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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#89426: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:04:35 PM

I wouldn't say either are smart names.

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#89427: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:06:30 PM

I mean, it's not like Super Saiyan is the most creative name either. Actually, I never realized this before, but it's literally a copy of Superman. Super + person.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#89428: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:14:03 PM

It's not "literally" a copy of Superman.

...Or figuratively for that matter. Superman doesn't have a trademark on the prefix "Super", else Super Mario and the Super Nintendo are in the same boat.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89429: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:16:11 PM

It’s at least simple which isn’t bad.

Blue is just a fucking mouthful to say.

And God feels more like it should be Saiyan God that Super Saiyan God.

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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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#89430: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:17:16 PM

Well, then the point changes to "Super is a generic and overused adjective to describe something as awesome".

[up]Blue is a mouthful? Blue? The one syllable word?

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 10th 2018 at 11:18:15 AM

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#89431: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:17:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knuMrC6btFU

I just watched this video which was talking about everything that Dragon Ball GT got wrong. The top one was making Goku a child again. I do like this point they made with the decision when it comes to Toriyama going with the decision to make Goku grow up. As said before, a lot of shonen with kid heroes tend to have the protagonist remain kids throughout the run, except if it's the epilogue like Naruto. There can be timeskips, but Goku slowly over the course of the story grows up and as the video say you could imagine how that would have gone over with people who were there at the very beginning. And now these days Goku's adult form is the most iconic image of the character, especially in the West.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#89432: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:25:37 PM

That's not true, Super can also be used to describe things that are terrible.

But yes, the original Super Saiyan is generically named, and not elaborated on a whole lot. Which makes it difficult to spin off multiple concepts from it without a more solid foundation.

Edited by Saiga on Nov 11th 2018 at 4:26:21 AM

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#89433: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:04:15 PM

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I think he meant Blue as in "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan". That is indeed a mouthful to say...but no one really calls it that anymore.....right? Everyone just calls it SSB. Or Blue.

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#89434: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:06:07 PM

My initial complaint was that games and merch still do use Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, or SSGSS, even when Super Saiyan Blue has been the official name for like two years now.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 10th 2018 at 12:06:19 PM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89435: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:12:00 PM

Yeah I meant Blue’s actual long-winded name, not the shorthand.

It’s so long even Frieza was disgusted when he said it. tongue

[up] They really should just use Blue.

Edited by slimcoder on Nov 10th 2018 at 11:12:23 AM

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#89436: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:19:02 PM

I agree. It's jarring to hear Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan being used, since that name is all but gone in all other aspects. I've also totally gotten used to Super Saiyan Blue as a name, and I like it much better than SSGSS.

By the way, does anyone know why they're changing "Majin Vegeta" to "Prince of Destruction Vegeta"?

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#89437: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:21:26 PM

SSB Goku, SSB Vegeta and Golden Frieza were finally revealed for Jump Force as their ultimate awakenings (transformations):

Previously they just had Super Saiyan and 100% Full Power. Note that SSB Goku can use a SSB Kaioken Attack.

Edited by Rinsankajugin on Nov 10th 2018 at 1:25:46 PM

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#89438: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:22:32 PM

[lol]Man, within the first 5 seconds, too!

You know, I actually prefer the name "Galactic Gun" over "Galick Gun", even if it was obviously a flub.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 10th 2018 at 12:25:18 PM

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#89439: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:26:52 PM

I do wonder if Trunks, Goten, and Gohan could go Blue Super Saiyan.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#89440: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:28:56 PM

I wouldn't say that Super is terrible. I'm waiting until I've seen all of the episodes to determine how I feel about it.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#89441: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:34:25 PM

I think there are parts of super that are bad and also parts that are good as hell.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89442: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:38:31 PM

I don't think they actually got any new attacks or combat animations in those transformations.

[up][up] Wait what is this in response too?

Edited by slimcoder on Nov 10th 2018 at 11:39:11 AM

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#89443: Nov 10th 2018 at 11:41:56 PM

[up] It's kinda weird. Super Saiyan Goku replaces Kaioken Attack with Meteor Combination, but SSB Goku brings it back to make a temporary Blue Kaioken Attack. I wonder if his ultimate will change.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#89444: Nov 11th 2018 at 12:07:11 AM

By the way, does anyone know why they're changing "Majin Vegeta" to "Prince of Destruction Vegeta"?

Hakai Ouji Vegeta has been used on merchandise before, but it appears to be much less common than Maouji (Demon Prince) Vegeta that has been used in guidebooks and older video games.

I wish they'd use Maouji. It's much more fitting with Babidi's other henchmen (Majuu/Demon Beast Yakon, etc)

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#89445: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:28:00 AM

I only mention it because Xenoverse actually changed the name for the ingame Majin Vegeta to "Prince of Destruction Vegeta" in the last patch, for seemingly no reason.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#89446: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:31:52 AM

That is weird as fuck.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#89447: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:32:43 AM

Yeah, I noticed that. Really bizarre because they had to go out of their way to make that change, it's not like it's something that could have just occurred during initial localization.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89448: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:38:30 AM

Huh okay so the movie is getting a novel.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-11/dragon-ball-super-broly-anime-film-gets-novel/.139341

Which will apparently have the same story as the movie & ships out on the same day as the movie release.

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#89449: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:44:51 AM

Broly is getting a novel. You know, I'm gonna have to agree with unnoun's feelings here, why is there so much damn effort being put into this thing?! They are seriously going 100% to make this the absolute best and biggest thing in the Dragon Ball franchise, and it's just a reboot of movie 8 at its core!

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 11th 2018 at 2:45:14 AM

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