Last month, Bandai Namco revealed Daima from the Dragon Ballthe best heroes will come Dragon Ball Sparking Zero as part of the Arena Fighter 2024 season pass. This was the last element of the announced additional content for the game, which revived the Budokai Tenkaichi series (known as Sparking in Japan) after 17 years. Still, players want more.
“IS THIS A NEW MAP????” reads the top comment, which has almost 6,000 likes, on the page Always DLC YouTuber trailer.
The excitement over just one novel map shows how hungry we are for novel content Sparking Zero players, a year has passed since the premiere. Additional characters are welcome – I especially liked my novel main character, adult Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta – but players are clamoring for maps, costumes, and game modes. This eagerness is a testament to how popular the fighting game still is and that gamers aren’t ready to let it go any further.
One measly map may seem like a tiny thing to drool over, but for fans it’s a substantial deal. There are three DLC packs – one with characters from the 2022 film Dragon Ball Super: Superherotwo of Always additions – the total number of competitors increased to 208, the First Demon World was the first and only novel stage added since launch. Many of Dragon Ball’s iconic locations (such as Kami Viewpoint, Kame House, and Hell) are nowhere to be found. Sparking Zero.
Instead, modders did their best to introduce variety Sparking Zeromap rotation. On one of the game’s two subreddits, posts splurge map modifications They collected thousands of votes in favour. There are costumes also very desirable. Although there are plenty of fits Sparking Zerosome of the more iconic and just plain fun costumes are missing. Most importantly, Badman Vegeta is tragically absent.
Even despite criticism, Sparking Zero it still has a dedicated player base that comes up with its own reasons to keep playing. It didn’t take long Always-Inspired fights that will populate the game’s Custom Battle mode, which allows players to create their own fights complete with dialogue, character changes, and specific victory conditions. For example, one player created an alternate timeline series, The invasion sagawhich spanned over a dozen episodes and garnered tens of thousands of views on YouTube.
in fact, Sparking Zero it’s probably not doomed to be abandoned by players and developers. Beyond 2015 XenoVersethe latest Dragon Ball games have been supported for years. Kakarot it’s still getting DLC five years after launch and somehow Xenowers 2 it’s still going powerful, almost a decade after its release. Even asymmetric multiplayer Dragon Ball: Breakers it still gets support – and even I forgot the game existed.
Any worries Sparking Zero will not receive any more content now that the season pass is complete, calmed down with October’s releases Trailer featuring over 200 characters. It’s basically a rundown of who’s on the lineup – which isn’t surprising, there are plenty of Goku options – but the trailer hints at more characters on the way, teasing that more information will come in January 2026.
More characters are definitely welcome. Dragon Ball GT it would be nice to have more representation in the game, e.g GTversion of Vegeta and the Shadow Dragons. Original Dragon Ball Characters from the first 16 volumes of the manga are not represented here at all, apart from Kid Goku, and could easily create their own season pass.
However, what the player base really wants are additional game modes. The characters, cosmetics, and maps are and would be chilly, but more ways to play could really keep this game alive. Developer Spike Chunsoft has experimented with special boss battles like the current fight against Frieza, but they don’t have legs because they are time-limited modes. Larger tournaments, endless/survival mode, Mortal Kombat-like pillar mode – any way to diversify offline and online gameplay would be very helpful Sparking Zeroplayer base.
Despite player complaints, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero well rated (this was my completely unbiased favorite game of 2024). It is also doing well commercially, including: over 5 million units sold. We know the immediate future Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: Its player base will grow as this happens will be released on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 next month. Also, how much future support Dragon Ball Sparking Zero will receive it, we will see. From what we know so far, more characters are on the way. Apart from that? These are just guesses.
