Gamestop offered an exclusive version with a bonus DVD containing the top 10 television series battles as voted by fans on the release date. Ryo Mito stated that the game would feature never-before-seen characters made exclusively for the game, referring to the Saiyans' Great Ape forms. Budokai Tenkaichi 3 features 162 characters, almost the largest in any fighting game being topped by Fire Pro Wrestling Returns and Tobal 2, for which Akira Toriyama was a designer.