One of the memories I will never forget is when my mom was driving me to school and we went past my school and she said we were first going to go to Target to pick up your gift it was a copy of Budokai 1! I was so excited just wanted to go home and play it. Another memories for the same game was I was home dealing with an unbelievable cold. I had the gamecube and a VCR in front of me so I decided to record my whole playthrough of Budokai 1 with some blank VHS Tapes. It took two tapes in total, but I still have those tapes this very day! These games will always have a place in my heart for more than what I've already shared. Thanks for making this video. It was a great nostalgia trip!😁

Why is your content so bingeable. Your humor, your tastes, the things you talk about, and the vibes you exude are just so chill and always hit me in the nostalgic spots, keep doing what you''re doing man, this content is awesome.

The depth in combat of Tenkaichi games goes far deeper than just combos, the way to use them is essential, a gigantic part of that series is movement, how to position yourself to get the biggest advantage, how to break the opponents defenses with nothing besides dashes and ki blasts, the way to do so is really intricate and it is definitely a lot of fun to learn I do videos discussing gameplay related tech and intricacies of these games, we also have a small competitive community with crazy game knowledge who still play these games actively if you'd like to know more

14:15 i'm 27 now and to this day haven't been able to share this feeling with anyone. Cool ass dude, i'll be supporting your content any way I can for as long as you're going. You did what I couldn't by committing to making these, I have friends but never any sharing the same interests. Thanks again for these.

My uncle gave me Tenkaichi 3 when i was 9 and me and my brother played it till the disc stopped working, then 2 years later we got the Budokai HD Collection and played that one till the disc stopped working. These games are a huge part of my childhood and I'm glad I was able to play them

Bruh, you mentioning the goku and Vegeta mutual head nod 😏 almost brought me to tears. I promise you, me and my best friend growing up would die EVERY TIME that popped up. I mess with your content and what you are doing HEAVY. Truly hope you continue to grind and excited to see what the future in these KZfaq streets holds for you

Discovered this channel today, just binged the hell out of it, all I can say is it deserves a lot more subs

Dude you just described my love for DBZ videogames as a kid. I was born in 1994 and DBZ videogames were my favorites back in the day. We also can’t forget about the Shin Budokai games on the psp, which are really underrated.

Absolutely NAILED the training arc because I hogged the ps2 after school and practiced so much just to beat my older brother just ONCE in Budokai 3 😫

3:00 Budokai 1 and Tenkaichi 2 is how I learned the full story. I didn't watch the anime until much later thru Kai.

huh ! apperently we had the same childhood its like i wrote this script myself if i can ad anything its that budokai 2 had so many secrets and unlockable characters skills and even modes that miniboard story mode was also full of secrets i loved and hated it at the same time every unlock had special and precise requirements like examining the ground at a random place i wanted all unlocks from the starts but it also felt staisfying everytime you get one then camez tenkaichi 3 litterelly flawless top 10 games ever

Growing up I didn't own a PS2 so me and my friends would go to gaming cafes and Budokai tenkaichi 3 and SmackDown here comes the pain were the 2 games we always played.

Budokai 2 holds a special place in my heart because it was the first and only game me and my pops ever played together. Video games were never of any interest to him but for whatever reason he really clicked with it. He mained krillin and he'd always whoop my ass but I'd never let up. I'll always hold those memories dearly.

I remember growing up very poor but a family had gifted us a PS2, a second controller to play with my younger brother and 4 games. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 and finally Dragon Ball Z Budokai. I spent so many hours playing. Most memorable gift ever. It got me into gaming more than ever. N64 and Game Boy Color helped me too. And SEGA Genesis will always me my first love as a kid. A used old Genesis when PlayStation was out but again, too poor.

Man, you're literally my memories portrayed on a screen. From AMVs, Linkin Park, Handheld gaming, this etc. It's literally my life on screen! Thank you so much for this

Budokai 3 still has the best opening. That was so lit back in the day.

