How many of you are picking up Sparking Zero? I'm looking forward to it for sure. Also, bonus points if you can guess which songs I was singing (term used loosely) in the video!
Bonus points to you GameGuy! I just realized that the version I was singing wasn't even the one I grew up with, but they're so similar. I grew up with "Ocean/Westwood theme" (What it looks like it's called from my google searches), mad how many different versions there are.
The original soundtrack for this game was removed shortly after release, the soundtrack in this video was quickly made to replace it was terrible. The original OST was 100x better in every way.
Mate... This makes so much sense, thanks for sharing. For me, during the very intense moment between Bardock and Frieza there was beach party music... I gotta find the original OST now
@@undeadcleric7878 Nah, the guy that made it was caught for plagerism in the original DBZ Kai soundtrack, so they removed all his content from all dragon ball content
On the topic of the anime music being used, the Japanese version of the game also has it's own OST with revised Japanese DB/DBZ anime music, it was the same for the Tenkaichi(Sparking in Japan) games. They probably don't release that music over here due to copyright issues.
Also the music is always composed by Japanese composers I believe so they would have no idea of the US Bruce Faulconer OST or any reason to use it. The only times I know US music was used was for Budokai 1's US intro where it plays Rock the Dragon in a loop twice instead of Cha La Head Cha la for the opening & "Webfoot Technologies" Dragon Ball GameBoy Advance Games where because they were a US developer they used some of the US soundtrack for the OST's in Legacy of Goku I & II, Buu's fury & GT: Transformation.
RB2 was really good, it got mixed reception mostly because people were disappointed by the small roster compared to Tenkaichi 3, and also because of the art style of the game that didn’t look as good as the classic cell shaded aspect from T3 But in terms of gameplay it was excellent, in fact it was even arguably better than T3 in my opinion They basically kept the same gameplay, took a few things out, added a few things, and slowed cqc slightly, which overall felt much better I think In fact when I first saw concrete gameplay elements from Sparkkng Zero, I was a bit disappointed to see they really stuck to the Tenkaichi gameplay and didn’t take more from RB2 Can’t wait to be October 8th though
Good video. I played this game all the time as a kid. Lots of fun to be had even for a casual. The skill ceiling is crazy high and some people online were untouchable. Excited for sparking 0 tho.
Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I was definitely nowhere near the skill ceiling, I'm absolutely awful at fighting games but it's still so impressive how the ceiling is so high yet I was still able to play well and have fun. Hopefully Sparking Zero keeps that energy and I'm not horrifically bad at it haha.
Raging Blast 2 is my most played game to date I think the fighting system and mechanics are more advanced and fast paced than BT3 though I get a lot of hate for stating that I was playing BT3 to practice for SZ but now that I know you can fully customize the controls in SZ I swapped to RB2 for practice
Well, you won't get any hate from me for stating that opinion, 50% because I haven't a clue when it comes to fighting mechanics, but the other 50% is because everyone's entitled to their opinion on games if it's not hurting anyone! So you must be gearing up to whoop people on SZ then! Can't wait to see you on the battlefield and cry later!
Dude got handed Ls left, right and center in the Android/Cell saga so you're definitely right haha. However, he did have one of the best character arcs of all time to compensate for this.
@@PlayThroughTime. I like her design and the fact that she's a female character, lol. Also, judging by her design, I bet she has a type of fighting style that I like (I didn't really watch Dragon Ball)
@@BumbleBee-ur4uo As far as I remember (It's been a while since I've seen Super). She's like an animal warrior, very quick, uses here claws a lot, etc. If you end up liking the character you should definitely give Dragon Ball Super a go (Even if you just watch Tournament of Power clips on UA-cam). It's well worth your time!
