see what people saw in Budokai but I’m beginning to like it more

    • @KeybladeMaster64
      @KeybladeMaster64 4 місяці тому

      Same, I later on got into the Budokai tenkaichi series and ever sense then I became a fan.

  • @Dave2kool4skool
    @Dave2kool4skool 2 місяці тому +3

    Really surprised an HD collection was not released before Sparking Zero. Would have been a slam dunk to keep everyone busy until October

  • @TheNikolasC
    @TheNikolasC 8 місяців тому +43

    Yeah i'm ngl, I always hated BT1. Not being able to transform in-game always really got under my skin, and it instantly made me drop it once finding that out as a kid

    • @razerblaze070
      @razerblaze070 8 місяців тому +13

      never played BT1, but i can see why this would suck ALOT considering transforming mid fight is half the battle.

    • @JoaoVictor-hn8ht
      @JoaoVictor-hn8ht 8 місяців тому +14

      I remember the day I've played BT1 for the first time. It was at my birthday party, and as far as I remember, the disc actually belong to one of my friends. I think none of us had played the original Budokai prior to that, but we sure as hell played A LOT of Final Bout on PS1 couple years earlier. Me and friends did no other thing at the party but play BT, and holy shit everyone loved. Obviously it became clear after BT2 came out that BT1 was pretty much a prototype, but in 2004? Playing a fighting game like that was really novel and exciting, no one complained. The peak came at BT3, where I inadvertently bought the japanese version (Sparking Meteor) and was BLOWN AWAY to know that it had the original soundtrack of the anime (the Kikuchi score). Not only it made everything 10 times more incredible to play, but the added characters were a dream come true to me. My favorite character to play as in Final Bout was always Kid Goku (GT) Super Saiyan, and they finally added him in BT3. Such cool memories. I really hope Sparking Zero lives up to the hype.

    • @Chiefland7
      @Chiefland7 5 місяців тому +1

      I loved it despite that and I was only 11 but I did wish it wasn't limited. Then when Tenkaichi 2 came out things got really popping

    • @Chiefland7
      @Chiefland7 5 місяців тому

      ​@@JoaoVictor-hn8htwhat do you think of sparking zero so far?

    • @JoaoVictor-hn8ht
      @JoaoVictor-hn8ht 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Chiefland7 IDK, the gameplay still looks too stiff and more like Xenoverse/Kakarot than BT. Also, the laughable excuse for local MP is... Well, laughable..

  • @suuslime3908
    @suuslime3908 8 місяців тому +42

    I think some people from 4chan used to run a tournament for CPU x CPU matches they would stream on twitch.

    • @n.henzler50
      @n.henzler50 8 місяців тому +6

      Way back in the day, they used to do stuff like that on the GameFAQs forums. I would lurk every so often and it was a pretty good time.

    • @TheGreatOne93
      @TheGreatOne93 8 місяців тому

      ​@@n.henzler50I used to be heavy in those CPU vs CPU Custom tournaments on GameFaqs. Those were good times and good fun

    • @hildagrauls5138
      @hildagrauls5138 7 місяців тому +7

      I was one of them
      TomeBazz_SS_Y2k😂😂❤

    • @KingdomHeart556
      @KingdomHeart556 6 місяців тому

      Right on one time on the bt3 message board I held a midget tournament which was exactly what it sounded like: all the super short fighters competing for strongest midget

  • @nostalgicbard1847
    @nostalgicbard1847 8 місяців тому +7

    In tenkaichi 2, and 1 to a lesser degree, my brother and I loved that we didn't have to stay locked on, we made our own adventures in the little maps, it is one of my favorite memories of my childhood

  • @tylerhassey5210
    @tylerhassey5210 8 місяців тому +15

    2 was definitely my most played one, when I was a kid that’s the only one I had and my god I probably 100% the game 2-3 times, I remember doing all the “what if” scenarios, getting every wish from shenron, unlocking every character and stage…must’ve spent hundreds of hours on this when I was a kid
    Edit: I take that back, I actually remember begging my mom to take me to GameStop to get 3 and played the shit out of that one too, it’s probably been like 15 years so kinda got them mixed together in my head

  • @LAZY-RUBY
    @LAZY-RUBY 8 місяців тому +24

    33:12 To this day I do not understand how any one can look at 3's streamlined, events-mid-battle story and think, "Nah I liked it better in 2 when every Saga was padded out to 30 fights and made me sit through six loading screens per battle."

