With the last entry in the series releasing over fifteen years ago, Bandai Namco announced last month that they were reviving the fighting game series, Budokai Tenkaichi, which is based on the cult classic shonen anime Dragon Ball Z.
Today, we were treated to a new gameplay trailer for DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO focused on the series protagonist, Goku and his longtime rival, Vegeta. The trailer showcases the two Saiyans locked in battles across both Earth and Planet Namek, alongside their multiple levels of transformations beginning from Goku’s Kaioken and Vegeta’s Great Ape form, all the way to Super Saiyan Blue.
Alongside this trailer, Bandai Namco confirmed the first 24 characters for the game via a news post on their website.
Here is the list of confirmed characters:
- Goku (Z – Early)
- Goku (Z – Mid)
- Goku (Z – Mid), Super Saiyan
- Goku (Z – End)
- Goku (Z – End), Super Saiyan
- Goku (Z – End), Super Saiyan 2
- Goku (Z – End), Super Saiyan 3
- Goku (Super)
- Goku (Z – Mid), Super Saiyan
- Goku (Super), Super Saiyan God
- Goku (Super), Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
- Vegeta (Z – Scouter)
- Great Ape Vegeta
- Vegeta (Z – Early)
- Vegeta (Z – Early), Super Saiyan
- Super Vegeta
- Vegeta (Z – End)
- Vegeta (Z – End), Super Saiyan
- Vegeta (Z – End), Super Saiyan 2
- Majin Vegeta
- Vegeta (Super)
- Vegeta (Super), Super Saiyan
- Vegeta (Super), Super Saiyan God
- Vegeta (Super), Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
See the full trailer below:
Are you looking forward to jumping back into the Budokai Tenkaichi series?
Let us know what other character you want to see in DB: Sparking! ZERO in the comments or on our social media.
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