Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is a 1vs1 fighting game based on the anime/manga Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. It includes the apocalyptic battles and the essence of the Dragon Ball series following the main story of the…
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is a fighting developed by Spike, released 4 October 2007 on Wii and PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 17 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is a fighting game developed by Spike and released in 2007. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on Wii and PlayStation 2. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, released in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! , is a series of fighting games developed by Spike based on the Dragon Ball franchise by Akira Toriyama. The series was published by Namco Bandai Games in Japan and Europe, and by Atari in North America and Australia until 2008. Since the third game, Bandai Namco has handled Dragon Ball game publishing in all regions, effectively ending Atari's involvement.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Dragon Ball series
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is the 69th of 179 entries we hold in the Dragon Ball series. It arrived 6 months after Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu. The next entry was Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit in 2008. Its critic score of 69 is 2 points above the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at 88.
How it was received
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 283 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 launched on 4 October 2007, within three weeks of Portal, Halo 3, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Portal, Halo 3, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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