Trivia / Dragon Ball: Raging Blast

• Follow the Leader: As Retro Rebound theorized, Ultimate Tenkaichi was supposed to be Dragon Ball's answer to the CyberConnect2-developed Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series, given how both put much greater emphasis on manga-accurate graphics and over-the-top scripted skills and battles, down to the battles against giant bosses and how both share similar QTEs. The difference being is that, as basic as it was, Ultimate Ninja Storm still had an actual battle system that took full advantage of the source material to make the character representation as clean as possible, whereas Ultimate Tenkaichi was much cheaper to the point where some consider the game to be an Ashcan Copy in some capacity.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Due to the recall, it's getting harder and harder to find first edition copies of Raging Blast 2 with the Kenji Yamamoto soundtrack in place. The DLC was only given out as specific bonuses in various countries as well and was never released on any digital outlet.
• Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition:
  • Raging Blast received a limited edition release in Europe and Australia including a Steelbook case, soundtrack, art book, and DLC with a special version of Goku and Vegeta as well as immediately unlocking Super Saiyan 3 Broly.
  • Europe and Australia got a limited edition of Raging Blast 2 including a special 3D pop-up case, laser artwork and 8 exclusive DLC costumes.
• Lying Creator: Series producer Ryo Mito stated that the reason why GT content wasn't included in the first two games was due to him stating that the series was more popular in the west than it was in Japan, and didn't want to disservice the fans who wanted to relive the classic Dragon Ball story. Not only was GT still considered one of the most divisive anime series during Raging Blast's run (to the point where even MAD took a jab at it in one of their skits), but the introduction of GT elements in the Japanese-exclusive Dragon Ball Heroes caused a massive spike in sales for that series, showing that Mito's assumption was either of poor research or personal bias.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": Both played straight and averted at the same time. In Raging Blast 2, Tarble is made a playable character despite his debut OVA Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! never making it outside Japan. Hatchiyack would've fallen into this as well, but the game includes a Remake of his first appearance, Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, available at the start.
• The Other Darrin: Raging Blast would be the last game to feature the original Funimation cast for characters like Gohan and Frieza, as Raging Blast 2 onwards would stick to the Dragon Ball Z Kai cast.
  • Starting from here, Travis Willingham took over as Cell from Dameon Clarke due to the latter's devotion to live-action work. Clarke continued voicing Cell in Kai (aside from one episode in The Final Chapters) but wouldn't return to the video games until Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
  • Mike McFarland voiced Dodoria for the only time in the first game after Chris Forbis left Funimation in 2008. John Swasey became his permanent replacement starting in Raging Blast 2.
  • Ultimate Tenkaichi, thanks to recycling a lot of content from the prior Raging Blast games, features an odd blend of original-cast acting for the campaign and Kai-era acting for the gameplay.
• Role-Ending Misdemeanor: Kenji Yamamoto, the composer for the second game and countless other Dragon Ball related projects in the past, wound up getting fired shortly after the release of Raging Blast 2 due to all of the plagiarism accusations against him being proven true. As a result, the game was briefly pulled before being re-released with the Budokai Tenkaichi 2 soundtrack.
• What Could Have Been: Acording to the debug menu of an Ultimate Tenkaichi's early build, the game was originally meant to be Raging Blast 3, but the game eventually ended up becoming Ultimate Tenkaichi for unknown reasons.

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