 I travel all the way to Japan to get my hands on the oldest Dragon Ball game ever released. Okay, well technically it's listed as the second oldest, but this one is actually a full-fledged game and has a lot more to it, and it only released two months after the first one, so let's just call this the oldest. Known in Japan as Dragon Ball Shenron's Riddle, this game actually did come over to the west, although it was known as Dragon Power, and completely replaced just about everything related to the IP. The storyline of the game roughly follows the first two volumes of Dragon Ball ending with Shenron's Wish, but I have no idea if we're going to be able to get there today, as I'm playing it for the first time ever. As far as how I'm playing it, I actually was able to buy this Super Famicom Classic. It's kind of like the, you know, PlayStation Classic and NES Classic we got over here. Only this one is a Famicom Classic, and it's actually the Shonen Jump spin-off version that has a ton of different anime games. The speed of which, if you want to see all of these games in one video, let me know in the comments and by liking the video. I kind of want to do that. But with the explanation out of the way, oh, look at- Hoo-hoo! I got a little remix! Oh! Alright, let's start. Oh! The remix was from the game screen! Um, so I can't really read Japanese, but it looks like it's a high score game. Oh, it's Boba! That is- that is not- That is not Goku. Alright, sorry to get serious. That is- I thought it was only the American version that replaced Goku. What- who is that? Alright, let's go- Oh, look at Goku smiling at the screen! Oh, oh shit! Oh, he peed my ass! Damn! Damn! No, no more running! Oh my god! Okay, this game is actually pretty hard. Can I jump? Oh, I can jump! Damn! Alright, hold on. Damn! I laid him out! I already got a bit of that Saiyan strength in me. Come here. Come here. Yeah, one way bit. One way bit. I can punch up, too. Damn, this game's pretty good. Oh, a cave! Oh, it's like Zelda! Wow, this game is actually pretty good. This is like Dragon Ball Zelda. Hold on, the animation is actually pretty good, too. Like, you can actually, like, walk up. Wow! Wait, I'm kind of impressed by this game, Loki. Look at how happy Goku is. I kind of like this version of Goku. Oh, that was- that was a good punch. Stop! Bro, he's got a sword! Damn! Perfect reach! Oh, I can't- How am I supposed to beat this guy? Where's my health? Is my health my POW? I got 72- Oh, boss fight! Oh, oh, duck! Damn, I'd be ducking on him. Alright, alright, stop. Okay, so he doesn't hit me when the sword's out like that. He only hits me when it's- Wait a minute! You can do jump- You can do jump-kicks! And it kind of slows you down in the air. Hold on, let me try the jump-kick trap. Okay, I don't want to do that trap no more. Okay, I- Oh, he's spamming the attack! Oh, my POW's going down like crazy. I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die! I don't know why Goku's so happy. I'm not happy. Ah-ha! I'm gonna die! Oh, what? Dan thought it was grave, I'm emoting! Yo, Goku hit the emo with the specter. Bulma! What's happening? I'm mad Goku's standing there like, uh, uh, uh. All right, so I guess we're supposed to save Bulma now? Just guessing on the story mode, it- Oh, I died. I-I-I guess I ran out of POW, which is time because I got hit too much. It looks like I have three Dragon Balls. All right, hold on, run that back. I was new to the game. No, no, no, no, no, I was new to the game. I was new to the game. I promise you, I am not bad. I'm going to win this time. I'm gonna beat the whole game. Oh, my God. Okay, skip- Wow! This game lets you skip? Bro, is this game from 2023? Be-be-okay, is there a way to take them out without getting damaged, man? Like, I feel like there's not really- Oh, what's that? Oh, 200 po- Oh, yeah, let me go in the cave, dude. The cave is literally just free. This is just free points, holy- Oh, bats! Oh, my God, I got the Power Pool! Wow! Wait, is this just a random drop? No, no wonder I lost to the boss, bro. Well, I guess I didn't lose to him, but I got a whole weapon now. Just off RNG, hold on. Is this an Oko? Oh, yeah, is this an Oko to him, though? Oh, my God. That took 80 punches last time, man. All right, let's go. Let's go, bitch. Let's go, bitch. He can't even deal with it. Let's go, that was so quick! Speedrun! Speedrun! He mowed on him again. All right, so Bombo's getting kidnapped. Let's skip this. All right, let's go. Boom, 100. I'm feeling pretty good. Damn. Oh, my God, he robbed me of so much health. Can I go in here? No. All right, I've only got 49 seconds left. Can I- Is that just a pterodactyl with a bomb? Oh, dodged it. I'm just trying to find out what the best strategy is, man. Oh, definitely don't want to fight that guy. What happened? What happened? Oh, it was- Oh, cutscene. That scared me, man. I thought I lost. So this guy looks like the final boss. Oh, my