A Journey Through EVERY Dragon Ball DS Game 

Goku: Forget the Cell Games. You wanna play DS? Cell: I thought you'd never ask.

I used to play Attack of the Saiyans all the time on road trips/vacations. It is an amazing game that still holds up to this day. Really wish it got a sequel, I feel like it's moment to moment gameplay was even more fun than DBZ Kakarot's.

It really is a crime that they never continued Attack of the Saiyans. It was easily the best Dragonball DS game and one of the better Dragonball handheld titles. I really would have liked to see what they could have done with the Cell or Buu Sagas.

Not being able to delete save files is something that really bugs the piss out of me. Even though in most games you can start a new game and save over the old file it still bugs me when I can't just delete a save file, but *not being able to even start a new game at all* is just utterly ridiculous.

Dragon Ball Origins 1 & 2 are fantastic with tons of extra content.

遥かなる伝説 roughly means "faraway legend". It was titled Harukanaru Goku Densetsu in Japan since it's a spiritual successor to the Goku-den ("Goku Story") series of Famicom RPGs. I assume the Goku was dropped in the US because we never got the Goku-den games, and thus the reference wouldn't land.

Timestamps for your convenience: 2:14 Dragon Ball Z Supersonic Warriors 2 7:18 Dragon Ball Z Harukanaru Densetsu 12:55 Dragon Ball Origins 17:49 Dragon Ball Z Attack of the Saiyans 22:43 Dragon Ball Origins 2 27:51 Dragon Ball Kai Ultimate Butoden

I used to be an editor for the Dragon Ball Wiki and I played ALL of these on a shitty DS emulator so I could help contribute to the wiki pages. This video feels like a blast from the past!

Dragon Ball Origins 2 also has one of the best censorships I've ever seen. When you're in the Yamcha vs Invisible Man fight. It's genuinely so clever.

In Supersonic Warriors 2 apparently you need to corrupt your save file. Go to Options, change any setting, go to Exit, press the Cartridge down, press A to exit and release the Cartridge at the same time to corrupt it.

“Forget the cell games, wanna play Ds” - Goku

I remember spending so many hours playing origins 2 and attack of the saiyans during my child hood. Whether at home, traveling or at a relative’s house, the amount of fun I has with these two games lasted me for days and I’d happily play them again with how much they explore with the what if scenarios in origins and inbetweens in attack of the saiyans.

Oh my gosh I'm so glad you talked about Ultimate Budoten! I played the heck out of it as a kid, and was how I learn how ROM patching worked for the simple translation. More people genuinely need to play the game with how much the graphics and presentation pushed the DS. A lot of actual voice acting; the 3D hands even would open up with the fingers; those ultimates were amazingly cinematic for the console. It's really a shame more people haven't been able to experience it with how much a technical marvel it is for DS ;v;

Attack of the Saiyans is GOATed

"this videos not gonna come out.. much like my buddy Scott" 😂😂 This is what heard at first, bad place to pause

I still have no idea why Dragon Ball Origins 2 is so underrated in the fandom. Its one of my favorite DB games of all time.

Super sonic warriors 2 is my favorite dbz handheld game. I still play it and I love it. The team set and ultimate attacks are great and the music!

The thing you mentioned about the save files in supersonic warriors 2 actually is something I experienced recently with Resident Evil: The Mercenaries on 3ds. For some baffling reason (probably an anti used games agenda) capcom made it so you cannot delete a saved game and there's only one save slot as well. When I was searching for a copy to try playing with my friend I got excited because it wasn't very expensive, but after putting it in and having everything unlocked and the stages were a breeze because of it I soon figured out why.

Im just happy one of my favorite RU-vidrs is releasing a new video! 🎉🎉🎉

6:40 Resident Evil Mercenaries on the 3DS has the EXACT same problem, you can’t delete the save.

I could've sworn that Super Sonic Warriors 1 also wouldn't let you delete your save file. Bought a used copy years ago and was stuck with the current save file.

