=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DragonBall Z Budokai 3 Dragon Arena FAQ Playstation 2 Steven Schultz ([email protected]) Copyright 2005 Steven Schultz =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ---------- |DISCLAIMER| This FAQ is created solely for personal usage. The FAQ can be reproduced electronically as long as I am asked for permission and this document remains unaltered. This FAQ is being created exclusively for GameFAQs <http://www.gamefaqs.com>.This FAQ is Copyright of Steven Schultz. ------------------ |CONTACT THE AUTHOR| If you want responses from the author, please indicate "DBZ Budokai 3" as your subject header. This is for my own convenience. Unlabelled subjects will be left unattended. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ================= TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= 1.Introduction [DBZ100] 2.Dragon Arena [DBZ200] -What is it? -How do you earn it? -What's the trick? 3.The Master List [DBZ300] 4.Special Capsule Descriptions [DBZ400] -Sparking -WE GOTTA POWER -Secret Characters -Secret Stages 5.I Lost a Battle, Now What? [DBZ500] 6.Tips to Earning Capsules Faster [DBZ600] 7.Conclusion [DBZ700] 8.Contact Info [DBZ800] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ========================= 1. INTRODUCTION [DBZ100] ========================= Lately, I have been been stressed out with this game, trying to figure out how the Dragon Arena works, and finally it came to me. I FINALLY found a pattern! People around me have had many questions about the Dragon Arena, and I'm really tired of answering them, so I decided to sit down and write this FAQ on it to ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS! Hopefully this guide is of great use to you, because I would have loved to have it back when I was playing this game! If you have any comments or questions, please contact me at raven42902005 (at) yahoo (dot) com <[email protected]> Thanks and enjoy! -RavenX3 ========================== 2. DRAGON ARENA [DBZ200] ========================== -------------------- What is it? [DBZWII] -------------------- First off, it might be nice to know what the Dragon Arena is. The Dragon Arena is the extra mode in DBZB3 that comes after Options in the Main Menu, and is where you go to level up your characters by fighting an infinite amount of opponents. In the Dragon Arena, you choose any unlocked character that you have, and fight with Custom moves against any opponent of any level. When you first go to the Dragon Arena, it may seem really strange, but you'll soon get used to the style. The battles are exactly the same, but each character is as strong as his stats. Your characters' stats from Dragon Universe carry over, so when you first get Dragon Arena, you should already have a few decent characters. Every other character, though, starts out at Level 0, and obtains EXP through fighting other opponents. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ USEFUL HINTS -You may fight opponents up to 30 levels passed your own, going all the way to Level 99. -Ringouts DO COUNT if you choose the World Tournament Stage -When fighting Saibaman/Cell Jr., you have to kill ALL of his lives to win;You automatically win against them if you ring them out at the World Tournament. -Opponents over Level 70 have Breakthrough capsules as their moves, with the exception of a few characters who have BETTER moves(Cooler-Cooler's Spaceship) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the Dragon Arena, you can "RANDOMLY" win extremely useful capsules when characters "Break In", meaning they fight you even after you selected somebody else to fight. The characters Saibaman and Cell Jr. can ONLY be obtained via the Dragon Arena, so it's a good idea to follow some of my instrunctions listed below. In conclusion, the Dragon Arena is the extra step to the game, allowing advanced players to work hard to earn the good stuff in the game. ------------------- How do you earn it? ------------------- The Dragon Arena Ticket capsule can obtained by completing Dragon Universe with ALL 11 characters, including: Goku, Kid Gohan, Teen Gohan, Adult Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Uub, and Broly. To earn each character, refer to the other FAQs at GameFAQs, but to move on...Complete the game with each character, and after the credits of the last character, you'll earn the capsule."Dragon Arena" is located under "Options" in the Main Menu. ----------------- What's the trick? ----------------- When reading the other guides at GameFAQs, I