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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by Bussani » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:43 am

It's only called "Super Saiyan 4" out of convenience. It's stronger than Super Saiyan 3, so it's Super Saiyan 4. In actuality, it's more like a mix of Oozaru and Super Saiyan, which is what makes it so different.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:50 am

I don't know why anyone wants SSJ4 to be Gold. SSJ4 being a different colour is what made it unique. It looked like a whole other form. I understand some people hate the bright red (pink) fur, I personally don't care too much. I want SSJ4 to look differently for everyone. Hair style, fur colour, hair colour, etc. Everyone would have a unique look and style.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by Bussani » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:00 am

I also don't think Super Saiyan 4 would look good gold. I mean, it sounds good in theory, but in practice I think I actually prefer the color scheme they went with. It's cool that it retains the golden aura, though.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by TheMightyOzaru » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:36 pm

Bussani wrote:I also don't think Super Saiyan 4 would look good gold. I mean, it sounds good in theory, but in practice I think I actually prefer the color scheme they went with. It's cool that it retains the golden aura, though.
I've seen Gold SSJ4's. The color scheme just doesnt go very well for the GT outfits for Goku and Vegeta.
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dbzfan7 wrote:I don't know why anyone wants SSJ4 to be Gold. SSJ4 being a different colour is what made it unique. It looked like a whole other form. I understand some people hate the bright red (pink) fur, I personally don't care too much. I want SSJ4 to look differently for everyone. Hair style, fur colour, hair colour, etc. Everyone would have a unique look and style.
It keeps to the traditional color scheme of something "super". Plus SSJ4 is still unique with the gold hair and gold fur since it still has the Oozaru attributes. I still like the idea of having the traditional brown fur with gold hair look though. It really gives off a combination Oozaru/SSJ.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:29 pm

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dbzfan7 wrote:I don't know why anyone wants SSJ4 to be Gold. SSJ4 being a different colour is what made it unique. It looked like a whole other form. I understand some people hate the bright red (pink) fur, I personally don't care too much. I want SSJ4 to look differently for everyone. Hair style, fur colour, hair colour, etc. Everyone would have a unique look and style.
It keeps to the traditional color scheme of something "super". Plus SSJ4 is still unique with the gold hair and gold fur since it still has the Oozaru attributes. I still like the idea of having the traditional brown fur with gold hair look though. It really gives off a combination Oozaru/SSJ.
Part of why it is so unique is because it looks nothing like SSJ but is. SSJ4 looks like a whole other deal. SSJ forms always got longer and more spiky hair, SSJ4 was different. Making the form gold would be playing it safe for people who want SSJ forms to always be gold. Super forms don't have to always be gold like Goku, Sonic, Seiya, (unfortunately Yuma), etc. Gold has become the stereotypical Super form colour. Take away the unique colour scheme and you don't got SSJ4, you have a hairy SSJ who forgot to shave.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

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Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:47 pm

Fox666 wrote:Lies. Manga characters have no body hair.
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Fox666 wrote:Lies. Manga characters have no body hair.
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Post by Titan » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:17 am

dbzfan7 wrote:I personally love the design. It is much better than SSJ2 and SSJ3. SSJ2 was basically just lightning aura with a slight change in look. Only Kid Gohan had a significant difference in his SSJ2 look while everyone basically looked like a copy of SSJ with lightning in their aura. SSJ3 just looked silly with ludicrous long hair and no eyebrows. SSJ4 is a new and unique look. It feels like the pinnacle SSJ form because it takes the idea of The Ozaru and SSJ, and combines them into one ultimate form. Personally the crimson fur Vegeta had would have worked better than light red for Goku, But it could also be used for everyone to look different. Vegeta has brown hair in SSJ4 while Goku has black, and Gogeta has orange hair with brown fur. I like the idea everyone isn't just blond, they each have their own unique look. Though needing a tail kinda ruins the whole statement Toriyama made of tails no longer being needed once a Saiyan is strong enough on his own.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by Appūru-sama » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:35 pm

I find it awkward and unnecessary, much like GT :3

The best Super Saiyan form for me was numero uno, during the Freeza Saga, when it was brand new and special and the animators at Toei actually gave a damn to make it look extra god-like:
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...unfortunately by the time Majin Buu came around and everyone and their auntie could turn Super Saiyan, the design had long since lost it's edge and got sloppy looking.


