Isogai also stated that the team, with fifteen members, worked on Super Butōden 3 over the course of six months. 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. Staff from both Toei Animation and V Jump magazine also assisted with its development. E" Suita, Kenji Yamamoto and Shinji "Amayang" Amagishi. Both music and sound design were handled by Akihito "Switch. Development and release ĭragon 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. Returning from previous Super Butōden entries is the split-screen feature, where the view is split to keep fighters who are far away in the playfield shown on-screen while their respective positions are kept via a radar. Players can also charge their Ki gauge by holding the Y and B buttons to unleash a Ki blast attack and counterattack it. Characters can dash back and forth by pressing L and R respectively. Super Butōden 3 uses a customizable six-button control scheme special moves and meteor combos are executed via button combinations.
Characters available are Goku, Goten, Trunks (both in his future and younger forms), Majin Vegeta, Gohan, Kaioshin, Majin Buu, Dabura and Android 18. The roster consists of nine playable characters and their respective transformations, with an additional character being unlockable via cheat code. The game features two modes of play (versus and tournament) but missing from the Super Butōden 2 is a story mode. 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. Like previous Super Butōden titles, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 is a fighting game similar to Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. See also: Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 § Gameplay Like its predecessors, Super Butōden 3 garnered positive reception from critics, however the lack of a story mode was heavily criticized by reviewers. Following the Majin Buu arc, its gameplay remains relatively the same as the previous two Super Butōden entries, consisting of one-on-one fights using a main six-button configuration, featuring special moves as well as two playable modes.ĭragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 was created by most of the same team who previously worked on the first two Super Butōden entries on Super Nintendo, with producer Toshihiro Suzuki returning to lead its production, with additional support from staff of both Toei Animation and V Jump magazine. Based upon Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise, it is the sequel to Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2, which was released earlier in 1993 for SNES.
Unlike its predecessors, there is no story mode in the game. Super Butōden 3 features ten playable characters based on the Majin Buu Saga.