The BEST Opening Scene in YEARS (Black Myth Wukong REACTION) 

saying this guy is Goku is like saying your father looks like you

wukong was the inspiration for goku. journey to the west was written in the 16 century

Bro Goku initially was designed based on Wukong. Sadly not much people knows that

Son Goku (Dragon Ball) is inspired by Sun Wukong (Journey to the West). So to say, Sun Wukong is the ORIGINAL.

"This guy is Goku!" "No.... Goku is this guy."

Dragonball's "Son Goku" is based off a character from the 16th Century epic of one of the 4 literary pillars of ancient China, where he is the Monkey King (猴王) who becomes immortal and is known as the Great Sage who is Equal to Heaven (齐天大圣). The japanese manga and anime character you are so used to seeing in japanese and western media now is but a shallow analogue of the original character.

How is he that confident? Dude, he's the Sun fuckin Wukong

The only Context you will ever need, from an Asian man growing up watching all the films and have read all the novels about Sun Wukong : This game happens after the events in the novel Journey To The West - a Chinese novel written in the 16th Century. In the novel, Wukong was a monkey born from a magical stone. At the beginning of the Universe, Nuwa ( the Goddess of Creation ) used her power to create all lives in the Universe, the excess energy from that event takes the form of 5 stones ( Wukong was born from 1 of those 5 stones ). Think of it like the Infinity Stones - enormous cosmic power. These 5 stones are then scattered among the Realms, one of them lands on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. After thousands of years absorbing energy of the Heaven and the Earth, the stone cracked, giving birth to a magical monkey - Sun Wukong. He was incredibly strong and smart from birth, and was named the Monkey King by all the monkeys in the Mountain. But, he still could not defeat aging and death. So he roams the land, seeking a master to learn the secret of immortality. After a long time practicing Taoism magics, and had achieved immortality, he returns to his mountain and named himself The Great Sage equals to Heaven. His playful and cocky nature doesn't sit well with the Celestial Court ( led by the Jade Emperor ) , so between them, there was a beef. Fearing that Wukong would cause destruction, the Jade Emperor offered him a job in Heaven. During this time, he wanders around 33 levels of the Heavenly Palace, achieved 7 more layers of immortality ( by eating A WHOLE ASS GARDEN of immortality peaches, drinking Wine of Immortality, eating gourds of Immortality...... ). He even goes as far as going to Hell, bullying the God of Death, and erases his name out of the Book of Death, granting him another layer of immortality. Wukong is technically a force of the Universe, and now he can't die due to 7 layers of immortality. These acts made the Jade Emperor furious. Then, the Jade Emperor ordered the Celestial Court to sent 100.000 heavenly soldiers ( including Erlang Shen and the Four Heavenly Kings in the video above ) upon him, Sun Wukong defeated them all. He destroys the whole Heavenly Palace and threaten the life of the Jade Emperor. In a panic, the Jade Emperor had to ask the All Mighty Buddha to intervene. Buddha defeated Wukong, and trapped him under a mountain for 500 years to teach him a lesson. After leaving, Buddha said that in order to repent for his sins, Wukong must embark on a Journey. His mission was to escort a monk named Tang Sanzang from the East ( China ) to the West Heaven ( India ) to acquire the Scriptures of Buddha. Guanyin ( the right hand of Buddha ) gave Tang Sanzang the Golden Headband to keep Wukong in check ( because Tang Sanzang was only a mere weakling mortal ). By chanting the right words, the Headband will tighten around Wukong's forehead, giving him excruciating headache ( that's what happened in the video - maybe someone was reading the chant when Wukong turns into a bird - could be Buddha or Guanyin, i don't know ). After 17 YEARS of walking ON FOOT, defeating hundreds of monsters, they reached the West Heaven and acquired the Scriptures of Buddha. The party, including Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Pigsy and Sandy - were all given Buddhahood for their achievements. Sun Wukong was named The Victorious Fighting Buddha. All the events in this game happen after that. I hope this would give Western audience more insights, and hopefully, more love for the beautiful story of Journey To The West. I highly suggest you all watch the film adaptations ( the most well-loved in Asia was the 1986 adaptation, the CGI is bad, but the story is beautiful. It is a long and profound story of the Journey, teaching us about love, compassion, and humanity, guiding us all on the Journey to achieve godhood ). Have a great day fellas. 🌹

Sold 10 million sets in four days, this game is so crazy

journey to the west is 500 years old, dragonball is 40 years old

sun goku is japanese language for sun wukong. and yes, goku is inspired by sun wukong.

