There are various classes of characters with special abilities that alter the battle: In the game, a base character can have multiple "forms" to choose from on the character select screen (for example, Perfect Cell is a different "form" from 1st-form Cell, but they are both selected from the base Cell character). Unlike the Budokai series, there are no in-game transformations, but characters can also be selected from the get go in their initial transformation (for example, starting a battle in Super Saiyan, instead of base form). Although the engine is more like a typical third-person shooter, it is difficult to master. Many say that the game feels like a combination of the Budokai series and the game engine from Dragon Ball Z: The Legend for Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The game is quite different from the often-compared Budokai series it uses a "behind-the-back" camera perspective. While Sparking! features actual music from Dragon Ball Z (and two other pieces from the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT where appropriate) as composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, the American release of the game features recycled music from the Budokai series (composed in Japan by Kenji Yamamoto). The English version also uses a great deal of sound effects and background music made for the Budokai series.įurther confusing fans in North America, Atari's domestic release of the game does not feature the same music found in the original Japanese version. Speculation on the English re-title is that Atari chose to market the game as part of the Budokai series in order to capitalize on a pre-existing market of fans already familiar with said game series. Were it a true Budokai game, it would have been Dragon Ball Z 4 in Japan.
The game is also titled differently from the rest of the Budokai series in Japan. In addition to a completely different game engine, the game was developed by an entirely different company ( Spike as opposed to Dimps). The game is not considered a part of the Budokai series, despite its misleading title. In the series, the Tenka-ichi Budôkai is a gathering of fighters in a competition for glory, fame, and prize money. "Number One Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament" ).
The "Budokai Tenkaichi" title of the North American version is a rearranged version of Tenkaichi Budōkai ( 天下一武道会, lit. However, the opening theme to the game is the TV series' second opening theme, " We Gotta Power" (featured in the Japanese version the American and European versions includes a different, non-vocal song), which is also sung by Hironobu Kageyama. The " Sparking!" in the Japanese title references both the first and last word in the first opening theme to the Dragon Ball Z TV series, " Cha-La Head-Cha-La" (performed by Hironobu Kageyama).
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