God, I'm dying. I'm dying. I'm dying. I'm dying. I'm dying. Hurry. Oh, we saved Bulma. Hey, Bulma. Oh, she's happy, I think. I don't know why she's waving her arms like that. And she's saying something. Anybody that speaks Japanese in the comments, please translate. Oh, my God, there's a bee. Oh, it's trying to take away my jump strategy, eh? Oh, the bee stung me, man. I only got six seconds left. No, I died. Oh, God, damn it. This game is hard. I don't actually think it's that hard. Hold on, hold on, let me- All right, so third attempt at the game, I'm really hoping I get a nice early double kill. Oh, my God. Hit the replay on him. That was crazy. Anyway, power pull drop. We're hoping for a- Okay, not a bat, man. Power pull. No, two bats. This game sucks. I actually have a pretty good time with it. I just wish I got the power pull pretty much. Is there a reason this guy just mauls me to death? Oh, wait. Okay, the strategy is to hit him and walk back. I see that now. I get it. Now that I finally understand, can I please get the power pull back? I feel like the game was trying to teach me a lesson before giving me a powerful tool like that. But I kind of- Is this- I knew- Bro, for some reason that- Bro, I promise I don't have a walkthrough up. That wall just looked a little suspicious. Please believe me. Something that- I'm dying again. Something about that wall in particular looked a bit suspicious to me. That's my gamer sense going off. You guys don't know, I just be playing video games like that. I'm gonna lose. I literally can't beat the boss in this amount of time. How am I supposed to win? I'm just gonna run. I'm just running. No! No! Oh God, I can't get in with the- Ha ha ha ha ha! Bro, I thought it would let me go past without the- Damn! Guys, I feel like we've been doing too many laughs, too many ha ha's. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm skedaddling! Bro, I got the panties and I'm skedaddling! Speed run! Speed run! There was a secret over here! Since when? The power pull! We can't stop winning! When did the secret get there? Nah, this is my best run ever! This is so sick, bro. I just power pulled. Do I still get the panties buff? Ah, panties buff ran out. Damn, dude. But that means the speed run for this game? That is a huge reset point. Let me go in here. Sorry, this scared me. Please die, dude! Dude! Dude, you ate up so much of my time, you little ass- I just don't know what these windows are. Bro, that was so sad, man. The power pull. Wait, did my power pull get longer because I have two of them? No, okay. I really thought I was on to something. Oh, speed run strats for safety? All right, beat this boss, beat this boss. All right, so my strategy to the area was to jump over before the B. Good. Let's go! Let's go, that Garfield-looking B couldn't stop me this time, huh? Yeah, yeah! All right, new cutscene. Whoa, why is she moving her face like that? Oh, man, you're scaring the kids. Stop. Bro, this would scare me even today. If it was dark outside while I was recording this, forget. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, I don't know what's happening. I have 13 seconds left. Bro, how am I supposed to explain? Is that a worm? Oh, a cupcake! It restored my power completely! What the hell? Thank God I found that cupcake. I was about to lose the goddamn game. Okay. Oh, oh, I was hitting a turtle? Oh my God, I'm so sorry, bro! I'm so sorry, I didn't know what I was doing! Please! Dude, I like this remix. Is that a bear? Oh, what the heck? Why did Goku walk off screen like that? All right, so I beat the turtles ass by accident. Now we can move on. We have 108 seconds to play time to just do what we want with. I wanna check that tree real quick, though. Let me check this tree. Yeah, you can't hide secrets from me, bro. Oh, hurdle shelf. 2000 points for free! Okay, I'm just gonna stand here to hit him. Bro, you're going off the pad, you're going off the panties buff! Oh God, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, don't hurt me. Master Roshi? Bro, this game has everything! I don't understand the story, but I mean, I'm kind of just assuming that's roughly trying to go along the Dragon Ball storyline. So we're meeting Roshi, is he gonna teach us to come at me off? If this game has to come at me on it, I'm gonna lose my mind. This might be the best Dragon Ball game ever made. You know, something I just thought about is Japanese games must have had a harder time, or at least I imagine it would be a harder time, like with these old pixel graphics of writing te- What? Oh my God! Was that a creepypasta? What was that, man? Was he just surrounded by panties and his nose blood? Pretty funny stuff. Oh, we actually beat the stage! Yes! We actually beat the stage. Okay, we're on to the next stage, I guess. So now we can actually continue. That's crazy. Good job, guys. Dude, I'm actually gonna speed run this game. Aw, I lost the power pole, man. Dude, this is like a whole campaign. Oh, what in Tarnation? Who is this? Man, I don't know the storyline, man. All right, we're out of the house. I guess we went into somebody's house. So does that mean this house has bonuses? Yeah! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. But... What the? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Who was that? I'm just gonna keep punching. Please stop stealing my time. Oh, no way! Whoa, whoa, whoa, what was that? Okay, well, I feel like the game just introduced like 80 mechanics there and I was too scared to take advantage. I'm gonna die. Oh, God damn it. God damn it, I gotta play this mystery game again. No, please, stop, stop, stop. Oh, my God. No, no, no, no, no, what is that? Okay, so there's always two of these in a row. So it's like, is it like risk and reward? It's like risk and reward, I guess. Anyway, let me continue, please. Please don't make me play through the whole game. All right, I'm continuing, I'm continuing. All right, yeah! This game got save files. Oh, and it also gave me the power pole. Holy moly, holy moly. I can actually play the game. Oh, you can jump and get those, that's cool. Oh, okay, okay. Then this game is pretty like interactive. You can go into every, whoa, sorry, that scared me. Okay, you can't beat fire. I should have known I can't beat fire. What is the point of these? Oolong, Oolong, Oolong. Oolong, get back here, man, what are you? What is that, am I doing something wrong? Who is this? This is, oh, cupcake, cupcake. Oh, huge, huge power increase, holy. You gotta kill everybody to see if the power is worth it, man. I'm really, I'm done trying to interact with those question mark things. They've, okay, I'll do one more. I'm out, okay, can't jump in there. Kill this guy. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, yes, yes, all right, go. Oh, wow, okay, this house actually has some stairs. We've got a new environment. We've got a new environment here. Try not to freak out, we've got a two-story building. Oh, all right, we're out. Nevermind, you guys, oh, shit! Infinitely spawning bats. So far, so far, I'm enjoying the second area. I'm just a little more confused with all the question mark blocks, oh, no, get me out of here! Get me out, get me out, I can't leave. Damn, the power pole is so OP, dude. The game really tried to play a prank on me, bro. I thought it was gonna kill me. Nah, I'm cupcake boosted, power pole infused, go, and panties boosted too, don't you forget about it. Nah, I'm speedrun. Oh, I'm too fast, I'm too quick with it. Oh, platforming! So it was my goal here to break all the plant. Oh, I found, oh, you were supposed to find Oolong. Oh, I thought I was breaking every block. I was a tad bit confused, I'm not gonna lie. So we found, oh, we finally found Oolong. So earlier, was it supposed to be like foreshadowing that we were chasing after Oolong and he would constantly fly away? I see, it was a lore thing. Okay, okay, okay. Honestly, I feel like, oh no, what happened? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! That was an insane visual effect, honestly. All right, oh, new area again. All right, we lost power pole again. They're throwing knives, damn! They've never done that to me before. Where you going, bro? Where you going, bro? Yeah, I thought so. All right, so we really need power pole back. Oh, God. All right, let me go in here real quick. Wait, are we about to meet Yamcha? Dude, if we meet Yamcha, I'm going to pop off. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. This game is actually so crazy. Like, I'm not even lying, okay? I know it's not visually anything crazy or mechanically anything. These guys are unbeatable. No way they're unbeatable. Okay, they actually are unbeatable. I'm out of here. Wait, wait, where am I? Damn, this game is getting confusing. Help! I don't want to die. I really don't want to die. Oh, oh, wow. You know, I didn't expect it to spawn in food for me, but okay, is there no way in? Oh, you can just go in through there, okay. Ah! Just give me the Dragon Ball, let me get out of here. I got the Dragon Ball, please let me out. Oh no, I have to escape now. Oh no, the Dragon Ball was bonus. Oh, dear God, the bees are gonna swoop down on me. I'm out of time, I'm dead. Damn it. All right, so we're back in the desert at least. Honestly, for this area, I'm just gonna kind of skedaddle. I'm just gonna kind of skedaddle, get out of here. It's Yamcha! Yo, was that Yamcha? It's Poir! Yo! Yo, honestly, I should have went back into the caves, man. Yamcha and Poir kind of got the army out of here. Damn! I can't get away from all these guys fast enough. I finally made it back over here only now there's a million guys shooting at me. All right, let me just, I'm not even gonna get the Dragon Ball, I'm just gonna try to get out of here. What? I have to grab the Dragon Ball? I'm gonna die. Let's go through it, go through