0:47 Nah bro, Goku is literally this guy. He's the biggest inspiration for Goku, dragon ball, and even Avatar the last Airbender.

He's confident because he took on 100,000 celestial army troops 500 years ago, and won.

I hope you understand that this story or game is older than Dragon Ball or other anime, so this is truly original, not plagiarized or copied.

Journey to the West is the inspiration for Dragon Ball

The game events happen after Journey to the West. Basically Wukong had already completed his journey , obtained many powers and been granted godhood. But then he decides to go into retirement , back to his mountain with other monkeys. But the court views him as a threat so they send the dude in white to hunt him again. So at the beginning of the game wukong is at the peak of his powers , not giving any fucks for the high heavens Hence his confidence and essentially not having any health bar or stamina , you get to play as him at his full power in the beginning

as a chinese, i will say sun wukong in this game is complete different with japanese cartoon wukong.. don't mixup .

"Journey to the West" is one of China's four great classics. It is a mythological masterpiece with a history of hundreds of years. This novel has influenced the entire Asia.If you want to know about the history and origin of Wukong, you can watch this video.The Complete Story of SUN WUKONG and the ORIGIN of GOKU ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q8MMciIFCik.html

Sun Wu Kong is the grandfather of shounen anime, his character inspired Dragon Ball, Shadow Clone (naruto), & many more.

He's confident and he can back up all the trash talk, he has battled the celestial army before (大闹天宫 this incident, Havoc In Heaven, is also the name of a 1961 cartoon), and nearly won. THE BUDDHA himself had to trap Wukong under a mountain created by the Buddha's hand. Wukong was trapped for 500 years until he was saved by a monk traveling to the west (India) to obtain Buddhist scriptures Also Sun Wukong is the "Monkey King" because he rules 花果山 (Flower Fruit Mountain) with his monkey underlings who were apparently killed by the Celestial Army before the start of the game. That's why he's fighting them AGAIN, after the journey was finished and he obtained the title of Victorius Fighting Buddha. Another nickname or title for Wukong is 齐天大圣 "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" because he alone is so insanely powerful he can withstand AND beat the Heavens and Celestial army. The Buddha is able to restrain Wukong, but Erlangshen (the guy with a 3rd eye and a dog) is about equal to Wukong in abilities. It's just a matter of who's going to outsmart who. Someone else about equal to Wukong is Nezha, but I won't say much because I love Nezha and really hope he's in Black Myth, even though they never showed him in the trailers.

Wukong is already the GOTY in the hearts of players 10/10

goku is inspired byWukong， wukong is the original

Buddha had placed a trap for Wukong to wear the Cursed Golden Headband on his head. It served as a type of punishment to keep Wukong from committing crimes until he gained Buddhahood, at which point only the Buddha himself could release the band that was causing him excruciating pain on his head. Why had the Buddha given him a headband? Wukong caused chaos in heaven 500 years ago, almost toppling the heavenly King. Buddha intervened to save the day and trapped Wukong under a mountain. A monk helped Wukong escape the mountain 500 years later. Buddha gave the monk the cursed headband and told him to trick Wukong into donning it in order to tame the ill-tempered Wukong If Wukong refused to be disciplined, the headband will glow and tightened to cause tremendous pain. The idea is to subdue Wukong temper and eventually guide him into Buddhahood. That is the origin story of the Cursed Golden Headband on Wukong's head.

The crown on wukongs head was placed by bhudda to keep him in control. When it glows, it hurts his head and weakens him. Thats why he lost this fight.

You are not playing a game, you are playing a game of historical story.

When i was really young, my grandfather would put me into the study of 2 books. One is The Journey to The West. Two is The Romance of Three Kingdoms. Both are eternally chinese epic classic literature that had passed hundreds of years. Most of everyone in Asia would know these stories

The pig that wukong mentioned is named tianpeng general who was punished for filtering with the chang e and become a pig back to mortal world

"How are you this confident?" Oh, I'm pretty sure he has his right to be....🤫✨You had...no Idea....🤭

"How are you this confident" Because he pretty much beat the entire Heaven into submission and destroyed it almost completely into nothingness. Even its army of thousands with ease. The guy's stronger than Hercules/Heracles considering he can wield his 16 ton staff like a stick.

