I never understood the reverence that the Tenkaichi games got. The original Budokai (not atenkaichi) series on PS2 was better in my opinion.
I never understood the reverence that the Tenkaichi games got. The original Budokai (not atenkaichi) series on PS2 was better in my opinion.
This is where I'm at. I've been wondering if it's an age/generation thing.
It's mainly because a lot of people are able to look past the fact the entire roster only has maybe 5-6 move set types spread across 150 "characters". The style over substance kind of thing. And while the characters aren't really all that different from each other, I'd argue that the one thing Tenkaichi 3 gets right is how satisfying it is to do a really long string when you actually "get" the mechanics. Unlike the DBZ games that succeed it (Raging Blast, Xenoverse) it doesn't feel clunky at all, definitely not nearly as stiff as Raging Blast. Xenoverse is fine, I guess, though. I don't know, the Tenkaichi games just feel good to play if you actually spend time with them (2 and 3, that is. 1 is definitely awfully limited).
And then there's the sheer amount of single player content packed into Tenkaichi 3, especially if you had the PS2 version where you could unlock more modes if you had Tenkaichi 1 and 2.
But anyway, at the end of the day, most of the general fans just really prefer to have a huge roster consisting of fanservice in the form of special moves on each character that respects the source material over well made more traditional fighting games with smaller rosters (Budokai, FighterZ).
I like both Budokai and Tenkaichi, to be fair, though.
Small correction, it's actually 天下一. It doesn't massively lose anything by having the name rearranged but I do like the original Japanese title too.OT but the term "budokai tenkaichi" makes no sense at all..
Tenkaichi = 天下第一 = World's number one/world's greatest
Budokai = 武道会 = martial art tournament
calling it "budokai tenkaichi" is calling it 武道会天下第一 which means "Martial art tournament world's number one"?
who came up with this flip flop shit title? Why not just use the original Japanese title, "SPARKING!"?
No. Xenoverse is the much better fighter gameplay wise (far better than FighterZ too) and I'd much rather time/money/effort be spent on Xenoverse 3 instead.
Speak to my soul!I'd pay full price for a remaster of Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 on Switch that retained the entire original Kenji Yamamoto soundtrack. Even if it had to be some uber limited release due to whatever legal issue remains of the soundtrack. I'd get it both digitally and at retail just to make sure I have it in case it vanishes. Yes I'm serious. Because of the whole issue with Kenji Yamamoto, this is like a dream that can't ever come true and it'd take overcoming a billion hurdles maybe for it to happen. :(
I see no issue with basing the port on Budokai 3 HD. That seems perfectly good aside from the soundtrack. They even used the Dragon Ball Heroes models which actually were used in Infinite World. I assume it was based on the more polished Greatest Hits release on PS2.