Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's split-screen multiplayer is only playable on one map, devs confirm
Jun. 13, 2024The new Dragon Ball fighting game only lets you play couch co-op in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber map
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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the weirdly named new fighting game fromBandai Namco, lets you play couch co-op with your friends on the same TV, but there’s a pretty huge catch - you can only do so on the Hyperbolic Time Chamber map.
“The game was really developed as a solo experience on one screen, because it was so important for us to be able to maximize and optimize the experience of a Dragon Ball fight and all that comes with it,” Furutani said. “For example, all the real-time interactions and animation that you can see in the game that will make this Dragon Ball experience the best. There were definitely challenges to go with the split screen feature. But still, we wanted the player to enjoy the game in many situations, and playing on his couch with a friend is one of the situations, so we made sure to add this feature in the game.”
It was previously rumored that Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero wouldn’t have a local multiplayer option at all, so although it’s disappointing that it’s restricted to just one level, it’s a good thing that we’re able to play together with friends in the same room at all. There’s a chance the feature is expanded to include more maps in the future, but since it sounds like the restriction to just one map is due to technical challenges, that’s far from a certainty.
Only time will tell if Sparking Zero will join the ranks of thebest fighting gamesout there.
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