Hyper Mode is necessary to start Dragon Rushes and Ultimate Attacks. In Hyper Mode, a character is immune to most weak melee attacks, if Hyper Mode is allowed to run out, the character is fatigued and loses any applicable transformations. They turn red, their ki slowly decreases, and they lose the ability to block. Hyper Mode – By pressing L2, a character enters Hyper Mode.If a character is interrupted while trying to use an item, the item is lost. Items can only be used once, and have various effects ranging from increasing health to granting temporary Ki Blast immunity. Items – Item capsules can be equipped and used in battle.If only 2 ki bars remain, the character cannot teleport anymore they have to charge up ki in order to teleport again.
If Ki is higher than the base Ki, then a bonus in attack is acquired (under base Ki level, a defense bonus is gained until you are back at normal defense level). Each character now has a base Ki level, Ki will increase/decrease slowly until it is at base Ki level.
Where Dragon Ball Z: Budokai included characters all the way to the Android Saga and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 introduced characters from the Buu Saga, Budokai 3 now has characters from the DBZ films, Dragon Ball GT, and even the original Dragon Ball. 5.2 European version (Collector's edition)īudokai 3 is a fighting game with cel-shaded graphics to mirror the look and feel of the combat in the series.The game was re-rendered in HD for the 2012 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection. Soon after, the Greatest Hits version was released in North America and contained the extra features, including the ability to play with the Japanese voices. Japan later saw a release from Bandai on February 10, 2005, and also included the extras that the North American release did not have. It was developed by Dimps and published by Atari for the PlayStation 2, and released on Novemin North America through standard release and a Limited Edition release, which included a DVD featuring a behind the scenes look on the game's development.Įurope soon saw a release on December 3, 2004, and obtained a new edition in Fall 2005 which included character models not available in the North American release, as well as a few items and the ability to switch the voices over to Japanese.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, released as Dragon Ball Z 3 ( ドラゴンボールZ3, Doragon Bōru Zetto Surī ) in Japan, is a fighting video game based on the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z.