    • @duarteribeiro1520
      @duarteribeiro1520 5 місяців тому +1

      Because there's more fights

    • @LAZY-RUBY
      @LAZY-RUBY 5 місяців тому +1

      @@duarteribeiro1520 If you really need to do all the same fights again, just play in versus mode. It's no fun having to sit through multiple agonizing load screens so they can pad out one-off confrontations into way too many fights. (Broly Second Coming did NOT need to be 6 goddamn fights long.)

    • @duarteribeiro1520
      @duarteribeiro1520 5 місяців тому

      @@LAZY-RUBY If you could just play versus instead of the story there wouldn't be a point to the story mode

    • @LAZY-RUBY
      @LAZY-RUBY 5 місяців тому +1

      @@duarteribeiro1520 I didn't say I don't want a story mode, I just don't want it to be a slog to get through. 3 had the right idea with having all the major battles be full set-pieces that have the events playout within the fight. No extended loading, more interestingly animated cutscenes, they even had alternate scenes for winning fights you canonically aren't supposed to win!

    • @aetherblackbolt1301
      @aetherblackbolt1301 2 місяці тому +1

      Would you be surprised that lots of kids didn't actually watch the DBZ anime and their first intro was playing the story in a DBZ video game? Playing through all of that was perfect as a young kid when you want more story mode - the magic isn't broken by "erm you can just go do them in Versus mode to recreate them" because a fair few kids can't figure that out or think it's lame.
      I played BT2 a lot as a kid, then when we actually had reliable WiFi as a teen I watched the anime after. The extensive story mode fights were great. Maybe it's different now that I'm grown.

  • @emilydonegan3208
    @emilydonegan3208 8 місяців тому +7

    Oh man, I’ve been waiting for this one! Today was a bad day, but this made up for it! Thanks, Niosai!

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +3

      I appreciate that, and I hope your day gets better! :)

  • @DrMasterAlex
    @DrMasterAlex 8 місяців тому +12

    On CPU v CPU, there's a fantasy sport league thing for BT3 called DBZ League. It's pretty amusing. Basically custom built characters under specific themed teams duking it out.

  • @redeclipseprojects9746
    @redeclipseprojects9746 7 місяців тому +5

    14:52 well i actually do love CPU VS CPU mod in old games. i do like watching them, i emulate games on my phone and this mod does help past the time during break at work when i am eating :)

  • @hamoodzdad
    @hamoodzdad Місяць тому +1

    I used to play the first Budokia Tenkaichi game with my brother on the PS2 when we were younger. Now that I'm older and living on my own for a few years, seeing dragon ball sparking was and instant nostalgia hit. Though it's not the exact same game it's so much fun to go back and relive those old memories. Especially since I don't really see my brothers that much anymore.

  • @SuspiraVictim1
    @SuspiraVictim1 8 місяців тому +2

    Back when games were FUN and MOSTLY 100% READY TO PLAY on launch.

  • @dillynsden
    @dillynsden 7 місяців тому +5

    My friends and I would do CPU vs CPU battles and do fake bets using monopoly money!

  • @TalkingOnAutoPilot
    @TalkingOnAutoPilot 4 місяці тому +2

    Budokai Tenkaichi was probably the best Dragon Ball Z game I’ve ever played, i recently sold it at a retro game store and they gave me more money for that than every other game/ accessories I sold to them and ps1

  • @zangbang9886
    @zangbang9886 6 місяців тому +2

    when i was little (8-10 year old) I was an EXTREMELY easily scared child so videogames terrified me (if an enemy attacked me in a videogame I felt in danger in real life). But I did love watching my big brother play BT3 so when he wasnt playing I just loved roaming the menus and set up cpu vs cpu fights, imagining the story behind the fight. It was like playing with toys... virtually.

