Complete BT3 Info and Discussion Thread [UPDATED 10/02/07]

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Post by Kaboom » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:20 am

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SSj Kaboom wrote:$80? Wow. I'm actually considering getting one, just so I can play this. I already own a PS1, so I can use the same controllers and memory cards and old games and stuff...
I bought a PS2 specifically to play Sparking Neo. Really glad I bought it now. Meteor is gonna rock even more!
Stop it, you're just making me want it even more!

If I trade in my PSP (which I pretty much only bought to play Shin Budokai 2, which would now be moot if I got BT3 anyway) and games, I think I could get pretty much exactly $80 for the whole setup. If I want to splurge a bit, I could get the remodeled PS2 used for $100, instead, and maybe a game as well... Oh, I've got a bunch of my sisters' old PS1 games I could trade in, too... heck, does GameStop still take PS1 systems(one of the redesigned ones), too...?

Blah, I babble nonsensically. Carry on. Arale rocks.
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:25 am

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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
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Post by Adey » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:32 am

Just make sure to buy a PS2 memory card along with the console. My old big ps2 broke, so I bought a slimline, they're pretty cool, but I prefer the disc tray in the chunky PS2 as opposed to the fliptop on the slimline, just feels safer to me.

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Post by Sshadow5001 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:45 pm

Arale rocks.

Its made me go back and watch the arale episodes of Dragonball and the 3rd DB movie just to see her.
Dammit why dont we get the Dr.Slump anime in english?

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Post by kaioken12 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:17 pm

Err, I just saw a screenshot with Cell form 2 using the Big Bang (like in BT2).
Does anyone know if he will have the gallic gun this time from trailers or screenshots?

I mean, he used the gallic gun against Super Vegeta, but I never saw him shooting a big bang ? :?

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Post by Herms » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:02 pm

Kaioken 12 wrote:I have a question: Do any videos show the kaioshin and if so, has he gotten a bit stronger since BT2?

I always wondered. He told the others that every kaioshin could destroy Freeza with one blow.
Alright, he was the weakest and youngest of them, but he would at least have _some_ power.

And in BT2, he just seemed sorta weak.
He was easily pummeled by Roshi for example.

Is he really THAT weak? I always thought he was kinda strong, weaker than Cell but stronger than Freeza at least O_o
Well...if they made all the characters proportionally as strong compared to each other as they were in the series, they game would be really crazy. You could play as Freeza in Tournament Mode and beat every Saiyan and Freeza saga character in one or two hits, only to wind up fighting SSJ2 Gohan and being instantly defeated. Or you could just play as Vegetto or SSJ4 Gogeta and defeat everyone with no effort at all (you can already pretty much do this with SSJ4 Gogeta). Still, I do kinda wish that Kaioshin was a better character to play as.
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Post by Drunken Master » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:05 pm

Off-topic.

The new model PS2's suck, at least in the long run. They're slim and small and all that because of one reason...It lacks a fan. How is it suppose to cool down? Every large device like that needs a fan, even my DVD player has a fan. My friend had a newer model one, and those suckers get HOT. His eventually broke under the constant heat, and it didn't take that long.

On-Topic.

Man, they better make Ginyu's ultimate better, they totally nerfed him in BT2. His ultimate sucked ass.
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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:It grinds my gears that people get "outraged" over any of this stuff. It's a fucking cartoon. If you are that determined to be angry about something, get off the internet and make a stand for something that actually matters.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.

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Post by Adey » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:32 pm

Drunken Master wrote:Off-topic.

The new model PS2's suck, at least in the long run. They're slim and small and all that because of one reason...It lacks a fan. How is it suppose to cool down? Every large device like that needs a fan, even my DVD player has a fan. My friend had a newer model one, and those suckers get HOT. His eventually broke under the constant heat, and it didn't take that long.

On-Topic.

Man, they better make Ginyu's ultimate better, they totally nerfed him in BT2. His ultimate sucked ass.
That makes sense, I thought it had something to do with my mod chip as to why it would get so hot it'd refuse to play games!

Lame!