8:23 - Gilly: "... this video was never gonna come out, much like my buddy Scott" Me: Woah dude!! - Not cool!, You can't just out someone like that, poor Scott XD Gilly: "...I'm not much of an RPG guy" Me: Eh, what...? ... Ooooooh~

Wow Gill dispite seeing you featured in Some call me Johnny videos and enjoy your perspective I never had much of an inclination to watch you content but after this I think I might be a fan. This was extremely well structured and enjoyable to see a chronological of DBZ on the DS. I am looking forward to checking out your back cataloge.

Not being able to delete your save is a big pet peeve of mine, ill never be able to make a fresh chao garden in sonic advance

Sweet, a new Gilly video. And a new Dragon Ball video at that.

9:48-9:55🤣😂🤣😂 "I, *_did not,_* in fact, have fun, buddy." I don't know why but this line had me rolling!!

You can delete the save file in Supersonic Warriors 2. I bought a copy last year because it was supercheap and I've never played it. When I got it I found that same issue, no way to delete the save file. At least, no intended way. You can corrupt the save file and when the save file is corrupted, the game will automatically delete it and refresh your game to factory. How you do it as you have to interrupt the autosave. Fastest way to do it is when you leave the settings AFTER changing something, anything. So you go into the settings, change a setting exit. There is a frame or two in between exiting and the main menu coming up where you can turn the game off and it will corrupt your save as it is parrway through saving. It is way harder to perform on the 3DS as the 3DS shuts down slower and saves faster. Also doesnt work if you hit home and close as game still saves in background before you get the chance. How I got around that was when I went into the settings to change a setting, before I pushed exit, I pushed down on the cartridge to load the spring so when I let go it automatically popped up and disconnected it that way. That got around the 3DS shut down and loading/saving times. It took me an hour, so loads of attempts but it works. I did it on a New 2DSXL. Although what platform is probably irrelevant

Giving a thumbs up, and a comment so hopefully the algorithm gives you more exposure You're hugely underrated and deserve a larger audience

So for the boss fights talk in dragon ball origins 2, that have puzzle elements I always refer to them as "Gimmick bosses" where you have to do some sort of in game gimmick to deal more or any damage they can make or break certain feels in the game, but that depends.

Man. I was happy to hear praise for Dragonball Origins 2, as that game was one of the most important games of my childhood. I played Origins 2 before Origins 1, and while I enjoyed Origins 1 well enough, Origins 2 is definitely the superior game. It’s not the greatest DS game, but god, it’s one that will always hold a special place in my heart, and helped define my love of Dragonball.

I loved Superonic Warriors 2 and Attack of the Sayins soooo much as a kid, thanks for reminding me of those games

so weird, i never really dipped my toes into the dragon ball DS games era either even though i love dragon ball. thanks for covering them!

The longer I’ve stuck around this channel, the more I like the content that’s been put out, and I hope it gets some more attention in a way. I’ve known Gilly from SomeCallMeJohnny collabs, but besides him being one of the funniest there, his own content has also just been very steady in quality. Just great when you can chill, lay back and realise you’ve found another comfort channel

I only knew about Buu's Fury on the GBA when I was a kid, but getting to see some DS DB games... I really am interested in scouring eBay for Attack of the Sayians and DB Origins 2.

In dbz kai the menu changing language happens because at a certain point you unlock a new menu theme that auto equips, only the default one you have at the start is translated, such a shame that game never got a true english patch, Was playing it just this week actually lol

Not being able delete game saves on the DS is actually pretty common. Most DS games make it really hard to do this. Like Mario Kart DS, EBA and the Pokemon Games

"This video was never coming out, Much like my buddy scott." Gilly the Kid, out of context. 8:25

It's kinda interesting to see the massive jumps in quality between the first and second Legacy of Goku AND Dragon Ball Origins game. Presumably a sequel to Attack of the Saiyans that covered the Namek arc would've just been AMAZING.