    • @aetherblackbolt1301
      @aetherblackbolt1301 2 місяці тому

      Holy moly, that's a perfect way to describe it! Letting your action figures fight each other in pretend stories, but digital! That's exactly what we did yeah.

  • @lebendigesgespenst7669
    @lebendigesgespenst7669 5 місяців тому +2

    I came here just to see if you included Tag Team (My childhood favorite PSP game). Glad to see you did.

  • @MarkClaytonII
    @MarkClaytonII 5 місяців тому +2

    Tenkaichi 3 is the reason why I got into dragon ball z after getting it for Christmas and not even wanting to play it at first bc I thought it would be lame. Until one day I got bored and was hooked ever since. Then I remember I ended up wanting tenkaichi tag team for the longest. I would beg my parents everyday to take me and even the days that I went, it ended up being a lot farther away from my house. As soon as I started playing it, I never stopped until I basically 1000% finished. Then raging blast 2 had some of the best looking graphics and the soundtrack song songs I still play to this day (soldiers sorrow, gallant). Some of the best times of my life were playing dragon ball. I really hope this new game is as good as it looks

  • @marksmania42
    @marksmania42 8 місяців тому +4

    I was just binging your Budokai and Tenkaichi videos and then I woke up and got notified about this. Well, here we go!

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +2

      I promise this one's better than the last Tenkaichi video! I appreciate it haha 😎

  • @deathbybiscuit
    @deathbybiscuit 8 місяців тому +8

    We used to make bets on CPU v CPU fights.

  • @AliFindsGadgets
    @AliFindsGadgets 8 місяців тому +5

    thank you akira, you will remembered for the rest of my life

  • @JackDblade
    @JackDblade 5 місяців тому +1

    Sparking Zero being BT4 has brought back my childhood. Its been a long time but these hands are ready to train once again.

  • @MarkITEXE
    @MarkITEXE 8 місяців тому +5

    1:03:57 I actually GROW UP with ultimate Tenkaichi when I was a kid. I used to watch all the time on UA-cam, and I even manage to get a copy of the game. It was really fun, and I had a hell of a good time with it.

    • @Trog276
      @Trog276 8 місяців тому +1

      sorry bro

    • @davidsdomainforgamers7347
      @davidsdomainforgamers7347 2 місяці тому

      @@Trog276?

    • @inerge8678
      @inerge8678 Місяць тому

      I​@@davidsdomainforgamers7347it was the worst Tenkaichi sadly. It was just a port from the vr dbz game.

    • @sillygoose2878
      @sillygoose2878 Місяць тому +1

      Unfortunate 😔

  • @darknesseternal2473
    @darknesseternal2473 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm two months late, but I was one of those CPU vs CPU lovers in the OG Budokai (still my favorite game in the franchise even though it was my only one I ever owned). I honestly loved rushing home from school everyday, hurrying to turn the system on and having my favorite characters battle each other.
    It was through the CPU versing mode I realized that every character got unique color changes if they verse the exact same form as the opponent, for example imperfect cell would be the normal green, but the opponent would be a BLUE Imperfect Cell, etc. It added a charm to it that made me smile every time.
    I also just sincerely loved hearing the voices as they introduce themselves and I would even do mini "tournaments" with the CPU to see which one was stronger. Imperfect Cell and 1st form Frieza were Goliaths back then and won so many battles.
    Yes, I can understand the "What's the point of em" comment, but I just loved watching the CPU's duke it out while I did Homework or considered who i wanted to play as. I never beat the 100 Warrior challenge, but I know I got super far with Videl (top 10 I think). I miss this game so much.

