DBZ: Ultimate Blast/Tenkaichi (Pre-Release Discussion)

[Haseowolf]

Finally Goku's got his Gi with the symbol on it! This is the first game to get that right! Best of all it's the one that says his name on it which is the most versatile, as in, it could be used whatever part in the series. It's also respectable to Kame-sennin!

Sparking!! Meteor had it, I think Neo had it, and Raging Blast 2 had it (never played RB1, so not sure on that one). It's been around in the Spike games for quite a while. But I agree, it's one of my favorite Goku gis. That and the Kaio one.

[goku the krump dancer]

1. Kid Gohan's battle damage costumes is fucking aswome.

2. I highly doubt it but I think theres a chance that those other slots will be occupied and again this is just a demo we cant really make assumptions about them removing base form just yet but for some reason i get the vibe that a lot of the movies characters have been removed from playability.

[Hellspawn28]

The more characters the more fun I will have on the long run. It's as easy as that. It gets boring rather quickly when having less characters to choose from.

I rather have a solid, blanched and polish game. Budokai 3 had pretty short character list but it was still fun and you had a lot to do in the game. I played Budokai 3 from the day that it was released until September of 2005 before the first Sparking game came out. Some games with a decent section of characters like MK9 and Street Fighter III 3rd Strike are still very fun to play. I don't know why people think that the more characters, the better ?

[InfernalVegito]

I also liked Budokai 3, although it also had some things within it I disliked. But I never played a game so many times like BT3. And that's because BT3 has so many characters I can play with if others get boring. And that keeps me entertained over a long period of time. Also the gameplay was a major factor why I liked it the most and still do.

My second point was that they always take something back and taking characters back is the worst they can do. Seriously there will never be a nearly complete DB game if they always decide to cut the roster. They should have NEVER cut the BT3 roster when they moved onto next gen. That was just plain retarded in the first place. They could have moved on to focus on gameplay and other things in the game if RB1 already had BT3's roster. So now we definitely had a better game if they didn't always have just 1 year to develop a game.

[MCDaveG]

Well, as a player of fighting games. Mortal Kombat ''9'' is awesome! I really enjoyed Street Fighter 4 a lot....... For me, games with figting engine like Sparking and Raging Blast series are f**cking boring to play and what actually makes them worth playing is that they are Dragon Ball with lot of characters I already know from series and can reenact the scenes or doing what if's....
It's game to ''play'' like with toys hence lot of people call it DB simulator. It's not fighting game and comparing it to some real fighters is total madness.
I really am big fan of Guilty Gear and Blazblue series..... Really small roster, but competitive and fighter where you must learn f**king button combos.
Dragon Ball games from Spike works like rock-paper-scissors mechanic, which really drives me crazy as I must wait for character to finish his moveset until I can use blocking, well, on hard I always got my ass served.
Some people should stop to pretend they are playing fighting game when moving right analogue on 360 when doing special attack with chocolate bar in the other hand.
So, the smaller roster the more bore goes..... As the play mechanic goes, it's only dumb clicking on few buttons in exact time.
As I put in RB2, my reaction was, WTF, Budokai Tenkaichi in HD with smaller roster and less fun modes... But I bought it because of Hatchihyaku and the movie and nice graphics.
I don't have RB1 and never played it, so I don't know.

PS: I miss the old times with my friend, when we were learning combos together and competing with each other, who can execute it right.

[Rocketman]

blanched

"Balanced". Blanched means "turned white". I wouldn't say anything, but you've done it twice.

[Attitudefan]

Finally Goku's got his Gi with the symbol on it! This is the first game to get that right! Best of all it's the one that says his name on it which is the most versatile, as in, it could be used whatever part in the series. It's also respectable to Kame-sennin!

Sparking!! Meteor had it, I think Neo had it, and Raging Blast 2 had it (never played RB1, so not sure on that one). It's been around in the Spike games for quite a while. But I agree, it's one of my favorite Goku gis. That and the Kaio one.

Well, what I meant was in the intro, they finally gave him the proper gi to be used in the intro.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

I was wondering, does this game has Team Battle, like in the previous games?

[InfernalVegito]

I was wondering, does this game has Team Battle, like in the previous games?

It has. Watch here either @ 0:12 seconds there is a selection wheel in the bottom left corner.
And when Gohan dies, his Goku comes to fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsGGokVFfvk

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

I really wished they had put more life into the stages. Something moving in the background can a make a world of a difference, eg. the windmills in the standard 'plains' stage in Budokai 3. I would've loved to have seen some random humans running around in the city stage, or perhaps have a random car or truck driving along.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

I was wondering, does this game has Team Battle, like in the previous games?

It has. Watch here either @ 0:12 seconds there is a selection wheel in the bottom left corner.
And when Gohan dies, his Goku comes to fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsGGokVFfvk

If there is Team Battle, then I want big roster, because I like taking Teams like Ginyu Tokusentai, Saiyans with armors, Artificial Humans 16-20, Humans and others. But If there wasn't Team Battle, then I would care only for the main cast.

[InfernalVegito]

Yes that's also one of the reasons why I want a bigger roster because it enables me to reenact scenarios I think of whatsoever. And I hope that they allow for Gogeta & Vegetto in the same team again like in BT3. I hated this in RB2 when I could not put both fusions in my team...
Again one thing that takes away my freedom in the game.

[oldboy88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZXu0xqlsBM Intro Video ...
sorry if this is a repost!

[Sshadow5001]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZXu0xqlsBM Intro Video ...
sorry if this is a repost!

Thats the longest version of "Rock The Dragon" I've ever heard.

[Hellspawn28]

They put Rock the Dragon in the intro for the US version. I always loved the Rock the Dragon theme, it has a nostalgia factor to me.

[GotenDaisuki]

Not saying I don't like "Rock the Dragon", nor am I saying that's gonna be the final outcome (because it's just so unlikely), but if that's the song used for the opening in the US, I'm importing. Music is a really important factor for me in video games, and I cannot pass up "HEAD-CHA-LA". But, in all honesty, "Rock the Dragon" worked for that opening.

[MCDaveG]

They really did that??? I thought this is some fan video!
Well, if it gets over to Europe than this game is completely erased from the surface of the planet for me

[LeprikanGT]

How often are you people watching the intro to the game for THAT to be the thing that makes you not buy it?

[cloud1414]

Thats not the official US opening, it even says in the video "This is my prediction of the Ultimate Tenkaichi U.S. Opening".

But on another note, a new video is up on youtube, its story mode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDh5Xvvn1RE

[Sshadow5001]

Thats not the official US opening, it even says in the video "This is my prediction of the Ultimate Tenkaichi U.S. Opening".

But on another note, a new video is up on youtube, its story mode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDh5Xvvn1RE

Didn't vegeta have them waist pad thingies at that point of the series?