A look at the beta and cut content of Dragon Ball Z Budokai
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2022
- For those wondering, yes. this video was uploaded before, but it ended up getting copyright claimed, so I decided to remove it. I didn't really mind deleting it, as I wasn't a fan of my original video.
this new one keeps about 95% of what the original video had plus new content.
Edit while uploading: it seems I can't get around the claim without deleting a big chunk of the video, but now it says the owner allows it.
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![Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 - SSJ Goku (Mid) VS SSJ Future Gohan [Request Match]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/q55_l9uXztI/mqdefault.jpg)
Hey guys, I just found out that Future Bulma exists as a character, she is never seen in the game at all, so if you're interested check it out! ua-cam.com/video/ZB1wBbuWUYs/v-deo.html
Here is also an unused model of Saiyan Armor Goku. ua-cam.com/video/oNM0mEv7g3s/v-deo.html
Cool
People talk about how poorly Budokai’s visuals have aged but the beta shows us how much care they actually put into making the characters and how much worse it could’ve been
visuals aged golden, still looks better then xenoverse imo.
tbh they still hold up idk what u talking bout lol
@@serpant333 It does. Not everyone looks like plastic and like they’re on omega roidssss
For what they did for an old system like a PS2 and older consoles I say they did a good job
People also seem to forget the gamecube version added cell shading and makes the game look better than the ps2 version which was used for the hd collection and to me that made no sense.
I always thought Budokai 1 models looked kinda weird but they are Michelangelo compared to the beta models, the beta models look like they belong in dbz sagas
They look like they belong on a mobile game from 2013 lmao
It's cuz they didn't have that outline effect like most anime games do today or then
@IsaacInfernape2000 (Raman) he misspelled weird, calm down. And don't trash talk reddit, because you sound like you're fresh off of a reddit post my boy.
Is it even possible the block on UA-cam
@IsaacInfernape2000-Raman Hideki Kamiya is that you?
The beta models look as if they came from an unreleased Dreamcast version of Budokai 1, and I love it.
Seeing Gohan as a place holder for his Great Ape for is actually hilarious LOL
Jokes aside, this is some really good stuff! Hopefully there will be more cut content to be discovered for the other PS2 DBZ games
love to see that there’s still an active budokai community, genuinely makes me super happy.
Piccolo found a way to teach Gohan how to use the giant form it seems
Also the Saibamen posing with the Z-Fighters as if they were part of the team is the funniest shit ever
They are part of the team... if that's the case laugh at Krillin because he's also there
Among Us
Z-Fighter
There is a Saibaiman among us
@@FazeRustyNuts at least krilin had guts. Better replace Yamcha with a Saibaman
Where? Timestamps?
@@Mr_TheJayman 6:37 Gohan
7:17 Saibamen
Gohan looks like a frightened cat with his tail sticking out like that, plus the look on his face.
The ending scene with the Saibamen made me bust out laughing like 😂😂 it reminds me of the meme of the guy in the Bulls 23 jersey and the caption says “he thinks he’s on the team” 😭😭💀
5:15
Goku REALLY wants to fight someone tougher
Goku took a hit of Dragonmeth ,dats why hes all lit ,another reason why he won the match
Me, looking at the final game's visuals after seeing the beta visuals: *Perhaps I've treated you too harshly.*
7:25 glad to see Yamcha is forgiving enough to let a Saibaman be a Z warrior
they used saibamen instead of chiaoutzu/riff
It's crazy how different things were in the beta and how much was cut in a very well-known game that came out decades ago. Practically no one knew too. Makes me appreciate this game even more.
Damn this brings back the feeling of how MAJOR this was at the time
This game was my childhood
Dude i'm glad you uploaded this!! Budokia 1 content is hard to find on youtube these days, i remember back in like 2012 there was a guy doing model swaps , goku killing chichi LOL in the place of king cold & this video was very educational i didn't know there were soo many changes to this game... it's mind blowing... You have a new sub , Please keep up the work
That guy still exists, his channel is chaospunishment
@@Gamewolf66 Thank you bro!!
@@Grande_Marquez np
I took after that dude when I started modding Budokai like 10 years ago. Chaospunishment pretty much showed me everything
Just watch TFS gaming channel there's plenty of DBZ Budokai 1 content
Budokai is the first fighting game I remember owning and was my introduction to most of the story in general. For reasons I can't fully explain, it has a style that better represents DBZ unlike any other game that's been out since. The voice actors are fresh and passionate, the music (albeit plagiarized) is on point, the cutscenes are masterfully directed, etc. I could go on and on but anyone who knows played back then and knows games can clearly see they wanted this to be a sort of definitive experience that would spawn a new generation of fans.