  • @AzumaRikimaru1
    @AzumaRikimaru1 5 місяців тому +2

    Me and my friend loved launching CPU vs CPU and made bets who's gonna win.

  • @home9dog2blue199
    @home9dog2blue199 7 місяців тому +1

    you ALSO forgot to mention that you can find the DragonBalls within the stages' destructible environment set-pieces like "buildings, Giant rock formations, ships, trucks, etc."

  • @Spenerico
    @Spenerico 8 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant video! So excited to fire up Tenkaichi 3 again after work

  • @LesperenceVirkov
    @LesperenceVirkov 3 місяці тому +1

    CPU v CPU was quite literally my childhood version of TV. We didn't have Cable but my cousin gave me a PS2 and DBZ. Every night before bed I would either turn that on, or I'd go into Smash Melee and do the same thing with all the bots and set it to max items and infinite lives/time and just watch the chaos.

  • @WolfMoon351
    @WolfMoon351 8 місяців тому +33

    Raging Blast 2 not having a story mode is fine.
    I mean it’s not like we haven’t seen it before.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +12

      Sure, but I wanted more What-Ifs 😭

    • @BabyKobeeee
      @BabyKobeeee 7 місяців тому +7

      Raging Blast 2 is the most underrated game in the series

    • @jordandillow2417
      @jordandillow2417 7 місяців тому

      ⁠cried about it!😂

    • @anthonyramirez7586
      @anthonyramirez7586 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@BabyKobeeee honestly crazy hearing that now. I remember back in 2012-2013ish when I first got the game and started playing it like crazy I remember it was considered the best if not second best. I only heard raging blast 1 was better bc of the what ifs battle which was dope as hell! Ig overall raging blast 2 not having a story kind of hurt it self popularity wise bc ppl like to play something they can follow. In retrospect the galaxy mode is a genius adaptation, but it definitely feels like it a DLC and just kinda re doing battles with a certain mission attached to it wasn't appealing to some ppl. I think it takes a certain die hard dbz fan to understand and truly admire what raging blast 2 was. Everything about it was better in every aspect. It's just the first game was better organized and more appealing to the eye. Raging blast 2s menu was a bet lacking but it did its job.

    • @BabyKobeeee
      @BabyKobeeee 6 місяців тому

      @@anthonyramirez7586 I thought or Atleast remember people saying Raging Blast 2 was bad when it first came out. Even now it’s a game most people either don’t remember or never mention. I think at that time people were still saying budokai tenkaichi 2 and 3 were the best games in the series.

  • @rbaws1
    @rbaws1 4 місяці тому +1

    “Who does CPU vs CPU fights?” I do! XD it started off when I was a teen, where me and my friends would rename characters for stories and made different personalities and different reasons for the battles. Nowadays, I do it as a means of watching some entertainment and reliving the past. It’s not glorious, but that’s my story for doing so.

  • @IkarosTypeAlpha
    @IkarosTypeAlpha 5 місяців тому +2

    I remember playing raging blast and immediately dropping it because of how they butchered the tournament mode. That was my favorite mode in the original BT series and I was really disappointed with what they did with it.
    I never played RB2 though, might give it a shot someday

  • @ZettaSlow
    @ZettaSlow 8 місяців тому +1

    OH YEAH! Niosai back at it again! I need to see what the Raging Blast hype was about!

  • @IbukiLazuli
    @IbukiLazuli 2 місяці тому +1

    I loved Tag Team... Grew up with the PS2 games and it blew my mind seeing 3D Dragon Ball on a portable system. Even to this day, I still prefer playing DB games on portables when I can, here's hoping Sparking Zero runs on the Steam Deck

  • @mr.pastaman
    @mr.pastaman 8 місяців тому +1

    Awww I know this video was posted like over a week ago and I understand how long this probably took to put together aannnnddd while it's obviously not been an eternity since.. well you know.. Damn.. it just still feels fresh. That mid video break to appreciate the goat got me. R.I.P. Toriyama-Sensei. ❤ And great video brother! ❤

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +1

      I appreciate it! Yeah, it's actually kind of brutal. I started working on this in January or February after not doing any DBZ projects for an extended period of time. The news came out right smack on the middle of the editing process and I couldn't just release it without some kind of tribute to the GOAT

  • @Salty5621
    @Salty5621 8 місяців тому +2

    CPU vs CPU is fun to watch. Like a sort of neutral "who would win" without player interference

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +2

      Yeah I've really warmed up to it thanks to all the comments with stories like this!

