Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:53 am

It's definitely more popular than Sonic but Mario? Not really.
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by ABED » Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:17 pm

How are we measuring popularity?
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:29 pm

ABED wrote:How are we measuring popularity?
Not by sales, but ratings, character development and etc
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:32 pm

How is "character development" a metric for "popularity"?

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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:36 pm

Zephyr wrote:How is "character development" a metric for "popularity"?
It does.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:40 pm

Alright. Explain to me how it is.

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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by ABED » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:55 pm

Young-Jah wrote:
ABED wrote:How are we measuring popularity?
Not by sales, but ratings, character development and etc
TV ratings? And how is character development a metric for popularity?
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:07 pm

ABED wrote:
Young-Jah wrote:
ABED wrote:How are we measuring popularity?
Not by sales, but ratings, character development and etc
TV ratings? And how is character development a metric for popularity?
OK, well sales is OK.
But by development, I mean the characters history, theme, background, all though stuff.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by ABED » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:20 pm

Still don't understand how that is a measure of popularity. Goku's fairly static but he's the most popular and iconic.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:27 pm

ABED wrote:Still don't understand how that is a measure of popularity. Goku's fairly static but he's the most popular and iconic.
It does man.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:30 pm

but like, how man

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Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:36 pm

Zephyr wrote:but like, how man
Cause, if we don't talk about it, we have no answer.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:40 pm

If you want answers, you have to ask answerable questions.

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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by ABED » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:08 pm

Young-Jah wrote:
Zephyr wrote:but like, how man
Cause, if we don't talk about it, we have no answer.
I don't know what this means. This is a discussion forum. We're supposed to discuss and "it just is" isn't an answer. Clearly you have a reason behind thinking character development is a measurement of popularity, so what is it?
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:10 pm

ABED wrote:
Young-Jah wrote:
Zephyr wrote:but like, how man
Cause, if we don't talk about it, we have no answer.
I don't know what this means. This is a discussion forum. We're supposed to discuss and "it just is" isn't an answer. Clearly you have a reason behind thinking character development is a measurement of popularity, so what is it?
Google it.
Character development is the process of creating a believable fictional character by giving them depth. You can think of internal character development as a circle: one that starts and ends with your character's fundamental goals and motivations.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:35 pm

He knows what character development is.

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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:41 pm

Zephyr wrote:He knows what character development is.
But he just said what is it.
And I told him.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:02 pm

No.

The "what" in question was "a reason behind thinking character development is a measurement of popularity".

Been waiting on that reason for a few hours now. We're still all ears.

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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Young-Jah » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:05 pm

Zephyr wrote:No.

The "what" in question was "a reason behind thinking character development is a measurement of popularity".

Been waiting on that reason for a few hours now. We're still all ears.
I just told you guys.
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Re: Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario

Post by Zephyr » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:06 pm

Would you mind repeating it for those of us with poor reading comprehension?

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