Summary
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zeroplayers have spotted a reference to one of the most unlikely installments in the series: the infamous live-actionDragon Ball Evolutionmovie. Like theDragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichigames,Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerois chock full of Easter Eggs and nods to famous lines, memes, and events from across theDragon Ballfranchise. From non-canon movie villains being included as playable characters to humorous pre-fight dialogue, part of the fun ofDragon Ball: Sparking Zerois uncovering hidden references to variousDragon Ballmedia.
A piece of that media that fans would just as soon forget isDragon Ball Evolution, the 2009 attempt at a live-actionDragon Balladaptation. Loosely based onthe King Piccolo Sagafrom the originalDragon Ball,Evolutionwas a failure at the box office and was panned by critics and fans alike for its several drastic departures from the source material, among other issues. EvenDragon Ball’s creator, the late Akira Toriyama, expressed disappointment in how the movie adapted his work, although it did lead him to resume work on the franchise until his passing earlier this year.
As such, not many were expectingDragon Ball: Sparking Zeroto referenceDragon Ball Evolution, yet some players have uncovered a nod to the notorious live-action movie. As pointed out by Twitter user Burd14, Half-Corrupted Fused Zamasu says “Human power has failed before, and it will again!” during one of his special moves. While this exclamation is certainly on brand for the arrogant godlike being, Burd14 notes that Lord Piccolo uses this same line during the climax ofDragon Ball Evolution.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Sees Zamazu’s Voice Actor Reference His Past Dragon Ball Role
The significance of thisDragon Ball: Sparking ZeroEaster Egg is that James Marsters, the English voice actor for Zamasu and all of his forms,infamously portrayed Lord Piccolo inDragon Ball Evolution. Marsters has often expressed regret in how hisDragon Balldebut turned out, and has stated that he took the role of Zamasu inDragon Ball Superand other media as a way to “redeem himself with theDragon Ball Zcommunity.”
Marsters’s performance as Zamasu has since been praised byDragon Ballfans, and Twitter users have pointed out that Piccolo’sline fromDragon Ball Evolutionalso fits Zamasugiven his disdain for humans and mortals in general.Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerohas only been out for less than a week as of this writing, so there is a chance that players will find more Easter Eggs to the ill-rememberedDragon Ball Evolutionmovie among the game’s many nods to the widerDragon Ballfranchise.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
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