The video game that commemorates the 40 years of Son Goku and company goes with everything: Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero, the highly anticipated fourth installment of Budokai Tenkaichi, paves the way more and more for its launch, and although its release date on PC and consoles seems to have been leaked (we’ll get to that) what we are clear about is that we will give many, many hours of play.
Bandai Namco has not yet shown all the characters of Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero, but what we do know is that the recording of their voices is in its final stages or directly finished. The number of fighters is going to be overwhelming, given that the panel shown exceeds 160 squares, although there are tons of variants (we will see Gohan as a child, teenager, adult, from the Future, etc…). But the most amazing thing is the amount of dialogue that the protagonists will have.
In a recent broadcast on his Twitch channel, the actor Sean Schemmelwho plays Son Goku in the United States, responded about his participation in the video game and the only thing he could tell his viewers without getting into trouble with Bandai Namco or Toei Animation is that he was recording between 70 and 80 hours of dialogue or more. We understand that in that time there were cuts that we won’t see in the game or outtakes, but it’s still crazy for a fighting game.
“The one thing I can say about Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero is that you are going to love it. I have dedicated between 70 and 80 hours to it as a voice actor. Maybe more. It is going to be amazing and I can’t say more, but I am going to broadcast it on my channel [de Twitch] when it comes out.”
To put ourselves in context, in Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero There will be at least 11 variants of the Son Goku character played by Sean Schemmel ranging from the debut of adult Goku to the transformation into Super Saiyan Blue. Most likely, there will be more that will be revealed later, but we have to keep in mind that he is not the only actor involved: his partner Christopher Sabat lends his voice to both Vegeta and Piccolo, and they also have a lot of prominence and variants. Which brings us to the big question: when will the game come out?
Dragon Ball Sparking release date! Zero
In the absence of an expected announcement, and with reservations for the game officially open, a date has appeared from the official website: Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero will arrive on tuesday October 1, 2024. This is not a direct confirmation, mind you, but something discovered through web code from Bandai Namco, so the data is not written in stone. Still. However, it makes all the sense in the world.
- On the one hand, because the three previous installments of the saga Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi They were released during the first week of October. Which would strengthen the pattern.
- But also because it would arrive just in time to anticipate the celebration of the Dragon Ball 40th Anniversarywhose first chapter published in November 1984. Enabling thematic events right after its release.
Unlike Sean Schemmel’s statements, the date is something that has not been announced and may vary depending on many factors. However Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero It will be an exceptional video game: not only will it commemorate the four decades of Son Goku and his friends, but it will be, along with Sand Land, the last project with the approval of Akira Toriyama himself. And that, no matter how you look at it, makes it something very special.
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