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Sparking Zerois literally the entireDragon Balluniverse packed in one. Though manga characters like Moro or transformations like Black Frieza and Ultra Ego didn’t make it to the game, there are anime vibes in it. We are essentially controlling them as we choose to.

Piccolo after using Special Beam Cannon in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero.

How the cause and effect woven in the anime, showcasing the character development, was indeed impressive when the series aired back in the day. But it lost this art somewhere as it pressed onward. Could it be thatSparking Zerowill give that spark to the franchise again?

Goku was an explorer since he was a kid and kept going and learning things as he went along. Vegeta and Piccolo went on from being enemies to friends. However, characters like Yamcha and Tien Shinhan became static after one point. They too deserved a better journey than they actually got.

We cannot change that, but we can at least hope more characters with potential get the right treatment from the latestDragon Ballgame,Sparking Zero. The kind of depth, from dialogue to moves, is something unseen in video games before.

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Episode Battles are one way to give them the much-deserved attention too. Take Piccolo’s revamped storyline, for example; the Namekian got to train Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber this time. Hell, he even beat Vegeta when he first arrived on earth.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is the Best Tribute to Akira Toriyama’s Legacy We Ever Could Have Hoped For

I have written about howDragon Ball: Sparking Zerocan be a breath of lifethe franchise needs, and now I am seeing that happening as the game is finally here. Now I am hoping to see more Episode Battles focused on characters lost with time.

These Episodes are a much-needed freedom for those developing the game. They can do their research and grab a hold of where the series lacked and fill that gap in the future content updates of the video game.

Goku is seen flying towards Burter on Planet Namek.

Even there’s a possibility of anime-exclusive crossovers in the game. I mean, I won’t mind seeing Vegeta and Goku’s Super Saiyan 4 in one of the Z sagas, or the appearance of Shadow Dragons for that matter. GT characters too deserve some more screen time, even if that happens in a game likeSparking Zero.

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Though I amnot really in favor of dialogue choices in a gameas it sways away the plot that a writer has intended to develop in the story. But they can be helpful in a long-running series like this where there’s always a scope to make it better than ever.

But then alternate routes are good too, but for the most of the cases with our eight warriors in Episode Battles, alternate routes are to defeat those battle-heavy enemies quickly. What if Gohan unlocked his latent potential and killed Frieza?

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Multiple choices and the talent of the characters that has remained latent in the series,Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerois something that can foster it. And when we are living in times whereDLC expansions seems to be a sustainable business model, there’s so much we can expect.

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There’s no need for anotherBudokai Tenkaichigame; just keep bringing those new episodes that feed the hungry gaming soul. Make it 100 GB, but make it so good that the fans don’t have a chance to say, ‘No, that character deserved more.’.

The Spike Chunsoft game can foster characters, but it’s already fostering my imagination. Here’s another idea: do some back stories of characters like Master Roshi. I am still thinking about what Roshi’s master, Master Mutaito, would look like while using that Evil Containment Wave to capture Demon King Piccolo.

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A multitude ofSparking Zerousers may not have an idea of how things were when Goku was obsessed with the four-star Dragon Ball. Maybe tell those stories too present the history of the series to them in a new-fashioned way. At least it will be better thanKai.

Of which character’s story do you want to see in the game? We would like to know about it in the comments section below.

Anurag Batham

Gaming Journalist

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Anurag Batham is a video games correspondent at FandomWire. With over two years of experience in writing for different industries, his past works show his passion for the metaverse and his awareness of the environment. He’s always playing with ideas to turn them into captivating stories.A gaming enthusiast who can prove it when you have a round of Call of Duty (COD) with him. And it may take more than a coffee with him if you are to talk to him about Marvel. One can find a reader in him who’s always keen to perfect what he already knows and to learn everything new.

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