Bandai Namco stated in March this year that it was working on a new Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi game. After almost 16 years, the 3D arena fighting game subseries is returning. Bandai Namco provided fans with a few details about the forthcoming Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi game. However, A fresh update for the new game series has just surfaced. In Japan, the series was dubbed Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! rather than Budokai Tenkaichi, with the second installment dubbed Sparking! Neo and the third, Sparking! Meteor.
On September 26th, a Japanese lawyer for Bandai Namco filed the trademark application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to a trademark registration on September 26, the next DBZ fighting game will use its Japanese name.
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4’s Real Name Revealed
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi is a fighting game series created by Spike that is based on Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga series. The next main entry in the series was revealed by Bandai Namco and Toei Animation in March 2023 during the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2023 event. Dragon Ball fans have uncovered a trademark for “Sparking! Zero” which was registered in the United States towards the end of last month. The trademark could imply that the game’s title will be Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Zero, at least in Japan, and a sequel announcement is on the way.
In Japan, the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series is known as the Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! series, and the first three volumes all have the word “Sparking!” in their names. The Japanese title “Sparking!” refers to the final lyric in the chorus of the first opening theme to the Dragon Ball Z anime series.
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Dragon Ball Super’s Characters May Be Included in the New Game
Later this month, a huge Dragon Ball panel will be held at New York Comic Con, where more information about the game is expected. The panel is also rumored to announce Dragon Ball Magic, the long-awaited comeback of Dragon Ball as an anime series. While this may come as a disappointment to fans eager for the return of Dragon Ball Super, it has been revealed that several Super characters will make their game debut in the forthcoming Budokai Tenkaichi. This appears to reflect previous speculation that suggested Budokai Tenkaichi 4 was nearer to its debut than some fans thought and was aiming for 2024.
The upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi game will be the fourth entry in the popular anime-based fighting game series, after Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, which was released 16 years ago for the PS2 and Wii.
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Source: Dexerto