  • @almuel
    @almuel 7 місяців тому

    I began replaying DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2 about 6 months ago. Enjoyed every bit of and also felt so nostalgic, I remember as a kid I had to wait for a very long time between loading screens but I was patient enough to do it cause the gameplay was so good. It feels nice to not have to wait that long anymore with how much better tech is today.

  • @ogskraxx6678
    @ogskraxx6678 7 місяців тому +1

    As a defender of Ultimate tenkaichi I wanted to point some of my own positives
    - Hero mode was REALLY fun with how you can customize moves and train with people to learn those moves
    - the combat while still being very dull does have a few cool manipulations. For instance Vegeta will favor the green single fist option so most of the time choosing the opposite will win against him. Not ever character works like this but you can manipulate the AI like this in some cases
    Took me a while to get around to this video lol but great work dude!!

  • @RMR1998
    @RMR1998 5 місяців тому +2

    I deeply miss the sparking/tenkaichi games. I still have my ps2 and games 1-3, but i lost the power cable to the console years ago, im gonna have to get one on Amazon or something to play it again someday.

  • @cwooddirector
    @cwooddirector 8 місяців тому +26

    BABE WAKE UP, NIOSAI MADE A BUDOKAI TENKAICHI VIDEO!!!!

  • @psxman4536
    @psxman4536 7 місяців тому

    I was the person that did COM vs COM.
    Sometimes it's just fun to watch your own "what if" or remake scenes from the show without replaying the story directly.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  7 місяців тому

      That's a good point!

  • @xlmnti
    @xlmnti 7 місяців тому +1

    Don't know if anyone said it yet but you can battle the AI in Tournaments by pressing Y/Triangle after selecting your character in Raging Blast 1.

  • @JoJoMoJo94
    @JoJoMoJo94 7 місяців тому

    Absolutely loved this video man, I played all these games religiously growing up and then when sparking zero came out I went and played all 3 BT stuff again 100% long live dragon ball , Rip to the sensei legend who made my childhood 🧡🖤 akira toriyama.. 🙏🏼

  • @PlusUltraMan
    @PlusUltraMan 3 місяці тому +1

    I used to use the CPU v CPU modes while doing chores so I had something to watch that I didn’t have to pay much attention to

  • @KingdomHeart556
    @KingdomHeart556 6 місяців тому

    The best thing about the progression of the og trilogy is that by the time i get to the third one, every character has their own unique moves and fighting style. There may be some exceptions but from what I remember every character played and felt different from anyone else. Love that attention to detail from the devs

  • @ElViperr408
    @ElViperr408 8 місяців тому +1

    Tenkaichi Tag Team is honestly super fun. Probably one of the best fighting games on the PSP. Also you don’t have to press only circle. Press the other buttons at the same time as well and it will work better

  • @thetruth7264
    @thetruth7264 8 місяців тому +1

    I used the CPU vs CPU battle a lot actually! Sometimes you just want to do something else while watching a fight go down or you and your friends want to pick fighters and place bets it’s fun!

  • @DoubleDrastik
    @DoubleDrastik 8 місяців тому +1

    back in the day me and my friends where heAVY INTO THE SERIES AND WE used to run cpu vs cpu on max difficulty to see certain match ups and see how cpu uses certain chars to get a idea of how to use a character you havent played with yet. me an my couzin would do cpu vs cpu match and watch while we are eating and study the cpu

  • @PureCringe
    @PureCringe 8 місяців тому +3

    Mannnn as a recent fan of DB (binged the series last year from the og DB to super, except for gt, kai and anything after super) now i wish I actually got to play some of these games...
    Oh, how one can only dream.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому

      Hey you still can! Though, if Sparking Zero is good, that could also be your first entry!

