There was a time when fans craved for the popular fighting game to play on their PCs. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is about to change that. While certainly the gamers across the world are debating about how far the Budokai Tenkaichi has advanced, they don’t seem to be talking about the fact that it will be the first game in the franchise to arrive on PCs.
From PlayStation to Nintendo, players got to see the game on different consoles, but the dream of playing on a PC was either shattered or came partially true via emulators. That too was broken at that time, and frame rates were a disaster. Only the technically sound were able to enjoy it to some extent on their PCs.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Will be The First to Arrive on PC in The Series
The first game in the series was released in 2005 for PlayStation 2. As it wasn’t really a content-heavy game, it featured 10 stages and 64 characters. That involved levels including, but not limited to, the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Kami’s Lookout, the Mountain Road, and more.
Next came the Budokai Tenkaichi 2 in 2006, where it became the first game to be released on Nintendo alongside PlayStation. The character count was raised from 64 to 100 (136, including player transformations). It was later released on Wii too, and it included five additional characters.
Its successor, Budokai Tenkaichi 3, came in the following year with massive improvements. It was the first game to feature online multiplayer, a feature exclusive to Wii. There was this ‘Disc Fusion System’ for PlayStation where inserting a disc of either of its predecessors unlocked new modes like “Ultimate Battle” or “Ultimate Battle Z”.
After 17 Long Years, PC Players Will Get to Live Budokai Tenkaichi
Now, after 17 years, the franchise is getting another game, despite plans to conclude the trilogy in 2007. But the capabilities of the latest generation consoles, which is apparent in the recent clips circling the internet, prompted the series to advance. And now it was time to bring the experience to PCs.
But players might miss the good old days as Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will be short of split-screens, something that was staple to the series once. However, they aren’t setting it aside from the equation, as players will be able to see the feature exclusive to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
However, players may forget about it when the game arrives. Some have already given their verdict and believe it to be the best game in the series. From leveraging the power of Unreal Engine 5 to paying attention to even the tiniest details, we cannot disagree with them.
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