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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#61151: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:05:02 PM

[up][up] Like you said tho, that's no excuse for lazy writing. And yet, Shonen is still packed with terrible pairings :V

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#61152: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:09:44 PM

Honestly, you could say that about Goku and Chi Chi as well. Like Krillin and 18, they got together for a really dumb reason (because the author just threw them together). That being said, while the reason they got together was poor (a reward? C'mon Toriyama!) I've liked seeing them together. It's not like 18 has gotten weaker or anything (she's still stronger than her husband, even if the plot comes up with dumb reasons to keep her out of the fights), and I feel like their relationship has been really fun in Super as well.

I dislike Krillin basically saying "stay here with the kid like a good woman and don't forget dinner."

One of the better parts of GT for me was seeing Krillin with a hole blasted in him, I confess.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#61153: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:10:40 PM

If they bother to include pairings then they should make some effort to mae them decent.

They didn't have to put them there but because they did then they should try. As said theres never an excuse for crappy writing.

[up] I'm pretty sure thats not what he said.

edited 18th Jul '17 12:12:53 PM by slimcoder

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#61154: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:22:42 PM

You guys still on the Krillin thing from 3 days ago?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#61155: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:29:28 PM

Seeing characters in pain is one of life's joys...

I'd accept it...

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#61156: Jul 18th 2017 at 12:42:19 PM

You know I was just thinking about how Goku passed on Goten and Trunks entering this tournament because he didn't think they could act seriously, but Krillin ended up lasting a grand total of 17 minutes before getting eliminated because he was acting careless.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#61157: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:14:01 PM

Not even that. It's only been about five minutes.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#61158: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:15:28 PM

[up]

Krillin got careless because the plot needed him to be...even though someone as powerful as Frost really didn't need him to drop his guard to eliminate him, but there you go.

I dislike Krillin basically saying "stay here with the kid like a good woman and don't forget dinner."

I once again blame the plot for that. They didn't want 18 in the fight, so they forced a really poor reason and had Krillin give it. Again, not his fault that getting from point A to point B is more important than how they get there, or how much sense it makes for the character.

One of the better parts of GT for me was seeing Krillin with a hole blasted in him, I confess.

That...I don't disagree with. Obviously, my reasons for not hating it are different from yours (and possibly worse) but I still don't disagree.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#61159: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:21:18 PM

[up][up] I keep thinking the ToP is a full hour for some reason. Damn, that makes it worse. [lol]

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#61160: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:22:07 PM

Never understood why people feel the need for pairings in a Shonen.

The fighting should be the main focus, not romance.....I'm semi-okay with couples being terrible if the fighting is good.

Yeah, I know it's an excuse for lazy writing, but I was never that interested in pairings to begin with. I just want to see people punch each other......

When shows span years, decades (or in D Bs case it is 54 years from the Bardock special to the end of GT) its going to be a focus at some time. Also characters we have known and loved well need to get loved too.

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#61161: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:38:56 PM

Is anyone else expecting Dragon Ball FighterZ to be almost completely forgotten about shortly after launch, just like Extreme Butoden?

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#61162: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:41:31 PM

Nope.

I think it'll knock all the socks clean off.

All of the socks.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#61163: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:51:09 PM

I think Extreme Butouden was forgotten because it's shit. If FigtherZ isn't shit, it'll be remembered.

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hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#61164: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:59:07 PM

[up][up][up]

Kind of, yeah.

It doesn't look that appealing to me. Framerate looks...weird, even though I know it's 60fps.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#61165: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:59:12 PM

A 2D fighter with Dragon Ball characters is no longer very appealing to me after playing free-flying games... Will probably be decent, that's true.

BTW, Manga seems to have leaked, next month the new arc will be starting.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#61166: Jul 18th 2017 at 1:59:59 PM

Soooooo, I notice nobody posted it but the next chapter of the manga is leaking. And thank fucking christ, the arc is finally over.

Everything pretty much played out like it did in the Anime; Zeno comes, nukes everything, they go back, touching reunion and then Trunks and Mai peace out. There's a pretty cute scene of (Future) Mai feeding Trunks.

[up]Literally seconds you ninja'd me. SECONDS.

edited 18th Jul '17 2:01:15 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#61167: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:03:28 PM

This is the most buzz a Dragon Ball game has gotten outside of the Dragon Ball fandom in ages.

This song needs more love.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#61168: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:05:22 PM

Its getting a good amount of hype & if the fighting mechanics are great then the fighting game community won't forget it.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#61169: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:05:39 PM

No, because Fighter Z and Extreme Butoden are totally diffrrent games and Fighter Z has nuch higher production values.

Given the extreme hype, it only needs to play how it is advertised to be well received. This isn't like the usual games that are targetting the demographic that want a huge roster, fanservice, accuracy to the show etc.

It's filling a niche that other games don't. DB fans who are also hardcore fighting fans is a pretty specific niche, but we've always known that they're there and Fighter Z has also drawn attention from non-DB fans as well for the fighting system.

Super Dragon Ball Z is still fondly remembered for providing something the other games don't. This looks to be better in every aspect.

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#61170: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:07:19 PM

Apparently in the manga Toyotarou took Goku's touching reunion with Chi-Chi and Goten and gave that moment to Vegeta with Trunks and Bulma instead, almost shot for shot. Kind of a dick move, really.

I can't wait to see the inevitable gameplay of the Trio De Dangers in every Dragon Ball fighting game ever in the near future, because they're practically tailor-made as characters for fighting games.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#61171: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:09:28 PM

Which is funny since Super Dragon Ball Z was mostly overlooked at the time due to being out between the Tenkaichi games. I wasn't as big a fighting game fan as I was now, so it was pretty much ignored among the casual DB community.

But yea, Fighter Z has a pretty big name attached to it and Bamco are basically trying to finally make it into a real competitive game. Dragon Ball games tend to have metagames, but the mechanics are usually too jank for people to play it seriously for too long and developers never really expressed interest in making it competitive.

[up]I highly doubt they're going to be in Fighter Z. Xenoverse possibly, but not Fighter Z.

edited 18th Jul '17 2:10:41 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#61172: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:10:16 PM

I think it'll knock all the socks clean off.

All of the socks.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#61173: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:11:08 PM

Bamco never takes anti-cheating measures and never bans people for doing so, that will kill the top of the community before it gets started like it did with xenoverse.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#61174: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:11:33 PM

[up][up]

...

See, I had a funny comment about you using that meme, but I'm more concerned with why Piccolo sounds even more constipated than usual in that clip.

edited 18th Jul '17 2:11:49 PM by HandsomeRob

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#61175: Jul 18th 2017 at 2:12:13 PM

[up][up][up][up]Yeah, I didn't mean THAT near future. They might get in as DLC, but I doubt it. I just meant like Xenoverse 3 onwards.

edited 18th Jul '17 2:12:52 PM by PushoverMediaCritic


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