No One is Safe in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi

@Young_Scott said:

@thenexus: That's an interesting anecdote. Do they feel the same about the whole series, outside of "Z"? However, In all my time in the fandom and hanging out at daizex.com, I've never heard that; more the opposite, especially with it comes to how, er, "modified" the initial English dubs were with changed dialogue, music and cuts (but that's a whoooole other discussion).

In general, I still really recommend fans watch the series in Japanese starting from Dragonball, to see how the VA's evolve and the depth of their performances (and I feel a lot of Z is given more weight with Dragonball in context, given that they're the same manga). :) But if someone thinks Japanese Son Goku sounds like a kid or stupid, I'm not going to bother to try and change their mind other than to make that recommendation.

I got time to ask one of the guys. Seems over in Japan from his perspective (You always got to consider the peoples circles and they always differ and can not be taken as all of Japan of course!) Not many people are fans after Z, Dragonball and Z are the fan favs. Freeza saga by far seems to be one of the most popular.

He does agree some of the change of wording annoys him but from what I can gather from him and the other guys who can speak English while they do not say it directly what he says when you talk to him you can see how he appreciates how whiny and overly high pitch it all is in the native.

He certainly loves both for different reasons.

Your also right - everyone has a different opinion and you can only go on what you feel and what others say. At the end of the day there is a version for everyone and if you like any of them it is all good :)

As I mentioned, I got signed artwork and met the guy who does a lot of the voices for the English one such as Freeza and Piccolo and he's a cool guy.

I am not used to the Japanese voices for these characters at all.

The small thumbnail totally makes it look like the dudes in a thong.

xD

Fuck Tenkaichi, I want a sequel to Budokai 3.

I will buy this once it drops down to $39.99. I refuse to pay full price.

I was never against Eurogamer review. In their standard, an 8 is like a 9-9.5 in other places. Their high scored games normally have to be worth it. Though you can also publish their reviews for DW Gundam 2 and 3. Both scored and 8 over there, and were perfectly reviewed.

I always think that as long as a reviewer makes a point, and does not troll (IGNs review on DW Gundam 3 for example) any score is valid. Be it a 1 or a 10.

1:35. What good is the destructo disc is it doesn't actually cut fucking shit up?

I'm in too deep I guess.

what saga does it go up to ? the best i can tell is its upto the buu saga and not going into GT wich is a shame omega shenron was kinda cool to play as. im asuming there not going crazy roster aswell but it would be amusing if its called "ultimate tenkaichi" and has a less substantial roster than the last tenkaichi game

The fact that this is still a thing depresses me. I hated it when I was 10, and I hate it now.

Fuck Tenkaichi, I want a sequel to Budokai 3.

@Dark_Lord_Spam said:

Oh, man. That Japanese VO. It's tearing apart my childhood.

As someone who grew up with the original before it was brought over to the US, I can say the same thing about the dub. Nostalgia hits in different ways!

That said, one of these days a DBZ game developer needs to try and get a DBZ Abridged vocal track as an unlockable option or something. Sure, it would probably mean M rating due to language, but it would be completely worth it!

@scottygrayskull: Nope, you're not. Well even if you are, I'm with ya. XD

I... I kind of want this. Am I a bad person? :(

Oh, man. That Japanese VO. It's tearing apart my childhood.

I'm a 28 year-old man who actually just got pretty excited about Dragonball Z again. I might actually pick this game up and do a little reminiscing... after it drops to $20 or so.

I also can't watch anything but the original Japanese - subbed... the English voices (and script changes) were always garbage.

All this awesome dbz fan stuff wasted on a game that plays like shit. Is it really so hard for them to just make a Budokai 4 >_>

Ya...I think I might actually have to go buy this.

definitely stealing from Naruto.

So is this one easier to play? The games always seem so damn janky.

'You foolish Insects are going to perish! I will make sure of that! ' (generic rock guitar plays in background)

Cool.......probably right.

DBZ will never die!

@RockmanBionics: Dude...you are like...just right on all fronts. Well done!

So, uhhh.... the Dragonball Z Anime actually ended in 1996 in Japan, and 2003 in the US. HOW IS THIS STILL A THING?!?!?!

More impressed by the beautiful re-animated animation.

@RockmanBionics: thank you for introducing me to that awesome thing that is DBZ abridged

Looks awesomely. I'm tempted to buy it. :p

@thenexus: That's an interesting anecdote. Do they feel the same about the whole series, outside of "Z"? However, In all my time in the fandom and hanging out at daizex.com, I've never heard that; more the opposite, especially with it comes to how, er, "modified" the initial English dubs were with changed dialogue, music and cuts (but that's a whoooole other discussion).

In general, I still really recommend fans watch the series in Japanese starting from Dragonball, to see how the VA's evolve and the depth of their performances (and I feel a lot of Z is given more weight with Dragonball in context, given that they're the same manga). :) But if someone thinks Japanese Son Goku sounds like a kid or stupid, I'm not going to bother to try and change their mind other than to make that recommendation.

