Dragon Ball Sparking Zero finally allows one of my favorite characters, aka Piccolo, to come to the limelight and move out from the shadow of being a side character.
Thanks to his Sparking episode “A Mentor’s Guidance,” you can enjoy a really cool what-if scenario with Piccolo. As with any Sparking episode, you’ll first need to complete a specific task to trigger the episode. Then, you’ll need to complete the tasks according to their conditions to finish the episode and unlock different rewards in that process.
All A Mentor’s Guidance episodes Dragon Ball Sparking Zero
It’s pretty easy to trigger A Mentor’s Guidance (when compared to Goku Black’s Sparking episode, for instance). All you’ve to do is to help out Goku in his battle with Android 19. This moment also changes how the entire episode of Goku against the Androids plays out.
| Episode | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Rescue Goku | You ask Goku to leave and fight Android 19. Defeat them to complete the episode. |
| Androids vs Piccolo | Next, defeat the team of Android 16, 17, and 18, where you’ll need to fight Android 18. Reduce Android 18’s health to end the battle and make Gohan appear to help Piccolo. |
| Goku’s Request | This episode shows how Piccolo fuses with Kami to increase his powers to combat the Androids’ threats. This is followed by Goku asking Piccolo to help his son train and become more powerful. |
| Cell Transforms | Cell arrives and absorbs Android 17. You can’t completely defeat Cell so just reduce his health. |
| Training with Gohan | Return to the Hyperbolic chamber to train with Gohan. You’ll have to defeat Gohan to proceed to the next episode. |
| To the Cell Games Stage | Following an invitation from Cell, you get to fight as Piccolo. Reduce Cell’s health to trigger the final episode. |
| A Mentor’s Guidance | The final episode was a nightmare for me, as it’s very hard to defeat Cell. You’ll have to avoid taking as much damage as possible and charge up Piccolo’s Sparking meter. I tried to keep as much distance as possible and use the Ki attacks accordingly. Interestingly, Piccolo isn’t the one who defeats Cell, but I will leave that spoiler out. |
This is one of my favorite Sparking episodes, although I am biased towards Piccolo for sure. The very fact that he breaks the canon (quite obvious since it’s a Sparking episode) and steps up to combat the Androids is certainly a fanboy moment, and Dragon Ball Sparking Zero certainly does justice with a perfect execution.
