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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2526: Jan 5th 2013 at 10:23:41 AM

I haven't heard much about that.

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hass Since: Nov, 2013
#2527: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:08:21 AM

Other than the main antagonist having the most threatening name ever... the terrifying, all-mighty BILL.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2528: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:09:56 AM

Gasp!

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2530: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:18:08 AM

1) Nice to see Tien, 18, and Piccolo get to do something, though how relevant they'll be is of course questionable.

2) Is that Anubis or something?

3) Did Gohan just go Super Saiyan in spite of his Old Kai power-boost? Ugh, failure.

4) Neither a criticism nor a compliment, but I simply cannot take Goku's Japanese voice seriously. So much helium...

edited 5th Jan '13 11:18:43 AM by Anomalocaris20

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#2531: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:18:40 AM

That's an interesting cast of characters (was that Tien doing something?), but I'm inclined to believe the plot will be laughable.

Like Goku's voice continues to be.

Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2532: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:19:56 AM

Aw, I like Masako Nozawa.

But then I've only ever watched the Japanese version, and I started with the original Dragon Ball.

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#2533: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:23:25 AM

Eh, Tien didn't get screwed as badly as the other humans in the cast did. I remember him fighting Super Buu at one point, distracting him while Goku desperately searched for Gohan to fuse with.

Whereas Krillin ceased to be plot relevant after Cell Saga and Yamcha ceased to be plot relevant after coming into existence as a character.

edited 5th Jan '13 11:24:13 AM by TobiasDrake

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2534: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:26:08 AM

Yamcha ceased to be plot relevant before Akira Toriyama had an idea to write a manga called Dragon Ball.

He's like the Yamcha of Yamchadom. Wait, that sounds redundant...

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Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2535: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:27:33 AM

Now let's be fair. Yamcha did beat up a few of Pilaf's dogs. He was useful that one time.

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#2536: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:29:03 AM

I couldn't actually find either of Krillin or Yamcha in the trailer. Was I not looking hard enough? It's a bit jarring to see Tien and 18 but no Krillin.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2537: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:31:38 AM

I'm sure he's there. Krillin at least has the out of being 18's hubby, so even if he's not in the fighting he's at least likely to be a Satellite Character at the worst. And what is this Yamcha you speak of?

Oh, god, I slipped and almost typed 19 instead of 18 in that second sentence.

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Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2538: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:32:51 AM

I did see Pilaf and his lackeys in there. I wonder if they'll get to actually do anything, or if they'll just be a plot device a la episode 1 of GT.

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#2539: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:42:40 AM

I was really surprised to see Pilaf and his lackeys. I figured Toriyama forgot they existed at some point, like he did with Lunch.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2540: Jan 5th 2013 at 11:49:04 AM

I like how in Raging Blast 2's Galaxy Mode, everyone's boss battle is against a foe that's significant to them, such as their final major opponent (Tien's is Semi-Perfect Cell), the person that killed them (Cell's is SSJ 2 Gohan), their most significant battle, ect. Yamcha's boss battle is a lone Saibaman, the same weak enemy that most other characters have to fight in hordes as an early battle. Accurate, yes, but no less humiliating.

edited 5th Jan '13 11:49:58 AM by Anomalocaris20

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#2541: Jan 5th 2013 at 1:44:48 PM

Ouch! Now that's what you call a burn.

edited 5th Jan '13 1:45:02 PM by AndroidChaos

hass Since: Nov, 2013
#2542: Jan 5th 2013 at 1:51:33 PM

If you want to see a real burn, then there was this one "What if" scenario (can't recall what game it was) where Krillin gets absorbed by Cell instead of 18. The result is Cell nearly dying to Yamcha and then getting murdered by Tien.

Back on topic though (this is DB Abridged after all), movies 1 and 2 felt... pretty bad. Maybe I'm just not used to 2008 quality anymore after all this ridiculous new content.

EDIT:Is there a general DB topic anywhere around here anyway? Or should we use this one? I'd hate to cause unwanted clutter but I've seen other forums generally use Abridged threads as a general DBZ megathread.

EDIT 2: How's Two Saiyans Play? I think they just released another episode of that.

edited 5th Jan '13 2:10:12 PM by hass

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2543: Jan 5th 2013 at 3:52:05 PM

Heh, I remember that Budokai 1 what if with Cell. It made me think Kuririn was the weakest human instead of the strongest! But then again, it's just Cell's nightmare.

@Tobias Not quite. And by not quite, I mean that's not at all how it happened. All Tenshinhan did was deflect a blast meant to kill Dende. Then Goku shows up, Kienzan's Boo in half, and Boo's legs knock Tenshinhan cold with a single kick.

[up] There's this. It's kind of hard to move conversations from here to there though, I guess.

edited 5th Jan '13 3:52:47 PM by Saiga

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#2544: Jan 5th 2013 at 5:14:49 PM

Oh god, the Yamcha jokes several posts above made me laugh. "The Yamcha of Yamchadom"? [lol]

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2545: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:03:28 PM

Just played my brother in Raging Blast, for kicks I played as Yamcha. I won, against all odds, and with the Wolf Fang Fist thingy no less. He was Salza.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2546: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:11:02 PM

Yeah, the video games sort of omit canon details (like it actually being impossible for Yamcha to win fights) for the sake of gameplay.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2547: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:16:19 PM

Obviously, or he wouldn't be in the game except as a training mode dummy to test attacks on.

I think the best team match we did was Yamcha, Videl, Guldo, Saibaman, and Chiaotzu(sp?) vs. Super Gogeta, Super Buu (Gohan Absorbed), Super Janemba, SSJ 3 Broly, and Ultimate Gohan.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2548: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:19:01 PM

Ah, was that Raging Blast 2? Cause I was pretty sure some of those guys were missing from the first one.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#2549: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:22:05 PM

Yeah, 2.

I was just playing it (My brother left but let me continue), the Galaxy Mode sure is stupid with the ridiculous challenges it throws at you (Such as having to take down two or three opponents with your health so low you die in one hit, or your foe recovering health faster than you can hurt them). But some are fun. I was doing a team mission of Goku and Vegeta vs. Meta-Cooler, meant to go Super Saiyan 3 but accidentally fused them into Gogeta, shrugged, and started pummeling Meta-Cooler before my sister interrupted to play her own game.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2550: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:29:13 PM

Yeah Galaxy Mode can be a bitch like that. You can negate the near-death start but unlocking the seals for those is just as much a pain as beating the near-death battles anyway!

Also, this is random but I'd like to see Team Four Star hired to do a serious dub of a video game. It'd never happen, I know, but still.


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