How do you sell a remake of an obscure original video animation for a "Dragon Ball Z" video game, especially one that's never made it stateside? Simple: Package it with another video game. That's exactly what happened with "Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans," a redone version of the OVA of the same name (minus the "super" part) that was released with the game "Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2" in 2010.
If you're familiar with the original "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans," then you already know the basics. The plot, in which Goku and his allies must fight Dr. Raichi and his creation Hatchiyack, remains overall the same, and some moments are taken straight from the movie's predecessor, dialogue and all. Other scenes, however, are reworked, cut entirely, or placed in different parts of the story. Moreover, Bulma, who only plays a small role in the original, is much more instrumental to the plot in this version.
The result is a much faster-paced movie that trims the extraneous and keeps the most memorable parts of the original, including the "Ghost Warrior" copies of old "DBZ" foes Frieza, Cooler, Turles, and Lord Slug. While it certainly holds one's interest, perhaps "Super Saiyan" might have benefited from the original's more deliberate pacing to add to the dramatic tension. Furthermore, the animation style is somewhat simpler and perhaps too reliant on computer effects, although the Z Warriors' defeat of Hatchiyack is visually stunning.
