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While Sparking! features actual music from Dragon Ball Z (and two other pieces from the Dragon Ball franchise and Dragon Ball GT where appropriate) as composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, the American release of the game features recycled music from the Budokai series (composed in Japan by Kenji Yamamoto). The American version also uses a great deal of sound effects and background music from the Budokai series.įurther confusing fans in North America, Atari's domestic release of the game does not feature the same music found in the original Japanese version. A theory about the English re-title is that Atari chose to market the game as part of the Budokai series in order to capitalize on a pre-existing market of fans already familiar with said game series. If it was a true Budokai game in spirit, it would have been Dragon Ball Z 4 in Japan. The game is also titled differently from the rest of the Budokai series in Japan.

In addition to a completely different game engine, the game was developed by an entirely different company.

The game is not considered a part of the Budokai series, despite its misleading title. In the series, the Tenka-ichi Budōkai is a gathering of fighters in a competition for glory, fame, and prize money. The "Budokai Tenkaichi" title of the North American version is a rearranged version of Tenkaichi Budokai (天下一武道会, Tenka'ichi Budōkai roughly "Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament"). However, the opening theme to the game is the TV series' second opening, " We Gotta Power" (featured in the Japanese version the English version includes a different, non-vocal song), which is also performed by Kageyama.

The " Sparking!" in the Japanese title references the last lyric found in the chorus of the first opening theme to the Dragon Ball Z anime series, " Cha-La Head-Cha-La," performed by Hironobu Kageyama.