Bean Daddy did well. After a week terrorize Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero players Bandai Namco has confirmed that with the infinite health bag of Senzu Beans, Yajirobe’s stats will be evaluated in the upcoming balancing update. This suggests an almost certain nerf for the Cowardly Samurai who is currently dominating ranked matches.
Dragon Ball account on X (formerly known as Twitter) announced an update Down Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will arrive at the end of October. Here’s what’s included:
• Fixed an issue where some controls became unresponsive during online matches when classic controls were selected
• Adjusted difficulty levels when playing certain Episode Battle stages on lower difficulty levels
• Yajirobe stats adjustments
• Improved operational stability
The tweaks seemed innocent enough, but the potential hit to Yajirobe’s stats immediately became a lightning rod. Some players don’t want an old-fashioned 3D arena fighter to succumb to the up-to-date obsession with balance and competitive fairness. Anime characters who blow up planets and turn people into chocolate bars should be able to embrace their inner chaos. But others are excited to see Yajirobe potentially knocked down a peg.
It is still unclear exactly what nerf this will involve. One obvious change would be to limit the utilize of Senzu Yajirobe Beans to only once per match. It’s more likely that the developers will pay attention to his health bar, which is currently surprisingly high compared to other fighters at his Destruction Point level. Either way, it’s humorous that Bandai Namco not only calls him by name, but also highlights him in the game’s first update.
Of course, there are still other problems Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. There were complaints about error related to corrupt save datainput lag on console and problems finding ranked matches. Fans are also asking for cross-play between PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, but it’s unclear if or when that will happen. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is the most popular Budokai Tenkaichi a game that sold millions of copies in its first few days, so Bandai Namco is likely still playing catch-up.
