Does Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero have cross-play?

Fans of the Dragon Ball franchise worldwide are excited about the release of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. Although the franchise has released a ton of games over the past few decades, the ones belonging to the fighting genre receive the most plaudits. Sparking Zero is all set to release on October 11, 2024.

A major doubt in the minds of Dragon Ball fans concerns the game's cross-play compatibilities. Cross-play, in gaming, means the freedom to play a title alongside your friends who are playing on a different gaming device. Although this feature is present in most modern games these days, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero lacks cross-play support.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero producer reveals more details

Producer Jun Furutani states it will be "difficult" to launch the game with cross-play support (Image via Bandai Namco)

During a recent interaction with IGN, producer Jun Furutani talked briefly about the game. After being questioned about cross-play support in Sparking Zero, Furutani admitted that making the game available for cross-play is currently difficult. However, he didn't deny the possibility of incorporating this feature in the future.

"The short professional answer is, yeah, there's a difficulty that we have to go through to get cross-play to work. So yeah, that's where we stand right now. And as for your question about future, obviously, we don't know yet, but yeah."

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Compatible platforms to play Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero

Sparking Zero will lack rollback netcode (Image via Bandai Namco)

Despite not providing cross-play support, Bandai Namco ensured the game would be available on all next-generation consoles. This means you can play the game on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, as well as on PC. Note that Sparking Zero is not available on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.

Apart from this, it will also lack another major feature that is pretty common in fighting games. Similar to its predecessor Dragon Ball: The Breakers, Sparking Zero will not have a rollback netcode, which can cause issues with input delays as well as stuttering in-game. Since Dragon Ball: The Breakers received an update to fix this issue, the same is expected in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero post-release.

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