Awesome vid, so nostalgic! Tenkaichi 2 and 3 were insane. You ever dodge a finishing death ball...at point blank range? Once you get into manual afterimages it goes...beyond! Always wanted to play this game online, felt like such a monster getting better every day for years! So many hidden mechanics!!

Bruh, you're humor is an entire generations nerdy vibe distilled into a gorgeous anime drip. I've enjoyed watching your channel double this last week and hope it continues

7:43 Beam clashes were my favorite part of the game as well! I tried to make a video game that took inspiration from the world destruction elements of Dragon Ball Z. I actually managed to implement hardcore beam clashes with fast button presses - it kept going until someone managed to move the beam clash all the way to the opponent. My friends loved it!

Budokai 1 and 2 were my games. Honestly budakai 1 was how I got the story of dbz before the buu saga because I came to dbz a little later than my peers. Stayed up late and beat the first one in a single night during Xmas break of 02 and honestly that wasn’t a bad way to experience the first 3 sagas of dbz. I still get chills at gohans last stand with goku against cell, even though it hasn’t aged the best. My friends and I used to place small bets of money, talking like quarters, or little toys we had on battles in budokai 2s cpu battles. We didn’t really see it as gambling but it so was. I remember someone’s parents found out because one kid lost a decent bionicle by predicting a match wrong and we all got in so much trouble. Like weird matches like yamcha vs tien. Racoom vs nappa. Like real B tier junk matches 💀. Looking back I see why our parents wanted to squash that behavior early 😂

One of the greatest memories I will ever have was when I was in middle school my family took a trip too my Uncle's house he had Dragon ball Budokai tenkaichi 2 from the Opening cinematic alone I fell in love and the gameplay to this day is one of my favorites. One of the hardest things for me too understand was the supers I had no idea I could do them all this time I had used physical attacks, but everything changed when Broly:Second coming chapter came in...Dear god it took me 3 years my entire middle school era to beat Broly as Videl, Goten and Gohan and they had low health to begin with especially Videl and Goten, and too make it worse physical attacks wouldn't effect broly he wouldn't have the animations of being hit he would just stand there menacingly...but that was it happened I had enough... I used Goten kamehameha I kept my distance from Broly and kept spamming ranged attacks when I finally beat Broly I was on cloud FUCKING 9 it was the greatest moment that made me love the tenkiechi budokai games. To this day I just turned 19 and still playing and when Broly *Z* was brought in Dragon ball fighterz I immediately knew he was my main and Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi 2 us one of the best Dragon Ball games up there with the 3rd game and Fighterz in my eyes.🔥😌🔥

The algorithm gods blessed me with this content just as I find out that Tenkaichi Budokai 4 is finally on the way. The boys and I used to kill Budokai 3. I remember battling the summer days away and even embarrassing the lesser-skilled homies by beating them with one hand behind my back. Good times for sure.

The opening music in budokai 2 and 3 were definitely something fierce. Vocals by the same guy that sung chala head chala I think.

I think the most interesting / comedic thing about the soundtrack. Is for years purists used to slam the dragon ball dub movies for using "licenced music that didn't fit dragon ball". Only for it to come out that the Budokai games plagiarized a lot of those songs. Most obvious being "The Game - By Disturbed " in coolers revenge. Then it came out that one of the fan favorite battle themes from Budokai 3 was plagiarized from that same song

Man Budokai Tenkaichi 3 was my Main Game for years Me and my little bro used to play all day, i still remember my 5 x 5 Team Goku (end) , Turles, Super Buu, Super Janemba and Super Vegeto. So may legendary battles, so may bean struggles, so many broken controllers... Man, they dont make fighting games like good old days without some paid dlc or bad online

DBZ Budokai was the first way i saw the story. Good god i love everything about this video. Funfact, I use the Budokai music to help me work out. DAMN that is one hell of a motivater