it, go through it. Go, go, go, go, yes! Yes! Do I win? I die. What? Where do I bring the Dragon Ball? Ah, shit. All right, so we've kind of seen what happens when you mess with Poir and Yamcha, so I'm just gonna stick to the inner sewers, man. It's really not that bad when you're down here. Like, these enemies seem a little tough, but you can just squeeze right by them and you're good to go. All right, so now we're right back here. The only thing I'm confused about is I don't know where to go now. Can I go to the right? Because I really don't wanna go into the fucking bumblebee nest again, man. Like, if I can be totally honest, bro, I don't wanna get this stupid Dragon Ball. I'm gonna die again, man. I can't. I can't, I can't make it. What? But I've got the Dragon Ball! Please, somebody tell me what to do! Poir, piss off. Poir, piss off, Poir! Oh my God! Man, this is confusing as hell. What I need to do is figure out why this is happening to me. So I think I'm gonna take a different path. Oh, we're in a little brick breaking section, okay. Oh, a Dragon Ball! Oh, okay! So maybe we have to find all the Dragon Balls? All right, let's try, let's try. Let's go back through the cave now, because I know this is the easiest way. Come on, dodge him. No! Ah! Controls, man, the controls. All right, let's go. I always forget about that thing. I think we're as good as cooked, by the way, with 28 seconds left. So let me just try to get down there, get that Dragon Ball. Oh, that was my cleanest run yet. Did I not get the Dragon Ball? Wait, what the what? Oh, pitties, this does me actually zero good. If I kill this guy, maybe I'll get me. Please, get down the fucking stairs, Goku! Okay, so we know where this one is. It's right here. Wow, is the Dragon Ball actually random? Oh, the Dragon Ball is actually random. Okay, so maybe there's more Dragon Balls on the stage itself? I guess let's check this way. God, Poirre is such an asshole. All right, we gotta find the Dragon Ball here now, for sure. Please, let the, oh, key. Oh, wait, a key! Yes! Dude, we're doing it, we're doing it. All right, I'm gonna go back. Now that we have the key, I'm positive that things are gonna go better for me. We still, I guess, have to get the bumblebee thing. But maybe I can use it here. Oh, God, maybe the key's for the other door. I don't know, let's just do this. Dear God, get me out of this fucking hellhole! No bonus? Please, Poirre, please, dude. Please don't kill me every time I wanna have a bit of fun. Let's get past this, we gotta find the key. I'm just gonna check this way first. There we go, key. All right, we got the key now. Now we got the key. All right, and maybe the key unlocked this door? Oh my God, it's Yamcha! It's a boss fight with Yamcha! Do I just have to steal the Dragon Ball from it? Got it! Dude, he's punching and kicking! Yo, Yamcha! He's good at the game, too. Damn, Yamcha! Damn! Yamcha! He's better than me! Holy shit, he's tough. Okay, okay, that was my first time fighting Yamcha, though. So I see how the game's meant to be played. Damn, I feel like the speedrun for this game would actually be kinda crazy. I gotta look that up. All right, I'm gonna go this way because Poirre's an asshole. Thank God that shot the other way. All right, let's go. Come on, dude. This is a crazy fight. Do I, I think the best way is maybe to jump kick him? Oh, I got him! So the best strategy is to kick with your feet on, I guess, and then you can sometimes pick up hits like that. All right, because I'm not gonna lie. When Yamcha rocks you, he rocks you, man! Yamcha, please! This is so hard! Yamcha, you gotta die! I'm gonna die if you don't die! Yamcha! Holy fuck! All right, new strat. We have to hope for a meat drop from these guys so we get extra health. There we go. There we go, CCCC. Now you guys are seeing the genius of the strategy. Another meat drop. 130. I don't know if this is just really good RNG or if they planned the game to be like this, but holy. This is actually the run. All right, we have to go past the Yamcha section. Up up here, jump to the left. Ah! All right, fight Yamcha. I Yamcha, dude, do that. I'm just gonna go, I'm gonna go head up with him. We've got the health to do that now. Good fight! Holy hell, he's tanky. Why is he not dying? Can I leave? No, I can't leave. Honestly, the fight seemed so impossible that I thought I was supposed to grab the, ah, let's go! Let's go! Damn, from 150 to 41, though, is crazy. All right, so that's three Dragon Balls. I can't kill that guy. Meat drop, meat drop, meat drop, meat drop. Please, dear God. Cupcake drop! Even fucking better! That was huge. I gotta get out of here before Puar fucking kills me and takes my name. But I have all the Dragon Balls now. But what am I supposed to do? I ate this! I've done everything I know how to! Except maybe go back around? Have I gone in here? Yes, I have. Ha ha ha! I know I'm running out of time, but I can't find the