Ive played through the db story in like 30 games not sure why people care to do it everytime, and if youre any good the computer is no challenge. This game had mechanics beyond its time though and you can play it ONLINE right now on an emulator
I think for me it's a combination of a few things: - Either seeing the same story but the animations done with completely new graphics (I never get sick of it) - Or seeing a completely new story with established characters (See FighterZ or Xenoverse) - Or a bunch of What-Ifs. Or all of them together! I can see why some people may get tired of it but for me it's always the 1st thing I look for in Dragon Ball games. It's actually cool that people are still playing online to this day, crazy good mechanics
When you mentioned you hadn't even reached at least 1k subscribers I was really surprised. The editing and writing of this video is really good! Def subbed
We're in dark times for sure. Every time I hop on LinkedIn for a few minutes it's bad news all over, layoff after layoff, people struggling to keep up with bills... We'll get through it though, just hold on to the belief that one day you'll wake up and everything will be ok because bad times like these don't last forever. Keep making those videos man, best of luck to ya!
Its really disappointing that they didn't include a story mode even yho there was one in the first Raging Blast, it also has great What Ifs like Bardock meeting and fighting his grandsons
It's the first thing I go to in any of these games as I love seeing how the newest game will animate iconic moments plus the what-ifs! So it's definitely a shame to not see it here but ah well, fun game nonetheless.
fun fact on release the music was made by Kenji Yamamoto, a very known DBZ music artist who made alot of music for other DBZ games but after he was cougt for plagiarism, they had to re release raging blast 2 where they removed Kenjis music and replaced it with the music from budokai tenkaichi 3, there is no way to know if you have the re-release or day one release before hand without haveing to start the game and watch the intro
Thanks so much for the additional information and what a wild story, I try to go in without doing much research so my opinion isn't biased but this seems to be a massive one I missed haha. It's mad to think when this game released there were groups of people who had no clue what they were missing out on with the OST and only found out years later.
@@PlayThroughTime. I'd recommend doing research for future projects to make sure it's as well-informed as possible. Other than that, looks like you're doing pretty damn well despite you sub count.
From what I can assume from the video, you got the version with the bad music I was lucky to get the original OST and MAN it's completely unforgettable Really sets up the mood One of my favorites is Nose To Tail, that many people don't know it's actually unlockable I also gotta love how all my trophies were in Japanese somehow lol
Yeah, I must've gotten unlucky there! I'm going to have a listen to the original OST today while I write up my thoughts on the next game I played. I'll make sure to listen out for Nose To Tail Someone more educated then me should jump in, but does that mean the version with the original OST was a different game on PSN with different trophies? Or was it just broken and showed up in Japanese haha
@@PlayThroughTime. I'm not quite sure, but I did have the European version of the game, so that could probably affect both the music and trophy system? Maybe it was a problem with the default language of the system for the trophies, but no clue about the music I think the games are the same however I also remember not being able to connect to my online account But I still had updates on my games, so I doubt that would fix it
Man, you can't say these OSTs aren't good. At most, you could say that they don't fit with RB2, also because they were originally created for BT2. Personally, I find them all amazing, one more beautiful than the other, and it's no coincidence that these were the most appreciated OSTs among all three Tenkaichi games produced.
the pure nostalgia i get from this game, i always download it on my pc to play with my cousin also there is a version that has the original intro music, and i think game music
There are technically two sound tracks for this game. The first was way better, but it got replaced due to the composer copying other songs. The second sound track (which is the one you had) is definitely a down grade for most of the songs
the themes from the show will never be brought back. That's not a missed opportunity, its simply not legally possible as they were licensed only for the tv release version, and only for the non japanese ones. Not even dvd releases past a certain point have the songs you were referring to. As a consolation though the later dbz games would attempt to emulate the same tunes and arrangement from the tv adaptation so they end up sounding like they were from the show now.
That makes a lot of sense and shows my lack of knowledge when it comes to licensing! Yeah, I swear every Dragon Ball game I've played has had a banger of a soundtrack, except for this one... but I'm now finding out that the original OST wasn't on the version I got from ebay so maybe I'm judging it too harshly!
@@PlayThroughTime. to add on to that. the original budokai games had music that was almost entirely plagiarized by its composer. He was fired once it came out and the re rereleased versions of the budokai games all were recomposed as a result. If you buy them in their current form they wont have the banger soundtrack we all remember either
The soul reason this game didn't sell is because it didn't include gt characters I remember as a kid I was like bruh I'm not buying that game when I still got bt3 that has more fighters. I got it later on when it was on sale and I liked it but still missed the gy characters
Ah, that's interesting. I don't know why but I never saw GT on tele when I was young but definitely saw nearly all of Z. It makes sense that people growing up with GT would miss characters like the Super Saiyan 4s and the shadow dragons. Thanks for the insight!