I loved this series as a kid but Budokai Tenkaichi 3 holds a special place in my heart. I remember a week before Christmas my grandma got me some early gifts when she took me to GameStop and I got a few Wii games. One of which was Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and boy did I play the shit out of that game. I was 12 at the time and I remember just coming home from school, doing my homework, and hopping on my Wii to play Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and it’s a memory that stuck with me ever since because I was a huge fan of the anime and I still am to this day and whenever I played that game it felt so surreal, just the Wii version made me feel like a Dragon Ball Z character and I played it without the Safety Strap. It’s a core memory that’s been photocopied many times like an old film reel. Even other aspects like going to a park or a beach and re-enacting Dragon Ball Z fights or coming up with my own with the power of imagination. Plus with my creativity I even came up with some OCs and What If scenarios. But just like any film reel, there’s even some blanks. So in 2016/17 my Wii started to bite the dust meaning that it stopped working and with that one copy which I know is a rare and expensive game today but then what I did with my original copy…I sold it. Yeah I sold it and got 20 bucks from it and what did I do with that 20 dollars, I went and bought a burrito and fries from a local Mexican restaurant. But to this day I don’t remember how that burrito was when I ate it. I mean I still eat there today and get the same thing but then…uhh did it have Carne Asada? What hot sauce did I put on it? Was it any good? If you ask me today I’ll be like. “What the fuck are you talking about.” At first I thought it was dumb but at the same time I had to forget about it for a little while and I don’t remember any burrito…I remember Budokai Tenkaichi 3. But whenever I hear the soundtrack more specifically “Overture” I can’t help but to get misty eyes because of the tears flowing cause of the nostalgia. Even to this day, whenever I walk by that skatepark, or a beach I can still feel myself pretending to be Dragon Ball Z characters and when I played the game, I could imagine my great grandpa who passed away around that time still watching me play and express my creativity and imagination regarding Dragon Ball Z and that special game known as Budokai Tenkaichi 3. If the game ever gets remastered for the PS4/5, Switch and so on, or if I come across an old system such as the PS2 or Wii along with that game, I’ll feel whole again because that game will always hold a special place in my heart until the day I die.

DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 best game hands down

My initial introduction to Dragon Ball was my Dad’s collection of games for the PS2 and PS3. My childhood favorites were always Budokai 3 and Raging Blast, with Burstlimit not far behind

Dude you’ve gotta be my long, lost imaginary foster brother or something. Your humor is on point, and everything I feel nostalgic for and partial to, you cover it. With the same enthusiasm I feel if not more. You’re on point bro. Much love to you for making this channel. I hope you’re well in life.

I grew up with these games im only 17 but my uncle would always play budokai 3 and tenkaiechi 3 with me i was like 5-6 looping budokai 3’s opening and also spending a day learing tenkaiechi 3’s Japanese opening just to singa along to a KZfaq video its just so nostalgic

My copy of Tenkaichi 3 going missing was such a dark day that still haunts me 10 years later. Had that game mastered with 100s of hours and never lost it's appeal. I even had every character item customized as 1. Physical attacks 2. Energy based 3. Unique to character. Fuck, I miss this game.

I remember playing budokai 1 Christmas morning and thinking it’s was the pinnacle of video games. It was such an awesome gift and I’ll remember fighting in the hyperbolic time chamber in matchups with my siblings, so awesome!!!

When I first got a Ps2 for my 10th birthday, my grandma took me to Toys R Us to pick out 3 games. I got Kingdom Hearts, Digimon Rumble Arena 2, and Dragonball Budokai 3. Those intros are baked into my heart

Fun fact, the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi series is not a continuation of the Budokai series, but a completely separate one. They don't share the same developers (the "Budokai" games were developed by Dimps and the "Budokai Tenkaichi" games were developed by Spike) and the name "Budokai Tenkaichi" was probably chosen to capitalize on the Budokai fans in the west, since these games are named DBZ Sparking! (Tenkaichi), Sparking! Neo (Tenkaichi 2) and Sparking! Meteor (Tenkaichi 3) in Japan while the Budokai games are simply named Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z 2 and Dragon Ball Z 3 in Japan.

