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Tien, why are you on Namek? [Let's Play Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan!]
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When I was a child, Dragon Ball Z was the first anime I had ever seen. I still remember coming home after school every day and waiting for it to start. Sitting down five minutes before the show started, just to ensure I didn't miss an action-packed moment, I fell in love with the coolest cartoon of all time.
And then, I found a Super Nintendo game that was based on Dragon Ball Z. It was an RPG, even! Two of my favorite things, combined into video game format? Holy shit, was this going to be the greatest game of all time or what?
I was...Surprised. Caught off-guard. Confused and bamboozled by what I was playing. It was Dragon Ball Z, yes. It had elements of the anime and kind of followed it. There are certain changes made in the game, which, when adapted to RPG format, I guess I can understand. There are a few that confuse me, but whatever, it's Dragon Ball fucking Z.
Before we start, let's cover a few questions you've probably asked yourself (if you've read this far):
Who the hell are you?
I'm a Capricorn, who enjoys long walks on the beach, meaningful conversations, and playing games that actively make me hate myself.
Why should I care?
I am here to bring you an experience that I don't know why I am willing to repeat. Legend of the Super Saiyan isn't really a bad game. It, however, is kind of a bad experience. There are spots where it is confusing as balls to figure out where to go next, grinding is required (not as much as say, 7th Saga or a similar game would require), and sometimes, the bosses seem to love their bullshit.
Okay, I'm interested. Tell me more about this game.
As I mentioned before, it's an RPG. It covers Dragon Ball Z, from Raditz' arrival to the final fight with Frieza. It's not very long, only about eight to ten hours, and the battle system is kind of interesting. It's the basic turn-based system, but I'll elaborate on that more when we actually get to combat.
With those questions out of the way, I plan on doing this LP in screenshot format, with accompanying commentary. I won't try and be in character for any of the characters, because I'd either be focused on how hungry I am, how much of a bitch I am, or how I need to appear as a badass and that Goku needs to go to Hell.
Updates will be every two to three days, with the first appearing tomorrow or the next day. I'll try and wrap this LP up within a month or six weeks. It's kind of a short game, but it's worth seeing, if only to see what was acceptable for a DBZ RPG back in the day.
And then, I found a Super Nintendo game that was based on Dragon Ball Z. It was an RPG, even! Two of my favorite things, combined into video game format? Holy shit, was this going to be the greatest game of all time or what?
I was...Surprised. Caught off-guard. Confused and bamboozled by what I was playing. It was Dragon Ball Z, yes. It had elements of the anime and kind of followed it. There are certain changes made in the game, which, when adapted to RPG format, I guess I can understand. There are a few that confuse me, but whatever, it's Dragon Ball fucking Z.
Before we start, let's cover a few questions you've probably asked yourself (if you've read this far):
Who the hell are you?
I'm a Capricorn, who enjoys long walks on the beach, meaningful conversations, and playing games that actively make me hate myself.
Why should I care?
I am here to bring you an experience that I don't know why I am willing to repeat. Legend of the Super Saiyan isn't really a bad game. It, however, is kind of a bad experience. There are spots where it is confusing as balls to figure out where to go next, grinding is required (not as much as say, 7th Saga or a similar game would require), and sometimes, the bosses seem to love their bullshit.
Okay, I'm interested. Tell me more about this game.
As I mentioned before, it's an RPG. It covers Dragon Ball Z, from Raditz' arrival to the final fight with Frieza. It's not very long, only about eight to ten hours, and the battle system is kind of interesting. It's the basic turn-based system, but I'll elaborate on that more when we actually get to combat.
With those questions out of the way, I plan on doing this LP in screenshot format, with accompanying commentary. I won't try and be in character for any of the characters, because I'd either be focused on how hungry I am, how much of a bitch I am, or how I need to appear as a badass and that Goku needs to go to Hell.
Updates will be every two to three days, with the first appearing tomorrow or the next day. I'll try and wrap this LP up within a month or six weeks. It's kind of a short game, but it's worth seeing, if only to see what was acceptable for a DBZ RPG back in the day.
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I was pretty much the same as Bullio, played the hell out of those two games except I managed to get to the secret boss fight after Frieza with Vegeta.
Who promptly destroyed me.
Now Hyper Dimension on the other hand, I loved.