other key! Does Puar have it? He's a fucking menace to society! I can't do it, dude. I can't do it. What am I supposed to do? Am I gonna have to Google a walkthrough for a game that came out before I was born? I just don't understand what you're supposed to do. Go in here, get the Dragon Ball. Sure, that makes sense. The Dragon Balls are nice, right? Like, of course you wanna get the Dragon Balls. Wow, this is the worst RNG I've ever seen in my life! One Dragon Ball down. Now we got it, I'm gonna go up here. I even got the Yamcha kill spot, bro. Like, be for real, bro. Nobody's killing ya. Okay, I'm gonna try to kill Puar. I got him! I got Puar! Fuck you! All right, now we're gonna look for the key. But honestly, it doesn't matter, dude. Like, I can't beat Yamcha with 72 POW. That's not gonna happen. Wait, both doors are open. Wait, what? Wait, why are, what? Whoa! That's all I get? Nah, come on, be for real. Be real, man. Give me some meat. Give me some meat, please! No! I don't want points. I can't beat Yamcha with points. I'm gonna, let me just do some research. 49 seconds to get my stuff in order. Be for real, Puar. Puar, Puar. This isn't you, bro. Yes, I'm still gonna lose to... Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, what's this? Wait, where am I? Wait, is this, this is, wait, what? This is the... Wait, where am I? I have no idea where this is. Is this the beginning room? Also horrible RNG again, by the way. What game am I playing right now? Okay, so I was up here. This guy respawns. Maybe I can get some meat. Oh, no! I guess my best bet is to go back and fight Yamcha now. It just doesn't seem very likely for me, man. All right, say your prayers, everybody. Wait. Nope. Bro, he brought me down to... Oh, I was running from my... Oh, come on! Oh, I was running from a... Okay, if I get the power pole, I literally win. I don't wanna look up a Waxer, man. I can do this. This is a baby's game for babies. All right, one drop. Meat drop, though. Meat drop! Oh, my God! We've gotta run! We've gotta run, hurry! Give me a good spot on the key! Please, don't make me go... Yeah! God, please, 130 health is so good. I can be Yabcha with 130 by mashing. All right, let's go up. We gotta get a clean Quarkill. Nice. Oh, drop! Oh, my God! It's the best run of all time! And Quar only hit us once. And he gave us a drop. It was nothing good, though. All right, put the key right where it always is, baby. Come on. Great key! Yes! Oh, my God! This is such a run! Holy! Let's go, dude. All right. Do your kicks, do your kicks. He's gotta do for a kick suit. Okay, there it is. All right, now he's not gonna kick again for a while. Oh, we've got his fucking number, dude. We've got him in our fave five. Oh, yeah, we could call him every day. We want no fucking data rate supply, bro. He's done. Oh, god, kicks! Okay, we gotta hit once, whatever, dude. I'm used to getting hit 80 million times in this fight. He's gonna kick. No, no kicks. There it is, there it is, yeah. Get the fuck out of here, Yamcha! Let's go! Let's go! Yamcha no more! All right, 103, that's plenty of time. And especially if we get a drop, yes. No. I mean, this might make killing Quar a little easier. Okay. No! Oh, my God! We can, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. We can't stop winning, dude. Holy hell, this is a good run. I think I'm so good at the game now. I'm so good at the game. I am so good at this. It's another Yamcha fight. Bro doesn't know how long I've trained for this. Oh, you can even go in your room for a, a power pull! What the fuck, this game is sick! What's up, bitch? Yeah! Yeah, you didn't know I know about that, huh? You didn't know? He's gonna do, he's gonna do kicks and kick out. Here we go, back up. Oh, oh, he almost beat, let's go! I finally did it! I beat Yamcha! Yeah! Let's go! Oh, my God, look at Yamcha, poor! Oh, my God, we finally did it! Oh, my God, that took an hour. Bro, that took an hour. Oh, my God. I imagine trying to do that from just the new game. Without continue? Yeah, bro, I'm good. Let's go, dude. That's another stage down. That was sick. Well, if you guys want me to beat the, oh, my God, whoa, whoa! Okay, it looks like the game only gets harder from here, bro. If you guys want me to beat the whole old Dragon Ball game, let me know. I actually wouldn't mind revisiting this. It seems like every stage is pretty different. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! And it seems like it only stays hard, dude. What is that enemy type? I'm good, bro, I'm good. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it. Again, if you wanna see every game on this old Famicom thing I got, definitely let me know. I kinda wanna check them all out in one video. And if you wanna see me beat this game, let me know that too. I'd definitely be down for that. I've been Dododoya. Hopefully you enjoyed this. Check out the other videos on the screen. I'll see you in the next one. Bye.