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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Game's Trailer Reveals September 24 Release for 2nd Dragon Ball Daima DLC

Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Friday a new trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, the new game in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi arena fighter franchise, and it reveals that the second of two DLC packs themed after the new Dragon Ball Daima anime will launch on September 24 with early access on September 21 for Season Pass owners.

New characters for the second Dragon Ball Daima DLC are Super Saiyan 4 Goku (Mini), the Daima version of Super Saiyan 4 Goku, Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta, Majin Duu, Third Eye Gomah, and Giant Gomah.

A free update will also launch on the same day that adds the new stage "First Demon World" and includes balance adjustments.

The first Dragon Ball Daima DLC pack launched on April 24. The DLC added Vegeta (Mini) in base/Super Saiyan 1-3 forms, Glorio, Super Saiyan Goku (Mini), Majin Kuu, and Panzy. There is also a new costume for Goku (Mini) that enables Aura Impact and the ability to transform to Super Saiyan.

The first DLC pack "Hero of Justice" launched on January 23 with 11 characters: Gamma 1, Gamma 2, Cell Max, various forms of Piccolo including Orange Piccolo, and various forms of Gohan including Beast Gohan. The DLC will also include a Red Ribbon Army costume for Piccolo and three custom battles.

The game launched in October 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The game has a Premium Collector's Edition, a Deluxe Edition, and an Ultimate Edition. These editions allowed customers to play the game three days early.

The game will get Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch versions on November 14.

The game features Episode Battle, a single-player mode following eight different characters' perspectives: Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Future Trunks, Frieza, Goku Black, and Jiren. There are 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 features offline local multiplayer, but limited to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber arena.

The first 24 announced characters were Goku, Vegeta, and their various forms and transformations. The roster also includes Gohan at various ages and forms, multiple versions of Future Trunks, Master Roshi, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, Yajirobe, Mr. Satan, Videl, Beerus, Whis, Raditz, Nappa, Saibaman, Frieza and his various forms, Frieza Force Soldier, Cui, Dodoria, Zarbon, Guldo, Recoome, Burter, Jeice, Ginyu, 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, Spopovich, Dabura, Cabba, Frost, Hit, Goku Black, Zamasu, Jiren, Toppo, Dyspo, Kakunsa, Ribrianne, Roasie, Anilaza, various versions of Baby, Syn Shenron, Omega Shenron, Pan, Bardock, Broly, Cooler, Android 13, Super Garlic Jr., Dr. Wheelo, Lord Slug, Turles, Bojack, Hirudegarn, Tapion, and Janemba. The game also includes Trunks, Goten, Caulifla, Kale, and various fusions of them and of other characters. With the pre-order character Goku (Mini) from the Dragon Ball Daima anime, there is a 182-character roster.

The game added Shallot, an original character that was designed by Akira Toriyama for the 2018 Dragon Ball Legends smartphone game, on June 26.

Source: Press release