I forgot how much I love you Gil, I won't make that mistake again

"Harukanaru" basically means distant, or becoming distant. So distant legend I suppose? Also, I can think of one other game that won't allow you to clear your cart: Resident Evil Mercenaries on the 3DS. So get that one digi- oh wait.

Hell yeah, this is the kind of content I live for

For a channel that's up and coming. you have a surprising amount of polish. I think I'll stick around for a bit.

Your video on the gba dragon ball games was how i found out about advanced adventure, such a hidden gem, I cant wait for you to talk about fusions for 3ds if you do a video on that console

Attack of the Saiyans is awesome, getting to level up what would be weak characters in the show, to be more powerful than Goku is so cool. If only my maxed out Tien didn't die in the cutscenes 😅. It'd be really cool if there were alternate story routes where other characters could defeat Vegeta/Nappa instead of just Goku.

The cardgame is insanely good. That one, origins and attack of the saiyans also work well on android emulator.

Attack of the Saiyans was such a surprise when I randomly downloaded it for my AceKard as a kid. Way better than it has any right to be, albeit a bit short.

I used to play db origins all the time as a kid. I look forward to completing it when I get older too because that was a crazy time in my life. It will make me feel like I accomplished something in life. I don't think that came out completely right, but it's holds a special place in my heart.

Attack of the Saiyans and SSW2 were great games, but I'm sad we never got an actual sequel for Advance adventure

Criminal that Attack of Saiyans never got a sequel

Harukanaru means "far away" so the game translates to "Goku, legend from far away"

Super Sonic Warriors 2 was always fun for me. I had SSW1 but my uncle had 2 and let me play a hell of a lot

A future video I would love to see from you is every rare game after the Microsoft buyout. I'm really curious to see if you'll find any hidden gems.

About the un deletable Save file, Resident Evil Merceneries 3d also did this

Super Sonic warriors 1 was so fun. Specially the Krillin timeline where he had to defend earth

I never bothered to finish Dragon Ball Origins, but after hearing your opinion on Origins 2, I might be interested again

Don't know if I've just not noticed it but love the figment!!!! Epcot is my home!!!

Attack of the Saiyans is great! one of my favorite rpgs honestly. wish it got a sequel

DBZ Harukanaru Densetsu is a game that I feel is barely talked about. I definitely enjoyed it as a kid, and revisiting it was pretty nice.

Oh my good THANK YOU for making this video. I could not for the life of me remember the name of Supersonic Warriors 2. I loved that game, and I spent HOURS playing every story mission. My biggest regret is not 100% it. The last story mission I had for a branching path was to survive against Brolly for I think 5 minutes, and I couldn’t do it. I still have nightmares about that haha

I shall return for your inevitable 3DS video, goodluck with that one lol!

I loved Dragonball Origins, so now I'm definitely interested in checking out the second one.

Never heard of that card game, looks like something i will love since i love card battle games

In one of the early chapters of Attack of the Saiyans you can get a third capsule slot by going to Capsule Corp. and talking to Bulma in the lobby

I played a TON of harukanaru densetsu, it was one of my most played and favourite DS games.

I had that card game as a child. It was a lot of fun honestly! The bad thing is that the story ended at the Cell Saga :( but every character (except Gohan iirc) had a very high level superboss at the end of the campaign (basically each character could actually beat Cell but you had to grind to level up a lot)

This is so many more Dragon Ball games than I thought there were, which admittedly, i thought it was two, maybe

This video was bangin’ 💙

I ordered Ultimate Butoden and it’s a solid DBZ game. It does a good job giving you a light fighting game on the go and the presentation is great plus the customization and What If scenarios. The bookart alone is fantastic!

Interesting games. Despite being obsessed with Dragon Ball since childhood I never played any Dragon Ball games until I was a teen and got Xenoverse 2 which was my first Dragon Ball game.

'Puzzle Boss' is the term that I've heard used the most.

