Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Is the Most Successful Dragon Ball Game Ever in the US

guess i’m outta the loop then because i could’ve sworn that fighterZ had a bigger splash than sparkling water zero

It sold over 9,000!

Not a fan of “total $” as this game is $70 on PS5/Xbox/PC and I’m guessing a lot of the older handheld games this is sort of based on were $30 or $40. So while it’s a big deal, I’d really like to see actual sales numbers and not worry about what DS games would cost in 2024 factoring in inflation. Yes I don’t like when movies do it either. I can only imagine what Yankees total attendance would be in say 1954 vs 2024 if it was based on ticket price. 🤑

Nice shout out for Bluesky, first one of those I’ve ever noticed here or anywhere else.👍

@nomither6 I would say that FigtherZ had a bigger splash cause of the competitive scene and Android 21. But Sparking Zero definitely saw bigger draw due to it being more casual.

@rjejr “ I’m guessing a lot of the older handheld games this is sort of based on were $30 or $40. So while it’s a big deal, I’d really like to see actual sales numbers and not worry about what DS games would cost in 2024 factoring in inflation.”

This game was base on Budokai Tenkaichi which was console games, not handheld games… So most likely $60. There was only ever one portable game, and that was on PSP not DS.

Tbh it was the nostalgia and hype of a new Budokai Tenkaichi title that helped this game win, cause once in hand, other than fighting online (which has its cons too), everything else to do with the game is very mid…. Especially the rushed, animated still images garbage story mode we got and the slow UI of going through the menus.

This game is FANTASTIC! The developers definitely need to fix some things and add some things, but if the base game is any indication of the care the game will get after launch, I'd say this game is going to be utterly amazing within a year's time. Currently tied with BT3 (or the great BT4 mod) and Kakkarot for best Dragon Ball game ever.

Not surprising. Fighterz is more of a hardcore game. The FGC embraced it. SZ is easy for anyone to get into. Good to see both were successful. Dragon Ball is still massive in the US.

It is a good game, and I have enjoyed the the bit I played with my brother. But I honestly felt it could have been a lot better. Especially story mode. They spent over a year recording dialogue and yet I have to read everything there? Which isn’t a bit deal to me since I play a lot of visual novel-esque games and undubbed JRPGs. But I was really expecting so much more…

@AverageGamer yeah your right , that makes sense

>"Sparking! Zero is based upon — the Budokai Tenkaichi series"
It's not based upon them, it's the same series. The Sparking series was called Budokai Tenkaichi in the West to tie them into the Budokai series for marketing purposes. You had Sparking, Sparking Neo and Sparking Meteor, which we got as BT1-3.

@Matroska I almost commented something similar as well. It's even made by the same dev team as the original three BT, it's practically Budokai Tenkaichi 4 in every way.

@rjejr Why did you assume this series was for handhelds?

Not shocked as the game is fantastic.

@rjejr Um its sequel to a console game series and while $70 is a lot for any game this game does have the content to justify it more then most.

That's absolutely frigging fantastic

@rjejr Could you explain your comment?

@yohn777 Explain which part, the dollar sales - in which case see below - or the bluesky part at the end?

@AverageGamer " This game was base on Budokai Tenkaichi which was console games "

Thanks for the info. But if that's the case why not just say best selling game, why say "in U.S. lifetime dollar sales,""? 🤷‍♂️

@rjejr I was confused about how it's possible you assumed this series was based on handheld games from this article. I don't care about bluesky.
The reason it was worded that way is because, like it's detailed in the article, this was a report from Mat Piscatella, an American games analyst. Bandai has not updated the official amount of sales since hitting the 3 million it did in 24 hours other than to reiterate that it's selling very well.