Hm...nope still not feeling like I wanna play another one of these, maybe sometime around the next console generation?

In other news Budokai 3 is still the only really good DBZ game and Dragon Ball Z Abridged continues to be the best way to watch the show.

@Bakumatsu said:

@texaseanacre:

I'm with you. Can't see the anime without the japanese voices actually.

I have a few Japanese friends who love DBZ and they very much prefer the English voice acting. They say that if more Japanese fans understood English they would prefer it too.

@texaseanacre: Well keep in mind that most of the US DBZ fans grew up with the US dubs, and after a while (I'm willing to assume) tend to associate that with the show.

I tend to prefer the US voices. Though I grew up with the old dubs, and had a hard time accepting the then new voice acting group when it returned.

aw, got tricked and thought this was a quick look... hope we get one soon!

Why do I want to play this more than most other triple A titles this year?

I'll rent this because, well, I have rentals I need to use :/

JUST MAKE A PROPER BUDOKAI SEQUEL AND I'LL BUY A DBZ GAME AGAIN!!! I hate these tenkaichi style games.

I'm sure that I'm not the first to say this but man, Goku's Japanese voice sounds terrible. It's super childish and annoying.

So what does it mean when a super fan(me) is not in any way interested in this?

I love the Japanese voices of the characters. Honestly, the English dub just sounds down-right dumb, like they're in school reading the lines to the teacher.

And FYI to all those who say the Goku sounds like a kid, that because *drum roll* Bardock, Goku, Gohan, Goten, Goku Jr. and Tullice (from the DBZ movie) are ALL voiced by the same voice actress (just like Naruto).

This trailer using nothing but the Japanese voice track either shows that the Dragon Ball fanbase has really changed in the US or that Namco Bandai are lazt and didn't really put a whole of thought into their marketing.

While the Dragon Ball fanbase has changed, looking at Namco's histroy, I really feel it's the latter.

@Poohkey: No, you're mostly correct, sir! :) That's literally what Tenkaichi means and that is how it breaks down. However, based on hearing Dragonball in Japanese, it slurs together closer in actual Japanese pronunciation, with less emphasis on the "eee" (i) that seems to get heavy emphasis in English. What I've tried to list is how it roughly sounds in English.

@Young_Scott said:

Like CharAznable I'd really like any future Dragonball games (not just "Z") to spend more time with "what if" scenarios for the fans. Otherwise, they probably got the 2D fighter as right as they could with Budokai 3. The Tenkaichi games (which is pronounced "Ten-Kiy-Chi", not "Ten-Kiy-Ee-Chi", BTW; the longer pronunciation is a dubbing error) haven't felt quite there, but maybe they'll get it this time!

Japanese syllables are pretty short and choppy. Shouldn't it be more Te-n-ka-i-chi. 'Tenka' meaning under heaven (EARTH) and 'ichi' of course meaning the numeral one. Roughly meaning the best on Earth. The 'n' is more pronounce as like a half syllable and the i should be pronounced so you can hear ichi as part of the word to understand the meaning. I don't know. I'm probably wrong.

Everyone is just going to create Crono...

@Vager said:

Is that really Goku's Japanese voice? He sounds like a kid.

IIRC the same lady has been doing him since he was a kid in Dragon ball. But man, I totally forgot about Vegeta turning into a giant monkey. That's super dumb.

Kinda odd they keep making the games. I guess kai is getting a new fan base?

@texaseanacre:

I'm with you. Can't see the anime without the japanese voices actually.

@adoggz: See below

@texaseanacre: Totally with you. I don't understand the hate for the Japanese voices, considering the love they get from long-term fans over at daizex.com (and me). I could go into another discussion about how I feel Son Goku's (and everyone else's) Japanese VA is appropriate, but I'd just be rambling and probably get shot down here. ;) I had a discussion with some Giant Bomb readers in a previous video post, and I really think the main English fans hate them is that it's not the English dub voices they first heard (which, no offense, sound terrible to me).

Like CharAznable I'd really like any future Dragonball games (not just "Z") to spend more time with "what if" scenarios for the fans. Otherwise, they probably got the 2D fighter as right as they could with Budokai 3. The Tenkaichi games (which is pronounced "Ten-Kiy-Chi", not "Ten-Kiy-Ee-Chi", BTW; the longer pronunciation is a dubbing error) haven't felt quite there, but maybe they'll get it this time!

I love the Japanese voices, kind of always surprised when people hate on them as much as they do. Regardless, this game looks alright. I haven't played the last couple of releases, I might grab this one if it reviews okay; not in a rush by any means though.

Japanese dbz voices are super dumb.

@Morningstar: 9000

Custom charter is really the only thing that seems interesting about this game, and is something I've felt they could use for a long time.

Hyping Quick time events was particularly silly.

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