Sparking Zero has a sneaky Dragon Ball Evolution Easter egg.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has a few references to Dragon Ball Evolution, which is widely considered the worst thing the franchise has ever done.

I'm as close to a die-hard Dragon Ball fan as you can get, but I know the series isn't always in its final form. Dragon Ball GT is a bit confusing overall, the first half of Super is pointless and poorly animated, and Dragon Ball Z throws away too many characters to focus on Goku and Vegeta. Still, all of these minor mistakes are nothing compared to the biggest ones.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's story mode almost turned me into a Super Saiyan.

Even if you've played the original Budokai Tenkaichi game, you wouldn't know how challenging Sparking Zero's story mode is.

Of course, I'm talking about Dragon Ball Evolution, a terrible live-action adaptation of the manga and anime that was released in 2009 to universal hate. There are too many problems with Evolution to go into here, but it's safe to say that this is one of the rare cases where fans truly agree that something is terrible.

Dragon Ball Evolution is mentioned in Sparking Zero.

That fact hasn't changed in the 15 years since Evolution was first released, but some of Sparking Zero's developers and writers seem to have at least some attachment to it. As pointed out by Twitter user Burd014:In Goku Black's episodic battle, the player takes control of Merged Zamasu, who spends most of the battle in a very long monologue.

Most of his dialogue is taken directly from Super, but he does have a very interesting line when fighting Future Trunks, saying “The power of humanity has failed before and will again.” It may seem like a typical villain line, but it's actually a direct reference to what Demon King Piccolo said to Goku before their fight in Dragon Ball Evolution.

This is a layered Easter egg that goes beyond simply referencing evolution. For those of you who don't know, James Marsters played the role of Piccolo in the live-action film, and he received a lot of love for the series as a whole. He eventually got the chance to rewrite history by playing Zamasu in Dragon Ball: Super, which was especially interesting given that his character speaks.

Considering all of James Marsters, it's clear that this is an intentional reference to Dragon Ball Evolution. As voice actor (and Frieza's voice actor!) Daman Mills acknowledged on Twitter:. Even at Dragon Ball's worst, Sparking Zero seems to have a place.

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