How to Download and Play Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on Wii
If you are a fan of the Dragon Ball Z anime and manga series, you might want to try out Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, a fighting game that lets you relive the epic battles of the show. You can play as over 150 characters from the Dragon Ball universe, including Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, and many more. You can also customize your fighters with different skills and items, and challenge your friends in local or online multiplayer modes.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 was released for the Wii in 2007, but it is not easy to find a physical copy of the game nowadays. Fortunately, you can still download and play it on your Wii console using a WBFS file, which is a compressed version of a Wii ISO file. A WBFS file can save you a lot of space on your Wii’s internal memory or SD card, and it can also be loaded faster by the console.
To download and play Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on Wii, you will need the following things:
- A Wii console that is modded or softmodded to run homebrew applications.
- A USB flash drive or external hard drive that is formatted to FAT32.
- A WBFS manager software on your computer, such as Wii Backup Manager or WBFS Manager.
- A WBFS file of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for the Wii. You can find it online from various sources, such as Vimm’s Lair[^1^], Archive.org[^2^], or Docker Hub[^3^]. Make sure you download the correct region version for your Wii (NTSC for North America and PAL for Europe).
- A USB loader application on your Wii, such as USB Loader GX or WiiFlow.
Once you have everything ready, follow these steps to download and play Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on Wii:
- Connect your USB flash drive or external hard drive to your computer.
- Open your WBFS manager software and select your USB device as the destination.
- Add the WBFS file of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 to your USB device. You can either drag and drop it from your computer folder, or browse and select it from the software menu.
- Wait for the transfer to complete. You should see the game name and size on your USB device list.
- Eject your USB device from your computer safely.
- Connect your USB device to your Wii console. Make sure it is plugged into the USB port that is closest to the edge of the console.
- Turn on your Wii console and launch your USB loader application from the homebrew channel.
- Select Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 from the game list and press start.
- Enjoy playing Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on Wii!
Note: If you encounter any problems with loading or playing the game, you might need to adjust some settings on your USB loader application, such as video mode, IOS version, Ocarina cheats, etc. You can find more information and troubleshooting tips on various online forums and guides.