Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Easter Egg References Classic Character From the Anime

Key Takeaways

• Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero includes Easter Eggs like a reference to the forgotten classic character Launch.
• The game’s menus feature fun interactions between characters like Goku, Krillin, and Android 18.
• Launch, a character with a split personality, is absent in Sparking Zero despite appearing in other recent Dragon Ball games.

Players can find an Easter Egg in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero that references the lovable Launch, a mostly forgotten but classic character from the original manga and anime series. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero finally launched earlier this October, after much anticipation and hype. Just like the original Budokai Tenkaichi games, many gamers are enjoying how it’s a massive love letter to Dragon Ball‘s history.

Sparking Zero features a number of smaller Easter Eggs and references, as the developers included a number of small details for fans to discover. Fans have found several unique character interactions between certain fighters, attack grab animations, and even a reference to the critically reviled Dragon Ball Evolution. While the game’s huge roster is a massive selling point for fans, there are also a few NPC characters like Chi-Chi and Bulma who can entertain gamers with their commentary in the encyclopedia. Even the menus of Sparking Zero can be fun to scroll through, as it features various characters interacting with each other.

One of the menus is for the shop, which allows players to unlock characters in Sparking Zero‘s roster or equip them with various ability items. For flavor, this menu is presented as Goku visiting Krillin, Master Roshi, and Android 18, the three all living on the turtle hermit’s island abode. If the player idles on the menu, Goku and Krillin will chime in with various quotes, such as Goku asking if Roshi is taking on any new Turtle School students, or how the house still looks the same as it always does. One of Krillin’s idle lines has him ask if anyone has seen Launch recently, a character first introduced in the original Dragon Ball manga and anime.

Who is Dragon Ball’s Launch?

Launch was first introduced in Chapter 26 of the original manga, or Episode 15 of the anime adaptation, and has a split personality that is triggered when she sneezes, switching between sweet or violent. Good Launch has blue hair, while Bad Launch has blonde hair. While Launch is a classic Dragon Ball character, she immediately falls out of focus from the series, where, after the original Dragon Ball, she only makes sporadic appearances in filler episodes of the DBZ anime and other media.

Launch’s sporadic appearances continue to this day, as she doesn’t appear to be in Sparking Zero, despite being featured in more recent Dragon Ball games like Dragon Ball: The Breakers and Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. In Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenakaichi 3, Launch was the Z-Item shop owner, switching between her good and bad sides at random. Since Android 18 and Bulma have essentially taken up shopkeeping duties in Sparking Zero, Krillin’s question of where Launch has gone off to is appropriate. Some fans are hoping Launch will make it in as a potential Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero DLC fighter.