Key conclusions
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero includes Easter eggs as a reference to the forgotten classic character Launch.
- The game's menu features fun interactions between characters like Goku, Krillin, and Android 18.
- Lunch, a character with a split personality, is absent from Sparking Zero despite appearing in other recent Dragon Ball games.
Players can find an Easter egg Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero which references the lovable Lunch, a mostly forgotten but classic character from the original manga and anime. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero finally launched earlier this October, after much anticipation and hype. Just like the original Budokai Tenkaichi games, many gamers love that it's a big love letter Dragon ballhistory.
Sparkling zero contains a number of smaller easter eggs and references as the developers have included a number of small details for fans to discover. Fans have found some unique character interactions between certain fighters, attack capture animations, and even a reference to critically barked Dragon Ball Evolution. While the game's huge roster is a big draw for fans, there are also a few NPC characters like Chi-Chi and Bulma who can entertain gamers with their encyclopedia commentary. Even the menu Sparkling zero can be fun to scroll through as it features different characters interacting with each other.
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One of the menus is for the shop, which allows players to unlock characters Sparkling zeroor equip them with various ability items. For flavor, this menu features Goku visiting Krillin, Master Roshi, and Android 18, the three who live on the Hermit Turtle Island. When the player is idle in the menu, Goku and Krillin come in with various quotes, such as Goku asking if Roshi is taking new students to Turtle School, or how the house still looks like it always did. One of Krillin's idle lines prompts him to ask if anyone has seen Lunch recently, a character first introduced in the original Dragon ball manga and anime.
Who is Dragon Ball's Launch?
First introduced in chapter 26 of the original manga or episode 15 of the anime adaptation, Launch has a split personality that occurs when she sneezes, switching between sweet and cruel. Good Launch has blue hair, Bad Launch has blonde hair. While Launch is a classic Dragon ball character, she immediately drops out of the focus of the series, where after the original Dragon ballshe only appears sporadically in filler episodes DBZ anime and other media.
Lunch's sporadic appearances continue to this day, as she appears to be gone Sparkling zerodespite being shown in the latter Dragon ball similar games Dragon Ball: The Breakers and Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. U Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenakaichi 3Launch was the owner of a Z-Item shop who randomly switched between good and bad sides. Since Android 18 and Bulma have essentially taken over the shop owner duties Sparkling zeroKrillin's question about where Launch went is relevant. Some fans are hoping that Launch will get it as a potential Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Action DLC.