Lots of great games are discounted for Black Friday, but Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero might be this year's can't-miss deal.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is not a competitive fighting game by design. Its colossal character roster is purposefully unbalanced, its mechanics are abusable at almost any level, and many of its underlying systems are built for spectacle instead of technical depth.

Sparking Zero delivers a ton of what fans have wanted from a DBZ fighting game, including a humongous cast of characters. There are 180-plus fighters to choose from and nearly half need to be unlocked.

Sparking Zero is the best-selling game in the series, and the third best-selling Bandai Namco game behind Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3.

Sparking Zero has been out for less than two months, it's already built its legacy. Currently, the flashy fighting game is the best-selling Dragon Ball game ever released in the U.S. Sparking Zero is also "ranked third among all Bandai Namco Entertainment published titles in history,

"After just one month in market, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero became the best-selling Dragon Ball game in U.S. lifetime dollar sales," Piscatella writes. Even more insane, Sparking! Zero is now third in Bandai Namco's all-time US dollar sales rankings, trailing only Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3. That's a flabbergasting result for the publisher.

Sparking Zero sets an impressive new milestone a little over a month after its release, making history for the long-running franchise.

From perfecting Z Counters to unleashing seamless transformations, these tips will turn you into the ultimate Z Fighter in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero.

We're living in a golden age of new Dragon Ball games, and if you're looking to score a Black Friday discount on a recent release, you're in luck, as Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is just $50 currently.