Kakarot was the first and only one to have the moment where 16's chip shuts off and I wonder why it took them almost 20 years to add that little detail and I always wondered why it was omitted from every game, it's the exact point where everything that was 16 effectively dies for good.
Gohan’s SSJ2 transformation hits different in the best way possible when his tears are included in the scene. Its not just anger that triggers his transformation, but the sorrow and realization that his pacifistic nature won’t stop Cell (i see 16’s death as a metaphor for that). That and 16 comforting him that it’s okay to let a just cause fuel his anger and let it all out, right before dying I’m front of Gohan’s eyes mixing in the pain of loss.
He didn't want to become a ruthless bastard, but Cell gave him no choice. The tears are from the realization that he's going to have to stop being nice and whoop some ass.
Exactly which is why it makes no sense that the writers made Gohan less of a fighter after this moment. This was the perfect moment that was supposed to make Gohan mature and give him the realization to become the protector of earth.
@@GrubKiller436 I think the idea was that Gohan just isn’t a fighter, it’s not his thing at all. He had to be pushed to the absolute edge, literally having someone killed in front of him, to get him to go all out. It was brutal, and we haven’t seen anything like it again in the series.
@@adams3560 That seemed to be a theme with most of the early DBZ games. They'd just leave Perfect Cell with his Imperfect or Semi-Perfect voice. That and making the Kamehameha yellow instead of blue.
This was due to the fact that in Japan, Cell only ever had 1 voice, his voice didnt change between transformations. When the games were made, there was only 1 voice file for Cell and there was nothing they could really do when it came time to dub.
Honestly... I much like the emotional atmosphere of Budokai 1, the combination of the music and glitchy voice 16 has just help it hugely If they'd apply the glitchy voice and better music to the Kakarot version itd be so much better
Nah Kakarot's music is better, you can't beat the classics, it probably doesn't mean much for Americans but for the rest of the world it's good to hear that music with that scene
The music in Kakarot gives it more of DragonBall-ish feel to it, but Android 16's glitchy voice is definitely a must-have. It really "Cells" the idea that he'll completely shutdown at any moment, but refuses to go until he's able to deliver one final message. It's even got more of an impact when he smiles right before Cell stomps on him.
@@Igneeka Oof....Don't count me in on that; I'm American and I HATE the U.S. OST for DBZ. I loved it when I was eight, but God is it needlessly loud! It's to the point where the ONLY Bruce Faulconer track I love is Number 18's theme.
Honestly that’s the best line… seems like it’s only used in the English dub of the anime though. Cell really twists the knife in Gohan’s heart with that line by taunting his inability to act up until that point, compared to the other generic “scrap of junk” lines he uses everywhere else. I’m gonna guess it was one of the creative liberties the localization writers took (like Goku’s I am speech) but it just highlights why I think the dub is the definitive way to watch Z
@@DirtyDev You do have a point there. Personally though I like the budokai 1 track for it but I can see why you like the original, can’t go wrong with the OG’s
DBZ Budokai was honestly a true gem. I was so bummed as they removed more and more of the scenes and put Cardboard Cut-outs in DBZ Budokai 3... The PRIME of the gameplay was there, but the story was just... watching from some pop-up book
I always thought this. Kid Gohan's DBZK voice works perfectly for him as a kid, but when he becomes this Gohan during the Android Saga, the Kid Goku/DBZ Gohan voice works well for his age. Edit: Also, what is going on with Cell's DBFZ voice? That is so weird.
In all honesty I find both Budokai One & DBZ: Kakarot Scenes of Gohan's SSJ2 Transformation to be pretty well done. The others, not so much, as much as I love FighterZ to look like the Anime it just falls short. I for 1 did have a tough time getting use to Colleen's Voice for Young Gohan, took me out of it as well but didn't think she sounded "terrible" since it was her 1st Time voicing Gohan but of course some people will say otherwise (I, myself, also do think Stephanie's Performance was better but I think they should've kept her for Young Goku so that the 2 Characters should be easy to distinguish). Judging by Colleen's Voice for Gohan here in DBZ: Kakarot is a huge improvement than in the DB KAI run, props to her, I think what also helps is that the Music didn't play until once Gohan explodes in anger plus I love the detail on C16's Death where you see 1 of his Parts (a Microchip I'm guessing) blinking until it stops so it can transition to Gohan's Anger being 'clicked' plus the Graphics Animation was spot on for the scene. Budokai One's Scene for Gohan will always be in a special place in my heart despite "Graphically Speaking" didn't age well but the Music & C16's Glitchy Voice fits perfectly for it.