Fun fact: in attack of sayan you can find the 7 dragon balls and unlock broly as secret end boss... He was a pain in the ass to fight xD

Dbz attack of the sayians is amazing I grew up playing it daily. Wish they made a sequel to it

Maybe it’s like petz monkey paradise or whatever there isn’t a way to delete the save file but if you wait for the auto save screen to come up and remove the card from the ds it corrupts the data and let’s you restart?

you should complete dendetsu when you have the time, it gets pretty fun

Attack of the Saiyans was a legit banger.

There are four GBA games in the Legacy of Goku series with Legacy of Goku, Legacy of Goku 2, Buu’s Fury, & Dragon Ball GT: Transformation. I’m missing the last two and the only copies I can find are outrageously expensive.

i played both super sonic warriors games back to back, and no, 2 plays better, or at least as good, as the first was also pretty floaty also i remember there being a way to delete save data, but if there's not, there's also not much point to deleting it anyway, since you can freely replay the story mode levels at any point.

I thought the what if scenarios in supersonic warriors 2 was the coolest shit as a kid

Actually the opening story in AOTS tells the events that happened with the others while Goku was training with Kami. This is something we never got to see in the DB Manga or Anime. Honestly it’s kinda sad since some of the events would’ve made for a cool mini arc.

Welcome back!

I remember I used to play dragon ball z harukanaru densetsu all the time on my DS lite and later DSi XL it was my only dragon ball game for the system (keep in mind this was 2007, my dad had just died from diabetes and my mom had to quit her job as a nurse to take care of me and my older sibling Diamond,so we didn't have a lot of money at the time) I managed to have fun with it but it's not the greatest game ever so I can also fully understand if someone doesn't like it, anyways love the video man you're always awesome to watch

I loved Harukanaru Densetsu so much as a kid. Same with DB Origins. Never got to play Origins 2 tho

Attack of the Saiyans deserved a sequel. Monolith Soft is in perpetual Xenoblade mode now so that's never gonna happen...

Can’t wait till you do all dragon ball games on the switch. Dragon ball heroes is on of my favorite Dragon ball games . also I think there was a bunch for PlayStation vita or it might have bin psp . I forget witch .

Ultimate butoden looks really good to me. Might have to check it out. I like that semi chibi 3d look to the characters.

just a heads up their is a more updated eng patch for ultimate

Another game with an undeletable save file is "Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D" for 3DS.

now do 3ds :D with db fusions

I actually love Attack of the Sayains. I would have adored more like it tbh. I didn't know about some of these other games though, I kinda wanna check em out!

I think the reason why they didn't release Dragon Ball Kai Ultimate Butouden outside of Japan was because of unfortunate timing. It came out the same month the 3DS released in Japan and since the 3DS was coming out in the US a month later (also didn't help that Game Banana's previous DB game, Dragon Ball Origins 2, sold 200,000 units less than it's predecessor), Bandai probably didn't think it was worth it to release the game outside Japan.

Supersonic warriors 2 and origins 2 were my childhood

I wish we got an attack of the saiyans sequel to add in a transformation mechanic rip

Gonna be honest, i kind prefer the controls for the original supersonic warriors. There were less buttons to work with but that just made the inputs more snappy. To this day it has one of my favorite control layouts of any dragon ball game. Combat is quick and fun, and it feels like I'm playing an actual scene from the show. I played a little bit of the second game and I feel like the gameplay is a bit more sluggish. They added more button inputs because they had more buttons, but i feel like that made the controls less air-tight. You are absolutely not wrong in your assessment.

The Scott the Woz reference 🤣

Resident Evil Mercenaries on the 3DS also only has one save file that you cannot delete.

I'm honestly laughing hard at the Harukanaru segment of this video Mostly because I've 100% the game when i was younger, but now I have no clue what you're talking about for it; my knowledge of that game is completely gone lmao

Zoo Keeper is another Nintendo DS game that not allow to erase the save data or start a new game while overwrite the previous one. Electroplankton does not save at all.

im legitimately curious about what you will say about fusion since i do believe it was a pretty fun game

Dragon Ball Kai on the DS XL is incredible. 🥰

6:40 Resident Evil the Mercenaries 3D does this.