Dragon Ball: Spoiling! Zero has obviously been a fan favorite, but it turns out it might be more successful than anyone would have thought.
It was always clear that Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero was going to do well, being the first new entry in the Budokai series in many years, a fan favorite among all the games, but how well it did until must have been a surprise. He even got it hit 100,000 concurrent players around launchA very strong figure for a fighting game. And now it seems that that success is even more than expected, like talking to him Radar games Circana executive director and games analyst Mat Piscatella shared that Sparking! Zero is one of Bandai Namco's best selling games ever, if you can believe it.
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Piscatella said that it was “surprising to no one, not only for it to be the best-selling Dragon Ball game, but to be among Bandai Namco's best-selling games of all time.” He went on to note that Bandai Namco has been “very successful over the years,” Elden Circle obviously one of the biggest, making Sparking! Zero is just another one of his strong titles in his catalog. “I didn't expect this,” Piscetella continued.
“It certainly didn't hurt that that great cast of characters and popular IP allowed people to explore the history of that thing.” Even though I have never seen it in person, I know that people are very passionate about Dragon Ball. I agree with you that this has been a nice surprise in what has been a rough year in general.”
As sad as it is, the death of creator Akira Toriyama earlier this year it certainly brought out a lot of nostalgia in fans, and with a new anime also airing, there's a lot of love for the series in the air right now. And it helps Sparking! There was zero very good too.
