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09-05-2015, 11:20 AM | #15331 |
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-Strawberries are shaped a little like the blade of a Kunai.
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-When a Mango is traditionally cut and opened, the square shapes look like one half of a blunt mace weapon.
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-Pineapple looks like the end of a spiked flail.
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-Kurokage's lance is like a Pine needle. (that's my best guess.)
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-The end of a Acorn can be fashioned to look like the head of a blunt hammer.
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Personally I think it's pretty clear that the majority of the weapon selections were inspired by the fruit they belong to in some way.
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Basically, the lockseeds themselves put out so much power that adding additional armaments is both pointless and impractical, if not outright dangerous. You'd basically be going well over what the Driver is capable of handling; hence why you even need a Genesis Driver to use a Energy lock to its full abilities. The Genesis Core addon for the Sengoku Driver is basically an attenuator that lowers the Lockseed's output to a level the SD can actually handle.
I mean, Kachidoki was more powerful than the Energy Lock Seeds and it had it's own weapon. I know right? Or just KR Figuarts news in general. I feel an antsing in the bowels of my soul. Last edited by SPLIT LIP; 09-05-2015 at 11:32 AM.. |
09-05-2015, 12:13 PM | #15332 |
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Aren't Energy Lockseeds more artificial than standard ones though? They're more powerful, but Yggdrasil might not gotten so far advanced with them as to give them all unique weapons.
Meanwhile Kachidoki was created by a godlike being, so naturally thats going to be more powerful and get its own weapon.
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09-05-2015, 01:38 PM | #15333 |
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Aren't Energy Lockseeds more artificial than standard ones though? They're more powerful, but Yggdrasil might not gotten so far advanced with them as to give them all unique weapons.
Meanwhile Kachidoki was created by a godlike being, so naturally thats going to be more powerful and get its own weapon. But of course all of this is conjecture, and the real reason is Bandai didn't make individual weapons due to lack of budget or lack of planning. Still, there's nothing in-universe that logically prohibits the ELS' from having unique weapons. |
09-05-2015, 01:42 PM | #15334 |
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That's a better explanation than "they're too powerful to have unique weapons." Though it still kinda falls flat, since the Sengoku drivers are what transform the fruit into Lock Seeds as well as transform their energy into armour/weapons, so Yggdrasil was still responsible for those. The armour/weapons aren't something Helheim produced by itself.
But of course all of this is conjecture, and the real reason is Bandai didn't make individual weapons due to lack of budget or lack of planning. Still, there's nothing in-universe that logically prohibits the ELS' from having unique weapons. But yeah, this is all just trying to apply an excuse as to why it didn't happen rather than a genuine reason why it couldn't.
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09-05-2015, 02:58 PM | #15335 |
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Now go ahead, make your predictable quippy comeback post. I'm ready. Last edited by IXRollOutIX; 09-05-2015 at 03:09 PM.. |
09-05-2015, 08:59 PM | #15336 |
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To be fair though, Ryoma did say that the main reason the Sengoku Drivers have all of those unique catchphrases is for his own amusement (basically). The Genesis Drivers in comparison are no-nonsense, less gimmicky versions of the prototypes. I'd imagine Ryoma wanted to keep the most powerful Rider gear amongst him and his colleagues so that the power wouldn't be used against him.
That being said the Sonic Arrow pretty much covers everything you'd need in a weapon, and in that regard doesn't sacrifice functionality and practicality for the sake of gimmicky weapons. Of course this is just my way of making sense of something that was likely only done to save money.
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09-05-2015, 09:07 PM | #15337 |
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To be fair though, Ryoma did say that the main reason the Sengoku Drivers have all of those unique catchphrases is for his own amusement (basically). The Genesis Drivers in comparison are no-nonsense, less gimmicky versions of the prototypes. I'd imagine Ryoma wanted to keep the most powerful Rider gear amongst him and his colleagues so that the power wouldn't be used against him.
That being said the Sonic Arrow pretty much covers everything you'd need in a weapon, and in that regard doesn't sacrifice functionality and practicality for the sake of gimmicky weapons. Of course this is just my way of making sense of something that was likely only done to save money. My personal opinion is that I think the reason why the Sengoku Driver was given to the Beat Dancers because they were gimmicky and Ryoma saw them as kids. Gimmicks tend to be more for kids. While the Genesis Drivers were given to the adults because they weren't gimmicky. *shrugs* My opinion only.
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09-05-2015, 09:21 PM | #15338 |
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On the other hand.
Fight! Power! Fight! Power! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! F-f-f-f-fight! |
09-05-2015, 09:26 PM | #15339 |
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Well he did design that one for his own use...
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09-05-2015, 09:37 PM | #15340 |
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