Summary
Bandai Namco has shared a beginner’s guide for its upcoming fighting game,Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. The guide shows that while it’s a new title,Dragon Ball: Sparking Zeroretains the essence of the originalBudokai Tenkaichiseries, along with many familiar elements from the franchise.
TheDragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichiseries, originally published asDragon Ball Z: Sparkingin Japan, began in 2005. The collection of fighting games is based on theDragon Ballmanga series by the late Akira Toriyama and features iconic characters from the comics and anime, including Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and dozens more. TheBudokai Tenkaichiseries introduced the behind-the-back camera system, which follows your character as they use their powers, teleport, and perform their signature moves. WhenDragon Ball: Sparking Zerowas first announced, many fans celebrated, as the series hadn’t seen a new game since 2010.
To prepare the battle arena for both new fans and veterans, Bandai Namco has shared aDragon Ball: Sparking Zerobeginner’s guide. In the guide, the Japanese publisher explains the basics, such as the gameplay HUD and what each part of the interface means. Additionally, it shows that the game will have classic and standard types of controls. However, unlikesome modern control schemesseen in recent fighting games, these control styles inDragon Ball: Sparking Zerochange the button behavior without any significant differences in the gameplay.
Each Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Character Will Have Their Own Stats Tree
The guide also reveals the stats tree feature, which displays every character’s attribute value. Customizations, transformations, or other states like fusion can influence these values. The stats are divided into Special Attack, HP, Combo, Ki, and Attack. Special Attack and Attack increase the damage of blasts and hand-to-hand attacks, respectively. Combo increases the damage caused by combos and Ki allows characters to perform more powerful Ki blasts or recharge the Ki gauge more quickly, while HP is self-explanatory. According to Bandai Namco,each character inDragon Ball: Sparking Zerowill have their own stats tree.
The last part of the guide refers to customization inDragon Ball: Sparking Zero, explaining that players will be able to change four unique elements.Two categories, outfits and accessories, are purely cosmetic and don’t alter a character’s stats. The other two categories addRPG elements toDragon Ball: Sparking Zero, similar toDragon Ball Z: Kakarot. One is called Type and changes the characteristics and abilities a character can use, while the other, known as Ability Items, enhances a character’s skills through capsule customizations.
Despite being calledDragon Ball: Sparking Zeroand following the series' official name in Japan, fans are already referring to the upcomingfighting game asBudokai Tenkaichi 4. It won’t be long before players can experience it themselves, asDragon Ball: Sparking Zerois set to be released on October 11 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
