The return of “What if?” scenarios in Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero has had fans screaming in excitement louder than a Saiyan powering up.
Summer Game Festdumped a wealth of information forDragon Ball Sparking! Zero, including new gameplay and a release date of October 11. However, fans’ primary excitement concerns a returning game mode from previous titles.
Dragon Ballgames have often found themselves in a rut plot-wise, retelling the same stories from Dragon Ball Z to exhaustion. The classic “What If?” feature returning to shake up the story is, to put it mildly, an easy win for Bandai Namco.
WHAT IFS ARE BACK IN DRAGON BALL SPARKING ZERO!!!pic.twitter.com/3HI3IUG4fz
“What If?” scenarios were once a staple of Dragon Ball games, mainly in the Budokai Tenkaichi games, where you wouldplay as one of the villains, telling a new short story from their perspective.
The feature has won previously unconvinced fans over, “Father. Son. Final. Flash. If I wasn’t sold already, I am now.” This refers to the famous “Father-Son Kamehameha” that finished off Perfect Cell.
However, one fan highlighted that more characters need to be added to maximize potential. “We need GT characters, and the ‘super’ or ascended forms as well… Need what if characters… Anyway, this will be an ELITE game. We are back.”
Another fan worried for Vegeta’s sanity after one of the scenarios. “That Super Saiyan against Scouter Vegeta / Oozaru. That is surely going to shatter more pride than any DBZ episodes.”
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Dragon Ball games have fallen into two categories. They either follow an original story, as was the case for DBZ: FighterZ, or stay accurate to the source material à la DBZ: Kakarot.
Confirmed “What If” scenarios from the trailer include Goku taking on Radtiz alone, Goku turning Super Sayian during his battle with Vegeta on Earth, and Vegeta and Trunks teaming up to take on Perfect Cell. Expect more as the fighting roster expands alongside more details of game modes.
