Summary
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerohas lots of unique pre-match banter if you put specific characters on your team, including some that poke fun at how many Goku variants are on the roster.
Ever since Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero was first revealed, there’s been one big joke made about it -that it has a whole lot of Goku and Vegeta variants on its roster. While Budokai Tenkaichi veteransare more than used to that and actively want as many forms and eras as possible, it does look a bit funnythat there are more than 20 playable Gokus at launch, and likely more to come.
It seems that Sparking Zero is very aware of this, though, and is even in on the joke with the rest of us. One unique feature that players have discovered since the game launched in early access is thatcertain team combinations cause special bits of dialogue to take place on the character select screen, including a few making fun of the tidal wave of “Hey it’s me, Goku!”.
Sparking Zero Knows It’s Got A Lot Of Goku Variants
Over the past week, Dragon Ball fans have been sharing some of these great interactions on social media,but YouTuber Ben-Gun has compiled most of them into a handy video you can see above. While most of the interactions are just references to teams that have worked together in the show, a few of them are a bit more fourth-wall-breaking.
One interaction takes place if you have a team full of Goku variants, specifically the younger looking ones like GT and Teen. Daima Goku will ask why there are so many different “little me’s” while GT Goku will suggest the Dragon Balls have been used to make everyone small. Teen Goku will then say it’s just Puar and Oolong playing a trick on him to make so many variants appear at once.
My absolute favourite of the bunch is if you add Goten to that team of Goku’s,as he’ll point out that he’s not supposed to be there since he’s not a version of Goku. What a self-actualised cutie.
Another Goku-ribbing interaction happens if you make up a team of Bardock, Turles, Goku Black, and the original Goku himself. Goku will ask why there are so many versions of him around, while Bardock points out that fathers and sons usually look alike. Turles wants nothing to do with “any of you idiots”, while Goku Black seems to think he’s in good company with so many of him around.
There are tons of these unique interactions within Sparking Zero and they’re all a really nice bit of fan-service, but it’s especially interesting to see Spike Chunsoft achknowledge how many variants of Goku there are in Dragon Ball as a whole and specifically in Sparking Zero.
