Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the latest trailer on Thursday for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, a new game in its Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi arena fighter franchise. The trailer confirms the characters who appear in the Dragon Ball Super anime as well as Goku (Teen) from the original Dragon Ball anime. After filling the 164-character roster, the trailer goes on to reveal characters from the Dragon Ball Z movies, as well as the pre-order character Goku (Mini) from the upcoming Dragon Ball Daima anime, to form a 182-character roster.
The game's producer Jun Furutani also previewed Episode Battles and Custom Battles. The Episode Battles follow the stories of Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Future Trunks, Frieza, Goku Black, and Jiren.
The newly revealed characters from Dragon Ball Super are Frieza Force Soldier, Cabba, Frost, Toppo, Cabba (Super Saiyan), and Cabba (Super Saiyan 2). The new characters from the Dragon Ball Z movies include Broly (Z), Broly (Z, Super Saiyan), Broly (Z, Legendary Super Saiyan), Cooler, Cooler (Final Form), Metal Cooler, Android 13, Fusion Android 13, Super Garlic Jr., Dr. Wheelo, Lord Slug, Lord Slug (Giant Form), Turles, Bojack, Full-Power Bojack, Hirudegarn, Tapion, Janemba, Super Janemba, and Super Gogeta (Z).
Those who pre-order the game will be able to unlock six characters early. The game will also have a Premium Collector's Edition, a Deluxe Edition, and an Ultimate Edition. These editions will allow customers to play the game three days early.
The first 24 announced characters include Goku, Vegeta, and their various forms and transformations. The roster also includes Gohan at various ages and forms, multiple versions of Future Trunks, Videl, Beerus, Whis, Master Roshi at base and max power, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Android 17, Android 18, Android 16, Android 19, Dr. Gero (a.k.a. Android 20), Cell and his various forms, Cell Jr., King Cold, different forms of Buu, Goku (Super) Ultra Instinct -Sign-, Yajirobe, Mr. Satan, Chiaotzu, Nappa, Saibaman, Frieza and his various forms, Cui, Dodoria, Zarbon, Guldo, Recoome, Burter, Jeice, Ginyu, Raditz, Dabura, Jiren, Super Vegito, Super Saiyan Broly (Full Power), Hit, Super Saiyan Kale (Berserk), Toppo, Dyspo, Kakunsa, Goku Black, Zamasu, Bardock, various versions of Baby, Syn Shenron, Omega Shenron, Pan, Goku Black Super Saiyan Rosé, Spopovich, Ribrianne, Roasie, and Anilaza. The game also includes Trunks, Goten, Caulifla, Kale, and various fusions of them and of other characters.
The game features Episode Battle, a single-player mode following eight different characters' perspectives, with choices possibly leading to "what if" scenarios that divert from the original story. Custom Battles allow players to create battles with original scenes that can be uploaded online for others to fight. Within that mode are Bonus Battles, premade scenarios by the developers. In addition to online multiplayer and single-player modes, the game will feature offline local multiplayer, but limited to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber arena.
The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! in Japan) 3D fighting action game first launched in 2005 for PlayStation 2.
The second game, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Neo in Japan), launched for PS2 in Japan in October 2006, and in Europe, North America, and Australia in November 2006. The game's Nintendo Wii version debuted in North America in November 2006, in Japan in January 2007, and in Europe and Australia in March and April 2007, respectively.
The game's third installment, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor in Japan), launched for the PS2 and Wii in Japan in October 2007. The game launched for the PlayStation 2 in North America and in Europe in November 2007. The game's Wii version launched in North America in December 2007, and in Europe and Australasia in February 2008.
The most recent game in the series, Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team, launched in August 2010 for the PlayStation Portable. The game is the only one in the Budokai Tenkaichi series that ran on a handheld console.
Sources: Email correspondence