    • @PureCringe
      @PureCringe 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Niosai That depends on if it's on a console I even have rn. What consoles will it be on?

    • @neomachine855
      @neomachine855 8 місяців тому

      ​@@PureCringe Next gen only and on PC

    • @PureCringe
      @PureCringe 8 місяців тому

      @@neomachine855 Don't quite know what next gen is but pc I do have. Looking forward to seeing if I can ever cough up the money for this game!

    • @neomachine855
      @neomachine855 8 місяців тому

      @@PureCringe next gen is the Xbox Series S and X and the PS5, I will say this the Series S is quite cheap and is worth it imo it usually goes on sale for like 240/250 although you only get 512GB compared to the Series X which has 1TB off the bat but there is a black recolored Series S for 350 which has 1TB

  • @Xivinux
    @Xivinux 7 місяців тому +3

    Raging Blast 2 plays nice and looks good, but Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is a better game.
    Just like SSB Brawl looks nice, Melee was the better game

  • @pikachuattack542
    @pikachuattack542 4 місяці тому +1

    The Raging Blast 2 intro actually had a much better, amazing Japanese intro sung by Hironobu Kageyama (Cha La dude) but every single damn American release was a re-release where they replaced it with the BT2 theme instead!

  • @ImpactFrame
    @ImpactFrame 8 місяців тому +1

    Dude I love your content! Especially this and the Soul Calibur video. Keep up the good work bud

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +1

      I appreciate that so much!

  • @Nick-4K
    @Nick-4K Місяць тому +1

    I actually remember BT2 be better than the third. Like the 3rd had more characters but the 2nd was just more hardcore

  • @JoiceVaderd
    @JoiceVaderd 8 місяців тому +2

    I miss the original Raging Blast 2 music. I know it was changed because of plagiarism, but that's what i remember. I downloaded a PS3 emulator on my PC and the new BGM csught me off guard. RB2 is still my favorite DB Arena Foghter.

  • @feartheoldblood7222
    @feartheoldblood7222 8 місяців тому +9

    Maybe an unpopular opinion byt Ragung blast 2 is underrated and the roster is so fun. I also love the galaxy mode. After so many games the story mode of DBZ became dull so galaxy mode was appreacited and differnt. I think thats why xenoverse story was so fun. It was a different story.

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +4

      RB2 is great mechanically! I just wish it had more story stuff 😭

    • @jordandillow2417
      @jordandillow2417 7 місяців тому

      Bro fix your damn comment it has an error in it it’s like these people don’t check what they’re typing!

    • @feartheoldblood7222
      @feartheoldblood7222 7 місяців тому +2

      @@jordandillow2417 No thank you. Have a great day.

  • @KingdomAce
    @KingdomAce 8 місяців тому +2

    lets goooooooooo! been waiting for this! Get some sleep now!

  • @gardevoirtrainer4526
    @gardevoirtrainer4526 8 місяців тому +20

    I love CPU vs CPU in fighting games. I use it a lot when I'm tired and don't feel like playing, but still want to watch a match.

  • @hueyfreeman9094
    @hueyfreeman9094 Місяць тому +1

    Cpu battles are for when you want to see full skill and use of mechanics besides your own gameplay, it's fun really.

  • @slewdry8233
    @slewdry8233 8 місяців тому +2

    dude, the appeal of cpu vs cpu is betting who will win

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +1

      I'm starting to see that based on the comments 😂

  • @Chtsht23
    @Chtsht23 5 місяців тому +1

    The Goku/Vegeta head nod is infamous.

