Discussion on "Budokai 3: Greatest Hits"

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:37 pm

Thats great news! I was just about to go to BestBuy and get it, but now that I know that THAT's going to be defective to? Awsome! Way to go Atari!

<( The Great Sarcasmo!)

Edit: This was post twice, I don't know why.

kvon · Post by **kvon** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:58 pm

I'm starting to think that Atari is not doing much about this right now. No clue why, but I just think so. They haven't stated anything about the screw-ups so I would think they would ignore this issue.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:15 pm

Well to be honest, if I were them my first priority wouldn't be about a game that was already released a year ago.

Tekkaman Gamma51 · Post by **Tekkaman Gamma51** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:31 am

Has anyone gotten there copy from the Zstore at all and was able to get the extras (kinda doubt it but you never know

) ??

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:18 am

Tekkaman Gamma51 wrote:Has anyone gotten there copy from the Zstore at all and was able to get the extras (kinda doubt it but you never know ) ??

I just got a shipping confirmation from the Z Store today. I'll let everyone know as soon as I can.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:32 am

Well, this release appears to be defective beyond Walmart, I'll not be purchasing it. I went 6 long months to get 100% in Budokai 3, there's no way on this Earth I'll do that again just for the Japanese cover-art and a probable possibility that the Japanese VAs can be unlocked. I don't know why Atari just didn't 'port the EU "Collectors' Edition" to the GH release where capsules could be imported from the original Budokai 3, the Japanese VAs were as clearly optionly selectable there as in Budokai Tenkaichi, and everything else (except the extra Baba movies) extra from the Japanese version was available. Instead, Atari gives us a release where we forcefully have to start from scratch, perhaps nothing extra from the Japanese version is included, and worst; no optional Japanese VAs. Oh well, that's Atari for ya'.

On a side-note, to the person I was gonna give my copy of the original Budokai 3 to, I apologize but as it turns out, I no longer have any need for getting the GH release, thus I'll be holding onto the copy I was gonna send you. Sorry if that dissapoints you, but hey, at least I wasn't charging you anything.

SDHero · Post by **SDHero** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:02 am

Thought I'd add my two cents, I bought the game today only to discover, you guessed it, the same exact problem everyone else seems to be describing. This is pretty sad on Atari's part, I'm assuming they're going to offer a disc replacement deal or something in the near future, as not doing so would leave them in a less than enviable position, legally speaking.

Anyhow, I may try and call Atari in the A.M., see what sort of response I get. I'll post here if I have time before I head to work.

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:41 pm

I'm extremly thankful I looked up this thread today; I was just about to head out to Walmart to get myself the game.

I think I'll be saving my $20 until the proper version comes out, I don't need the same game with slightly different cover art.

kvon · Post by **kvon** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:08 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Well to be honest, if I were them my first priority wouldn't be about a game that was already released a year ago.

Well, I agree with you on that issue, but don't you think they should at least show a slightest bit of effort on correcting this mistake?

Tekkaman Gamma51 · Post by **Tekkaman Gamma51** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:59 pm

Ill be calling Atari again tommorow. Ill let everyone know if anything new turns up.

P.S. Thanks Slickmasterfunk, keep us posted as well.

P.P.S. This topic really should be sticked (Just a thought

).

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:19 am

Tekkaman Gamma51 wrote:Thanks Slickmasterfunk, keep us posted as well.

Sure, but there is one teensy little problem. According to the tracking number, my copy from the Z Store was delivered. Problem is I had it shipped to my address at school and right now I'm at home. I'll try to get it when I go back on Wednesday for a final. I'll let you know that night unless someone beats me to it.

t-bone135 · Post by **t-bone135** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:01 am

Slickmasterfunk wrote:
Tekkaman Gamma51 wrote:Thanks Slickmasterfunk, keep us posted as well.
Sure, but there is one teensy little problem. According to the tracking number, my copy from the Z Store was delivered. Problem is I had it shipped to my address at school and right now I'm at home. I'll try to get it when I go back on Wednesday for a final. I'll let you know that night unless someone beats me to it.