The early version of the character select screen reminds me of Burst Limit sorta with how the character looks forward
You know what’s funny? The health bar portraits for some characters and their transformations in Burst Limit are ripped straight from Budokai 1.
@@briankangguitar Super Vegeta and SS1 Gohan comes to mind
@@Rapid98k yeah, like a good 70% of them are from Budokai 1, it’s pretty cool!
Given time that Head Cha-La intro could have looked amazing. Maybe fans could make one using later game models.
The two Saibamen at the end also caught me completely off guard.
Ah yes my favorite part of the original Z fighters, 2 saibamen.
they used it instead of chiaoutzu/riff
As someone who loves, started from, and make gameplay vids on Budokai 1, I’m glad I stumbled upon this video. I always wondered about what content was shelved and it’s very interesting that Cui was going to be playable… 🤔 I think back to seeing all the other cutscene only models like Chiaotzu, Burter, Guldo, Jeice, King Cold, and even Frieda’s 2nd-3rd form and always wondered why they were never used as well. Probably time contraints/deadlines but anyway, thanks for making this awesome video!
It’s weird how you don’t even fight Dodoria in the story and can unlock him. Very rushed game indeed. Dr Gero should’ve been playable too.
@@hisaceinthehole3426 Since they had the character models made, it shouldn’t have been much memory to make them playable. They also intended to make the Buu saga, since the original front cover had Buu saga characters. It wasn’t an overly large game either. All I know for sure is Budokai 2 was rushed and largely unfinished due to time constraints. Not 100% sure about Budokai 1.
@@hisaceinthehole3426 But PS1 games prior already had the Buu saga in it
I’m just happy to be apart of the budokai community lol
Really nice stuff you found man
I really love the cutscenes they remind me of sonic adventure 2
Budokai 1 is definitely nostalgic for me! The first PS2 game I got!
Mines 2
I'm surprised female dragonball fan even EXIST
@@boogaloobender3462 there’s a lot of female fans.
I remember my mom getting my brother and I a ps2, and we didn't buy any games for it. but when we turned the PS on, budokai popped up, So we played it. turns out someone didn't take it out of the PS2, so we got a free game
Budokai 1 has the best aesthetic and voices in my opinion. Also the stage destructions look great and the hidden areas (like the hidden area that happens when you trigger the dinosaur attack) looks great.
dinasaur attack? i dont remember a dinasaur attack trigger for a stage in budokai1, as far as i remember it just had the transitions when you go to another section and the destruction of the stage by an ultimate attack such as the spirit bomb, i dont know if you are confusing budokai 1 with another or maybe i missed it...on which stage did that happen and how do you do it?
The dinosaur attack is from Budokai 3 and Infinite World
@@ElGokuPESero123 no there is one in the plains. It attacks you and sends you to a waterfall area which looks absolutely stunning. Think I have the video somewhere.
@@AllStarKingD You must be getting Budokai 1 confused with a different title. Played that game left and right and never seen anything like what you're talking about.
@@BeforezzzThere is actually a hidden area in the islands stage of Budokai 1 that you can activate by either knocking your opponent into one of the rocks or vice versa. But yes, the dinosaur one is from Budokai 3 in the Plains stage!
Beta trunks look like a monster
In the Super History Book they talk about how redoing the models was a lot of work and eventually ended up delaying the game. Definitely worth it though, haha
I have never seen a video on betas and unused content for a DBZ game before, and this was a great video.
7:18 ah yes my favorite characters, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, Gohan, topless Goku and 2 random Saibaman
I love all these cut content from dragonball🔥🔥
Its like the beta seemed to more heavily based off how the anime used to look in the 90's, the final seems like Yamamoto drew all the portraits they all look cheery and happy which isn't a bad thing but the more grumpy looking Yamcha for example seems to work better for a vintage game that was a classic also I noticed the final everyone looks less grumpy with their eyes I guess they thought a cheery look worked better for this game.
Love these kinds of videos keep up the good work
Love how you used the options theme as the background music for this video
6:11 lol they didn't have Chioutzu finished so they just threw a Saibaman in there.
A budokai 1 video on my homepage? Is this 2008???
Great video tho, I loved this game prob one of the best story modes since it was almost like watching the anime.
Budokai 1 PS2's artstyle is just unmatched. It looks SO GOOD. The Budokai 2 Intro footage looks really good too. I wish we had Budokai 2 in the style of 1. Instead, the gamecube version was butchered and 2 was meh.
GC looks like the better version imo
Will always be my favorite dbz game 💜 was my first and still give me the feels when I hear "Dragon Dragon Rock The Dragon"🙌🏾
Suprisingly, I'm glad that we got the current Budokai Aesthetic cause a good chuck of the Beta Models looked weird. However, one thing I wish they used but did for Budokai 2 onwards was unlit shading for the skin. In the Goku v Goku, I can see how good it can look compared to its default lit counterpart.