Eat Senzu Bean?
I'm going to wrap the screenshots in spoiler tags, just so that there isn't a whole lot of scrolling required in this thread. This update isn't very long, but it does establish what we'll be working with here. It's also got a lot of words, but I tried to keep those as short as possible. It's Dragon Ball Z, we're not here for words. But, enough of that. Let's get this show on the road!
We open with a pretty shot of the clouds, and a very nice looking blue sky.
Father and son are even out on their flying cloud. This is going to be a great day.
Thanks to Bandai and Vincent, we can go ahead and fuck all of that right up.
After hitting start, we're thrown straight into the story. It's nice that Goku's long-lost older brother is coming to visit. This ought to be a happy reunion.
Jesus Christ! The last time my brother came to visit he just wanted to borrow Resident Evil 5.
overwhelming power of his uncle, Raditz?
Alright, enough of that "story" bullshit. We're not here for that, we're here to beat the shit out of bad guys with martial arts and laser beams.
Before we do that, let's have a look at our menu and our fighters, shall we? Everything listed here is pretty self-explanatory. Talk is talk, look opens chests, fly makes you...Well, fly, item pops open our inventory, and menu allows you to look at your cards, change text speed, check the status of your fighters, and the change the order of your fighters (even though you can send them out in whatever order you want in battle). The house nearby is Master Roshi's house, the Kame House.
This is lookin' pretty good, so far. Goku, like in the show, is just a bit stronger than Piccolo. I forgot to get shots of them, but they each have a few Ki attacks. Goku has his signature Kamehameha, a generic energy blast, and an invisible, fast-moving attack.
Piccolo only has two, one of which is a pretty cool energy attack. But who gives a shit about that when he also has the Special Beam Cannon? It's pretty costly to his Ki right now, though, but that's okay. None of the random encounters here are going to require it.
Speaking of which, I attempted to move toward Roshi's house and got into a fight. The encounter rate in this game can be pretty stupid at times. I'll get more into that later, though. For now, let's beat up this...Saibaman? What the hell is he doing here? And why is he this blueish color?
Whatever, I'll send Goku to kick his ass. And take this opportunity to explain the combat system.
As you can see, we have cards across the bottom, each with their own symbol. In the corners, there are orange balls, either containing dots, symbols, or a very stylish Z. In the upper-left, we have our attack value, which ranges from one dot, up to seven dots, then finally a Z. In the lower-right, our defense values are shown, from one wavy line, to some Japanese symbols (I have no idea what they mean or which are higher than the others. I'm sorry about that, by the way), and we finish that off with a Z, too.
The purpely card with the almost-fire going on in the middle there is a Ki, card. It's hella strong, with a decent defense, too. I won't be using this thing for quite a long time (i.e., we're going to fuck Raditz' shit with it).
Now, as long as you're not crotch-gnawing retarded, I'm sure you can figure out that Z is the best of the best, and the lower numbers aren't as good as the others. Enemies also have the same system for cards, so you might bust out a Z attack card, but if they have a Z defense, all of that damage you were sure was going to happen is going to be nerfed. Now, you might think this implies a certain amount of strategy, but it doesn't. Anyone who claims otherwise is full of shit.
Anyways, back to the fight. I sent Goku out alone here (you can order the other members to stay back by pressing 'X' after selecting at least one person to fight), and the symbol on his card matches the symbol underneath his portrait. I hate to dump you with words when it looks like Goku is about to deliver the dick-kick of a lifetime, but don't worry, I won't disappoint you.
Now, then, when the symbol of a card matches the character's symbol, it acts as a kind of "go crazy" card for them. If there is more than one enemy, the character will attack all of them either with a flying kick or a flying punch. This works for enemies, too.
But since there is only one enemy, Goku does the generic attack combo, which is either a kick rush or a punch rush. After that happens, a few different things can happen. Usually, the enemy will fly away and the attacking character will follow. After this, they can either kick them away, smash them into the ground, smash them into the air (and sometimes, they follow with the ground-smash), or the enemy will dodge.
Goku kicked him into the air here, for a nice 31 damage. From what I can tell, these Saibamen have about 50 or 60 HP. The combat system doesn't lend itself well to screenshots. If there's a high enough demand, I'll try and get a video of combat in action.
