The Japanese version of METEOR.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:34 am

Did this have a one armed costume for Future Gohan?

Judging by the fact that he only uses one are (and his legs) to fight, I figured either that was the case, or they planned it and just left it out.

So does anyone know?

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:10 am

Nope, he has both arms in both versions sadly.
This really bugged me too, his fighting style is BASED on the concept of him having one arm.. whether there was a technical issue where they couldn't remove the arm, or they.. simply forgot, has never really been answered.

JAMM · Post by **JAMM** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:26 am

Yeah he have two arms and all of his moves is just with one arm
and he have special beam canon as the super finish move.

Captain-Sora · Post by **Captain-Sora** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:57 am

Not ALL of his moves only use one arm. His base form's throw uses both of his arms.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:06 am

JAMM wrote:Yeah he have two arms and all of his moves is just with one arm
and he have special beam canon as the super finish move.

Well it wasn't his super finish move, but yeah. I find that really cool.

Not ALL of his moves only use one arm. His base form's throw uses both of his arms.

Ah, I didn't realise that. But unlike punches and stuff, the throw would still be basically the same without the other arm. I'm not sure if you'll get what I mean.... it's kind of hard to explain.

Captain-Sora · Post by **Captain-Sora** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:13 am

Actually the two arms really ARE needed for the animation to work. While his SSJ form's throw uses one arm, the base form's throw uses the generic rapid punch animation using both arms. If a one armed costume used that throw, it wouldn't work and it'd look weird.

So I think they could've gone through with the one-armed costume if it wasn't for that stupid throw. >_>

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:50 am

So maybe they planned it as a second costume, then realised they'd screwed that throw up, so just scrapped the idea.

shinaobi · Post by **shinaobi** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:38 pm

They probably just did it for the sake of not having to deal with ratings. It's not good for the kiddies if they see a guy running around with only one arm, and it also makes things easier on the animators; they can make him do stuff with his legs, feet, and an arm, while for some of his more utilitarian animations they don't have to do special things.

SparkyPantsMcGee · Post by **SparkyPantsMcGee** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:30 am

this always bugged me...When I first tried Future Gohan in the game I noticed that most of his moves were with one arm and I was like...maybe his battle damaged look has him with one arm...so I beat the crap out of him in another fight to see if I can get him to go battle scared, and well sure enough his arm was still there. I was so pissed, I thought it was the american version only(like a censoring for the game) but from what I read the Japanese game has him with 2 arms too. So the mechanics for his fighting style basiclly serve no purpose except to remind you that the devs were too lazy to get rid of his arm...

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:49 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:I feel sorry for Future Gohan.

Everyone's like, "What?! What are you doing with two arms?! You tear that off right now, mister!"

Poor guy.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:37 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:
SSj Kaboom wrote:I feel sorry for Future Gohan.

Everyone's like, "What?! What are you doing with two arms?! You tear that off right now, mister!"

Poor guy.

Thanks for that.

I've been down in the dumps today, and that helped a little.