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EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#8451: Oct 7th 2014 at 12:35:36 PM

Y'know, if you're gonna complain about the series, you could at least do some research first.

but HOW?
FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#8452: Oct 7th 2014 at 12:37:04 PM

DBZ is a shallow series about grunting and energy beams with barely any character development or logic

You just proved my point by saying that.

Irregardless, Dragon Ball is Wuxia. Granted if you've never watched a Wuxia film you wouldn't understand what that meant, but to anybody who has watched several Wuxia films or is big fan of the genre, they would label Dragon Ball as Wuxia immediately. It's the random, melodramatic, high flying action adventures of a group of martial arts heroes in a martial arts world in martial arts universe. That is true definition of Wuxia and Dragon Ball. End of story.

edited 7th Oct '14 12:45:37 PM by FireShadow

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#8453: Oct 7th 2014 at 2:50:27 PM

Was Piccolo really still just 1500 when he fused with Nail?

Nitpick, Piccolo was masking his power when his 1,220 reading was taken, Vegeta even says as much when he calls out to Nappa not to rely on the Scouter readings. According to Daizenshuu, Piccolo's actual battle power was 3,500, nearly as strong as Nappa himself.

That being said, while it's unknown how much Piccolo could have advanced on King Kai's planet, it can't have been substantial. He was only there for a few days, compared to Goku's months of training, and those months only raised Goku to 8,000. It's very unlikely that Piccolo even came close to Nail's incredible power level of 42,000, and the fact that combining the two resulted in a power level greater than 1,000,000 is just phenomenal, and a true testament to how utterly broken Namekian Fusion is.

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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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#8454: Oct 7th 2014 at 3:10:54 PM

Heh, I wonder how strong Piccolo would be if he fused with lord Slug.

FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#8455: Oct 7th 2014 at 3:21:38 PM

I'd imagine Piccolo's power level would be pushing Super Saiyan 2 if he fused with Lord Slug. I mean fusion between Namekians produces immense strength.

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#8456: Oct 7th 2014 at 3:33:18 PM

Yeah, I'd put his strength around Paikuhan level if he did that. Shame that he run out of Namekians to fuse with.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#8457: Oct 7th 2014 at 3:33:21 PM

Piccolo + Kami kept up with 17 and base Cell. Even with all the Power Creep, that's pretty impressive.

edited 7th Oct '14 3:33:28 PM by HamburgerTime

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#8458: Oct 7th 2014 at 3:35:39 PM

You know, if humans could use the same type of fusion namekians do, then even Krilin could keep being relevant until Buu Saga. Piccolo had it easy.

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#8459: Oct 7th 2014 at 4:59:36 PM

Seriously. Even with the tremendous gap in their powers, Namekian Fusing with Tien and Yamcha would shoot Krillin's power level through the roof.

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Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8460: Oct 7th 2014 at 5:45:13 PM
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EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#8461: Oct 7th 2014 at 6:58:23 PM

As someone who has himself read the manga and watched the series, I'm inclined to disbelieve you. :|

but HOW?
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#8462: Oct 7th 2014 at 7:41:57 PM

Man, ya guys take this series to seriously. It's an action comedy, have some fun with it.

Anyways, ya think DBH might have some influence on Xenoverse?

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#8463: Oct 7th 2014 at 8:08:13 PM

Possibly. Would be neat if it takes some inspiration from EVERYTHING. tongue

The manga, the anime, the movies, the specials, other video games, even GT.

It IS a Xenoverse, after all.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#8464: Oct 7th 2014 at 8:12:59 PM

DBH does have influence from just about everything in the franchise except for most of DB, the 2009 special, the Post-GT special, VRVS's Ozotto and some missing DBO elements. (which will be covered in the next mission series)

With DBXV, Dimps could just transfer many of the franchise's elements to the game though Heroes' middleman.

edited 7th Oct '14 8:14:22 PM by Rinsankajugin

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#8465: Oct 7th 2014 at 8:34:30 PM

So, question. Is Bardock considered canon to the manga? It seems unlikely to me Toriyama would allow the anime team to go over his head with something as major as the main character's parents.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#8466: Oct 7th 2014 at 9:28:45 PM

Toriyama liked Bardock and made him canon, basically.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#8467: Oct 8th 2014 at 1:03:33 AM

Depends on how you, personally, define canon. But Toriyama let the anime team create him, then redesigned him because he didn't resemble Goku (and Raditz had already said that he did in story) then included him for a panel.

But then there's DB Minus which gives him a different personality, slightly different design and completely different history, so the whole thing is a bit muddled.

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#8468: Oct 8th 2014 at 7:36:54 AM

Short version: Bardock the character is canon; Bardock the anime special is as canon as any of the anime filler, no more, no less.

edited 8th Oct '14 7:37:05 AM by TobiasDrake

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#8469: Oct 8th 2014 at 10:29:27 AM

Every character in DBH and the characters they haven't included yet.

A 193 character roster with 43 characters to go. (Not including What-If forms if they do more)

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#8470: Oct 8th 2014 at 10:42:26 AM

I still can't get over "Majin Baby Janemba".

It's Babidi controlling Baby controlling Janemba, who is an embodiment of evil controlling some poor ogre boy. It's like a Russian nesting doll of possession.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#8472: Oct 8th 2014 at 12:22:03 PM

[up] That link doesn't work.

Also, that Sergio guy I mentioned earlier is gonna reveal a list of characters who were found in the data of the beta tonight.

Bets on who ya think is gonna be in?

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#8473: Oct 8th 2014 at 1:45:13 PM

Majin SSJ 2 Semi-Perfect Baby Tiencha (Omega Shenron (Pikkon Absorbed) Absorbed) (Scouter)

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#8474: Oct 8th 2014 at 5:01:58 PM

You forgot to add a Kid at the beginning.


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