Dragon Ball retro game thread

[Anonymous No.5471180]

What are your thoughts of DBZ: Ultimate Menace, Super Butoden 3?

[Anonymous No.5472534]

>>5471180
Budokai is best DBZ fighting game

[Anonymous No.5473029]

>>5472534
I only played Budokai Tenkaichi 3, it was a fun game.
But not retro.

[Anonymous No.5473148]

>>5471180
>Ultimate Menace
You need to go back, anon.

[Anonymous No.5473150]

>>5473148
Yeah, I fucked up, it's Ultime Menace.

[Anonymous No.5473212]

>>5471180
Makes me kind of sad that they made this game at the very start of the Buu saga instead of waiting for DBZ to be over and doing it then. The Butouden games are decently fun, but this one's got such a shit roster that it's hard for me to get interested in it.

[Anonymous No.5473213]

>>5473029
I said Budokai not Tenkaichi you blind shit

[Anonymous No.5473225]

>>5473212
Yeah but by the time it was over, they were already making the horrid Ultimate Battle 22 and Shin Butoden. At least we got Hyper Dimension.
I don't mind the roster of Butoden 3 actually, although it would have been nice to also have Videl.
>>5473213
I know, I just mentioned the only non-retro DBZ game I played. Well, I also played a bit of Battle of Z and didn't like it.

[Anonymous No.5473651]

>>5472534
Cringe.

[Anonymous No.5475747]

>>5471180
bump

[Anonymous No.5475790]

I love the way Hyper Dimension looks so much. I remember playing through the entire thing on emulator when I was younger.

[Anonymous No.5475807]

>>5475790
i had a french emulator too back in the day. The only thing that sucked is there was no sort of progression system or story mode to beat. So I only ever just fought against ai of my choosing or awkwardly shared the keyboard when a friend came over.

[Anonymous No.5475852]

Goten vs Trunks theme was dope.

[Anonymous No.5475865]

>>5475852
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JijW3n-cJw4

[Anonymous No.5476435]

this one was shit

[Anonymous No.5476448]

>>5476435
Yeah, bandai dropped the ball hard on 5th gen.

[Anonymous No.5476581]

>>5475807
>there was no sort of progression system or story mode to beat
yes there was, it was the first option in the main menu. it ran through the basic arcs and forced you to play as certain characters.

[Anonymous No.5476601]

>>5476581
Maybe he's talking about Butoden 3, which infamously lacks a story mode, it's just a VS game.
But the gameplay is fairly good, which is what most japanese players cared about at the time, even though in the end, Butoden 2 prevailed as the most popular one.

[Anonymous No.5478359]

>>5475852
>>5475865
The ending credits song (which you can only see if you complete tenkaichi budokai mode) is pretty ace as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZWwTGTHtM

[Anonymous No.5478371]

How's this one?

[Anonymous No.5478395]

>>5478371
It's the only DBZ game from 5th gen that I enjoyed. Gameplay is fairly shallow, mostly button mashing all the time with the occassional character switch, but it's interesting due to being unique.
The game "Battle of Z" released some years ago was like a spiritual sequel to Legends, but without the SOUL.

[Anonymous No.5478557]

>>5476435
I bought this because at the time, it was the only DBZ game that let you play as Super Buu, and he's my favorite. It was a shit game, but I liked it for that purpose only and ended up playing it a ton regardless.

Pretty amazing to me that anyone would make such a slow, floaty fucking game past SNES era.

[Anonymous No.5479404]

Any cool combo videos for Super Butouden 3?
I remember seeing some japanese vids for 2.

[Anonymous No.5479983]

>>5478359
Great track, had it imprinted in my brain for a good 15 years before finally finding It again
>>5478371
Probably my favorite DB game, what it lacks in fancy production values It makes up in the most "realistic" gameplay of any title in the franchise

[Anonymous No.5480000]

None. Budokai 3 is the only good DBZ game.

[Anonymous No.5480002]

>>5480000
3D pig disgusting, give me sweet actually /vr/ DBZ vidya.

[Anonymous No.5480010]

>>5480002
>actually /vr/

[Anonymous No.5480012]

>>5480010
Yeah.

[Anonymous No.5480036]

I just ordered Shin Butouden for Sega Saturn from Japan, should be here in a few days. What should I expect?

[Anonymous No.5480191]

>>5476581
yea but what was the point of playing that, all the characters are already unlocked and everything and you can fight who ever you wanted in vs computer mode

[Anonymous No.5480242]

>>5480191
The meat of these games is playing VS with friends, as every other fighting game.
However, Super Butoden 2's story mode is really good, a shame they never replicated that.

[Anonymous No.5480426]

>>5480242
I didn't understand shit, but I kept seeing darker palette swaps of the characters fighting me, and later the normal character talking to me, so I guess the "evil clone" plot for fighting games is older than I thought?

[Anonymous No.5480434]

>>5480426
Yeah, you fight evil clones commanded by boujack and zangya. If you win against them, you go to the Broly chapter, if you lose you go to a chapter about a tower of energy that boujack makes to steal all human energy.

[Anonymous No.5480472]

>>5473029
>Renting the movies on VHS with teh castillian dub before they were dubbed in mexico back in 98......

Hot damn those were memories, plus those artworks used, are you from mexico or spain?

[Anonymous No.5481242]

>>5471180
Felt like an unfinished game. Butoden 2 was the best in the series and I wish someone hacked it to add more characters.

