Big s Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 4 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: Gotta respect the laziness... screw painting them with new color schemes, let's just cast the new toys in matte silver and knock off for lunch. These are some of the laziest designs, they just went build fighters and changed a little equipment and a horn here and there. They don’t even deserve newish names. It’s like if they took a Zaku and put the missile pods on the legs and said it was an actual variant that deserves being called something slightly new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Ho-hum. Wake me up when Sunrise/BandaiNamco announced an OAV or series about ADVANCE OF Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Kaiba Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, Big s said: These are some of the laziest designs, they just went build fighters and changed a little equipment and a horn here and there. They don’t even deserve newish names. It’s like if they took a Zaku and put the missile pods on the legs and said it was an actual variant that deserves being called something slightly new. To be fair, that's actually been pretty normal UC-era design practice for decades now. Especially in side stories. Build Fighters just stopped did away with any remaining pretense that it wasn't purely a tactic to sell the same kit to fans multiple times. Still... this VR movie seems like a real unnecessary addition to the Universal Century. I can only imagine how stilted it's going to be because of all the concessions it'll have to make to VR headsets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 2 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Ho-hum. Wake me up when Sunrise/BandaiNamco announced an OAV or series about ADVANCE OF Z. For what it's worth, they're re-releasing all their AoZ MG kits on PBandai at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 4 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said: To be fair, that's actually been pretty normal UC-era design practice for decades now. Especially in side stories. I wouldn’t say decades, maybe just the last decade. 2 hours ago, kajnrig said: For what it's worth, they're re-releasing all their AoZ MG kits on PBandai at the moment. Saw those up last week, but lack the space for many larger kits unfortunately. Maybe when I win the lotto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 7 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said: Seems like Anaheim'll sell Gundams to anyone these days. I mean, I'm pretty sure that's been their entire business model from day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 3/23/2024 at 7:32 PM, lechuck said: I'll certainly watch this, but to be honest the whole Zeon view point certainly dampens my excitement. I just can't bring up enough sympathy for that side to care, it's also why 0080 doesn't rank so high with me. 0080 is probably my all-time favourite UC era OVA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raikkonen Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) I'm really disappointed in the character animation and visuals of this SP. It's so PS2. Edited July 9 by Raikkonen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 4 hours ago, Graham said: 0080 is probably my all-time favourite UC era OVA. For me it’s probably 08th ms team, but I sometimes waffle between that and Stardust Memory. Although 0080 is very close. All three of them are my favorite Gundam things to watch and are far better than any movies or shows or ova’s or whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 4 hours ago, Graham said: 0080 is probably my all-time favourite UC era OVA. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechuck Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 This VR movie is nothing more than Bandai probing new avenues of viability for their IP. It's just as much an experiment for Bandai as it is for the consumer. VR and required hardware isn't really mainstream household tech yet like a game console or mobile phone. So from that perspective it's understandable to me that Bandai would not go all the way in designing new Mobile Suits for this. If this VR movie takes off, then expect them to double down on effort for new stuff and if not successful, then the movie will get a re-edit and distribution will happen via the usual channels and media for the masses to consume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 I wouldn't say that, meta upped the pricing on their Meta 3 headset because the Quest 2 was very popular. I wouldn't say it's millions, but probably a couple hundred thousand at the lowest. I've ran off a Quest 2 for almost 2 years now, there are some things I REALLY enjoy about it.....course somethings I don't. But I think this could be a fun experiment and it's not just the only thing Bandai is trying out but other Gundam related stuff on Meta. So I'm looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Kaiba Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 17 hours ago, Graham said: 0080 is probably my all-time favourite UC era OVA. Same. That was a Gundam UC title with some actual soul and an artistic statement to make. Plus the NT-1 is just a damn beautiful design on its own. 3 hours ago, lechuck said: VR and required hardware isn't really mainstream household tech yet like a game console or mobile phone. So from that perspective it's understandable to me that Bandai would not go all the way in designing new Mobile Suits for this. I'm surprised they're bothering to probe it at all... VR seems to be struggling pretty hard thanks to the technology's relative immaturity limiting what can be done in terms of user experience. Game developers have really struggled to find anything meaningful to do with VR due to the limitations of the technology. Most VR games are more like tech demos or gimmicky casual games than the kind of fully developed immersive experience VR hardware developers keep promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 5 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said: Plus the NT-1 is just a damn beautiful design on its own. Honestly, there isn’t a design from that one that I don’t love. Everything from the updated GM’s to the adorable Hygog, I love them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seto Kaiba Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Well, that's definitely looking more like the kind of mook horror show you'd expect for a Zeon-centric story set during Operation Odessa. Looks like they're drawing more than a bit on [i]08th MS Team[/i]... I'm pretty sure there was a copy of Norris Packard's MS-07B-3 Gouf in there, and I guess that explains why the Gundam looks like a variation on the Ez8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said: Well, that's definitely looking more like the kind of mook horror show you'd expect for a Zeon-centric story set during Operation Odessa. Looks like they're drawing more than a bit on [i]08th MS Team[/i]... I'm pretty sure there was a copy of Norris Packard's MS-07B-3 Gouf in there, and I guess that explains why the Gundam looks like a variation on the Ez8. I'm going to pass on this. I'm kind of tired of the Zeon bootlicking every UC ova seems to be about these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Kaiba Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Yeah, I'm pretty tired of the UC being the One Year War and not much else. Trying to make the Principality sympathetic is, as I've said before, a massive uphill battle in its own right considering the war crimes they're guilty of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 The American voice acting is terrible to an extreme here. I’ll probably check it out since the Zeon’s were always more likable than the feds, but there better be a subtitle version that doesn’t sound like crap. If there isn’t, I’m turning it off the moment I hear someone say “even so”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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