How many of you are picking up Sparking Zero? I'm looking forward to it for sure.
Also, bonus points if you can guess which songs I was singing (term used loosely) in the video!
Makafushigi Adventure(Funimation English version) & Rock the Dragon(Ocean Dub).
Bonus points to you GameGuy! I just realized that the version I was singing wasn't even the one I grew up with, but they're so similar. I grew up with "Ocean/Westwood theme" (What it looks like it's called from my google searches), mad how many different versions there are.
Tarble is canon, he was mentioned in dbs broly, which is canon
He was also mentioned in battle of god when Goku ask Vegeta to recruit Tarble for the Ritual
@@SumireAmamiya only in the movie, I think. Which isn't canon. Could be wrong
@@vantaplat7411 movie is canon
@@OctoDADDY.no it isn't. Dragon Ball Super is, the movie is not
Both are unfortunately@@gravethestampede3454
Raging Blast 2 is my favourite dragon ball game of all time, the gameplay is perfect in my opinion
Raging Blast was ahead of its time. The fact that it can actually support split screen with more than just one map
Raging Blast fixing to be the red headed step child once sparking zero releases lmao
I had a lot of fun playing this 💪🏼
This was Tenkaichi 4 for me
The original soundtrack for this game was removed shortly after release, the soundtrack in this video was quickly made to replace it was terrible. The original OST was 100x better in every way.
Mate... This makes so much sense, thanks for sharing. For me, during the very intense moment between Bardock and Frieza there was beach party music... I gotta find the original OST now
wasnt the original ost straight up stolen from another game?
@@undeadcleric7878 Nah, the guy that made it was caught for plagerism in the original DBZ Kai soundtrack, so they removed all his content from all dragon ball content
On the topic of the anime music being used, the Japanese version of the game also has it's own OST with revised Japanese DB/DBZ anime music, it was the same for the Tenkaichi(Sparking in Japan) games. They probably don't release that music over here due to copyright issues.
Also the music is always composed by Japanese composers I believe so they would have no idea of the US Bruce Faulconer OST or any reason to use it. The only times I know US music was used was for Budokai 1's US intro where it plays Rock the Dragon in a loop twice instead of Cha La Head Cha la for the opening & "Webfoot Technologies" Dragon Ball GameBoy Advance Games where because they were a US developer they used some of the US soundtrack for the OST's in Legacy of Goku I & II, Buu's fury & GT: Transformation.
RB2 was really good, it got mixed reception mostly because people were disappointed by the small roster compared to Tenkaichi 3, and also because of the art style of the game that didn’t look as good as the classic cell shaded aspect from T3
But in terms of gameplay it was excellent, in fact it was even arguably better than T3 in my opinion
They basically kept the same gameplay, took a few things out, added a few things, and slowed cqc slightly, which overall felt much better I think
In fact when I first saw concrete gameplay elements from Sparkkng Zero, I was a bit disappointed to see they really stuck to the Tenkaichi gameplay and didn’t take more from RB2
Can’t wait to be October 8th though
I am playing Raging Blast 2 right now to kill time waiting for Sparking Zero XD
Great choice mate! Can't wait for Sparking Zero!
Same hahaha
Raging Blast is like Budokai Tenkaichi ??
Same
Yes
I struggled with the tutorial too man
Glad to know I'm not the only one haha
Good video. I played this game all the time as a kid. Lots of fun to be had even for a casual. The skill ceiling is crazy high and some people online were untouchable. Excited for sparking 0 tho.
Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I was definitely nowhere near the skill ceiling, I'm absolutely awful at fighting games but it's still so impressive how the ceiling is so high yet I was still able to play well and have fun. Hopefully Sparking Zero keeps that energy and I'm not horrifically bad at it haha.
Vegeta! 🔥🔥🔥 great vid, as always 👌
Appreciate it mate!
