Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden relates all the Dragon Ball story until the fight against Piccolo Jr. The main character is Goku as a child and as an adult, though Krillin and Yamcha are briefly playable.

In the game, Goku can get Baby Gamera from Master Roshi instead of the Flying Nimbus, the Rabbit Mob attacks West City instead of the remote village in the desert, General Blue is the boss of the Muscle Tower and kidnaps Upa because he refuses to give the location of the Dragon Ball in the Sacred Land of Korin (General White does not appear, the Pirate Cave and Penguin Village are not visited, and Bora is not killed), Mercenary Tao is fought at the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters, Staff Officer Black does not kill Commander Red, only three fighters are fought in Fortuneteller Baba's Palace, the Pilaf Gang does not combine their Pilaf Machines, King Piccolo is already young (thus, he does not summon nor kill Shenron), Piano shapeshifts to Goku's form and fights him, and Goku can visit Fire Mountain before the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament and promises Chi-Chi that he will marry her after the tournament (though, he still does not quite understand what the word means, and thinks it is related to food).