What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by MasenkoHA » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:47 pm

DragonBallFoodie wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:08 pm
Do you know how many versions of the Monkey King there are?
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

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Polyphase Avatron wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:43 pm Aren't a lot of them jerks, bordering on outright villains?
You just described the cast of Dragon Ball, sooo....

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by DragonBallFoodie » Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:51 pm

Polyphase Avatron wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:43 pm Aren't a lot of them jerks, bordering on outright villains?
Well, the Monkey King is a classic trickster and troublemaker, so most of these guys being jerks to various degrees sounds normal.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by PanSimpson » Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:17 pm

Star Wars OR the LEGO Bionicle Universe.

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by goku the krump dancer » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:26 pm

Part of the reason why I love YuYu Hakusho so much is because I can't make any direct comparisons between its characters and Dragon Ball's characters. There're bits and pieces of Gohan, Vegeta, Krillin and Piccolo spread through Kuwabara, Hiei and Kurama at best but they're all pretty much their own unique characters.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by nhienphan2808 » Thu May 27, 2021 10:48 am

If this extends to western comic i want to see them in Golden Age DC with the JSA where Batman and Superman hadnt take centre of that universe, or the Mister Miracle Jack Kirby lore.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by Planetnamek » Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:49 pm

Sailor Moon for me.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by Soppa Saia People » Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:34 am

what do those 2 even have in common besides the fact toei did adaptions for both which didn't even share any staff more or less*....

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by LoganForkHands73 » Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:41 pm

DragonBallFoodie wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:08 pm It'd be fun to see Goku meet these guys.
You know, I had a daydream about this sort of scenario, where every adaptation of Sun Wukong in history gathers together. But like you say, it would be nearly impossible to convey because there's so damn many interpretations out there, and in just about every medium known to man to boot. Opera, literature, manga, manhwa, theatre, comic books, movies, TV series, cartoons, games. Our Goku wouldn't even stand out among the crowd of Monkey Kings.

It would be great to commission Alex Ross to do a collage painting of all the Monkey Kings together, like he did with Shazam/Captain Marvel here:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3VjxNwXoAA ... me=900x900

Also, had no idea DC have done a Monkey King pastiche now. I guess that brings everything full circle for the Goku vs. Superman circlejerkers.

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Planetnamek wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:49 pm Sailor Moon for me.
Me too. Or Yu Yu Hakusho. I'd like the Cell arc cast for it or the 23rd TB cast.
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BWri wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:27 pm
Planetnamek wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:49 pm Sailor Moon for me.
Me too. Or Yu Yu Hakusho. I'd like the Cell arc cast for it or the 23rd TB cast.
It would be the current cast for crossover.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by OmegaRockman » Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:20 pm

Super Smash Bros. I want Goku in it. I don't care what Sakurai says. (I hope he's able to take a break soon, though. He works too hard.)
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Post by Kid Buu » Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:53 am

Sonic the Hedgehog, of course.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by Android19 » Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:24 am

Any of the Yu-Gi-Oh series

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by DragonBallFoodie » Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:18 pm

Android19 wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:24 am Any of the Yu-Gi-Oh series
That's a gaming series. Despite Kaiba and Vegeta getting on very well, how're the duels going to go down? Someone in DB summons Shenron or Porunga to fight the Blue Eyes White Dragon?
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by Grimlock » Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:29 pm

Dragon Ball Heroes is better suited to crossover with Yu-Gi-Oh! (and that "sort of" already happened).

But yeah, it's something like that. Only that we would need to figure out if Shenlong would follow Heroes mechanics, or if they'll become magic/trap cards, following Yu-Gi-Oh! mechanics.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by Jiren The Alpha » Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:32 pm

The Baki universe. I just want to see Yujiro interact with the Dragon Ball characters.

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by emperior » Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:55 pm

Marvel Universe, I think, would be a nice fit. Or DC too. Something where the main villain of the crossover would be strong enough to pose a threat to Goku and co. and where interactions would be cool. Superman and Goku anyone?

A cross-over with Invincible would be cool too. Omni-man interacting with Vegeta would be fun.
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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by WittyUsername » Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:10 pm

Couldn’t Dragon Ball reasonably crossover with just about any shonen battle manga?

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Re: What would you like Dragon Ball to cross-over with?

Post by theherodjl » Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:10 pm

The SCP universe. Goku is always looking for a challenge so why not take on arguably the most powerful beings in all of fiction that the SCP Foundation has attempted(failed) to contain?
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