Good luck with your final. I'm dying to find out how this turns out because that could mean trouble for Atari if it comes back as a dud. I mean they could get slapped with false advertising if they don't make an announcement about this soon. This could get interesting, folks . . .

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:28 am

t-bone135 wrote:
Slickmasterfunk wrote:
Tekkaman Gamma51 wrote:Thanks Slickmasterfunk, keep us posted as well.
Sure, but there is one teensy little problem. According to the tracking number, my copy from the Z Store was delivered. Problem is I had it shipped to my address at school and right now I'm at home. I'll try to get it when I go back on Wednesday for a final. I'll let you know that night unless someone beats me to it.
Good luck with your final. I'm dying to find out how this turns out because that could mean trouble for Atari if it comes back as a dud. I mean they could get slapped with false advertising if they don't make an announcement about this soon. This could get interesting, folks . . .

Haha, yeah wouldn't it be funny if the Daizenshuu EX Discussion Board filed a lawsuit against Atari fir this? Seriously though if they don't address the problem within the next few weeks or months something should definitely be done.

Tekkaman Gamma51 · Post by **Tekkaman Gamma51** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:34 pm

I just got off the phone with them again. >_< They still didnt get the game in yet and probably wont get it until after Christmas. They claim they have a lot of orders to fill for Christmas via the company. >_< I even asked them why dont they just buy it from Best Buy, or Wal-Mart. The reason is because Atari doesnt rein burs there employees for doing so. I agree btw. If something isnt done by 2006, Atari may be facing big trouble.

The S · Post by **The S** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:25 pm

I don't think they'll actually be in financial trouble (after all, they didn't put a hidden sex mini-game into Budokai 3), but I do know there will be a lot of irrate customers they have to handle.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:18 am

The S wrote:I don't think they'll actually be in financial trouble (after all, they didn't put a hidden sex mini-game into Budokai 3), but I do know there will be a lot of irrate customers they have to handle.

Damn, they took out the 'Hot Pafu-Pafu' game? Damn censorship

-Corey

Tekkaman Gamma51 · Post by **Tekkaman Gamma51** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:43 am

IMPORTANT !!!

ATARI HAS RESPONDED !!!! ....... well sort of:

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/sh ... p?t=505493

Those with legit 100% saves and GH Budokai 3, please respond to the thread above.

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:11 am

Tekkaman Gamma51 wrote:IMPORTANT !!!

ATARI HAS RESPONDED !!!! ....... well sort of:

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/sh ... p?t=505493

Those with legit 100% saves and GH Budokai 3, please respond to the thread above.

Well, it's just the forum administrator who doesn't technically work for Atari, but I guess he's closer to them than any of us and it also sounds like he's making some sort of progress.

Also, I'll grab my copy of the game from the Z store tomorrow and report back here with any news.

EDIT: I got my copy that I ordered from the Z Store today. Sadly I report no Japanese dialogue and no extra character skins. The passwords do not work. Also, my 100% save from the original release of the game loaded up just fine and still no extras, so it's pretty obvious that the original game was re-manufactured instead of the new one.

Tekkaman Gamma51 · Post by **Tekkaman Gamma51** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:35 pm

Thanks for the update Slickmasterfunk !! If you can do me a quick favor. Since you have legit 100%, can you respond to Beta in the thread above ??

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:46 pm

Slickmasterfunk wrote:I got my copy that I ordered from the Z Store today. Sadly I report no Japanese dialogue and no extra character skins. The passwords do not work. Also, my 100% save from the original release of the game loaded up just fine and still no extras, so it's pretty obvious that the original game was re-manufactured instead of the new one.

Also, the Atari forum administrator posted that the Japanese VA option isn't supposed to be unlockable, meaning anyone with the Greatest Hits release should get it right off the bat. Well, I'm guessing this means Atari has false advertised. They better seriously do something about this soon, some official announcement, pull the Greatest Hits releases off the shelf, something. I'd say they may be in some trouble if this issue isn't addressed soon, considering they have "Japanese VAs option" branded right there on the Greatest Hits case, inside the manual booklet, and on just about any online description for the release. Ironic, DBZ's Atari's biggest cash cow, yet they screw up big time on one of its releases, go figure. As said before, I sure as hell am not buying this, I'll stick with my original release.