40 Fun Facts About Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Which fighter on Budokai Tenkaichi 3's roster is Goku's father, the hero of a 1990 TV special?

Bardock is a low-level Saiyan soldier who foresees Frieza destroying his home planet and tries to stop it. His infant son Kakarot is sent to Earth, where he grows up as Goku.

Budokai Tenkaichi 3's English roster gives which name to Mr. Satan, who took credit for beating Cell?

Hercule replaced the name Mr. Satan in Funimation's first English dub, and the game's English roster kept it. Viz's English manga uses the same name for the champion.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is Frieza's father, cut down on Earth by Future Trunks?

King Cold lands on Earth with his rebuilt cyborg son to take revenge on Goku. A teenager who has travelled back from the future kills them both before Goku has even returned.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is Goku's wife and the daughter of the Ox-King?

Chi-Chi is one of the fighters this third game adds to the series roster. As a boy, Goku agreed to marry her only because he thought marriage was a kind of food.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter, born the same day as Goku, has a Legendary Super Saiyan form?

Broly is the villain of three 1990s Dragon Ball Z films, and his name is a pun on broccoli. Saiyans are traditionally named after vegetables.

Budokai Tenkaichi 3's night stages let Saiyans with tails turn into Great Apes by using what?

A full moon hangs over the night version of several stages, and tailed Saiyans can use it to grow into Great Apes. Some Saiyans instead create their own Power Ball, even when the real thing is already overhead.

In Budokai Tenkaichi 3, adult Gohan can become which superhero disguise from his school days?

Great Saiyaman is the superhero persona Gohan invents with Bulma's help to hide his identity at high school. His classmate Videl works out who he is and blackmails him into teaching her to fly.

Budokai Tenkaichi 3's guest fighter Arale Norimaki comes from which other Akira Toriyama manga?

Dr. Slump was Toriyama's hit comedy manga before Dragon Ball, running in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1980 to 1984. Its heroine is a little robot girl built by the scientist Senbei Norimaki.

Which feature of Budokai Tenkaichi 3, a first for the series, was exclusive to the Wii version?

Online multiplayer came only to the Wii version, with a ranking system comparing players around the world. IGN's reviewers still complained that the Wi-Fi matches lagged.

Counting every transformation as its own fighter, Budokai Tenkaichi 3 has how many playable forms?

161 forms across 98 characters make up the roster. Each transformation, such as a Super Saiyan state, counts as a fighter with its own moves.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter is Goku's older brother, who arrives on Earth and kidnaps Gohan?

Raditz orders Goku to kill 100 Earthlings within a day if he wants his son back. Goku teams up with Piccolo instead, and dies holding his sibling still for the finishing blow.

Which elderly Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter, inventor of the Kamehameha, has a Max Power form?

Master Roshi is the lecherous Turtle Hermit who teaches martial arts from a small island. In his early appearances he wears a turtle's shell on his back and carries a walking stick.

Budokai Tenkaichi 3's Dragon World Tour has a random-fighter game named after which ex-bandit?

Yamcha is always the final opponent of the Yamcha Game, which picks the player's character, customization and colour at random. He enters the story as a bandit and an early antagonist of Goku.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter is Goku's best friend, with six moxibustion burns on his forehead?

Krillin fights nearly every villain beside Goku and often supplies the comic relief. Toriyama joked that the character, drawn without a nose, breathes through the pores of his skin.

Which horned Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter leads a five-man squad and can swap bodies with a foe?

Captain Ginyu wounds himself almost fatally before trading bodies with Goku, leaving the hero in the dying one. His squad's silly poses came from the sentai TV shows Toriyama watched with his children.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter is Frieza's older brother, the villain of two Dragon Ball Z films?

Cooler travels to Earth with three henchmen to reclaim his family's honour after Goku defeats his sibling. He returns in the next film after his brain fuses with a sentient spaceship's computer.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter do Goku and Vegeta form by fusing with a pair of Potara earrings?

Vegito appears when the two rivals each put on one matching earring, on opposite ears. Viz's English manga gives the same fighter the name Vegerot.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter invades Earth with Vegeta, then is killed by the prince for losing?

Nappa sends out Saibamen as grunts to size up Earth's defenders before he fights them himself. Several of the heroes die in the battle, then he loses easily once Goku arrives.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter is Goku's granddaughter and space companion in Dragon Ball GT?

Pan crosses the universe with Goku and Trunks to gather a scattered set of Dragon Balls. If the trio fail to collect them all within a year, the Earth will explode.

Which overweight samurai on Budokai Tenkaichi 3's roster cuts off Vegeta's tail as he fights Goku?

Yajirobe mostly supports the heroes from the sidelines, but that one cut turns Vegeta back to normal. He first meets Goku by getting angry at the boy for stealing his fish.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is the Namekian bodyguard who later fuses with Piccolo?