have come to one conclusion: NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT! Seriously, take a look at some of them! Not to be offensive, but those guys are just making up a bunch of crap to look like they know what they're talking about. After reading them, I was so disgusted that I just HAD to write this guide. You, reader, are very fortunate to be reading this guide, because I have toyed around with the Dragon Arena long enough to figure out it's utmost secrets! So, if you're wondering what the trick is, it's quite simple really: USE THE SAME CHARACTER TO GET ALL OF THE CAPSULES! I was reading one of the guides the other day and I realized that someone made up a butt-load of percentages about how many battles you have to fight and what level you have to be, and all that junk, and I was just horrified at the insanity. I'm hear to set you straight. All you have to do is: -Fight the right LEVEL of opponent with the right LEVEL of your player! That's it!You don't have to fight 300+ battles or all of that junk I was told! You just need to be the right level against the right leveled opponent. But what are the right levels? Well, I have done much experimenting with this, so I know these are 100% true. BELIEVE ME-THEY WORK! So after much anticipation, here is the master list... ============================ 3. THE MASTER LIST [DBZ300] ============================ Here is my uber list of who to fight and when to fight them! The format for reading this list is as follows: "Level of your character VS Level of opponent -> character you fight = capsule obtained". Use this list well! -Level 21 VS Level 32 -> Nappa = Saibaman -Level 22 VS Level 52 -> Cell = World Tournament Cell Games -Level 30 VS Level 60 -> Dabura = WE GOTTA POWER!! -Level 33 VS Level 63 -> Majin Buu = Sparking!!!! -Level 35 VS Level 40 -> Krillin = WE GOTTA POWER! -Level 36 VS Level 43 -> Dr. Gero = Sparking!! *Level 39 VS Level 69 -> Kid Buu-He comes instead of Piccolo sometimes, I cannot determine why...but both characters are fightable = Red Ribbon Base (Level)* -Level 39 VS Level 69 -> Piccolo = Cell Jr. -Level 41 VS Level 71 -> Cooler = Sparking!!!!! *Level 42 GOKU VS Level 49 PICCOLO -> Freiza = Sparking!!!* -Level 51 VS Level 81 -> Goten = WE GOTTA POWER!!! -Level 59 VS Level 89 -> Omega Shenron = Sparking!!!!!! -Level 62 VS Level 92 -> Saibaman = WE GOTTA POWER!!!! -Level 67 VS Level 97 -> Goku = Sparking!!!!!!! *ANY LEVEL VS ANY LEVEL -> Yamcha = Sparking!* ========================================= 4. SPECIAL CAPSULE DESCRIPTIONS [DBZ400] ========================================= In the Master List above, you'll notice that there are many capsules that you can earn in the Dragon Arena, not just Saibaman and Cell Jr. Now, I'm gonna take some time to explain each individual capsule, so you can actually have a reason for using all of your time getting them. -------- Sparking -------- In the Dragon Arena, the most frequent capsule you will come across is the "Sparking" capsule. In all, there are 7 Sparking capsules, each one with an additional exclamation mark. Sparking capsules allow you to earn a set percentage of more money at any World Tournament after you win (or get Runner Up). Here are the capsules and each percentage: Sparking! 10% Sparking!! 20% Sparking!!! 50% Sparking!!!! 100% Sparking!!!!! 200% Sparking!!!!!! 300% Sparking!!!!!!! 400% Sparking capsules must be equipped while fighting in the World Tournament, each capsule taking up the same amount of slots as exclamation points. The ultimate goal of earning the Sparking capsules is to earn "Sparking!!!!!!!", which grants you 250,000 Zenie when you win the Advanced Tournament. But do take in mind that while equipped to this capsule, you have NO moves, so you have to be good to earn the money. In this game, you will need thousands and thousands of Zenie to buy everything, so I strongly suggest you obtain these capsules so you don't have to fight a million Advanced Tournaments, getting a measley 50,000 Zenie for each win. **Note: To equip any of these capsules, you HAVE to have the lower "forms" first(Ex: You can't equip SS4 without SS1) --------------- WE GOTTA POWER --------------- The "WE GOTTA POWER" capsules work the exact same way as the "Sparking" capsules, and are very useful as well. Instead of having 7 capsules, there are only 4 "WE GOTTA POWER"s. The specialty of these capsules is that they increase the amount of Experience Points gained after each battle. Here are all of the percentages: WE GOTTA POWER! 10% WE GOTTA POWER!! 30% WE GOTTA POWER!!! 50% WE GOTTA POWER!!!! 