6:00 this song bring so many memories back 😭

fun fact- dbz budokai 2 was THE first video game I ever played, and I use to play dbz bt 3 DAILY. they both hold a very special place in my heart, up there with all the other ps2 classics. I still listen to the games' intros sometimes just to get that nostalgia rush. I played Budokai 3 again recently at the hardest difficulty and never realized how much thought was actually put into the game's mechanics (except dragon rush, why tf would you put rng in a fighting game). As a kid I just spammed the p p p e combo and won every fight that way😭. I never realized how hard the game could actually be . It's crazy how this channel keeps bringing back so many old memories, keep it up! Also a side note, there's this mod for dbzbt 3 called... dbzbt 4. Anyway it's super cool and adds a bunch of new dbz super characters and scenarios to the game. I highly recommend trying it on emulator sometime if you get the chance.

I remember playing Tenkaichi 2 doing roshi vs ssj4 for fun and stuff. Man there were so many characters even grandpa gohan

My gosh That challenger theme just gave me goosebumps, I nearly jumped out my chair

I know this is 9 months too late, but maaaaaan you're my hero lmao. I freakin loved, coveted, and formed very necessary skills in Budokai 3 AND Tenkaichii 3. My buddy would main Spovovich and slap my shit in nonstop. And if I managed to beat down his spovovich, he'd anime up and slap my 6 character team with Super Saiyan Gogeta. Love your vids, hope you're youtube career takes off!!

I remember all of us spamming as fast as we could the X button, to make Goku eat, Vegita do push ups and I don't remember who, climb an infinite tower, poor X button. Beam clashes were awesome, I don't understand why games don't do it anymore. Also, the thing, this cinematic of some kind, where you would both hit each other, and avoid each other's hits, the camera would move around you and you would be spamming, I think, circle or square like crazy, until one of you won the clash

You're absolutely spitting ab the B3 opening. To me, it's a perfect encapsulation of DB before it was revived with Super. I'm glad it's back, but I miss this era a lot

I remember getting the tenkaichi games back to back for my birthday every year. I had the 1st 2 budokais and all 3 tenkaichi games

You captured the love and nostalgia I have for this series so well!! 😭 inviting friends over to play this game, not being able to beat my older brother, all the dope details in the games. There really isn’t anything like it anymore

the music in the intro of Tenkaichi 2 is engraved in my brain, the shot where Trunks and Vegeta stare at each other and the shot of Cell on Baby’s shoulder are cold as fuck

yeah man I grew up with all these games too and my favorite intro was always the Budokai 3 one. Such a good jam

I remember when I was younger, I saw that Dragon Ball was coming up next. It was my first time seeing it and was hooked immediately. The thing is that it came on at 8pm and my mom got me to go to bed at that time. I told my mom if I can stay up the next time it comes on and she said yes. The next time it came on, I saw it for the first time and was amazed. Then I realized after Dragon Ball, it said Dragon Ball Z was coming up next and asked my mom to please let me stay up to see that too. She let me and I loved it! She then let me stay up to watch them each time they were on. This is a memory that I'll always remember from the first time I seen Dragon Ball. All the memories that Dragon Ball gave me will be memorable and it was a good part of my childhood. I still love it to this day and still have the feeli g of buying every Dragon Ball game that Comes out! Thank you for reading and have a good day/night.

That Budokai 3 opening part hit me right in the ass. I used to turn my ps2 on just to watch that opening before going to bed every night when I was a youngster. Good good times

Throughout the whole video i had a huge smile on my face. 😂 Thanks man for letting me relive my childhood

Damn almost teared up hearing that budokai 3 intro, that was the only dbz game we had and played with my brother so much. And the beam clash God damn those were the days. Love your vids keep em coming bro.