Nail guards Namek's Grand Elder and loses an arm fighting Frieza, whose power is roughly twelve times his own. Beaten, he asks Piccolo to merge with him so they stand a better chance against the tyrant.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is a kind Red Ribbon Army creation who befriends Goku as a boy?

Android 8 is sent against Goku as a weapon, but he dislikes fighting and defects from the army instead. The boy suggests a friendlier name for him, Eighter in the anime.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is a Red Ribbon Army officer who can paralyse foes with telekinesis?

General Blue is seemingly the army's most powerful member, yet he is condemned for failing to bring back the Dragon Balls. Given one duel to redeem himself, he is killed by a hitman using only his tongue.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer fought in the crew of Goku's father until Frieza's men destroyed it?

Fasha is the only woman in that Saiyan team, and the game gives her a Great Ape form. Players unlock her by clearing one of the Dragon World Tour's modes on Level 3 difficulty.

Which winged Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer does King Piccolo create to hunt down tournament fighters?

Tambourine beats a weakened Goku so badly that the hero's Saiyan body bounces back far stronger. In their rematch Goku vaporises him with a Kamehameha.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer entered a tournament to buy water for his drought-hit village?

Nam loses to Goku, then learns the water he wanted was free all along and he only needed a way to carry it home. He leaves with a capsule that can hold a well's worth.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is the warlock whose mind control leaves an M on victims' foreheads?

Babidi uses his enslaved warriors to gather energy for reviving Majin Buu. He keeps the monster in line only by threatening to seal him away again, and Buu eventually kills him.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer viciously beats Videl in the first round of the World Tournament?

Spopovich shrugs off every blow she lands, even an apparently broken neck, because a spell has taken over his mind. He had lost easily to her famous father at the previous tournament.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is a scientist's living brain hunting for Earth's strongest body?

Dr. Wheelo is the villain of the film The World's Strongest, his brain kept alive by technology after his body died. His assistant gathers the Dragon Balls to wish his lab free from a wall of ice.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 newcomer is the fire-wielding Shadow Dragon of the Four-Star Dragon Ball?

Nuova Shenron is one of seven Shadow Dragons born from misuse of the Dragon Balls. He sits out rather than gang up on Goku when his brother, the ice dragon, joins the fight.

Which Japanese studio, also home to the Fire Pro Wrestling series, developed Budokai Tenkaichi 3?

Spike developed the Budokai Tenkaichi series, and acquired Fire Pro Wrestling after that series' original maker ceased operations. In 2012 the studio merged with Chunsoft.

In Japan, Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is the third game of the Sparking series and carries which subtitle?

Meteor follows Sparking! and Sparking! Neo, the Japanese names of the first two Budokai Tenkaichi games. The series title comes from the first opening theme of the Dragon Ball Z anime.

Which company published Budokai Tenkaichi 3 in North America, while Namco Bandai released it in Japan and Europe?

Atari released the game in North America and Australia, and went on to publish Burst Limit and Infinite World there in 2008.

Which PlayStation 2 exclusive feature of Budokai Tenkaichi 3 did IGN's review dismiss as gimmicky?

Disc Fusion unlocks the Ultimate Battle modes of the two earlier Tenkaichi games when a player inserts their discs. IGN still gave both versions of the game 8 out of 10.

What is the story mode of Budokai Tenkaichi 3 called, with cutscenes that play out during battles?

Dragon History lets transformations, character changes and conversations trigger during a fight at the press of a button. It also adds a What If Saga of alternate scenarios.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 stage is the home of the robot girl Arale Norimaki and her inventor?

Penguin Village is a town where humans live beside talking animals and other odd residents. Goku once chased a Red Ribbon Army villain all the way there in the original Dragon Ball.

Budokai Tenkaichi 3 names its earliest playable Vegeta after which piece of Frieza's army equipment?

Scouter marks the Vegeta who first invades Earth, named for the portable computer that measures an opponent's power level. In this version he can still become a Great Ape.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter is the Fusion Reborn demon born when a cleansing machine explodes?

Janemba starts as a massive childlike monster, then shrinks into a smaller and far more powerful form. The accident happens because the young worker on duty is distracted by his loud music.

Which Budokai Tenkaichi 3 fighter is the evil Majin Buu reborn, handpicked by Goku as a successor?

Uub exists because Goku wished for his defeated enemy to come back as a good person. Ten years later the two meet, and Goku chooses the boy for training.

Which demon king on Budokai Tenkaichi 3's roster turns Piccolo to stone by spitting on him?

Dabura is the Supreme Demon King, yet he serves a wizard who has taken over his mind. When Majin Buu awakens, he turns the demon king into a cookie and eats him, which frees the petrified victims.