Well, he was just a teenager at the time.
Also, TIENCHA CONFIRMED!
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edited 19th May '16 7:21:39 AM by Rinsankajugin
A lot of people do. I was surprised to see Xenoverse receive flag for skipping Dodoria and Zarbon... despite it not needing to be a straight adaptation of the manga, and those two being very minor characters.
I can understand wanting them for games that try to faithfully adapt the games story, but it frustrates me that games that try to do something different are bogged down by requests for characters who would do little to help the developers' plans. And if they don't add anything to the game but their number on the roster, they're taking away from it. Because each additional character comes at a cost.
Slug is a little more understandable because he's not made playable very often - so both his fanbase and people who just want things shaken up a bit would like to see him return. I like him well enough, and think he's a welcome addition.
As for multiple variations of the same character... done poorly it's one of my biggest pet peeves with the games. They deceptively pad out the roster count and I hate that a game can have both Goku's Kaio-ken and Yardrat outfit without allowing them to be combined. You make the characters worse by splitting all their options up.
That said, Gohan's one case where it is justified because of the three main development stages he has in the story. You don't need anything more than those three, but I definitely appreciate all three being included. I think even Future Gohan can just be an alternate outfit for teen/adult Gohan because he'll always have two arms anyway and doesn't have much difference in gameplay. Hell, thanks to video games he even has all of present Gohan's forms bar Super Saiyan 4 (give it time...).
One thing I'd really like to see is a game with a (relatively) smaller roster but just go overboard with the options present to the characters that are in. So you can have base Majin Vegeta in his GT outfit because all those options are on the same character, stuff like that.
Yeah, unless they're willing to chop off his arm, Future Gohan doesn't need to be a separate character. He can be a skin and have whatever scant moves they come up with to give him added to Adult Gohan's pool.
More options are better than less.
edited 19th May '16 8:50:10 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Agreed. That's why I hope Xenoverse 2 allows for non-Ca Cs to be customized with their canon abilities and clothes, like Budokai did for Capsules. You don't need 12 Gokus when allowing the play to equip different skills and clothes is a batter option.
There is one justification in Xenoverse. His presence would've been meaningless to the story because he wouldn't have factored in.
Towa is very clearly evil and very clearly does not give a crap about Dabura.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariNot so meaningless. Regardless of how Towa feels towards Dabura, it would create an opportunity to find out how Dabura feels about her.
We know nothing about Dabura as anything but Babidi's loyal, mind-controlled slave. Interacting with Towa would give him a chance to be his own character.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.There are many flavors of dick.
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Yep, I'm standing by that phrasing. Kinda sad it wasn't a page-topper.
edited 19th May '16 1:57:47 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I care...Dabura is a character.
They should do something.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.My answer to that is: who the hell cares about Dabura's sister? Like, not even one of his race. His sister. Flesh and blood family. The only reason to cross that line is to flesh both characters out by their relationship with each other.
Instead, they're like, "Meet Towa, she's Dabura's SISTER but that don't matter none and could have been completely skipped over because it's totally irrelevant to everything ever. Might as well pretend we didn't say it."
edited 19th May '16 2:07:19 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Like, you remember that time Goku had a brother and it was a shocking reveal that was used to flesh out Goku's history?
The treatment Towa's received so far with her relationship to Dabura is like if Goku's brother had been Dodoria instead.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.But it was still important for their interaction. Raditz's disdain for humans contrasts with his determination to show Goku the error of his ways and bring him into the fold. But his callous treatment of Goku and Gohan also demonstrates that his family loyalty, if he even has any, only extends so far. He interacts with his family in a way that flavors his dick. He's more than just an evil conqueror; he's a brother straining to indoctrinate a worldview into his sibling.
Meanwhile, Goku's abrupt rejection of Raditz and everything that he stands for and completely lack of f*cks given towards killing him shows that Goku doesn't care about bonds of blood even one whit. He's never had them, he doesn't want them, they don't define him. It firmly establishes that he is Son Goku, child of Earth, and not Kakarot, child of Bardock, and he makes no apology for it.
Both characters were enhanced by being allowed to interact with each other and spring off each other. The relationship allows them to show different colors than they might under other circumstances because they're colors that wouldn't come up under any circumstances but this one. Characters aren't defined by what they do in a vacuum, they're defined by what they do to each other.
edited 19th May '16 2:19:27 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.

Aw shit, I just realized, Future Gohanks' hairstyle
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Do you think they'll use the other fusions featured in that old contest?
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edited 19th May '16 2:24:41 AM by Rinsankajugin