This is the OG of those mangas and Hong Kong comics I read when I was growing up. I am glad now people in other parts of the world know him now.

Dragon Ball Goku been inspired by Wukong the original. That's why you can see the familiar.

They should do a game for each of the other 3 famous pieces of Chinese literature as well.

This is how Chinese Gods fight in heaven.

2:50 You must know how strong is wukong in novel, thats why he confident fight any of god including budha itself

Goku Son is the Japanese pronunciation for Wukon Son. The original novel Journey to the west opening scene depicted Wukon lost the battle to the army of celestial kingdom, and was subdued, buried under the mountain until he was commissioned to escort the monk to the west in exchange for his freedom. Very famous novel in Chinese literature.

6:24 It's not just Erlang being tall, Wukong is also relatively small, only around 4 to 5 feet tall.

0:47 so this is how flying nimbus works in real life!

Son Goku literally is the Japanese name for sun wukong. Same characters.

Goku IS Wukong. Goku is literally the Japanese pronunciation of Wukong. Dragon Ball is a reimagining of Journey To The West.

he is the OG goku

Wukong is the OG of them all.

Goku is the Japanese adaptation of this mythical story

Goku Will be shaking his leg when he sees those gaint army. But Wukong don't give any a shit😎if he is here everything under control

Goku was just Wukong pronounced with a Japanese accent, then transliterated into English directly from the Japanese accent. “Wu” was pronounced as “Gu”, and “Kong” was pronounced as “Ku”. And you got “Goku” instead of “Wukong”. It’s the same name 悟空.

Just what other people have pointed out, Goku is based on the “Monkey” in Journey to the West.

This opening is epic. Beautiful. Spectacular.

The monkey, the myth, the legend, the Victorious Fighting Buddha...he is him Sun Wukong 🔥

Wukong means “Enlightenment of void”

Wukong is not an a$$hole, he is a badass.

Journey to the West was written in year 1529 in China.😊

Are there still many people who don't know Sun Wukong inspired Toriyama to create Goku?

That golden headband was given by Buddha. It acts as a seal. When it is activated, it will suppress Wukong's ability and keep Wukong under control.

The celestial being with three eyes is Erlang/Yang Jian... And yes he's inspired for Tien Shin Han... (obviously)

Goku is loosely inspired by Sun Wukong, especially in the early parts of Dragon Ball, they are distinct characters with different backgrounds, personalities, and purposes within their respective stories.

Just to explain a little bit about the ring in Wukong head that weaken his magic, these high rank level of gods can't beat Wukong without the help of the Buddha, the Buddha, actually the Boddisattva has put the ring on his head to control him

Most westerners don't know this...Goku was created by the Japanese artist Akira Toriyama, and he did so because he was inspired by Wukong from the 16th century Chinese literature Journey to the West.

Chinese culture was the predominant culture in East and some parts of South East Asia for a very long time. So it is no surprise that modern day portrayals of certain myth in manga, anime and so on from Japan do have Chinese cultural origins, one contributing factor being also religious syncretism between Taoist and Buddhist beliefs.

Wu kong’s voice sounds like Starscream. Also. Goku was inspired by Wukong. FYI

Too many references in this game. Almost every dialogue, weapon and character has a reference to the ancient chinese novel. When western people say "Who's this?" Asian people: "Wow him!" 😂 I feel a little bit sad about this. You have no idea how much asian people growing up reading the book and watching all the series/films enjoy this game.

wukong is the pinyin of 悟空, which is a very common Dharma name of monks in China. 悟(wu) means understand thoroughly and profoundly. 空(kong) means empty literally, but here it is a Buddhism concept here. I cannot explain this philosophical Buddhism term clearly in English. goku is the Japanese pronunciation of 悟空.

So to clarify "made Buddha". Buddha is actually not the name of a God, as most people think it is. It is actually a title given once you've attained enlightenment, it is a new state of being. Buddha is for men and Bodhisattva is for women.

this guy is goku❌ goku is him✅

He is confident standing against those bunch of celestial army because he fought them before and created havoc to the whole Jade Palace.

Son Goku is just Son Wukong in Japanese, they are the same character. Dragon Ball was supposed to be a modern retelling of Journey to the West, but it later became it's own thing. So yes, Goku is actually this monkey king.

