Perhaps, but I don't really see anything inherently wrong with revisiting a part of the series that's a favorite among the audience. Unless you just never cared about that part of the series at all, in which case (shrug). Don't know what to tell you.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.As a character
- Who resurrects the Tenkaichi Budokai
- Created by the Red Ribbon Army
- Who is Piccolo
- And Vegeta
- And Frieza
Cell incorporates every arc of the show except Pilaf. This is what makes him a poignant adversary for Gohan to face when he steps up to surpass his father: because he embodies everything that Goku has done over the course of his life.
Cell is Goku's complete history boiled into a deadly casserole. To take up the torch from his father, Gohan's task was to eat that casserole.
It'd just be nice if that casserole was a little more interesting.
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My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.There's only so many variation of "Shooting beams/balls of energy" one can stomach before being bored.
Those aren't the only things a technique can do, nor does the possible list have to be Ki attacks only. Plus, it can be about things like fun factor
There are a lot of techniques other than shooting ki. The kaioken is a technique. So is the Taiyoken. The Rogafufuken. Body Change. I think a best techniques list would be cool.
Personally, my favorite technique is the Hellzone Grenade. Piccolo weaponized missing. That's hilarious and awesome.
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He really doesn't. I mean, by that standard, me having a race with friends is me "resurrecting the Olympics" (Never mind that for the Tenkaichi Budokai to be resurrected, it'd need to have stopped, and it's a plot point that Mr. Satan won the last one). Let alone the fact that the cell games have fuck all to do with the Tenkaichi Budokai beyond "people fighting".
The Cell Games have as much to do with the Tenkaichi Budokai as the Androids do with the Red Ribbon Army. Which is to say, not much beyond a visual aesthetic and the characters name-dropping it.
But the effort for including the three Tournament arcs was still there. It's just shallow, because Cell is a shallow character.
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Yes! Of all the ki beams, Death Beam is my favorite. A simple, elegant, penetrating murder beam. It's basically a more powerful version of the Dodonpa.
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Eh, it's not like we don't have a trope for that.
As far as favorite techniques go... honestly, I've always liked the Wolf Fang Fist. True, it was never used in DBZ and rarely used in DB, but the first time Yamcha uses it on Goku is just marvelous. He channeled the spirit of a galloping wolf to deliver a ki-powered No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, capped off with a crushing blow that sent Goku flying through several pillars. You can't tell me that didn't look cool.
As an aside, it's a borderline Game-Breaker in DBZ Budokai's tournament mode. If you connect with it anywhere near the edge, you're pretty much guaranteed to get a ring out.
No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!I rather like the Makankosappo / Special Beam Canon.
It's a longer charged death beam, but the drilling effect looks cool to me.
Kienzan / Destructo Disk (despite never being allowed to work) is there as well.
And of course, the Taiyoken / Solar Flare. One of the most useful attacks in the whole series, because most won't see it coming. While it has a very simple defence (close your eyes son) since you won't realize what it is until it's done with, you won't know that.
One Strip! One Strip!King Piccolo
They mentioned that the top 3 order actually could have gone anyway and consider the final three to be the best in general.

Probably will be Heroes.