[Anonymous No.5481262]

>>5472534
Super DBZ > DBFZ > Budokai > Tenkaichi > Xenoverse

[Anonymous No.5481265]

>>5471180
why the fuck are buu's eyes open

[Anonymous No.5481296]

>>5481265
He sometimes opens his eyes, when he's either angry or evil.

[Anonymous No.5481536]

>>5478371
I haven't player this since I was a kid and I was easily satisfied with pretty much anything back then but I remember loving it. The fact that it had sort of "3D" cut scenes for special attacks was super cool to me. Multiple characters fighting at once was awesome too.

[Anonymous No.5481543]

>>5473029
I fucking love the Super Battle Collection figures.
Wish I still had mine.

[Anonymous No.5482387]

Did anyone else play any of the games before knowing what Dragon Ball actually was?
I remember goint to the video rental store in like 1993 and seeing pic related on the TV, and 2 guys there were playing against each other. I remember my 7 year old self being fascinated with these weird characters, their ability to fly and throw gigantic, flashy hadou-kens. I feel that after getting so used to Dragon Ball to the point Son Goku is a pop culture icon and is almost impossible to not be familiar with it, we take it for granted, but Dragon Ball really has unique and weird as fuck designs. I loved that alien feeling of slowly becoming familiar with all these odd characters. Then some time later, the original Dragon Ball aired on TV, and many years later (like 5 years later) DBZ finally appeared on TV and I could understand who all these characters from the video game I saw back then were.

[Anonymous No.5482406]

>>5482387
I've always knew what dragon ball was because I don't live in America.

[Anonymous No.5482432]

>>5482387
Well, I played Hyper Dimension and Ultimate Battle 22 while the original Dragon Ball was being aired for the first time here in Brazil, in mid-90's. UB22 was the very first Playstation game I ever played.

I understood that time passed and Goku grew up, but I couldn't actually locate who was Goku, as I didn't recognize the blonde Super Saiyan form as Goku. Also, I found some characters really boring, as I was expecting cool characters like Giran, Roshi and Mercenary Tao.

[Anonymous No.5482464]

>>5482387
>>5482432
While I was watching original DB I played Super Butoden 2. I was really confused about the characters, I remember when I got to pick a character, I was looking for Goku and he was simply not there, so I supposed maybe Vegeta was Goku, even though he had a different hair, it's the one that looked more like Goku, because the others were Piccolo, Trunks and Gohan, I knew Goku was supposed to be adult, although I wondered who this other spiked hair kid was, I didn't know who any of these characters were, at the time, not even the Piccolo saga was on TV, still on Red Ribbon.
It was kind of surreal. Later I saw Goku appear during the cutscenes, and I was really confused as to why I couldn't play as him. I ended up playing as Trunks the most though.
Many years later I found out there was a secret code to unlock Goku and Broly.
Speaking of Super Butoden 2, seeing the cutscenes not understanding the context was the weirdest shit, but somehow stimulating, I remember wondering what the fuck happened when Cell transformed into a giant bomb and Goku transports him to Kaio's planet, then Cell reappearing with all that dramatic music. Good shit. I was mesmerized.

[Anonymous No.5483696]

>>5482387
I had the Freezer RPG on a famiclone back in the day, didn't know what DBZ was, or how to play it, but I loved the characters and music.
played it again some years ago and was surprisingly please that it's actually a good game.
planning to play the other Famicom games sometime.

[Anonymous No.5484656]

>>5478371
Best DB game, hands down

[Anonymous No.5484691]

SNES era was DB games peak era.
I'm amazed nobody mentioned Gokuden yet.
https://youtu.be/zilzH-A9x0c

I also don't care about the whole Kenji Yamamoto plagiarism. Old soundtracks were dope as fuck.

[Anonymous No.5484710]

>>5484691
I have yet to play the first Gokuden game, but I played the 2nd one. Really odd game but also engaging, it's really only for fans of Dragon Ball though, unless you really dig the combat system, which I still am not 100% sure how it works, although I managed to customize my move pool a bit.
The best thing about it for me was the quiz parts with the different alternate scenarios and bad endings, as well as the music. Very comfy game.
>I also don't care about the whole Kenji Yamamoto plagiarism. Old soundtracks were dope as fuck.
I agree, love all his stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVCwCxIFIk

[Anonymous No.5486132]

>>5483696
Play Super Saiya Densetsu for SFC, it's translated and is a remake of DBZ 1 and 2 on Famicom.

[Anonymous No.5486252]

>>5484710
This one was in Final Bout. A shitty game with nice music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Df86aNZ0zU

[Anonymous No.5487390]

>>5486252
It was amazing. I remember first time putting it in my PS1. I watched the whole opening, I was drooling like a retard. The animation, the music, the action, absolutely beautiful.
But then I played the game

[Anonymous No.5488095]

>>5486252
Yeah, Kenji Yamamoto also worked on the PS1/Saturn games, and he rearranged many of his SNES-era music.
>>5487390
Final Bout's opening is god tier, probably the best opening in any DB game. A shame about the actual game.

[Anonymous No.5489829]

>>5486132
And don't forget DBZ III which is Famicom-only, also DBZ Gaiden.

[Anonymous No.5491405]

>>5476435
the japanese cover is so much better.
US cover looks like an unfinished draft.

[Anonymous No.5493017]

>>5473029
>>5481543
Wish I still had mine too (I had Freeza and Vegeta, could never find Goku)