Dragon Ball Fans Want Akira Toriyama's Avatar To Be Playable In Sparking Zero

Dragon Ball fans want to see Akira Toriyama's Robotoriyama avatar (also known as Toripo for the few of you who played Blue Dragon) appear in Sparking Zero after the creator's unfortunate passing earlier this week.

If you're a Dragon Ball, Sand Land, or Dr Slump fan, then this week has undoubtedly been a pretty heavy and emotional one following the surprising passing of series creator and manga legend Akira Toriyama earlier this week. To make things a little easier on themselves, fans have been finding special ways to pay tribute to Toriyama, such as holding vigils in Xenoverse 2 and Final Fantasy 14.

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Dragon Ball fans have even started thinking of some interesting ways that future games in the franchise could pay tribute to Toriyama. One such idea comes from Redditor Cosmic-Chen, who posted a picture of Robotoriyama (Toriyama's robot stand-in) on the Budokai Tenkaichi subreddit and suggested that making him a playable character would be a nice way to pay tribute to a legend.

The post has quickly become one of the most up-voted on the Budokai Tenkaichi subreddit, with lots of fans agreeing that the idea has some potential, even if it is a little unlikely considering the stacked roster. Some of the comments underneath the thread suggest making him incredibly overpowered to represent his strength as the creator, and even making him take out enemies in one hit but not be playable online.

Although it seems the majority of fans would be happy with a playable cameo, others have suggested that it might be a bit much to be able to fight him now that he's gone, and that it might be more fitting to have him as one of the menu characters. My favourite suggestion of the bunch comes from average_lazy_mf, who suggested that Robotoriyama take over Chi-Chi's commentary from Budokai Tenkaichi 3.

If not Robotoriyama, then some fans have suggested that just putting in some of the Dr Slump characters like Arale and maybe even Beezlebub from Sand Land would be enough of a tribute to his work.

This wouldn't be the first time that Akira Toriyama's avatar has appeared in a game before. Not only did he appear in Blue Dragon as Toripo, but he's also a playable character in Dragon Ball Heroes.

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