This music brings a lot of nostalgia.
This song brings me back. I remember being confused as what super holy water did and figuring out you can have frieza turn into mecha frieza. Also checking out android 18s model and trying to peak underneath her dress.
Android 19 with the heart virus and vaccine capsules equipped was the most OP thing ever. From there it was easy zeni from tournament mode.
With Cui I guess they were gonna have you fight him as Vegeta in the story mode but never finished it for some reason
I like how the prototype Budokai 2 intro has Tien fly by with his faithful friend Saibaman
Had too comment as this game was my introduction too Dragon Ball. I like the starter tournament title better then adept.
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I sang along to the silent beta opening for Budokai 2.
Keep up the good work
1:08 that yamcha on the left looking like he belongs in marvel vs street fighter
Great video
GREAT CONTENT
that music, so good
In my opinion I think they were trying to go the Cel Shaded route to look more like the anime but, for some reason weren’t able to do it.
Yeah that style didn't get good until Budokai 2
@@b.b.s7545 Budokai 2 used no cel shading. The models were just designed with crazy low poly counts compared to 1 models which gave an anime look. But 3 they started messing with general shading but not cel shading
@@dogboi76 the hell you talking about, it used it.
@@dogboi76 Budokai 2 DID use cel shading, as stated by the producer Daisuke Uchiyama himself. It was very hard to achieve it at the time due to the lack of documentation and the PS2 being notoriously difficult to develop games on, which is the reason why the GameCube port of the first game did have it (albeit being done by a different team).
Is there a way to extract the character healthbar/transformation portraits in Budokai 1 (ex: King Kai Fist x10 Goku) and 2 (Ex: Super Saiyan 2 Trunks) I’ve always been curious to know if it’s possible to see those full renders
Yes, it is possible. They should be in data_us.afs. use game graphic studios.
Yeah. It was easier for the little things to stand out back then. I remember loving the UI and character portraits with how they would change when the player went into a form.
Literally the first actual food dbz game outside Japan.
nice video!! it's rlly interesting to see all these differences and how much dimps tried to make this look as polished as possible
also mind telling me what the video music is?
Thanks, here is the song I used ua-cam.com/video/dQbByG7NQjw/v-deo.html
@@the_phoenix_mirror thanks!
I love the betas character select menu
Weird to think how cartoony the dragon ball logo used to be.
As opposed to the gritty moments in the show and how seriously fans take it? Yeah, but Dragon Ball has always been a cartoon at heart. The way the Z is designed sort of speaks for how the show evolved.
This is beta content based on the US version but post Cell Saga Trunks from base to SSJ is in the files and not the incomplete one from US versions intro because that one has no hands or face emotions in battle.
Also Goku and Gohan have full time chamber outfits that was for an unused cutscene or battle
6:37 That made me laugh.
Guys, can someone tell me what the starting music is called? :)
Good find
Just wish the Buu saga was in this game. Especially the outfits, it’s strange that Goku’s Gi without symbol wasn’t in or Vegeta’s Saiyan saga iutfot
these models was tough
Budokai 1's graphics were extremely outstanding for their time. To me, anyone who gripes about how they aged is just complaining for the sake of it.
They look like ass lol they improved inmensely with each game (except infinite world that one's just a mediocre patch)
@@cahallo5964 Nigga, he said "Outstanding for their time" stop being a dumbass and read, them shits was crazy. Even though I played it in 06. Shit still looked nice
@@25ksubswithnovideos85 dude said it was not ok to complain about them aging!, that's what I was reffering too, they aged like ass in literally 3 years.
@@cahallo5964 no they didn't, it was rare that you'd find a game with that level of shading and a game where the background is so vibrant on a PS2, it aged well until they had the option to upgrade graphics as a generational thing
@@25ksubswithnovideos85 not true all ps3 dbz games look like shit.
budokai 3 (and tenkaichi 3 too) was the peak of dbz graphics, and budokai 3 came out 3 years later than budokai 1
This was the best to me! I love this game!
Cool video, I always liked more Budokai than Budokai Tenkaichi series.
Hey, does Goku beta model also has a happy face texture or not? Because I remember when I was playing as Goku and beat Gohan. Goku's face change serious to happy saying to Gohan that he was doing well. Even when on the intro scene when he's going to face Android 16
I actually don't know, I'll check when I can.
I'm curious, between all this cut content does there happen to be something about Oozaru Vegeta fight ? I might be alone on this but seeing that part always made me think they had some kind of special stage planned for it instead of just a cutscene...
