Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has been available for a week now, and with just about everyone playing it, fans have had some time to find some rough edges after launch.
Bandai Namco has announced that an update patch is already in the works, and will be released later this month to fix some bugs and make the gameplay experience more fluid and fun for everyone. They haven’t offered direct patch notes, but they have listed what their aiming to correct, which includes the surprisingly overpowered Yajirobe.
For those unaware, Yajirobe is more of a joke character than a true fighter across the majority of his appearances in Dragon Ball anime and manga. He can hold his own in basic combat, sure, but he’s a fairly basic guy who stands virtually no chance against even some of Sparking Zero’s weakest characters.
As such, Yajirobe is an extremely inexpensive character to add to your Sparking Zero team when playing online ranked, but players have figured out he’s worth a lot more than the mere two Destruction Points that it costs to use him.
Yajirobe still isn’t as powerful as the likes of UI Goku or Jiren, but he’s easily got way too much bang for buck thanks to a collection of bells and whistles that add up. Perhaps the most singularly powerful of these is the fact that he can fully self heal thanks to his using sensu beans.
Beyond the better than he should be character, players have been experiencing some extremely pesky bugs that cause controls to become unresponsive during online bouts. This issue threatens to turn fans off completely from playing Sparking Zero, and so we’re happy to see it’s also in Bandai’s sights.
• Improvement of an issue where some controls become unresponsive during online matches when classic controls are selected
• Adjustment of difficulty levels when playing certain stages in Episode Battle on lower difficulty settings
• Adjustment of Yajirobe’s stats
• Improved operational stability
Have you been enjoying Sparking Zero thus far? Are you happy to see these alterations coming down the pike? Share your experiences in the comments below, and be sure to check out the two recently revealed new DLC characters if you haven’t already.