However, if you manage to land a large enough combo and send your foe flying, the strategy game begins. Most combos can be performed by just mashing on the A Button, which takes the skill out of close-up battles. The A and B Buttons handle the kicks, punches and other physical attacks. On top of that, once you get close enough to each other it's pretty easy to lock on to each other and engage in some hand-to-hand combat. Characters move fast-so fast the camera had a hard time keeping up with my motions-but this isn't too big of a deal because of how the over-the-shoulder camera angle always keeps your opponent in sight. Flicking the nunchuk will cause you to dash in whatever direction you're currently moving or towards your opponent if you are not moving.
The analog stick moves your character around, the C Button raises your altitude, and the Z Button lowers it. The nunchuk controls all aspects of character movement in this 3D fighting game. That's an exciting prospect even if you don't very much care for the anime, because it's a sign that third party Wii online games are coming.
Although Atari wasn't willing to go into great detail when asked in what capacity it would go online, we do at least know that there will be head-to-head fights. DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 will be one of the Wii's first true online games.