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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#22276: Dec 13th 2016 at 1:44:07 PM

[up]She's got a point. :P

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#22277: Dec 13th 2016 at 1:48:43 PM

I find Super's better. Sure, it's off, but it's more smooth so it annoys me less. Conspicuous CG aside.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#22278: Dec 13th 2016 at 1:51:15 PM

I mean, it's only "pink" for Goku; all the other Saiyans with the form have various shades of red. Then you have Gogeta who has brown fur and red hair.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#22279: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:02:04 PM

I'm not really sure how Goku's is pink. Bright red yeah, but not pink. Of course, I don't really remember how it looks in the show itself.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#22280: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:08:06 PM

It looks Very Pink

edited 13th Dec '16 2:08:24 PM by Ghilz

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#22281: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:08:55 PM

I couldn't tell it was pink until now.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#22282: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:11:16 PM

I'm going to attribute that to poor coloring. It's red in the games and official art.

This song needs more love.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#22283: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:11:53 PM

I never thought of it as pink, either.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#22284: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:14:49 PM

Goku's SS 4 form is red because his body remembers being SSG.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#22286: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:22:41 PM

I prefer absurd to bland.

But both terms are an exaggeration of how I feel about this. I just think SS 4 is more visually appealing than SSG.

edited 13th Dec '16 2:28:55 PM by Enlong

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#22287: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:53:51 PM

Eh.

I think both have their potential appeal.

God and Blue are simple, with one being different from the other forms, and the other taking that power and mixing it with something he is most familiar with.

SSJ 4 is very different from what came before, but it kinda ties back into the the previous Oozaru transformation, bringing the two powers together and turning them into one new form.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#22288: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:59:09 PM

I prefer simplicity so I don't mind God/Blue, but I can see the appeal in 4 despite its absurdity.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#22289: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:34:44 PM

I'm in the "I like both" camp.

Hated God when I first saw it and Blue was wordy before it became, well, Blue. But it's grown on me since the Future Trunks arc.

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Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#22290: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:34:53 PM

I generally like SS4. Only really issue I have is that it doesn't really reflect it's origin. The god forms are boring in design and concept

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#22291: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:42:31 PM

I greatly prefer SS 4. God I could manage, since I appreciated the effort to go "back to basics", but then came Blue which left me wondering about the friggin' point.

SS 4 actually looked like something new rather than a poor attempt at fanart, and while the justification was kinda wonky, it reached back to one of the more classic elements of DB and at least they tried to do something a bit more interesting than "want it real bad, yell loudly, boom new power multiplier".

Seriously, of all the things that got tossed from canon with GT, I consider SS 4 to be the biggest loss.

edited 13th Dec '16 3:43:14 PM by Kayeka

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#22292: Dec 13th 2016 at 3:47:00 PM

Yeah, I do prefer SSJ 4 to SSJG and Blue.

IMHO the later two became what they were out of some laziness. "Hey, same models, different hair and eyes. Done"

Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#22293: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:10:31 PM

4 seems like it would be more of the super saiyan look to me. As in the concept that the saiyans had of what the legendary super saiyan looks like would be that fusion of the humanoid form with the oozaru instead of spikey blond hair.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#22294: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:12:07 PM

I expect we'll be seeing the Ginyu Force tomorrow.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#22295: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:19:15 PM

Maybe you will, but I'm suddenly unable to watch any videos, so I'll have to wait until they put them all on youtube, or figure out why they won't load properly for me.

So once again, I'm the internet (and by default, the Universe's) Yamcha.

It displeases me.

One Strip! One Strip!
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#22296: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:27:24 PM

I used to really like SSJ 4 when I was a kid, but my opinion on it has soured over the years. Same with SSJ 3 too. They both just look too silly to take seriously, which is a huge detriment for SSJ 4 in particular which desperately wants to be taken seriously. SSJ 3 at least has the benefit of being introduced in an arc that can be roughly described as, "Revenge of the Silly".

SSJ 3's ridiculousness fits right in with Buu Buu Volleyball, Candy Beam, a bubble gum monster, the Fusion Dance, etc.

SSJ 4's ridiculousness feels entirely unintended. There is no question in my mind that it was designed with the intent of being unironically badass as perceived by a 12-year-old in the 90's.

I really like SSJG because it feels more in the spirit of Dragon Ball. It's not just a palette swap; Goku also shrinks down. His muscles deflate and I think he might even lose a bit of height. It's the Super Saiyan equivalent of Frieza's Final Form, minus the 100% inflation: it communicates how potent it is in traditional Japanese style, where small and quick means ultra-dangerous while large and muscular means cannon fodder.

edited 13th Dec '16 4:28:07 PM by TobiasDrake

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#22297: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:29:03 PM

I really like SSJG because it feels more in the spirit of Dragon Ball. It's not just a palette swap; Goku also shrinks down.

Does he? Coz he looks identical to his base form to me.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#22298: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:30:21 PM

He looks thinner in God form. The characters even point this out after the God ritual.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#22299: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:31:40 PM

Hrrrm, true, forgot about that.

Still, prefer SSJ 4 :-P

Plus you know, being silly is a plus. I mean Cell's perfect form is a guy whose DNA gives him a crown and shoes

edited 13th Dec '16 4:33:01 PM by Ghilz

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#22300: Dec 13th 2016 at 4:36:32 PM

I don't really find SSJG comparable to Frieza's final form at all. While Frieza ended up smaller, his final form (and to a lesser extent the Androids and Kid Buu) carried with it a small, unstated sense of power. You instinctively knew that he was more powerful now than ever before and that everyone was screwed. With God, Blue, and Golden Frieza, you don't get any of that.

edited 13th Dec '16 4:36:49 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.

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