[SanoBaron]

I just like it for the sheer fact that it's the fat kid of the 00 gundams.

like, I feel it should have Bulk & Skull's theme playing whenever it's around.

[xSkullheartx]

I love the Virtue and Cheridum. Those are my favorites as well. Arios is ok, but it has the same problem Exia has, if not worse.

Arios' biggest problem is that the only thing it has is the ability to transform and two beam sub machine guns. It doesn't really get a rifle until later.

I think my biggest problem with the whole series is the sheer lack of beam saber fights or beam sabers in general. Thinking back, I think I saw maybe 2 instances of beam sabers being used. Most of the blades in the series were physical. It kind of takes away from the sci fi/ mecha feel of it.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by FormerTitanium

To say he has a bland color scheme, is like saying every other main MS is bland.

They mostly are, with obvious exceptions.

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Not his fault his color are based on the typical lead mobile suit colors and him being the actual lead MS.

Actually it is. The bluish white, minimal red and yellow, creates a very monotone colourscheme. Yet there have been other lead MS that have deviated just enough in colour placement to be visually grapsing. TV's Wing Zero has more red and yellow in addition to blue and white, Turn A is mostly white with red accents and uses the blue as a focal point to stand out. Shining/Burning both have healthy does of red and blue on white and excellent placement, and then there's some lead Gundams that completely do away with typical colours like the Ez-8 and it's super army-real-world style. Exia is just totally creatively bankrupt, lacking in anything truely unique or iconic. Put in a lineup with the dozens of other monotone spikey-angular gundam suits, it dissappears into a sea of generic mecha anime stylings.

[ZeoRangerV]

I've not seen any of 00, but I agree with everything SPLIT said about the Exia. The design doesn't appeal to me it all, it just feels generic as hell. The Dark Matter saved it somewhat but giving it a much nicer colourscheme (honestly I'm not fond of the fact every main Gundam needs to be blue/white but whatever), but even then it's the wingpack completing the look.

[2ndSndWve]

I feel it's time to make a few points about the Exia argument. I agree that it's the most generic looking of the 4 gundams, but what made me like it is how it fights. It doesn't matter how frail you are if you're agile and fast enough to dance circles around any suit powerful enough to crush you. The Exia's constantly moving around as it's fighting, dashing, dodging, hacking and slashing. The way it gracefully glides through the battlefield switching from sword to sword every few kills is why I like the Exia.

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

(honestly I'm not fond of the fact every main Gundam needs to be blue/white but whatever),

Because red is boring.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by Talisman

Because red is boring.

Red is awesome, and the fact that so few Gundams incorperate it as a main colour instead of an accent makes red MS's stand out even more.

I will forever point to Wing Zero TV version on how to do a Gundam right when it comes to just about every aspect of a design. But as far as colours, it had red as a primary, but not overpoweringly so. Red and blue were about even on that suit, with yellow as an accent and white mostly used in the wings and legs. I'm not saying everyone should copy that suit, rather that its even mix of multiple colours far exceeds the typical "blue and white as primary colours forever and always" that most Gundams use.

As for everything else, it also had just the right angles and shapes without being over or underdone. It had a wingpack without them being overdramatic or ridiculously impractical. It had a big gun that wasn't, again, ridiculously big. It's head is memorable without going mental. Every part of it's body is just right.

[2ndSndWve]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Red is awesome, and the fact that so few Gundams incorperate it as a main colour instead of an accent makes red MS's stand out even more.

I will forever point to Wing Zero TV version on how to do a Gundam right when it comes to just about every aspect of a design. But as far as colours, it had red as a primary, but not overpoweringly so. Red and blue were about even on that suit, with yellow as an accent and white mostly used in the wings and legs. I'm not saying everyone should copy that suit, rather that its even mix of multiple colours far exceeds the typical "blue and white as primary colours forever and always" that most Gundams use.

As for everything else, it also had just the right angles and shapes without being over or underdone. It had a wingpack without them being overdramatic or ridiculously impractical. It had a big gun that wasn't, again, ridiculously big. It's head is memorable without going mental. Every part of it's body is just right.

I used to think that the Wing Gundam looked like a clown with all those different colors fighting for domination. It warmed up to me over time, though. But what's so memorable about the head?

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by 2ndSndWve

But what's so memorable about the head?

The double V-crest, the fins/ears on the side, and especially the chin-strap. Just slight details that aren't themselves so outrageous.

[2ndSndWve]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

The double V-crest, the fins/ears on the side, and especially the chin-strap. Just slight details that aren't themselves so outrageous.

Are we talking about the same Wing Gundam here? Because the TV, pre-Zero Wing Gundam (the one I was picturing when I asked the question) has a single crest.