Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 3

About This Game

Gameplay

Like previous Super Butōden titles, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 is a fighting game similar to Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. Players fight against other characters in one-on-one matches and the fighter who manages to deplete the health bar of the opponent wins the bout and becomes the winner of the match. The game features two modes of play (versus and tournament) but missing from the Super Butōden 2 is a story mode. The roster consists of nine playable characters and their respective transformations, with an additional character being unlockable via cheat code. Characters available are Goku, Goten, Trunks (both in his future and younger forms), Majin Vegeta, Gohan, Supreme Kai, Majin Buu, Dabura and Android 18. Super Butōden 3 uses a customizable six-button control scheme; special moves and meteor combos are executed via button combinations. Characters can dash back and forth by pressing L and R respectively. Players can also charge their Ki gauge by holding the Y and B buttons to unleash a Ki blast attack and counterattack it.

History

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 was developed by most of the same team who previously worked on the previous two Super Butōden entries, with producer Toshihiro Suzuki returning to helm its production alongside assistant Takeo Isogai, who previously worked on video game adaptations of Rokudenashi Blues and Game Boy titles. Both music and sound design were handled by Akihito "Switch. E" Suita, Kenji Yamamoto and Shinji "Amayang" Amagishi. Staff from both Toei Animation and V Jump magazine also assisted with its development. When comparing to Super Butōden 2, Isogai stated in a 1994 interview with French magazine Consoles + that the visuals were improved, character animations were reworked and adjustments to the combat system were implemented.