I just emulated it on gamecube and i had absolutely no idea how pretty it was going to be. The light cell shading looks incredible!!

Sagas wasn't actually the first DBZ game to be developed outside of Japan. The first one was the Legacy of Goku, by Webfoot Technologies in Illinois.

Hey Rookervision It's me, The guy with GTA LCS footage The Video looks Decent btw

The GC wins for me just because but looks a lot closer to the anime, plus that's the one I played growing up lol.

I'd like to see how the Gamecube version looks on a Gamecube that has the HDMI conversion. I'd bet it would be superior to all versions.

You forgot that the HD versions had a different soundtrack. Ok I know it's not graphics but the music keeps me on the ps2 version vs my ps3 copy

Im guessing we only got the japanese voices here in Europe because we got a different dub with different actors and a different opening song.

I love how he talks about the Interlacing as if the console itself was doing it. It's always external, device or TV. I suggest getting a retrotink 2x, as it's the cheapest GOOD upscaler.

Keep up with this good content, I'm always waiting for a video of yours HAHA. Greetings from Mexico bro

Playing this again for the first time since the yr after it came out. I have it upscaled to 4k, playing on a gamecube and man... this game still looks incredible.

Honestly wish they had gone with the GC version for the HD release. The cell-shading makes a huge difference imo. Also that's clearly not an antialiasing but resolution issue. The PS2 version doesn't just appear more jagged, but less detailed like it has chonkier pixels.

Keep doing what your doing man the algorithm will pick u up man

4:48 What the hell is wrong with Krillin's eyes on the PS2 version? LOL

Thank you so much for the video!

7:26 Gamecube looks better, like the anime

Finally i was waiting very anxious

Great content as usual Rookervision 🔥

I still remember going to KB toys to buy this game on the PS2. At the time I dreamt of a DBZ game like this.

bro that intro deserves a sub.

All the extra small facts in the video are really cool

God I never realized how dope the og box art was way better then the shifty red tint on the American cover

Bro I love your side by side comparison

Budoki has also forever been one of my fav intro along with raging blast 2

Excellent. The Gamecube version really looks cool, especially the lighting on the characters' skin and on the super saiyan hairs. It really makes a difference.

2:30,Rock the Dragon is written by Shuki Levy who is well known for writing music with Haim Saban for stuff like Power Rangers,the dubbed Tekkaman Blade (Or Teknoman) soundtrack,Kidd Video,X-men 90's cartoon (Yes,I'm serious) and He-man and the Masters of the universe 80's version.

Budokai 1 (GameCube) will forever remain the best looking and most authentic DBZ game. Odd

Nice work, can you do Just Cause 2 ps3 vs 360 vs pc?

Well I hope you make for Bodukai 3 after this, really wanna see that one

I never knew gamecube did cell shading on this game I’m intrigued rofl

Im a die hard fan of dragon ball franchise As mentioned before, amazing side by side , is Budokai 2 gonna be next in the future?

Will you make other DB Game Comparisons? Would love to see Budokai 2, BT2, BT3 and Sagas too

Another great side by side Hope to see more

The first time I actually consider supporting a content creator on patreon

PAL Gamecube version is the best: improved character models and the original Japanese cast were still in their prime.

I grew up with the pal version of this game and I was always confused at where the dub came from. Took this video to find out it was a region difference

The thing with the GC version is that it was MEANT to play on old CRT TVs, which is why the interlacing is so obvious on an HD display. Since I use such a TV for my Wii, i don't really see a difference.

Wow. You have learned SO much more since you made this video. Lol

Honestly you should do sagas next! me and my friend would play that game over and over again. Great video overall!

For those complaining about the soundtrack in the HD release, if you have a modded console, you can easily restore the original score.

Saints Row 1 looks a lot like Budokai 1's graphics, pretty good for the time but horribly dated. I think the cel-shading helps it look a bit better by today's standards and helps it fit in with the rest of the series better. Either way the cutscenes are still impressive to me even today, and are far better than what Budokai 3 provided.

My favorite kind of videos and thanks for using real hardware to

I remember really wanting to get the Gamecube version as a kid. My first Budokai was actually 2 and I loved the visual style, so the Gamecube version's use of cel-shading really attracted me. Ended up getting the PS2 version though, as that was the console I had.

God has uploadeeed

Hey mate, what equipment du you use to record PS2 footage? Is your PS2 connected to a HDTV? I would love to record sth. myself. U got a great channel btw.! Cheers

Great!!!

Why youtube absolutely needed me to watch this showing it in every video recom is beyond me

I know it's more work, but you should show a emulator or two. Even if it's only a screenshot. It would flesh out the time line from now to back in the day. Keep up the great work.

2:30 wtf that opening is just sacrilegious. No Chala-Head-Chala?

5:27 Piccolo actually has 2 arms for one second in the background and then 1 arm like the TV show, Dragon Ball Kakarot and Xenoverse 2 he had 2 arms during special beam cannon.

Wait did you use the gameplay footage from the Oneyplays episode of the Budokai 2?

Nice

You should do a side by side comparison of Shadow Man. The N64 and PC version is mostly the same, but the difference between the PS1 and PC version is very noticeable. (something like Rayman 2 PS1 vs PC version)

A bit late but happy anniversary to this video

Ps2: Better shading and Shadows GameCube: Better character models and better anti-aliasing. Ps3 & 360: better textures, and frame rate, plus everything else.

