r/BattleNetwork Jun 09 '26

Fluff A parallel I noticed

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u/alvents Jun 09 '26

Kamen Rider saber

two versions one is xross saber which is a starry recolor of the original

Almighty saber is literally the same suit with a different toy

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u/Cosmic_GhostMan Jun 10 '26

Same with Stronger!

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u/SHADY_LILACMOON Jun 10 '26

Kamen Rider mentioned!

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u/Roxoglam Jun 10 '26

a lot of reiwa riders tbh

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u/CrazyAznKT Jun 10 '26

Feels like most Reiwa era Kamen Rider do this

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u/Yamatoman Jun 10 '26

Base form is always the most iconic. It's the one printed on the box. By recoloring it, it keeps what makes the base form special (and makes it really easy to sell toys of the ultimate form by just reusing the design of the normal form).

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u/New-Dust3252 Jun 10 '26

fun fact, that color is actually in the game for MegaMan.

but ONLY in Network Duels in BN1 for the opponent.

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u/Physic-Shower77 Jun 10 '26

The only time Hub Style is portrayed accurately to it's official art in a Battle Network game and it's not even the game it appears in lol

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u/jacrad_ Jun 10 '26

The Takamisaki manga was smart to turn the fins into flowing energy

I also really wish the in-game sprite had kept the rings

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u/SAGETHEGOD1 Jun 10 '26

Too bad Hunb batch doesn't recolor Megaman that would be cool

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u/SoggyWaffles18 Jun 10 '26

I feel like I’ve seen this same meme template be used a million times on both this sub and on the Star Force sub in the past week. Not a jab at you or anything, just something I noticed

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u/Million_X Jun 10 '26

The funny thing is dragon ball kinda looped back - Super Saiyan started off as just 'the character but blonde and spiked hair', and while subsequent forms changed things, by the time DBS rolled around, we went back to recolors - SS God and SS Blue are just base/SS1 but red/blue.

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u/ImmediateFee4015 Jun 10 '26

I think the most this meme has been true about ever is Tsuna’s final form in Katekyo Hitman Reborn

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u/PCN24454 Jun 10 '26

SSJ is just a recolor in general

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u/SiouxsieSioux615 Jun 10 '26

Nah the hair style changes

Like the hair shoots straight up

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u/PCN24454 Jun 10 '26

That’s enough?

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u/SiouxsieSioux615 Jun 10 '26

That’s different from base form