What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

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What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:21 pm

Since Budokai 1 was a big hit and help kick off modern DBZ games then I wonder how different things would be today if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002? If the game was failure then would Bandai make another game again in another five or ten years similar what happen with Final Bout or would they never make DBZ games again?
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by mysticboy » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:30 pm

I think they'd have to make another DBZ game a little sooner than 5 years. Back then the series was just too big to stop making games all together after just one try.
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by Lord Beerus » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:43 pm

mysticboy wrote:I think they'd have to make another DBZ game a little sooner than 5 years. Back then the series was just too big to stop making games all together after just one try.
Agreed. Dragon Ball Z was at the peak of its in the US popularity when Budokai 1 was originally released. There was no way in hell Budokai 2 and 3 wouldn't have happened regardless of whether Budokai 1 was as success or not. I mean, Raging Blast 1 didn't exactly shift a lot of units and got a very lukewarm reception from critics and DBZ fans alike, and yet that game got a sequel.
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:27 pm

Raging Blast 1 came out years later though. Budokai 1 came out when DBZ was almost finish in the US and there was no new DBZ game on the home consoles since 1997. I do think things would be different if the game was a failure. I don't think Bandai would stop making DBZ games for good, maybe try again in another few years.
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by Super Sayian Prime » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:38 pm

They would've tried again. Legacy of Goku pre-dates Budokai and it was a gigantic hit for Atari. They would've pushed a new game in a different genre or had Dimps do a followup on a lower budget. Both Dragon Ball and video game consoles were too hot back then to let one flop kill it.
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:58 pm

They would still go at it but instead of releasing games that are, for the most parts, a labor of love they'd only release low quality cash-in after low quality cash-in then they'd give up around 2004, when the series is past it's peak in NA.
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by Bullza » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:37 pm

I imagine it would have turned out the same way Yu Yu Hakusho did. Atari was obviously trying to replicate the success of DBZ Budokai when they came out with YYH Dark Tournament but that didnt do very well which is why they never made anymore.

Same with Dimps they probably tried replicating the success they'd had with the DBZ games and they did make two of them but then that was it and there was never any games afterwards.
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Re: What if Budokai 1 bombed in 2002?

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:40 pm

Instead of fighting games, we would have had more RPG in the vein of Legacy of Goku.

Damn it, Budokai.
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