Super Saiyan 4 doesn't look...super, to me. Just extra fur. And eyeliner. And a mullet...and mysterious pants o_O
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by Insertclevername » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:44 pm

I like Supe Saiyan 4, I think it was a step in the right direction and allowed more unique designs to be made. Too bad we only saw two (technically three if you count Gogeta) characters use it. I kind of wish they expanded on it and perhaps even phased out Super Saiyans 1-3 all together. You know, it shouldn't have even been called Super Saiyan 4. It's really a shame that such a unique design was bogged down as some sort of sequel rather than it's own, respective transformation.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by Rostir » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:57 pm

I would go as far as to say that SSJ4 isn't even actually a SSJ form, everyone just called it that.
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:06 am

Rostir wrote:I would go as far as to say that SSJ4 isn't even actually a SSJ form, everyone just called it that.
Which a lot of us have been saying for pages now, because the GT Perfect Files suggest the same thing. lol
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

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Rostir wrote:I would go as far as to say that SSJ4 isn't even actually a SSJ form, everyone just called it that.
Which a lot of us have been saying for pages now, because the GT Perfect Files suggest the same thing. lol
Can I see a quote that says that. Sounds interesting.
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:30 am

Herms wrote:Super Saiyan 4
The form which draws out the battle power which Saiyans posses out to the utmost limits is this, Super Saiyan 4!! It’s distinguished by having a different appearance than previous Super Saiyans, with red body fur and long black hair!! It is called Super Saiyan 4 out of convenience, but due to it being a transformation from Golden Oozaru, it would be no exaggeration to call it a different species from all previous Super Saiyans!! Thinking of it as a different species, you could also name such points as the fact that unlike with 3 he has an adult appearance, despite being a transformation of little Goku.
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Post by Rostir » Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:19 am

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Herms wrote:Super Saiyan 4
The form which draws out the battle power which Saiyans posses out to the utmost limits is this, Super Saiyan 4!! It’s distinguished by having a different appearance than previous Super Saiyans, with red body fur and long black hair!! It is called Super Saiyan 4 out of convenience, but due to it being a transformation from Golden Oozaru, it would be no exaggeration to call it a different species from all previous Super Saiyans!! Thinking of it as a different species, you could also name such points as the fact that unlike with 3 he has an adult appearance, despite being a transformation of little Goku.
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Herms wrote:Super Saiyan 4
The form which draws out the battle power which Saiyans posses out to the utmost limits is this, Super Saiyan 4!! It’s distinguished by having a different appearance than previous Super Saiyans, with red body fur and long black hair!! It is called Super Saiyan 4 out of convenience, but due to it being a transformation from Golden Oozaru, it would be no exaggeration to call it a different species from all previous Super Saiyans!! Thinking of it as a different species, you could also name such points as the fact that unlike with 3 he has an adult appearance, despite being a transformation of little Goku.
Cool. But I don't see how it wouldn't be classified as a Super Saiyan form. What would you call it Perfect Oozaru.
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Re: What do you guys think of SSJ4?

Post by dario03 » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:39 pm

I think gold SS4 would just be a little to much. I would imagine that they toyed with the idea of using gold instead of red and black and I'm glad they didn't go with gold.
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Herms wrote:Super Saiyan 4
The form which draws out the battle power which Saiyans posses out to the utmost limits is this, Super Saiyan 4!! It’s distinguished by having a different appearance than previous Super Saiyans, with red body fur and long black hair!! It is called Super Saiyan 4 out of convenience, but due to it being a transformation from Golden Oozaru, it would be no exaggeration to call it a different species from all previous Super Saiyans!! Thinking of it as a different species, you could also name such points as the fact that unlike with 3 he has an adult appearance, despite being a transformation of little Goku.
Cool. But I don't see how it wouldn't be classified as a Super Saiyan form. What would you call it Perfect Oozaru.
I would call it "Giant Golden Monkey in smaller non golden base-ish extra hairy with magical pants and age alteration... form..." or GGMISNGBEHWMPAAAF1 for short.

I put the 1 there since GGMISNGBEHWMPAAAF should be seperate from SS so SS4 is really GGMISNGBEHWMPAAAF1 because you never know maybe at some point we can have GGMISNGBEHWMPAAAF2 or maybe just maybe Gogeta was GGMISNGBEHWMPAAAF2 since he looked different.

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