JeffJarrett wrote:Maybe he has just absorbed Cell's energy. If it wasn't the case, how would he had absorbed Cell's whole body? He has no tail, and he isn't a Majin.
And, contrary to the Cell absorbed form, Super 17 (Artificial Human absorption) is a form actually shown in GT:
Even though we never see Super 17 actually absorb anything beside energy in GT, the card says "Cell absorption" and not "Cell's energy absorbed". Unless shown otherwise, we should take what we know at face value. as for how, machine mutant ability reminiscent of of the guys on M2? Maybe his energy sucker nodules do the same thing as the imperfect Cell's tail did to the poor bastard in Ginger Town? An advancement on 13's integration ability? Though I agree that the how is important to know, I think the details of how are less important than the established fact that this is now an ability he has.
Also, I'd argue they aren't the same thing. What we see in GT isn't really a form; Super 17 doesn't stay buffed up forever after he absorbs energy, it's just something that briefly happens during the absorption process and then he returns to normal afterward. The game's card artwork and the model for the form looks bigger in terms of muscle mass as well as having damage he never receives in the show. To me, they are trying to imply that by absorbing one of the Jinzoningen or Cell, he becomes so buff that his own clothing rips, which was never the case in the series, and he stays that way permenently.
