Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
Sparking Zero Title.jpg
Developer(s) Spike Chunsoft
Publisher(s) Bandai Namco Entertainment
Series Budokai Tenkaichi
Engine Unreal Engine 5
Platform(s)
ReleasePS5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
  • WW: TBA
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is an upcoming fighting game for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, as well as PC (via Steam). [1] It is the fourth installment of the Budokai Tenkaichi series, the game will feature both new and returning playable characters, forms, and stages, with the stages containing destructible elements. The new title is expected to include obscure characters from throughout the franchise, much like prior Budokai Tenkaichi entries.

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Notably, the release of this game will mark the first time in Budokai Tenkaichi history where the Japanese name for the series, Sparking!, is used internationally.

Sparking! Zero will feature 164 characters, surpassing Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 .

New gameplay features

The game keeps the core mechanics of the series, but new ones are added to better express the high-speed battles:

Playable characters

Returning characters

NameReturning TransformationsNew Transformations
Android 18
Burter
Cell
  • Perfect Form
Goku (Z – Early)
  • Base
Goku (Z – Mid)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
Goku (Z – End)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Saiyan 2
  • Super Saiyan 3
Future Trunks (Sword)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
Future Trunks (Melee)
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Trunks
Kid Trunks
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
Innocent Buu
Jeice
Krillin
Majin Vegeta
  • Super Saiyan 2
Master Roshi
  • Base
  • Max Power
Mr. Satan
Nappa
Piccolo
Tien Shinhan
Vegeta (Z – Scouter)
  • Base
  • Great Ape
Vegeta (Z – Early)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Vegeta
Vegeta (Z – End)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Saiyan 2
Yamcha
Kid Gohan
Future Gohan
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
Gohan
  • Base
Goten
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
Gotenks
  • Super Saiyan
Videl

New characters

NameTransformations
Android 17 (Super)
Beerus
Whis
Bergamo
  • Giant Form
Broly (Super)
  • Wrathful
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Saiyan Full Power
Dyspo
Frieza (Super)
  • Final Form
Future Trunks (Super)
Goku (Super)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Saiyan God
  • Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
Hit
Jiren
Kakunsa
  • Formation
Kale
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Saiyan Berserk
Toppo
Vegeta (Super)
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
  • Super Saiyan God
  • Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
Caulifla
  • Base
  • Super Saiyan
Kefla
  • Super Saiyan

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