RB2 soundtrack is using Budokai Tenkaichi 2 soundtrack
Raging Blast 2 is my most played game to date
I think the fighting system and mechanics are more advanced and fast paced than BT3 though I get a lot of hate for stating that
I was playing BT3 to practice for SZ but now that I know you can fully customize the controls in SZ I swapped to RB2 for practice
Well, you won't get any hate from me for stating that opinion, 50% because I haven't a clue when it comes to fighting mechanics, but the other 50% is because everyone's entitled to their opinion on games if it's not hurting anyone!
So you must be gearing up to whoop people on SZ then! Can't wait to see you on the battlefield and cry later!
@@PlayThroughTime. Agreed! And fingers crossed for crossplay after release!
I would say 2:25 is pretty anime accurate
Dude got handed Ls left, right and center in the Android/Cell saga so you're definitely right haha.
However, he did have one of the best character arcs of all time to compensate for this.
if sparking zero also has no story mode and stuff, i just might get it someday, and i can already tell that Kakunsa will be my main lol.
That's the Universe 2 Warrior right! Glad you didn't pick the one that turns into a teletubby 😅
@@PlayThroughTime. I like her design and the fact that she's a female character, lol.
Also, judging by her design, I bet she has a type of fighting style that I like (I didn't really watch Dragon Ball)
@@BumbleBee-ur4uo As far as I remember (It's been a while since I've seen Super). She's like an animal warrior, very quick, uses here claws a lot, etc.
If you end up liking the character you should definitely give Dragon Ball Super a go (Even if you just watch Tournament of Power clips on UA-cam). It's well worth your time!
@@PlayThroughTime. I did watch them, but I've forgotten a majority of things from it.
@@BumbleBee-ur4uo sparking zero has the story of 8 characters... dont worry.
Ive played through the db story in like 30 games not sure why people care to do it everytime, and if youre any good the computer is no challenge. This game had mechanics beyond its time though and you can play it ONLINE right now on an emulator
I think for me it's a combination of a few things:
- Either seeing the same story but the animations done with completely new graphics (I never get sick of it)
- Or seeing a completely new story with established characters (See FighterZ or Xenoverse)
- Or a bunch of What-Ifs.
Or all of them together!
I can see why some people may get tired of it but for me it's always the 1st thing I look for in Dragon Ball games.
It's actually cool that people are still playing online to this day, crazy good mechanics
I had a 360 sot this was my BT3. Even after going back and playing BT3 later i still enjoy raging blast more
Raging Blast games are more balanced than BT3.
yOoooOoooO 😮😮😮
When you mentioned you hadn't even reached at least 1k subscribers I was really surprised. The editing and writing of this video is really good! Def subbed
That means a lot, thank you so much! I know Shenron will come through for me eventually
How tf you only got 92 subs is this a 2nd channel or sum?
Appreciate the compliment! I'm just a guy who was recently laid off (Start of the year) and decided to double down on an idea I had for making videos!
@@PlayThroughTime.My job is laying off too, got rid of half of my department. I'm still there, but making gaming videos is still top priority.
We're in dark times for sure. Every time I hop on LinkedIn for a few minutes it's bad news all over, layoff after layoff, people struggling to keep up with bills... We'll get through it though, just hold on to the belief that one day you'll wake up and everything will be ok because bad times like these don't last forever. Keep making those videos man, best of luck to ya!
Its really disappointing that they didn't include a story mode even yho there was one in the first Raging Blast, it also has great What Ifs like Bardock meeting and fighting his grandsons
It's the first thing I go to in any of these games as I love seeing how the newest game will animate iconic moments plus the what-ifs! So it's definitely a shame to not see it here but ah well, fun game nonetheless.
fun fact
on release the music was made by Kenji Yamamoto, a very known DBZ music artist who made alot of music for other DBZ games but after he was cougt for plagiarism, they had to re release raging blast 2 where they removed Kenjis music and replaced it with the music from budokai tenkaichi 3, there is no way to know if you have the re-release or day one release before hand without haveing to start the game and watch the intro
Thanks so much for the additional information and what a wild story, I try to go in without doing much research so my opinion isn't biased but this seems to be a massive one I missed haha. It's mad to think when this game released there were groups of people who had no clue what they were missing out on with the OST and only found out years later.
