DRAGON BALL: SPARKING! ZERO Reveals New Details in Gameplay Showcase

The next Dragon Ball video game experience, Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is launching on consoles later this year. Bandai Namco Games revealed a new gameplay showcase this week revealing some of the modes and features they will be able to experience in the upcoming game.
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The next Dragon Ball video game experience, Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is launching on consoles later this year. Bandai Namco Games revealed a new gameplay showcase this week revealing some of the modes and features they will be able to experience in the upcoming game. It will be hitting shelves later this year.

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The new Game Modes showcase features producer Jun Furutani showcasing the game’s single-player mode, featuring eight characters for the players to choose from, including Goku or Vegeta. In Sparking! ZERO, players will be able to live or relive some of the key battles from Dragon Ball Z up until Dragon Ball Super’s Tournament of Power. You can check out the newly revealed Game Modes Showcase below:

DRAGON BALL: SPARKING! ZERO GAME MODES SHOWCASE REVEALS NEW GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE

Players will also be able to experience cutscenes from the game from a first-person point of view, keeping their immersion in the Dragon Ball mythology. They’ll also be able to make decisions that will have them play alternative scenarios from the franchise they know and love on certain stages.

Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero
Image via Bandai Namco Games

Another new feature revealed in the video is the Custom Battle. This will enable players to have fun with the possibilities of creating scenarios involving their favorite characters from the franchise. Also, the Bonus Battles are scenarios created by the developers with different victory conditions and unique cutscenes. In the game, characters, conditions, cutscenes, and battles can be made from either the ground up or from existing Bonus Battles as players create their dream showdowns. Players can then share these scenes with the world.

Another feature showcased is the offline Multiplayer mode. The game has been designed with Online Multiplayer and single-player in mind, but the development team also wanted to ensure the game would be the ultimate Dragon Ball game experience.

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero split screen
Image via Bandai Namco Games

With that in mind, veterans and newcomers will be able to play against each other in the comfort of their homes, reliving some of their favorite childhood memories or honing their skills in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. It’s nice to see the developers are making sure the game will still be friendly to offline players, considering that appears to go against the modern thinking of most modern and AAA game releases.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO launches on Oct. 11, 2024. It will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows PC. The game is also available to pre-order now from the official website. Versions available include the Collector’s Edition, the Premium Collector’s Edition, the Ultimate Edition, the Deluxe Edition, and the Standard Edition.

About Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO

Release: October 11, 2024
Series: Tenkaichi Budokai (West)
Developer: Spike Chunsoft
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genre: Fighting Action
Modes: Single Player (offline), Multiplayer (online)
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam

Synopsis: DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Learn and master an incredible roster of playable characters, each with signature abilities, transformations, and techniques. Take the fight to arenas that crumble and react to your power as the battle rages on. Shake the earth. Break the heavens. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in DRAGON BALL!

What do you think of the new gameplay showcase for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO? Are you excited for the upcoming game release? What’s your favorite Dragon Ball video game? Let us know your thoughts about the upcoming release on The Illuminerdi’s social media.

SOURCE: Bandai Namco Games

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