For over ten years, fans of Dragon Ball have been anticipating a new Budokai Tenkaichi game, which was finally confirmed earlier this year with a short reveal trailer. A trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, the most recent installment in the adored 3D fighting game series, was unveiled by Bandai Namco during The Game Awards.
The first Budokai Tenkaichi game, which debuted in 2005 on the PlayStation 2, featured a third-person combat system that essentially served as a template for many other Dragon Ball games that have been released since. And recently it was revealed a new game in the series Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero was coming soon.
It turns out that Sparking: Zero has been in development for a while, which helps to explain why it looks so amazing. Although there are still few details available, it has been discovered that the Spike Chunsoft studio team has been developing the game for more than five years which has made the fans excited for its potential success.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Has Been In Development For 5 Years
The project Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero continues to raise the hopes of all Dragon Ball fans. Sparking! Zero also marks the return of Spike Chunsoft to oversee the Unreal Engine game development. Based on the most recent trailer, it appears that they have successfully created a contemporary rendition of these games.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO has been in development for 5 years!
Check out the latest interview with Producer Jun Furutani who reveals some cool insights!
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— Hype (@DbsHype) December 9, 2023
Producer Jun Furutani of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero was recently interviewed by IGN to talk about the recently revealed movie. The interview revealed several intriguing details about the game, including the fact that it took five years to develop. The game transports us to the initial days of Budokai Tenkaichi on the PlayStation 2, and the creators of the game themselves have promised that they plan to live up to the high standards set by fans of the ultimate anime gaming series.
Fans now know this new information, and it has raised their expectations for the game’s features and visuals. They took to X to share their excitement for the game and how the development of 5 years may allow the game to become one of the best Dragon Ball games of all time.
Fans Are Excited About The New Dragon Ball Game
Dragon Ball fans have been waiting for this game for quite a long time. When they received the news about the game, fans were finally happy to see another version of the game being launched.
However, when they got to know that the development of the game took 5 years, their excitement increased tenfold. They shared their excitement on X (Twitter) claiming that this may be the best Dragon Ball game ever.
5 years of cooking? Yeah this game will be the greatest db game of all time
— Ultra Messi (Fan) (@SuperMessi10i) December 9, 2023
Xenoverse 2, having stalled the community for 5 years finally resting, knowing Sparking Zero is near. https://t.co/ctjY4kt4En pic.twitter.com/5GYDfyOeUN
— ComicWaterz (@ComicWaterz) December 9, 2023
Xenoverse 2 I did not know you were keeping us together this whole time while peak was in the oven cooking I owe you my apologies you may rest https://t.co/84CgX3Ejwa pic.twitter.com/86wtCRJHqP
— ✭𝙅𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙄✭ (@JoriiMin) December 9, 2023
Xenoverse 2 dev team finally stopping the production of more DLC now that Sparking Zero is getting closer to release (they had to stall for an extra 5 years) https://t.co/H5A7f3hrf1 pic.twitter.com/L14H1BJ12I
— 🎄Holly Jolly Raizmas🐧 (@Rai2arri) December 9, 2023
5 years ago was 2018. FighterZ came out in 2018.
they literally saw FighterZ and said https://t.co/1zteVH0fXe pic.twitter.com/fz6jp69XXP
— DrLove (@DrLoveYT) December 9, 2023
https://t.co/lH2Qa4tLbe pic.twitter.com/o8FGUhglho
— ChairGun (@gun_chair2) December 9, 2023
Fans are really excited about the game and even thanked Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for keeping it together for five years which the development of the new game took. Dragon Ball fans can’t wait to get their hands on the new game and enjoy it after being patient for so long.