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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#8801: Nov 8th 2014 at 1:43:56 PM

Yeah, the only new material that came out since then would be the OVA with Tarble and Battle of Gods.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#8802: Nov 8th 2014 at 3:30:03 PM

I don't think anyone said he was hated, just mocked as a joke. And he is.

That probably contributes to his popularity - he's memetic as fuck.

Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
I say things.
#8803: Nov 8th 2014 at 3:46:07 PM

Yeah, what Saiga said. I know Yamcha's death pose is a megameme in Japanland.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8804: Nov 8th 2014 at 6:07:06 PM

So I'm back with more PL questions...

So I think the best thing Kai did was Goku vs. Freeza and I was rewatching that but it made me curious.

Freeza before Kaioken x 20 = less than 50%

Does he start to use 50% or more after this? He doesn't say anything about it in the anime. Maybe he does in the manga. But Goku was so tapped after that technique that Freeza even at the original Z dub 1% probably could have kicked his ass. Hence why I'm not sure if he powered up any or not.

Kinda relates to my question on Kanzenshuu about how strong the Spirit Bomb was....

But wait, Freeza 50% is 60,000.000. Goku with Kaioken x 20 + Kamehameha must be over 60,000.000 and all it did was kinda burn Freeza's hands..

edited 8th Nov '14 6:11:03 PM by Nikkolas

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#8805: Nov 8th 2014 at 6:30:27 PM

Freeza did up his power at some stage, against Super Saiyan Goku he was at 70% and didn't specify when he increased it. Heavily implied to be when he blocked the Kaio-ken x20 Kamehameha, given that Goku realizes Freeza actually was still holding back after seeing Freeza block it. In other words, Goku expected the Kamehameha to do more because he thought Freeza wasn't really holding back.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#8806: Nov 11th 2014 at 1:21:58 AM

Apparently the 2 secret cards of this DBH mission are SSJ4 Goku and Broly who have a new gameplay mechanic- the user can transform more than once a battle. (i.e. LSSJ Broly becomes LSSJ3 and then LSSJ4 in the same match)

edited 11th Nov '14 1:22:14 AM by Rinsankajugin

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8807: Nov 11th 2014 at 1:40:05 AM

My re-watch of GT....

1. I forgot about Dr. Myuu being a Space German.

2. General Rildo, for being the first legitimate (sort of) threat to Goku, sure had one of the shittiest, most anticlimactic ends.

3. Is it wrong that I like Baby's dub VA?

4. I'm not at that part yet but you would have thought Baby should have stuck with Gohan instead of possessing Vegeta. IIRC he possessed Goten then Gohan and theN Vegeta? I dunno, it's just something I'm thinking about and waiting for that episode.

5. The Japanese score really does help.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#8809: Nov 11th 2014 at 6:27:25 AM

So, based on the translated lyrics in the description, I think Vegeta should have his own cooking show.

I love that he hates carrots.

maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
Mad Scientist Wannabe
#8810: Nov 11th 2014 at 7:03:05 AM

That's even better than how the Ginyu Force's image song is about how they're not going to share their parfait with you.

Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
I say things.
#8811: Nov 14th 2014 at 5:49:36 PM

Is there any particular reason for the theme naming of Raditz's attacks in video games? Double Sunday, Saturday Crush etc.

edited 14th Nov '14 5:49:47 PM by Cruherrx

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#8812: Nov 14th 2014 at 5:57:50 PM

Double Sunday is because as we all know, entire cities are vacant on Sundays, and he's making you vacant by destroying you twice over.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#8813: Nov 14th 2014 at 6:17:01 PM

[up][up] Budokai started it because they used theme naming for all the characters, and DIMPS continued to use it even when they cut most of the attacks with theme naming. That's also where Freeza's "Death" theme comes from.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#8814: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:09:10 PM

They also gave Attack Names to things that weren't even attacks, just characters being awesome. Goku's Meteor Combination, for instance.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#8815: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:11:15 PM

I don't think the games really try to pass that off as being an in-universe name/technique (unlike the wiki), but they do need a way to categorize it. Especially when you're able to change your moves around.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8816: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:16:14 PM

Having finished GT, I liked the name for the villains moves.

Revenge Death Ball is awesome.

Now it is time to name your favorite technique name.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#8817: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:19:24 PM

English names or original japanese names?

One Strip! One Strip!
maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
Mad Scientist Wannabe
#8818: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:34:02 PM

[up][up]Mekkasep-mekkasneppu-ah, screw it, SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!

edited 14th Nov '14 10:34:35 PM by maxwellelvis

Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#8819: Nov 14th 2014 at 10:53:51 PM

It's Makankōsappō.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#8820: Nov 15th 2014 at 1:29:48 AM

Galick Gun sounds pretty cool, but Dynamite Monday sounds like the best way to ruin an opponent's week.

Also, any else feel like Garlic Jr was the worst arc villain of the series? The whole evil fog was flat out stupid.

edited 15th Nov '14 1:31:59 AM by Vertigo_High

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8821: Nov 15th 2014 at 1:38:22 AM

@Rob:

Either or.

[up] The "Sacred Water" they used o cure the Baby-infected Earth iN GT is based on the Garlic Jr. Saga, right? The only thing I remember about that shitpile was Kami being tortured by the previous Guardians and I think he was doing it to get said water.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#8822: Nov 15th 2014 at 1:39:44 AM

They should have called his ulitame "Bloody Sunday".

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#8824: Nov 15th 2014 at 7:59:35 AM

Favorite technique? Mr. Satan's Dynamite Punch, of course. Who else has an attack so classy that it actually features a time-delay effect, yet so powerful that even the androids and - it's implied in the epilogue - Majin Buu and the Saiyans are powerless against its might?

Clearly, Mr. Satan's ultimate technique is THE ultimate technique ever conceived in the universe, and the only attack worthy of our champion.

edited 15th Nov '14 8:00:13 AM by TobiasDrake

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Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8825: Nov 15th 2014 at 9:33:49 AM

The Dragonballs kill drama.

Goku can't escape Namek. EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT! OH NO WHAT WILL HAPPEN GOKU IS GONNA DIE!

Oh wait, we have magic wish-granting balls. He can be blown the fuck up and we'll just revive him in a few months. Guess there's no reason at all to be worried. Just let everyone fucking die and they'll be back good as new in no time.

As I said, it gets so the point that the remaining humans alive on Earth are used just to buy time for our heroes because that's how utterly trivial and meaningless death is in this series. They'll all be wished back later on so no loss.

edited 15th Nov '14 9:35:03 AM by Nikkolas


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