And sometimes, this happens. Goku's bloodlust wasn't satiated by just kicking the Saibaman in the chest. He's decided he wants to take this fucker down.
A headbutt to the crotch was apparently the best method Goku could think of.
And that is why Goku is the greatest fighter on Earth. Killing that Saibaman gained Goku and Piccolo seven experience points. That's the nice thing about the option to send only one fighter out. If you have one person massively more powerful than the rest, he can do all of the work and everyone can reap the benefits. After the battle, I also found a Bulma card, which restores some HP.
And with the murder of that Saibaman, we'll end our first update. If there are any questions, tips, or if you think the screenshots are too big, just let me know. This is my first rodeo, partner, and I'm willing to take whatever advice is offered. The next update will cover some more of the story stuff and get us through to probably the first boss (which I might do in video).
But for now:
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z LEGEND OF THE SUPER-SAIYAN: GOKU AND PICCOLO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF STUFF (AND MR. POPO IS THERE, TOO)
Good first update. Screenshots size is fine for me.
And now that we're done with that little bit of me pouring my heart out, let's continue on with this show by entering Master Roshi's house.
Chapter Two: Ass Kickings Left and Right
Now that I've entered the house, we chat with Bulma, Krillin and Master Roshi. Bulma gives us the Dragon Radar, Krillin tells us that he hopes we don't die (thanks for offering to come along, you prick) and Master Roshi gives us 40 gold coins. Sweet.
The Dragon Radar works much like it does in the show. It shows the location of a Dragon Ball, you click the button on top, and it gives you an idea of where it is and how far away it is. Since Gohan's hat has a Dragon Ball on it, we can use this to track him (I just noticed I fucked up this screenshot and you can't see the dot where it shows the Dragon Ball. Dammit).
As I attempt to fly away, I get into a battle. Sometimes, I really hate the encounter rate in this game.
No matter, though. We'll have Goku kick his ass.
Goku's thirst for blood knows no bounds. He wants this Saibaman dead.
As Goku wipes the blood from his mouth, we actually manage to get away from this island.
The white aura surrounding Goku makes him fly much faster, but at the cost of increasing the encounter rate. It's still well worth it, however, as I'll need every last experience point I can get.
Ooh! Civilization! Huzzah!
house, located in the northern valley in the mountains.
Bulma? How the hell did you beat us here?
:shock: "You're right!"
And now that we've learned Bulma is a heinous bitch and Goku is a dipshit (raise your hand if you're surprised), let's get back on track.
And to think, if these two had just taken some initiative and attacked while we were napping, they could have lived.
Piccolo first blinds the Saibaman with a shot of splooge and then slams him into the ground.
The Saibaman, properly disgusted, attacks whom he believes to be Piccolo.
Goku isn't taking the risk of Piccolo splooge being that close to him and promptly gets the hell out of there.
His buddy, also disgusted, has decided to try and murder Goku as hard as he can for the crimes against his friend.
That shit don't fly with Goku and Piccolo.
Now, then, what comes next is just basically a lot of me grinding. Since I like the three of you that will actually look at this update, I won't force you through it, too. I, however, will go have a smoke while this goes down.
Hi there, popping back in to comment on this. Enemies have energy attacks too (hurr-durr, I know), and the Saibamen only appear to have this single one.
Since I am shittacular with getting good screenshots, how this Saibaman actually fires off this attack is totally obscured. They tip their head down, which then splits open, and out comes the purple blast of doom.
I never expected to see this so early in the adventure. Sometimes, when your character is sufficiently stronger than the foe attacking, their attack might not even affect them. While you may think I've done a hell of a lot more grinding than is necessary to be this strong, I'm actually right where you should be around this time in the game. Typically, if an attack won't affect a character, they'll just dodge it.
Now, this is a message I like to see. It means I'm nearly strong enough to where I'm satisfied to continue on. Alright, back to the grinding montage.
I've never used this attack before. I assumed it did much of what it did in the show.
I, uh, don't quite remember it looking like that when the Solar Flare was used in the show.
And he's now paralyzed. Note to self: Punch the shit out of the enemy next time.
Next time, I decided to use another of Goku's ki attacks. Bonus points if someone can tell me how to actually pronounce that attack.
Even though it looks like I just screwed up another screenshot, I actually didn't. Goku just launches an invisible energy attack here. Or, hell, maybe it's psychic energy. I don't know.
