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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-size="small" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/23093/2754351-dragon%20ball%20z%20-%20ultime%20menace%20%28f%29_00004.png" data-ref-id="1300-2754351" data-ratio="0.875" data-width="256" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 256px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:87.5%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/23093/2754351-dragon%20ball%20z%20-%20ultime%20menace%20%28f%29_00004.png" data-ref-id="1300-2754351"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/23093/2754351-dragon%20ball%20z%20-%20ultime%20menace%20%28f%29_00004.png" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/23093/2754351-dragon%20ball%20z%20-%20ultime%20menace%20%28f%29_00004.png 256w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" data-width="256"></a></figure><p>Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 3 (loosely translated to "Dragon Ball Z: Super Fighting Story 3") is a 2D sci-fi fantasy fighting game developed by <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/tose-co-ltd/3010-1417/" data-ref-id="3010-1417">TOSE</a> and published by <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/bandai-co-ltd/3010-272/" data-ref-id="3010-272">Bandai</a> for the <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/super-nintendo-entertainment-system/3045-9/" data-ref-id="3045-9">Super Famicom</a> in Japan on September 29, 1994. It was later released in both France and Spain in March 1995 under the name <em>Dragon Ball Z: Ultime Menace</em> (loosely translated to "Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Menace").</p><p>Based on <a href="/dragon-ball/3025-971/" data-ref-id="3025-971">the Dragon Ball manga and anime series</a>, Super Butoden 3 is the third installment of the <a href="/dragon-ball-z-butouden/3025-3220/" data-ref-id="3025-3220">Super Butoden</a> series of fighting games (and the last in the original trilogy). Building upon the gameplay engine and graphical style of <a href="/dragon-ball-z-super-butoden-2/3030-21943/" data-ref-id="3030-21943">Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2</a>, it brings the series to the "Majin Buu Saga" arc of the <a href="/dragon-ball-z/3025-159/" data-ref-id="3025-159">Dragon Ball Z</a> storyline (set seven years after the events of Super Butoden 2), where the evil wizard <a href="/babidi/3005-12609/" data-ref-id="3005-12609">Babidi</a> resurrects the monster <a href="/majin-buu/3005-2915/" data-ref-id="3005-2915">Majin Buu</a> (after possessing some warriors, such as <a href="/vegeta/3005-445/" data-ref-id="3005-445">Vegeta</a>).</p><p>Unlike its predecessors, the game does not include a Story Mode of any kind.</p><h2>Characters</h2><p>The game includes 10 playable characters, one of whom must be unlocked for play with a cheat code.</p><ul><li><a href="/goku/3005-441/" data-ref-id="3005-441">Goku</a> (Super Saiyan)</li><li><a href="/goten/3005-2970/" data-ref-id="3005-2970">Goten</a> (Super Saiyan)</li><li><a href="/trunks/3005-550/" data-ref-id="3005-550">Trunks</a> (Super Saiyan)</li><li><a href="/vegeta/3005-445/" data-ref-id="3005-445">Vegeta</a> (Super Saiyan, possessed by <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/babidi/3005-12609/" data-ref-id="3005-12609">Babidi</a>)</li><li><a href="/gohan/3005-443/" data-ref-id="3005-443">Gohan</a> (Super Saiyan)</li><li><a href="/supreme-kai/3005-3633/" data-ref-id="3005-3633">Supreme Kai</a></li><li><a href="/majin-buu/3005-2915/" data-ref-id="3005-2915">Majin Buu</a></li><li><a href="/dabura/3005-4230/" data-ref-id="3005-4230">Dabura</a></li><li><a href="/android-18/3005-2673/" data-ref-id="3005-2673">Android #18</a></li><li><a href="/future-trunks/3005-7402/" data-ref-id="3005-7402">Trunks</a> (future timeline Super Saiyan, hidden unlockable)</li></ul>