
Night and day stages allow for more accurate battles in Dragon History, as well as the ability to transform into a Great Ape by using the moon.

Battle Replay allows players to capture their favorite fights and save them to an SD card to view later on. Several new notable features include: Battle Replay, night and day stages, the Wii's online capability, and Disc Fusion. 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 161 characters, almost the largest in any fighting game being topped by Tobal 2, for which Akira Toriyama was a designer.