The PS2 lacks 'aliasing', you mean it lacks anti-aliasing, right? 4:28 Great video as always nonetheless

Cool to see the Budokai comparisons here. For other fighting games of the era, I think you should compare. SoulCalibur II (PS2, XBOX, GameCube, PS3, 360) Bloody Roar: Extreme/Primal Fury (XBOX, GameCube) Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (GameCube, PS2, XBOX, GBA) Mortal Kombat: Deception (GameCube, PS2, XBOX, PSP) Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2, XBOX, Wii)

DUDE KRILLINS EYES ON THE PS2 AT 4:55 ARE HILARIOUS I CANT STOP LAUGHING

I have the little hypothesis that the GameCube version set the basis for Burstlimit graphics. I know both games have cellshading, but each cellshading look so similar from eachother.

You had me until you said the English dub portrays the characters perfectly with great actors. They were all amateurs at the time, and the acting in the Japanese version had more passion in the performances.

0:33 What? "The GameCube version was tweaked a bit to represent cel-shading more closely" More closely to what? The PS2 is using natural shading and the GameCube version IS using actual cel-shading techniques. I'm really confused as to what you're trying to get it. Also what are you recording from? I know you mention Component cables and HDMI cables, but are these being plugged directly into a HDTV and being captured directly from the TV? Or are the cables being plugged into a capture device? Or do you have a fancy computer that can handle recording input straight from the cables into your graphics card? Lastly, when you recorded GameCube footage with Composite cables, was this also plugged into a HDMI TV? If so, seems like you should have recorded it from a CRT TV. I know you mentioned you wouldn't see interlacing problems on a CRT TV, but it seems wrong for you to keep criticizing the game having these problems, when it seems to come from playing games on a HDTV.

I had this game before for the PS2 and now on Gamecube.

PS2 is far superior than GC. And the footage came from Wii not even GC. Great vid mate!

Please make videos of other anime games. That'd be awesome. This was a good video.

Realmente foi bem triste não terem colocado o budokai 3 para gamecube 😢

As visible at 7:35, the shadow map in X360 runs at higher resolution with respect to the Ps3 version.

This video is good, but I don't really understand how the PS2 is less interlaced than the GameCube, when they're both 480i. I don't get the interlacing on my GameCube with component, I don't have the PS2 version to test, but I feel like this is something on your end.

I've played Budokai on all 4 consoles but GC was the first when I was 5.

Problem with the HD re-release is the soundtrack, the new placement is just terrible

The GameCube version was designed for CRT televisions. It wasn't intended for HDTV sets. If you play it on CRT, you won't notice any interlacing. The GameCube version is the best version, if you play it on CRT.

Mannn I wish they had the hardware of the PS3/360 but kept the cel shading of the GC - it looks so much better imo.

Please do this more with the gamecube.

The Soul Reaver 1 side by side could be interesting.

I'm glad you actually say Budokai closer to the Japanese pronunciation. Incredibly based.

Can’t believe its been half a year since this came out By far my favorite side by side next to your GTA SBSs Lovely;)

They should make a remake of this and the other 2 games

4:48 krillin eyes AYY LMAO!!

Fun fact: I actually have a friend at school that has the name "Budokai" No joke

Fun Fact: The PS3 & X360 version soundtrack was replaced because of the original composer Kanji Yamamoto was fired due to his music works being infringed with Third-Party Remixes. Another major change is when Raditz was hit with the Special Beam Cannon, the original version has the hole being faithful to the original Dragonball Z manga with leaving darkish red while the HD version is censored with a huge black hole color. Not to mention that Teen Gohan's blood was also censored in the HD version as well, having dirt and little blood. Bandai didn't have any comments or statements on why these changes were made with the known exception with Yamamoto's content being replaced with Budokai Tenkaiachi soundtrack

Damnnnnn never knew that the PAL version kept the original Japanese cast

The game cube graphics looks like dbz burst limit

Vid suggestion if you already haven't done it: DBZ Budokai 3

The gamecube version had shading(I still own mine), I dont know why the hd collection didn't used the gamecube version and decided to go with the ps2 version.

There was actually a scene where I noticed an interesting lighting effect was used when Goku went super saiyan and looked at Frieza (its right before he tells Gohan to leave the planet, when he looks at Frieza you see some flashes happen on his character model) but I noticed that only the Gamecube version used it. I was surprised you didn't include that scene cause it really stood out to me.

I like how in the intro he compares a wii to a pc.

Please make a video about Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers

GC look quite nice, it well be way better if it was running on progressive scan, i don't understand the gamecube can do 480p though

i wish Super DBZ had this many ports

1:25 Legacy of Goku pre dates Dragon Ball Z Sagas by 3 years, being the first non-japanese Dragon Ball video game.

I want serious sam next encounter ps2 gamecube side by side graphics

Damn, I need to try the Gamecube version on my Steam Deck instead of the PS2

Mis respetos pa la game cube fue una obra de ingeniera increible en su tiempo

I had the GameCube version first then on Xbox 360 the hd one then finally got the PlayStation 2 on amazon recently

The game cube ssj goku looks like burst limit goku

I would not say it is fair to call the interlacing an "issue" with the Gamecube version. The way interlacing looks is always determined by how your hardware handles it, which in this case, seems to be your capture card. If you chain your capture with a video scaler (e.g. Framemeister) you would probably find no such issues would ever crop up. Although, atleast with Budokai on Gamecube, you can force 480p (progressive scan) which would completely eliminate any combing artefacts that you might run into otherwise.

I’m mad they didn’t add budokai 2 to the collection

Ohh my you should do the ratchet and clank original 2002 only available on Ps2 ps3 PSVITA THEY'RE ARE DIFFERENT GRAPHICS

As a kid Budokai 1 was my introduction to the Japanese dub :)

is the ps2 pal version 50hz (and if so is the gameplay also slower)

Weird how the raditz whole scene had a shadow on the gamecube and not on ps2

Why didn't they release the HD versions on a Nintendo system later on as well?