How to make Custom Battles in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerolets fans relive some great fights, and also create their own using Custom Battle mode.
From taking your fights online, to experiencing all the epic moments and enticing What-If scenarios of Episode Battle, there’s a lot of great content packed into Sparking Zero.
One of the biggest new features lets fans create their own unique battles. It can be a bit overwhelming at first, however, so we’ve got you covered with a detailed breakdown of exactly how it all works below.
All Custom Battle types
Once you enter the Custom Battle menu (reached via the Main Menu), there arethree Custom Battle optionsto choose from:
Before entering the edit screen, you’ll also be promoted to select akind of battlefrom several prompts that can give you a feel for the kind of fight you want:
Below we’ve broken down each edit type in more detail, and provided some screenshot examples of the editing process.
Simple Edit
Simple lets you choose yourcharacters, thebattle environment, and adjust thetitle screenby selecting a specific background image, and text.
It’s important to note that thecharacter selection was limitedwhen we were experimenting with this option. Overall it’s a more quick-fire way to create some fun scenarios for anyone who doesn’t want to delve too deep into the editor.
Normal Edit
Normal allows you toedit battles and event scenes however you want, making it ideal for those who want to dig into the finer details.
As well as the customizations mentioned above, you canadjust the opening and ending scenesfor your fights,set specific effectsandvictory conditions, andallow certain events to be triggeredduring the match.
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Some of the main effects and events that can be applied include:
You can also set Trigger conditions for these. For example, if you’d likeGoku to regain some HPwhen hetransforms into a Super Saiyan, you can do that!
In the example below, I aimed to recreate Kid Trunks and Goten’s World Tournament fight from the anime by using cuts and effects that were reminiscent of the show.
Due to the effects and conditions set, Goten and Trunks wereonly allowed to transform into Super Saiyan once(so they couldn’t again if the transformation was reversed), and Gotenhad to be defeated with a Blast attackfor Trunks to be victorious (this was as close as I could get to Trunks blasting him out of the ring in the anime).
As well as creating some cinematic cuts for the intro and outro (which included the pair clashing into one another, and Trunks knocking Goten across the arena) setting these conditions let me experience the battle in the closet possible way to the original anime.
Lastly, in Copy Edit you canedit copies of pre-existing battles.
These can either be your own creations you’d like to adjust, or you can dig into one of theBonus Battlesthe devs have included in Sparking Zero. Choosing this option simply duplicates an existing fight, and lets you tweak all the options mentioned above.
Sharing your Battles
Finally, once a custom battle has been made and you’re happy with it, you may share it byuploading it to the World Library. Once it’s been uploaded, other players can try it for themselves.
If your battle gets played a lot or receives many Likes, it could scorehigh in the Online Rankingsand you’ll berewarded with some Master Titles for your Player Card.
Before you can share a Custom Battle however you’llneed to be able to beat it first. So you won’t be able to create insanely difficult matches for other players to try unless you can come out of them victorious yourself.
Those are all the Custom Battle options available and what you’re able to do with them in Sparking Zero. For more on the game, check out our guides for thebest characters,how to find & use Dragon Balls, andhow to customize characters.
