Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24111700-20141009211853/@comment-5101200-20150120080713

Blaziken rjcf wrote: Alanomaly wrote: Off Topic: XLR8 is Velociraptor and Astrodactyl is a Pterodactyl, and Nanomech can change his size. You're right about Nanomech, but XLR8 is, at best, loosely similar to a Velociraptor. I already excluded Omniverse because the Humungousaur haters came with Humungousaur's main appearances, which were in AF and UA. To be honest, I find it hard to see any justification in their (your) hate beyond simple nostalgia-induced blindness. Four Arms is also purely a strength alien. Sure, he has four arms. So what? Humungousaur was the first alien who could grow (Nanomech can shrink and grow, but only to his original size, whereas Humungousaur can grow beyond that limit) and change his appearance significantly while doing it. He's also much stronger than Four Arms (being able to lift Way Big, for instance).

Four Arms was also just as overused as Humungousaur (a common complaint by Humungousaur haters is that Humungousaur is overused). In fact, taking into account the number of appearances per episode, rather than just number of appearances, Four Arms appeared more often in the OS than Humungousaur did in AF, and almost as much as Humungousaur did in UA.

Alanomaly wrote: On Topic: Agreed. Tiny FYI about on-topic and off-topic: discussions change over time. Just because it started with a discussion about Biomnitrix combinations doesn't mean it has to remain that way until the end of time. What we don't allow is blatant off-topic posting or forced attempts at changing the subject, like saying "Those blue desserts Kevin ate look awesome!" in a thread about Albedo. Like I said, it just barely makes him more interesting. Personally, I'd prefer a strength alien with four arms to a generic one with two arms who doesn't even use a size alteration power he's supposed to have. And how is XLR8 "loosely" similar? Is it just cause of the visor and wheels? His body type is even listed as Humanoid Velociraptor, plus he's got the speed, which practically makes him dinosaur. My problem with Saur is not just his amount of appearances, it's two things: the fact he hasn't used his size alteration powers since Video Games, the fact the majority of his appearances could have been someone else.