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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#6676: May 28th 2014 at 4:13:00 PM

In the few scenes of Cell we've seen so far, he's been played seriously. I'm can't wait to see how they use him for comic effect.

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#6677: May 28th 2014 at 4:16:20 PM

Now that DBO's getting a remake, I can't help but wonder if there's going to be some kind of reference to it eventually. Especially when it comes to Fat Buu.

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#6678: May 28th 2014 at 4:18:42 PM

[up][up] I get the impression that anything that could be humorous about Cell will be horrifying and creepy Nightmare Fuel instead. That's the way I took the "Mr. Sandman" sequence - it's both funny and terrifying at the same time!

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#6679: May 28th 2014 at 4:42:42 PM

[up][up]Such bad grammar...

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#6680: May 28th 2014 at 4:55:36 PM

[up]I noticed. Hopefully they'll use DBOCom's translation patch as reference for the in-game text.

I also noticed it's only on the timeline (they have a semi-active facebook page and developer diary, too), which makes me believe that the timeline text was a direct, unedited "Blind Idiot" Translation from the sources.

edited 28th May '14 4:57:02 PM by BaffleBlend

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#6681: May 28th 2014 at 5:12:51 PM

It's also on the class descriptions.

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#6682: May 28th 2014 at 5:41:23 PM

[up]... aaaaand I just saw that. Ouch.

I'm just glad to be getting my character back personally, but they're going to run into problems if that's what the in-game text is going to look like.

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#6683: May 28th 2014 at 5:51:10 PM

[up][up]They might handle Cell the way they handled Piccolo. With him having to contend with Android 17 and 18 in his head.

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#6684: May 28th 2014 at 5:54:24 PM

I'm just waiting for Nail and Kami to play Minesweeper while Piccolo's trying to fight off Cell.

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#6685: May 28th 2014 at 6:43:56 PM

[up][up]Oh God, the possibilities are all hilarious. evil grin

edited 28th May '14 6:44:02 PM by Lionheart0

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#6686: May 28th 2014 at 8:35:13 PM

I really hope they do that.

That would be AWESOME!grin

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#6687: May 28th 2014 at 9:00:08 PM

Eh, that joke feels like it has been done enough with Piccolo and the King Kai chats. It's fine for them, but I don't think it fits Cell. It could work, though.

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#6688: May 29th 2014 at 6:35:08 AM

Yeah, the joke would officially be overused if they did it for another character. They don't need to copy from themselves yet. (which would be bad in this situation, to me, but not necessarily in others.)

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#6689: May 29th 2014 at 7:49:41 AM

Yeah, I like the earlier suggestion of giving it a Cerberus twist instead of playing it straight, meaning 17 and 18 are still alive, but in terror/pain the whole time and all that.

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#6690: May 29th 2014 at 9:14:05 AM

I think having it so that when Cell absorbs something, their voice gets added to his in a creepy monotone. Cell+16+17's voices+countless absorbed humans talking at the same time would make a really creepy effect.

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#6691: May 29th 2014 at 9:48:38 AM

[up]No, it would be crowded. We wouldn't be able to hear Perfect Cell at all.

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#6692: May 29th 2014 at 11:16:15 AM

I don't think the "voices in head" gag works for Cell.

It would be perfect for Super Buu, though. Cell doesn't really use anything from 17 and 18, they're just ingredients for his transformation, but Super Buu fully absorbs people, gaining their abilities and stuff in addition to their power. Super Buu should have people in his head. Additionally, Majin Buu is an inherently sillier villain than Cell, despite how dark he is, so there's more room for juxtapositioning comedy and horror.

Cell is pretty straight horror.

edited 29th May '14 11:17:20 AM by TobiasDrake

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#6693: May 29th 2014 at 11:17:00 AM

wild mass guessBuu will be played as a Pokemon trainerwild mass guess

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#6694: May 29th 2014 at 12:22:12 PM

I just realized something.

Omega Shenron, the Big Bad among Big Bads in DB, came from the one wish that Mr. Popo made.

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#6695: May 29th 2014 at 1:34:35 PM

I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, but every group has a Butt-Monkey or two. The Z-Fighters have Krillin and Yamcha. The Saiyans have Radditz. Frieza's gang had Dodoria and Guldo. The Androids have Dr. Gero and 19. Who would it be for the Buu Saga?

Also, I really hope that when they're done with Z they do part 1 too.

edited 29th May '14 2:21:18 PM by 940131

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#6697: May 29th 2014 at 3:37:21 PM

I'd say they should hold off on repeating the "voices in my head" gag until Vegito happens. We can have Goku and Vegeta arguing (well, Vegeta arguing, anyway) about how to fight. Meanwhile, Goku finds Minesweeper and zones out for a while.

edited 29th May '14 3:37:33 PM by Enlong

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#6698: May 29th 2014 at 4:14:21 PM

@The voices in Cell's head idea. I still think that the best way to do that would be to turn it around and turn it into something horrible - like, 17 & 18 aren't still around in Cell's head, bugging him, they're trapped inside his consciousness, at his mercy / for his entertainment, while he uses their power to do terrible things. Extend it to everyone he absorbs and you've got something really Nightmare Fuel-worthy.

If they don't do it like that, however, I dunno if I'd like to see it. It might be good for a gag or two, but it would also run the risk of removing a lot of his menace if they kept doing it.

[up][up][up][up] I dunno. None of Babidi's henchmen really stick around for long. I guess it would probably be Pui Pui. I could see them playing him kind of like Burter.

edited 29th May '14 4:20:02 PM by KnownUnknown

940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#6699: May 29th 2014 at 9:20:23 PM

Burter. Him flipping out about being called slower than Guldo was one of the funniest parts of the Frieza Saga IMO and his moment with Jeice was truly heartwarming. Then Goku beat the tar out of him.

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