Neutral Game Episode 51 – Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

About this episode

Six and Kyrie discuss the merits and criticisms of the new arena fighter Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero.

Six and Kyrie are more than ready to Rock the Dragon with the newest fighting game in the Dragon Ball series! But, while Dragon Ball FighterZ was a tag fighter in the style of Marvel vs. Capcom, and thus very familiar, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is an ~arena~ fighter. You know, that genre that people scorn as being casual, fanservice only, broken and unbalanced, only fun for spectacle not to play... a lot of scorn from the FGC (fighting game community) in general. Is it deserved? Is this arena fighter worth taking seriously? While we're on the subject, is it worth taking not seriously? Or should one simply... not take it? Our artwork for the show is drawn by @WistWhistley! The Scanline Media Discord can be found here!

People in this episode

Host: Kyrie

Topics covered

• Dragon Ball
• fighting games
• arena fighters
• FGC

Keywords

• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• casual gaming
• fanservice
• game balance

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

Books & works: Neutral Game, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Dragon Ball FighterZ

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