Recent comments from a high-ranking official at Bandai Namco seem to indicate that Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will include characters from the original Dragon Ball anime series. While Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will have the biggest roster of any game from the franchise to date, not every character has been revealed yet, though all the previously announced ones hail from Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Ball Super.
The announced roster for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero already contains 100 different fighters from across the two anime series, including several variations on some characters, especially Saiyans. However, 164 playable fighters have been promised, leaving a lot of question marks as to which characters will fill the remaining unannounced slots.
The beginner's guide for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero shows that it will be possible to alter the appearance of characters as well as their stats.
Some of those characters may come from the original Dragon Ball, if the words of David Edmundson, marketing director at Bandai Namco, hold true. While being interviewed by IGN at San Diego Comic Con, Edmundson began talking about all the fun fantasy match-ups that players will be able to devise, such as pitting Goku against Gohan in...