100% The last two capsules REALLY come in handy when you face opponents in Dragon Universe on the Z3 Difficulty. The base vaule without WGP's is 80,000, so with 100% added to that, you'll get SEVERAL level ups! **Note: To equip any of these capsules, you HAVE to have the lower "forms" first(Ex: You can't equip SS4 without SS1) ----------------- Secret Characters ----------------- In the Dragon Arena, the only secret characters that you can obtain are Saibaman and Cell Jr. Both characters get 3 lives, each with one bar of health opposed to having one life with 3 bars of health. With "Health" points are added to their stats, they can go up to a maximum of 4 lives, 3 bars per life. Now, I don't know about you, but 12 bars sounds pretty good to me! The average character in the WHITE health bar only have 8 bars. Saibaman and Cell Jr. are SPECIAL characters. And when you combine them with Viral Heart Disease, your opponent continuously loses health while you remain at half a bar! Also, these two characters never die of Ultimate attacks unless on their last life! ------------- Secret Stages ------------- When you first get the "Dragon Arena Ticket", you also obtain the "Red Ribbon Base" stage. Why the programmers put Kid Buu in the Dragon Arena so you can earn that same stage, I have no clue...But anyways, the only other stage you can unlock in the Dragon Arena is "World Tournament Cell Games". The Cell Games arena is actually not a multiplayer stage, but it appears under Advanced in the World Tournament menu. In the Cell Games World Tournament, there are NO ring-outs, but everything else is calculated the same as Advanced. Personally, I enjoy ringing opponents out with Uub in the default stage, but as for you, it's your choice. ============================= 5. I Lost, Now What? [DBZ500] ============================= If you ever fight an opponent in the Dragon Arena and LOSE, do not give up hope. Even though that was your "one shot", you can still re-fight the character. Basically, the only way I've found to re-fight characters is to exit out of the Dragon Arena and go into Dragon Universe with any character, fight a battle or two then go back to the Dragon Arena. Keep fighting the three characters within the level regardless of if you've already beaten them or not, and eventually you'll re-fight the character. Always be prepared for battle, and you shouldn't have a problem! =========================================== 6. TIPS TO EARNING CAPSULES FASTER [DBZ600] =========================================== Throughout my playing, I have discovered a few tips that might help you along the way. First of all, I recommend in the Dragon Arena ONLY fighting with Goku and Uub. Goku has many transformations, and tends to be your highest level character anyway, due to the Dragon Universe. Using Uub is a good idea as well, because he is a small character, and with him you can earn Z1,Z2, and Z3 levels of difficulty easily, and you can level him up SOOOO much faster in his Dragon Universe than any other character. With every battle in Uub's Dragon Universe mode on Z3, you can earn 80,000 EXP! That, my friend, is a good deal. Uub also has very good moves, even though he only has two. His Ki Cannon can ring out anybody while fighting in the World Tournament stage, so choosing him is a good idea. Fighting in the World Tournament is your best bet for earning these Special Capsules, because with Uub and other small characters, you can win fights within 10 seconds or so, opposed to fighting to the death and risking losing. Consecutive wins are NOT factored into earning capsules, although it always helps to win. The stage you select also does NOT mess with your chances of fighting a certain character. Overall, the Dragon Arena is no big deal, and you should be able to earn everything within it in about 2-3 hours. I HIGHLY recommend getting these capsules for the easier money and for the cool secret characters, so just give it a try! ====================== 7. CONCLUSION [DBZ700] ====================== Thank you so much for taking the time to read this guide. I created this guide solely for the purpose of clearing things up about the Dragon Arena. Hopefully I have helped you in some way, somehow. Thanks again! ======================== 8. CONTACT INFO [DBZ800] ======================== If you have any questions or comments about this FAQ or anything DBZ:B3 related, please send me an e-mail at: raven42902005 (at) yahoo (dot) com <[email protected]> Thanks again, -RavenX3
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