Bandai Namco Entertainment released the first major content update for Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO alongside the new “Hero of Justice” DLC for Season Pass holders.
The Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO Hero of Justice DLC includes 11 playable characters from the Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie, a new costume, and three custom battles. These characters include Gohan (Super Hero), Ultimate Gohan (Super Hero), Gohan Beast, Piccolo (Super Hero), Orange Piccolo, Gamma 1, Gamma 2, Cell Max, and more. The latest update for Dragon Ball Sparking ZERO also adds a new Legendary Warrior Face-off Mode for a limited time.
Patch notes for Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO update 2008.007.003.005.004 are available below, via Bandai Namco:
Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO Hero of Justice DLC Update Patch Notes
Game Mode Adjustments:
Legendary Warrior Face-off (New): This mode, where you can face-off against an
extremely powerful character, has been added for a limited time. (You cannot select
this mode outside of the period.)
Functionality Adjustments:
- Episode Battle: It is now possible to change the difficulty even when using a Dragon
Orb. - Custom Battle: More situations, effects, and text that you can set have been added.
- Player Match:
- Quick Match has been changed so that you do not enter a room and instead get immediately matched with an opponent.
- We have also added “Quick Room Search” for Quick Match.
- Ranked Match: A wait time has been added before matching begins as a penalty based
on the number of times you have disconnected. - Battle Setup: You can now see the controls explanation when selecting a character.
- Training: The option “Guarding After Attacks” has been added when playing against
a CPU.
Battle System Adjustments:
- Charge Attacks (Smash Attack or Rush Chain): You will no longer recoil while
charging when receiving a Rush Attack or Rush Ki Blast from an opponent in
Sparking! Mode. - Rush Attack: It is now harder to mistakenly input a Smash Attack during Rush
Attacks. - Grand Slash: Hitting an opponent that is falling from a Grand Slash with another
Grand Slash will now cause them to be blown away spinning. - Rush Ki Blast: You will no longer be able to perform a High-Speed Evasion when
being hit. - Smash Ki Blast: You will now be easier to hit when firing while moving.
- Perception/Super Perception:
- A certain amount of Ki will now be consumed upon activation.
- After finishing the move, the time until the next action is able to be performed has
been increased.
- Super Counter: Time between being able to perform an input has been increased
after unsuccessfully performing the move. - Speed Impact: The timing for being able to input again after the move finishes has
been made later. - Chase Change: Damage from Giant Characters has been reduced when Chase Changing into them.
- Impact Recovery:
- When blown back from Lift Strike, holding the button down will activate Impact
Recovery once you hit the ground. - Also, when blown back and spinning, holding the button down will activate Impact
Recovery once you hit the ground.
- When blown back from Lift Strike, holding the button down will activate Impact
Skill Adjustments
- Overall Automatic Avoidance Skills (e.g., Wild Sense): The opponent will no longer
be able to use these skills when performing a combo and continuing the combo with a
Rush-In. - Wild Sense: Attack damage has been reduced.
- Kaioken: Skill Count consumed has been reduced (only for Goku (Z – Early)).
- Ta-dah!: Skill Count consumed has been reduced.
- All I Need is Five Seconds!: Ki will be fully recovered.
Other
- User-friendliness and performance stability have been improved.
Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, allowing fans to relive iconic moments from Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO DLC 2 will release in Q1 2025 with playable characters from Dragon Ball Daima. DLC 3 release in Q2 2025 with more playable characters from Dragon Ball Daima. Mini Vegeta and Glorio are two of the confirmed DLC characters.
Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2025 has been canceled as a result of the California wildfires. Further updates will be revealed at a later date for the event’s previously planned tournaments for Dragon Ball: Sparking ZERO, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and more.