  • @RustyRants
    @RustyRants 8 місяців тому +2

    I used to use CPU vs CPU in games like smash bros to decide what characters i wanted to learn, the winner being my main for the next week, and in ultimate I’ve used the 8 player battles of the same character to let the game decide what alternate costume i would use.
    However I cant see why you’d do it in this game

  • @minjod
    @minjod 7 місяців тому +1

    Tenkaichi Tag Team is my favourite. You have 2vs2, great gameplay, nice graphics, no BS characters (seriously, Tenkaichi 3 has way too many fighters), good looking UI and you can play it on PS Vita

  • @LLJVBass
    @LLJVBass 8 місяців тому +2

    C'mon now, pitting Yamcha against anyone and seeing if he'll win in a CPU vs CPU is fun

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому

      Yamcha vs a lil green guy, who would win?

  • @YungandRekless545
    @YungandRekless545 8 місяців тому +2

    You forgot to mention every character's unique move when pressing circle in Raging Blast 2

  • @tylerbeauchamp2949
    @tylerbeauchamp2949 2 місяці тому +1

    I used to play CPU vs CPU. It was my way of creating my own little what if stories where it was the actual characters not just me controlling them. Either that or once and for all find out who is stronger.

  • @AstraFulminous
    @AstraFulminous 8 місяців тому

    Me and my friend used to love watching cpu battles in between our matches. Since we have different tastes, we'd take bets and root for whatever our favorite characters/sides were.
    Especially since I'm a Goku main and he loved to play Vegeta and Frieza.

  • @android21evil19
    @android21evil19 3 місяці тому +1

    I actually like to watch the CPU fight the CPU, especially on the hardest difficulty, and with team battles too!

  • @desantos288
    @desantos288 8 місяців тому +1

    I liked simulating fights as a kid with Cpu vs Cpu

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  8 місяців тому +1

      I'm seeing a lot of people say they bet on those fights 😂

  • @EternalStorm796
    @EternalStorm796 8 місяців тому +1

    Sometimes I match the com type items with either their respective character or a character I believe would fight as described in the actual show & pit them to see which character gets the most overall wins.

  • @lebendigesgespenst7669
    @lebendigesgespenst7669 5 місяців тому

    It's me, I am the one who was doing CPU vs CPU. It was fun to take a break from playing sometimes and just make up scenarios and see who'd win or test out different versions of customized characters against one another to see which might be better.

  • @silasstryder
    @silasstryder 8 місяців тому +1

    50:50, they don't have them officially, but since it's a 3d model that spins slowly you could just screen record it and throw that over to someone on Fiver with a 3D printer that can convert the recording into a 3d model, print it, and ship it over to you :) Heck if you pay for the higher end services they could probably even polish up the models so they're not as blocky

  • @ZorenSosa
    @ZorenSosa 8 місяців тому

    That funny animation from BT was hilarious to me and my brothers as kids, i thought we were the only ones who made fun of that 😂 glad to know we weren’t alone

    • @jayfujiwara9740
      @jayfujiwara9740 8 місяців тому

      I personally loved it lol. It's one of my favourite openings of all time😂

  • @wingedhussar1453
    @wingedhussar1453 5 місяців тому +1

    Actualy cpu vs cpu was one of my favorite modes along with towers. I would make my own tournamnets .it was awesome

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  5 місяців тому

      I've heard a ton of people vouch for this experience!

  • @lebendigesgespenst7669
    @lebendigesgespenst7669 5 місяців тому +1

    Man, these games kicked ass

  • @FrostDagger
    @FrostDagger 2 місяці тому +1

    I went from dbz budokai 3 to dbz tenkaichi 2. It was mind blowing.

  • @Go_4_Papa_Palpatine
    @Go_4_Papa_Palpatine 5 місяців тому

    Hey man, you output great stuff, thanks so much!

