Overview:
Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10
Trophy Breakdown: 43 (25 15 2 1)
Offline Trophies: 43 (25 15 2 1)
Online Trophies: None.
Approximate amount of time to : 20-25 hours
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 Budokai 1 Story mode playthroughs, 15 Budokai 3 Story mode playthroughs, 6 World Tournaments, 1 Cell Games, 3+ Dragons Arena matches.
Number of missable trophies: None.
Glitched trophies: No known glitched trophies.
Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No Cheats.
Does difficulty affect trophies: Yes, the World Tournaments, Cell Games and Dragon Arena.
Introduction:
Welcome to Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD, the first fighting game re-mastered for the PS3 of the popular anime TV shows Dragon Ball Z/GT. The HD Collection features both Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1 and Budokai 3 of its Dragon Ball Z Budokai franchise.
In terms of trophies, the game shares one list among both games and is pretty straight forward as most trophies in the game are related to story mode and unlocking characters, which will come naturally as you play the game. If there is anything challenging about the game it would be in Budokai 3 with the addition of Dragon Arena that pits your Dragon Ball Z hero/villain build against the computers. Here is a step by step guide on the best way to get yourself the platinum.
Walkthrough:
Step 1: Clear Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1 Story Mode
You will play through the story mode 2 times and unlock characters as you move on. After you have beaten the game once, go to chapter select and pick the "New" chapters and the game will move on from there.
Before you start, go into Options and change the following:
- Game Difficulty: Very Easy
It will make things easier for you.
You will unlock the following trophies during this step:
First Playthrough:
Special Beam Cannon
Intensive Training
Retrieval
Super Saiyan
Beat the Illness
Fusion With Kami
Super Saiyan 2
Second Playtrough:
Focus your Ki!
Saibaman Hunter
Budokai Team Frieza
Saiyan Saga Clear
Namekian Saga Clear
Budokai Team Android
Android Saga Complete
Step 2: Budokai 1 World Tournaments
Now you will complete the World Tournaments, unlock the remaining characters and Legend of Hercule mode. After you beat one tournament, another one will unlock in the skill shop that you will need to buy. World Tournament can be quite hard for some so please refer to Budokai Advanced Champion for some useful tips. Here are the tournament trophies unlocked during this step:
Budokai Adept Champion
Budokai Legend of Hercule
Budokai Advanced Champion
Budokai Team Earth
Step 3: Clear Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 Story Mode (Dragon Universe)
In Dragon Universe you will start out by picking a character out of the ones available to you and play their storyline. Also depending on who you pick, you will unlock new characters to play as in Dragon Universe or go towards their respective character family/saga/team trophy. You will have to play with 11 different characters in total and replay the following characters more than once: Goku, Piccolo, Krillin and Gohan in order to unlock hidden characters. In order to unlock some characters you will have to do certain things, please refer to the guide for more information.
Before entering Dragon Universe, go to Options then Game Options and change the following:
- Game Difficulty: Very Easy
It will make things easier for you.
Additionally after completing the 10 Dragon Ball Z Heroes playthroughs (excluding Broly's), you will unlock Dragon Arena. Further information can be found in the trophy descriptions. You will unlock the following trophies during this step:
Budokai 3 Goku
Budokai 3 Kid Gohan
Budokai 3 Teen Gohan
Budokai 3 Gohan
Budokai 3 Vegeta
Budokai 3 Krillin
Budokai 3 Piccolo
Budokai 3 Tien
Budokai 3 Yamcha
Budokai 3 Uub
Budokai 3 Broly
Budokai 3 Goku's Family
Budokai 3 Vegeta's Family
Budokai 3 Team Earthlings
Budokai 3 Buu Saga
Budokai 3 Fierce Warriors
Budokai 3 Dragon Arena
Step 4: World Tournaments
Similar to Budokai 1, you will need to beat the first tournament but also be required to unlock a certain amount of characters in order to unlock the next difficulty. World Tournament can be quite hard for some so please refer to Budokai 3 Advanced Champion for some useful tips. Here are the tournament trophies unlocked during this step:
Budokai 3 Novice Champion
Budokai 3 Adept Champion
Budokai 3 Advanced Champion
Step 5: Dragon Arena/Cell Games
For this step, you will be playing 3 or more Dragon Arena matches depending on what level your character is that you'll be using. Basically you will be fighting against CPU characters with different builds and levels for the last 2 hidden characters and Cell Games that you will need to unlock. Please refer to Budokai 3 Team Frieza, Budokai 3 Team Android, and Budokai 3 Cell Games Champion in the guide for more details. You will unlock the final trophies during this step:
Budokai 3 Team Frieza
Budokai 3 Team Android
Budokai 3 Cell Games Champion
The Ultimate Warrior
[PST would like to thank syaoran369 and wiiboy123457 for this Road Map]