Cell and Goku reference in Sonic and Mario at the Olympics!

Supa Saiya-Jin Tullece · Post by **Supa Saiya-Jin Tullece** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:20 pm

If you look at the yellow triangle thingy, you'll see a bunch of bunny like thingies. The middle one is red, with a bunch of spikey hair, the one on the right is green, with weird fin things on it's head and a black shiny thing on it, like Cell.

The red Supa Saiyajin Bunny Man could be anybody, but the green one is definantly a Cell reference.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:50 pm

Methinks you're reading a bit too far into this O_o;;

Spikey hair is kinda...err, prevalent in anime/video games/Japanese...uh, stuff (read: LAWL HAY CLOUD STRIFE).

-Corey

Supa Saiya-Jin Tullece · Post by **Supa Saiya-Jin Tullece** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:08 pm

I know, but how many people look like Cell, other than Cell. It just looks too close for me.

xD

Drunken Master · Post by **Drunken Master** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:42 pm

I ahhh...don't see it at all. Wouldn't the red one be Vegeta because of the hair anyhow?

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:27 pm

Yeah, Mario reminds me of Cell.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:00 pm

I can kinda see it.
To be honest I never knew Sonic ripped off of Dragon Ball until I got into the latter. (7 magical objects, the transforming with yellow spikey hair and blue/green eyes).

Though I'm looking forward to that game in general; I grew up with an NES and a Genesis so playing Mario and Sonic in the same game should be fun.

KaiserNeko · Post by **KaiserNeko** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:01 am

Those are the official characters representing the Bei-jing Olympics. They're all original designs.

gohanku · Post by **gohanku** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:02 am

My second home is Taiwan! I seen them before, the green one does not look like Cell but the fire one does look like a super saiyan and Akuma of SF...

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:46 am

Chuquita wrote:I can kinda see it.
To be honest I never knew Sonic ripped off of Dragon Ball until I got into the latter. (7 magical objects, the transforming with yellow spikey hair and blue/green eyes).

Actually, it's not. 7's considered a magic number so it's always used for stuff like that. And I believe the golden transformation is based on some sort of legend or something, hence why it shows up in so many shows.

Mystery Person X · Post by **Mystery Person X** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:33 pm

Xyex wrote:And I believe the golden transformation is based on some sort of legend or something, hence why it shows up in so many shows.

C'mon. He turns into Super Sonic, and the game came out at exactly the time DBZ was huge in Japan. There's no way it's a coincidence.

KaiserNeko · Post by **KaiserNeko** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:03 pm

I do have to agree that Sonic's Super Sonic form was more influenced by DragonBall Z than anything else, especially considering the name, the look, and the fact that it did happen when DragonBall Z was huge.

Steven Perry · Post by **Steven Perry** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:11 pm

Xyex wrote:
Chuquita wrote:I can kinda see it.
To be honest I never knew Sonic ripped off of Dragon Ball until I got into the latter. (7 magical objects, the transforming with yellow spikey hair and blue/green eyes).
Actually, it's not. 7's considered a magic number so it's always used for stuff like that. And I believe the golden transformation is based on some sort of legend or something, hence why it shows up in so many shows.

Do you seriously not believe Sonic was influenced by Dragonball Z at least a little bit?

I'm ashamed in you, Xyex...

_Jrinu_ · Post by **_Jrinu_** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:30 pm

I think I recall hearing at some point that the Makers of Sonic actually credited DBZ, for the similarities... or something like that.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:02 pm

-_-

I never said there wasn't *any* connection. I just said that it's not directly from Dragonball. Influenced, sure, but it's not from Dragonball because Dragonball got it elsewhere too.

Bomber Greek · Post by **Bomber Greek** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:12 pm

KaiserNeko wrote:Those are the official characters representing the Bei-jing Olympics. They're all original designs.

Alright, now they look different, as you can see much more of the detail in these pictures. With this detail, they look nothing like Cell or Goku.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:21 pm

I can't wait to see what Nini's Perfect Form looks like...

Aukon07 · Post by **Aukon07** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:22 am

Sort of reminds me of the Zune commercial with the reference of the fusion dance.

The S · Post by **The S** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:59 pm

Xyex wrote:
Chuquita wrote:I can kinda see it.
To be honest I never knew Sonic ripped off of Dragon Ball until I got into the latter. (7 magical objects, the transforming with yellow spikey hair and blue/green eyes).
Actually, it's not. 7's considered a magic number so it's always used for stuff like that. And I believe the golden transformation is based on some sort of legend or something, hence why it shows up in so many shows.

After all of my research into Asian mythology, both before and after hearing that it was based on some sort of legend, I still have not found any evidence that such a thing exists. I'd like for somebody to prove me wrong, though.

LeMoonwalker · Post by **LeMoonwalker** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:11 pm

KaiserNeko wrote:They're all original designs.

Well, according to the Japanese company behind the Keroro anime, they're not : (They sued the creators of these designs for copy).

Personnally, I think that the color is the only same thing, otherwise they're not the same.

Bomber Greek · Post by **Bomber Greek** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:21 pm

I was just gonna say that. The only real similarities is the color...