It was enough to kill him, though, so I don't care what it was.
Now then, you've noticed that I let Goku take some damage during the grinding montage. It's all part of the plan.
The butt-ass ugly house to the north is the item shop. We'll need a few things from there to get the most out of our training.
It's run by Roshi's older sister, Fortuneteller Baba.
We're here for the Kami cards, which restores all of a single character's HP. At ten gold a pop, we can afford four. I only buy two, however. I'll pick up more as I need them later on.
After exiting Baba's shop, I enter one of the nearby houses, to find another farmer and his son sitting on the couch, apparently just waiting to tell strangers who enter their house about Popo.
Well, golly-gee willikers, isn't that just convenient as all get-out?
I hope it's chocolate.
Defeat the what? Crippling Senzu bean addiction? His inability to turn down a nap? Or is it the Undertaker at Wrestlemania XVIII?
I think that this was a joke that didn't just translate well from the Japanese. Or maybe Vincent was just trying to be funny and he's not very good at it.
Either way, let's fly on over to the northeast and see what's shakin' with ol' Mr. Popo.
I think we interrupted his orgy.
And Popo, thinking we're here to join in, is advising us to use protection. It's going to be hell to get whatever Popo has to help us.
:shock:
And Piccolo, being the boss that he is, isn't going to stand for this shit.
At the very least, Popo can rub one out while watching the fight.
And here's a feature I forgot to show off earlier. By pressing X before selecting to attack or use an item, you can actually check an enemies BP and their remaining health. We have roughly 170 BP on these guys, which means we've got a bit of power on them.
Even so, they're just strong enough to get done what I want them to do.
A Saibaman fires a nice fuck-off laser attack at Goku, which I hope hits.
That son of a bitch dodged the attack. Goku's making this difficult.
Thankfully, he complies the rest of the time and has the Saibamen kick his ass left and right. He is currently at one HP, which is perfect.
And this is where the Kami cards come into play. As fans of the show will know, when a Saiyan is near-death, if they can be healed, their power will rise exponentially. It's no different in this game and works for any of the Saiyan characters. They just need to have five or less HP, and a way to heal them to full within the battle. This trick doesn't work outside of the fight.
Booya. 8-)
Using his newfound power, Goku lays the smackdown. You didn't miss much from the rest of the fight. I only took two screenshots of it and they were boring as shit, so I left them out. Either way, Popo here has a message from God (Kami, as he's known here in the US of A).
We know he's telling the truth, because he hasn't asked Goku for money or hit a blind guy in the face to make him see.
This is actually necessary to defeat Raditz. From what I can tell, even with cheating, it is impossible to defeat Raditz without this card.
Popo gave us the Gohan card. It's impossible to get rid of, barring using cheat devices, but it's not like you ever need money to get anywhere in this game, so I can't figure out why someone would sell it.
And I'll drop it off there. This update seems so much longer than I thought it was going to be, which I apologize for. Next update, I'll actually fight Raditz, and I'll probably do a video of it, too. If this update seems off, it's because it's about 6:30 in the morning. I hope it's still as good as you guys (all three of ya) were hoping for.
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z LEGEND OF THE SUPER-SAIYAN: RADITZ GETS HIS ASS KICKED TWICE
I had no idea what they were back when I played this game, though.
When you put it that way, you make a good point.
Also, thanks to Mntorankusu for that list of symbols. Eventually, I'll figure out which is which. Expect the next update within two to three days. It'll even have a video!
If the internet has informed me correctly, the Japanese word for vegetable is "Yasai" and the alien race in DBZ is the "Saiya"-jin (jin meaning "people"). Most or all of the native's names have their names derived from vegetables (or the word "Vegetable," in case of their planet, prince, and former king).
In Japanese, if this thing was written in hiragana or katakana, "Yasai" and "Saiya" would just be three letters, the first of which would be transposed from the beginning to the end of the word. I don't know if this would actually be funny to anyone.
Also I don't know Japanese at all.
I'll escape with my nerdery now.
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I knew their names were derived from veggies, but I didn't know any of that other stuff. Thank you for the information, CowShark. That joke makes a bit more sense now, but I don't think it would ever really work in English.
And to Ringo, thank you for letting me know that.