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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#10726: Apr 7th 2015 at 7:29:25 PM

The Namekians have balls.

Seven.

14 counting the ones on Earth made by a Namekian and maintained by another Namekian.

...21 counting GT but who would want to.

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#10727: Apr 7th 2015 at 7:30:32 PM

You guys have previously noticed that it was spelled Xeonverse.

So before Kami showed up, was there a Guardian of Earth, but no Dragon Balls? Was there a previous Namekian guardian? Do other planets have Guardians?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10728: Apr 7th 2015 at 7:39:18 PM

Yeah there was a God previously and several things imply this is normal for other planets as well (Popo and Karin being part of a caste of attendants and other shit hinting that Heaven organizes this stuff for other planets).

There wouldn't be Dragon Balls because Shenron's set is the first the Earth ever had. Barring GT, which had the black star balls created first.

Filler mentions a God of Planet Vegeta but his story is completely wrong since it was about their God destroying the planet in a meteor storm due to his disgust at the Saiyan's evil.

Some have taken that to mean Freeza was their God, and just handwaving the other details as Kaio covering up the truth.

edited 7th Apr '15 7:41:18 PM by Saiga

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#10729: Apr 7th 2015 at 7:56:41 PM

I was making a 'Namekians don't have penises' joke actually...

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#10730: Apr 8th 2015 at 12:10:24 PM

TFS PLAYS: DRAGONBALL XENOVERSE – 22 -

Xenoverse, Xeonverse, make up your minds already! Gah!

EDIT: Why the fuck does Trunks have an Ultimate that only goes straight up?

edited 8th Apr '15 12:15:14 PM by unnoun

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#10731: Apr 8th 2015 at 12:31:38 PM

The doohickey he killed his timeline's Cell with, right?

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#10732: Apr 8th 2015 at 12:33:33 PM

...Why is he only able to aim that upwards?

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#10733: Apr 8th 2015 at 12:37:25 PM

[up] BECAUSE IT'S THE KI THAT PIERCES THE HEAVENS!

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#10734: Apr 8th 2015 at 12:44:59 PM

[up][up]Because he can only push his energy upwards. The position doesn't allow for bending.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#10735: Apr 8th 2015 at 12:46:41 PM

He can fly! And float and angle his body in different directions!

What, is he worried about headrush!?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#10736: Apr 8th 2015 at 2:02:09 PM

He never really had a chance to make it more effective, his story kind of ended after he did the attack. I mean he's still here fighting...but he's not doing much fighting it seems.

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#10737: Apr 8th 2015 at 2:12:47 PM

And the games have a tendency to take zero liberties with the moves - or just cool things the characters did with labels slapped on them to turn them into moves - even when they're taking huge liberties with everything else.

Like, Piccolo actually did use a two-handed Makankosappo during his fight with Nappa, which is how the attack is actually intended to be used; the only reason he had to fire it one-handed against Raditz is because he lost his arm. But you'll never see the two-handed version in a game because he didn't call it when he used it, so Video Game Piccolo fires it one-handed for lulz.

edited 8th Apr '15 2:13:36 PM by TobiasDrake

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#10738: Apr 8th 2015 at 2:18:34 PM

The Makan- Makasapa- The special beam cannon is used multiple times in Dragonball Z and it's always used one handed except for that instance with Nappa. If anything that time was the anomaly.

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#10739: Apr 8th 2015 at 2:19:09 PM

[up] Always in filler, though.

It was never seen again in the manga after Nappa. Even Cell's usage of the move is filler.

edited 8th Apr '15 2:19:28 PM by TobiasDrake

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Medigo03 Since: Sep, 2013
#10740: Apr 8th 2015 at 2:49:16 PM

The Nappa instance should just be the twohanded version

but like Instant Transmission it got flanderized

edited 8th Apr '15 2:49:45 PM by Medigo03

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#10742: Apr 8th 2015 at 3:54:41 PM

Just like how the beam got turned into a onehanded attack

The Instant Transmission got turned into something that needed the specific finger on forehead gesture (But The Manga was guilty of that too)

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#10743: Apr 8th 2015 at 4:30:40 PM

Is this the two-handed special beam cannon you're talking about?

stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#10744: Apr 8th 2015 at 5:43:20 PM

That wiki page says it is, but Piccolo never calls out the name of the attack, and in the battle with Nappa the beam does look like the SBC with the spirals that are not in any of the other uses of the Makosen.

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#10745: Apr 8th 2015 at 5:46:17 PM

The two-handed version is the "Super Special Beam Cannon".

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#10747: Apr 8th 2015 at 6:23:41 PM

What if they'd beaten all the villains before Cell by getting them into full nelsons?

What if the story was all about Piccolo charging up and securing the kill?

edited 8th Apr '15 6:24:56 PM by unnoun

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10748: Apr 8th 2015 at 7:28:01 PM

I'm okay with Trunks' Ultimate only going straight up. It's not just done to be literal, but for variety - Trunks has several unique combos for setting up his Ultimate. His grab also sets it up.

I've always thought the best way to handle the Makankosappo would be to separate one-hand and two-hand versions into super and ultimate versions. They'd do the same damage, but one-hand would take a really long time to charge - like the difference between Spirit Bomb and Super Spirit Bomb in Xenoverse (not sure if the damage is the same, but it's definitely close).

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#10749: Apr 9th 2015 at 6:26:00 AM

Or they could do like how the otherwise horrible Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament game does the spirit gun - just do the input, and you do a simple energy blast with not much damage. Charge it for a bit, and you do a more powerful attack. Charge it a lot, and you get an attack with super-level power.

But yeah, the flanderization of characters and their moves in the games - especially when it's situations that probably weren't meant that way exaggerated into being the characters' biggest-most-awesome-and-powerful-signature-move-evar - does get a bit eye-rolly (Nappa's finger thing, for example). Mostly because, like a lot of anime/manga fighting games, their first interest is recreating dramatic moments from the show.

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#10750: Apr 9th 2015 at 7:36:20 AM

I have a question about the game: how can they tell when an opponent has super armor or not? I can't tell at all.

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