Sharky

Duo seems to have run off somewhere, so I guess i'll have to catch you guys up on whats been happening.

Confirmed Info From NeoSeaker:
- Budokai 3 runs on the same engine as the past two Budokai's.
- All old Characters return in addition to new ones
- Much more detailed Auras to show raging power
- Players can now use Free-Flight Being
- When Faced With Attacks Players Can Teleport away
- New Dragon Road Mode
- New Characters and More Fusions
- Intense hand to hand combat and explosive Ki Energy attacks.
- Players fight in destructable 3D enviroments, testing their combat skills to the highest level.

The "flight" part is still uncertain because GamePro's magazine page, contradicts NeoSeaker's website, which states that it does offer free flight.
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Gamespro has leaked out a lot of Budokai 3 information concerning the CONFIRMED characters and other great information.

Gamepro Scans:
- Gamepro Cover
- First Look Page 1
- First Look Page 2
- The Untold Saga / Finishing Touches
- A look Back / New Characters

Officially confirmed characters: Goku child form, Gohan child form, Frieza (all forms), Cell (first form to final form), Bardock, Uub, Gogeta, SS4 Goku, SS4 Vegeta, SS4 Gogeta, Syn Shenron.

"Players can freely fly around the world as any character and experience the scenarios they found in the original story," says Tujimoto. "Because evrything progresses in the gameplay, there won't be any cut-scenes."

Althought character customization still involves capsules, a new "Z Point" system will be introduced. "We have implemented a 'Z Point' growth system that allows characters to increase in power and defense," says Fujimoto. "Also, there will be an 'item skill' that players can use only once during battles."

It also says that pursuit attacks consume ki, multiple energy blasts can now be fired at once, and prolonged blocking can cause your character to become fatigued, leaving him vulnerable.

Be the first to see the game in action, Atari has announced that it will be showing for the first time in-game video footage for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at the Wizard World Convention, held from August 13-15. The all-new video will be unveiled on August 14 on the showfloor.

Following up the huge success that was Budokai 2, Budokai 3 promises dramatic changes to the fighting system, as well as an improved story mode. Expanding the series, the game promises to features characters from the Dragon Ball Z movies as well.

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