Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is already the biggest Steam launch in the franchise's history and it's not even technically out yet
Oct. 9, 2024It’s over 90,000!
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Fans have been waiting a very long time for a new Budokai Tenkaichi game, and while Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero goes back to the subseries' original Japanese name, it absolutely seems to be the follow-up everyone’s been dreaming of. It’s not even technically out yet, but it’s already managed the biggest Steam launch in Dragon Ball history.
OurDragon Ball: Sparking Zero reviewcalls it “the pinnacle of fanservice,” and it’s clearly met its audience. It’s also been kicking the crap out of that audience - some are calling thedifficulty of a few story mode fights “fucking absurd,“and thecomplaints about the Great Ape Vegeta battle in particular have gotten so common that even Bandai Namco is memeing about it.
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