The more I see roster announcements forDragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the more I consider it to be theSuper Smash Bros Ultimateof Dragon Ball games.
Every good fighting game needs a good roster of characters, both in terms of design and overall appeal.Dragon Ballgames tend to have both in spades, but every time I watch new gameplay or a character reveal trailer forDragon Ball: Sparking ZeroI realise more and more just how impressive its roster is going to be, not even counting inevitable DLC expansions.
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For those who didn’t play it,Sparking Zero’spredecessorDragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi 3featured an incredible 98 characters, 161 if you count all the different forms they could transform into. In comparison,Sparking Zerowill have 164 characters including transformations, spanning earlyDragon Ball Zall the way up toDragon Ball Super.
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While we haven’t seen the completed roster just yet, it’s looking like it’ll be the most comprehensive list of characters seen in a Dragon Ball game so far, and it’s giving me majorSmash Brosvibes.
These guest characters differed from title-to-title, but then a trailer forSmash Bros Ultimateshowed us character after character after character, many of whom we’d hadn’t seen in a game for a while. Eventually those three glorious words appeared on screen, “Everyone Is Here” and we couldn’t have been more hyped.
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However one of the most recent trailers, posted on 26 June, gave me that same “Everyone Is Here” vibe.
The trailer showed off multiple new characters that either fought with fists or swords as their primary method of attack, like Future Trunks, the Demon King Dabura and Jiren to name a few. Two characters that really stood out to me though were Yajirobe, a character who hasn’t been playable sinceBudokai Tenkaichi 3, and Anilaza, aDragon Ball Supercharacter that’s in the show for a single episode.
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Seeing two obscure characters like that inspired the belief that the full roster will includeso manycharacters that we might not have expected to appear, and any that are missing will likely come through DLC packs.
In additionDragon Ball Sparking Zerowill feature various costumes for each character, some of which actually change the way certain characters attack. For example there’s a costume for Goku that gives him his Power Pole from the OGDragon Ballseries, which he’ll use during gameplay as opposed to his fists in the default outfit.
Of course fans like myself should be careful to temper expectations a tiny bit to avoid too much disappointment, for example I don’t think we’re going to see the farmer with a shotgun from the firstDragon Ball Zepisode (though I’d love to be proven wrong).
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That being said I have high hopes for the final roster of characters, and based on the gameplay we’ve seen so far it’s clear that they’ll all feel unique rather than reskinned versions of each other, something that previous games likeDragon Ball Xenoverse 2have been criticised for.
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