Total number of characters without any Transformation, Fusion or Variations.

[WillTheRedPanda]

So I decided to count the actual total number of playable characters without any of their fancy transformations, fusions or variations like Goku(Early, Mid, End) and etc.

And that actual total count of characters playable in Sparking Zero is...

*Drumroll*

80! (Well, 79 if you minus Kid Trunks & 81 if you count Great Saiyan as an alter Ego Gohan) of 184. So yeah, that's something to know.

[I don't kill]

it's a gigantic number anyway, even if different forms have different gameplay, super, speed, combos ect

[RenegadeSpider]

Originally posted by WillTheRedPanda:

So I decided to count the actual total number of playable characters without any of their fancy transformations, fusions or variations like Goku(Early, Mid, End) and etc.

And that actual total count of characters playable in Sparking Zero is...

*Drumroll*

80! (Well, 79 if you minus Kid Trunks & 81 if you count Great Saiyan as an alter Ego Gohan) of 184. So yeah, that's something to know.

and no ♥♥♥♥♥ given from me, cause I played the OG BG games and this is exactly what I wanted and expected

[[ODT]Piccolo]

Without Beast Gohan, Ultimate Piccolo, Orange Piccolo, Spirit Fussion Vegeta, Ultra Ego Vegeta aka SH Vegeta, Perfect MUI Goku aka SH Goku, Teen Fat Gotenks and Black Freiza this could have been 89.

[Kamakura]

Still an impressive character count, like the number being "180+" is nuts to say, but to say 80 in general is a lot no matter the game. I'd almost bump that number up too with fusions, I personally lean on the side of them being unique enough, that even if they are just two established characters merged, even sharing some abilities, the name, look, and move set is often enough to stand out.

[TopToad]

Even then most every transformation comes with it's own moveset and specials which in my book is enough to count as it's own separate playable character

[Unrelenting End]

Which fighter will be the 'meta'?

[ｃｏｏｌｄｏｗｎ]

It's actually about the same number as bt3 as well. Which is crazy when you consider the difference between the 2 games.

[neilencio]

80+ is still impressive. Compare it to the roster of other recent fighting games:

Street Fighter 6: 26 (18 + 8 DLC characters so far)

Tekken 8: Currently 32, 4 characters by way of the character pass

Mortal Kombat 1: 24 base game, plus I think there are around 3 guest characters

Even Xenoverse 2 pales in comparison: It has 123 total playable characters, but that's including all of the variants and transformations. If we cut it down similar to the metric used for Sparking Zero, it's probably half that.

The only fighting game that comes to mind that has more than 80+ unique characters is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (89 unique characters to date).