We may earn a commission from links on this page. The passing of legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama earlier this year forced me to weigh the importance of his work in my life. After all, my older ...

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the Game Rant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...

The three absolutes in life are death, taxes, and a fighting game getting an abundance of DLC characters. Despite not being what we'd consider a typical fighting game, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai franchise is important to me. As someone whose anime knowledge was limited to the Pokémon series in the late '90s, Budokai ...

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator ...

The triumphant return of the Budokai Tenkaichi series features over 180 characters, a custom battle creator and surprises for true fans. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming ...

After just four months, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is officially the fastest-selling Dragon Ball console game to ever release with 5 million units sold worldwide. Just a couple of months later, an ...

I cannot stress this enough: if you have not played the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi arena fighter games, you need to head over to the Super Training menu and go over everything in ...

Dragon Ball Sparking Zerolaunched with 182 characters and has since been steadily adding more through DLC. Characters like Beast Gohan, Dragon Ball DAIMA Vegeta, Glorio, and now Shallot from Dragon ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Sparking! Zero is an arena fighter that sees the matches expand to a very wide area. Flying around ...

Anime arena fighters have been in an awkward slump for years thanks in significant part to the monumental gap left by Dragon Ball Z – the series’ last title, Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3, dropped ...

One of my own most anticipated titles still slated to come in 2024 is Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero, a true sequel to the Budokai Tenkaichi series that has been largely dormant ever since Budokai ...