I don't remember seeing anything of a planned fight for it in the files. If it was going to happen, then it would've been cut pretty early in development.
Bro, the intro, the one where you talked about budokai 2 before showing it, has so much wrong with it... like for one, why is Goku shirtless? Why in the part where Gohan is supposed to be an ozaru is he just a giant kid Gohan? Then they replace Bulma with Yamacha, and finally why are the Saibamen posing with the Z-warriors?!
Super cool
Is there a video of the beta footage that we can watch? I'd like to see how it looks in action!
The closest thing that I didn't show is this footage. ua-cam.com/video/NVACB6kEpGA/v-deo.html they show cutscenes of an earlier version, but the gameplay clips use the final game.
i actually am fond of budokai 1 visuals it was like playing a complete cgi dbz anime and budokai 2 tried to make the art style but it just wasnt doing it on par to lets say raging blast
amd budokai 1 is a cell shader away from that so thats my argument
Budokai 1 still has the highest poly count on their character models of the PS2 era
its 3D AND IT LOOKS KOOL TO SEE IT THAT WAY
@@dogboi76 😯
I remember the style of Budokai 2 completely taking me out. It grew on me down the road but at the time I thought it was a really ugly looking game by comparison.
@@Beforezzz exactly!! budokai 1 had the same aesthetic of say metal gear solid 2 and that was considered great in graphics. although budokai 1 is tamed to represent the anime when budokai 2 came out i knew they were attempting to look like the show but the models looked blocky and the colors were solid with at times no shading or gradients while budokai 1 environments and models all fit and looked amazing .. the cutscene of goku entering the cell game arena is a great rendition of that event
5:19
Goku's absolutely obnoxious forehead and devious ahh smile 💀
So the Saibamen were just squad in the beta. I see no issues there...
Unpopular fact cell accidently absorbing krillen should have been a unlockable character just like mecha friza
Just like how "Power Weighted" Perfect Cell should have been playable. The form is unlockable but it's not the same roided out model from the last level, just normal Cell.
7:16 Ah yes my favourite characters, Tien Krillin, Saibamen 1, Gohan, Saibamen 2 and yamcha!
One day I’ll find somebody who can code or create games, to add the buu saga to this game. I don’t care how much it costs
Right? I have wanted the same thing too!
😱😱🔥
What’s the music you used in the background
ua-cam.com/video/dQbByG7NQjw/v-deo.html
Beta trunks 😂😂
Those beta models look like Dragon Ball Z Saga's models.
3:53 isk what the hell this is Hella funny
That beta intro lmao
Budokai was one of the best
1:43 like us.
I always wondered if budokai 1 had stuff like this. Budokai 1s graphics etc us soooo underrated. More budokai 1 tidbits please sir
Are you gonna do budokai 2 beta content
I've been looking at Budokai 2 and while I found some stuff, there isn't enough to make a video out of it yet.
@@the_phoenix_mirroroh ok 👍 thanks for the message
Ngl they could have made a PS1 port in earlier production time
Wow this game is such a Beta!!!!
6:12 Saibaiman?
Does anyone what the song playing in the background is
ua-cam.com/video/dQbByG7NQjw/v-deo.html
I swear if anyone knows a game that you could runaway from great ape vegeta tell me. I swore it was something in this game.
That seems to be from the first budokai tenkaichi. The story mode had three win conditions depending on the way the fight went on the series: just kill the enemy, kill the enemy with a certain technique and survive for 'X' seconds. In the fight against oozaru Vegeta you had to survive for over a minute to pass it. I hated it when I was a kid. Hahaha
@@silentsurvivor2082 It was worse when you had to survive against Kid Buu so the Spirit Bomb could be formed, that little guy moved like the speed or light lol
3:27 Goku The Legendary Super Saiyan
Can I watch this video if i am not a budokai gamer???
Hard question. Flip a coin, if it's heads, you can watch it. If it's tails, you can't watch it until you become a Budokai gamer.
What is the name of this theme
It's the options theme in B1.
Budokai graphics were really good Fully Animated scenes Great what if Story lines I really loved it plus it's the only game with (Rock The Dragon)The American Theme Song
GameCube looks great.
Omg the beta looked terrible
Kinda the point of a beta version, innit?
I had budokai 1 and 2 on gamecube
And I had to get a ps2 for budokai 3
Because Nintendo never signed the contracts for Atari to make a gcn budokai 3 .
Shin budokai another road and a import
Of shin budokai 2 both for the psp .
Never got to play infinite world and I didn't like the ten kai chi games and
Dbz sagas was the worst..... then there's
Super dragonball z aka chou dragonball z where meta frieza had a rocket launcher and chi chi was playable
Honestly the models in the final game look better than Xenoverse
Budokai 1: The True Cartoon Network game