@@PlayThroughTime. I'd recommend doing research for future projects to make sure it's as well-informed as possible. Other than that, looks like you're doing pretty damn well despite you sub count.
@@LloydTheZephyrian It's still early days for me so I'm finding my feet still but appreciate the feedback!
Budokai Tenkaichi 2 not 3
I think only the launch batch had the OG ost. Most copies of RB2 out there are the tenkaichi 2 ost.
I mean offline yes online 💀 nope
The one hit mission were my favorite and I hope they come back it makes a skill gap and once you complete it you actually are a god at the game 😂
Shows that I was nowhere near that god-level! Maybe one day I'll put in the time and effort just to beat those one hit missions fairly
good video i approve
Thank you for the kind words!
I'm third 0:39
Hi Third, welcome to the channel 👋
From what I can assume from the video, you got the version with the bad music
I was lucky to get the original OST and MAN it's completely unforgettable
Really sets up the mood
One of my favorites is Nose To Tail, that many people don't know it's actually unlockable
I also gotta love how all my trophies were in Japanese somehow lol
Yeah, I must've gotten unlucky there! I'm going to have a listen to the original OST today while I write up my thoughts on the next game I played. I'll make sure to listen out for Nose To Tail
Someone more educated then me should jump in, but does that mean the version with the original OST was a different game on PSN with different trophies? Or was it just broken and showed up in Japanese haha
@@PlayThroughTime. I'm not quite sure, but I did have the European version of the game, so that could probably affect both the music and trophy system?
Maybe it was a problem with the default language of the system for the trophies, but no clue about the music
I think the games are the same however
I also remember not being able to connect to my online account
But I still had updates on my games, so I doubt that would fix it
Man, you can't say these OSTs aren't good. At most, you could say that they don't fit with RB2, also because they were originally created for BT2. Personally, I find them all amazing, one more beautiful than the other, and it's no coincidence that these were the most appreciated OSTs among all three Tenkaichi games produced.
I was a beast at this game! Back on the ps4
You mean PS3?
the pure nostalgia i get from this game, i always download it on my pc to play with my cousin
also there is a version that has the original intro music, and i think game music
There are technically two sound tracks for this game. The first was way better, but it got replaced due to the composer copying other songs. The second sound track (which is the one you had) is definitely a down grade for most of the songs
Lmao them one health point missions used to kill me but it was all about the grind.
I was a big fan of this game a decade ago. Hope sparking zero takes a lot from it.
Good video but you gave me a stroke with how you pronounce o v a
Lost courage is better than any ost in og dbz
Played this game is nice
Raging blast always has been and will always be garbage🤷♂️
Well, everyone's entitled to their opinion to be fair! How come you feel it's garbage?
the themes from the show will never be brought back. That's not a missed opportunity, its simply not legally possible as they were licensed only for the tv release version, and only for the non japanese ones. Not even dvd releases past a certain point have the songs you were referring to. As a consolation though the later dbz games would attempt to emulate the same tunes and arrangement from the tv adaptation so they end up sounding like they were from the show now.
That makes a lot of sense and shows my lack of knowledge when it comes to licensing! Yeah, I swear every Dragon Ball game I've played has had a banger of a soundtrack, except for this one... but I'm now finding out that the original OST wasn't on the version I got from ebay so maybe I'm judging it too harshly!
@@PlayThroughTime. to add on to that. the original budokai games had music that was almost entirely plagiarized by its composer. He was fired once it came out and the re rereleased versions of the budokai games all were recomposed as a result. If you buy them in their current form they wont have the banger soundtrack we all remember either
The soul reason this game didn't sell is because it didn't include gt characters I remember as a kid I was like bruh I'm not buying that game when I still got bt3 that has more fighters. I got it later on when it was on sale and I liked it but still missed the gy characters
Ah, that's interesting. I don't know why but I never saw GT on tele when I was young but definitely saw nearly all of Z. It makes sense that people growing up with GT would miss characters like the Super Saiyan 4s and the shadow dragons.
Thanks for the insight!
The GT characters would have looked so clean in this game especially with the chaining combo mechanic. Could have been some sauce with SSJ4.
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