Summary
Edgar, a streamer well-known for playing games ahead of their intended release, gets issued a message by Bandai Namco during a stream ofDragon Ball: Sparking Zero. TheDragon Ballcommunity is extremely excited about this game, as it is the long-awaited fourth entry in theBudokai Tenkaichiseries. WhileDragon Ball: Sparking Zerois set to launch worldwide on October 11, the game’s Deluxe and Ultimate Editions give players access to it three days early. However, there are some gamers who are getting it even earlier than that.
Some gamers have posted abouthow they got their orders forDragon Ball: Sparking Zeroearly, with posts on social media that show off the Collector’s Edition of the game, getting even earlier access than those who ordered the Deluxe and Ultimate editions. One particular streamer not only got early access to the game, but was also streaming the whole thing, which caught the attention of publisher Bandai Namco.
The streamer who leaked the game went by “Edgar,” though their account has already been terminated. Some fans first caught wind of this leaker’s stream via Twitter account SLOplays, who warned fans about potential spoilers forDragon Ball: Sparking Zero. The official Bandai Namco Twitter account responded to the tweet with a knowing eyes emote. Soon enough, any streamers leakingDragon Ball: Sparking Zerogot a message from Bandai Namco’s official YouTube and Twitch accounts in their chat, simply telling them to stop streaming, with one message directly calling out the streamer, reading “Edgar my guy stop doing this.”
Early Sparking Zero Streamers are getting Messages From Bandai Namco to Stop
Videos of the game were up on Edgar’s Twitch account, but have since been purged, though the “recent games” category on the platform notes thatDragon Ball: Sparking Zerowas the only game that was played recently. For some fans who might be doubting the validity of Bandai Namco going around taking down these early streams, others have shown off different perspectives of the streams before they were taken down. Bandai Namco’s own US brand manager, Ryan Wagner, also got in on the fun, posting a tweet that read “Hello “NotEdgar123_”, accompanied by a clip ofDragon Ball Z’s Coolerbeating up Goku from the titular villain’s movie.
The streams of these earlySparking Zeroleaks reportedly didn’t show much before they were taken down. While the single-player campaign has a bunch of familiar faces and is retelling the story that fans have already seen multiple times, the real meat of what fans want to be surprised about isSparking Zero’s expansive “What If” scenarios. Despite the takedown, it appears that Edgar might be streaming under alternate accounts, and other leaked videos have been circulating too, so fans may want to err on the side of caution if they plan on going intoDragon Ball: Sparking Zerocompletely blind.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
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The fourth mainline entry of theBudokai Tenkachiseries,Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zerois an arena fighter developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco that features a whopping 181 character roster.
