Gaming News Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: You may have this video game, but it’s a huge hit with this audience in Japan!
It’s no wonder that the latest adaptation of the cult manga Dragon Ball into a video game was a real hit. With the name Sparking! Zero, the title has positioned itself as a new reference in terms of fighting games in the Dragon Ball universe, not without reminding some of the gameplay of Budokai Tenkaichi. More than a great success with alumni: Sparking! Zero has successfully brought many generations together. In Japan, children are fascinated by Bandai Namco’s game, we have the proof!
Dragon Ball sparkly! Zero, the heir to the Budokai Tenkaichi, is a disaster!
If Akira Toriyama’s manga has always held a dear place in your heart, you probably didn’t miss the announcement of the release of Dragon Ball: Sparks! Zeroa title that was quickly presented as one of the worthy heirs of the gaming era Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi. The excitement for this new work couldn’t be more palpable and this feeling was confirmed upon publication! Just a few days after its release, Bandai Namco proudly announced this 3 million copies were sold worldwide in just 24 !
This success, like his crowning achievement Most played fighting game in history on Steamit was easy to see him coming from miles away. Before the fateful date, Dragon Ball: Sparks! Zero was at the top of the pre-order rankings and even managed to surpass it Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Regardless, the title caused a small tremor in the video game world while also unleashing the gaming community. In this regard, we were surprised to see that the title was emulated by this audience, and that says a lot about the aura of Dragon Ball!
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40 years later, Dragon Ball continues to fascinate all generations
The manga in a few days Dragon Ball celebrates the 40th anniversary of its pre-release in the pages of Weekly Shōnen Jump. An anniversary that unfortunately will not have the same flavor without Akira Toriyama, who passed away at the beginning of March. Although the master is no longer here, his legacy lives on, as does the aura of Dragon Ball. Year after year, Goku’s adventures prove to us that Toriyama’s work over the decades is not yet over. In the following publication, discovered on the social network X, we can see that Japanese children only have eyes for Dragon Ball: Sparks! Zero.
The message attached to the photo confirms this: Dragon Ball: Sparks! Zero East” very popular with elementary school students ». As many have pointed out, if we were lucky enough to discover such a title back then, we would have been just as fascinated when we were her age. Even after 40 years, the Saiyans and other warriors marked by Toriyama are doing well. It must be said that beyond video games, projects related to manga have never stopped seeing the light of day. Besides that Dragon Ball Superits animated version and its companion films, Toriyama’s work is currently experiencing a new wave of popularity thanks to the series Dragon Ball Daima (aired on Netflix, ADN and Crunchyroll).
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