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Post by SuperSaiyan3Goku » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:13 pm

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Post by Drunken Master » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:14 pm

Kunzait_83, you must have gotten a lucky one then, and I agree about the ultimate, it was fun and cheap, but that's how he uses it. He doesn't pick a random fighter, and then somehow isn't able to do techniques...Heh.

Yeah Adey, that's what my friend's did. It like...burns the laser or something. I don't know, all I do know though is it lacks a fan, and that's not a good idea.
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Post by kaioken12 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:26 pm

Herms wrote: Well...if they made all the characters proportionally as strong compared to each other as they were in the series, they game would be really crazy. You could play as Freeza in Tournament Mode and beat every Saiyan and Freeza saga character in one or two hits, only to wind up fighting SSJ2 Gohan and being instantly defeated. Or you could just play as Vegetto or SSJ4 Gogeta and defeat everyone with no effort at all (you can already pretty much do this with SSJ4 Gogeta).
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't talking about making characters as strong as in the show. This would not be very good for the balance.
But a yellow lifebar for the kaioshin, that's way too weak.
I mean, he's as weak and about as slow (maybe a bit faster) than the dragon ball characters.
I think, that was a bit too weak for him, if he was someone (in the show) who could destroy Freeza with one blow or something.
Even in game balance I think, he deserves some better stats than he has in BT2.
But that's just my 2 cents.
Herms wrote:Still, I do kinda wish that Kaioshin was a better character to play as.
Agreed ;)

Off-Topic:
I also have a slim PS2 (v14 I think) for quite a while and it's not getting hot.
It's warm after several hours of gameplay, but it doesn't get too hot and I used it frequently over quite some time now without any problems.
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Not bad :)
Although I am always wondering why Gohan just uses one arm, when he has two available in the games :P

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Post by Xyex » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:13 pm

Yeah, I agree with the Supreme Kai being off. He was a lot faster and stronger in the Budokai games. :? His stats should be comparable to the Super Saiya-jins at lesat. Pan's another one they didn't give enough health to on default.
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Post by Drunken Master » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:37 pm

His fast IT is enough to make him kick ass though, well....Kibitoshin at least. Playing Supreme Kai is like playing Nappa or Dodoria, man...he's slow as hell. Nappa just completely sucks though, haha. I'd really like to see Raditz be upgraded. I hope he has a cooler cinematic-like rush like the others have.
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Post by SonGokuGT » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:29 pm

Nice to finally see solid proof of Arale in Meteor! Not only that, but we get Penguin Village as a stage too!? This is pure awesomeness! Hopefully the PS3 project will be another Sparking game with all the stuff we missed out on in Meteor.

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Post by Kaboom » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:35 pm

Sorry, but one last little question about the PS2's. Does it use the same memory cards as the PS1?
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Post by SonGokuGT » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:55 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:Sorry, but one last little question about the PS2's. Does it use the same memory cards as the PS1?
Negative... You have to get a PS2 memory card. Sucked for me, It took me a while to find a PS One Memory Card for my PS2 to play Final Fantasy VII.

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Post by Demi » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:03 pm

SuperSaiyan3Goku wrote:Holy Hell...

http://www.inside-games.jp/media/127/12 ... 2284_1.jpg
Oh my fuck, that looks awesome! Much better then the BT2 version. Although that screen would look better if he was in his battle damage costume.

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Post by kvon » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:24 pm

Demi wrote:
SuperSaiyan3Goku wrote:Holy Hell...

http://www.inside-games.jp/media/127/12 ... 2284_1.jpg
Oh my fuck, that looks awesome! Much better then the BT2 version. Although that screen would look better if he was in his battle damage costume.
In which I'm pretty nit picky, because he's only using the right hand while his other hand's pretty much unharmed. Excuse me for bring up Budokai 3, but didn't Gohan used both of his hands for the Father and Son Kamehameha? Nevertheless, the screen shot looks great! Just look at Gohan's different facial expression. (Sorry folks, I just have to tease the series a bit. :) )
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Post by Adey » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:38 pm

In his battle damaged costume in BT2, Gohans facial expression would change during the Father Son Kamehameha, but if not, it'd just be the good old blank face that everyone has.

I really want more expressions, you don't really see your characters unless there's a cinematic rush move going on or something, but it'd be really nice.

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