DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
Fight as Dragon Ball characters in aerial arena battles, charging Ki and transforming to unleash special attacks. Story battles can branch through selected decisions or combat results, while Custom Battle lets you arrange your own encounters.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO puts Dragon Ball characters into three-dimensional fights where you fly through the arena, charge Ki and unleash special attacks. Super Saiyan transformations and destructible surroundings bring familiar elements of the series directly into combat. The Nintendo Switch 2 release also supports motion inputs, letting Joy-Con movements trigger attacks. Episode Battle progresses through encounters from individual characters' perspectives. Certain stages lead to different story developments depending on your choices or battle results, giving those encounters an additional objective beyond following the original events. Custom Battle provides a separate creative route: choose the participants and configure scenes around their fight to build a scenario of your own.
Collected in series
Dragon Ball games turn the manga and anime’s battles into fighting games, character-building adventures and action RPGs. You might assemble a tag team, create your own fighter or revisit Goku’s journey between explosive encounters.
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AI review
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A promising fit for Dragon Ball fans who want to stage battles as well as fight them.
Flight, transformations and charged attacks should appeal to players drawn to recreating Dragon Ball confrontations. Branching encounters and editable scenarios offer different reasons to revisit a battle, depending on whether you prefer changing an outcome or composing a matchup.
Strengths
- Story branches give familiar confrontations an additional goal for fans who enjoy exploring alternatives.
- Configurable participants and surrounding scenes offer room to express a particular battle idea.
Who it is for: Players interested in character-specific Dragon Ball battles, alternative story developments and arranging their own scenarios.
Play notes: Save data from the Nintendo Switch version cannot be transferred into this native Nintendo Switch 2 release.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Character-perspective encounters provide a structured route, while selected story branches give outcome-focused players a reason to return to particular stages. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Flight, Ki charging and transformations should make choosing how to enact a character's powers a central attraction for fans of arena combat. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Destructible surroundings can help powerful attacks feel consequential within the scene, especially for players seeking the series' battle spectacle. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension With the documented motion-control update installed, Rush Attack and Smash Attack adjustments provide a way to tune gesture inputs to personal preference. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Spike Chunsoft
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco
- Release date
- Nov 14, 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.bandainamcoent.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 6
- Online minimum players
- 1
- Online maximum players
- 8
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyFantasyFast-pacedReal-time CombatThird PersonReplayableExplorationMain Story 20–50 HoursStory-drivenMelee CombatEquipment-driven Progression3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: Teen
- Play modes
- Local multiplayerNot providedMultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideOct 11, 2024
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideNov 14, 2025
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Sources
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