The older games were def so much better! I miss them. Also the opening scenes are iconic! B3 was one of my favorites

All whole Budokai series have a such destroyer soundtrack and it made part of my teenager times. I particularly love the track from the character select screen from Tenkaichi 2

I remember in the 8th grade my friend from school gave me his ps2 along with budokai 1 and one of my favorite games of all time tenkaichi 2. I used to sit in my room and listen the the soundtrack for tenkaichi 2 and sit on the character select in budokai 1. I love these games to death and still play them to this day. This guy gets it.

i didn’t play these games, but i still wanted to comment so this video gets into the algorithm. so i will say, senzu beans have always been percs.

to hear you bring up the "you do welll" is definitely nostalgic

Bro getting to the end of this video and hearing you say “getting close to 500 subs” was insane. Great work

Still playin' Dragon (BT3) to this day with my cousin. So many memories like learning sonic sway and Z counters and not telling each other how to do them. We still be tryna to make Gohan pick all those turnips. On a separate note just discovered this channel and it's criminal that there aren't more subs. Deadass these videos are pulling things out of childhood that I forgot were there. Nice mix of nostalgia and analysis here. You do well! Ha ha ha. You do well.

I never watched DBZ or any anime until my jock friend booted up Budokai 3 at his place in primary school and I watched the entire series twice after.

Budokai 2’s Dragon World style of mode would be amazing this day and age. We know the story, so going off the beaten path would uncover so many secrets and unlockables. Freaking amazing.

THAT INTRO SONG FOR BUDOKAI 3, THAT'S WHAT NOSTALGIA SOUNDS LIKE TO ME

I got almost every one of these games for Christmas when they came out, and I rented them from Blockbuster if not. I remember playing Budokai 1 on an old TV with a wooden frame, sitting in the floor, and trying desperately to beat Cell in the final fight. Took me a while. Every intro gives me the nostalgia chills.

This video makes me so happy because this is one of the first games I played the 3 I played it a lot with my older cousin and it just feels do nostalgic to watch this

I stumbled upon this video by mistake and let me tell you, you took me on a journey through my childhood, reminded how much dbz characters been a place for me to run to from my childhood to give me a place of happiness. This video made me laugh, dance, emotional and in the end cry vocally with the feeling of having a "re-discovering myself and loving myself flashback" kinda shonen moment here on my couch. (I'm 31 almost and everything you described about those games is identical to my experience as a 90's kid). Thank you for this video man. Subscribed!

I still have all of them. Brings back memories.

I’m very happy this video pulled up into my recommendations. You da goat bruh🐐

It’s so reassuring to see someone else be so passionate about games. I also have a deep love and appreciation for the budokai and tenkaichi series. I was beginning to think I was the only one who remembered the certain voice lines from the games. I still have them pop into my head regularly, including the recoome one 😂. I too get choked up watching the intro to budokai 3, something about it is just so magical. The music may have been plagiarized, but it’s still so damn good, and fitting. Plus, it helped me find a few songs that I ended up enjoying. This was an amazing video. Glad the games meant as much to you as it did to myself and many others. They are timeless classics, with something just a little bit different to offer in each of them.

This is the only good budokai retrospective video that actually made me remember my time playing those games.

I had a rule playing Budokai 3 where if the game gets booted up the entire intro must be played without skipping. I’d make up “what if” battles between characters that never canonically fought and come up with storylines and make a sequence of battles to follow that “story” Budokai 3 was great and exactly what I needed when it came out.

Bro, you and your channel are truly gems!

I have dug all through your backlog and as I get further back in the timeline seeing these small sub counts makes me glad you made it. Your formula hasn't changed but the quality has gone up a lot. Everything here is so relatable for a lot of people and it's nice to have a little corner to unabashedly enjoy nostalgia for these nerdy things. You admitting to just how much you love these things makes other people feel better and more open about sharing their love. Keep it up, man.

