Thank you for playing DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO. 

We will be implementing an update to make the following adjustments on January 20th at 23:00 CET/ 14:00 PST for the following platforms: PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Steam®. Maintenance on all platforms will last approximately 1 hour.

To ensure a more enjoyable gameplay experience in DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, please make sure to apply the latest update file.

Version: 2008.007.003.005.004

Game Mode Adjustments:

Legendary Warrior Face-off (New): This mode, where you can face-off against an 
extremely powerful character, has been added for a limited time. (You cannot select 
this mode outside of the period.)

Functionality Adjustments:

• Episode Battle: It is now possible to change the difficulty even when using a Dragon 
  Orb.
• Custom Battle: More situations, effects, and text that you can set have been added.
• Player Match: 
  • Quick Match has been changed so that you do not enter a room and instead get immediately matched with an opponent.
  • We have also added "Quick Room Search" for Quick Match.
• Ranked Match: A wait time has been added before matching begins as a penalty based 
  on the number of times you have disconnected.
• Battle Setup: You can now see the controls explanation when selecting a character.
• Training: The option "Guarding After Attacks" has been added when playing against 
  a CPU.
  

Battle System Adjustments:

• Charge Attacks (Smash Attack or Rush Chain): You will no longer recoil while 
  charging when receiving a Rush Attack or Rush Ki Blast from an opponent in 
  Sparking! Mode.
• Rush Attack: It is now harder to mistakenly input a Smash Attack during Rush 
  Attacks.
• Grand Slash: Hitting an opponent that is falling from a Grand Slash with another 
  Grand Slash will now cause them to be blown away spinning.
• Rush Ki Blast: You will no longer be able to perform a High-Speed Evasion when 
  being hit.
• Smash Ki Blast: You will now be easier to hit when firing while moving.
• Perception/Super Perception:
  • A certain amount of Ki will now be consumed upon activation. 
  • After finishing the move, the time until the next action is able to be performed has 
    been increased.
• Super Counter: Time between being able to perform an input has been increased 
  after unsuccessfully performing the move.
• Speed Impact: The timing for being able to input again after the move finishes has 
  been made later.
• Chase Change: Damage from Giant Characters has been reduced when Chase Changing into them.
• Impact Recovery:
  • When blown back from Lift Strike, holding the button down will activate Impact 
    Recovery once you hit the ground.
  • Also, when blown back and spinning, holding the button down will activate Impact 
    Recovery once you hit the ground.

Skill Adjustments

• Overall Automatic Avoidance Skills (e.g., Wild Sense): The opponent will no longer 
  be able to use these skills when performing a combo and continuing the combo with a 
  Rush-In.
• Wild Sense: Attack damage has been reduced.
• Kaioken: Skill Count consumed has been reduced (only for Goku (Z - Early)).
• Ta-dah!: Skill Count consumed has been reduced.
• All I Need is Five Seconds!: Ki will be fully recovered.

Other

• User-friendliness and performance stability have been improved.

*The application of this update is required for online play.

*An internet connection is necessary to apply the update.

Stay tuned for more updates and enjoy your enhanced gameplay experience in DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO!