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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#46526: Nov 15th 2016 at 11:53:34 AM

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46527: Nov 15th 2016 at 11:54:08 AM

I derail this argument to bring you exciting news! Webfoot is currently working on The Legacy of Goku 4!

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#46528: Nov 15th 2016 at 11:54:14 AM

Well, I wouldn't even say he kickstarted the Android Arc. Most of it would have happened exactly as it did the manga if he'd never come back in time.

He just put things on a slightly different path.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46529: Nov 15th 2016 at 11:57:00 AM

How is he the main character of the arc?

...because this arc focuses largely on Trunks's perspective, and we spend a great deal of time watching him talk with Mai and the two of them holding onto hope for things to get better? Trunks is the one who set off the chain of events that led to the main antagonist's existence. Trunks is the one whose setting is being ravaged by Black and Zamasu's actions. Trunks is the one who gains new powers in this arc. Trunks is the one who undergoes major character development in this arc while Goku and Vegeta are mainly there as bouncers.

I mean if he isn't the main character then I don't know who is. Maybe not the "main" character but a pivotal one-

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edit: Ugh. Bleh. No.

The art style. It's... the fun of those games was in the chibi sprite graphics. If you update them to solid 3D-imensional sprites you'll ruin it. Stop.

edited 15th Nov '16 12:01:19 PM by Soble

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#46530: Nov 15th 2016 at 11:59:49 AM

He's the main character because it's literally his story and he's the one who initiated the plot. The main focus of the arc is him trying to find a way to beat Black, even if it is enlisting help from others.

Its not exactly like in Z because there was explicit focus on other characters besides Trunks, and even then, Trunks is the one who kick starts the arc to begin with.

Just because he's weaker than Goku or Vegeta doesn't mean the story stopped focusing on him.

But the focus wasn't on Trunks for most of the time. And the villains were an evil version of Goku and a kaioshin who became obsessed with Goku after losing a fight with him. If they wanted to convey "this is not like the last time Trunks showed up, this time it's really all about him!" they dropped the ball on that.

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#46531: Nov 15th 2016 at 12:26:09 PM

LEGACY OF GOKU 4?!

*literally throws money at screen*

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#46532: Nov 15th 2016 at 12:26:12 PM

That's beside the point, the focus is still primarily on Trunks, even if it does shift to other characters occasionally. I don't really think they failed at conveying Trunks was the primary character of the whole thing, its just that he wasn't the only character involved.

Obviously Goku and Vegeta are major players too, but neither of them really have an arc going on throughout the story like Trunks does.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#46533: Nov 15th 2016 at 12:41:06 PM

I dunno, every time I think of the Legacy of Goku series, I flash back to the first one. It reminds me that sometimes, videogame companies make shitty games... turn around, realize they made shit, and then make another one that's way better.

edited 15th Nov '16 12:41:35 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#46534: Nov 15th 2016 at 12:48:20 PM

Really, this is probably going to depend on the manga. Knowing the original story comes from an 'outline' by Toriyama we're probably never going to see, it's only really the overlap that makes us sure as to what was the fault of the story itself and what the fault of Toei adding too much fluff as usual.

Like, I can totally imagine the outline saying "Zamasu fuses but isn't immortal anymore because he merged with the mortal Goku Black, Goku and Vegeta try to fight him but eventually fail, Trunks steps in and finishes him off".

