Manga/Dragon Ball

Would the Pride Troopers be better if they wore different uniforms from each other and capes?

edited 15th Jan '18 10:32:53 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

Since they're based off sentai, I don't think so. If they were based on American heros, it'd make more sense, but i dont think toriyama or toei have enough familiarity for that

Then again while I have not seen many Sentai, mostly Power Rangers there is usually some visual diversity in the uniforms.

Its actually a bit odd how their all wearing the same outfit with no variation & generally have the same body type at least on the guys.

If they were inspired by Western heroes more the Legion of Superheroes would be a cool basis.

edited 15th Jan '18 10:41:47 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

~Saiga: Nice, I'm always up for Ultimate Universe-style interpretations. Remind me of TDC's Dragon Ball Redux in the same vein, but with the more ambitious task of trying to fit the non-canon material (like Heroes or the movies) in a streamlined timeline.

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It's funny you excluded Toyotaro because his version of the Pride Troopers come off more like Westernized superheroes (a rowdy bunch of individuals who come together for a common goal, ala Justice League or The Avengers).

edited 15th Jan '18 11:49:56 PM by XMenMutant22

Here's an interesting video from Geekdom 101 deconstructing Vegeta going SSB2. It's actually pretty interesting, he argues that Vegeta is going through some important character development as a person here. He's coming to terms with himself as a person, that he can be someone who's motivated by pride in himself and his people, but also that he can be someone motivated by a desire to protect and preserve those people, the Saiyans. Caring about protecting the Saiyans is also something new to Vegeta, and it's a great bit of development to have his big moment stem from that instead of his pride.

Character development?

Ya mean he's going to get to End of Z Veggie?

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Can't say it would make them better. Easier to differentiate though. I wouldn't mind if they all had their own personal modifications to their uniforms.

I think it'd be cooler if Zoiray had a tornado on his uniform, Cocotte had a bubble, and Tupper had a weight.

Also physical differences.

Make the dinosaur guy look more reptilian like having raptor legs, give the the stone guy a bulky rock monster-ish body ala the Thing with like pauldrens coming out of his arms, & make the bug guy look more well like an insect in general or amphibian after looking at him now.

Again it annoys me how they mostly have the same body-type which is funny to say concerning guys.

edited 16th Jan '18 1:41:54 AM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

I actually like that Tupper looks like a normal blue guy with a mustache until he transforms into his rock form. I also think the humanoid look works for Kunshi, Zoiray, and Kahseral.

I do agree that Vuon could've used raptorial legs and a tail and Kettol could've used some alterations.

Well he can look like a normal blue just become more rocky & bulky in his transformed state.

Ya gotta go all out with this, its about the pizzazz.

This is some Legion of Superheros motherfuckers we dealing with.

...... So yeah I think uniform variations would make up for it.

edited 16th Jan '18 2:06:10 AM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

Just make it so that the team of SUPERHEROES isn't entirely clad in RED AND BLACK and we're good.

oh my god

Kuririn's win quote against 18 in Fighterz

is the Resurrection F 'get back in the kitchen' scene

......... Huh.

Wow.

Prolly should have changed that.

edited 16th Jan '18 4:55:09 AM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

For fuck's sake...

Of all the things to joke about.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

I think it works great as a Bond One-Liner. A great way to re-use dialogue previously seen as tasteless and make it hilarious and awesome.

edited 16th Jan '18 5:02:14 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

Firestorm in.. 3... 2... 1...

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

No, it makes it even more tasteless.

A better joke & usage of the line in my opinion would have been 18 telling Krillin to go to the kitchen.

Its fitting.

Especially since Krillen is the one who does the actual cooking in the house.

edited 16th Jan '18 5:07:33 AM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

The only way it could be awesome is as a 'take that' to RF/Super.

But I know it isn't intended that way.

But it's still bloody hilarious to use that as their special interaction

That is the summation of their relationship

A lot of the dialogue between characters in FighterZ is tongue-in-cheek and referential. Xenoverse did the same thing, it made really stupid and goofy references to stuff in the fandom. Hell, Xenoverse had TFS doing multiple Gag Dub voices for the Create-a-Character system. I don't know why people expected FighterZ to be above such nonsense.

It's also a really clever and meta usage of the line. The original line was seen by many as Krillin being a misogynistic asshole putting 18 'in her place'. It was re-used as win dialogue after Krillin puts 18 'in her place' by beating her in a fight. Does it paint Krillin as a massive asshole? Definitely. Is it hilarious, knowing the context? Also definitely. It's not like the game is canon or anything, they can have the characters act out-of-character for the sake of a joke. Xenoverse did, frequently.

edited 16th Jan '18 5:20:11 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

Is there a place where I can find all those win quotes?

See, I don't think the intention here is to make Kuririn look like an asshole. I think it's meant to be a shoutout without much thought put into it, or worse a shout out to something they expect you to take as a cool moment for him.

There is a very definite possibility that they want the player on the side of Kuririn putting 18 in her place.

I highly doubt the makers think about invoking Crossing the Line Twice and not just blindly calling back to that moment because it happened in the anime. Super is basically doing that.