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  5 місяців тому

      Thank you :)

  • @765craven4
    @765craven4 7 місяців тому

    As for CPU vs CPU fights I think a good example of how fun they can be is watching Alpharad's Smash Bros CPU Tournaments. Dude constructed an entire story with them.
    As for my personal experience with Budokai Tenkaichi my introduction to it was my cousin's copy of 2 on his PS2, then a few years later getting 3 for the Wii. My brother and I has previously owned Budokai 2 on the GameCube and rented Budokai 1. We played the hell out of BT3 and had a blast, trading between battles to experience the story. And I distinctly remember my brother being extremely good with Namek Saga SSJ Goku and me maining Arale. A few years later we got Raging Blast 2 for the XBox 360 and had a ton of fun with the "Story" mode and trading off to play individual character modes.

  • @de4d092
    @de4d092 7 місяців тому +2

    4:43 bro got backshots

  • @aetherblackbolt1301
    @aetherblackbolt1301 2 місяці тому

    CPU vs CPU battles were so peak as pre teens. Sometimes we get tired of actually fighting, so its a cool What If to see unrelated characters fight. I think you can give them Z Items too? So you can make custom Boss Battles by buffing a certain CPU to see how far they can get before defeat.

  • @Takeru_Dono
    @Takeru_Dono 8 місяців тому

    I remember having a lot of fun with the Galaxy mode in RB2. It made me use a lot of characters i otherwise wouldn’t and actually made some underrated characters like Tenshinhan into one of my mains.

  • @Brandon48G
    @Brandon48G 6 місяців тому

    Give the designers for the UI and menus a raise. They are works of art and are not appreciated enough.

  • @-metallicgoku-8299
    @-metallicgoku-8299 Місяць тому

    Fun fact about raging blast 2. There are re-issued games with a different soundtrack. It’s from Budokai Tenkaichi 2. But raging blast 2 DID have its own soundtrack.

  • @TeamTowers1
    @TeamTowers1 8 місяців тому +1

    I honestly enjoyed the occasional CPU vs CPU fight, it was a way of letting a "dream match" unfold before me. If Sparking Zero has it , I'm defiantly gonna do a CPU vs CPU fight between Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Goku (if GT stuff is in the game).

    • @EternalStorm796
      @EternalStorm796 8 місяців тому +1

      It most like will. I just hope if they do follow up game, they implement a simul team 2v2 like in TTT. I'm definitely not expecting it now, but I prefer TTT over XV purely for the combat.

    • @MrAjking808
      @MrAjking808 8 місяців тому

      A dream match lol 😂 it’s fictional chill

    • @TeamTowers1
      @TeamTowers1 8 місяців тому

      @@MrAjking808 Since when did being fictional stop it being a dream match lol?

    • @MrAjking808
      @MrAjking808 8 місяців тому

      @@TeamTowers1 to people who aren’t taking it seriously lol .. yk people who live in reality

    • @TeamTowers1
      @TeamTowers1 8 місяців тому

      @@MrAjking808 So how does calling a something a "dream match" mean one thinks it's real? That's the equivalent of complaining about SNK calling calling their none canon KOF games, Dream Match games.

  • @juanokug4
    @juanokug4 7 місяців тому +1

    goddammit you played the patched version of RB2, the music was patched because of the plagiarism claims but the original intro is amazing

    • @Niosai
      @Niosai  7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah ):

  • @MGVXRespawn
    @MGVXRespawn 8 місяців тому +2

    I used to do CPU VS CPU all the time as a kid. When you put the Ai on the the hardest difficulty setting the fights can get really crazy and I actually learned a bunch of tech by watching the CPUs going at it.

  • @princemannic
    @princemannic Місяць тому +1

    15:15 i used to watch videos as a kid i think from kaggy films and thundershot of cpu battles so they got some use alright

  • @redeclipseprojects9746
    @redeclipseprojects9746 7 місяців тому +2

    13:15 damn trunks that was cool

  • @Sirasa6
    @Sirasa6 5 місяців тому

    RB2 did not have the BT2 music originally, that's basically a placeholder because of the plagiarism stuff, the original RB2 cinematic song was amazing.
    Also, the story dialogue was even in online battles, It's a surprisingly enjoyable feature, you can even see their mouths move in Super cutscenes.