Frieza Soldier?

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Frieza Soldier?

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:07 pm

Why did they even waste time with this character if the name given was Freeza Soldier?
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Re: Frieza Soldier?

Post by Makaioshin » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:09 pm

I don't know but I'm glad they did.

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Post by The Tori-bot » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:10 pm

They needed more variation in mooks for the story mode beyond "Kewi" and "Kewi palette swap".
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Re: Frieza Soldier?

Post by son veku » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:11 pm

Why do you have six threads on this page?
What answer do you expect from this question?
Why does it matter?

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Post by Metalwario64 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:15 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:Why did they even waste time with this character if the name given was Freeza Soldier?
Uh, what are you even talking about? Sorry if this is a stupid question... :?
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Re: Frieza Soldier?

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:23 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
dbboxkaifan wrote:Why did they even waste time with this character if the name given was Freeza Soldier?
Uh, what are you even talking about? Sorry if this is a stupid question... :?
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Post by OzzyApu » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:26 pm

When I first played Tenkaichi Budokai 3, I wanted to know that, as well. I want to know it now as well. "Bad Guy" would at least be funny compared to "Freeza Soldier".

Did they not have the license or authority to change the name to something unique?

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:47 pm

But he's not unique. There were at least 10 of him, and another 10 of his alternate brown-fish-head costume, on screen at any given time during all the final scenes in space from the Bardock special. lol
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Post by VegettoEX » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:54 am

son veku wrote:Why do you have six threads on this page?
What answer do you expect from this question?
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Post by Fox666 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:48 am

OzzyApu wrote:When I first played Tenkaichi Budokai 3, I wanted to know that, as well. I want to know it now as well. "Bad Guy" would at least be funny compared to "Freeza Soldier".

Did they not have the license or authority to change the name to something unique?
It's not the matter of they being "allowed" to change the name, it's just that the character never had a name, and they shouldn't be trying to include that bit of extra information to the original series.

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Post by Lord Eeyore Haw-Haw » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:48 am

I gotta agree. I can't help but think that if they DID give him a different name, you'd be saying that they had no right to give him a name where he didn't originally have one.
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Post by DeadlyRhythm » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:51 am

I never minded Frieza soldier. It was cool how the character itself would change if you had a team of a few of em. Sometimes my buddies and I would have face offs with groups of Frieza soldiers pretending as if Vegeta's rebellion actually had more supporters then just Vegeta :lol:

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Post by TheMajinRedComet » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:45 pm

Remember Freeza soldier one and two both have loving families and are happy to exist.
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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:03 pm

To be honest, in Sparking! METEOR, I think they just picked characters out of a bag. It's, like, the only game where you get to play as such minor and/or non-fighting characters as Arale and Bobbodi.
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Post by VegettoEX » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:40 pm

"Dragon Ball DS 2" and "Tenka'ichi Dai-bōken" both had Arale, because she's a relevant and important character at those points in the series they cover. I see nothing wrong with "METEOR" including her if they also also including Blue, the major villain she encounters.
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Re: Frieza Soldier?

Post by Saimaroimaru » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:42 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:To be honest, in Sparking! METEOR, I think they just picked characters out of a bag. It's, like, the only game where you get to play as such minor and/or non-fighting characters as Arale and Bobbodi.
Which made it so fun. Esepcially if you beat someone who plays a overpowered GT character and beat that person with some from Freeza saga or older.

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Re: Frieza Soldier?

Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue May 01, 2012 8:39 am

Piccolo Daimao wrote:To be honest, in Sparking! METEOR, I think they just picked characters out of a bag. It's, like, the only game where you get to play as such minor and/or non-fighting characters as Arale and Bobbodi.
Arale-chan's crazy powerful little android chick, so she's definitely a fighting character and I wonder if she was part of Dragon Ball Z if she'd beat up Vegeta/Freeza/Cell/Boo. :lol:
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Re: Frieza Soldier?

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dbboxkaifan wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:To be honest, in Sparking! METEOR, I think they just picked characters out of a bag. It's, like, the only game where you get to play as such minor and/or non-fighting characters as Arale and Bobbodi.
Arale-chan's crazy powerful little android chick, so she's definitely a fighting character and I wonder if she was part of Dragon Ball Z if she'd beat up Vegeta/Freeza/Cell/Boo. :lol:
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Re: Frieza Soldier?

Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue May 01, 2012 12:42 pm

^ I do wonder if she's more powerful than Gohan, Goku or Vegeta to beat the enemies in the blink of an eye.

Arale-chan Vs. Vegeta/Freeza/Cell/Boo would probably be pretty quick and make the DBZ series last less than 10 episodes or so. Who knows. :P
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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Tue May 01, 2012 12:51 pm

VegettoEX wrote:"Dragon Ball DS 2" and "Tenka'ichi Dai-bōken" both had Arale, because she's a relevant and important character at those points in the series they cover. I see nothing wrong with "METEOR" including her if they also also including Blue, the major villain she encounters.
I didn't say that there was anything wrong with Sparking! METEOR including her (I think that was part of their shtick), but overall, she's still a minor character that only appears in, like, two chapters in the manga/a couple of episodes in the anime for a brief crossover into the Dr. Slump world.

General Blue, on the other hand, is a major villain in the Red Ribbon Army arc.
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