Vegetto felt very shoved-in there last-minute, and so did the whole Trunks Genkidama thing. Like they knew they wanted Trunks to slice him in half, but they weren't exactly sure how they were going to make it happen. So they went all 11th-Hour Superpower Power of Friendship Shojo ending.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#46535: Nov 15th 2016 at 12:50:37 PM

[up][up] And then some sequels decide to make you do a stupid fucking egg escort mission that's literally impossible and ruin the entire thing.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#46536: Nov 15th 2016 at 12:54:27 PM

Just be like me and use a game shark to get past all of that :V

.....Man, I hated the Legacy of Goku series the first time around; I asked my stepdad to buy it on our trip to New Orleans and it was so monotonous.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46537: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:01:23 PM

I've never played the first game but Legacy of Goku II and Buu's Fury are amazing games.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#46538: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:10:41 PM

Super DBH Gameplay Trailer:

Shows off a ton of new characters and forms, such as Demon Goddess Towa and her soldiers, Demonic Frieza, Time Patrol Vegeks, Merged Zamasu, Oozaru Raditz, Bulma and Zeno.

Also thanks to previous leaks, we know SSJB Vegetto, SSJ Vegeks and SSJ Raditz are also coming.

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#46539: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:12:53 PM

The first game's so bad. It takes you forever to accomplish anything, the movement is awkward, and you get killed by fucking snakes.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#46541: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:18:27 PM

Competing with Pokemon? That'll hurt.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#46542: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:21:46 PM

That was an extremely poor choice. They might be trying to kill the Franchise in the west before it even becomes one. It's not uncommon for spiteful executives...

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#46543: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:33:30 PM

I almost spat out my drink at Legacy of Goku 4. What a time to be alive.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#46544: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:38:27 PM

At least it's not the same day as Pokemon as some people expected, plus maybe being closer to Black Friday might be a good idea.

I know I'm definitely gonna get that game.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#46545: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:40:42 PM

Being closer to the time when people are buying Christmas Gifts in general is a good idea.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#46546: Nov 15th 2016 at 1:46:01 PM

I had a fun time with Extreme Butoden and that only had 25 playable characters. Fusions has 270 playable characters, and that's not including any of the hundreds upon thousands of fusions.

I really hope other people in my area get it, I wanna make some wacky streetpass fusions.

edited 15th Nov '16 1:47:02 PM by Rinsankajugin

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#46547: Nov 15th 2016 at 2:12:48 PM

I've played all three Legacy of Goku's, and I still own 2 and Buu's Fury and play them occasionally, and while all three do have their bullshit tedium moments (the journey to get to Raditz and the Namekian Temple in 1, the endless fetch quests to get rid of Hercule's parade to unlock Piccolo and finding Gero's lab, including that terrible egg-carrying puzzle in 2, and Babidi's spaceship and Trunks and Goten's quest to get all 7 Dragon Balls from 7 unique dungeons in Buu's Fury), gameplay-wise, mechanics-wise, art-wise, and writing-wise, 2 is miles ahead of 1, and Buu's Fury is a couple steps ahead of 2.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46548: Nov 15th 2016 at 2:22:54 PM

I never beat the first one because I got stuck on Namek. I forget what it was but I never fought Freeza. My game went missing after that and I wasn't able to find a replacement. :(

The first game's so bad. It takes you forever to accomplish anything, the movement is awkward, and you get killed by fucking snakes.

Yeah but you also get to punch squirrels. All the animals were infected by the Black Water Mist IIRC. This is quite possibly the only time a video game has ever forced me to farm levels by punching and disintegrating squirrels.

And equally amusing moments like Gohan being forced to start a Mr. Satan parade in order to get to Piccolo, who is standing literally ten feet away and Gohan could've easily flown over or pushed his way towards. Ah video game mechanics.

And that BS sidequest where you had to grab all the things so you could play as Hercule.

My favorite thing was using the Scouter option to read everybody's power levels (shut up) and writing them down in a notebook for later analysis. And my other favorite thing was how Goku starts at Level 50 in Buu's Fury so you don't feel like a schmuck for maxing him in the previous game.

edited 15th Nov '16 2:27:10 PM by Soble

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#46549: Nov 15th 2016 at 2:24:45 PM

Don't forget finding those goddamn artifacts on Namek just to get to the Ginyu force fight.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46550: Nov 15th 2016 at 2:27:39 PM

That might have been what I was stuck on actually...

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