I don’t think Colleen ever really sounds “terrible” just that she doesn’t have the right voice for Gohan in general. I also think because I grew up with Stephanie as the VA for Gohan that’s kind of just going to be the voice I always try to hear whenever Young/Teen Gohan is involved. I’ve heard Colleen in other things and overall she’s a very good voice actress. To me, personally, she’ll just never be the right fit for Gohan even after all these years.
@@Lohfilter Oh no you're not wrong, I just use "C" to abbreviate the Android/Cyborg Characters despite me knowing he is in fact an Android unlike with C18 & C17 especially if you type it like that in both Bing & Google Search Engines they'll pop up.
I noticed some scenes had slightly less smooth movements like when Gohan was beating the cell jrs in kakarot scene, I pray for your PC/Xbox also good video
I expected to see it get progressively better each game and quickly became disappointed remembering how uniquely great Budokai was at the time and was brought back around by the stunning Kakarot scene
The one in Budokai 1 has good music and it’s a decent scene. But Android 16’s head gets crushed entirely off screen. It also lacks the chip landing next to Gohan and shutting down. Also, it just sounds like Gohan is powering up like normal rather than shouting in anger when transforming.
Budokai is and will always be the winner for me, everything from the iconic that played throughout, to the excellent episodic format they decided to go with, and can't forget the stiff and action figure like animations lol.And of course this transformation sequence absolutely stellar!!
As bad as the graphics are on Budokai 1,it's the only one to try and have cutscenes in the gameplay rather than just text art like Budokai 2/3. also that music Slaps
Did you know that these games started with a free to play game on PC that was made by some college students, it was an amazing game for the time, but it got copyrighted. About a year after, give or take, is when the first official DBS fighting game came out. It wasn't even close to being better than the free to play one.
Infinite World actually had a pretty good version of this, but why does Cell sound like his Semi-Perfect form. That really just takes me out of the moment. FighterZ is really good too, but clearly restricted by time constraints since it plays before a match so it can't go too long. Kakarot's version is done really well, but that title card kills the moment. It would've been better to save that for the end of the cutscene.
I am one of the lucky guys because i played back in the day the dbz budokai 1 when it got released and oh my god of course the newer games have better graphics,textures but comparing to budokai 1 nothing comes close to it the diaolg,the voice acting and seen for the first time ss2 gohan in a 3d (cinematic) was outstanding For me gohan's transformation in budokai 1 still remains as the GOAT
Yeah, I liked how Kakarot was pretty close to the original show. All those praising Raging Blast and FighterZ needs to stop. Like, Android 16 was practically talking to Gohan from another world in Raging Blast. 16 “Gohan, release your power!” Gohan “I got you, 16! I can’t see you right now but I got you.” That was such a bad moment. 😅
Cell:"Don't get so full of yourself kid, you couldn't possibly be thinking that you can beat me" Gohan:" yes i can🗿" Raging blast's gohan was a truly gigachad
Haha xenoverse was the only one that wasn’t on the thumbnail yet it was the one with the most replays, I like to see how most people enjoy or enjoyed the game as well as I had.
The funimation voice actor for gohan is the best actor plus they clicked kid goku too. It’s terrible they changed it for Kai and later series. Totally ruined the character
While I thought Kakarot was an okay game the cutscenes were fucking incredible and easily wins the top mark for me for its complete faithfulness to the source material not just for this cutscene but for many.
Burst Limit is the most underrated DBZ game wow. Held up the best out of all of them. I actually liked Raging Blast but it was trash for cut scenes. Fighterz felt like the spiritual successor to Burst Limit
Budokai 1 still looks the best to me. It manages to captured the style of DBZ in video game form like no other game managed besides probably budokai 2 and 3