Origin: • Sun Wukong: Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a character from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West written in the 16th century. Wukong is a mythical being who gains supernatural powers through Taoist practices and is known for his strength, agility, and ability to transform into various shapes. • Goku: Goku is the main character of the Japanese manga and anime series Dragon Ball, created by Akira Toriyama in the 1980s. Goku is a Saiyan, an alien warrior race, who was sent to Earth as a baby. He is known for his cheerful personality, love of fighting and training, and desire to protect his friends and the Earth.

Wukong is not Goku. Goku is based on Sun Wukong.

Dude Goku mimic the Sun Wu Kong and not the other way round.

"is there perfect dodging?" as he does it twice without realising

Is he running towards that? Yes, the Hundred Thousand Celestial Army（十万天兵天将）. He do think they are but knuckleheads. Because he did won the battle with them in the story line before this game and only lost to the three-eyed god in white (Erlang Shen), in a similar fashion: he was struck by another god’s sneaky attack while fighting in a duel with Erlang Shen god. That’s why among all these gods present here, he only respects Erlang Shen.

For the tutorial fight, you played the best among all streamers playing this game earlier this week.

还有好多悟空的能力都没有展现，如果开发地图，可以考虑“西天取经，9981难”天啊‼️那简直疯了。 再来个“大闹天宫”🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯那我就真的疯了 72变，火眼金睛，灵魂出窍，金箍棒大如塔，吹出一支军队。。。等等等 单单是悟空就有好多还可以开发。

I've noticed that most young Western DBZ fans often think that 'Wukong = Goku' 🙃. But these two characters aren't related at all! Toriyama created Goku based on Sun Wukong, and "Son Goku" is just the Japanese version of "Sun Wukong" in Chinese. Just to be clear, Son Goku and Sun Wukong are not the same!

This scene is the original Sun Wukong (SON GOKU) fighting the original ER LANG SHEN (TIEN SHINHAN)

goku is literally wukong

Remember Tien from DBZ, he got 3 eyes .

Goku is pronounced in Japanese , but the character of it is just the same as Wukong in Chinese.

U shld read ‘journey to the west’ by ‘wu cheng-en’ to have better understanding of the story. Classic!

this mf can oneshot goku with his toes bruh

Was gonna say "Go Ku" is the Japanese word by word translation directly from "Wu Kung". But scroll down, everyone is bashing lol

The great Oriental epic story named Journey to the West.

GOTY for me 😊😊😊 I finished the game in 38 hours.!! Dragon Ball is inspired by the novel Wukong.

Goku = Wukong, it's just Japanese pronunciations of the same Monkey lol.

Dude... Sun Wukong is Chinese name while in Japanese translation called Son Goku

This is the original character. Wukong is initial original character.

my goodness the chat is so inept at explaining things, fym ''goku is him''

Dragonball Z ,Goku and the nimbus cloud was inspired by Journey to the West(Story about Wukong). When you look at Goku's name in Kanji, it is exactly Wu Kong's name in Chinese.

wukong is the base of pretty much most modern anime, dragon ball z etc Journey to the west, dated in 1600s and the TV show of them started 1970s?

Watch the series monkey magic. All my dreams have come true. Amazing 🤟

Dear all, whatever censure or negative criticism or reference hurl at Wu Kong is forgiveable. Wu Kong is mainly developed for the Chinese and there are around 50 million ethnic Chinese around the World who largely do not understand Chinese. That's the reason why it is dubbed in English. This is our Chinese Culture and our Chinese Root which Wu Kong is a intrinsic part of it. Enough said. ❤

dragon ball Z took reference from Journey of the west. Son Goku was inspired from Sun Wu Kong in Journey of the West

Goku even not him. He is only one hero much much much no one can stop ❤based on 600 yrs ago novel

Goku means wukong in Japanese

after journey to the west ---> Sun wukong aka the Victorious Fighting Buddha

the game where you get to fight demons and gods... almost all Asian have seen Monkey King movies, films, and literature

DBZ creator took the inpiration from the centuries old novel Journey to the west

goku designed based on wukong

Left= Original, Right = DBZ SUN WUKONG= SON GOKU That's why GOKU can transform to become a Big monkey / GORILLA ZHU BAJIE / BAJIE=HAKKAI (Pig/Wild Boar） ER LANG SHEN= TENSHINHAN (3 Eyes guy) NIU MO WANG= GYUMA (OX, GOKU's Father in law, GOHAN's Grandfather ) and many

I didn't see Wukong close friend Nezha in this game

Wukong was the great great grand daddy of Goku

Best opening since ff6