The soundtrack to every game in this series has bangers. Tenkaichi 2s main theme always makes me feel so nostalgic

I remember playing these games as a kid making the computer controlled characters at difficulty 0 and whaling on the characters. Biggest power trip my 7 year old mind experienced

I've only found this channel a couple weeks ago but it feels as if it's always been a part of my youtube feed. What a beautiful array of content

Can't tell you how much this relates to me. Your channel is super comfy, and I can't stop watching, haha

It never ceases to amaze me how similar growing up with dbz was for kids even in Mexico. The only difference for me was that we couldn’t rent it, so you had to coordinate with friends to see when you could borrow the other games. I owned Budokai 1 and still think of the Gohan v Cell fight as the original portrayal of the fight.

that one Raditz mission in Budokai 1 completely obliterated my joystick

23 years old and I still remember the music like I just listened to it yesterday. Between the soundtracks and the sheer amount of depth these games had, I’m not sure which is better.

It's been so long, I used to play these games with my brother and my cousin. In Bodokai tenkaichi 3, we spent so many evenings in my cousin house playing tournaments. Sometimes we would all share the same controller in trying to beat the ai rotating with every match. Other time we would just each select characters and just fight each other for the top spot. Budokai 3 in particular brings so many memories, we couldn't afford a ps2 for a long time so my dad would take me to a store inside a supermarket that just had a bunch of CRT TVs hooked up to fat ps2s and gta san adreas and dragon ball was all I played. Thank you for making me remember all of this stuff

These videos are awesome!! I'm totally with you on these. Keep em coming!

Love the content Keep this up !!! (The editing is 💯💣💥)

I've been marathoning your videos like crazy tonight. You got yourself a new dedicated subscriber!

3 things to say: 1. I'm only 18, and this dude's videos hit me with nostalgia harder than the references do. 2. Since my family wasn't really rich, during the times when everyone else already had a One X or PS4 Pro, I was still playing on my PS2 slim. I'm not upset about it tho, cuz probably all the games from my list of favorite games is a PS2 game. 3. How has this guy not blown up yet? Wish to be able to watch you blow up man, you got some dope and compelling videos.

Man what a trip down memory lane, thanks for conveying how we all felt about this series growing up. On another note, there's this fan mod for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 called Budokai Tenkaichi 4 and it adds all the Super characters and forms up to the Tournament of Power, highly recommend checking it out!

I nearly spat out my tea when you started dancing to the Challenger's Theme! :'D Brilliant! Keep up the great work!

These games were literally the reason i wanted a ps2. Good times man. Good times.

Love your vids man, they really bring back a bunch of nostalgia. The DBZ Budukai series were the best, DBZ fighter just doesnt hit me the same way

I bought Budokai 2 randomly. It made me care about DBZ again. And then I bought BT2 and I’m pretty sure it was the reason I loved anime again. The opening animations were great too

OD nostalgia watching this 😂😍 Budokai 3 was the ONLY game I could beat my brother in haha. Dope video as always 🙌🏽

Budokai 1 on the GameCube was essentially my Introduction to dragon ball as a whole! That’s where I first learned about the story, those cut scenes were so good

I remember my first PlayStation game was a dbz game and man was the shit good being able to play as goku was legendary to me as a kid

That was a great video man. Still listen to these openings regularly.

Man I remember beating budakai 3 and unlocking everything and going back to the loading screen after the credits and just sitting there listening to that electric guitar feeling empty

“You do well.” Unlocked a deep memory

1:14 damn.. that nostalgia lol

Incredible to see how far you’ve come!

I can't lie I choked up a little bit at a like 6 places during this video- this really was an experience so many of us shared and every time I see someone talk about it, it brings out a little saiyan pride

0:17 this theme will always have a special place in my heart

Budokai 3 is a personal favourite of mine. Love your videos bro!

Love your content dude. Keep it up man! Loved these games growing up, still listen to the OSTs to work out.

I've seen a few videos and loved them. Finally subscribed. Fantastic to see you go from under 400 at the release of this up to the 161k+ it is now